This should be classed as an Essential Service where nobody is allowed to strike.

Furthermore, if people die because they could not get through to the 10111 call centre during an emergency, then it should be on the members of SAPU's  conscience and the leadership should be charged with culpable homicide.


Congratulations!!!!  Hope that you share your talents with Alaska, would love to see a bakery with your name on it in Anchorage!


So typical of liars and those who support liars to deflect the issue and find something else to put the reason or blame on.


The Canadian government deserves it for bailing out the Beaudion family. Had the insisted on Bombardier Voting shares in exchange for financial aid, as was the case with General Motors, they could have avoided all this.


You lump the middle class in with the wealthy. The Middle Class does not need an additional tax just to protect the poor.


Prolonging the process, in this case, appears to have very little to do with justice or the rule of law.  It appears to have much more to do with the obstruction of justice.


Justin Trudeau will get along with anyone, for a price. And since there is no reward to get along with Russia, in his mind, we have this new bizarre realpolitiks being played. I just hope that Justin Trudeau's sense of values has nausea because he has to be a "friend" to a mysogist, anti-gay, etc..... man like Donald Trump. I hope when he is old, he will have regrets about doing that.....  Narcissism has it's price M. Trudeau. I guess you are ready to do anything to feed it.


Carter was feckless. His embargo of Iranian oil in response to the kidnapping and imprisonment of the entire US Iranian diplomatic corps resulted in hording, which drove up gas prices and caused shortages. His rescue by helicopter of the embassy staff ran into a sandstorm, grounding the helicopters. The stagflation, a structural problem, was solved by Fed chairman Paul Volcker, but didn't kick in until Reagan took office, after Reagan had promised to sell Ayatollah Komeini banned missiles, the profit from which went to the Nicaraguan Contras from Ollie North's office in the White House basement. Remember that?

Carter was the most decent man in the White House in the last 100 years. As The Donald would say, Nice people are losers. I guess that's the way you feel, Motley, when you're not thinking about how common criminals are losers. So, who's NOT a loser?


"eternal chaos", CSU plays what 5 home games a year?
'That word, I do not think it means what you think it means.'


"Because I don't embrace Socialism? Are you off your rocker?"

I don't know what you think socialism is, but can I have your next dividend check?


Where do I sign up for the Tar or Feathers franchise for the people proposing limiting our Freedom of Speech? I think that is a real money making opportunity. . . although I can't quite figure out which would be more lucrative, tar or feathers. . . or perhaps I should corner the rail market? Every one of those proposing such regulation should be first tarred and feathered, and then run out of town on a rail.


the documents were, as you stated, in english.


True enough no young doctor wants to take over an existing medical medical practice in such unstable times with a crazed dictatorial government acting in such a contemptable manner.

No young doctor is going to sign leases etc., and take the responsibilities onto his/ her shoulders either alone or with their friends....so the ageing doctor is forced to cut back, to slow down...and when the lease comes to an end....to close the practice.


You're giving up already then? And just after I read how scheer will change everything in Canadian politics? hey, give the guy a chance - he may do something with his life yet.


The Oregon Government Ethics Commission said the two may have broken some laws, how else can we keep elected officials accountable?  Don't you think the state needs to be accountable and transparent?


If Trump has any intention of negotiating in good faith it will not be affected by something as minor as a photo on the cover of the Rolling Stone. I honestly doubt Trump has any intention of negotiating in good faith, but that is a different point.


We do not live in a free market economy.  For geesh sakes read a renowned economist and do some research before making such a comment (the list is long who have all diagnosed the disease).  15% of all money ends up in your so called free market where 85% ends up in the financial industry.  Greed and finance has ruined the system, it is not even a capitalistic system we have anymore.


The Mooch is pooched.


Now, if we can just get a bunch of racist Red States to succeed from the union, we might get somewhere.


Trump Canada can't come fast enough !!!


Uh, they were'nt baited genius, call the trooper if you need to understand what you apparently cant read.


As I recall, in her previous column, Renzetti criticized Trump for not taking what she considers "the high road" during his inauguration speech. I wonder what Renzetti thinks about the comments made yesterday by speakers such as Madonna and Ashley Judd? How would those comments rank with respect to "the high road", and why was there no mention of these prominent and incendiary speeches in this column? Is this newspaper still reporting news, or is it increasingly just a forum for strident anti-Trump views? Is balanced coverage and informing readers still a goal, or do we now have to read mainly one-sided opinion pieces  - all tilting heavily in one direction? I can remember a time when the Globe and Mail used to publish in-depth, balanced, informative, and carefully researched articles. Unfortunately, that was a long time ago...


Let's see now.  In power for approx 10 years.  Increased national debt approx $165billion.  That's an average of about $16.5billion of stimulus per year.  But wait, there was no recession in 2006 (Harper and Flaherty swore there wasn't).  And it was all gone by 2014 and they were posting a "surplus" (they sold the silverware to do it, but that's another story).

Still sticking to the "stimulus" story?  Really?  Oh, and you forgot to mention the snitch line.


I bet some of the people complaining here voted for him. Re-elect Mayor Kirkwell!


Come on Gomer, get in there & show us some elbows. While you're there, identify that 87% of Quebecers who support Bill 62 as racists. Go for it big man.


You do not "discuss" you lie and call that a discussion and you are messed up.


Lets be fair here, some folks have their own reality and are able to twist words into what they preferred them to be. Truth be d#$#%$. That is what I believe for what its worth, making a statement , then turning around and saying I didn't say that is the sign of a sick mind. We should be pitying them I guess. They read or hear something and put their own spin on the words and that is their reality. It is quite sad when we think about it, after all, I have, and we should all have, great pity for those unable to discern reality.


There are 1000 moving pieces in the economy and blaming one policy alone for good or bad times is simplistic.  That said, Reagan's deregulation, anti-labor actions and tax cuts created a foundation of fiscal irresponsibility that have led us to our current debt crisis and too great a portion of our economy being financially based.


Careful.

Urine trouble if you post such things.


Excellent essay, Elise.  Nice counter to the Jim Crawford mixture of self-aggrandizing political history claiming divine right of a superior human over all other humans.


"Attack, pause, mourn, carry on: The cycle of terror has become routine".

No, that is not how it goes.

In the Globe and Mail it goes like this:

Attack,
pause,
put "comments closed" labels on all the first news reports,
get a set of Muslim writers to write the first opinion columns,
eventually open up the boards to comments,
hope that the prominent posts are along the lines of "all religions are evil and dangerous, but let me list out and emphasize the awful things Christians have done",
censor away posts that go beyond that pan-religion all-religions-are-evil line,
draw attention to the need for better mental health care in society,
find and publicize some reports of anti-Muslim hate attacks in Canada, the West, anywhere,
print a couple more article about "The Handmaid's Tale" with imagery of Trump leading a fundamentalist Christian war on women,
mourn,
carry on.


Can't start em young enough, you never know when you may be needed to shoot another democrat.

"I think the best thing a mite of a chap like you can do is drop that gun” or called him a “damned little Yankee devil,” according to various sources. Rather than surrender, Clem shot the colonel and successfully made his way back to Union lines. For his actions, Clem was promoted to sergeant, the youngest soldier ever to become a noncommissioned officer in the U.S. Army, and became known as the “Drummer Boy of Chickamauga. Clem remained in the army until 1915, when he retired. He was the last Civil War veteran to leave the United States military.

http://www.civilwar.org/education/history/biographies/john-clem.html


the parking hasn't sold out in a while....


The issue was free expression, not sin. The matter of sin is private (not as secret but as none of society's business).


Enough to heat about 350 homes a day is being dissolved and released. I pay about two hundred a month in the winter for gas alone,.. times 350=$7,000 a dayx30=$210,000 per month.
 Dec-may=6 months@$210,000.   $1,260,000 bucks if they wait till May.
Plus the cost of the replacement gas, the lost taxes, the unknown affects on the whales etc.
This line and the oil line running next to it run across the same rocky outcrop from what I read. They are the same age. How long before that nearby line of the same age, with oil in get a leak?  This is a symptom of what are likely to become systemic problems to the aging oil and gas pipes under our Cook Inlet.  I would say this warrants a closer look at what and when the latest checks were made to the conditions of the OTHER lines running to those old platforms being milked to the failure point?  If these guys can`t even inspect the extent/nature of a leak in just 80 feet of water, at will, at slack tide...well, winters can be pretty long here.


The carpetbagger Senator is a freshman, and I haven't seen him on the speakers' list for the convention on the GOP website. So either the fact his IS speaking is incorrect, or the speakers' list hasn't been updated on the website.


No your wrong - Fake News Again Globe, you guys are so left elititis makes me crazy.


"Don’t we want people who can research and teach, instead of prove how diverse we are? I guess not. We’ve got quotas to fill."
Insultingly assumes the people they are hiring are not capable.  Rome wasn't built in a day & one has to remember that in relative terms it is only recently that girls were encouraged into the Sciences. My daughter is graduating high school with a 94% average heavily focused on maths & sciences.  If she were born when I was in the 1960's she would have been slotted into Nursing for post secondary instead of Applied Science which she is starting at Queens in the Fall.   Biases take years to turn around, it shouldn't have to come down to quotas, but left to their own devices, I doubt we would see much change.


Don't need to - I'm a retired Fed;  been there, done that.


Bottom line...........Its all about bottom dollar.


Ignore her. You'll be better off...


...as if it would be that easy - good luck.


Good luck Neah Bay!!


Don't assume you know what Obama would do, you know what assuming means do you not?  If you back Trump and Obama is your only supporting evidence then you need to do more research.  Trump backers fall on Obama, are you not capable of thinking, because at present it shows you are not.


The LED lighting upgrade was Mark Begichs' idea. Burkowitz was just following through on another phase of the upgrade.

http://www.cree.com/news-media/news/article/anchorage-joins-led-city-initiative-to-improve-light-quality-and-reduce-energy-costs


No one is purposefully surpassing votes in New York.  The law states you must be  registered 6 months before the election and it is public knowledge that Independent voters are not allowed to vote in a primary.  Now you were saying ..?


"Pork for every Councilcritter" Isn't standing up for your constituencies a good thing and part of any political process? You liked how they spent your money before, so what's the beef?


I've been an active volunteer for a non profit and can say that it simply could not function without some full time staff.  At an absolute minimum you  need someone to answer the phone,  coordinate the volunteers, order supplies and pay the bills.  If you are building houses this is like being a general contractor.  You can see the 990 for this branch of Habitat for Humanity at Charity Navigator. The highest paid employee is listed on these forms. That person make a little over $60,000 a year.


@ bsdetection
1. How many GOP voted for it?
2. How many Dems voted against it?
3. What's the current status of your ACA in terms of being successful?


Perhaps they need to go back to non rigid helmets like back in the day which will
discourage tackling/leading with the head.


A well regulated militia travels on its stomach, so he was perfectly within his 2nd Amendment rights.
The McDonald's worker was probably an illegal of some type anyway.


@Wendy Wright, please distinguish the fact reported in the article--that senators Franken and Leahy made statements that Sessions' actions might be grounds for perjury--from the opinions expressed by senators Franken and Leahy.

You appear willing to prejudge Franken's and Leahy's opinions based on some animosity toward Franken.

I don't prejudge their opinions, as you do, or take them as gospel, as you suggest @John Kawamoto is free to do.  Instead, I'm thankful we have democratic institutions that discourage public officials from willfully telling untruths, and am curious to know if Franken's and Leahy's opinions that Sessions may have committed perjury have any truth to them.


And the CEOs of Walmart and Home Depot do?

Here's a better idea - if we are to actually replace "Obamacare", AKA, the original Republican/Heritage plan, then we should look at how other countries achieve the better outcomes that they do, not consult CEOs. CEOs already have way too much input into our government as it is.


The liberal media will guarantee that, I'm just hoping they maintain their rhetoric up that long, people just aren't buying what they are saying, selling, and/or their feeble attempts at reporting any real news whatsoever.


This may be the dumbest and most naive piece of pap I've ever read. As a foreign government, there is little we can do to exercise influence over any other country, let alone the U.S. You may have noticed that nobody cared that Mr. Trudeau was there other than Canadians. We can't control their immigration policy. We can't control their economic agenda. We can't control their view on diversity. We can exercise some influence over trade because we trade with them on a very significant level.

The women's leadership roundtable was brilliant, working through the back door to achieve influence.

We have to live with this guy (Trump) for the next 4 years, at least, so we need to start with small achievements.

If you want to tell Mr. Trump how to behave vis-a-vis the citizens of the country of which he is president, you should feel to exercise your influence over him. I'm sure he'd be interested.


I'm very interested to see the plan.  If it's true that even Brad Wall is set to sign-on, I'll be truly impressed.


Oh my god, please bring back Obama, NOT!


Like surrogate commenting for the oil industry?  You're not related to Daniel Donkel are you Strada?


"Put the boots to him, medium style."


"At St. Michael’s College at U of T, a push to integrate faith and intellect." With all due respect to the author of this article, St. Michael's College has always been about integrating faith and intellect. With a quick survey of history she would discover that the concept of university evolved from the Catholic church.. The study of theology and philosophy were part of the dialectic that drew early intellectuals together. A little more historical awareness is needed from the G&M.


Just like Obama did.  No, wait . . . That's not correct.   .


This country needs national healthcare now.


I was there. Tensions are high with Gangsters, antifa gang, and patriots. DP reported bout the Home Depot robbed by gangs of 75 next door, 24 hr fitness next door where we were robbed, keys and wallets taken by gangs, in both cases management had gang members inside jobs. Today search youtube, Antifa organizes strikes this wk and start their civil war, patriots are packing and nervous, gangs had a fight at 24 hr fitness next to walmart last week, gangs arrested at 24 hr-home depot and this was welfare check day at this walmart so it was packed with armed gangsters.

not many ppl shot? shooter walks in cold, calculated and steady, takes aim, Pop 1 down, he does it again Pop 2 down. shooter notices homies taking cover with guns so the shooter lays out some cover fire while he exits like a pro. keeps the homies and under cover cops pinned down while he escapes otherwise I think a bunch of ppl would be injured and dead. antifa is rioting any patriots gathering today, B careful (youTube).


hey mark - try posting something positive, like how You would handle Trump. Come on, give us the benefit of your all encompassing wisdom.


Mr Lee was BROUGHT UP on the reserve, he was adopted by his step-father. His is a very special case and top marks to the band for taking him on as a member. Since he is not a status Indian, he doesn't get the benefits that those who are do. Those benefits were negotiated with the Crown in exchange for relinquishing ancestral lands, etc. so there is nothing more special than any other legally negotiated benefit.


Lucky duck! Flying insects are in decline worldwide. You may one day rue passing on that free protein. Some bars only offer complimentary pretzels, and that's just empty carbs & salt to make you thirsty!
https://e360.yale.edu/features/insect_numbers_declining_why_it_matters


It's all about skin color with you people .....


That's acute reaction!


With 6000 homeless passing through the Mission each year, it would seem a stretch of resources to allow no time limit for staying.  Also, I don't have a problem with the ones that are trying to turn their life around getting better chow than the ones not in the program.  It's good for morale.  So what changes are you suggesting?  And why should they answer to you?


it's the old 'if there's a will, there's a way', but in the case of our officials who are wholly to blame for the crisis from A to Z they've had enuf years to show they actually have the will and have failed miserably. I spoke to candidate Ige who is well aware of modified shipping containers as great starts for quick, cheap, and even permanent housing, but has done nothing more than provide an expensive shed with air mats on the floor. I contend these people with the ways and means just aren't interested in actually taking care of their wards. shameful.


Well he did say that, but after listening to the generals and those who have fought over there he realized we needed to finish the mission.

He also realized that the mission would be a lot harder because of the failed cut and run policy of Obama.

So keep repeating the party line, this is what is actually going on over there and why there was a change of position.


Don't confuse the rubes with facts ..........


Have no fear, the lack of a method to tax will not be an issue for long.


If I were in the shoes of the President, I would count the number of reporters, divide that number by five , the number of days in the week, and each reporter would be assigned a press day and they would be allowed to ask "one" question for the week and that is done. The other four days of the week, they could investigate traffic accidents or whatever menial tasks that the day editor needs to get handled.


Americans were generous in celebrating the election of the first (mostly) black POTUS.  Now that this failed social experiment is over, they have to deal with the new POTUS.  The extreme choice to be was a direct result of the extreme choice just on his way out. Obama left the new administration an awful mess.....both internationally and economically. Not to mention the fact that black Americans are angrier now than when Obama took office......shouldn't he have helped race relations instead of moving them backwards?


Well Doug as one of the great hand wringers of all time its nice to see you deliver on the affliction. Trump has succeeded in focusing the Europeans on something they have taken for granted since the 1950's.The U.S. has led and largely paid for most Western institutions and going forward will not have the ability to do that anymore. A remarkable run of consistency when you think of the last 72 years of peace and prosperity. The Europeans somehow thought the peace dividend would go on forever but as German Army officers have opined . "the Russians are still too close".

 Meanwhile The U.S. Army is running all over Poland, Lithuania and Romania this fall and in to next year.

 It will be very interesting if Justin and company have received the same message and we will all know this Wednesday when Garneau presents the new Defence policy.


Great story. Thanks.


Since he never called my house or anyone I know. Here are our results the airport is a negative not even rates on the scale. Honolulu international airport is a complete and utter  joke and a direct reflection of the terrible condition of our city.
 As one passenger told me recently it's like going back to the 70s. I travel for my job and have for the last 30 years and I have to say our airport is probably the worst I've ever seen. It's very sad for a status says terrorism is so important but weighs $10 billion on the rail that is useless. Just more incompetent political Democrats destroying the state


Not so, President Trump called Trudeau, day afternoon the horrific terrortists attack in Quebec.


Provide proof that casinos have bettered the lot of poor people.


Education is essential in reaching children to explain that sharing intimate images of themselves or others could be both a criminal and a societal offense and harmful to relationships with others. Sharing intimate images seems to be a form of exhibitionism that is widespread due the existence of the technical means to do so. What does this say about the human condition in a modern society?  "The medium is the message"?


You don't even understand your own mythology. Hilarious.


Thank you Jonathan Andrew for your thoughtful letter on why our profit motive health care system fails to provide for a significant segment of the population. Many successful working models around the world do a better job of providing better care for all of their population. The current "innovative" Senate plan proposes to make it more difficult to afford insurance that covers less.  Let's have a ballot initiative to require the Senate to be on whatever they propose for us, instead of their plan to keep their current coverage.


Is anyone besides me reminded of junior high school and its absurd cliques?  All nine individuals on the board were elected to bring their energy, insight and judgment to bear for the betterment of the Hawaiian people.  Instead, eight trustees meet behind closed doors (just as they did to deal with still-secret allegations of Mr Apo's alleged misconduct) to hash out what to do about still-secret allegations against Ms Akana, this apparently at the insistence of Mr Crabbe, whom a majority of the trustees wish to terminate!  Meanwhile, Ms Akana buttonholes an unhappy beneficiary in a hallway to dismiss the beneficiary's concerns.  Perfect.  Please, trustees, take deep breaths, and step away from the personal.  Remember what you were elected to do.  Nobody sent you to the OHA to trash your fellow trustees.  You were sent to bring your wisdom to bear with that of the other elected trustees in order to make Hawaii a better place.  Are you doing that?


Please see bottom of story. I can ask Jennifer for a further explainer if you'd like.

Thanks, Darcy Keith, Investment Editor


The cost of insurance is based on the cost of the healthcare itself. I don't hear single individual talking about how to reduce the amount being charged by the hospital, doctor and other health care providers. I wrote about one of my experiences where I was in the hospital for two days far precautionary reasons and in those two in addition to my doctor and nurse I was visited five by other doctors or specialist. Their visits amounted to, saying Hi, looking at my chart, asking how I felt and saying good-by. Those visits cost between $350 to $500 each. Two days, five visits and roughly $1,750 just for these doctors. Should we be blaming the insurance company for having to pay for these visit or those doctors, because in my opinion it was just nonsense.


A very old Ahtna trail ran along the Klutina River and a segment of it eventually became Klutina Lake Road. Ahtna people, like the other Native people in Alaska, negotiated with the fed govt to confirm their claims  to lands they had possessed for thousands of years, in return for giving up claim to other of their lands to the State of Alaska and other entities. Under the resulting ANCSA legislation Ahtna made their land selections (including Klutina Lake and surrounds), pared down from a very much larger original ancient known and documented land base. To characterize it as "Ahtna selected those lands after the road existed" misrepresents the situation. As others point out, access to the lake wouldn't be blocked; only unauthorized use of surrounding Ahtna land.


Entrapment or not Mohamed's intentions were clear, he wanted to murder innocent people and families.  You either want to murder people or you don't, someone who does not want to be a terrorist and kill innocent people would not fall into entrapment.  In my opinion Mohamed is missing a chromosome, he flirted with the idea of becoming a jihad before this so-called entrapment, obviously the idea of being with Allah was far more appealing than living free in the greatest Country on Earth. Put him in the slammer, put him in the ground or ship him back to Somalia.


Making change solely for the sake of change is gambling with an unknown risk.  I don't know about you but I'm not one willing to risk the next generation of children's education on, what is at best, an unknown risk.
Given that education is studied and tested and practiced and refined lends credence to a belief that we have the system we have not because there is a problem with the approach but with external factors outside the control or influence of schools.  For example changing family dynamics (millenials are becoming parents and have a known issue with instant gratification and self-entitlement), a historic problem with nigh parental abandonment (except when their child may be anything less than perfect THEN parents get involved) or unstable eating arrangements (breakfast is the most important meal of the day).  There are many considerations that indicate Devos's approach will not be sufficient if not counter-productive.


Bob,

Voters forgot that Trump was a pussygrabber in 3 weeks. I submit to you that voters wont even remember the name DeVos when Murkowski is up for reelection in 2022.


You are right of course but events that last a nano second are easily forgotten especially as she never sat in Parliament as Prime Minister,


Let me get this straight, the "City Bureaucrats" can write a report to council on the 2026 Olympics but Council will not have a plebiscite on the issue for the upcoming election with excuses such as:
City Councillors are paid to make the tough decisions
The issue is to complex for the taxpayer
The city needs to get additional info from IOC.  (true but a delay tactic)
The plebiscite could have had several choices.
- NO
- YES
- YES if the City's Financial Exposure is less than $x million.
.
Oh well, all the while this council has had more in camera meetings than any other administration.


Yes..we really elected Obama. With both the popular vote and electoral vote..twice. All class..all respect..no scandals.


* Do not read the comments section of The Register Guard, or Yahoo News, or Facebook, etc.! lol


Also the attack yesterday on the German football team Borussia Dortmund - another Islamist attack.


"The GOP don't want"?

I thought you were a Duck U graduate?

Is English your native tongue?


I agree! Its time we knock those pesky Rocky Mountains down.
Hopefully we can be as safe and flat as Kansas soon...


It would be very difficult to use the ACA to create Medicare-for-all because the ACA relies on private insurance companies.  The ACA was a step toward universal health care.  Medicare-for-all is the next step.


Have a look around at manufacturing in Canada today and you'll note two things about jobs: many moved to countries with lower labour costs and many were replaced by robotics and technology. Is that enough proof for you?


PERS isn't a union-only benefit, so blaming unions is wrong-headed here. The majority of these payees were probably not in union ranks, which is why they were able to negotiate such high salaries for themselves and end up with commensurately high retirement benefits. I'm a teacher, and believe me, if there is anything at all left for us non-Tier One workers when we hit retirement age, it won't be anything for private sector workers to feel envious about.


At any given time 10% of businesses are in a financially precarious position.   Significantly raising any significant cost will push them into bankruptcy.  This eliminates ALL their jobs not just the ones on minimum wage.

Governments can't create a fairy tale economy just because they think it makes good politics.


What is your title at the Globe ad Mail, Darcy?


Too much of a good thing is still too much.
Too 'sciency' for you?


The only parking problem this place will have is which  assembly  member will get Front roll first.


People who actually make documentaries have long warned of the conditions that led to this mess, and others...
http://povmagazine.com/articles/view/an-open-letter-to-melanie-joly-canadian-documentary


Very sad because not standing up for children whose parents are being deported would seem to contradict the pro-life point of view. Time for the bishops who supported Trump because he was pro-life to stand up for their fellow Catholics - children and families - and against the Administration's very cruel executive orders.


I thought 12 year olds were "pre-teens" not children.  The 12 year old won't like being classified as a child. It might damage his/her pride.


You mean Trump's "supposed" opposition to abortion. The moral issues Trump presented included adultery, racism, homophobia, misogyny -- none of which seem to bother you. They do bother actual Christians.


So Exxon ceo Rex Tillerson lost interest in Alaska gas when he inked a deal to develop Russian gas.  now he's Sec. State and visits Putin next week to talk.  While the china president talks turkey with Gov Walker about gas.  would the Congress or some other federal stooge have to approve of a China-Alaska joint gas-line effort?


The youth already know. They bear the brunt of alcohol - domestic violence, sexual assault, hunger, poverty, neglect. There are a plethora of proactive programs. What the youth need is for their village leaders to get sober, stay sober and then do whatever it takes (popular or not) to get other adults clean and sober. Do that and you will have healthy communities and young people with hope.


Ummmm no.  The EO was perfectly legal and constitutional.  If she had an issue, then you do the honourable thing and resign.


There is a large faction of the GOP who are gleefully hoping for a President Pence.


This is what happens when you’re tolerant of the intolerant. The bullies are emboldened and grow strong until we start self censoring as evidenced in this article with, “Border-adjustment tax ... a sweeping tax overhaul proposed by the GOP, and wouldn’t be an import tax as we think of it ...”
Now, I thought that plain speech was valued by both Partisan Camps, so I checked the standard definitions.
Border-adjustment tax
http://www.investopedia.com/terms/b/border-adjustment-tax.asp
“goods that are imported are subject to the tax”
Import tax
http://www.dictionary.com/browse/border-tax
“a tax system for imports”
It looks like the battle has been lost without a shot fired.


My favourite anecdote of the "back pack-Canadian flag myth" is how 30% of Canadian travellers in Europe ate completely and utterly embarrassed to wear a Canadian flag. I remember running into a group of people wearing an expos cap. I asked if they were from Canada. They looked deeply offended as if I'd sworn at them. They replied in utter denial dismissively replying "don't offend us we're from Quebec NOT Canada "


Obviously YOU were asleep when the truth was lain before the American Public.. Did you not notice that not even ONCE did ANY Dem step forward and say that the disclosed emails were NOT FACT! NOT ONCE! All they did was fire people, move them around and make sad excuses... You missed that huh?? And you wonder why America is the way it is today - 8 years of Obama added to the problems.. Perhaps your should open your mind and accept the REALITY that Democrats are one TINY step above the criminal element in America!


If the media had had its way, Donald Trump wouldn't have been invited to a single deabate....until they discovered the difference in their ratings when he was there and when he wasn't.  OLive is just trying to game the system; nothing to see here, just move along.  Business as usual.  We know best which candidates "clearly stand out from the crowd".


Like the bill that passed the House in May, the Senate measure would cut off expanded Medicaid funding for states — but at a more gradual rate, by phasing out the higher federal spending between 2020 and 2024. But it would enact deeper long-term cuts to the program, which provides health-care coverage for 74 million Americans.

Rick Pollack, president and chief executive of the American Hospital Association, said in a statement that the plan “moves in the opposite direction” in terms of providing health coverage and that “Medicaid cuts of this magnitude are unsustainable and will increase costs to individuals with private insurance.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/senate-gop-leaders-set-to-unveil-health-care-bill/2017/06/22/56dbe35c-5734-11e7-a204-ad706461fa4f_story.html?utm_term=.8a61ffcdd651

It's insane to complain about the national debt and give the rich almost a 1 T tax cut. The rich are fine, They don't need a tax cut. Talking in percentages is very misleading.


Cheap buggahs!!!  Das it why UHM is a steppingstone, and will never, ever be considered a dream job. I wouldn't blame anybody for leaving to pursue better opportunities.

This is embarrassing for the athletic department, the university as a whole.


Khadr was essentially handed over to this situation by his dear papa


About 6 months late, but hey - better late than never.

And now back to the CBC....


Awww...Ai-je mal vos petits sentiments?


The Big Island has a lot of head on type accidents.  Not sure why this is the case but it has been
very common over many years whether on the Hamakua highway or the Saddle Road.
I still remember seeing a very, very close call on the Hamakua highway near Honokaa, some
years ago when I was still in high school.  The driver of one vehicle was a woman and I vividly remember
seeing her seemingly frozen at the wheel, eyes wide open seemingly not knowing what to do at
the approaching vehicle coming toward her head on.  Had the cars collided at the speed they were
traveling, it would have been fatal for both drivers.


It's on YouTube


more insanity from our legislature in Juneau! Seriously don't they have anything better to do with their time?


When a guy is seen with at least two heavy weapons and wearing body armour and camouflage, it is a situation for a SWAT team. Somebody phoned the Mounties telling them exactly what Bourque was carrying. This was a failure in command at the Moncton RCMP, not a shortage of carbines.


A hell of a lot more than some phony doctor who can't control his lying.


The DA has a delicate balancing act to do. Show enough outrage at Helen Zille to appease its black voters and potential new voters leaking from the ANC, but not too much so as to alienate its white voters and yes, its donors. Like any business, the DA has to look after its good paying customers first, sometimes at the expense of new customers who may not be that lucrative yet. This is Reality 101 and Mmusi is doing as good a job as can be done in the circumstances.


While we're at it we should send Little Trudeau and Wynne down to the US.  West coasters may also add Christy Clark to the list.


I took his Hitler comment as rhetorical.


Now you're blaming Caldwell for a consent decree that was given in 2010 (Carlisle was Mayor) - For sewage problems that went on for decades prior?  It's just laughable to talk to you all at this point.

Who is lex?  Is this another conspiracy theory of yours?  My name is Aiko, and I'm a teacher and community advocate.


Make the Globe and Mail columnists take the same test.


You cannot tell me Coghill didn't know what was going on in Juneau back then. EVERYBODY knew! Even I knew and I wasn't into politics at that time. The Anchorage Times made no bones about it. It was a even joked about!


Send him home.


Lewis is right.  Clinton was sabotaged by Comey and Russian hacking.  She was ahead until all of that.  Trump's successful use of dog whistle politics for people willing to chant inane messages worked too.


Go ahead and implement Demento's suggestions, then also let rates go up, terminate portfolio insurance, and cap individual mortgage insurance at $400,000.  That would make the CMHC return to its original mandate of helping first-time buyers of cheaper properties.  (Once the crash drops average prices, you could lower it further, and eventually scrap the whole dumb program.)  Allow only citizens to buy property here.  Bring in the present number of immigrants, or maybe a few more, but do so based on skills, not family or buying your way in.  Get immigrants from all over.  Help students come here from lower-income countries by giving them lower tuition - right now we don't get enough because they can't afford the triple tuition we charge.  Finally, note that a crash would be A GOOD THING!!!   We can survive a little short-term default pain for a huge long-term gain.


Of course Blame the City.  In a 30 Second google search you came up with enough compelling evidence to chose another route. But know Lets just keep throwing good money after bad.  Look on the bright side though we now have  "A new database tells you the most (and least) popular dog names in Anchorage"  https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/anchorage/2017/07/13/a-new-database-tells-you-the-most-and-least-popular-dog-names-in-anchorage/


Please don't.


Alaska has so much oil and gas but HB 111 wants to stop more oil from being drilled so Alaskans can go broke, why?

Monopoly Lovers and Oil Haters control Alaska and that is why Alaska is going broke, no leadership that is PRO OIL!

IF YOU ARE PRO OIL PLEASE RUN FOR OFFICE!!

THE OIL HATERS HAVE TAKEN OVER, WHY LET THEM KILL YOUR FUTURE???


The opposition media thrives in these environments.  FNN imploded because of their own reckless behaviour, but just enjoyed 8 years of hanging Obama in effigy each night.  The shoe is merely on the other foot.  While Obama took it with Grace and let if flow like water off a ducks back, Trump is surfing his dvr each night fir something to react to.  That was not what he was elected to do.


Well, seeing that you’ve just conditioned yourself out of all relevance, I guess we won’t be hearing much from you either.


The gas tax in Eugene did not go towards the roads.  It was determine that it was not enough and went elsewhere.  This was reported in the paper.


The only things standing in the way of this actually working one day are our poorly written and barely enforced laws regarding distracted driving - e.g., mobile device usage behind the wheel.


seems smart!


Did they ask you to lie?
Cover up a crime?
Commit treason?


Unfortunately it took this long because the sheer stupidity of the people buying them,  You can't teach pork any faster then what they are willing to learn!


I'd rather see a sliding scale fine based on income


So here we have Peter Lemon, awarded the Medal of Honor by Nixon in 1971. He was blitzed stoned during the action from which he received the Medal. Of course, he subsequently turned into a worthless POS as only a cannabis user can. Here is his miserable sorry life today:

"Mr. Lemon is a motivational speaker presenting to hundreds of corporate and non-profit clients nationally.  He is also an author, sculptor and documentarian.  An industry leader for thirty years, his companies provided business insurance to over three thousand restaurants nationwide and professional liability insurance for the 70,000 nurses of the National Organization of Health Care Professionals and as a commercial general contractor built convenience stores for Amoco, Exxon, Phillips, Conoco and Diamond Shamrock."


Once agin Mr. Kelly is blaming low oil prices for the $2 billion he gave back to the richest corporations in the history of the earth. Man the $2 billion would look good in a savings account right now.


I'm not *"following"* Trump, anywhere. Re-read the post: it was about a fair shake in journalism, which he's clearly *Not* getting from ADN/WaPo.

BTW- do you normally spell out actual laughter when you type...? Just asking.


In the current state of affairs, no ANC MP's could ever ask a relevant question - they would immediately be fingered as anti-Zupta. A perilous position for a coward.


Trump "Oh Lord. 60,000 people marched in Toronto. That rattles me, I'd better resign"

All those marches are irrelevant, pointless, without purpose, they are the Norwegian Blues of politics.


Yesssss!!!!


God says so.


Unlike what you sound, I don't
use drugs. As for you, if I have
take a guess, you do. Get your
head out and try fresh air.


Most of the Tribunals and advocates use the laws and legalism to find a way to reconcile remarried people with the Church.  The whole process is a legalistic farce.


DAs don't require the help and assistance of the police to make their cases.  The police bring them their (the police) case.  DAs require good police work, and the decision to no file a case occurs more than you think.

If you watch the entire press conference, you will see just how thorough and professional this investigation was.  It is unfortunate that Ms. Gorrow did not mention the ear witness that heard the repeated demands by police to drop his weapon.

What is VERY interesting is his attorney filed a tort claim notice without hearing all the evidence, relying only on her client's statement to her.  Or did she already know what was coming at the press conference?


The usual liberal morons would jump on it and " report" them. LOL


Stars aren't good enough Motley - I’m lobbying civil comments for a standing ovation emoji.


Too busy. Look how many of his staff plus outside attorneys are on this. Millions down the drain.


For 10 years I and countless others have railed against the I-drones dropping I-crap in the garbage every 5 months for a new one polluting the environment and now its mainstream when a Globalist Liberal prof goes at it?

Or brought up the children chained to posts making the cases......

Man there is something really wrong with this world.


Very unprofessional of the current admin.  They lost the election as voted by the american people.  They have the right to disagree, but they should make the transition as seamless as possible.


No thanks. The rest of the law abiding residents in this city don't deserve to lose their freedom because we won't control the criminals.


As were many who were ordained before that...and they were more "progressive"....

Or are those who disagree with the Left the only ones to be considered "childish and immature"?


It was not Scooter Libby, it was Richard Armitage and nothing happened to him. Scooter Libby was convicted of lying to the FBI during the investigation. Libby had nothing to do with outing Valerie Plame and neither did Dick Cheney.


How so?


What a colossal embarrassment to the city, the fan base and this franchise.
Time to blow this team up now and trade away the pieces for whatever you can get, which won't be much. Boston and New York have talented players under 25 years old that have a future. Nothing here.  It's going to be at least another 5 year rebuild, dwindling attendance and excuses from Rogers.


If you have enough money to send your kids to university in Canada, you can now effectively buy there way into Canada.


Rick - everyone knows why Sask shouldn't build more CCS plants.  They don't really work all that well, there are several lawsuits going back and forth between Sask govt and the plant engineers, and the cost is horrendous - just ask Sask taxpayers.  And all of this with a power plant ideally located close to oil and gas fields that have a ready use for the re-claimed CO2.  If CCS were truly functional, every coal utility and every country in the world would be falling all over themselves to build them as fast as they could.  It ain't happening.


It hate to be so cynical, but could the drop in enforcement be related to the fact it is politically connected multinational corporations making and selling the drugs, and that white people a significant percentage of the abusers, be a factor? It was not long ago that crack cocaine, used more often by low income minorities had much higher legal penalties and incarceration rates, while regular cocaine preferred by rich people did not. Money talks.


Unless I'm mistaken, I think that when a building is burnt out, an owner gets to build it back within the zoning rules which were in effect when it was built.  I think the term is 'grandfathered' or something like that.  Or maybe it's the term  "Legal Non-Conforming Structure" found in Section 9.1230 of the City Code on such things.


I agree with you on all counts.  Why can't the WA Insurance Commissioner's Office set-up groups in ALL counties so individual plans don't even exist?  It would benefit both the insured and insurer.  Simple solution under current law.

And, I also favor a Medicare for all plan.  Be done with all this health care fiasco.


Because the NY Times rates Canada as #1 destination to visit in 2017 precisely because of the 150 year anniversary. We can either put on a party for our guests (and the economic windfall they bring) or show the world a cold shoulder.


Meanwhile - while all this goofiness was going on, the eco-crowd were fawning over Obama's Green credentials - and yet is was Obama himself who crowed "under my administration, we've built enough pipelines to circle the globe - and then some". We're being played for suckers.........


The first priority of those forces will be to secure and supply the sub escort base. If that is accomplished, and only then, will civilian needs be addressed. You and I are only pawns, to be sacrificed when needed.


This just goes to show the absurdity of the gender-balanced cabinet. Poor Seamus may have to get a sex-change operation to maintain Trudeau's idiotic and childish promise of appointing on the basis of gender rather than qualification.


The sheriff did not break the law, he was enforcing it. The judges issued partisan judgements.
Profiling is a great tool. If you have a band of pitbulls illegally loose biting people, are you going to round up leashed, licensed poodles? No You are going to examine every pit bull to see if they are leashed and licensed.  Common sense.
If the Latinos in that state felt they were unfairly targeted, perhaps they should have helped clean up the mess by telling their illegal relatives and neighbors to go home.


That's a good suggestion for CB management.  The editors mark their stuff as editorial, so why not "column" contributors specially marking theirs?

Then the uninitiated, like me, would not get confused.


"The thesis for anthropogenic climate change is that prior to fossil fuel burning, the terran climate was static." Incorrect. That is not at all what the theory is about. In fact, if you have ever read any of the blogs by actual climate scientists or those that cite them directly, you realize that they speak of past climate change the time.

The theory is roughly that the unprecedented release of co2 (documented fact) and other greenhouse gases is the primary driver of the recent unprecedented rise in global temperatures (also documented fact). Multiple lines of inquiry confirm this. This is also in line w. basic physics and climate models (which are continually checked against the actual data). Every other proposed explanation has been found wanting.


Best OP-Ed yet on the fiscal crisis-thanks Dermot!


It is now apparent groups like The Tides foundation and the anti-democratic Lead Now group, amongst other foreign parties turned the 2015 Canadian election and exerted a far stronger influence than the Russian fantasy of the Democrats in the US election.
Yet we don't see any interest in Canada to investigate this travesty.


China is supplying North Korea with all the material necessary to produce missiles, atomic weaponry but not basic necessities for life.

North Korea is China's excuse to rattle sabres along with it's intrusion into the South China Seas. Why in hell do we even contemplate trade of any kind with China.
Why improve an economy whose sole purpose is to dominate. Nothing else matters!


"Instead of demonizing our homeless youth, we should be asking ourselves why we are forcing our children to live on the streets."

"We" are not.  Their parents...are.


How do you spell Liberal Sycophant? Why Peter Harder of course


Not going to happen...


"...If people are offended by the truth or feel the need to hide it from the media, and or our allies then maybe there is something fundamentally wrong with the decision...
You do realize that the basis of this was torture in a black ops site away from the rule of law.


Also in my 50s only stranded once in over a million kms of driving my F-series trucks.


Trudeau has no choice but to refrain from saying anything against Trump, because Canada has to do its best to  get along with the US government, like it or not.

Incidentally, Canada's situation in relation to the US reminds me to an extent of when I was in Portugal and I asked the tour director on our bus trip how his country gets along with Spain.  He said the two countries get along ok, and I then pointed out (and he agreed) that  Portugal has no choice but to do so, since Spain shares its sole land border. Well, that's pretty much what our position is like with the US.


Funny that Saudi Arabia and Egypt are not on the list.  Where did the 9/11 highjackers come from?  Maybe this is because Trump has significant business interests in these countries?


And what if they have a religious problem with paying for cancer or heart attacks?  Should they be allowed to keep those medical services from their employees without telling them their insurance does not offer these normal services?


No, absolutely not.  It dropped due to the Saudis flitting the market with oil with the intent of getting rid of the us frackers


He was arrested for domestic violence and was allowed to keep his gun, Police failed big time on this.


Says the raving misandrist.


Do you? I think most Canadians want the Trudeau govt to enforce our national boundaries...


The question is why on earth would CDIC cover deposits here?  The whole point of the traditional chartered bank model is to be diverse in lending, across industries, regions, etc. And to lend across a mix of various terms.  With collateral, decent down payments, borrowers taking a hit if they default, etc., all designed to induce good behaviour by borrowers, both personal and corporate. If a "bank" like this wants to lend on dicey terms, for one type of purchase only, with thin collateral, why is public money at risk to backstop it??  (And I know the banks themselves are not doing their traditional work either - but they are still a long way ahead of HC, let alone the outright scams lower down the mortgage food chain.)


mm 5 weeks left, id say about as much retaliation as he did when syria crossed those lines in the sand, so NOTHING


And you are criticizing BC that has has had a $30/ tonne carbon tax for years, as opposed to other provinces that have none? I don't get it. We feel so sorry for our 0.1 % of global carbon emissions, believe me - please flagellate us some more (oooooh - I'm beginning to like it).  Carbon taxes are a completely useless scam, but don't criticize BC, when we're already paying way more than we should.


Palestinians have never recognized Israel's right to exist. They have recognized Israel's existence but not its right to exist. In fact Abbas has said the PA will never sign an agreement which includes recognition of Israel as a Jewish state. Recognition of Israel as a Jewish state is no different than recognizing Egypt as an Arab state or Iran as a Muslim state or Syria as an Arab state and so on. Non-Arab and non-Muslim rights in those countries can be maintained and protected, unless of course you are implying that non-Arab and non-Muslim rights are not maintained or protected in Arab and Muslim countries, which would be a heck of an admission by an Arab and Muslim toady.


Mayor Cruz hates Trump. Trump appointed Zinke. Anyone within the lifespan of Zinke will be discredited. See the thread? Hate politics from the left is all they know.


My bishop, who seems to be a good man, told me that he is "waiting for the Holy Spirit" on this issue. Don't know what that means. But the writing has been on the wall since 1979, when vocations to the priesthood began to collapse. Since then, we have had several different vocation recruitment programs, with scant results. Right now, the "John Paul II priests" are in charge of the effort. Twelve seminarians, three in college. One left within two weeks. This is not exactly the "vocation boom" EWTN radio brags about. The bishops seem willing to let this go on, and on, and on. Waiting for the Holy Spirit sounds a lot like the Jews who are waiting for the Messiah.


It's their country (China), it's their (Chinese) problem to solve. No amount of faux western hand-wringing will change policy in China.

When the Chinese people rise up and oppose their Government is when change will happen. That will be a messy situation for sure, but so has been any revolution where the people decided that they would be their own masters. Remember, right next to Canada sits the USA, a country born of violent revolution only a little more than 200 years ago.


Mr. Wohlforth states that "broad based taxes" are the answer, but conveniently fails to mention a state sales tax which could raise millions of dollars from the hordes of tourists that visit Alaska every year.


Great news!


You moved before Trump getting elected or after? Guns and violence preexisted trump by....I don't know, centuries?


He actually offered to make them another type of baked good. That was before they screamed/cursed at him and displayed obscene jestures.


You're making too much whine out of your sour grapes.


Give us an idea (or two) how and where get cheap electricity.
Obviously, we can buy more from QC where there's a permanent  surplus, which will only be growing with adoption of new technologies.

What else?


Do a little research and form you own opinion. Also look into foundation tax returns and who was on the payroll of the foundation. I saw a chart on at a site today that had a chart with who, what country and how much. You'd be surprised.


Players usually love it when another player hits the jackpot with a big contract (even though most are too shortsighted to realize it's actually costing THEM a chance at better money).


You didn't address ANY of the legal arguments presented in the article


You don't need to be fluent to clean offices. The south east Asians that clean my office, are very nice people but they do not speak English.

If I were them I would ride out the gold plated benefits and exploit it as an opportunity to learn as much English as I could. Then when the benefits run out they can go to work cleaning or doing whatever else they can get.

Hard work and a good attitude pays off no mater what you do.


Justin will welcome them all. There is no fiscal reality in his world...none! Trump needs to step up in the name of North American security and start forcing junior to stop selling sensitive technology to China, stop allowing Syrian refugees in North America with little or no screening.


Oh, you will know the false Christians. They will not upset you. You seem agitated with me.


I think the 1% (above ~$200,000) who pay 25% of this country's income tax are mostly salaried employees.  And salaried employees can't sprinkle income across family members to dramatically reduce tax.  Why should small business owners?


Real life is not a movie "Buster".


His first Name rhymes with Forge, and his last Name rhymes with Soros.


The US Dept. of Energy has an obligation to retrieve this balloon and the synthetic line from the ocean.  We already have enough plastic dumped into our oceans.  Numerous birds and turtles are being choked by plastic- and whales are ensnared by ropes.

Dr. Ernest Moniz is the Sec. of Energy- appointed by Obama.  Take charge- clean your garbage up.


If they still made Ramblers that's what all the Libertarians would be driving


CNN is FAKE NEWS. They should NEVER get a question, in fact, they should be KICKED OUT!!!


Give the guy a break.

Being "responsible for providing a clear message from the Trump Administration" is like trying to herd cats.


"holding breath and stamping feet"...video please.
Trump's tantrum (IMO) would have been magnitudes greater.
I was all in on Hillary in 2008, and again 2016.


Oh gosh.  Not Ken Buck too?


I don't think Trump is bluffing. I do think this is a very serious matter, with the potential for very significant negative economic consequences. That said, if Trump decides he is going to play hard ball with us, and there is no diplomatic pathway to mitigate that, then Canada should not roll over either. Did we not fire back at the time of Smoot-Hawley?


And we will never be able to match US salaries.Unlike baseball players, doctors are a necessity.

 I would say charge them high fees, and waive it only of they work in Canada for 20 years.


Seems like they come with a far too short of leash.


One could also infer that you need to just be a female celebrity in order to accuse someone of something and get them fired no questions asked.


If Trudeau is so good at memorizing lines spoon fed from Butts, then it would be nice if broadened his repertoire just a bit.  In case you hadn't noticed: 'we're asking the 1% to pay a little more while supporting the middle class or those working hard to join it', is not a direct answer to anything during Question Period.


Because Bin Laden's Al Queda attacked us...not the Taliban in Afghanistan. And we drove Al Queada out of Afghanistan within a few months.


I was 18 in 1972 in Lethbridge.  I NEVER saw a sign saying "no Indians allowed" and never heard of such a sign.  I spoke with a couple of my friends from that time.  They too, never saw or heard of such a sign.  Simply because, no such signs existed.  Sylvia McAdam needs to get her facts straight.


My kids have cell phones so they or I be contacted in any emergency.  I would not send my kids to a school that uses Yondr bags and locks them.  It's up to parents to teach their kids appropriate use of cell phones not legislation or school administrators.


Red-light cameras are necessary at every road cause through this can save from lots accidents. Once had seen a person who not follow this while mine https://www.topbustours.com/niagara-falls-bus-tours-vacation-packages/


"Articles on certain subjects unfortunately attract a high number of offensive and abusive behaviour."

Your instructions are expressed in very poor grammar. Your mistake is self-evident. Please correct it.


Let me correct that headline: "Construction industry faces shortage of workers willing to work for wages companies offer."

The boom is not going to continue much longer. The market is nearing saturation for apartments and high end houses. Population growth is going to start slowing due to skyrocketing costs of housing and decreasing quality of life thanks to growth. Landlords are already seeing tenants leaving Colorado. Buildings in areas like Cap Hill that were full two years ago now have regular vacancies.

Classic Colorado foolishness - project future demand based on a temporary boom. There are some big problems looming - starting with WATER! Once again the Front Range is in drought conditions. And we are shattering heat records weekly. Next big problem - a transportation infrastructure that is already nearing gridlock. I-25 has returned to being a parking lot most of the time.

I'd take those population projections with a grain of salt.


After Secretary of State Clinton's term she was recognized as the most admired and powerful woman in the world. After her first term as Senator from New York she was re-elected by a 67% majority of the people who recognized that she was a damn fine representative of the people. FBI head Comey made unwarranted editorial comments as he announced that no charges would be recommended against Clinton or any of her aides but he most certainly did not say she was "unfit for the office". She is probably the most qualified person we have had run for the office of POTUS in the nations history and will make a great President starting next January. Are you a relation of Les Brown? You both seem to have the same sources of disinformation to draw from.


He's the President of the United States.  He doesn't get to make "informal comments".  Grow up.


After ISIS ??? they are still committing mass genocide to this day genius, why because a do nothing Obuma pulled out far far  to early creating a deep  black a hole
George Walker Bush  served as the 43rd President of the United States from 2001 to 2009, September 11th 2001 HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH HIS PRESIDENCY !!!!
Perhaps you should look at the man who held office 8 years prior and was impeached for committing lewd acts in the oval office with an intern.
No no must be Bush, fits your left wing ideology much better !!!


I have a different opinion of Obama than yourself but
I agree that a historical perspective is usually the most accurate.


Restructuring the PFD was just one part of the Governor's balanced set of cuts/revenue increases that he submitted to the legislature back in January. The restructuring has been called a key part of the proposal but it was not the first priority anymore than an income/sales tax or increased mining/fishing taxes. That the Senate made that their number one priority doesn't mean the Governor wouldn't have preferred a revision of oil tax structure which was also part of his plan.


Because she is a government minister / pseudo celebrity and can get away with it. Judy Rybould Wilson dresses professionally.


Don't worry we will invite in all the so called refugees Donald Trump wants to deport. All these highly educated hard working future citizens should boost our productivity no end. Its done wonders for Europe.


... is the target of his puerile misogyny?


Charles - An integrated fixed-fee system (what you call managed care) would be interesting to explore. The system could be incentivized to keep costs down since it is paying the bills from a fixed yearly "subscription" from each patient. It would also be incentivized to keep patients out of inpatient care because that's where the costs are.

The trick will be to keep quality and safety up - you would either need competition (unlikely up here), or service/safety standards that the state or feds mandate (and we all know Alaskans like gov't-mandated things).

The gov't employee population (or education employees) would be a good proving ground for such an arrangement, but good luck getting them to go along with a perceived reduction in "choice."

It's not an easy problem, lobbyists or not. Some of the things you propose are needed, but they're no magic bullet, and I worry that you are making them appear so.


The oohs and ahhs of the Tulsi Gabbard fan club are misplaced.  Other than being outspoken, controversial, and a maverick, if you measure by results, what has she truly accomplished for her constituents?


So it's not just scientific illiteracy. If CO₂ contributes 20% to the GHE, and does so alone, with no feedback help, then CO₂ warms. And now you are back to no warming for CO₂. As I said, amazing. I've already indicated that there are no negative feedbacks (other than the lapse rate feedback) associated with increasing water vapor.

What in the world are you talking about regarding "[my] theory"? And do you understand that by advocating for increasing surface albedo, you are acknowledging that warming requires mitigation? And just a heads up. It would take a whole lot more paint than that.


Good for them, and good on the city for trying a novel solution.  I just hope the people are screened for suitability, and that they respect the property they have been loaned.  Let's follow this closely.


he should be in jail


That does not include all of the costs which are assumed by the provinces after the refugees have been in Canada for over a year.   The total cost to taxpayers will be much higher at the end of 5 years.


Maybe something like this?

https://www.eugene-or.gov/2047/The-EUG-Parade


Ah yes, 1/2 of 1% increase in sales tax over ten years - from 1990 as I recall. The system would have been built and paid for by now.  AND she went to jail for corruption charges so, history DOES repeat itself!


Well better to support good jobs and a living wage than starvation wages don't you think?
Did you ever see the documentary inequality for all?  If you haven't, you should.

I mean wasn't that what the Donald was pushing for during the campaign?


A problem in creating processing facilities here in Hawaii is the fact that processing recycled materials creates a great amount of industrial waste that would need to be disposed of somewhere. For instance, the amount of chemicals used to clean paper pulp for reprocessing as recycled is both plentiful and toxic. This is one reason why most facilities that take in and recycle materials are not located in the United States. This on top of the fact that, cost-wise, it is way more expensive to process recycled materials in the United States than abroad


POS.....Sounds right......


So, not a pedophile, Spacey is saying. But are we reverting to 50s standards?  I don't think you can say that. This is a different world we live in today, with the sexual freedoms  (and expectations) that go on now.

I don't think this will last, these people in the et business rampaging against SH. It still goes on everywhere else and women are still afraid to speak out about it if they want to keep that job in the grocery store.

I do agree. author is taking the easy way out on this one.


Sweep it all away.  They are useless social justice warriors corrupting our education system.  They are behind the cause that our kids can't do math and nor read and write.  But they know all about social justice causes and recycling!


I see your true colors are starting to show.  You just don't like the military, which is fine.

By the way not that you care but I'm not in the military and I have a rental which I rent to locals at below market rent.


Hey ! Earn your pay - find a way to make Homeless respond to orders yo be responsible people and work or reside in Shelters.


"You don’t see this in many economic theory textbooks."

Probably a good reason why you don't. Oh, wait, it's some kind of leftist conspiracy, correct?


Hey, what about working?  I'm a Canadian professor and I funded my PhD studies by working part-time.  And Canada has a great program that facilitates the hiring of PhD students by companies--and not just students from the natural sciences and engineering. I've just worked with a PhD student in management on a project for a start-up (a start-up that I co-founded by the way).  Looking for hard-outs as a PhD student only leads to looking for hand-outs as a prof.  If you have something useful to offer you will learn a lot by working.


It   is  difficult  to  see  how  reducing  emissions  from  buildings  could  be  considered  "low  hanging  fruit".

I  venture  an  estimate  that  85%  of  buildings  in Canada  cannot  make  much  of  an  improvement   in  insulation  efficiency  due  to  being  relatively  new  or  being  upgraded  in  previous  programs.

If  the  intention  is  that  the  government  will  mandate  emissions  reductions  by  requiring  electric  space  and  water  heating  the  results  will  be  limited  to  areas  that  have  a  surplus  of  non  emitting  electricity  available.

Reducing  emissions  from  12%  of  Canada's  total  to  8%  might  be  feasible  but  it  is  hardly  'low  hanging  fruit'.


Heartbreaking! Sincere condolences and prayers.


Gotta love the anti-JT posters on this topic. And that's mostly it - not pro-CPC. Zeus forbid any of them ever believe polls that don't agree with their world reality.

No problem. It's been said since the last election: 'keep believing that it is all the  fault of somebody else, keep believing that supporters will come back to the CPC if the party doesn't change. Just means another easy election victory for the liberals". So keep it up!

Don't let facts get in your way and please convince the CPC to ignore them too.

The liberals need a decent opposition, but so far the CPC ain't it.


Let's check the tape (recording):
“If she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do, folks,” Mr. Trump said, as the crowd began to boo. He quickly added: “Although the Second Amendment people — maybe there is, I don’t know.”
His comment assumes she's already elected, that's why 'nothing you can do' hence the argument that he was only referring to not voting for her is rather weak. His own campaign referred to the comment as ambiguous, which it certainly was.

Hillary Clinton has not made any comment about changing the Second Amendment. Indeed, the Supreme Court cannot change the Second Amendment.  The Supreme Court may be able to affect the interpretation of the Second Amendment, which is not the same thing.

Donald J. Trump was certainly trying to exaggerate the fears of his followers and he made a provocative comment that many people, including me, thought crossed a line of appropriateness. I would feel the same way if Bernie or Hillary said it.


As why I bank locally!


And I almost killed the biggest bull elk but it was in the next valley and I didn’t see it


I remember a similar event back in 1973 (The Saturday Night Massacre) where a President fired a special prosecutor and the AG and Deputy AG resigned their jobs.  I guess the new
AG Dana Boente doesn't have the cojones to stand up to to Trump.  It's a sad state of affairs.


Bret Stephens is a mainstream Republican and a conservative, and well educated to boot. Of course this essay was highly ironic - we all (many of us anyway) know that our laws forbid banishment of citizens for any reason.

I agree that our nation needs better educated citizens, yet we know that you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink. In other words, the student has to be willing to study. Many of our poor students come from generations of uneducated ancestors; their families may not see education as a necessity. The current generation of illiterates probably can't be saved. The road to respect for education may take generations to travel. On the other hand we can quickly get educated willing workers with immigrants, as Stephens points out, and Stephens is also right that immigrants both legal and illegal commit crime at a far lower rate than citizens do. Public works jobs may be needed to help our most afflicted communities in the meantime.


No surprise big bucks never share


If reading the catcher in the rye is an influence for shooting people, certainly someone somewhere is perusing the Letters section, and is about to boil over and commit violence. That, or someone is just a violent hater and, unless kept in an isolated world of all the things that they prefer, will eventually commit violence.


Just speaking for myself , but getting tired of all the non reality / special effects
pie in the sky movies! What happened to a good , normal , laugh your guts out
comedy? I know the answer - far more difficult  to produce as intelligence is
required . So I guess we are Doomed to taking our Brains out and placing it
under our theatre seat , then digging into the $20 bucket of popcorn smothered
in artifical butter! ughhhh


It only applies to 50% of China's emissions.   And those emissions are reported by a government that has been accused of ocassionally misrepresenting economic figures from time to time.


You almost certainly will. We still do, even today to an attenuated degree, among the various initial founding 17th and 18th century waves of English-speaking immigrants from different ethnographic groups from within England and Scotland/Ireland.  Culture dies hard, even in a "melting pot."


That's because the turkeys were distant cousins.


I too love a lot of the historical aspects of worship.   I like chant, in English, I like candles and statues or icons, I like the old fashioned architecture, but also recognize they are all adiaphora and not a matter of faith.    the problem is when they are made out to be more than that, that they are essentials.    and that everyone has to love the exact same things.  but even celebrating the most modern style of liturgy is still connected to the historical liturgy.   too many on the right forget that the liturgy has changed and adapted since the very beginning.   and it will continue to change and adapt.


Burke was (may still be) one of a number of bishops who would NOT allow men with RCC annulments to be priests within his diocese.  He seems to attempt to do whatever he pleases.  I'm happy to see the Pope cramping his style.


. . . in the context and way Trump has created and/or exploited.

Why?

Because, jumping on Trump's little passion play, and worse, echoing the words of Trump in response to Trump follows and enables Trump.

Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, Carlos, Smith, Ali, King, and Kapernick.

NONE of them, to my knowledge, pursued the interests of Russsia, or the interests of any other enemy of the United States of America, in the same way Trump has.

None called for the exclusion of peoples in the US based on RACE, or RELIGION.

None did, nor I think would have, called Nazi sympathizers "fine people".

And all, I believe, sought what THEY BELIEVED, was a stronger United States of America. . .

Just like Trump apparently believes he is creating a stronger America by maneuvering for the loss of health insurance by millions of Americans,

. . . and the revival of burning coal for energy. . .

. . . and again, by calling Nazi sympathizers "fine people". . .


Its too bad this paper (and others) did not inform Ontarians 10 years ago where this was all headed, some people knew, but only the financially literate ones.  It was left to the Working Families Coalition to tell the story about how scary the PC's were. The most important election on Ontario's history was the election between McGuinty and Tory, and Tory screwed it up by promising to fund religious schools, which McGuinty played up to the max (you don't want religious schools, do you... hint hint). I held my nose and voted Tory. Smitherman and the Green Energy Act soon followed. Ontario is now circling the drain. Thanks a lot, liberals.


Yes, that's exactly what is meant. Disagreement is implied to be something that it isn't. "Hate" has also become a synonym for criticism.

If you serve meat at your dinner party, you "hate" vegetarians. If you think free enterprise is overly regulated, you "hate" those who buy stuff. If you say half the population is capable of functioning without additional mandates on their employers, you are waging a "war on women" and "hate" them.

But what do you expect in a time when the terms "ironic" and "literally" are being redefined and misused?


In what way are they "not Catholic"? Specifically how are they "clearly not in union with the Pope"?

The Holy Father has left some key questions unanswered, and has taken what appears to be more than one position on the answers.

As successors to the Apostles should they not seek clarification from the successor to Peter?


Also Eric Lyin would you rather their be  no Hart and have the mayor and council deciding everything for the public regarding rail we would be giving money away to contractors and pay to play at a bigger level..


The media isn't covering it but after the hurried nomination ( it was supposed to start at 8pm for prime time TV viewers but was changed to 4:30 pm ) to thwart any new emails being released the convention center became less than half occupied as the Bernie supporters all left , Now there is just scattering of people here and there, As one filmer said , "There are more people at a 76ers game"  This DNC has single handedly destroyed the Democratic party :  (


McConnell is the scorpion  and Trump is the frog. No one can ever trust a scorpion.


My thoughts? That sketch wasn't even done based on witnesses in AK, with limited detail I have from news locally I have suspicion FBI is following him here based upon their information.


The situation of the mentally  abusive spouse is in its self intolerable over time, if there are children involved, it quickly becomes unbearable.
I learned the hard way with a new supervisor, don't wait for the axe to fall, schedule an interview, ask what that boss wants & how does he/she expect me to deliver. Take obvious notes, showing your interest in the discussion. Then let the survival instincts start burning some of those reserve calories that have accumulated over the years...


How refreshing to hear a republican talk like this. Maybe I won't write off all of the "other" half of the country after all; it seems like there actuallyare some decent people over there.


thats because the loudmouth big babies in kotz squealed and got their way, just like babies in a crib


Another Commenter for Hire,
Stop and think about it. Voter lists have been provided for years, at least 40 years that I know of here in Alaska.
There was no Commission around then, only political parties, political operatives, pollsters, marketers, unions, and noisy people who want and use them. They are the people who want access to the voter lists.
Now a federal commission is asking, not demanding, for voter lists with public information.
Same information lots of people got about ten months ago and months before that.
I changed my Party status to NP, because I no longer believe in the two party system.
As far as what it has to do with stopping illegal voting, nothing because the only way to stop it (future) is to issue at no charge a voter card with your photo and or finger print.
As far as finding out if illegal voting occurred (past tense) I imagine some "genius" has come up with a computer formula or program to feed all information into, compare previous elections to the 2016.


But how do you feel about alcohol?


You do realize it was Republicans that nicknamed it Obamacare in the first place, right? It was a term of derision. Then Obama owned it — took the insult away from them — by saying "It's fine by me if you call it Obamacare."


Ms Guthrie was charged $3,850 for a ‘medical-legal’ report because it’s worth its weight in gold  in terms of having to stand-alone in legal proceedings.  A much less costly ‘medical ‘ report, covered under the Canada Health Act (CHA), is written with diagnosticians and treatment providers in mind.


Please Please Rob Mullins get Tom Hermann before he goes somewhere else!!!!!!!!   Remember Einsteins comment on insanity.


This woman is using the WH and her kids to soften her image and increase sales for her brand. Don't forget this is a woman that abuse low pay worker to produce her clothes. She even refuses to pay mat leaves for her American workers. A lefty close to Canada? What the heck are you talking about? I am a Canadian and this train wreck cannot be further from Canadian values. Please stop copying her PR team memo!


You've got that all backwards -
Clueless President - Fake Guy


Can you imagine if the FDA took a similar approach such as yours?


This man should be impeached. It's that plain and simple.
The fact that democracy led to a clown like this being elected or to Brexit in the UK shows how flawed the western electoral system is.
If people aren't intelligent enough to vote sensibly then they should be compelled to vote appropriately. and there should be an end to the secret ballot.


He spent nearly all of his life outside of religious buildings, synagogues or the temple.


Free Speech is Golden, so Drill Baby Drill and stay out of court!


Type 1 diabetes isn't controllable through diet because it is caused by the loss of the insulin producing cells in the pancreas.  That means type 1 diabetics require insulin injections to maintain healthy blood glucose levels.  Also, I said that a strictly Paleo diet is not healthy.  My diet is 85% Paleo.


Today? How about we just start with the guys with the swastika tattoos and fasces flags chanting 'Jews will not replace us!' they certainly call themselves that.
What makes them different : they declared themselves different. It's the cornerstone of their ideology.  If you think other people are lesser and do not respect their right to live they have no obligation to respect yours.

Then: read a history book.
There is no difference in the doctrine. Only the advertising has changed,and not even much. Alt-right is just Nazi rebranded to make recruitment easier. They don't even do it for long. Soon as you're in they bring out the old branding again.

It's not an ideology that gets to be tolerated or allowed to exist unchallenged.  This is a settled matter. We literally had a war over it. The entire world was involved.


Typical politician, sell herself to any party in any way that will best advance her career.  This has nothing to do with representing the people that voted her in.


Samantha Bee?  Really?  She is a brain dead left wing moron and not at all funny.


Most places would call this theft.


Perhaps educate those men to keep them off the 12 year old girls?


If I own a car it's my responsibility to make sure it doesn't run out of gas . If I give a person a ride , I can ask they help pay for the gas--but if they don't and I run out of gas it's my responsibility to walk to the gas station to buy gas.  Men don't get pregnant---only women do. Women shouldn't give free rides if the person they are giving the ride to doesn't help pay for the gas and they don't want to walk to the gas station by themselves.  The reason women are killing massive numbers of innocent nearly born babies is they don't face they're responsibility .We are told today's women are strong and independent . If they are so strong , why do they roll the dice and say yes when if they just said no--they wouldn't get pregnant ? Millions of innocent nearly born babies are put to death because women don't face their responsibility .  Why are women so powerless to either buy birth control themselves or demand their partner buy some ? Birth control costs so little , yet they refuse .


Wow, so this kid was singled out due to an unsubstantiated threat, and was then arrested.  I sincerely hope that the school and the police punish the person or person's that made this false report.  I would also like to find out more about why he had to break a window in the door to exit the school.  Very sad behavior on the part of the school and our local law enforcement.


Any incumbent legislators who voted for this Tajmahawker originally should not be re-elected, as they didn`t even acquaint themselves (we have to assume) with the details of THIS scam.
How are they going to wade through the details of things like oil taxes and balancing budgets?
 Please don`t give your vote away. Make it say something.  Any Leg council member who supported Hawker`s sweet deal for a buddy who donated to the republicans, should get das boot.
It`s time to rotate some "citizen legislators" back to real life of NO PER DIUM, and to find a real job.
Your vote matters. When illegally gerrymandered oil friendly candidates get their skids greased into office with oil money, they are asked to return the favor.
And they did. ----------------------------------------https://www.adn.com/economy/article/parnell-makes-pitch-lower-oil-taxes/2011/01/18/


Technically aren't all the players for the Raptors international players?  I don't think they have any Canadian players after trading Corey Joseph.  I might be wrong.


Things that are harmful to society should be "controlled" by the governing authorities. You and I may differ on what is "harmful" but that right needs to be bestowed on the government, this is Biblical as well. I am not going to rehash all we have discussed in the last week of so, but I think you know where I am on this topic.


"issues that lead once good individuals to make poor choices" Ben w, there comes a time when you own your decisions and actions. While a 8, 10, 12 year old, may lack the cognitive function and/or impulse control to not steal and adult does. At that time it becomes a choice and to a societal flaw or fault. So you look forward to whatever you want, but no rational society will accept predatory behavior perpetrated on it's citizens.


What is odd is that some of the women insisting on wearing full face coverings freely admit that it isn't for religious reasons. It's their personal choice. A good number of Muslim women are offended that they are counted in with the cover-wearers. Many hate it and find it a reminder of the oppression they faced prior.

So can we stop this equating to "religious freedoms" and define it as what it is? Persons who refuse to show their faces in public for no other reason than vanity or neurosis.


Takes one to know one, right Ridgefield?


Thank You for proving your just want to stir up people, your response, even you would be hard press to explain.


"36 other countries have better healthcare systems than ours, so your continued claim of substandard is pure ignorance".
Explain "Better"! More people have the opportunity to have their little boo-boos fixed, Maybe. When in comes time for timely and quality healthcare for major issues, I doubt it. Will the central government absolutely authority in implement and expand their social engineering, most definitely.
I don't consider protecting my families healthcare, which by the way was perfectly fine before the central government tried to fix it, as whining.

"Again, we are "forced" to do lots of things to live in a civilized society"
When people start forcing things on others, not real sure how you can continue to call that civilized. Sound more like oppressive to me. Nothing civilized about that.


I tried voting. It didn't work.

Any other suggestions, Mr./Ms. Profound??  ("Democracy isn't a spectator sport" - very original)


“I’m not terribly worried about the adequacy of the pool. I just want to get the show on the road.”

That says it all..."not terribly worried about the adequacy of the pool."  This attitude that the commissioner just "wants to get the show on the road" is disgusting.  "Getting the show on the road," no matter what the outcome, plays right into the good ole boy mind set.  Never mind the competence of the company and ultimately candidate for Chief selected, at least we got the show on the road.  Contentment with mediocrity or worse is the name of the game in Hawaii, from the top down.  We get what we deserve.


Extreme vetting for white males... please.


Leafs need to pick up  a couple of good defensemen, and a skilled left winger for Matthews. Hymen just doesn't cut it. Hymen would be good for the fourth line.  They should trade,  Kmorav,  Bozak and JVR  before their value runs out  for younger skilled players. Load up on more rookies. Kasperi should be switch up with Brown. With those changes the Leafs would be a contender in two years.


I like the half arches one ... skipping stone feels retro


@wep & others "insignifiants ignorants crasse affichée" said;
"...And yet our Feds provide another several hundred millions of dollars in support to Bombardier..."

but you forgot this;
(1) National Post/ Toronto Nov. 30 2016
Chris Selley: Auditor general reveals astonishing details of the Ontario Liberals’ infrastructure incompetence

(2) Canadian taxpayers have to pay Wall Street bankers $28M for Ontario wind farm that was...
never built

(3) National Post/ Toronto; Dec. 3 2015;
In strong language, Ontario Auditor General Bonnie Lysyk has delivered one of the most devastating audit reports on government bungling and malpractice in Canadian history

(4) National Post/ Sunday July 20 2014;
« …in total, Ottawa & Ontario governments spent US$13.7-billion to bail out GM and Chrysler… »

I wanted to just show you how your displayed crass ignorance is based on a racial prejudice backward without limit !


Richard,
Really?  The "criminal element" has existed for decades, and legalizing it would only help Alaska's fiscal woes, and absolutely help to keep the "drug dealers" from absconding from millions of dollars of untaxed money.
I have kids also, and I am damn sure not going to put my head in the sand and think that if we just don't talk about it ---it will go away.
Me thinks it is better to talk with your kids about the dangers of drugs, rather than to just put all of it in a big box and call it bad.  Wake up buddy


Yes..  she should have just said yes to all their weird demands and went home.


I never said "God given".  .....and Bill Moyers is NOT a credible source.
Do you think making disparaging remarks will further your cause or are you just naturally sanctimonious?


Sad, situation the security guard had no right, all had to do is wave them on! Families or anyone needs time to load, the security guard rushing them, knowing their have a child, the pet on top of there luggage's to load/cut some slack! Gosh I keep telling myself 'WHY IS THE SECURITY GUARD HOLDING A FIREARM" yet the airport officials and the security company decline to answer questions, or admit it's the SECURITY GUARD at fault! We hold the Airport Officials, Department of Transportation and the Security Company liable and at fault.

The Security Co. don't even know how much training this -ss hole had, black eye to the Airport! again Who's next "my service dog, what about our children", how dumb open fire with families standing around, I hate guns/and guns should never be drawn and shot, there not criminals, just a simple family going home from the travel. Wow..Arrest the guard and charge him for reckless endangerment, cruelty to animal, endangering family and terrorist threatening


The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints renounced polygamy in the 1890s. Yet, this sect in Bountiful, BC (and another in the USA, called 'Yearning for Zion) seem to have maintained or resurrected the practice. One self-proclaimed Bishop, Mr. Blackmore took 24 wives in 25 years and fathered 145 children. How did this family maintain itself ... with Canada child benefit cheques? Because Mr. B. claimed all wives and children as dependents on his tax return? It is objectionable that young females received a brief narrow 'education in obedience' within the compound. Many young girls were destined to become child brides in pre-arranged marriages to older men.  Robbed of their childhoods .. coerced into marriage. Mr. B.'s lawyer is ready to appeal under the Charter, regarding religious freedom. Enough of religious rights! Gender equality must be paramount in the charter. Religion is composed of so many factions & frictions that it should not bear automatic rights.


Only God knows what it gains a sinner.  Perhaps it gains a sinner quite a lot.  As stated below, we are all sinners.  No confession brings perfection, no one approaches the bread of life free of sin.


By the way, JohnG, for what it's worth, this is the second of your comments on this particular thread presented for me to review as part of this "Civil Comments" thing while I was posting my own. I gave them both the full "good comment/civil comment" approval!


Twitler is NEVER "courteous" except when he lies - which granted, is almost all the time.

I know it is difficult for you utilitas and all your fellow whitelash voters out there but you can't sustain the energy it takes for you to maintain your cognitive dissonance.

Your problem is that reality is a social construction.  Please don't try to deny that you are in the thrall of the alt-right propaganda machine run-out of FoxNews and Brietbart.  Anytime you want to throw-off that addiction, the rest of us in the reality-based world will certainly help you through your detoxing and withdrawals from the Twitler cult.


I'd like to know where the percentage of people who cried foul on Togiak's actions live. My guess is overwhelmingly road system, who enjoy the benefits of on-call police. In rural Alaska, a large percentage of us don't have that luxury. We have to police ourselves and do what is best for our communities. I get the calls (may they always be few and far between) when I'm sleeping at home with my wife and kids, to respond to an assault or a domestic disturbance. Most commenters on here will never understand what that feels like.


I'm sure you know better than the rest of us. I'm just a parent with two kids in the DougCo school system, but facts are facts, and the "Dream Team" you support has been guilty of misrepresenting the situation in our schools. That's not to say there aren't any problems that need to be addressed, but I believe it's the Elevate slate will deal with them most effectively--and honestly. And if you're concerned about "politically-motivated" candidates, why are you voting for people who have received $600,000 from a national teacher's union? Smacks of politics to me. I'll stick with Mills, Scheffel, Abresch and Nelson, thank you.


Yeah, Canada, what's up with your shelter addiction?! Next up, let's discuss your strange food and air fetishes as well. It's getting out of hand with all the basics over there.


You're welcome.

And you seem to get more emboldened and yes, even nastier, here among those who protect your comments.  But we both know the truth.  Well, at least, I do.


All politicians flip flop, this takes the cake!


Don't you think that under the guise of the M-103 in Canada is taking place a pro-Islamic, pro-sharia coup d'etat?


What absolute rubbish. This author completely ignores the fact that the federal pension plan was not only self financing, but also generating huge income during Paul Martin's time as PM. The government took that income, and used it to help pay down the debt at the time, promising that the pension plan would forever have the backing of the federal government. Now, this historical ignoramus comes along and claims it is somehow unfair.


PETA Suks and so does Wells Fargo


Nope.  Actually in most states you will make more money due to lower taxes and different compensation methods.  They also get pensions, benefits, insurance etc. through their employer.  Doctor compensation in the USA will only go up as states compete for their services.  The Association of American Medical Colleges predicted a doctor deficit of 40,800 to 104,900 in the USA by 2030.


Who? Pastor Art? hahaha! Yeah, I stopped going to WOL when I saw all the travelling that dude did for "fellowship" purposes. Institutionalized religion is a YUGE con game...preying on your fear of the unknown (the afterdeath). Gnosticism, on the other hand...


I said know the schedule and use the App


A joyous time? He kills something that's been living for 200 years and its a good time because why? They are humans over a whale in its own home? These people get plenty, plenty of subsidies from the government. Spare me the joyous bs.


SEE VIDEO LINK
      youtu.be/5p5zSFOB5-E


Sadly right on. Just another Latin American basket case with a million excuses. Continues to make countries founded by those colonialist, imperialist, racist, elitist British look pretty good by comparison.


Awww man this kind of thing is hard to swallow. Tearing up a little. I pray Houston gets a break today.


I wonder how much cheering the Alabama peeps would do if the athletes of color should all decide to go play for another team.


Ward might be right,  at least an explosive or vehicle borne threat. It does not have to be terrorist motivated  act. Somebody  taking a car into the capital could happen. It happened at two airports in Hawaii,  pissed off  guy drove his jeep into Kahului Airport  then set it on fire. The other,
as pissed off  kid drove his car into  Aloha Airlines  baggage claim,  then to  Hawaiian baggage claim. Airport Sheriff's classified case as  an  accident. Should have been reckless endangering, guy was  pissed at  his girlfriend. No  accident when you drive into the ground level elevator area, make left turn, spin around then  go to  the Hawaiian side.


I have zero empathy to this issue of having a 40% increase in property value. The end.


If there came a time that his integrity faltered, then I would reconsider.  Until then, as an American, I will support our POTUS to the fullest!  We need to give him a chance instead of going against every move he makes!  I support him making America's military the most powerful in the world once again!!!


The Pacific NW is not the Tropics, people go up there for 4 months out of the year. The Galapagos does not get 6 feet of snow and sit barren for 8-9 months out of the year.


Why would conservative be motivated to vote, full knowing Hillary was going to carry the State and there were no Republican candidate for US Senator? Is there any doubt in the next presidential election that the Democrats won't carry California?