As Alaskans, we all agree there is a real budget problem, so I’d like to understand the numbers here.  Juneau has roughly 5% of Alaska’s population and anyone that travels there including our legislative delegation/staff and anyone wanting an audience with them (i.e. tribes, governments, nonprofit organizations) must fly to reach them.  Then we pay for our legislative delegation and staffers to live in Juneau for the session (and of course any extensions to the sessions.)  Anchorage and the Mat-Su Borough, all on the road system, account for about 400,000 of our 700,000+ residents, roughly 57% of our entire state.  As an Alaskan citizen, I’d like to know in totality what it costs to send our legislators and their staff to Juneau each year, how much is spent on per diem, flights back and forth to their homes during the session, any other costs I may not be cognizant of.  Now what do we save having them in Anchorage & using technology for remote meetings?  Someone do the math, please!


To clarify, the insult here is in the tone of the article set by Enid. We still have lots of great comedy shows, some standing room only, and lots of funny comics in Portland. Famiarize yourself if you're going to write about comedy. Go to pdxcomedyblog.com to see them listed.


I wonder how many of the owners of Waikiki hotels and business leasees are local?  Not just local because business brought them here.  And not the owners of the land beneath the hotels and businesses.  And, the locations of the banks where the majority of the wealth garnered ends up?


When I was in the Uffizi (after having been at the Pitti Palace), I asked how the Medici were able to amass such an incredible art collection. I was told there were three main reasons: Lots of money, impeccable taste and an earned reputation for prompt payment.


If that were true, I am sure it raised the hackles of the military brass who well know doing so would be exactly like the military parades in North Korea, China and -of course- his favorite, Russia.  Putin would be proud and pleased, and Trump would admire him even more.  After all, our new president owes Mr. Putin so, so much....


The operating style of today's Republican Party doesn't differ much from the manner in which the Bolsheviks conducted their affairs.  Loyalty is all the matters, and punishment awaits anyone perceived as thinking even the slightest bit beyond the Party line.  That's not an approach to conducting the people's business that can be said to have a strong and successful historical track record.


The Quebec model - cheap day care to encourage the white francophone majority to have kids, to stave off immigration that dilutes the gene pool.


I_seem_to_remember_the_Bishop_of_Rome_doing_so_as_well.


So you endorse natural law as set out by Locke?  Are you saying Aquinas disagreed with Locke?  Are you suggesting Locke was a continuation of Aquinas on the concept of natural law.  Do you deny Locke's conclusions regarding the basis of Society?  You always claim to be willing to discuss idears and things, but when faced with questions about your positions, you inevitably lash out with nastiness and snark.  Is this what you learn from reading Aquinas?  You can hardly demand to be left alone after beginning a discussion, merely because your position proves to be untenable...sigh...


Taipan,  I was born and raised in Hawaii.  I live on the mainland  now, but my dad, cousin and childhood friends are buried in Hanapepe veterans cemetery.  I have it in my will to be buried there too.

You?


Being fired from this administration is the supreme compliment.  However, I do often wonder about Jared's relationship with Donnie Jr.


I believe the mandate claim will result from winning the presidency, Senate, and Congress.


Grippen is 4th generation fighter. F-35 is 5th generation.

What's the piont in buying something that is already obsolete The is no second place in fighter combat.


Poor thing, T-Boned all triggered.


It was the Clinton tax increases that created the surplus. Not a single Republican voted for it because they said it would tank the economy. Sound familiar?

Instead the economy took off. Revenue poured into the treasury. Clinton was reelected in a landslide. His wife will in a landslide too.  Better get your excuses ready, Larry.


It's interesting to note that the "federal government laision" (sic), Williams & Jensen, PLLC, is still not registered to do business in Hawaii and apparently has no GET license.  (Something I brought up about five years ago.)  There are others who also appear not to be in compliance with Hawaii's business laws.

In addition, I'm curious whether Williams & Jensen is also the firm that is responsible for preparing the annual business plan.  This year's plan, which was deferred due to the recovery status of the project, has many errors in it and cost taxpayers "thousands of dollars," per Dan Grabauskas.  (It would be good to know the actual cost.)  This plan was recommended by the firm that prepares it annually, and I wonder what kind of vetting that recommendation received prior to its implementation.


Rochdale68 writes:

"Yes no path to victory and how will Trump deal with loosing, what joke the left have become."

--

Please post in English.


So very well written! Thank you for the history lesson and reminding us from where we come.


Say, how about a link (from a reputable source) about that foundation/Hillary allegation?


My understanding is that goats are not native to Kodiak and don't really have predators - which may not address the Cubs hat but may shed some light for people that are upset with the actual killing of the goat.  For some people the hat might have been seen as disrespectful, but from what I understand they killed it humanely, and used everything (including hide and bones) which to me is the most important piece that wasn't stated in the story.  I would be truly outraged if someone went out there and shot the goat and either did not use the meat or did not care for the meat and hide appropriately.


Hiring freeze in Blue Oregon:  we have enough sure voters for the next election.


The scenario you describe is one of someone that owns a home in Boulder, and has owned it for a long time (likely decades).  That means the home is likely paid off (or nearly paid off), and they have a ton of home equity.  Hard to feel too sorry for anyone with 500k-1M (or whatever the number) in home equity.

If their income is too low to pay the rising property tax, then perhaps it's time to sell the home, cash the huge check, and move somewhere further out where the average home price isn't $1M+.


I wonder if she'll be as concerned about the homeless folks she'll encounter in downtown Anchorage??


Our reaction to this man is totally personal.  What one (or some) does is not representative of any group.  I know no one who has done anything inappropriate in response to the election, even though they oppose him with their whole being (like myself).  Each person can assume unto him- or herself outrage if he or she allows it.  Just like a response to an athlete who doesn't stand for the National Anthem.


Point?  Just for you hypocrite:  a person who pretends to have virtues, moral or religious beliefs, principles, etc., that he or she does not actually possess, especially a person whose actions belie stated beliefs.  What's the point of you calling republicans hypocrites when you and your heroes been toking when it's against the law.


And Suu Kyi pens a reply asking, "Justin, why do you spend so much time at parades, celebrity events, Hip concerts and in New York City with Ivanka when your country has more pressing issues like clean drinking water on reserves?"


Hughe:  The history you cite is, in my view, the history of "American Exceptionalism"    definition: "American exceptionalism may view the United States through the lens of a special historical determinism for the United States, separate from broad historical trends in the rest of the world. It may, for a variety of reasons, view the U.S. as a nation that is immune (or should be immune) from things like terrorism and dictatorship — "It can't happen here." The U.S. in turn is supposed to assume an activist role around the world in promoting "freedom" or being a "shining example" to the world (the "City on a Hill"). This sort of presumptive moral superiority is virtually never welcomed by other nations, and is often almost always resented, particularly when the U.S. has a long history of engaging in gunboat diplomacy itself. "   I see it as the belief that "we are special"..."we have all the answers".... "just follow our lead and all will be well"

Sounds a bit like Mr. Trump, doesn't it


Total bans are always the easy road to take in complicated situations. But it is usually the wrong road. As the dangers of asbestos have become known over the last 30 years its use in construction and materials has plummeted. It now remains mainly "locked up" between the walls of old buildings as insulation. It is harmful if inhaled, but just as cigarettes are safe as long as they remain in the packet, so asbestos in old buildings is safe if  sealed and left alone. Banning asbestos would inevitably lead to a surge in removal from old buildings that could increase, rather than decrease, exposure to workers. Better to keep tightening the regulations on new use and safely and slowly remove old asbestos in small quantities as necessary.


What's a "deliberate border leak"???


Yep they can pick up a brain drain fare from Canada to the U.S.  Trump must be pleased with this exchange - we reduce the enforcement load on U.S. illegal immigration, and he recruits some of our brightest and successful that can no longer tolerate Trudeau's envy politics.


So, do they allow us to disagree with them? Never!
The last 36yrs reveal that.


That is exactly what they said about HART years ago - it would "cost nothing" because the City would just transfer some people over from DTS... so it would be "free."

Just like the early years ago statements about rail finances - "already paid for," "On time and on budget."


In my previous midwest state...income tax 3.1% local income taxes 1.5% state sales tax 6%,  and home property tax varies by county and borough/township, generally from $1800-$4400/year for a 3-bed 1-bath home,  and $36/year car registration.  Anchorage residents have no state, local, or sales taxes, but have voted for higher property taxes through bonds, which pay for local services.  In California, we paid double the property tax of what a "pre-proposition 13" homeowner paid, plus an extra $113/month for a development bond on the neighborhood.  All property tax was paid to the state, then handed back to the schools as grants, basically.  Be lucky you vote on your bonds and how to pay for your local services.  Kenai, AK is my favorite place to live, even with local sales tax total of 6%


Er no, your history is poor. There were accusations a lot more serious than consensual sex made by multiple women. HRC's reaction was to demonize and marginalize the accusers. Defend that , ignore that, doesn't make it go away.


Let's have a little clarity here: Canada's government debt is low compared to other G7 countries. Most of the debt you refer to is household debt.
I am more concerned by our infrastructure deficit left by our former government. Our bridges, roads, water treatment plants etc are falling apart. Finally we have a government that plans to deal with it.


Professionals?


Nothing worse than a faux king auto play video, fuq U!


Maybe Trump is purposely trying to blow it so Hillary gets in office. After all he did donate a nice sum to the Clinton's in the past. Smoke and mirrors. Let the circus show continue.


Our lack of public transit, from passenger rail to decent local bus and trolley service, is a big reason why our roads are wearing out so quickly. People are creatures of habit, and if public transit is a crap-shoot, no one will develop any habit other than driving a car for their every transportation desire.

We can look south to a state that not only is flush with money but has gotten that way in part by investing in rail service. The Capitals line connects many cities that all feed the train stations well with bike, bus and local rail access. As a result, the I-80/680 corridors are less congested now than twenty years ago in spite of huge population increases. The Cascades has a long ways to go to get to that level of service.


Obama created this mess when he issued an illegal Executive Order establishing DACA, which in effect made immigration law.   Congress and only Congress can make or change laws.  Several law suits filed by states challenging the constitutionality of Obama’s EO are currently working their way through the courts and ultimately will be heard and settled by the Supreme Court.  Trump’s best course of action would be to issue an Executive Order extending DACA pending the Supreme Court’s decision or until Congress changes the law to allow those effected by DACA to remain permanently in the U.S., whichever occurs first.


When did Alaska get Bears?


The Sun, Fox News, The Rebel.Media, not exactly credible journalism, no wonder you're in the dark.


But then again I can understand why some in Oak Harbor dare not tolerate anyone who may tamper with their secure cocoon being footed for by Uncle Sam.


Disagree.  Helicopter parents are putting their own needs first...the need to be seen as uber supportive and perfect parents.  Helicopter parents tend to love posting to social media to document it.  But it's really about them, not the kids.    Helicopter parents protect their kids from failures and hurts, rather than teaching resiliency, lest it be a reflection on them as parents.  This is how we get snowflakes with glass jaws who fall apart when life throws them a punch.


It's a disgrace to decorated soldiers verterans heros of this country to fabricate stories of valor.
If this man had a shred of decency in him he would step down willingly and not continue to disgrace the office of defense or his fellow soldiers.


Lock her up.


"...re from comfortable families that invested in getting them to the level where they could make it into the school."

And this is one of the most significant problems with these schools (and something Gee substantively ignored).

The TOPS program at Bloor has a written admission test for their grade 9 program. Math education in the elementary and middle school grades is regarded as poor. So, if a kid is coming from a family who can't afford pricey after-school math programming (which is how my kids' school wants to solve the problem)  then I guess TOPS is out of reach. Tough luck.

Arts education in the primary/junior grades is sorely inconsistent across the system. So, if a family can't afford to send their kids to drama class or art class then where does that leave them for ESA or CW?

Gee's snarkiness in this column adds nothing to the difficult conversation that needs to happen: how can we ensure that admission to these programs is done in an equitable and transparent way?


If only getting rid of rail was as easy as determining high school football brackets.


"More than 50 per cent of all attacks took place in five countries (Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, and the Philippines), and 69 per cent of all deaths due to terrorist attacks took place in five countries (Iraq, Afghanistan, Nigeria, Syria, and Yemen)”(c)
~` ~
. . .  could the reason be that they are Islamic countries, perhaps? ... heavily populated with Muslim citizens.. ?? ... where the 'Value of Life' seems to have escaped many adherents of the 'religion of peace' ..

North America, ergo, Western Civilization, is less about 'Religion' & more about 'Peace' -- case in point, Canada & the USA -- well, for the present, at least..

Of course, that may change with the current blending taking place between 'First World' & 'Third World Overpopulated Nations'.

The 'primitive' nature of 'Third World' countries will likely prevail simply by virtue of their massive populations, plus the great leveller -- 'Digital Communications'

. . with Food & Resources as the goading primitive drivers.


Ken, strange as it may seem you may be able to learn a few thing from people like Ritte, Harp, Thompson, Aila, Uncle Buzzy Agard (rest his soul) and the many others that seek to expand the Papahanaumokuakea.  These are not children Mr. Conklin.  These are very intelligent people that know from life experiences, book education, science, and their own ancestors about our beautiful islands.  And to Isaac Harp.... where did you learn to write.  I want to send my kid to that college.


Good news for Hamilton house owners since price will be skyrocketed since there are more people who will move to the city to take advantage of this offer.
Our family will be the first one.
Thanks for this freebies Liberal.


And there you go.
You don't deserve, nor could you accept, unbiased news.


Are you saying Sherry R Riggs didn't vote for Trump? How do you know that, genius?


The inquiry members expected a slam dunk overturning numerous RCMP reports factually proving that most aboriginal women are murdered aboriginal men and the solve rates for both aboriginal and non-aboriginals are the same. Since the inquiry did not get their expected results, the inquiry is at a standstill and should be shut down.


The polls were right in 2012, 2008, 2004...


Jeff, Jeff, Jeff,  do you think that for one moment that the G&M will ever deign to deal with a subject like that?   Their m. o. is to sensationalize the twisted outcome, and act as a shill for Dr. Bennett and the 'higher purpose' people.   No one wants to even acknowledge the abuse of aboriginal kids by their parents and community members.


OK, here is my review based on the version I saw at TIFF:

There is a lot of magical song-and-dance in the movie, starting with the before-opening-credits number. However, the boy-meets-girl plot is overdone, even with the surprise ending.

Oscar prediction: most nominations, most wins (especially music / production categories), except that Best Picture will go to Manchester by the Sea or Lion or Moonlight, which have better stories.


Just as you say, perception depends upon where you fall on the spectrum.  Your center must be just this side of Tea Party whacko.


What. A. Surprise.


American citizens are required to obey the laws of the land, why should illegal Mexicans get a free pass???


I agree that the current system is set up like that - recreational use being passed off as medical use - but, donʻt throw out the baby with the bathwater. There is actual medical properties and until we can drop your preconceptions and objectively read through the research and see how itʻs been used in non-western medicine for thousands of years, we wonʻt exceed past recreational use or past ignorant claims that there are no medical benefits.


I guess the Leafs get a coupon for: "One free cross check of Jack Eichel head first into the boards" redeemable next year. I hope they don't  lose it. He's becoming very easy to dislike...Weasel


You mentioned Danny Inouye. He has helped native Hawaiians a lot yet you include him in your "bias" accusation. Why would anyone want to help if they are tarnished as "interfering"?


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That's quite simplistic of you to assume that anyone who is not for this ill-conceived agreement must be in favor of destroying the environment. It's not an all or nothing proposition and a healthy and clean environment is not dependent on the Paris Climate Accord. How about a better agreement that holds other countries accountable instead of putting all the burden on the U.S.? Better yet, how about acknowledging that it's a farce to suggest that such an agreement is capable of delivering any measurable benefit to the climate? It sounds to me like the President did a cost-benefit analysis and decided this was a bad deal.


Missouri LIBERAL JOURNALIST charged with Jewish bomb threats, you mean, WaPo/ADN! Funny how they are saying it was because of his girlfriend now.


No Britain and British immigrants, no Canada, Westminster Parliament, respect for the rule of law and most welcoming nation in the world to all immigrants.

Why did you immigrate to Canada? More money?


Neat how none of what you wrote addresses Comey's statement


Can you elaborate on the political work that has to be done to have a Democracy that seeks the best education, health care for its people?


This is not about Muslim discrimination, prior to 9/11 there was no obvious animosity or fear in the US of Muslims. Japanese, Chinese and Jewish immigrants don't strap bombs to themselves and blow up innocent people.
Keep in mind the people affected by the order are not US citizens, as Justice Thomas stated, the safety of US citizens outweighs any hardship to immigrants from any nation.


The Liberal Party of Canada's leader has no idea what is going to happen to Canadians when Donald Trump puts NAFTA on the table. In my view, Trump wants to apply the same business tactics that American corporations used in the past. That is, exploit natural and human resources of foreign countries to benefit Americans. Well, that was the past century. Today, we have other international markets for Canadian goods and services. So let's look at other foreign markets and tell Trump and associates so long. Otherwise, we are going to suffer more than we can imaging.


You'll notice at least one liberal is defending Melania Trump, but rather than just criticize Ann Elin, you have to drag all liberals into it.
I bet you didn't criticize conservatives when they attacked Michelle Obama solely for her appearance.


Your Jays only have to play .650 ball after the All Star break to get to roughly 90 wins required to see the post-season.

Good thing that all except one of them have an extended vacation upcoming.


I think Perez does hear the beat of the drums of disgruntled Democrats of various stripes.  However, if the DNC is going to clean house, I don't see how that would not exclude DB from leadership, too. I think it unlikely that she's an innocent in this mess.


I truly believe that we have neared the bottom, politically, and as unto our own leadership and representative establishment, as it no longer exists within the will, or support of the citizenry, but rather unto the will, or support, of the leadership and representative class solely unto themselves.

They all of them claim to somehow fight for the rest of us, but that is so far from the truth, that they may as well state that they can turn water unto gold, and that, sadly, is inclusive of both sides within this debacle.

The established political system has become a unfunny joke, and much needs to be done to undo what they, again both sides, have brought this Nation unto.

Whilst I do not support Trump, and did not vote for him, yes, early voted, I do see a victory by him as being the lesser of two evils as it will keep us hovering just above the abyss.

A Clinton victory shall achieve the bottom quickly, and perhaps then, we can all of us reset and rebuild utilizing other options.


It appears that it is skeleton except for the skull, but that the current cast of the skull will be replaced by the original bones when completed. Definitely worth seeing!

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/technology/science/blue-whale-royal-ontario-museum/article34247051/


Dear Rebecca:  God bless you and help you to see that you did not create this heart!  You carried this beautiful baby but God created her heart.
My son was born with tricuspid atresia, ventricular septal defect and pulmonary stenosis.  I remember when the doctor discovered this shortly after he was born I said "OK God whatever you have in store."
It's been one crazy ride but I wouldn't change it for a minute.  My son is now 28, he had his second open heart surgery at 22 (20 years to the day from his first surgery).
I know that God has allowed this for a reason and I am so thankful that my son is still with us.
You are an awesome mom and please continue to stay strong for your beautiful daughter.
Sincerely,
Brenda


Concern trolling - the action or practice of disingenuously expressing concern about an issue in order to undermine or derail genuine discussion.


Momma bear, OK, I understand, YOU are  NOT the type to carry a gun because of the reasons you mentioned.  You should be commended for realizing your non abilities.    Self-Defense, basically a JOKE.  Get your Black Belt, I would bet any size tough  male whether they weigh 140lbs or up, could take you to the ground and beat your Black Belt skills.    Unfortunately for YOU,  the best solution might be to stay away from downtown and HOPE in the future the city council gets some TEETH and corrects the problems there.  Please, DO NOT be HARD  headed and  become a VICTIM...........


It's time to admit that the modern Israelites have not held onto Israel because of their faith in god, but because America allows them to keep it.


" Every hour a lawyer puts in on Legal Aid rates is an hour in which that lawyer is subsidizing the poor and less fortunate."???
subsidizing???

Knowledge is important!

"The legal aid tariff is a regulation setting out the compensation for lawyers who provide services to low-income clients. It sets hourly rates, and also establishes the maximum number of hours that Legal Aid Ontario pays a lawyer for specific types of proceedings."
"The legal aid tariff reflects the fees customarily paid by a client of modest means."
https://www.legalaid.on.ca/en/info/tariff_billing.asp


Mm-hmm, because theres so much money to be made in "the big hoax", grant money etc., unlike the fossil fuel industry which acts almost like a charity for the betterment of mankind.


I'm sorry, I don't engage with you people.


What it demanded Der-mot is Obama to have dealt with it long ago but he couldn't pull himself away from dividing the country to actually to something constructive. It's quite a hoot watching the ADN's leading liberal whiner complain about something that is all OBAMA'S fault.


It is free to the people who are flocking here to benefit from these services.

I don't really think that they care who is paying for it as long as they can benefit from it.  But who wouldn't take advantage of free money?

It is up to our government to contain this . But they don't; they just hit us with more taxes.


I do not see the value in postings such as this.  The unique juxtaposition of attacks on other posters with claims of being the victim of harassment is simply put, quite bizarre.  The phenomenon of claiming to be a follower of Christ while behaving so has been noted by others, elsewhere, although perhaps their views do not merit consideration by caholics?  Is adherence to catholicism something separate from following Christ?  Rather an unfortunate attitude, really.
 https://newspring.cc/articles/are-you-a-christian-internet-troll
http://thecommunity.anglican.ca/tech/11167/dear-christian-trolls-of-the-internet/


if the farming, ranching, hunting, fishing & skiing industries would only band together in response to the direct shots being fired across their bows, Colorado might yet grow a pair. instead it's being left to grassroots citizens' efforts to slay the marauding dragon that is the oil 'n gas industry.


Oh, you mean corrupt politicians like all those "Conservatives" (who conserve nothing) that take their orders from big business.


A lot of opinions from a number of credible people but nothing that can actually be called factually credible about the videos accuracy. The $100,000 paid to the former ACORN employee had nothing to do with the accuracy of the video. O'Keefe and his team had no knowledge that the employee immediately called police until much later. The California AG conducted the investigation that resulted in O'Keefe paying the former ACORN employee. The AG's office granted O'Keefe and Giles immunity in exchange for the unedited tapes they had made about ACORN. While the AG stated that O'Keefe had heavily edited the videos, the report also noted, about ACORN, "a serious and glaring deficit in management, governance and accountability within the ACORN organization" and said it's conduct "suggests an organizational ethos at odds with the norms of American Society. Empowering and serving low and moderate income families cannot be squared with counseling and encouraging illegal activities."


What a load.  The disintegration of America started with your self-involved, whining, "poor me" party.  Trump is the embodiment of the people who voted for him.  'Nuff said.


Come on Phil, you posted the same damn thing in 2013, except you deleted "The NDP are 20 POINTS ahead in the POLSS!!! (sic)

Orange is fading, like wallpaper from the 1970s, and Green is greening. But in 72 hrs, the flag of Red, White & Blue will continue to fly over this province.

Splendor Sine Occasu !


God bless him, his family and the department.


Similar, but different.  Nobody out there in the inlet to bite the bubbles.


At my school, we can guarantee that there will always be air conditioning in the principal's office. Ditto heat in the winter. In the classrooms and staff rooms on the other hand, you either sweat or freeze. Nice to see where the priorities are!!


Clouds also trap heat close to the surface, raising overnight temps especially, when cloud cover has no albedo effect because there's no sunlight to reflect.

And although clouds probably reflect diurnal solar radiation back into space, clouds are, at least in part, water vapour, and water vapour is the most abundant greenhouse gas. So if cloud formation is linked to available water vapour, you'd have to also account for the POSITIVE feedback impact of increased water vapour--which increase is directly proportional to temperatures--and you'd also have to account for the nocturnal warming effect of cloud cover.  Clouds are not simple albedo.

The thing I'm reacting to is Unknown Commenter's citing ONE article in a marginal publication as evidence that 157 years of greenhouse theory is wrong. That's kind of ludicrous, and typical of the clutching at straws denier favor over sound reasoning and method. Let me know when similar findings show up in Science, Nature, or the Proceedings.


Hopefully he will bend Trump over his knee and spank him soundly before sending him home crying.


It is relevant, precisely because it goes to show that it is not hypocritical to maintain that one point of view is correct and all others are false, because we do this in answer to all questions that have mutually exclusive answers (not only in maths). Furthermore if I hold that my point of view alone is correct, that necessarily means the position that 'no point of views are correct' is false. This is not hypocritical, it is a function of holding an exclusive point of view.

(Also: I don't see how this is a Strawman! I have not attacked a misrepresentation of the original argument)


The US is plainly intending to make these talks fail. Both Canada and Mexico should resign from the proceedings and simply wait for the inevitable declaration of failure.


People_show_their_taxes_to_show_they_are_not_a_crook._With_Trump_there_is_no_doubt._We_already_know_he_is.


The European countries are having a huge problem with refugee immigrants and increasing terrorist attacks which the media does not report. The European governments are turning a blind eye to what's really happening to their own people.


This is my favourite system. It's a bit more work (because of the second election) but will always give the fairest result.

I will add one caveat; if one candidate wins 50% in the first vote, no run-off.


Sorry! This is wwwwaaaayyy too rational for a "Post Truth" / "Alternative Facts" based world.. Sounds too much like liberal elitist talk to me..... (insert sarcasm here)....


Stalin was "America's strongest ally" in WWII?  Would you suggest that Trump should replace the bust of Churchill (a weaker ally) in the Oval Office with a bust of Stalin?

Russia is fighting ISIS because ISIS is attacking Russia's ally — Syria's genocidal dictator — not because of shared "Western Civilization values."

Russia is not "the West's natural ally against ISI-based terrorism."


Today was a March For Life if there ever was one. :-)


I hope Plummer knows where the skeletons in his closet are. (pun intended)


Frickin idiots....


Your question is particularly apposite when considering the fact that the argument is so poor; so ill-considered; and ultimately so false in all its parts, from "lynching", to "piecing together a heritage", to "special status".  This is a great garbage bag of bad ideas, published only because it came from a reliable source.


Growing up, I saw my mom spend thousands of dollars on our pets and strays who needed medical attention (and that was with the vets giving us a discount a lot of time). It was money well spent.


Except it's not that simple.  That science stuff gets in the way.  Here's the simple counter-argument to your "simple" analysis:  More access to birth control = much more sex = more failure of birth control = more abortions.
The actual complexity of the analysis is far greater given all of the uncontrolled variables (e.g., acceptance of single-motherhood, government funding of single moms, changing attitudes about sex)  involved in any attempt to analyze the statistics on the subject.


We will be facing this in Canada soon as well.
I've worked hard employed people, and sent boatloads of tax money to the government.
Letting illegals continue their lifestyle makes me feel I've been played for a fool.

I am sympathetic to the people though, I have grown to like mexican people through my travels there.


Selling Hydro, while people cant pay their bills now, Sex education forced on our children regardless of our beliefs, removing Mother and Father from Ontario in favour or birth parent and parent, HELLO !!!!!!!
It should never have come to this, the down side is once we kick her out the serious damage will have been done. Not shades of Mike Harris , ten times worse.


LQQK Marge, Cardinal Burke bought a pair of eye glasses.

Let's do another nothing article on Cardinal Burke.   That will stir up the comments and low shooters.


"Vaccines have never been proven safe and effective in a Court of Law"

It is not, and never has been, the duty of a court of law to determine if a vaccine is either "safe" or "effective'.

Instead we have a separate legal entity that determines both the safety and efficacy of all medicine, and that separate legal entity *HAS* determined that vaccines are both safe and effective.

If this ever came up in court (and it probably has) it would be a dead-simple case to simply open up the file and confirm that YES, the vaccines are both safe and effective.


Wait till they use their "high deductible plan" and the wailing will begin.

How many have no idea what a "deductible" on insurance coverage even IS.

It is NOT like a tax deductible.

It works like the one on your car accident policy.

No payment till it is exceeded.

YOU pay that much FIRST.


So there are different ways of measuring unemployment. That's introductory macroeconomics. Did the Trumpsters just find that out? Did you know Abe Lincoln was a Republican? Who knew?


Well, you made me use google, always willing to learn something new. Anywho, "Egalitarianism" sounds real good but as an overall 'rule of thumb' will never work in America. It's a nice thought but the facts are simple, you work hard you get ahead, you sit on your hands you don't. From time to time you will fail, that's the price of life in a country where you are allowed to 'rise to the top' or fail depending on what you are willing to put into your future. At no time should we be looking to just GIVE people everything they want or think they need. I have yet to see 'unbridled greed and ruthlessness' in America.


In Calgary I pay over $300/ hour for a hygienist to scale and polish my teeth.   X-rays are $140, a swirl of flouride is $39, and for the dentist to look in my mouth and agree that "everything is fine" costs $80.    God forbid if something is wrong.    I know people who go to Mexico, USA or out of province as prices are at least 30% cheaper.   There is a market failure of dentistry in Alberta.


Being bias in NOT a form of bigotry.  Biasness is the result of personal judgments.  Judging is inherent in human nature which never to "go away".   We all make judgments and form opinions.  (Forget about making any association to political parties.)

Bigotry, and the other hand, is the result of intolerance of someone else's opinion or viewpoint.


If you are truly interested in why a great many people will mourn him I would suggest digging in to the history of Cuba, not him, but Cuba.

After doing that you may find out why some many people liked him.


Right wingers are desperate to stop Horgan. He won debate. Weaver had some flubs that made him the clear 2nd, not first. And Clark well she was lying as usual.


Poor Westerners such a bad rap for a century!


That's the plan, by all accounts.

While there is risk in the Broncos trying to move him to their practice squad, the odds are pretty good since for another team to claim him off waivers, they'd have to put him on their active 53 roster.  Few teams want to put a developmental QB on their active roster that wasn't already with them through camp.  They often have their own developmental guy they're trying to save.


23 hours ago:
motleycrew

"I wonder what next weekend's rally will be about?
At least this one didn't require a burnt police car or any broken windows or slashed tires.

motleycrew
20 hours ago

"And Senator Wyden had one in Portland with 3,500 people and no burning buildings or broken windows!
Perhaps the idiots were enjoying the warm weather, instead!"

motleycrew
17  hours ago

"Your reading comprehension skills are being overcome by your bias.

"Nope. Seems that just the anti-Trumps like to set things on fire and break windows. This weekend they were no shows.
The difference between a riot and a rally is intelligence and adult supervision.
Anti-Trumps are short of both.
Both Senators had rallies this weekend. One here and one in Portland."

Where in that is there an accusation about anyone at a rally this weekend?"

I keep searching to see  where any of that says all Trump protesters or even all protesters are violent!  I just can't find it!


"When I hear a conservative Catholic argue that setting the minimum wage is a mere matter of prudential judgment, I cringe because they are unwittingly denying that how we treat our fellow men and women is called to reflect the love within the Godhead itself. When I hear a liberal Catholic argue that God has nothing to say about human and sexual love, I cringe for the same reason."

That same conservative Catholic always says, "Let the market set wages."  That is just amoral as a liberal saying, "Sexuality has nothing to do with God."  God has a place in all human relations.


One of the missing crew members was a friend I have known for about 18 years. I won't mention his name here because it hasn't been publicly released yet. He has a family who is hurting deeply at this time. He leaves behind a young daughter who will struggle to find peace with this. If the sea would give up his earthly body so that closure could at least be attempted, that would be great. If not, we are just praying that he's where he wanted to be. Keep the two sets of families in mind as you go about the business of living. There is great sadness and loss.


Christianity has not "failed", the leaders of the post Vatican II Church have failed Christianity.


Excuse me, you have never met him. It could have been anybody out there anybody could drink. Its not muslims. Im a child and I even know better to be racist, grow up! He didnt want to hurt anyone, people make mistakes not only muslims so can u stop lying to people please?


There is little to motivate the experts at the Bank of Canada to increase interest rates at this time.  'Copying' the US with regards their monetary policy is not indicative of independent monetary policy nor is it ever called for with an floating exchange rate.

The article is yet another fart published by the Globe and Mail as a favour for someone's church in promotion of irrelevant advertising instead of responsible journalism and informed opinion.


hard for cholo to give rest in peace wishes to someone who not only murdered his own son but did it in a savage and brutally painful manner and can only hope it was the drugs or his inner demons that was purely in control of his actions at that time. rest in peace young one.


The cost of using Tesla batteries backing up wind and solar to cover occasional month long wind continental area low wind/solar events would raise power rates to  three bucks a kwh.

As a result wind/solar today has to backed up to 100% nameplate with inefficient peaker plants, saving at most a few cents a kwh for the peaker plants on standby - no cents a kwh when you consider that the dirt cheap peaker displaces what would have been an expensive efficient CCGT or nuke plant running when the sun don't shine and the wind doesn't blow. The wind/solar zealot's storage scheme that using the cheapest cheapest storage envisioned for the next century would add a buck a kwh to power rates.

Lotsa folks are killed by the gas backup air pollution, just less than if coal were used. Never been a politician or a wind/solar nut that gave a rats behind for the dead or figgered the death toll in their ghoulish drive to a fairy dust powered world.


In 1999, China's economy was 1 trillion, and the US was around 10 trillion. In 2016, China's economy reached 11 trillion, and the US was 18 trillion. Under Drumpf, China will overtake the US. He will probably entangle the US into an another war to ensure he wins the second term. Just like GW Bush did. He spent 3 trillion on the war in Iraq and Afghanistan.


Manitoba Public Insurance......


Two reasonable guys - what a concept!


Why did it talk a public outcry to get this action after three years? Obviously the wrong people are being punished.


Thats a straw man.  There is no Flat Earth model.  First consider the absurdity of the heliocentric model.  Preposterous!


AT THIS POINT WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT REALLY MAKE???


Yo Liberals....Begich part 2 is back in the saddle.  Backdoor union deals, free housing for miscreants, false promises.   Trusssssssssst me said the snake.  We want to lower your property taxes.  Institute a sales tax.  Trussst me said Kaa (from the Jungle Book).

Yeah right.


Otavini (sic) had a farm, ee-aye-ee-aye-oh,
And on that farm he had a cow, ee-aye-ee-aye-oh.
With a moo-moo here and a moo-moo there,
Here a moo, there a moo, everywhere a moo-moo.
Otavini (sic) had a farm, ee-aye-ee-aye-oh.
All popes since Pius XI have upheld the teaching contained in his Encyclical, Casti Connubii or as you term it Consorto Cunnubii (sic). An easy and forgivable mistake to make save for the spelling 'Cunnubii' which might suggest another etymological root.
Cardinal Ottaviani undoubtably did play a part in the promulgation of Humanæ Vitæ. As Pro-Prefect of the Holy Office he was bound in duty and conscience before God to prevent the Pope from putting his name to an heretical document.
Ottaviani's intervention amongst that of others, did not put papal authority in jeapordy (sic). That authority was virtually destroyed by the cowardice of bishops and clergy worldwide who failed to back the Pope, the Holy Office, Scripture and the Tradition of Christ's  Church.


Yup, McVeigh was a Republican -- loved guns, hated government, loved the Second Amendment.


I was thinking of this photo:

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/liberal-budget-unlikely-to-include-airport-sales-or-major-tax-hikes/article34360445/

When I had questioned why young girls would need to cover up their hair and necks, my comment was deleted.. ..twice.

Yet it seems to be ok for this newspaper to run an article which questions why young girls need to cover their legs with a dress.

I was questioning the double standard.


Maybe if James gave out more pairs of his "equality" shoes to white guys and Hispanics, there might be more equality. No other word to describe but, fool.


Hillary was smart enough not to take the bait being offered my Mrs. Smith. Arguing with a mother, who lost her son, is a no-win situation. So she just let it pass.

Trump is too stupid to understand this. He just keeps shooting off his big mouth. He has no impulse control.


Nothing bothers liberals more than the liberties of others.


That’s the great thing about Trump having tiny hands. It’s easier to pull nonsense right out of his back end.


Ohhh cupcake Klastri, here you go again with little knowledge in business like your devout (D)onkey politicians you cherish. Care to claim that 40+ million illegals using stolen identities are not working under the table in the farming, meat processing, construction, trades and in fast food? You think they're all sitting around and doing nothing? You wouldn't be a modern slave owner, one whom hires illegals for pennies on the dollar, would you Klastri? LOL


That's a bingo.


A very good story with a great outcome.   It goes a long way to show how vital even a small school is in a community.  A school seems to knit the fabric of a village..


Thanks for this--was wondering about Galveston. It's not that people have selective memories or even short ones.  Nobody who was an adult in 1900 is alive today to tell the tale.  Who knows history?

Anyway, Houston Chronicle, as of yesterday...

"Although the island of Galveston had largely escaped the worst of the weather, on Tuesday fire chief Mike Wisko said there had been 15 to 20 calls for rescue.

"We do have water in some houses, but it's minimal and we have nobody in any life-threatening situation," he said. By noon, five reportedly homeless people had been saved from the waters and taken to the Salvation Army.
"We have not taken anybody out of their house at this point," he said.

"My message is for Galveston residents to shelter in their homes, stay off the street. If they feel they need help, call 911."
When asked which parts of the island were flooded most severely, Wisko said: "All of them."


The woman who made the charges made clear why she came out with the charges now. She voted for Trump, as well, so Moore's attempts to spin this all as just politics rings hollow.


These bison's biggest threat, by far, will be poaching by people from local villages.  10 years from now there will be an article about how these bison "disappeared".


North-south navigation is possible and has been done. They're called airplanes.


Bill and JT are looking to raise that $35B they need to start up the infrastructure bank and they are looking to middle-class self-employed minions to raise it.  Doesn't it give you the warm and fuzzies knowing that it's the middle class business men and women that are going to pay to make the corporations rich that invest in this bank scheme of the Liberals.  What will be the return to the taxpayer?


Trump says he can handle the nation's finances well and will lower taxes. Given the huge amount of spending regarding the military and the coming enforcement of new rules to expel illegal immigrants, HOW CAN HE LOWER TAXES? Billions and billions and billions of dollars will be needed. His priorities of  lower taxes and those current goals cannot meet. If Trump continues the do what he plans to, the USA's finances will look even worse under him than under Obama. He is being reckless with the people's money.


Your kind of contempt for working people is why they voted for Trump.


Well, those rude people exist. Obama has faced the same thing. So have past presidents and their families, I would imagine. People will find a reason to hate others, if they are so inclined. I don't know what was said, and I don't much care. The jeering husband was kicked off the flight, right? Was he arrested, questioned? I don't know anything about it. I used to fly a lot but have never been on a flight with a disruptive passenger. Now I don't like to fly, and will do a lot to avoid it.

I would be "Trump opposition" but I wouldn't disrupt any family or any flight, for any reason. I doubt this imbecile is "the true face" of the opposition.


You must be pleased to be represented by Amy Dembowski


The Russians were pikers compared to Obama and Clinton and the DNC when it came to dividing Americans.


People are targeted. These nut jobs will find someone to target. Americans at WTC, kids at school, nurses, postal workers, politicians. I don't care that the shooter ended up dead, but I'd like to know how his thinking was shaped, warped.


Silly.  If I couldn't make my house payment I'd figure out a way to make more money or get a different job.  Isn't that the American way?


If that's your interpretation of multiple names, how do you describe multiple names created by imitating another poster's name?
Are able to spot multiple names among Guest, JackJackson, Thumb, Burger, Mr. nut, Toyoda, Bullwinkle, slow joe, Pete Best, Natashia, rocky, Twiglets, J B8', retired, Wasp, Whyu,  Laurelast, Green Jeans, gns and Keith Moon?


Great headline. I've been saying that since September.


"On Wednesday, Ms. Clark wrote a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau asking Ottawa to ban the shipment of thermal coal – the majority of which comes from the United States – through B.C. ports."

Talk about late to the party only to make an appearance.

Various groups have been battling the Port and lobbying the Feds for years to stop the shipment of coal through metro Vancouver and it's waterways. And nothing but silence from Premier Clark.

Until of course the election.  Where this issue no doubt is just one on a list of quick publicity wins handed to her by her election team. And should she get re-elected, it will be dropped just as quick.


The Globe's coverage of the Liberal's cash for access practices was excellent journalism and worthy of a NNA nomination.
***
You finally acknowledged this only as an afterthought , and only after your embarrassing partisanship was more important for you to express than acknowledgement of award winning journalism which, again, you disguise with deflection away from your smarmy sincerity. Hack partisanship dishonesty by any other name.


Noble ideals little fella.

But when families start seeing the killers of their loved ones walk without facing trial, if it comes to that, then violence is the logical outcome.


“very grateful the good Lord watched out for us”
Yep, Jesus was watching out for YOU but apparently didn’t give a damn about the 14 who died and about 130 who were injured. Do you even realize how offensive you are?


Best of success. Alaskans at work. Her story makes my day.


An odd comment, Layla4,  since I made no click on your comment whatsoever.

(I'm pretty sure it's not possible to remove an emoji altogether on this new system)

I have on this one, though. Sad seems the right one.


Maybe it's time for a combined Federally Issued Driver's License/Obamacare/Driver's license?


Good luck to him...He reports the 2 demanding owners - and they report to Jack Eichel


Finally a member of the media placing this in a fair light and with good analysis


The rest of the modern industrialized world watches in amazement as the United
States exhibits its complete and utter disunity and incompetence in the face of obvious reality.

Health care doesn't have to be this hard. In 2017 only Americans would choose to make it so hard. Meanwhile all of its other problems fester.

Greatness must wait until after it finds a way to avoid awfulness, if it can. This is not a nation that anyone should hold as a model.


Doug Saunders makes too much of the Anti-Semitism of the National, Front
and too little about its Islamophobia

I wonder what his agenda is


and people call other countries corrupt? They have nothing on Canada


What a joke.  Democrats and Hillary made a statement about sexual predators when they voted in favor of Billy being elected even though the knowledge of the mans sexual deviance was laid out to the entire country.  Democrats make a statement in favor of gross sexual perversion when they support and defend gays and lesbians.  They make a statement about sexual perversion when they agree that a sexually deviant woman should be allowed to kill her own baby. They made a statement to the entire world when a transgender spoke at the democratic convention setting the example for all of our children that law and order does not matter and your feelings trump anything.  Pot calling the kettle black for sure.  The manipulation and hypocrisy coming from the democrats is mind boggling to say the least.  But we must understand they are drinking a kool aid that distorts the mind. Its called free lovism and situational ethics. Hail Hillary!!!!


So now the real cat is out of the bag. You've got a huge vested interest! And a bloody cheek accusing the Scientific American of 'errors' when you're obviously biased. So maybe a bit of realism and objectivity on your part might be useful? But I certainly won't hold my breath on that.


One day after the pro-sharia demonstrators marched, a sharia court in Pakistan sentenced a man to death for blasphemy.  Do the pro-sharia marchers understand that's what they're protecting?  Or are they just ignorant?


So it's ok to celebrate a feast that commemmorates an event that didn't happen, but it's not ok for Christians to do the same? That makes sense....


And we are supposed to take your word for it, Jay?  What cardinals?  Meeting or what purpose?  Where did you learn of this?  I am afraid to say that your statements and opinions often don't count for very much, so using a factual citation/link is always good practice.  And BTW - NCR is quite fearless in its reporting, so right here you are in the same minority that Pope Francis was referring to.  But try again with the information you left out, and perhaps we can have a discussion at that point.  Thanks.


Report: Illegal Immigrants Cast More Than 3 Million Votes In Presidential Election
according to a report from VoteFraud.org.
https://milo.yiannopoulos.net/2016/11/illegal-immigrants-3-million-votes/


Let the circus get started!  Honolulu just needs the most qualified and most knowledgeable Chief, not only in policing, but the culture of Hawaii.  Anything short of this is a recipe for disaster.

Clearly, the members on the police commission also needs to be looked at.  What qualified each member to become a police commissioner.  Enough with the political paybacks!  We need police commissioners who are the most qualified and are not just political puppets.  Members who are sensible, good common sense (I know that's a lot to ask for), neutral, and there to serve and make good sound decisions!  A commissioner that won't fold to political influence.  Bottom line, one that will be fair to the public and the police.


Well, it goes to show how successful Francis was when he was a priest,  bishop, and archbishop in Argentina.
Now he can re-shape the universal Church into a mirror image of  his Buenos Aires Archdiocese.
Perhaps, they'll be topless radical nuns in St Peter's Square aping the ladies of the night in B.A..


Republic of Saturn: That really is some "fake news" you are spouting.  Where did you get that nugget of misinformation?

If you wish to read some real information:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/29/world/asia/china-drought.html


How do we fix this?  Legalize conceal carry.  It was really sad what happened in Texas and one should not have to go to church armed but I feel that's where society is taking us.  For those who elect to carry by all means should be able to carry.  And for those who don't, that's fine too.  So, times changed so must we.


oh so YOU were the OTHER black guy here in 1975.  i commend you for bravery charles. i had a friend from san francisco come up, he wasn't here an hour and looked around  "where are all the black people?  my husband said You're looking at him."


JJ:  I often laugh and shake my head when I do something "stupid."  However, it's one thing to "make fun" of yourself but quite another to make fun of others.  Old guys can tell "old guy" jokes.  Fat people can tell "fat people" jokes.  etc....self-depricating humor is "safe" humor.  Humor with someone else as the target is quite different.
My wife and I have been married 53 years.  One of the things I learned more than 52 years ago was that it's fine to laugh when you do something "less than brilliant", but not a great idea when your spouse does.  (Gary's Tip of the Day for a long, happy marriage)


Pretty sure almost none of that actually happened.


The Church justifiably stakes a claim on social teaching, having invested a great deal of its intellectual acumen and as the custodian of a rich (albeit chequered) tradition. The case can and should be made that it is primarily civilizational and rational rather than sectarian. Jesus redeemer and Jesus social philosopher/teacher are distinct dimensions. As redeemer Jesus, man and God lived, died, rose from the dead thus establishing an "ontological" elevation of mankind and indeed creation itself, in our relationship with the divine.
Jesus was not a moral dictator. He was a social, moral, ethics, political philosopher, teacher/leader in the line of civilizational greats. Aristotle taught that these are rooted in man's mutual dependence and thus reciprocity:"love/friendship is a mutual benevolence mutually known" (Ethics). Jesus taught and demonstrated that a "mutual benevolence mutually known", love and the "common good" go further, deeper. If Aristotle is rational,  Jesus more so.


Curious how the city managed on it's own for 225 years before the rest of Canada showed up to help pay the bills?


Living in the past  is not going to change the present. The Chumps presidency is in a death spiral and only a fool would not be able to recognize that.


Libraries across Canada are collecting and preserving Canada's culinary traditions seen in community cookbooks.  The University of the Fraser Valley's Newman Collection of Western Canadian Cookbooks : http://libguides.ufv.ca/NewmanCollection as well as the University of Guelph's Archival and Special Collections Library of Culinaria are two such examples.


"..independant panel.."   Yeah, OK!!  Who's on the panel?


Don't tell me.  Tell that poster called "Palatable", who was trying to say a grocery store selling groceries was the same position in the grocery industry as medical insurance is to the medical industry.  He's the confused one.

I don't support Obamacare.  And, the new "health bill" the Repubbies are pimping controls no costs and even promotes higher deductibles.  You think the medical cost increases are gonna slow down because of that bill?  Laughable...


Too often the girlfriend will hand her keys to the boyfriend who has no car, no license, no job - or mom will or some other fool will. My car is my responsibility, IMO, and who I loan it to can have deadly consequences. So, if I loan my car to an unlicensed driver and they get stopped, it's indicative of my own lack of judgement and disregard for the law. Confiscate it!


Sessions lying? Couldn't be except the mans whole career has been a lie


China is supporting N Korea as part of a larger plan to divert attention from its military conquests in the South China Sea and establishing Arctic trade routes through what was formerly Canadian Territory (and with the blessing of Trudeau).

The writer of this article is missing the big picture.

China is playing the west and N Korea is just a pawn to be sacrificed when the time is right and the conquests completed.


You need to understand why I specifically referenced ex "Soviet Russia" as opposed to today's Russia. Back in the day they used to be communist and used to tell their sheeple "communism works"! Today's Russia while many still have that commie mentality, is officially no longer communist and does not promote the "communism works" propaganda they used to teach the sheeple from an early age. So yes, there is a significant difference and also today's Russia is no longer the same threat towards the United States it used to be as both decided to call truce in the arms race to some extent.


$50k is too much at least it's not another multi-million dollar travesty.


Thanks Obama.


Can we talk about the mentality of a murderer, more than their modus operandi?

Can we please talk about the utter failure of the family structure and of society to allow people like this to develop in our community? This is a failure on so many levels. People lived with this man, possibly worked with him. He fathered one or more kids. Where was any of this in changing his putrid view on life?

I feel connected to so many people on so many levels. I even feel a connection to people with drastically different religious, political, and social worldviews. When I see people who take lives in cold blood, I feel no connection to them. I see no trace of humanity. I feel utter antipathy.

Who are the people, right this instant, living with a murderer? Who are the spouses, the children, the parents of killers? Who is going about their lives with blood on their conscience and no feelings of remorse, and no guts to come forward. Who are these monsters and who are their enablers?


HI:"It is not born in a lab of white-coated PhDs"
I taught in a college(now a poly) for many years.During that time I came up with a device which was ultimately patented and produced.Some of the(summer) students that were involved with the company that mass produced it were ultimately hired full time.
The college/polys of today are hiring your "PhDs" as deans  with scary, questionable creds only because they have a PhD in effort to get funding for the next great"Blackberry".
It's the same money driven decisions involved with 70%/30% P/T to F/T teacher ratio which is being thrashed out as we speak (with the students suffering).


Sorry, but it is hard to believe anything Hawker says when it comes to spending money. How can he, of all people, speak about spending of unappropriated money. They are trying to limit what Walker can do to their bad policies. It seems Anchorage Democrat Rep. Andy Josephson is one of the only ones willing to speak up and  looking out for the voters.


De-friend conservatives on social media! Don't go to their social events! Don't buy from them! Don't capitulate economically !!! If you work as a procurement specialist, or own a business, don't do business with a conservative unless you have to. Go to the Division of Elections, and ask to see how someone is registered. Talk with people and find out who they support and then boycott them for their Conservative views. Conservatives have made this a hallmark of their social pressure system for centuries, and with social media, it's time for them to get a taste of their own medicine. Make your time and your money go to good use as a tool to modify their behavior. It's time for the overwhelming majority to take off the gloves and use social media to expose Conservatives, and boycott them financially, and socially. !!!!!


Nobody tell Doug Saunders, he just declared Germany one of the last glowing symbols of liberalism in the world!


It's way overdue for the U.S. to withdraw from the hapless, ineffective United Nations and kick them out of the U.S.  Their numerous toothless Security Council resolutions have done nothing to reduce the North Korean threat while China and Russia continue to discreetly support their North Korean ally and Kim Jong Un and the North Koreans laugh at yet another ineffective Security Council resolution.

If China really wanted to, they could stop North Korea, but they have deliberately chosen not to.

Time to give both Japan and South Korea their own nuclear weapons to restore the balance of power in the region.


Good news folks, there is an elementary school in the ASD that teach citizenship.  My children memorize the preamble of the Constitution, learn about the Continental Congress all in the basic 5th grade curriculum.  They recite the pledge of allegiance every morning followed by a patriotic song of the month taught by their music teacher.  Our local, government representative(s) (some years are more than one) attend the school's PTA-sponsored Trunk-or-Treat every year, dressed as Abraham Lincoln no less. The quarterly awards assemblies are attended by a squadron on JBER that also volunteers service hours with some of our elementary school events, separate from the Trunk of Treat.  The 5th and 6th grade students raise funds to take a field trip to Washington DC every other year.  Each month celebrates a character trait aligned with citizenship.  Student body elections to occur on the same day as our Election Day in November.  Public education is not as dismal as presented in this article.


Williams is right.  On the 1st ballot, electors should be locked into what the state's voters decided.  Only if they go to a 2nd ballot (or beyond) should they be allowed to choose someone other than who the state voters designated (or in the extraordinary case of a nominee's death, resignation, or dismissal by the party).

Pretty obvious, really.


When did anyone hand anything to me?

No - my point was an obviously failed attempt to highlight the irony of someone like you lecturing me about keeping my opinions to myself ...


From a strictly rational perspective, I believe that the greater damage is done to the boy rather than to anyone else.  While some view the kind of actions the kid is accused of as worse than murder and thus justify that the kid will have to register as a sex offender for the next 50-70 years, no rational analysis of the situation can lead to that conclusion.  In 50-70 years, the girls involved will likely barely remember the incidents.  If they do find such sex issues to gravely injure their lives, I propose that we as a society have failed them by teaching that non-lethal or non-mutilating (physically) events are so important or traumatic.  Our society is dysfunctional in many ways and this is one of the extremes.  Our life-long ostracism for less than murder is misguided.


His mother in Germany thinks her dear son is being framed by Christians for a crime they committed .


Our plates are full with trying to keep track of all the ways that Donald Trump’s presidency threatens this country both domestically and globally. This, however, presents a unique danger. A meltdown with Iran from which our European allies (and the rest of the globe) distance themselves and leave us to go it alone is a recipe for disaster.


The copy editor must have cut the final two sentences to fit space. Here they are for your reading pleasure:

_"The leadership that's so desperately needed won't come from a new mayor who is nothing more than a proxy for Kitty Piercy and who will continue to let the City Manager fail with no consequences. The City needs an experienced mayor, like Mike Clark, who will hold the City Manager and his staff accountable to the citizens of Eugene."_

-- Paul


Mr. Lind nailed it with the hammer of intelligent reasoning.

The US has poured it's largess from prosperity into full spectrum weapons of mass destruction, and has demanded obeisance, through threats, embargoes, and bombs from the rest of the world. That nail has been so hammered, that the military industrial complex is  profiting while the real economy is faltering, increasing debt, infrastructure crumbling, and health care is an expensive mess.
Hawaii is addicted to military money & Pearl Harbor brings tourists.
The #1 entertainment in this country is gratuitous violence, from movies to video games. Generations are brought up on this stimuli and they are psychologically trained to expect Uncle Sam to violently hammer any problems.
N. Korea - if bombed, S. Korea would suffer catastrophic losses. If S. Korea/US invaded the North, China and Russia would not accept the US to have THAAD on their borders.
Swinging Hammer will not solve N. Korean problem.
Do we have any other tools?


Yeah RIGHT!


The coward let the real men of this country do the heavy lifting in WWII while he galavanted the Globe.
Truly I have NO respect for him or his offspring, shame !!!!


Danke Schoen brother,
no kidding ...just slightly important facts !
I used to pass thru B V and I can only assume, they visited a Dodge dealer and they took a demo test drive??? Pretty small town and a new car store-dealer is unlikely, however it wasn"t like it was 2 punks wanting to take a car out and you"re right I wouldn"t want to be the salesman.


the courage to kick out the perps shooting our citizens? yep.


We are all so proud of our winner AG.  Trump is a monster and could not care less about families or the security of America. He is an entertainer serving his own brand.  Nice to see Trump lose again as the better instincts of Hawaii triumph.


while the liberals are clearly being phony hypocrites on their agenda, the climate is not heating because of mans carbon, so lets sell sell sell
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSokHmURVBU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4YiBG_FtM8&t=1498s


These things take time. Everyone know the market is propped up, but that bubble is waiting to burst no matter who is the president. Long road ahead..


You touch on PSG and Inter not having great recognition here in the US.  That factor warrants more attention on your part.  Scanning through the event's list of matches played in the US this summer, the PSG/Inter match-up warrants a place in the bottom two.  There's no doubt Real/ManU would have sold out Autzen.  Tonight's Chelsea/Liverpool match in the Rose Bowl would have doubled the attendance.  Why?  Relocated Brits say the Barclay's Premier League is more accessible now on TV/tablets for American viewers than it is in England.  Isco is the only Inter player most can name, and he didn't feature on Saturday.  PSG's most recognizable player, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, now plays for ManU.  It sure seems like your column entirely changes if Autzen draws a better match.


Kids being used as pawns by the educational establishment. One wonders if they're aware Alaska already spends at over twice the national average per student. But then it's pretty much understood that there could never be enough money anyway.. As evidenced by ever increasing spending over the last ten years even as enrollments were flat to declining. This time these cheap tricks won't work because there simply isn't enough money. It's not as if they're taking this money from education to fund something else. We simply don't have it. And no amount of deceitful manipulation of our young people will make it magically appear.


"The Lord says to Peter: ‘I say to you,’ he says, ‘that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church, and the gates of hell will not overcome it. And to you I will give the keys of the kingdom of heaven . . . ’ [Matt. 16:18–19]. On him [Peter] he builds the Church, and to him he gives the command to feed the sheep [John 21:17], and although he assigns a like power to all the apostles, yet he founded a single chair [cathedra], and he established by his own authority a source and an intrinsic reason for that unity. Indeed, the others were that also which Peter was [i.e., apostles], but a primacy is given to Peter, whereby it is made clear that there is but one Church and one chair. . . . If someone does not hold fast to this unity of Peter, can he imagine that he still holds the faith?"


You're lying.  The ACLU never took that position.

Why would you make up something like that?


You can pay off your mortgage (and therefore a loan) early by not expanding your lifestyle as your salary goes up. Over the first 20 years of your mortgage, it should go up. Keep your car's quality but inexpensive, vacations economical, avoid costly renovations where possible. You got a $100 cheque from Aunt Bertha? Slam it against what you owe. It will make a significant impact against your loan, especially close to the beginning. Make it a game. Keep track of what you owe, can keep it part of the budget talk at home.


As in ....  "do as I say, not as I do"? Not terribly realistic, I'm afraid.


It is called a loss of civility. Erna Paris' recent article describes the  social and civic consequences of relating to each other in this manner.

https://beta.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/what-happened-to-respectful-debate-in-canada/article36837244/


You forget that Trump is the master at whipping up feelings - often based in lies and manipulation, the antithesis of reason and objectivity - for his own personal and political gain.


Contact dive alaska on old seward. Maybe the dude is trained to go deeper than 60 feet.


Disgusting article. Let me comment in the same style: He was a policeman, the first of his family to hold a regular job. It did not pay much, but it was still way above the average wage. He and his buddies shared a few jokes before turning in and going to sleep thinking that the next day will be as boring as this one was. Except they woke to the sounds of gunfire and died before they could pull their socks up. And the international community is silent about the death of these policemen, the guardians of the rule of law in a long suffering country. The fact that they were killed in an attack that should be called cowardly is not even mentioned. And we, who declared a ceremonial unarmed guard who was gunned down a hero, don't even see the duplicity in our views.


--incorrect--Class 3 firearms dealers  can sell full-auto weapons after the buyer passes a rigorous background check and pays a $200 transfer tax on each purchase.  For practical purposes , however , the market is limited as prices start in multiples of tens of thousands of dollars---


1 - the cars do not need road sensors to operate. Companies like Here are building a massive database with very precise road data collected by many thousands of cars that (in some cases unknown to their drivers) are recording road details down to a matter of inches. Tesla cars already have data that modifies speeds of cares in cruise control to adjust for upcoming tight curves etc. Not yet perfect but the data is accumulating very fast.
2 - the sensors and cameras that you are referring to are used to divert cars (whether autonomous or human-driven) along the quickest route based on real time traffic flow. We already have that technology in use and much of that infrastructure is privately built.
A third point (from the article, not your post) - the Tesla that crashed was not an autonomous car, the setting in use was intended to be supplemented by human observation and reaction. The driver failed, not the system.


Being a condominium owner myself, I would have a hard time recommending condos to prospective home-buyers. Our condo fees are rising much faster than the official rate on inflation. In our case, electricity is included in our fees and, although we don't have a washer / dryer in our unit (no room), we find ourselves subsidizing the owners who have them.  The only thing keeping us in our place is that our combined condo fees and property taxes are notably lower than the cost of renting a decent two bedroom apt., in any rental building or condo in our area (we have no mortgage), so we're almost  stuck for the time being. Otherwise, we wouldn't hesitate to sell and move, even if we had to sell our place at a bargain basement price  (We'd still make a profit, but not a great one.) All this to say that, for the reasons I have already stated and several others, I do not recommend condominium ownership, except maybe in a newer, luxury building, for those who can afford it.


Largest camp in US? Have you heard of skid row? I guess this is not necessarily a camp though - whatever. In either case,  vote for mass sleeping not mass camping. If there is a difference between Portland 3 years ago and now that is it. One produces privacy so tweakers can get high and f**, storage space for stolen goods, a semi-permanent place to trash, and is conducive to majority faction. The other just gives safety in numbers for a nights rest and maybe even a sense of community.


You should watch it sometimes, at RT.com. Its international news, including about the US, Canada, EU are often more balanced than even G&M. True, they do not criticize Russian government, but we have our own news media to work overtime on that topic.


Of course. Facts are irrelevant to your shtick.


Pt. 1
Benedict's sister, St. Scholastica and the Benedictine women did an exemplary job in running those hospitals, too.

In addition to Jerome and Aquinas, there were others---who had these  ideas about women:  Tertulian, Origen and others.  Here is a comment by Galen [c. 217], a medical theorist, on the physical make-up of women:
"So too the woman is less perfect than the man in respect to the generative parts.  For the parts were formed within her when she was still a fetus, but could not [develop] because of the defect in the heat emerge and project on the outside, and this, though making the animal itself that was being formed less perfect than one that is complete in all respects, provided no small advantage for the race; for there needs must be female.  Indeed, you ought not to think our creator would purposely make half the whole race imperfect and, as it were, mutilated, unless there was to be some great advantage to such a mutilation."


To bad teams going thru the  motions.


Allan: I suspect that you know exactly what TorTech meant.

Children are legally incompetent, in the sense that they are recognised to lack the necessary cognitive abilities to make many decisions for themselves.  They cannot enter into any type of contract until 18 (?), they cannot vote in an election until 18 and so on.  Yet, there are those who encourage children to make such a life-changing decision.  It is madness!


Not a chance.


Star Advertiser lead stories, ND graduates, all 100 of them out of 3,100, storms out of commencement exercises, Trump does not talk about Saudis human rights failings, Flynn defies Congress and invokes the 5th.  A historic visit into the lion's den and the most volatile region in the world barely goes reported.  Oh yeah, they did report about Melania Trump not wearing anything to cover her hair.

During the campaign the biased news criticized Trump as having no foreign policy experience. Now Trump's first travels overseas is to an extremely difficult area avoiding the safe trips to Britain, Canada, Australia, etc.  Trump is reenergizing the area and raising hopes for peace in the region unlike anybody before him has done.   Pretty good for a beginner.  The FakeNews.com and its subsidiaries must be pissed.  Wrong Again!!


I live in Texas. ALL you hae to do is STAY AWAY if you don't like it! That's ALL you have to do!


If by "abortion-related services" you mean gynecological exams, cancer screening, screening and treatment for STDs, and providing birth control, all on a sliding-scale for people who often can't afford these services elsewhere, you would be correct. Planned Parenthood was the only health care I could afford in my early twenties. They detected pre-cancerous changes on my pap smear and provided treatment, something that would not have been possible at any other health care provider, due to lack of insurance. Planned Parenthood is a necessary, vital resource that needs to remain available to women and men.


Wishing many good returns on this investment of her time and efforts.  She is making a difference; but the only lasting difference will be training internally so these jobs can be filled by  trained doctors and nurses from local people.  While education is completely paid for indigenous people who choose to attend university, it is unfortunate that higher education seems not to be encouraged.  Perhaps that perception is what needs to be changed.


SA propping up Chin and the inappropriate lawsuit for Hawaii RESIDENTS like they are propping up the Oahu train to nowhere project or the failed Obamacare Hawaii Health connector.  This story is the case definiton of FAKE NEWS.  The negative economic consequences for the State of Hwwaii at its residents will br major.  Trump is president of the US for 4, maybe 8 years so guarantee vindictive Trump and Bannon will make all of Hawaii and it residents pay for Chin's personal crusade.  If you think Hawaii has a homeless problem, try making Honolulu a sanctuary city to bring all of the Syrian refugees that has not be properly vetted AND hundreds of millions in reduced federal funds every year to Hawaii and see the kind of city of Honolulu and the rest of the State will become.  And if an Islamic terrorist event occurs as a result of a growing Muslim poplulation with Islamic terrorist plants or sympathizers like in San Bernadino, say goodbye to Hawaii's tourism industry as we know it.


Nowhere in this article mentions cost per student K-12. Or cost per graduating Bachelors degree student in the UA system. Instead we get this pandering demand for "full funding," whatever that is. 5.7% is a small reduction in ANY budget: yours, mine, and education budgets. Do more with less is the challenge. This photo opportunity group can start by 50% of them stepping down-none of you teach students so let's start with this group first. Our students rate in the bottom of all 50 states (45th place) and territories, so it's not like this group is real productive or admirable. Or we need to listen to them.


For some reason your reply to me about McCain representing his citizen constituents only shows in my email.  I agree with you 100%.  No politician should represent any illegal alien.  They should ONLY represent their legal voters.

LOL...and now the comment shows here.


Looks like my patience served to smoke out your retort to any reply I could make to your hypothetical question. I saw where you were going. My reply now is that carelessness itself, in my limited experience, goes unpunished among underlings unless it results in a leak or breach, or unless someone higher in the chain of command wants the "careless" person to be cashiered for some other reason.  This would be the case in Clinton vs her enemies in Congress. In this case, Congress (meaning Chuck Grassley) had to go through Comey, who refused to be a tool of partisan pressure, at least to that degree. In that scenario, Comey played his hand well, denying the assassins access to any legal justification for censure or worse.

"What ifs" are fine for mind games, but in this circumstance, Hillary Clinton, doing as her predecessors did, likewise suffered no security breach. No harm, no blame.  Have a good evening.


Does that mean we pay less then the mainland?


jυѕт ѕee тнe ѕυperғlυoυѕ!

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The ѕтaтe ιѕ тнe naмe oғ тнe coldeѕт oғ all cold мonѕтerѕ. coldly ιт тellѕ lιeѕ тoo; and тнιѕ lιe crawlѕ ғroм ιтѕ мoυтн: "ι, тнe ѕтaтe, aм тнe people."

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"on earтн тнere ιѕ noтнιng greaтer тнan ι: ιт ιѕ ι wнo aм тнe orderιng ғιnger oғ god" - тнυѕ roarѕ тнe мonѕтer. and noт only тнe long-eared and тнe ѕнorтѕιgнтed ғall υpon тнeιr ĸneeѕ! yeѕ, ιт deтecтѕ yoυ тoo, yoυ vanqυιѕнerѕ oғ тнe old god!

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yoυ нave grown weary oғ ғιgнтιng, and now yoυr wearιneѕѕ ѕerveѕ тнe new ιdol! ιт woυld ѕυrroυnd ιтѕelғ wιтн нeroeѕ and нonoraвle oneѕ, тнe new ιdol! ιт вaѕĸѕ нappιly ιn тнe ѕυnѕнιne oғ good conѕcιenceѕ - тнe cold мonѕтer! ѕтaтe, ι call ιт; wнere all drιnĸ poιѕon, тнe good and тнe вad: ѕтaтe, wнere all loѕe тнeмѕelveѕ, тнe good and тнe вad: ѕтaтe, wнere тнe ѕlow ѕυιcιde oғ all - ιѕ called "lιғe." only wнere тнe ѕтaтe endѕ, тнere вegιnѕ тнe вeιng wнo ιѕ noт ѕυperғlυoυѕ: тнere вegιnѕ тнe ѕong oғ neceѕѕιтy, тнe υnιqυe and ιммυтaвle тυne.


parents are always responsible. always a orphanage.


China's idea of a negotiation is a one way street.  In short, they are an international bully.  There is no way they will recipricate with free access to any part of their economy.  Heads they win, tails we lose.  No thanks.


BlackBerry no longer makes phones....so it kind of makes sense that no one is going to buy them.


You must have missed reading about the test flight that was done with a more sustainable jet fuel. Or maybe you missed the fact the US Navy has been experimenting with it as well.
Maybe you missed the report that came out this week that sustainables accounted for 2/3rds of new power generation added in 2016. Not a single new coal plant was added and several were converted to cleaner burning natural gas.

The fact is that sustainable power generation for transportation and homes is becoming radically more popular. Investments are up, generation is up both in metered capacity and percentage of total capacity, and costs are down. You might not like it, but sustainable is here to stay, and even industries are adopting it because it's helping their bottom line.


The reason North Korea exists is because it makes a nice buffer state between China and South Korea.

North Korea could always count on Chinese support because the last thing China wanted was a US satellite state on its doorstep.

An "independent" North Korea means the United States doesn't need to worry about a military incident involving Chinese troops.

The problem now is that this.  North Korea has become somewhat erratic and unpredictable.  And so both China and the United States have something to worry about.


It's good to see that Governor Brown isn't totally asleep at the switch.

And she campaigned on 'transparency' in public records.

She's only a couple of years late; but for her that's warp speed!


A well reasoned piece, Pierre, but surely the PP now has an obligation to explain her actions to the country.
She needs to explain how and why she made such a serious and basic error, and no-one in her huge team of lawyers at the office of the PP picked up the error, or *cough* "typo"!

She also needs to confirm or deny that she was acting on the orders or suggestions of others - if she were to confirm it, she would have to resign immediately, and if she denies it, she would have to be removed from office IF it was later proven and found that she was indeed acting on someone else's instructions.

She is due to release the now completed report on the Estina / Vrede dairy farm fiasco (apparently used to fund the Gupta's oh so tacky Sun City wedding) - let's see how THAT goes.
Given the revelations of the Gupta leaks, anything less than an absolute lambasting of the Guptas and  Minister Zwane and calls for prosecution of the perpetrators, and we will know for sure that she is captured.


GS,
  I agree with you their. We can neither assume one has, nor that one has not consented in the absence of evidence. Justice must rely on verifiable facts and testimony to reach a just determination of innocence or guilt. Anyone lacking in such objectivity should not be involved in this process, be they police or part of the judicial system.


Scumbags


Low Taxes , where are you living cause in Canada we pay high taxes and the government keeps finding new ways to tax people.

What do we pay for with our taxes , increasingly debt interest. $60 billion by all Canada's governments.

And don't tell me about the high tax rates of the past. One did not pay 90% until one made about $3.5 million in income. Who makes that?

One did not pay 50% until you made $350,000. Trudeau is taxing 50% at $200,000. Much lower than in the past.


Can't beat that GI bill, worked for me; have Uncle Sam pay for some of that college.


Was he allergic to working part time?


WWW.RECALLGOVWALKER.COM.    ...... Has a nice ring to it.


not in my place. the opposite is true


Is not also up to women how they respond to any sexual harassment?
Your last comment gets to one of the areas that women have always had power, even if they do not either recognize it or admit it.
The women had more power over you than you care to admit.   What would have happened if one of those that made passes at you had done a 'Joseph' and cried rape?  Especially with the banter that was going on?
Also, the union rep would have been a fool to accept any of those offers.  Again, any of those women could have accused him of rape.
Talking about Joseph, did Potiphur's wife have power?  This is just one example of women having power.   As I have stated other ways that women exert power.


$57 billion in the Alaska Savings Account? For comparison, Bill Gates is now at $85 billion.


I would throw 'ignorance' and 'arrogance' into the mix as well.  Actual malice is fairly rare; the other three are hallmarks of bureaucracy, whether governmental or private.


Why would anyone accept the takeover of their homeland?


Holy hyperbole Batman.

Of course when Harper forced Quebec to shut down its gun registry that wasn't an "insane power grab" right?


But he was shown to be discriminating in a court of law: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/28/us/politics/donald-trump-housing-race.html?mcubz=0


You're last post says you shouldn't care if they use the washroom corresponding to their gender.

The guy is open about it - he hasn't had bottom surgery so he still has a vagina while the girl is only sixteen so she's too young to have had surgery.

But what exactly is a "male physique" or a "female physique".

So how will you know whether someone is trans or not?  After all, we've seen any number of cases of women (born as women) being challenged in washrooms because someone doesn't think they look feminine enough - too tall, deep voice, short hair, mannish dress, whatever.  So how do you tell?


What about shutting down the internal combustion engine Big Auto branch plants in Ontario openwater?

what's your position on our "trafficking" in those products?


The post reported it. Fairly certain it was on the front page the day after it hit; either way, it's been written about in multiple articles and at least one editorial on this site. Turn out, though, this is a much bigger story (as most politician pedophile stories are). DP has a local section, in case you were wondering.


Ask Whitefish Energy in Montana how much it cost and what their ROI is.


Desa...you speak for all Americans? Wow.


Lars' silence speaks volume...neither he nor his fellow Trumpkins can defend Frump at the end of the day.


I have personally witnessed  Hu Honua 's management in action. Sad to say I'm Not impressed.They were completely clueless during the const phase with Hawaiian Dredging. It was amazing to see how much money was being wasted in such a short time. It was just  literally pouring out of the seams,until they finally ran OUT! No Oversight watching costs what so ever!

The 2nd phase resulted in a Shut-down because of "Lack of Funds" and needed more working capitol from their investors. This already is self evidence of a failed business! When it comes to money management and making it a profitable business, Hu Honua are true novices. If they expect to make this whole Bio Mass (Old Plantation) Work,it's going to take nothing less than a Miracle.IMUA!


chinaknews writes:

"cultural genocide is what you did the First Nations"

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I did?

Gee, I must be a lot older than I thought.


Does it get any more BORING than that!? No wonder the NHL now belongs to The Toronto Maple Leafs!!!


There is no real basis for your presumption at all.  Cap Stone (Yes, Crap Stone) was all about profit and transient income.  This is a rare attempt to bolster
the sense of community and livability without having to move out to the fringes and needing more gas to get to the fun stuff.  This is for long-term residents, brother.  Not shitty cardboard clad boxes which save money on investment.  This is looking like a quality type living experience.  Greed, my friend, exists in extra cars, boats, jewelry, power and arrogance--not taking a risk to build a nice place in this cool town.


He's also proposing the biggest income tax and corporate tax cuts in the history of Canada

Don't forget that part


Medicaid expansion will not help working middle - class Alaskans find affordable health insurance. It has helped the working poor for sure, but has left tens of thousands of others struggling with high deductibles & high premiums.


"From what I can learn, they seem to have come mostly from the former French colonies in Africa"

One of those "colonies" was Algeria---In the 90's the extreme Muslim sect that was practiced there (which demanded women wear the niqab) killed over 100,00 people for crimes as ridiculous as not being able to recite verses of the Koran to their satisfaction--their view was that women should never come out of their homes (women were killed for attending school, going to work, banned from being professionals-teachers, doctors etc)--and you mean to tell me you want to honor this warped form of Islam???? and Trudeau should keep his "nose" out of this matter-he doesn't have a clue about anything anyway except attending gay pride parades and taking selfies


Well, ya gotta start somewhere . . .


Of course it can happen.  And it will happen.  Maybe not on March 22, but it will.


Actually it was attempt to bunch the panties of the nearest obama disciple and by that standard I was highly successful.


Is your comment the sort of profundity we'd miss if the Globe delete-creature struck again? Do better next time.
I never flag comments -- let the crude illiterates embarrass themselves -- but I regularly get flagged/deleted by those here on the far right. Like their bully-boy Trump, they can dish it out but they can't take it.


This is so wrong in so many ways. I find it completely unacceptable. It is simply mind boggling. This man is now a 10 millionaire on the taxpayers' dime? Not right! I echo Jack Canuck's sentiments. Our veterans deserve that money more than this ..ahem..individual. Shocking.


If investing were simplistic (one size fits all) this argument would have validity, however investing isn't simplistic. No two investors are alike beyond the desire to make money.

As a short term investor, pullbacks are critical to me, waiting for them is part of the game.


If contributions didn't work businessmen wouldn't make them. No business is in the business of throwing away money.


"If you or anyone else had wanted to defeat Ms. Clinton, you should have nominated a sensible candidate" As an independent I have no vote on primary republican or democrat tickets, my choice.

However, "sensible" as you put it has taken on a very different meaning this election cycle and hopefully for the future.. Sensible is a nation of people feed up and beyond with the "Political Insider" Clinton's a good example, many members of Congress both [D] & [R] would be another. From out of the non-sense and noise came the Bernie and Trump citizens, although different in ideology, both those camps are calling chance in making sense out of decades of political non-sense.


I was one of the jurors in 2015 charged with reading 168 books. One of the frustrations was feeling that some publishers were submitting books that clearly had no shot at the longlist, let alone the prize, but that we were obliged to read anyway. By that, I mean titles that were very genre-based, rather than what might be called literary fiction. I certainly felt that if publishers were a little more judicious in their choices, then we could have had a more manageable number to read. Everyone – publishers, readers, novelists and above all the Giller organisers themselves – want the very best books to make the list but writers whose first question of their publisher is whether or not they’ll be submitted for awards consideration are perhaps missing the point of what writing is all about.


What was the store?  Where was the store’s location?  Is the suspect homeless?


I must admit I am becoming very cynical of all politicians and their agendas. I guess it is unfortunate that even in a democratic country such as Canada sitting governments need to be more concerned about their voter base than  doing what is right. I believe this is why the Liberals are proposing tax changes to small businesses that will bring in relatively few extra tax dollars while allowing Civil servants and CEO s of large corporations to continue receiving guarenteed pensions or tax benefits that other Canadians can only dream of.


So all someone needs to do is pretend to be a Bernie supporter, clash with people and spew vile things and we (Sanders supporters) have to bear the brunt of that?! Seems very unfair.


That 3000 years of inventing then dominating civilization is a long time!


Few of us object to the right of expression including the right to free speech espoused by the so called free press.  Rather it seems to be the free press that is upset by the speech of those who disagree with them, their bias and misrepresentation of the truth.  The free press is all for the right to express their opinion, not so much for those who have an opinion contrary to theirs.


There were 145 deaths by gun in 2014 in Alaska. Not one of those happened on a college campus. There has never been a mass shooting at a college campus in Alaska. College students have a greater chance of being hit by lightning then being killed in a college mass shooting. There is no Reason for this bill, except for the gun lobby and some of our legislators to put more guns in the hands of our young adults. Do you know what the number one predictor of gun violence and death by gun is among our youth? Access to a gun!


A proper job in propaganda really needs to be fully government-funded.


Don't forget a couple of weeks ago veterans had visited the WH.....Meanwhile....The previous admin had tea and crumpets with BLM THUGS....


63 years old.   Time to grow up.


"Opposition to the idea is short-sighted, stupid and irresponsible"

Where do you get the nerve to speak to the Canadian public in this fashion???

And you know this because of your extensive business experience in running a College radio station.  That was your only experience other than being a DJ or a reporter, nes pas?  If left to your own devises, couldn't manage your way thru the cow-catcher gate to Osgoode Hall.

Infrastructure Bank. Either way it will turn into a dog's breakfast because lightweight egomaniacs just like you will try to run something that, in the real world, no one would let you near.


No phoney High Street foreigners in this PMO. Thank goodness.


It amazes me how many conservative columnists have come out of the closet, so to speak, showing that in spite of the vitriolic right pap they get paid to write most of them are basically liberal as most educated worldly people are.  This election has had one unique difference than all the previous ones in most of our lifetimes, Trump is so bad that even Krauthammer came out against him.


The Mad Dog moniker more aptly applies to Flynn.


Is it?  Where are they landing, and what are the rules?  Honestly don't know.  Nothing I've read says it's illegal.


Heels, a short skirt, lipstick on the 4-pigs and the boy's in OCCC are going to love the fresh meat.  Oh yeah, straight today...mahu tomorrow.  Especially the cute 'porky' Himer...yummy on someone's tummy.