Every time a story appears concerning UAA hockey the old Wide World of Sports show comes to mind.  The scene at the start where one sees  the ski jumper bouncing around like a rag doll and who is forever known as " the agony of defeat " .  With Matt Thomas in charge it will be the same old , same old at UAA.  Every week it will be the same lame excuses as the losses pile up.  This season is different . IF they don't produce wins and huge crowds the program is done . As it should be .  If the UAA students and community at large don't support UAA sports it's time to stop blowing over 10 million a year on them and instead put that money  into the classroom---where it belongs.


Maralyn Kursha says "It is time to unite and declare that the horror of racism is not to be tolerated. Speak out, take action and reclaim our humanity."  Yes indeed.  Let's put an end to Hawaiian blood nationalism and demands for racial supremacy.

Greg Harding wants to add a historically accurate inscription to repurpose the Robert E. Lee statue to show him as an example of values we now reject.  Let's do the same with the Lili'uokalani statue:  "Queen who tried to proclaim a new Constitution to give herself dictatorial powers, and was overthrown in the Hawaiian revolution of 1893."  Also the Robert Wilcox statue: "Hawaiian blood-nationalist who created the "Home Rule" political party seeking racial supremacy for ethnic Hawaiians.  Defeated by Republican Jonah Kuhio in 1902 election for Territorial Delegate to Congress.


I was in the Navy stationed on Adak when they exploded the Cannikin bomb. Adak is quite a distance from Amchitka and we felt it there.  I had a friend (now deceased) who witnessed an above ground hydrogen bomb test in the Pacific. It scared him for the rest of his life.  Too bad every politician couldn't experience the incomprehensible power of these devices.


I'll confess that I am right now thinking far more about our southern neighbor's situation than ours. Where might "America" stumble in the coming weeks and months? We must keep a close an eye on things.
P.S. When I was 18, I visited the historic site in Sarajevo where the assassination starting WWI happened. It shows a depiction of the assassin's footprints embedded in cement on the sidewalk.


I worked 18 years in socialism and 23 years in capitalism as entepruner. When my old friends asked me what is difference I told them: In Canada they don't change rules in the middle of the game. It seems that is not going to be true any more.


Any money for 'affordable' housing will come from the pockets of people seeking affordable housing as well as from a lot of other taxpayers who will not benefit from it. Those lucky enough to get social housing will be subsidized by those who have to pay full ticket.


Is the site making up stuff, or it factually accurate?

This site foments anti-trad animus, according to many trads anyway.  But I don't call NCR a "hate site."

This is what I mean about polemics.

What if the essay had been written by a Trad, about abortion being against American and Christian values?

Wouldn't you at least agree there is room for argument on both sides of that issue?

I would, even though I largely fit into the pro choice category, I understand there is a valid argument from other other side.

I wouldn't label those who disagree with me as Un christian, or un American.

The author of this essay was so bold as to do just that on the imm. issue, which is why I say the essay  is a  polemic.

I think the author went too far.

It's not a big deal.


Sure won't be many locations named for democrats after they get done sanitizing their history!Nor statues to them either!George Orwell was a very forward seeing genius.Most of what I've heard and seen about the statues, and even the ideologies is based on ignorance.The pubiK skoul sistum has done an excellent job under liberal control!Most lefties don't know the 1st black slave in the Americas was awarded by an English Court to a black man. Or that upwards of 90000 free blacks fought for the confederacy. Or that 5 states remained IN the union AND remained slave states (the IRS taxing slave sales starting in 1862 to pay for the war).Or slavery was still legal in DC. during the Civil War.  Or that the emancipation proclamation didn't free ANY of those slaves.  Or, that the "civil war" was fought to preserve the union, NOT free the slaves.  And the 1860 platform was not to EXTEND slavery....it wasn't specifically "anti-slavery". Libs don't know history, and are repeating it.


The report warns about the effects of climate change but does not  prove that these affects will occur. Next "problem"? Are these people really "scientists"?


I'm getting the feeling you wouldn't have been a fan of FDR or LBJ.


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"President Barack Obama will leave office Friday with his highest approval rating since 2009, his presidency largely viewed as a success, and a majority saying they will miss him when he is gone.

A new CNN/ORC poll finds Obama's approval rating stands at 60%, his best mark since June of his first year in office.

Compared with other outgoing presidents, Obama lands near the top of the list, outranked only by Bill Clinton's 66% in January 2001 and Ronald Reagan's 64% in January 1989.

About two-thirds (65%) say Obama's presidency was a success, including about half (49%) who say that was due to Obama's personal strengths rather than circumstances outside his control."

http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/18/politics/obama-approval-rating-cnn-orc-poll/

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Hopefully he will get to see Las Vegas real soon!


I don't really believe in "coincidence" rather think it was more than that that placed this meeting of more than 700 community organizers from many traditions and nations, at this moment in history in the Central Valley of CA, where a vast number of US immigrants reside, at a time when immigrants are at considerable risk of deportation by a president who campaigned on it.

I don't think it a coincidence that Francis sent the message he did in the hands of the messenger he chose and with the episcopal support that has developed.

I don't think it's a coincidence that the Administration is about to revamp its deportation decree...that there was consideration of invoking the National Guard to execute it, that CA is most likely the most sanctuary state in the union....

I really don't believe in coincidences!

I do believe in the Holy Spirit!


Holy,  a first strike only works if the targets are still there when the warheada arrive.  Since it takes 15-30 minutes for a submarine launched ballistic missile to reach its target, it is highly unlikely that silo or aircraft based weapons will still be there.  Launch on warning is the strategy to prevent your weapons from being destroyed by the first strike.  Russian maintenance tends to be worse than American,  so it is uncertain what percentage of their silo based missiles, bombers and submarines will actually work when ordered to launch.


so that makes you disturbed?


Now is the time to transition from Obamacare to single-payer Medicare for all


You sure don't understand how history and culture work. Which is better: to remember and explain for future generations how and why things are the way they are, or to go on blind puritan crusades and stamp out any memory of how things have gotten the way they are? Context is an important part of history, stamping out the parts you don't like do nothing to inform ourselves of where we fit in. Nobody is telling you to do drugs and that is not what honoring Kesey is about. If you can't separate the two then you have a very narrow and reactive worldview.

By your logic we should probably rename a lot of our landmarks and street names given all the ties this place has to racism and the KKK.

But let's be honest. This isn't about history or culture, this is about you putting everyone down and externalizing your problems to try and make you feel better about yourself. It's easy to blame all the problems on the "hippies" instead of trying to be a better person yourself.


Like I said, Oilers have the capacity to do some damage, I would not underestimate them, in this round.


“I’ve shared with Congress that if money is a concern about fulfilling our responsibilities under Superfund, I will advise them.”

You will be advising them, I predict. Still good news, though.


Scotia Bank........"we are richer than you think"


The Nazi's cooked oil out of coal to fuel their military in WWII... and we all know how that turned out.


Tax evasion and money laundering?  No wonder Trump won't release his taxes.


"Having passed the House on Tuesday 419-3, the sanctions bill now goes to President Donald Trump, who has expressed a reluctance to sign the measure. That’s likely because lawmakers wisely inserted a provision in the bill requiring the president to talk to Congress before rolling back any sanctions."

If he vetos this bill we know that he is in bed with the Russians (as if it is not already obvious).  Perhaps worried about the Pee pee tape?  Seriously though, since his veto could be overridden he is better off signing since 1) He will appear not to be controlled by Putin, and 2) It is embarrassing to have your veto overridden and Trump hates to look bad.


His family are Islamic Fundamentalists .. Don't give them a cent!! He killed an American soldier fighting with the Taliban, which he still supported into his 20's.


Thanks to social media, people can carry into adulthood their high-school level social life: cliques, gossip, painful insecurity, dependence on peer-group approval, generally being a weak person. 30 is the new 15.


Yes, Moon.

Because the new guidelines will be what the mob sets as guidelines.


Great article, Tim! Thank you for sharing this with us.


That will be about the tenth time the question has been asked.


" Harper had an embarrassment of riches from whom to choose in terms of sitting and former MPs and cabinet members."

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Snork!

Was that the same Jim Flaherty who quit his post because he couldn't stomach Harper?

And Tony "Gazebos" Clement?

Jim "I'm Out Of Here" Prentice who crashed and burned in Alberta?

John "Harper's Goon" Baird who didn't bother to tell Harper he was quitting so Harper had to learn it from the media?

Kellie "Barbaric Cultural Practices Snitchline" Leitch?

Chris "Rosie, Please Don't Beat Me Up Anymore" Alexander?

Joe "I'm Not Allowed To Speak During Election Campaigns" Oliver?

The long list of failures in the Harper cabinet would take far more space than they allow me here.


Yes you 'nationalists' (you do know what 'Nazi' is shorthand for, right?) won with a minority of the votes, the 5th time Republicans have managed to pull this off (JQ Adams, Hayes, Harrison, GW Bush, Trump). I would suggest it is no coincidence this has never happened with a Dem president or been necessary for a Dem to win. Anyway, while the Republicans may have gerrymandered their way to Electoral College victory again, sooner or later the math will make this tactic insufficient. More supportive intervention from a real Marxist in Vladimir Putin or his successors may be the last resort for Republicans for the foreseeable future.


Fair enough.

Thank you for the positive article regarding the positive influences that immigrants have unto the Alaskan economy, and good for those that are contributing!

I have seen first hand how hard many of these individuals work to realize their own 'American dream', some are friends.

A couple of queries, though, if I may.

Just to be fair, are there negatives that are applicable unto said immigrant population, such as intake of State or Federal monies without contribution?

Perhaps there is not, what do I know, but producing an article showing only one side of the coin is not really fair nor balanced, at least within mine own view.

Yeah, yeah, I am now racist.

But I am not.

Get over it.

The other query I have is thus.

What business or businesses do the estimated 593 undocumented entrepreneurs own, or are engaged within?

What makes them an entrepreneur to begin with, should they not qualify for a legal business license, as illegal/undocumented, whatever, to begin with?


Actually you are right in one sense: the Sacraments are not necessary to Faith in the absolute sense.  They are necessary in the relative sense.  The only Sacrament that is essential is Baptism.  Without Baptism one cannot be saved.

However, the other Sacraments are very good for the Faith because they nourish the Faith.


"First, with a substance so potent, how is it possible that the two women who allegedly attacked Kim Jong-nam with it could have survived? Second, given that particles can remain in the environment for possibly weeks after being released, why didn’t the airport undertake specialized decontamination measures to ensure the public’s safety?"

Funny how Reuters didn't show similar skepticism of British authorities in their 'investigation' into the polonium poisoning of Aleander Litvinenko.  Is it racism?


They said at the time that they expected him to be a 2-3 year project,,,


Why should the government pay for their operations.  It takes about two years.  Meanwhile they are on the dole.  If they want to join after their operations I would be fine with that.  Anything to make the President look bad.  Globalists at it again to extol their facist agenda.


This will make Alaska a worse place.

It's going to become that much easier for corruption to expand its hold on Alaska.

Very sad.


Let me see if I get this right :
This lawsuit is because Obummer signed an executive order - creating this "right" it is not a law (of course this executive order had other States filing lawsuits against DACS. Now President Trump - did away with this executive order - putting the law in place as it had been for ??? 50 years ?
President Trump - gave Congress 6 months to come up with a LEGAL solution to this problem
and these States are suing the Administration because Congress won't do their job ?
I am confused ? (easily I know)
I do remember the thousands of children sent across the border when Obama signed this unlawful order..

out

Can't help the left...


Wow...just wow!  Amazing story with true bravery and selfless, immediate response.  You are a hero in every sense of the word Obadiah!


Trump is embarked on policies that promote domestic terrorism and the radicalization of American citizens.  He's a reckless, dangerous man.


Blue Tories and Red Tories could certainly find their way within the CPC. I'm not sure the later ones are necessarily strong supporter of Donald Trump.


I have read interviews with asylum seekers in this newspaper and others, and two things are very clear: first, the great majority of them do not qualify as refugees in any sense of the word and second, they have no idea how the process works - they think that as soon as they cross the border they are home free and will automatically receive Canadian citizenship.


The goal is always ideological victory and Votes. Free market solutions for everything except military spending. All uteruses must be controlled by the federal government with laws written by males only.   Choose your own doc as long as she doesn't work for Planned Parenthood. Health care only for US Congress.  The rest need to use their own $ to redirect into a government controlled savings account.  Cap Medicaid to states but not congressional premium imcrease allowances.  Reduce annual support for those making $20k per year from $3k to $2k.  Increase penalty for insurance lapses by $3k per year on $10k of annual premium cost.  Pay for it all by price signals coming from across state lines.


It's funny to read these ignorant comments about immigration and the plight of Central Americans from myopic terrified xenophobes who've never gone further than a 2 mile radius from where they were born.


You can't fight city hall, especially when big $$$ and out of state developers have the big $$$. Greenwood Village will be absorbed by the urban density increase like it or not. Call your realtor.


Courts are charged with clarifications of law, not interjecting their personal agenda.  The law specifically gives the president the authority to take the action he took and the US Supreme Court will confirm presidential authority. The lower courts had no problem with past presidents enacting similar bans giving clear indication the this and the 9th Court of Appeals were politically motivated ignoring established law.


We don't need another excise tax on alcohol.  It is already taxed enough.  This nickel and diming by Trudeau is effectively clawing back his highly conspicuous middle class tax cut.  And it seems he is just getting started.


So he is back to his only talking point that he goes to the fundraisers "to help the middle class".  What a pile of BS!  I am "middle class" and he has done absolutely nothing for me other than reach into my wallet and take cash to pay for all of this governments "vanity projects".

This taxing the top 1% earners in the population is ridiculous.  What nobody mentions is that people in that category have accountants and holding companies to ensure that they minimize their tax bills.  I spoke to one friend that is a high earner and he basically stated that in a five minute conversation with his accountant he legally ensured that he would never pay the additional tax rate.

Basically this is another vote buying, revenue negative program that we will all have to pay for with higher taxes.


Amazing but unmentioned - the LIGO results almost perfectly matched previous  super computer simulations of black hole impact.


Time to ban crude oil takers from the Gulf of St Lawrence.


i know. we are human. i really have a love of learning  and it took awhile, but realized if i shut out people or whatever, for really no reason - i was missing out on a lot. and it's become just the last few years that i am home more and gotten to know some of our more recent neighbors - mostly 20 somethings and younger and it's a blast. mostly because i catch them totally off guard. not the attitude they expect.  i will surely say hey, how are you and i mean it.
  . my husband did roll his eyes last time we were downtown parking - there was a guy leaning against the building we parked in front of, i turned to the guy and just asked hey, do you know how long these meters are for? he had been hunkered over a piece of chicken, looked at me and started to wipe his mouth when i noticed he had been eating. "OH! sorry didn't mean to interrupt you - didn't see you were eating" he looked at me strangely, a little grin, nodded ok and went back to eating.  then i asked him for $5 -not really ;D


Gee, this is a hard one to choose sides, it’s like @ssw0le vs @ss0le…


#Boycott GM motors


<My pillars-of-the-Church Faithful did no so much vote for The Donald as vote against Hilary.>
I get that; but it's truly a distinction without a difference.
I think those who voted for Trump because they believed he was in some sense 'pro-life' were duped, and I think many 'leaders' in the pro-life movement helped to dupe them.
I think those who voted for Trump because they believed his promises about healthcare were the victims of an especially cruel hoax.


Nothing was missed, what we see is your attempt to deflect a conversation as always ED.  You spread mostly disinformation rather than seriously discuss or even reflect on what others who do not agree with you say.


Amen!


There will be no football or NFL ticket in our house this year. If you don't like what what this person does do the same. I also will not support any of the 32 prime sponsors of the NFL. These people should not protest with their team. They are using the team sport to air their grievance. Most employers will fire you for having a private protest in the workplace.


Hmm.  So the holocaust was civilized?
I don't think you are on solid ground with that argument.


Nothing worse than a Pro Psycho. Amateurs are bad enuff. Get it done Mr President.


Oh yes....THAT'S the missing ingredient to bringing the fold(s) back to our Church!!!  How have we missed that all these years?  Duh!  The problem with many traditionalists is that they see solutions as being from the past.  A good example of regressionism if there ever was one.
But I'll welcome those communion rails, with their original intent of keeping the farm animals out of the sanctuary!  I don't need a bull breathing down my neck when serving at Mass.


Eeeez problyem for you?


That is way too logical for our Government...under any party.


richard peterson and peter richardson. are you guys pals?


Names, please - which two "Canadian provincial ministers"?


As a bleeding heart liberal I'd offer to help you with the hole you'tr digging but you and Donald seem to be doing just fine by yourselves.

As an aside...Rick Perry proved that it does NOT take two to tango.


SA has not published the cesspool company who illegally constructed the cesspools.  Or, did HouseMart Ace Hardware constructed the cesspools themselves.  Auwe.


The name of the movie?
"Trolls"


Absolutely.  Seeking to attack our country with radical Islamic robots.  Better add another country to banned list.


Let me explain to those on the left how the implementation of regulation works.

The government finds a excuse to regulate. Government lawyers write the rules. Industry says WHAT???? and has to hire additional lawyers to figure out what the government is asking. Industry lawyers complain to government lawyers that the rules are incomprehensible. Government lawyers change the rules but add more requirements. Industry says WHAT????  Industry lawyers go back to the government to find out what they mean. Government lawyers than change the rules to make it more clear. Industry says WHAT????  The new rules are more confusing than the old rules.

As this dance continues nothing gets done. China was successful by ignoring the lawyers.


Does anyone doubt that weasely Cory is going to vote with his leader McConnell for the barbaric GOP "health care" bill?


I am no defender of these moronic prepper enclaves that are populating certain regions of the west. But... Randy Weaver is alive and well. His spouse and fourteen year old son were killed at Ruby Ridge and Weaver and his three surviving daughters were later awarded several million dollars for the wrongful death of their mother and brother.


No. We should not abolish healthcare.

What we should do is limit what the government can force it's citizens to do: Paying taxes; serving on a jury; registering with Selective Service is plenty.


And you can state your opinions on this website because the system the USA has afforded the western world since World War II provides you the freedom to do so. Not so much in Russia, China or any of the regimes you mention, save Ukraine which is now Russian dominated, not Russian friendly.


Nope, their will be civil war if they try to impeach him, and conservatives have all the guns and know how to use them, it would be a blood bath and over very fast.


So which candidate do you favor?


One would think that Adventists who are liberal in the classical sense (I include myself in that category) rather than progressively liberal would appreciate the importance of keeping church and state separate. But when your political beliefs take on the characteristics of religious values, and you start using the Bible to support those values, the distinction is pretty tough to see and maintain.

This dangerous proclivity is conservative in the sense that political powers tend to stamp out religion as a source of legitimate authority and/or invoke religious symbols to reinforce their values. Those who seek radical transformation sound quite liberal until they have succeeded. Then they become quite repressive and conservative when the roots and fruits of what they have planted are threatened.

Does anyone think for a second that, if liberals were in charge of the G.C. non-ordination of women would be an policy option anywhere in the world church? Not a chance!


Teachers negotiated salary is for the school year they are contracted for. The yearly salary is distributed over the nine months. If teachers were to work over holidays and summer they would be paid more.


They are borrowing a ridiculous amount of money with no plan to pay it back to try and buy votes, one of his biggest items, child care! (that'll help create middle class jobs and compete with the US). I think governments should be spending *LESS* money, not more. It's easy to take shots at Harper, who had governed through the worse recession since the 1930's. I don't see a clear cause and effect relationship between current economic success and the governing party. They are making it more difficult for natural resource exporters to do business, and the full effects of the carbon tax which the US lacks haven't been felt yet. Ask Alberta and Saskatchewan residents if "the unemployment rate fell to its lowest point in nearly nine years" there. Those provinces don't have a well diversified manufacturing base due to their isolation, and import all sorts of things from Ontario. The higher dollar will hurt Canada as a net exporter.


He should have spent some time at the range first


Michael, now tell us why Trump leads the delegate count by about 200.


Does spending more money per pupil translate into better academic scores?  Sometimes throwing money into bottomless black holes doesn't really get one very far.  The editorial did not say how much these districts spend per pupil nor did the editorial say how much is spent per pupil on average state-wide.


Story:  "..During the last enforcement operation, in June, Eugene police issued 18 citations"
Story:  "Eugene police conducted a crosswalk safety sting Friday and cited 15 drivers for failing to yield to pedestrians"

Headline:  "18 drivers cited for failing to yield to pedestrian during Eugene sting"

June was 18, this sting was 15.  The Headline in the print version of the R-G today showed the correct number of 15.


Right you are James
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Well said. but I'm wondering why your accurate and thoughtful post hasn't been deleted.


Check Canada's immigration policies/merit system. Interestingly in the earlier years of immigration policy the US requirements included...having skill/ability the Country had need of and having a Sponsor to provide shelter until you found a job. Canada's merit system grants entrance for those that have skills to advance their economy. They also limit the new immigrant to only bringing his/her immediate family - wife/husband, children. No bringing, grandparents, nephews, etc., like US allows, many of which end up receiving government services. This would be a big help to the US taxpayer if the Canadian policies were adopted in US. Taxpayers today annually pay $99 Billion to primarily cover illegal's health care and education. Illegal's pay only $13 Billion in Federal, State and Local taxes that doesn't come close to off setting the financial drain on Local governments especially.


True, we have an `01 330ci cabby' as a summer only driven car, it's a gem. Our `09 X3 needed the VANOS solenoids cleaned and starter replaced at less than 115K km's. The newer the car the more it costs after the warranty runs out. We'll keep the `01 but the `09 is on a short leash, no more Bimmers for us


Looks like the Liberals dropped the ball on this one.   Time to write another letter...


If you subtract the estimated 3 million illegals who voted, convicted felons who voted and the dead who always vote democrat, the majority did not vote for that poor loser clinton.


Do we have a 2 party system?


The Governor (who unilaterally took $1k from each and every Alaskan) and Democrats (who already voted to tax more money from our pockets) continue to hold the State hostage for their state income tax. They are Democrats and that is what they do; Democrats take people’s money and redistribute it to their friends. That's how the buy and maintain power, and they know now that they are on the record voting to take $ from Ordinary Alaskans, that they cannot maintain control of the House, or Governor’s Office for that matter. For them it is now or never. I expect to see the first ever Sate of Alaska Government shut down on 1 July 2017. Chaos is the only card they have left to play, and they will, but in the end much to their own demise.


The developer has not spent much time in the area.Moneyed millennial s do not want to deal with neighboring trailer courts, homeless camps, cheap hookers and tweak era.
This is a boondoggle of epic proportions the council members must be getting kickbacks in exchange for 7 million in taxes shifted to the citizens of Kent.

What will they do next ?
Sell off the parks to developers under the table?
Oops that was last years deal.


more likely Mr Trump will see a need for extreme vetting of every person going into the USA from Canada.
This has the potential to end in tears


How can anyone object to replacing an old pipeline built in the 50's - and never a spill  - with a new one using  the very latest engineering, construction  and materials..  Oh, I forgot, the Environuts that can never be placated


Justine cannot be taught anything. He/she knows it all.


Tell me how you will control human nature.  If folks want to harm someone they will find a way.


If only this kind of zero-risk fish farming were legal in Alaska. There are already local commercial outfits designed around this concept stymied by over-broad regulations.


Any time you can get Sen Cantwell to agree with provisions that are good for Alaska is a win-win. She hasn't been a good neighbor.


"brought to you by carl's jr."

life imitating art.  can't make this stuff up!


@Mathias Mannlicher - good comment well stated.


And this is why the state is broke.  People moved to King Cove when there was no road, but now it's some injustice there is no road?  Don't like it MOVE.  I would rather not live in Anchorage, but I do it for access to many things.  How about the state build me a personal bullet train from Anchorage to some rural site so I can have it my way.  People in urban areas make the choice and compromise all the time, that is why people commute from the valley.  People in rural AK just cry about things until someone gives it to them for free.  Shut down King Cove if they think it's to unsafe to live there.


... everybody knows Kobiyashi Godzilla the real champ ...


With any luck, today's protesters will be able to celebrate the election of America's first woman commander-in-chief when Ivanka Trump becomes President.


Quebec doesn't have a deficit.

If you had bothered to read the article, you'd know that.


The left is against charters and vouchers because the outcome is not under their control. That includes teacher unions, democrat politicians and yes, the NAACP.


Andy Hollenman. And you have the best interests of children in mind? Gimme a break. You who have "valued" children in your NEA negotiations with the ASD? Why do you offer excused for a labor law violator? Makes no sense. He should be censured by the Assembly.


Prov has job openings.  In every aspect of the hospital.  Offer them jobs,  Oh wait.  Why should I work when everybody is going to throw money at my cause.   Jobs are out there.   A kick start to help someone get a place and power, gas phone is understood.   95 percent of those people don't want to and or cant work.  So Ill just hang in my camp.  My corner.  Sit on my lifeline phone that we all pay for.  I have worked 3 jobs at one time in my life to support my family.  Screw your free ride


I am sure most of us are.


It's going to be hard anyway. My guess is that for a referendum to succeed, Sturgeon will have to have some kind of indication from the EU that Scottish membership is a strong possibility. Without that, Scotland would be in a real bind IMHO.


Have you looked at the cost of college vs. the minimum wage lately? Pretty much impossible now to take challenging college courses and work enough hours to pay for college and successfully study. I agree, 30 years ago a student could find enough scholarships, work part time, and still have enough time to study.  Thanks for your reply.


We'll see if the courts agree with me or agree with you.


Mr. Frei's free speech rights are untouched. He simply lost his job.


It's time. With a city this large with no highway that connects yet bypasses the city so you don't have to stop is ridiculous.


The lying thieves in HART get what they want ALL THE TIME regardless... WHY do they need a MARKETING BUDGET?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

Death to HART!!!!


Please cite where you found the CBC, Toronto Star, or the Globe & Mail have claimed Canada has the best system in the world. That's not true. You're engaging in Fake News. You're just setting up a strawman argument to make your equally false assertion that "the Canadian system is costly, inefficient and delivers poor results."


According to https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/if-trump-were-an-immigrant-hed-probably-be-deported/2017/08/03/50a84702-7889-11e7-9eac-d56bd5568db8_story.html Trump would not have enough points to be admitted to the US.


Sensible and sane Americans are shuttering now at the level of corruption and unlearned nit witticism which comes from the Democrates every day. To think that Hillary was arguably the best of the bunch only underscores just how pathetic the DEM party has become.


This comment will likely vanish but the truth is that residential schools were built to educate the children and get them out of  their terrible living conditions. It is not an uncommon practice. Even today around the world schools are built for the poor and disadvantaged. That said the educators committed evil acts and for that they should be exposed and punished. The questions I have is why are the evil acts and wrong doings on the reserves today not being publicly exposed and punished, crime sexual violence and drugs run rampant. Why the double standard and why do we sit back and do nothing to address the problem.


Land moves underwater. Cascadia fault off coast?


All I need are some tasty waves, a cool buzz, and I'm fine.


If there is ANYTHING between that young girl and that man, please notify the police in his town.


Bingo! I called it! And you cited a right wing source, The Daily Caller to boot! LOL.....you Trumpkins are so predictable....


Hi, Disconcerted.  Well, your reasons for "staying the course" are more reasoned and pragmatic than the reasons given to us (second-hand) by the man who made the original election promise (see Gould's letter.)  You mean Trudeau DIDN'T realize "the realities concerning this proposal" when he was on the campaign trail?  Gimme a break.  If true, he didn't deserve my vote.

The Swiss managed to hold 13 referendums in 2016 alone, including a critical one on basic income. Only 4 passed.  Win, lose, isn't the point.  Participation in Direct Democracy is the point. Government must work "on behalf of us all" not for itself.

Re: the opposition parties. If they made a habit of "working together [with the government] on behalf of all," they wouldn't be doing their jobs.  They DO work on behalf of us all--every day. Critical, not only when the world "facing other very serious challenges,"  but our own country, too. A leader who abandons this promise is just the latest "challenge" we face.


They were Libyan Muslims, not Europeans, who killed these people


The imagery you describe is opposite of what would be more accurate, much more accurate. Hillary flanked by American Flags would compare better with Hitler flanked by swastika flags, both are left wing ideologues.


Well, so is every other politician. It's not about their socioeconomic status.


You must be a joy to be around.


Why do you keep your pipe and pot in your car?


The distinction here is that I'm commenting on public land management, not private property.  You did what you could to save private property, I'm commenting on a public land management issue.  Not whining, just commenting.  It's not like I can go out there and start directing parking or building sanitary facilities to accommodate large crowds at this site.  The Federal Government (in this case, the USFS - Willamette Forest) has that authority.  The Agency responds to public commments, even though you may perceive them as 'whining'.   I don't "own" the land in the same regard that you and your family owned your burned down house.


Nanny Piglosi  Did you read this one???
You are one of the greatest dangers to the USA.
Ranking right up there with the Norks.


Lisa for president. Think about it. She's smart, moderate, independent. She won a write in campaign! And she is getting her name spoken out loud nationwide for being the first GOP member of Congress with the onions to stand up to Trump's bid for one-way loyalty. Think about it. Lisa for president.


Oh, it is EASY to kill off McD.
Sadly, nobody does it.
Simply create a salad bar like Sweet Tomatoes, using LOCAL PRODUCE, have decent coffee and above all, have a play area like MCD in a glassed area, cleaned 2x a day (night and after lunch), combined with a kid's toy (decent one, not the Chinese junk that McD and others have).
THis would destroy MCD quickly.


What's that family's incentive to further their career and hopefully one day make 55% of the median income. If that kicks them out or makes them ineligible for this "affordable housing" you speak of, where do you draw the line?


Becoming the leader of a minority opposition party is not  such a disaster for Canada. He might be a disaster for the CPC.  First things first.


How hard is it to learn, George, 1) the mission of the ACLU 2) everyone needs to follow the law, even the government criminals.


For obvious reasons, we don't ask people who could be running for their lives to queue up and prove that they really are in mortal danger.
Patrick G

are the ones crossing from USA to Canada "running for their lives" ?

let's not get dramatic


WSDOT and ODOT also subsidize I-5 ... and driving I-5 is becoming more unpredictable as traffic delays in Portland get worse.  Driving is also less of an option as population ages.


The electronics, sensors, computers, actuactors, and software put into the modern cars and later electric cars would be 100x more complicated that the ICE.


Agreed. I remember many times I've been trying to not break into people's houses or deal a bunch of drugs but then goofed and broke into some houses or sold a lot of drugs instead. Oops!


Drew
Thanks. My mistake.


18000 state employees.  Oil goes from $100 to $50.  Now there should be 9000 state employees.


I think the term " have your cake and eat it too" is English. Too bad they don't know what it means.
Leaving the EU with only what they want, and leaving what they don't want simply won't cut it. Using another phrase, they're done like dinner.


Thanks Stuart,

Yes, I was aware of your background in philosophy. I look forward to such discussions at some point in the future.

Regards,

Sean


Most developers would cut down the last tree in a neighbourhood if it allowed them to build another house to pad their pockets and you know it.   The government most certainly needs to be involved.   Just because immigrants come here does not mean we need to rip down the green-spaces to accommodate them despite your rightie rhetoric.


Liar, like Trump, Huckabee-Sanders, and Kelly.


Politics is changing really fast.  In my district, people want either a Bernie-type candidate or a Trump-Type candidate in 2018,  the good old boy Democrats (Pelosi) and Republican(McCain) are now totally out of favor because they cannot be trusted.  The Democrats are destroying the party with protests, violence, and hate.   Many blame Senator Ron Wyden and Nancy Pelosi.


The embarrassment over the baring one's dirty underwear....


As you wrote this (' "100% Fact" - Rural are not as educated as Urban,')  post a citation for it please.


And whoever said it was?


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Mike Harcourt former NDP premiere, chair True Leaf Cannabis
John Reynolds former Conservative MP Advisor to Vodis Innovative Pharmaceuticals
Barry Daniel former Abbotsford police chief, head of security for Wildflower Cannabis, on record saying he opposes cannabis legalization and self described as law enforcement "traditionalist"
Would you like to qualify your claims?


You're not interested in "outrage and calls for immediate action" against the Vegas shooter (which should have been 'what,' by the way?) -- No, you're much more interested in evidence-free attacks against the President and those who rightfully want to end the vile and Leftist-created program that let this monster into our country in the first place. If they had made such "calls for action," ("action" which again you don't even articulate) against the Vegas shooter-- you would STILL attack the President on his reaction to this terrorist, so stop lying and being so disingenuous.


I doubt there is one gun enthusiast out there that can give a legitimate reason why a person on the no fly list should be able to purchase a firearm. It's really sad that the NRA Republican Do Nothing Congress couldn't at the very least get a law passed to close this loop hole. Maybe some level headed person will reintroduce the bill tomorrow.


I presume that they were wearing albs and stoles to symbolize their belief that God calls women to the priesthood and diaconate, too.


Slowest economic recovery since 1949? 1.2% GDP growth, check Friday's  business news. Skyrocketing healthcare costs due to Obamacare? Record number of people on food Stamps? Hundreds of thousands of people leaving the workforce due to no jobs or low paying part time jobs (see food stamps)? This is success? A Republican with this record would be pilloried.


I agree.


Shoulda used Linux.  It's not plagued with viruses, it's free to modify or fix, one doesn't have to agree to abide by any company's privacy agreement and it doesn't cost anything to use it, either.


The second time I read the article is even worse than the first. Please don't make the same mistake as me. Just read it once and then put your phone into a blender and set on high. ADN writes "Havens and Somerville fired shots at Justin Smith before 4 a.m. Sunday after he ignored their commands and tried to flee, troopers said". I PROMISE you they didn't shoot at him for ignoring commands and trying to flee and I promise that Troopers didn't say that. I don't have a journalism degree but try this out instead "Havens and Somerville fired shots at Justin Smith before 4 a.m. Sunday after he fired a gun at them and their K-9."  But that is a little too factual for ADN and doesn't really have the desired negative connotation. Maybe I'll finish grade school and go git me a dugree and become one of them fancy big city reporters!


Your full of crap


Amen, Mr. Smith.


The nation paid mind to "Eddie."  As you well know, the candidate whose entire platform was to continue the Obama Way was soundly defeated by democratic process.

But as we all know from that candidate, those who differ belong in a special basket.

Still hard to believe she said that!  Wow,  so glad she's gone....


Legal abortion isn't murder.


He's not telling the police everything. Or he is & they're not releasing it. Doubtful it was random.


We all thought that about Milo Yiannopoulos after his scandal. And after Mel Gibson's scandal. And Charlie Sheen's scandal.

There are those who promote the idea that what's going on today will last. It won't. It never does.


This really hits the nail on the head:

thefederalist.com/2017/08/13/notes-charlottesville-state-emergency


With the players returning the talent is there to be a contender again. The wildcard is the new coach. The new coach is not coming into rebuild, but rather is inheriting the team that posted the best record in the Western Conference. The heat will be on Davidson to hire a coach capable of maintaining and building on what Constantine established over the past 3 seasons.


Kelty is always in control, one way or another.


Same old nonsense from JSB1.
The areas surrounding Chicago have lax gun laws, so they nullify Chicago's "draconian" laws.
Why is that so hard to understand?


Like to know where the public money went?


Brett, in your opinion-editorial of "White House Uses A 9-Year-Old To Avoid Real Questions" what exactly are your "REAL QUESTIONS"?


Unicorns and fairy dust


$700K would go a long way to help the needy when all it takes to prevent getting that rat lung worm in your system is wash very well or cook until done.  You don't need research to know those facts.

Oh, $700K would do all the good for those who do the unnecessary research to have a good salary and a very nice glass of wine with their Kobe beef steak.


No subsidized rates . Pay market value or move to Mt. View .  Everyone needs to pay their share.  If your going to live in a new building downtown you should be willing to pay the fair price and not hold your hand out expecting taxpayers to pay your share for you.


"Oregon can and should help reduce U.S. emissions by adopting a statewide carbon tax in which polluters pay proportionately."  Exactly who are these polluters in a state of only 3.8 million people?  Is it 80% of us who work at grocery stores, fast food places, waitresses and waiters,  the  one who changes the sheets in the hotels,  the  mechanic who fixes your car?   Can it be that these people are the polluters  who should be taxed on their income because they work and live?  I like to know, where people learn this kind of idiocy.


I don't know, but having lived in the Prairies for 14 years I can't see that 'hugging is a Canadian thing', and certainly not in the workplace.

I have friends in the same job as myself (university professor) who are huggers (and 1 is from Alberta, the other though is from Nova Scotia), but hugging in the workplace still seems to me an anomaly in AB, MB and SK, at least based on my experience. Ditto interior BC.

If anything, Prairie folk seem to like their personal space and want to avoid coming that close! Too many times I've walked into a Tim Hortons, in Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Calgary, or Brandon and anywhere along the Trans Canada and seen a gaggle of folks about 2 meters from the counter, and walked forward to be stopped by a stern 'Heh! The queue starts here!' ... essentially at the entrance door.

So is hugging acceptable in the workplace? Seems so in Vancouver and Toronto, but you'll be frogmarched to HR in the Prairies ... or at least banned from the workplace curling teams.


I am really not sure why Price was fired but I do know kosinin is still at the IRS and no one has been charged or even investigated for what the IRS. Lerner did. Obama was just the mouthpiece. He didn't run anything. Either that or he was the most ignorant President ever. Maybe they need to investigate him and his team. For some reason they all seem to be above the law. Not one single person was held accountable for the many crimes committed under him. When a Democrat wants to go after Trump it is usually to hide w their crimes. Turn the tables and start investigating. Starting with Mueller.


That 'orse has long since lift the bahn.

Does it apply to Australians?  They've been playing 'second class' with our Kiwi expats this last wee while.

Kia Ora, eh?


Aaawwww, Russ- are you upset that the ADN has the unmitigated gaul to post views that are different than yours? I guess the Alice Rogoff days of posting 99% Leftist crud are over, and that makes you sad.  That feeling you have is called "Cognitive Dissonance," but don't worry- the side effects include a broader perspective.  You'll be fine.


Irrespective of the trade framework, Canada needs to diversify the markets for its products.  If it takes some sort of free trade agreement with China to gain a foothold there, then that's what it takes.  The same is true for the EU or the Mercosur countries.  There will always be a quid pro quo.  Today, close to 80% of our exports go to the U.S. - having that door shut on us through tariffs will be a disaster - the solution is obvious - seek the best deal possible with the U.S. - they will always be our largest trading partner, but reduce our dependence on that market with a target of growing our exports to the rest of the world so that our share to the U.S. drops below 50%.  Canada's economy can no longer afford to be at the mercy of a U.S. that has no interest in pursuing trade agreements on the basis of shared benefit.  As far as Trump and the GOP are concerned, our weaker currency and social safety net (including health care) are unfair trade practices.  There is no win to be had.


Time to institute a work program in jail so that inmates actually pay for their food and lodgings with productive work. Then they can stay as long as they want or as often. Going to jail shold not mean free food and housing on the taxpayer loonie.


Apparently you haven't been paying attention to what's happening at the Canadian senate these days.


Yes, Mike, it's a BFD, especially considering Oregon's long and less than admirable history in race relations. Please, not another pusher of the silly "I'm colorblind-ness from the conservative race-debate menu. Platitudes like "Can't we all just get along" are actually demeaning, and have something to say about racial attitudes, IMO.


And yet NFL ratings kept soaring for decades... right up until this protest crap started last year.  Kinda gives you an idea of how many viewers didn't like the national anthem being aired as versus how many viewers don't like the national anthem being disrespected.


In another post, you indicate, wrongly, that I diminish the conversation by referring to racial stereotypes, which I did not do. However, I think that calling people names does diminish the civility and conversation.


More paid vacation. Right to discipline children even with corporal punishment and banish people from class or school.  No appeals; no reviews; no rights; teacher makes the decision.  Right to keep a loaded pistol and hand cuffs on their desk and threaten undisciplined children.  Only kidding.  Well, sort of.


Feel free to send him your life savings...


Art you nailed it with 'and wasn't a snob or smartass'... that particular trait is lacking in college grads that I have interviewed in the last five years.

A lot of them had an almost eerie sense of entitlement as well.


They believe the Western World is evil.


Some Canadian must have really hurt Mrs. Dressder in an ugly way.
This piece is entirely misleading and untrue. I'm Mexican, I lived and worked in Canada, been married to a Canadian for over 30 years, and what she is saying here is bias and false.
And please stop using the pronoun "we," as in "we are disappointed and with good reason."
Who the heck are we?
And when did Canada wrapped themselves in the flag of moral self-righteousness? As a Mexican, I feel emarassed at this piece.


Notice the passive "the Associated Press has learned" third person twice removed removed source for this revelation. Democrats and their friends in the Trump hating media must be getting desperate to float this latest smear.


Whatever his last name is, this was not a good teaching moment to be proud.  Attacking Ms Wimmer is not finding any  answers, what we should be asking is what the hell is going on if this is going on  there needs to be more information asked of all involved, especially those that are accountable for  running this program and managing staff at this school.


Should've kept your mouth shut about your former place of work, Rhyner.  By confirming that you have a union retirement only added fuel to your fire of union bashing and criticizing.  I can tell you that I never snooped around in yours or anyone else personal background.  I only comment based on what YOU have confirmed.


What world do you live in in which any of us support Anthony Weiner? He's disgusting.


Yes, but they still have to ensure the way is clear when coming to an intersection facing a RED light.
Any traffic infraction they incur while driving goes against their personal driving record as well.


Could not agree more.  If the left didn't have "double standards", they wouldn't have standards at all.
 I would hope the Herald would  endorse   the very common sense  abhorrence of hate, intolerance and more importantly, violent acts, from either side. That is the only  'correct' position to have, that I can see.


A Kiszla column that's calm, reasonable, and insightful.

Who knew?


Another Islamic Republic, the Sunni version like the Kingdom.  I know how Ataturk would see this, a return to the dark ages they covet so much, like turnip trump supporters.


For all of the defenders of this "race" and my own "why?", the question doesn't concern the act of doing it.  My question is why the non-event is being broadcast in the news media as some astounding feat setting up an artificial "race".  The intent, to me, is massaging egos, self-gratification, public notoriety and acclaim.  It lacks respect for the moutains and their environment.  The doing it isn't the problem.  If they had done it and shut up about it, I could understand.  Racing around the planet and loudly proclaiming the time factors contributes nothing except the personal glory of the participants and their "sport" idolators.  Walking and observing the flora and fauna of the beautiful area has much more importance for self-enrichment than any race against time and the elements.  Just another "race" like the Iron Dog roaring and distubing the land purely for human egomania.


Men (and women) are not thieves either. And yet things keep getting stolen. Perhaps the best thing to do is to stop looking for a solution that covers every single imaginable possibility and work on what produces the most benefit most rapidly, which would be avoiding risk. If people then want to keep on working on reducing risk that is fine but first help stop people doing dangerous things until you achieve that.


The first step in solving a problem, is identifying the problem.
To find out what has been behind Vancouver's housing market since 2001 and what has been hollowing this city out for the past 15 years, all the mayor has to do is ask his 'roommate'. I'm sure she has insider information.
BTW...no news on her mother for 8 months now...nothing since before her corruption trial...


Civil Beat's Editorial Board has hit the nail on the head with its conclusion:  "The public deserves a full airing of the troubles within one of its most important public agencies — in an open forum where officials on all sides are held publicly accountable for their decisions in this matter."  We all should support this action by our Police Commission.


If Executive Orders immediately became law, Guantanamo would have been decommissioned eight years ago, when Obama signed the order.
No matter how much you and he might wish it, Trump cannot unilaterally create law. He requires Congress for that. Congress shut down government, rather than cooperate with Obama. Trump may be running from the same party that has control of that house, but he has few real friends there, and the Republicans have their own agenda.
His Executive Orders are not much more than 'memos' to Congress on what he'd like to be discussed and acted on. Whether they comply is up to them.


Caribou Stew ~ !


I was with you all the way, utilitas, until I reached your third paragraph when you rolled over into your usual rant against progressives, and your so foolish claim of "Hillary was utterly defeated."  Read your own first line, and then explain how you can (like Mr. Trump) hold opposite positions at the same time.  And your line of "Hillary was utterly defeated," and Trump won!" is also in opposition with your opening statement.  Talk about 'hard to dialogue" when trads talk out of both sides of their mouth, if you get my meaning.  A little restraint goes a long, long way in being heard.  Now, I've forgotten what I was agreeing with you on.......


Right, giving a front page to the Moreau schedule was just a head fake.  Like the Globe's endorsement of the CPC the last few elections.  Do you only see what confirms your biases?


Here's a stat Doc, courtesy of a recent article in Post Media.

.

..."In 2015 alone, the National Bank of Canada estimated buyers from China poured $13 billion into Metro Vancouver real estate, one third of the total. Vancouver Sun and Province reporter Sam Cooper follows the flow of such money, a portion of which is illicit and often ignored by Canadian officials"...

.

One year.  13 billion.


"Oh WOW, mann....That's the biggest one I've ever seen!"
"Play jump-rope with it too!"


The sooner you move to Wasilla the better


If Warsaw Uprising Polish resistance fighters could build working STEN-like submachine guns under the watchful eyes of the Nazis over 70 years ago, then I suppose even a Hawaii-born shade tree gunsmith could do at least as well.

As I've pointed out (in vain) to six readers here who staunchly support the fantasy that an official prohibition of firearms can always be equated with increased safety for all, then our major U.S. prisons should all be havens of tranquility, with little or no chance of murder, physical assault, intimidation or rape.  But are they?  For those who care about such things, there was a celebrated case of an American prison inmate who managed to build himself an electrically primed and repeating handgun using homemade metallic cartridges, all while under the supervision of prison staff.  I would guess had he been so inclined, a prison-made late medieval style longsword (as popularized by Aragorn, son of Arathorn in the LotR movies) would have been child's play too.


Before we determine that the Angus Reid poll is an accurate depiction of how Canadians feel; we might want to examine the poll. As it states, it is the opinion of selected members of the Angus Reid Institute. The Institute often appears to be pretty right wing. Perhaps it would be a wise decision to take a deep breath and not be overly influenced by limited polls.
From the poll:
"METHODOLOGY:
The Angus Reid Institute conducted an online survey from July 7-10
among a representative randomized sample of 1521 Canadian
adults who are members of the Angus Reid Forum. For comparison
purposes only, a probability sample of this size would carry a margin
of error of +/- 2.5 percentage points, 19 times out of 20.
Discrepancies in or between totals are due to rounding. The survey
was self-commissioned and paid for by ARI. Detailed tables are
found at the end of this release."


No one ever mentions we may run out of money for welfare or housing give-a-ways, just Social Security.


We need some creative diplomacy.  Alas, Trump is so weak he is just not capable of anything except the usual phony "let us get tough" rhetoric.


This is the cleaning up of the mess.  Of course it's going to "look bad", because finally someone is doing something about it.

It's just like the debt: it's all fun and games until you start paying it off like a responsible adult.


And your point is?


"Canada and China do not have a formal extradition treaty, and the Trudeau government has signalled that it may not complete such a deal out of concern about abuses in the Chinese justice system."

"Complete" is a poor choice of word; better would be "do," or "who initiated..." There was no such treaty or even the thought of one before Trudeau. It would have been unthinkable under Harper, Martin or Chretien. Only a Trudeau, who "admires the Chinese... form of government," could possibly think that an extradition treaty with a totalitarian, Communist regime would be a good idea. Only someone lacking any understanding of history would think that justice is served by handing over people to the Communist Party kangaroo courts. Justice requires an independent judiciary; when outcomes are decided before the trial begins by Communists, that is not a real trial or justice.

It is truly bizarre that these decisions are being made by someone with a grade 7 level understanding of history.


I have made this argument many times only to be shouted down by angry women who tell me I have no clue what I'm talking about. Thank you for such a spot on, well written article.


Seems to me every time we do a 'major' project 'we' have to bail it out.  If you're going to raise all of the above, but the money to good use not 'bad' use, so to speak.  Yes, I agree to 'tomuchpilikia'.  Last, but not least, the same mismanagement people keep getting elected, how come?  Aw, I know, we're the blind and their our guide dogs.  Makes sense to me!!!  Have a nice day.


.... and you, ThDMcG, come to the G&M forum from the CBC forum.... where you monitor the G&M from your CBC desk .... soooo obvious ....!!!!


It's the guards. Simple.


It's St. John's!
Much different story in Toronto, I think.


She's the one who brought up the hotel reneging on its own reservation.


After the match Allistair Coetzee said he was pleased with the 5-pointer. Of course, the rules changed 2 seasons ago and we didn't actually earn the bonus point. A few logs, including the one on sarugby's official website (!), even incorrectly tallied the Boks with 5 points.

It's possible the Boks left a bonus point on the field (we needed one more try) because they didn't know the rules. That is a disgrace! Why the press isn't picking up on this is pretty strange too... sometimes they can't help but drink the kool-ade I guess.


Life was so much simpler back in the 70s - I recall as a student at UWO going to the Mustang football games (when students were still allowed to drink in the stands and the stadium was packed) - girls would use the stalls in guy's washroom since their lineup was huge.  As guys we didn't care much as there was just a long trough vs individual urinals to stand at (and with my "bashful bladder" it was a waste of time anyway) Mind you liberal use of alcohol broke down a lot of social concerns.


White people have been immigrating to this continent for over 200 years, and look at all the damage and death they have brought. Ban all immigrants the the New World! Send everyone back to their country of origin and let the indigenous have their lands back!


At the end of the day Democrat support of the DACA people is wishy washy.


Good idea, but I would take it a step further.
END the PFD for EVERYBODY and use ALL the money to close the budget gap.
That way, EVERY citizen would be contributing something to funding state government.


why would they need to wiretap?  Please explain.  Still requires a warrant.  Sorry to pop your delusional bubble.  Please go back to the ties Manfort has/had to Putin's oligarch which now no longer can be denied.


what needs to be done is enforcement of all the existing laws,regulations, and ordinances that we have currently and this would not even be an issue.


If Trump had put all of the money that he inherited from his father in a stock index fund, he would be richer today than he claims to be.


And what about those militias we used to hear about, are they gone do you think?


Just how vulnerable is Canada right now without having the most advanced (on paper) attack jet?  Is it that Canadian forces might not be able to attack the latest third world country on America's "axis of evil" to do list?


Niagara, you are a stereotypical Welland loser...there's no otherway to state it.


We need a foreign buyers tax in Ontario effective March 1, 2017 to cool the market like it did in Vancouver. No ifs or buts; just do it And forget about paving over our greenland to building more houses.


joseppi,  its much worse than anyone imagines. charter communications, which owns time warner only has 825 stockholders, the same guys that own all or controlling interest in the forbes 2000. itrs crazy, about a thousand guys on this planet, through ten thousand subsidiaries, that own everything. governments, you and me, even your dog. you think mcgraw-hill publishes books, think again. hedge fund managers control through money put up by the thousand really, really rich guys. here are the top hedge funds out of thousands world wide.
MANAGER	       COMPANY	ASSETS MANAGED
CEO	                  NAME	          TRILLIONS
laurance fink	   blackrock	                       $4.6
jiang jiaqnqingt ind & commbank of china	$3.4
jamie dimon	   jp morgan chase	$2.4
brian moynihan bank of america	$2.2
total		$12.6

http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/chtr/ownership-summary
https://www.forbes.com/sites/brendancoffey/2011/10/26/the-four-companies-that-control-the-147-companies-that-own-everything/#7f8202f3685b


The problem I have with what you are saying is addiction is the problem , not casinos, not bars, not drugs, not grocery stores. I know someone who has at various different times been addicted to sports. Food (Serious gluttony), alcohol, shopping, pot, coke, speed, selling drugs, golf, sex and I am leaving a couple of things out. Usually they were cross addicted to more then one thing at a time.. None of these things were the problem. The problem  was they did not know how to identify and manage their mental illness.


This is absolutely disgusting. Of course this garbage has an attached emergency clause. Kate Brown and her liberal cronies who proposed this nonsense need to be deported along with all the damn illegals who they want to support with our money. Screw them!


Stupid analysis on Scotland. Not accurate at all and PM May won the election in which Scots voted in many Conservative MPs.


I own a few General Electric, and I'm hanging on to mine too.
Now I just have to figure out where I am going to get some money to buy some more.  After all, I've been loading up on Cenovus this past summer.


how do you know
I lived under marxist governments you moron


Assad will be in power longer than junior is.


If I were to subscribe to conspiracy theories, I would suspect that somehow Trump has orchestrated the  election win of Trudeau, Notley, and now Horgan in an effort to destroy Canada's economy and to seize our resources at bargain basement prices.


Your putting underscores between your words makes your post unreadable.


Looking forward to a time when Republican candidates feel okay with identifying themselves as Republicans again.  Maybe when they're not okay with ideas like shutting mental hospitals to avoid some form of tax increase they can again find dignity.


The fact you even say 'enough' means you miss the point. A principle of neutrality for the Lt. Governor is violated. Its not the amount of money that matters but the fact she donated and is partisan bringing her decision into sharp scrutiny. If she opts for a snap election as christy hopes I think that will backfire on the Liberals big time. If they didn't listen the first time in the first election what will make them listen a second time? ...Nothing but a desperate cling to power.


From the article: "a statistic that wasn’t foreseen when the system was set up in 1971"
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That line pretty much sums up every economic decision made by Pierre Trudeau (and indeed by Lester Pearson before him).

What we really need is to transform EI into an Employment Insurance program, which it most certainly is not today.  Right now EI is a tax that goes into general government revenue and nominally has a bunch of loosely related programs associated with it through line-items on a budget, albeit with no guarantee or even expectation that the revenue and expenditures will match.

Parental benefits are one of the many programs that maybe shouldn't be included in EI but handled through a separate, dedicated program.


Greetings.....beyond the religious hatred, homosexuals have been persecuted,
 hunted and murdered by the thousands in our so called civil countries for centuries!  By Paprocki calling gay lives immoral he is adding fuel to this hideous anti gay adgenda!  Stop the Hatred!!


It is not in governments interest to make anything they run work properly. Except maybe tax collecting, and they do that with a lot of threats and coercion. There are are a lot of well paying careers being sustained by keeping medical systems organized scarcity.  What is the wait time for elected official and their families for medical procedures compared to those who pay for them with their taxes. It's a suckers game.


The sickness of the left is deafening. Crude verbal assaults against the President and his family has passed the 'free speech' threshold, some calling for Trump's assassination, other want to bomb the White House, baseless accusations of incest, the list is long and crude. Time to fight fire with fire, let's make Colbert a sample of how is better to be civil, respect the will of millions of citizens who elected a new manly president.
It seems attacks, as long as it isn't directed to Obama or Hillary, all is well with the liberal-regressive crowd.


ADN writes: "Congressmen hear pitches on how to open up Alaska’s natural resources "
.
Nice to see that Don Young is keeping our colonial status intact, so outsiders can rape and pillage the environment and the people that live here.  Sad to see that some of the native corporations are willing to trash the places where they live for money - but hey, that's what colonialism is all about - it worked!   History will not treat Don well I suspect.  Don makes it clear, on a regular basis, that he does not care about history and his legacy is immaterial to him  :)


I really don't care about the Americans' feelings.


The Southern Poverty Law Center points out ties between Kessler, the Occupy movement and even past support for Obama. Did he change his politics or is something else at play?

In Kessler's own words, "I can't think of any occupation that I admire more than professional provocateur..."


You beat me to it!!!  I don't own Mawer funds, but have owned EdgePoint since inception (and Cymbria).  But to your main point -- totally flawed "analysis".  Another excellent fund is PH&N Hi Yield Bond for those looking for a fixed income position.  I fully understand that it's returns last year were an aberration, but I think the 10 year return is around 6.5% -- net of fees, of course.


Got news for you Bucko.  The Republicants own the titles:  Just Say No to America, and Corrupt Bastards Club.  No all Republicans are rotten, but a fair amount are.  It's one thing to have opposing sides, but the so-called TEA Partiers and CBC Republicans don't deserve to be in control of any American government.


Ding dong, you are wrong.  Since obama took office, how many donkeys lost their seat to the better party (GOP)? Too many to count. So when you want to talk about losers take a look at a pic of HRC, or better yet, take a look in the mirror.


Women empower yourself and leave the mysogonist discriminatory institutional church to men-folk. Guess what will then happen? It will implode! #womenpower


Build a wall, they will build a tunnel.
Sounds like the Berlin Wall,shoot those who try to climb over it.


There is no doubt that something needs to be done. However this exact project was scrapped many years ago because it cost too much and it didn't resolve the issue fully. (Alternative 3)
http://www.i-70east.com/meetingminutes/CorMtng5-17_18-06/CorMtng_5-17_18-06_AltA1andAltA3.pdf

The city spending billions on a highway just after spending on light rail. Then when it's all finished there will be toll lanes to charge the tax payers even more money to use the extra lanes. It goes into the drainage issue and affecting City Park. There are way too many cons to even spend the time writing right now. I don't support this plan at all and I live right near City Park and often use the affected part of i70.


and there is nothing that John Paul the great enabler of abusers has done that another pope can't undo.   he made no infallible declarations about anything.


My point is you appear to be frantically deflecting from the charge that your preferred source of "news" is a fever swamp of neo-fascist invective and conspiracy theory.

Got anything at all, RD?


You are not he first person to suspect that RD is a complete fraud.


Did you catch the point of the comment : "Erasmus of Rotterdam, responding to Martin Luther's question, "Why do you remain in the church?", is supposed to have replied, "I put up with this church in the hope that it will become better, just as it is constrained to put up with me in the hope that I will become better." that it is Erasmus making the comment, not Luther.
Luther left, true enough. Erasmus stayed. And the reason he gives is a good one: ""I put up with this church in the hope that it will become better, just as it is constrained to put up with me in the hope that I will become better."


But have the Cardinals really "found their rhythm" or are they just a .500 team on a season-high win streak? Two weeks ago everybody was saying that the Cubs had woken up and everybody better watch out for them, and today they've lost 7 of their last 10. I just don't see a wild card team coming out of the NL Central, it looks to me like a division that's going to be won by a team with 85 wins.

Rockies and D-backs can't exactly coast in, but I'm going to have to see the Cards play more than a week of good baseball before getting too worried about them.


There are enough people in Venezuela who think as you do to keep the country starving.

Keep it up.


Oh I don't know...  I was hit by a car while crossing the street and the driver was polite enough to roll down his window and apologize. Didn't make me feel any better.


I'm not really sure how it is that you're equating the idea of "civility" as being "progressive" as opposed to "conservative." I've seen plenty of uncivil discourse from progressive/liberal people, just as much as from conservative people. I don't care what political ideology one believes in: namecalling is ugly & counterproductive.


Why is it up to the gubbermint.  They would run out of sand if they were in charge if the desert.  Let the market be the market.


Twice today I have been asked if a tart reply to an obnoxious or trolling comment is civil.  What is meant by civil?  Those are the times when a tart reply is VERY appropriate--even if it's not particularly civil.  Yes or No questions can be vey annoying.


Reagan was the last Republican president.  These two were always RINOs.


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Had a similar experience at one of the big mall stores specializing in undergarments...featuring pouting silken-haired young women falling out of undersized underwear in the display window and on posters.

I'm not fat, but am well-endowed enough to require some engineering help in the brassiere dept.

The gum-snapping young sales associate told me there was nothing in the store to fit me. Apparently if your bosoms are of a certain generous size, manufacturers seem to think the rest of you is large as well, hence no bra to fit big boobs attached to a small back. A DD-cup was not to be found in a 34 band size. At least not in that store.

Try online, I was told. And the virtual fitting room was where?? This isn't like buying a pair of socks.

Ageing boomers have money to spend...but where are the pretty undergarments that fit us??  Thanks for this article!


Cat says "its not just TD that is running out of people to lend money to."

I highly doubt that, especially in TD's case.  They have more branches in the US then they do in Canada.  Plus, their clients in the US won't listen to CBC.


Nope. Nope. Quote unquote men and Quote unquote women are absolutely totally 100% identical in every way, and any differences observed in them is DISCRIMINATION! (breathes into paper bag)


A nice thought, PI, but not according to most observers of what is happening on the ground.  Trump has inflamed - dangerously so - a core albeit small group of revolutionists who will continue the scorched earth policies right along with DJT, as he is not one to accept defeat, period.  We are in for a continued polarized country with a select group of dangerous home-grown would-be terrorists (remember Timothy McVeigh?) that a highly vindictive Trump will support.  There are a few politicians who also feed the hysteria in various ways, sadly including John McCain (its time he is voted out of office) and Marco Rubio (who should be inoculated against rabies).  So to concede and then recede is not in the genetic makeup of Donald Trump.  He will not go away until he is no longer able to speak.


All varieties of foods can be enjoyed without destroying the national fabric of a country.
I live in the east coast. There is Acadian and other old time East Coast Canadian nationalities here.
It would be a real shame to see that just uprooted and destroyed in the name of sushi and pizza; which we have here by the way!
Menu choices are not an excuse to destroy a nationality and it's sad that Canadians are so complicit that within 40 years people in the centre and elsewhere don't even know what Canada was. No army or invasion necessary. Just some platitudes, virtue signalling and of course, pointing out that the immigrants and foreigners are the real victims; and that's that. Nothing to see here folks; so many menu choices tonight!


who cares ...the man has been in office for 3 weeks ... you guys are never going to make it for 8 years if you don't relax an assume your position on the back benches, the market is grossly overvalued and has alot of correction waiting to be squeezed out of it. The market is only up because Obama's out of control deficit spending bought it up to these levels with borrowed money.


Why yes, they're wealthy, progressive democracies in Europe and all of them have Western-based law. Why do you ask?


Mr. Whitehouse and Mr. Durbin both knew that Mr. Browder could not link Fusion GPS and Russian funding. As attorneys, they both knew not to ask a witness a question to which they didn't already know the answer. Both gentlemen were attempting to have a witness on the record admit that there was no link between Russia and Fusion GPS and the Trump dossier. Therefore, this is one more reason to prevent the special counsel, Mr. Mueller, from looking into Fusion GPS funding, which could prove very embarrassing to Democratic interests. I think Mr. York is somewhat naive to attribute anything other than partisan motives to these gentlemen's actions.


"Be afraid, be very afraid..."

Afraid of what - you and all your snowflake friends?

Wow.

I'll call your bluff.

Show me what ya got...


the pro cyclists don't seem to have a problem


"The Confederacy was not so much about slavery as it was about the desire to be a separate country ..."

They didn't want to be a separate country just for giggles. They wanted to be a separate country (actually, 11 separate countries bound together in a "confederacy") so they could continue to legally own other human beings. That was the whole impetus for secession.

It doesn't do anybody any good to pretend. The Confederate states were not the good guys in the Civil War.


What class and style...........


The Trudeau government has set aside $348.6 million over the next three years for the deployment of a Canadian battle group in the Baltic States and ongoing air and sea patrols to counter the threat of Russian aggression on Europe's eastern flank.Here is your money.Canada is sending soldiers on expensive vacation to Europe.


Tory is the greatest coward to ever hold an office. His prime directive is to not be offensive, which oddly enough - I find incredibly offensive.

Pride, BLM - it's all just fluffed up, nonsensical division politics of our times.


Instead of offering solutions and action, we’ll just keep saying “prayers”. If automotive engineers had just said “prayers” every time someone died in a car accident we would never have crumple zones, airbags and collision avoidance systems. Prayers don’t do a damn thing.


They were just discussing adoptions.


This guy is young experienced and bilingual...

The liberals won with a guy who is several steps below the 'clueless' you ascribe to Scheer.

This is the age of image, policy is secondary. Unless the conservatives can convince Ryan Reynolds to run, this is the deal


Always believed that if a team built their offense from the o-line out,  they could be contenders.  Hec, you could put generous George at QB and he wouldn't even smudge his eyeliner.


To Hawaii's elected officials and ilk - With all due respect,  "skin in the game" has nothing to do with taxing current and future Hawaii's taxpayers more (raising taxes to new record high levels). ''Skin in the game" would be for you and your ilk to fess up and realize tax money is limited in our already cash strapped small state and rail is unaffordable even if it were completely built and paid for. ''Skin in the game" is when you and your ilk stop being beholden to other politicians, business leaders and unions, and for the stake of our current and future taxpayers, make for once make right decision regarding rail.


The unemployment rate is relative to the number of people in a state without jobs.  Who in their right mind would go to North Dakota for any reason other than a job - and one they desperately need at that.  Colorado, on the other hand, attracts people just because it is Colorado and they want to be here and hope to find a way to make enough money to stay.  The fact that our unemployment rate is so low is a tribute to our booming economy since many many people come here without jobs "just because".


These must be the only two people in America who couldn't get a gun.


Why is it that Americans have become our worst enemies?  Black segregation occurred many years ago.  Japanese internment camps occurred many years ago.  And so on....  but it seems that many generations later, after the wrong has been corrected, the grandchildren/great grandchildren seems to act as if it happened to them, so they feel it is their right to protest, throw tantrums, threaten lawsuits/persecute and so on...  Is that really how we want our children to be raised?  With a sense of entitlement in all that they do?  If they fail, cry foul and pout, and pass the blame on their bosses.  If that doesn't work, blame what happened 40-60 years ago or longer?  This is not how I want my children and grand children to be raised and taught.!  Cmon and let's move on people!  Stop with the nonsense.  Even as I write this, I thread lightly so not to hurt any feelings.  So much for freedom of speech huh!


More accurately, its the kids who want you to stick around to babysit the grandkids


Miss him.


Poor Boeing will be stuck in the US market only..


What! No references to fake news and deniers? Surely you and your iwi robbing colleagues can come up with some better insults. Give it another shot you've got lots of idle time between gave desecrations.


Interesting information.  Thanks for posting. Of course this information flies in the face of the feel good folks who want to celebrate the indigenous people, without realizing who the indigenous people really were.


News flash:  No one in English Canada cares that Quebec didn't sign the 1982 constitution because it's law and has been since it came into force.  It may be an embarassment to Quebec but no one else cares, because again - news flash - the SCC determined Quebec doesn't have a veto.  This is a waste of time, stop talking about it and move on already.


John McDowell, How can Alaskans finally drill for oil and sell it at a profit, it has never been done yet?

Do you think things will change so Alaskans can prosper from oil and gas exploration and production?


Spicey showed the world how a Good Catholic conducts himself during his tenure in the Trump administration.  Truly an inspiration to everyone who espouses the teachings of the One True Church.  Maybe not so much those who espouse the teachings of Jesus, but He's really no longer relevant, is He?


But how is this bad News? They aren't investigating Trump, they are looking for "ties" to his campaign... But it turns out Mueller worked with Hillary! Lucky Hillary and Obama and Comey are all under DIRECT investigation.


French only for Federal government? You're a bit outdated. In Montreal, 73% of the businesses now operate in French. There are very few CEOs that cannot speak to the media (and share holders such as the Caisse des Dépôts) in French. French is ranked the sixth most widely spoken language after Mandarin Chinese (over a billion speakers), English, Hindi, Spanish and Arabic. There are currently over 220 million French speakers worldwide, including 72 million so-called partial French speakers. After Brexit, it remains to be seen what language will predominate in Europe.


Typical pampered millennials that haven't a clue about life skills or too lazy to even care.  Yes, chores!  Teach kids at a young age how to do laundry, cooking, cleaning, maintenance and money management and maybe we will finally get a generation of hard working, smart, hands-on kids not afraid to get their fingernails dirty like my generation.


Now pocho is using the black racist and white racist card.lol. Funny. In Charlottesville, one side was ALL white and the other side was.majority whites with specks of color. Folks, I did not see BLM or Hillary there. Funny.


Good idea to stand.  Kneel, puts your fists up, heck you can play with yourself prior to the anthem..........who cares....


Two-timer. Cad.


CPC.."reliable"...really?   A constant barrage of:
a. Anti - Trump nonsense ( comes with eyebrow raising and smirking ), and
b. feminist & "inclusiveness" stories  ( the agenda of their master )

Its simply a cheerleader of "progressive" social fringe groups


But that is "discrimination" and not "diverse"enough. One must "embrace" everybody. Perhaps the USA should change its flag to the new symbol of inclusivity and welcome - the Rainbow Flag. What could go wrong?


Same with my Dad; a WWII vet.


I'm sure your next victim will understand too.


You pay for all of that in your rent.  Over and over again.


Ollie North took the fall only after Casey suddenly died.


Khadr killed a US military medic both Micheal Rempel and Peter Kent had every right to inform Americans of this deal that Trudeau authorized.


There is a huge and very old Oak tree near the existing bike trail that is adjacent to where this planned apartment complex is going in.  I really hope the building developer can keep from cutting that tree down, and for that matter, saving as many of the existing trees as possible.

http://www.ahrmanw.com/SAVE_THIS_TREE.jpg


Before ACLU stepped in a couple years ago, APD was sending in officers to bust up the camps and hauling people's personal property away to the dump.  I don't think these people need a 30-day notice.  Maybe 5-7 day notice.


With each missile test, North Korea gets closer to its goal of threatening the United States with a nuclear or biological weapon strike. The sands of the hourglass are quickly running out and difficult decisions regarding possible military action against this rogue nation will have to make soon. Obviously, any miscalculation by the US could precipitate another Korean war with the possible eventual involvement of China and Japan. Thoughtful actions and not more tweets are what the world needs now.


Medicare is not going away any time soon. More fear mongering from the left.


Yup, that just shows the baker is full of BS. He runs a business, end of story. He doesn't have to approve of interracial marriages either, but he dang sure has to sell them a cake.


I think a lot of your facts are slightly exaggerated and incorrect,


I drove a pickup truck for 4 years - it was great, but my needs have changed.    For my needs, an SUV is FAR more practical.    I can tow my boat, have 6 passengers (5 if they're adults) AND carry all their luggage (with a roof box).     Try that in your pickup.     When I'm using it as my daily driver, it handles like a large sedan and gets sub 8.5L/100 km fuel mileage.

With regards to the mattress - if that's the first example that comes to mind, I have to ask how many times you haul a mattress?     If I saw you with a King sized mattress in the open bed of your F-series, I would say out loud:  There goes somebody who needs free delivery.     Especially if it was raining.


might as well build room for some monetary policy as fiscal policy appears to be stalled for awhile


But not by shaming them and make them feel "intrinsically disordered." As the CCC says, gays (like ALL people) should be treated with ‘respect, compassion and sensitivity.’


This is disturbing at so many levels it's hard to come to terms with it. So many victims of injustice here in Canada and abroad but this Liberal government decided to pick this guy to help? Unbelievable.


Caldwell talks,  but the taxpayers are the one's who do the paying.  Overall,  something has to be worked out meaning:  break down rail and it goes to the landfill.  and our cars make a parking lot of the roadways.  lol.  So far,  and then after in case rail gets done to Ala Moana Center,  'operations costs'  hasn't been brought up yet.   It was said that,  and just talk too,  fares won't cover costs of operation.   ?????????????????


Just look at the weather in Alberta right now - looks like Notley's policies metered things back a bit too far.


At least he's got something to fall back on. What a relief.


Blanchfield talking about Trudeau and his cabinet leading a full court press on US-Canada trade is way too flattering to the lethargic, weak-minded efforts we have seen. Trump hasn't even had his USTR approved yet but the US is first out of the gate with its plans to renegotiate NAFTA and the Liberal government has absolutely nothing to propose as a counter. Since he loves to tweet, Trudeau could surely at least have tweeted that we wanted softwood lumber covered in a revised NAFTA.


You may be right. But the question here is whether they should be allowed to provide that advice on the eve of an election.


Very much like this first pass at more civil content in the RG comment sections.  I for one have been turned off from commenting in the past, or reading what others say, by the narrow minded overly negative stuff that's been the norm. Here's hoping a more elevated and civil discourse will follow. The ability to comment on stories and commentary is a great move forward in journalism, imo. But needs to have some guardrails, so to speak.


I'm judging my sister's divorce.  It was a decision like any other in her life, weighing the pluses and the minuses.  But if she took her marriage and her faith more seriously, she and her husband would be working it out.  I'm pretty sure that's how most divorces go these days, and I have witnessed others.

Now ask me how many times I would have left my wife had I not taken seriously my vow to love her in the presence of God.  There were times that it seemed irreparable, yet here we are over 20 years together.  I know my grandparents (50+ years wed) and my parents (50+ years wed) had their issues, as well.

My brother's wife is bi-polar, manic depressive: married 25 years.  My sister used to show up with unexplained bruises in the earlier years of her marriage (married 30 years, happy, and the bruises stopped).

A 20-page booklet is too much to bear?  No wonder that marriage didn't last; I'd go for the lack of capacity annulment.


Just not ready. It's too bad Harper ran such an awful xenophobic campaign.


And Real Housewives and Duck Dynasty get great ratings.  And the Kardashians are still famous.  There is no limit to societal stupidity.


Loan or equity, it doesn't matter how you label the start up capital.

If you're like most family start ups, if your business fails you would have  lost your house or at the very least a good portion of your family savings.  The new tax proposals don't recognize that there is risk in starting a new business that is borne by the whole family.

This is bad policy.


They always throw everything they have against the wall and settle with what sticks.


Take Back Your Power is a fluff propaganda piece full of misinformation, exaggeration and outright lies. My favorite part was an old ex premier of British Columbia saying the utility even knows what you are having for breakfast. There are hundreds of millions of smart meters installed world wide, so where are all the health impacts? Smart meters are a simple safe technology upgrade to utility owned equipment


Spend it all on some more condoms and pregnancy test kits in the midtown bars. The legislators are moving into  Spenard after all.


Doping is just another nail in Iditarod's coffin. It's time for the Cruelest Race on Earth to be relegated to the past where it belongs.


Shall not be infringed.

The ONLY right in the Bill of Rights, so annotated.


Your definition of racist is pathetic and I reject it. Marty simply stated a factual demographic.


Anyone except Hannity, O'Reilly and Judge Jeanine.


So what makes the GOP really not support them? The republicans wish for smaller gov't. So these 3 push for a budget...which republicans want. Where's the problem? I searched ledoux and she doesn't vote on much according to the sites. The most recent bill she pushed for was in connection with school/abortion. Where are her fiscal constraints on the budget? I just don't see how this state with less than a million people can have a government $4 billion in the black. Spending has to be curbed.


Good luck, clear skies.


Unfortunately a driver (even incoherent) and their family in this kind of a situation, are probably in significant trouble over this.  It is unlikely that driver's insurance (if shopping center sued, will subrogate) will cover the liability of serious and/or permanent injury (hopefully, no eventual deaths) to patrons, damage to a restaurant, and any cars involved.  Even if auto insurance has a liability umbrella rider, the damages may involve potentially millions of dollars in damages and exceed this, resulting in loss of the insured's assets, such as housing, etc. This raises the issue of elderly and/or incapacitated drivers and the risk their relatives run for not intervening  before serious accidents, which can cause irreversible guilt and moral disasters, not to mention potentially significant financial loss.  Shopping centers and businesses may be required to install barriers  to prevent this from happening again at considerable expense, as a future incident would not look good.


Maybe a few classes on comparative religion in high school geography, but that's it.  Students need to be aware of the dramatic negative impact on rights, living standards, economic activity and longevity that dogmatic religious regimes have, where they still exist.


High taxes and stifling bureaucracy at every level of Government #Wynning - Canada is a great place to invest for career activists like Tides or Greenpeace as there is a bountiful crop of  naive idealists willing to sabotage the economy to prove their #progressive bonafides. Canada's growth industries are protesting and public sector unions.


Siding up with the head-choppers, Layla?


"Statues" of whatever/whomever are not people, not even of Mary. You sound like an "idolator".
So, women as idols, as "beads" of glass or whatever, or as sanctuary cleaners.
Gee...!


I'm really pretty cool with that.


The education system is where a lot of people go to make very nice livings, end of story.


In a city like Honolulu, that changes ever so slowly, some of the most significant and quickest changes have come recently with Kakaako development that caters to the rich.  Similar to tourism, where money and new development caters to the tourists.  Yet, locals are being forgotten.  A few blocks away from the fancy areas you see rundown, outdated buildings and homes.  Outside the touristy, expensive or new areas, the city looks old and rough, including infrastructure and public areas.  The State is welcoming to Big Money, but locals see little benefit.  Friends working good professional jobs are underpaid and can't get ahead.  They continue to live with their parents or rent, with no hope of owning a home.  Yet non-locals continue to arrive, slowly eroding our local culture, and tourism runs rampant, affecting locals everyday quality of life.  Things must change, the future doesn't look great for Hawaii.


It is gradually dawning on Europeans that their worst enemies are Muslims (immigrants, legal or illegal, students, refugees)  and the American government.

I would also say that America's worst enemy is its near-monopolistic mainstream media.  Acting on behalf of what its half dozen closely-related controllers think is dangerous to the wealth and power of those for whom it was created or purchased, it set out to remove the President democratically elected by Americans.

Americans should disregard the algebraic legal crap, fake analyses and fake experts and see what is happening as what it actually is, which is the removal of the democratically-elected president.   They should insist that the ownership/controllership of the American mainstream media to be investigated and set out to have leaks on the people who are providing the "leaks"


He was South African


what blows me away is that he isn't even addressing his stance on healthcare. Instead he is just posting about meetings with prospective fbi directors that trump likes. Gardner has no spine.


Cash is fun to look at and it smells good too. ( $100 bills )


Intervened how? You mean the UNITED NATIONS intervention in Kuwait or the UNITED NATIONS measures leading to Israel?


We must cut the bloated state government first; cut the number of state workers drastically and cut the overly generous public union pay and benefits.


Isn't illegal entry THE proper channel for a majority of  asylum seekers?  What other channel they have?  Write a letter to Trudeau while in the US?