Well, it's not denial when it's a prediction. Nothing has happened yet, has it? Politics is not Calvinist theology. BC has the NDP in the lead heading into May's election. Most of the votes that fled the Alberta PCs went to Rachel Notley's NDP, not Wildrose. So I'd wait for the 2018 polls before I began popping the champagne corks. The European Union isn't Marxist. Where'd you get that idea? Angela Merkel is a conservative. As for Trump, he's made a royal mess of things in 30 days; I don't see him recovering in 1000 more. And my uncle's family lives in France and they aren't about to leave the EU any time soon. LOL. That's just Fox Fake News.


All well and good, but for a r-e-a-l-l-y slow pace I gotta go with "Mark Trail".  You can drop that sucker for a couple of years and come back and feel like you haven't  missed a beat.


There is. It's called "sorta". You click on that when it's not a bad comment and not a good comment.

But Civility is a binary choice. Does the poster attack other people? Does it call people names? Does it use purposely incendiary rhetoric? Basically, is it a dick? If so, mark 'no' on civil. If not, mark 'yes'.


While the 9th Circuit declined to overturn the District Court's decision, this important litigation has had some incredibly important and positive results, including elimination of the Chambers Creek hatchery program as well as bringing all Elwha River hatchery programs under ESA authorizations that impose various monitoring and reporting requirements. Such requirements are intended to ensure proper techniques are in place to minimize adverse genetic effects from the Chinook and steelhead hatchery programs. The appellants are currently evaluating whether to seek en banc review by the Ninth Circuit of the panel's decision.


Differences re- the Khadr settlement can be debated indefinitely, and likely will be, but for our federal conservatives to now ingratiate themselves with the worst of the Trump mob and its media shills (Fox/WSJ) is nauseating. I suppose it was too much to hope that our major party on the right could resist mining the depths of political pandering -- though it will no doubt impress Donny's half-dozen adoring fans here.


That would make more sense


That might have more to do with nonstop attacks by the press and an avalanche of false stories. The Washington Post, which I stopped reading a week ago, looks like something right out of 1938 Nazi Germany. It's horrible. CNN, ABC, NBC, NYT, aren't any better. And Fox, Breitbart, etc. treat Trump like he can do no wrong. That has more to do with Trump's poll numbers than anything else. In the meantime, the really dangerous thing is that the press has destroyed its credibility with this. You do realize, don't you, that the press is trusted by less than 35% of the country? This is a historic low. Disney and ESPN squandered public attention to football, Hollywood is viewed as a collection of spoil lunatics and narcissistic sex addicts, and the Democratic Part is held in such low esteem that they couldn't get a candidate elected dog catcher in most of the country. The attacks on Mr. Trump have been an unmitigated disaster. Stop it. Pray for the man!


Not an expert about weather and climatic changes but isn't our storms like hurricanes and such helps clear any man made and/or nature's pollutions? We mustn't worry about the physical or materialistic world but we should focus more how to live with each other in harmony. The basic rule "Love thy neighbor as thy self ". Then our insurance of living the good life is quarantee on earth as in heaven! Have a great day and God bless the world!


I don't need to contest anything, cogently or otherwise. Your comment was nothing but the daydream of a conspiracy theorist, and I pointed that out.


listening:  Where have you been the last 30+ years.  This Criminal and Weird behavior is going on ALL the time.............EuGreen is a BAD Trainwreck and the Mayors and city council's the past 30+ years just want to keep it that way..........VERY DISCUSSTING.


Only if they're incompetent.


you're confusing the issue and the cause by doing real math, rather than feminist math. It takes a very special person to do feminist math, you know math like:  "1 in 5 girls will be sexually assaulted during their time at college" But it takes an  extremely special feminist to publish and purport as true, this special math in a National newspaper....nuff said.


here is the current picture of Barrow via webcamhttp://seaice.alaska.edu/gi/observatories/barrow_webcam      it's turning BACK to a regular tropical paradise


BlackAcre, This is the rantings of someone who can not control what his brain is doing. Idiotic comparisons are usually only found in immature persons. I guess loincloth and war bonnets are the sign of sane people in your mind. Read what intelligent people think about the issue of religious behaviour.


How long have you lived in Alaska?  Did no one think about such things until marijuana was legalized?  Does everyone think that all the marijuana users while it was decriminalized were *not* toking and driving?  You can bet a lot of the kids were doing just that.  I find it kind of amazing that Alaskans, now that it's legalized, are "suddenly aware" of this.

I would hope that legalization would help provide the sensible regulation that your comment suggests by limiting access to minors and making people think twice about what's wrong and what's right.


--Morality is doing what is right, no matter what you are told.  Micromanaged "religion" is doing what you are told, no matter what is right.

Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.  H. L. Mencken--


please specify factual instances of paul manafort's GUILT. your statement is obtuse and vacuous


Why is this not listed as "advertisement" or "sponsor content"?  A partner at Morneau Shepell quotes a study by his firm that suggests you are undersaving if you will have less than 85%(!) of your spendable income.  The solution seems to be some sort of national savings plan, presumably run by firms like M-S.

Fake argument: OAS is inflation-adjusted, not "gradually shrinking in real terms". The CPP enhancement is for people who don't save at all, so it is at worst neutral - if the person saves less by an equivalent amount. Since CPP is not counted against RRSP limits, that will increase potential CPP+RRSP assets.

Meanwhile, his own argument about people reducing RRSP contributions by CPP expansion will be even an bigger argument with a national savings plan, where people will see the "saved" amounts.

Which is why I think this article is just an ad to lobby governments to promote M-S's services.


While I don't agree with the overreach here, it is a state matter. The feds have nothing to do with this particular news item.


My handy dandy "10 in 1' cooker arrived today, just in time for me to celebrate having been tricked into using my so called expiring miles on the least useless item I could obtain.  I have taken my Air Miles card out of my wallet and that's it.  And I will take pleasure in avoiding retailers who give out Air Miles but explain why I am no longer a collector if I do.


FYI, it would also force the trans "dude with a beard wearing a flannel and work boots" to use the women's restroom with your 7 year old daughter....


He'll leave sooner than that and I doubt it will be by choice.


This election will prove that the end is near for America. Nero, get out your fiddle.


Good luck with that....


Mark..

Will you address the question of why the recent warming is no different than warming cycles in the past?


It never ceases to amaze me the number of comments responding to crackpots feuding over prayers at a local meeting or vilifying the oil industry - yet here’s an example of sane, rational and reasonable people trying to contribute something to our community and economy….and all you hear is “crickets”. It’s a sad realization that most people are more worried about their feelings than fixing problems. So, to this, I say KUDOS and a huge thank you to the bold entrepreneurs who keep at it, and continue to push forward despite the obstacles.


Wow. Great piece. All the SA writers should learn how to do their work just like this.


"Real" news sources? Those delusions sounds exactly like something from InfoWars or Pam Geller or Gateway Pundent. Is that what you consider "real news sources"? I would love to see a link to your "real sources"

Sorry, you were duped http://www.businessinsider.com/google-is-touting-4chan-threads-when-people-search-las-vegas-shooter-2017-10 http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/10/02/false-news-of-the-vegas-attack-spread-on-google-facebook/


Ah. SO what you really meant is that Obamao COULDN'T care less. He COULDN'T care less.

Gotcha.


"If people are required to unflinchingly use whatever pronoun you select..."

I appreciate you were just correcting Rochdale68, but nothing in bill C-16 requires that or even anything close to it.


I think we may see a repeat of Jan/Feb 2016 before the rebound. Oil dropping below $40.00 ,dollar low 70'3 and TSX below 15000. All based on the price of oil but I believe the inventory levels in Oct /Nov will support this forecast.


We need better car control laws.


I agree.
Plus, those people are generally peaceful. Very few extremists if any. Will make great neighbours with the Syrians. Canada will be stronger with them, because diversity is our strength.


At the rate the federal Liberals are imploding I can see Kenney as PM in 2021 and the Liberals back to third place for keeps.


“I thought it was a tourist thing, I thought it was some attraction or something,” Lame!


Yet another cop, alpha, idiot. Screw this guy.


So so many of us "knew" this a year ago and it has been incredibly frustrated that nothing has been done by Republicans or the press....talk about domestic collusion! Their reputations are damaged forever. It is refreshing to see a few lone wolf reporters acknowledge some truth.


A) Why you would ascribe any desire to Abp. Chaput is beyond me, as I do not see how you could possibly know that, and B) it is completely beside the point and merely a smear on Abp. Chaput (who, as mentioned in this very article, chastises those who use vitriolic personal attacks against Fr. Martin), and C) if Abp. Chaput is any type of fan of the EF, I have never heard of it.  I am not aware that he has any affinity for the traditional liturgy.


When I vote for someone I vote for them to represent me and to vote MY conscience, not theirs. And I certainly don't vote to send them to a club to become a "team player/cheerleader". This caucus culture should be outlawed. I have voted against one of my favorite legislators in my stance to purge the the system. Vote anti-incumbent!!!


HHmmmm....it must have known you're out of the demographic.


MORE SCHOOL BUS BREAK LINES CUT?


"We Americans do not value lives."

Agreed.  We have even elevated the killing of our children to a Constitutional right.

It is a spreading moral rot.


Climate change science is fiendishly complicated, and many of us are not very scientifically literate. The official GOP and Trump response is almost criminally negligent. Living in Alaska we see change happening much faster than the lower 48, and anyone here who denies it must never leave their couch. I am thankful I do not have children, because we are living in interesting times (an old Chinese curse). The pace of change here is absolutely stunning. Alaska might be a overall winner in these changes as long as you are not into winter sports, but there will nationally be huge losers and disruptions too.


Yeah, you get to talk.

Racists, Nazis,  racist Nazi Trump supporters, and you.


The practical approach is to innovate and adapt, as  our ancestors have done for millennia.. NOT overreact and give money-grubbing governments more tax $$ to squander.


That's cute. Good luck with your insurrection.


You think that's the purpose? It seems like just another version of smug liberal lecturing to me; bad if we express our minds, good when they do.


According to your logic, we won't be able to celebrate anyone anymore. George Washington owned slaves, and Thomas Jefferson undoubtedly raped his slaves. FDR created internment camps. Abraham Lincoln ordered the execution of Indian insurgents trying to protect their land. Martin Luther King Jr, was a renowned adulterer. Mother Teresa refused to return $1.25 million of stolen money given to her by fraudster Charles Keating. And John Lennon beat his wife.


Let's remember Harper's irresponsible gang assembled this poorly organized, poorly regulated system that threatened medical cannabis users' health & lives. Harperite Tories are hazardous to your health, folks.


It's just the usual Carrick schadenfreude; denigrating homeowners and homeownership because he still lives in his mother's basement.


Most people were dead by 40. Problem solved.


Wow, they still use landlines in Fairbanks?  Wonder if they still use rotary dial phones too?


And we wonder why we have so many problems in this world.....


Another violation of the Emoluments Clause of the Constitution by Trump and his corrupt family. Of course all you righties and Trumpkins that are always screaming about Dems not following the letter of the Constitution will have no problem with this even though Trump is in direct violation of Article I, Section 9, Clause 8 of the Constitution which prohibits U.S. officeholders from taking anything of value from foreign leaders and foreign governments....


President Obama did not have scandals.  repubs always do.

What were you flapping your gums about?  Employment history?  That is a good subject.  What is the employment history of trump's "advisors"?  They worked for daddy or were paid by repubs to lie.


To OldBanister

if you read nuance

very subtle

it is referring to Justin's legendary inability to deal with  terrorism

so very relevant comment


It is not the fact that priests have been excommunicated lately, it is the fact that the threat of excommunication is still there today. The orders that Pope Pius XI issued back in 1922 remain in enforce today. I believe I read somewhere that some Bishop threatened Tom Doyle with excommunication because of his work on behalf of victims. In typical Tom Doyle fashion he said bring it on. He knew more about Cannon law than almost any Bishop. There have been more priests coming forward lately to report their fellow priests. That is very late in coming but certainly a welcome sign. I do believe that if you polled Catholic priests, the vast majority would hold Cannon Law supersedes civil law. That needs to change. If Francis truly believes in justice for victims, he needs to overturn what Pius XI put into effect in 1922.


Republicans urge Trump to come clean - if that means actually tell the truth, something this man doesn't understand them meaning of, then I urge Republicans, and the American people, to not hold your breath.


Why is the secrecy a troubling issue?   When has any of the compensation deals for the wrongfully convicted or even Arar ever publicly negotiated? They are not because most negotiations are never done in public.


While I understand why Gov Walker did what he did, it is very misguided.  To all you pro-oil, take the PFD individuals, there is not enough room here to tell you what I think.  The oil companies have not done what all these people say.  They have hired out-of-state individuals to take our money to Louisiana, Oregon, Washington, etc.  We give them more credits then the taxes they pay, that would mean we pay them to do business here, not the other way around.

Now Walker wants to take the money from everybody to support a bloated, ineffective operating budget.  There are too many things he could do to fix this.  Renegotiate State contracts, quit supplying unneeded services, and run a more efficient Government.  BTW, stopping a capital project has nothing to do with the operating budget, so quit blowing smoke.


Right "...no overall tax cut for high-income households." What about businesses owned by those "high-income households?"  "However, the Tax Foundation estimated that even with so-called "dynamic scoring," Trump's tax package could cost about $3 trillion over a decade." Tax experts have already analyzed Trumps plan and agree that it will substantially increase taxes for everyone but the well-to-do and the 1%. More trickle down economics, with a huge boost to the 1%. Trump & the GOP become more malignant  every day.  It becomes more and more difficult for me to understand how any self-respecting person can support Trump.  If you care about this county and the people in it, there  is simply no excuse for doing so.


So who was speaking in Familiaris Consortio, Veritatis Splendor, and in the past 2,000 years of Church teaching?


So glad we have had visionaries in our community - they make this place incredible!


Jack,  The Lord healed the sick and raised the dead. He never asked if they had health insurance first.  The world  we live in is  a world that puts a price on everything. And that price has to be paid by someone. I would never ask a doctor to perform surgery for free, or ask a nurse to come to work and never be paid.  That would not be humane to them. In the same way it is not showing love to our fellow Americans by taking away from some to give it to others that don't want to pay a dime.  Even the Bible says, "The one who is unwilling to work shall not eat."  Thessalonians 3:10. That may sound harsh by today's standards, but  the Bible expects even  believers to pay their own way.  I think it is only right to expect someone to contribute towards their own health expenses if they are able-bodied.


The problem I have with banishment is that it just makes one groups problem a burden for another group it seems like the majority of the time.

I can only remember a single case of when banishment was enough of a reality check that it made the individual get their crap together.


or the HOT TUB!


Are there? Please cite the news story, evidence or research that has identified these women.


The claim of religious discrimination is absurd.  By your lights, no one whose religion teaches violence toward non-believers should be subjected to scrutiny.  What an absurd notion of religious freedom.


I agree except that the more deals that Trump makes with the Democrats, the more the GOP becomes disengaged from the power that it should inherently enjoy from controlling the House, Senate and notionally the White House. The more Trump pushes aside the party he claims to represent, the more likely his impeachment. Also, the more the Dems cosy up to The Donald, the harder it becomes for them to be a credible opposition and to campaign convingly in mid-terms and the next general election.


I live on Hunter creek road about 8 miles from the proposed mining site. I am extremely concerned that this project will pollute the stream, kill the fish and wildlife and pollute our well and drinking water, to name just a few issues. kudos to our elected representatives for seeing the potential harm this and other projects like it could do to our beautiful forests and watersheds.


Being a geezer can pay off. I so seriously lament the Zobel decision. Just think: no-cost retirement growing exponentially every year, add a free hunt/fish/trap license and with a little creative thought, complimentary beer from all the micro's out there! Seriously though, this is a good move and only the beginning of small ways to make things pay. Remember when the game regs were only 10 pages in a little white booklet? And I defer to the true oldsters who remember even less regulation.


Kurgan, is that you?


Don't be so naif. When have they protected us from a terrorist attack? There has been hundreds in the last months. In the Uk they have cameras every 100 ft.


Machines control the earth!
Down with the machines!
Down with corporations that increase prices every year for "new technology" but can't figure out how to make a universal charger or a universal protector case.  Or build something that they are willing to back up for more than a year. This includes laptops, gaming counsels, televisions, smart phones, internet downloads, cable television and phone companies.


No. Christ -- the Jew who lived in the First Century -- would not have recognized or understood virtually everything Trent said. "Transubstantiation?" "The Latin Vulgate?" and so on would have been a complete mystery to him. Because, as every realist knows, the magisterium changes its teachings over the years.

And you knew exactly what I meant.


Between commercial and military flights, this Trump suckee blew more than a million bucks in taxpayers' money. His sleazy, thieving butt should be fired.


Its a valid point...except for one thing.  When WE comment, we really are commenting, bad or good, for or against. Civility is mandatory.  When Poplak writes, he is not only commenting, he is entertaining, and for that he does require the occasional crutch.


Do not treat or educate, incarcerate. The Alaskan politicians mantra


IRT LittleYoboBoy, the article says nothing about concrete structural cracks.  Are you one of the subcontractors or maybe an inspector.  If DCK got paid for the concrete work, they must have conformed to the contract specifications and drawings covered by inspections.  Many years ago I was asked to assist the University with their error on the Women Softball field where you couldn't see the home plate sitting in the first row of seats.  It was redesigned and repaired.  Now, a $80 million Airport Construction Job.  Auwe.  Yep, it's is sickening


Our ethically inconvenienced mayor must be smoking out 24/7 then, judging by the slitted eyes I see on him in EVERY photo out there...


Exactly, like the free tuition promise - like a true liberal, she never did say how she planned on paying for it? Maybe she thinks the budgets balance themselves too?


This poll does not reflect the reality when it comes to illegal immigration. Of this I'm 100% sure.


Hot off the presses!

Trump has just announced that he'll select 'Brownie' to be his head of FEMA.  He said that, "Brownie has precisely the sort of experience and leadership skills I look for on my team."  After returning from his Louisiana visit he stated that the choice of Brownie for FEMA was obvious.  "That man knows what to do with flood waters!  He's just like Moses!  Look how he rescued New Orleans after Katrina."

When asked to comment on Brownies' past performance, former president George W Bush called him "one of the brightest lights in my administration."


I do! It is absolutely my favorite place to be and my only place I can get to the ocean! And hey we patronize them too! If they let us get near, we eat at the little shack, buy drinks, etc! I patronize their spa, their buffet breakfasts! I give them a lot of money for being able to sit on what should be our free beach!!


Roughly the last two weeks of his 37-day stay in Providence was unnecessary, hospital records show. Mitchell said it was closer to a month.

But of course the last two weeks were unnecessary...The American health care and insurance system is a for profit scam. More worried about rolling in copious amount of money than providing good medical service to those that need it.


Why not have a referendum on whether or not we want to keep Canada a 'multicultural' country?


From the article: "the best way to address [the bubble] is to try to carefully let some air out, before the balloon pops."

Serious question: does anyone have any examples of a "soft landing" or engineered plateau in a real estate market, when prices are very decoupled from local incomes and rents? Because I don't know of any. How can you "let some air out"? Maybe the message should be: if you think the high prices are bad, stop baking in more pain and letting them go higher.

Meteoric price increases in Canada are driven by policies related to debt, real estate, and "citizens of convenience" (demonizing all immigration is a poor choice). Hearty laughter should greet anyone suggesting high prices are the result of a roaring economy that is creating high demand for shelter. Similarly, laughter should meet anyone who calls real estate a free market. It is the most interfered with market in Canada (taxpayer-backed mortgage insurance, capital gains exemptions, myriad tax credits, etc.).


So go get your able seaman card, then.


hodad...have you always lived in the basement of your mothers home all your life? Do you need a welfare check?


I don't know what he said except what he always says.

"We're going to win." (constantly)

"We're going to kill terrorists" (constantly)

"We're going to do stuff and make other countries pay for it." (the wall)

"We're going to show American military strength and power" (North Korea)

Other than those vague things, Trump bascially adopted Obama's position in Afghanistan.

Except that he wants to leave troops there, while Obama wanted to bring them home.

Isolationists like Bannon/Brietbart are gonna go bonkers.


Another example of people who don't know journalism critiquing journalism.

"Chill" is from the 2016 story linked to in the article, written by Jason Blevins: "If you are bitten, he said, get away from the snake. Chill. Then call 911." Nobody had a problem with him not being precise with life-saving instructions.

Blevins did a very odd thing with that quote. Journalists are taught that direct quotes are sacred, and they should be reproduced verbatim and placed inside of quotation marks. Jason did not do that, which indicates that the excerpt above was a paraphrase; the words are a combination of what Tripp actually said and Jason's interpretation. If "chill" was the word Tripp used, he's the one who needs to be more precise with life-saving instructions.

In any case, it's not Tamara Chuang's word choice, or her error, even though she corrected it in an update. My guess is that she was unable to reach Blevins or Tripp to verify the quote or get a new one by deadline.


“We Like it Here. You Might Too”  Definitely to go down in the anals of advertising campaigns.


This situation is everyday in Canadian hospitals with crowded rooms and patients lining the hallways. The already bankrupt Canadian system is getting worse due to the frail, elderly and sick parents and grandparents from the offshore being allowed admission to Canada without proper medical screening and costs being billed to the children who sponsor their parents and grandparents.


It is hard to see her as a local athlete.  She has few local attributes. Mariotta and Buckner in the NFL have far more.


I have a better idea. Give the Canadian families very generous incentives to have children, so they can afford them and concentrate on the humanitarian cases for immigration. I believe that's called a sustainable solution.


Too bad all these people complaining about the Broncos exercising their rights to peaceful protest aren't upset about the traitors flying the confederate or nazi flag, those are the scum that people should be upset about.  I find the scum flying either one of those flags far more disrespectful to the flag and this country than people exercising their freedoms to peacefully protest.


What has that to do with anything? The fact is that the magisterium can and is disagreed with by Catholics who are proud and genuine members of the Church.


Perfectly stated. If your community is not sustainable it will not survive. Just look at Detroit.


Exactly why Raitt is a good choice.  Platform is solid right from vision to principles to costing of policies.  But it's more fun to call Trudeau 'Bambi' than it is to think things through.


What are the real economic and job benefits to Alaska? TAPS benefits but that is not owned by Alaska. What if there is an oil spill? No known method of cleaning up oil in ice conditions. Again, how does Alaska benefit in real economic dollars and jobs?


Karl Roads is a good choice.  Stanley Chang will give he east end of Oahu a voice.  Nobody feels threatened  by Slom.  What bills has he ever passed?  Don't really know.   Shopo Samoan president giving money to a Samoan representative is untoward in the sense that it seems a little racially motivated and inappropriate.  But Maafala also supports Chief Kealoha.  Shopo needs new elections.  Public needs a stronger police commission.


9 mil? Try 15+ mil in "greater Tokyo" area including Yokohama, Chiba, Kawasaki, etc!


If these orgs were truly wanting something done, then they should not be directing their angst against President. This has been a Congress issue even before Obama. Democrats had what GOP has today, that is control of three houses of government and they did nothing at all. Obama Executive Order was unlawful. So don't blame Trump, blame both parties in Congress. Drain The Swamp of both parties.


Their seats make it a very torturous ride, they lost me as a customer.


My mother once said, "It's dangerous to get between your father and his food." A couple minutes later, my father instructed me never to criticize my mother's religion. Since then I have noticed how food can inflame the same irrational
passions as religion.

Today, I would add, "Never underestimate the power of the conglomerate food business with their deep pocket lobbyists, public relations, PHD's on salary, and passionate legions of fast convenience food converts and no weeding farmers."

As Americans we all can agree it's a freedom of choice of what we choose to eat. Unfortunately, that's not possible anymore since lawyers and politicians have tweaked labeling laws.

Climate change effects on crops, depleting water aquifers, long lines at soup kitchens, in the future, may outweigh any food concerns we have presently.


I did not say these were "terrible" results...or that BMO is a "loser" company.
Putting words in the Cat's mouth has become a form of  sport around here...
I just think you have to put these earnings in context with;
.
1)The recent anxious real estate/credit market
2)The banks last 3 quarters of earnings


Here is the bottom line: The oil company's have one fear that they could never let happen and that is that Alaska is rich enough to do its own exploring, drilling, producing and exporting  our own oil that would make Alaska worth 100s of billions of dollars. But that will never happen as long as the oil company's control Juneau!
Just look at S.B.21 that gave billions to the oil company's that used to go to us thanks to the corruption in Juneau!


The politicians don't care.  Passing the law for votes is the point.

 The most recent affirmation of that was Sen Prozanski's 'gun control' legislation requiring person to person background checks. Virtually every police agency and DA in the State pointed out that they did not have the personnel or financial resources to enforce this law.  Several sheriffs and police chiefs had press conferences where they said they would not enforce the law.

Prozanski and the legislature put the Emergency Clause on it so the voters couldn't have an initiative against it.


Trudeau Derangement Syndrome?


China bots blow and so does this.
G&M nice new low. The only time I read this paper is when it is at my hotel or on Air Canada.


Bring in Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker...
He'll straighten out this Pension obligation problem.


Yes. The petition says you don't like him.   It doesn't do anything other than claim conflict of interest (in a matter the whole council acted on) and refers to an UNCONSTITUTIONAL BAN as ruled by the State Supreme Court multiple times as if it had some legal validity.

Basically your argument is he failed to do what you wished and violate state law in complying with your wishes.   Therefore he should be recalled so you can replace him with someone WILLING to violate state law.

By the way thanks for proving that you are indeed an extremist.


The People are complicit in the incompetent and arrogant government system we have here.

Blindly (the minority sliver of actual people who bother) re-electing the gang of beholden, owned, usual suspects in an ever revolving turntable of government positions guaranteeing mediocrity, inefficiency and morass every time.

Ed can critique from the outside because the people (in a moment of clarity?) rejected his lifetime political ambitions. If he were still in office would he still be part of the status quo?


Payrollgirl
Nice thought, but please tell me, when has a criminal EVER obeyed the law!
Now Dems & republicans that is another story.


Called it yesterday. Kendro is the best candidate. He's a very active person ,"boots on the ground" type of guy. Even when he was Major of different departments, he was always at major scenes whether crime scenes or legislative issues. He should be Chief.


Yes the E-Type was gorgeous but then again in 1960 they weren't concerned much with safety and fuel consumption. Those days are long over my friend not to be seen again.


I would agree with pretty much all of what you said, except the whole GOP bashing thing.
We are talking about Hawaii, here. Not the mainland USA or nationally. HERE in Hawaii the democrats have RULED the state for 50 years with basically absolute control at all levels. All of the problems we have here are FULLY owned by the democrats. The 8 Republicans in the state legislature had nothing to do with creating them, it is the 68 others that outvote them on everything. HERE In Hawaii, with "the party of the people" in full control, we have the worst percentage of homeless than anywhere else in the entire country. The worst housing, the worst schools, and the "worst of" in several other categories. Trump nor any other national figure is responsible for that in any capacity at all.

But yes, i absolutely agree with you that is is a problem of democrat political will to actually solve the problems here that they created, and continue to create.


Most of the foreign money in Canada is from the Koch brothers and other right wingers who have poured millions into  Canadian right wing think tanks and have been influencing  Canadian government policy and pubic opinion for many years.

After his defeat, Harper flew to Los Vegas to address a group of Republicans at the home of billionaire Sheldon Abelson, source of "dark money" in the US and Israel,

 As well the Conservative Party has brought in advisers from the right wing of the Republican Party  and have followed many of their negative advertising and dirty tricks campaigns very closely.  They even imported a notorious Australian right wing adviser last elections whose stock in trade is dirty tricks.


1Cor 6:19-20

<<Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, which you have from God, and that you are not your own? For you were bought with a price; therefore glorify God in your body.>>

It seems RD didn't know the source.


Liberals in BC, ONT. and Federal can all be tarred with the same brush.


You're confusing Trump with Clinton and the DNC who did what you're claiming Trump did, only they did it to Bernie Sanders last summer. Some polls were purged of dead people, etc.  So what? That's how it should always be done.  The only Facists we've seen lately voted blue, physically attack people who disagree with them, vandalize public and private property, and riot. Emotional retardation at its finest.


Sorry, but this should surprise no-one.  Not that a CO was bringing it in, nor the fact that a fellow CO was so blase and willing to assist [until he picked up on a serious bust going on that he had just put himself on the wrong side of].  Drugs inside DOC facilities [and many other jails and prisons] are not at all uncommon - just very expensive.  The mj may actually be a good idea, but the heroin prevents someone from an opportunity to get clean in seclusion from temptations.


Yield rates is everything in quality control.  Read Deming's work.


Dodds-Frank in no way chokes small business. Whoever fed you this line is deliberately out to deceive low-info posters like yourself.


Oh come on!  This country will never give the NDP a shot even if Jesus Christ, Ghandi, and Nelson Mandela all merged into one person to lead it!


Ok then.....please point to some source (i.e. a census or study) that shows that most feminists are radical.  Any man or woman who advocates that women be treated as equals to men is a feminist, by definition.  This is the half of the population that is female, and a portion of the male half of the population.  We can plainly see that we don't have billions of radical feminists running around.

Feminism and radical feminism are not the same thing.  Some good summaries:

Feminism: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feminism
Radical feminism: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radical_feminism

Radical feminism, a relatively small group, is where you find those that are most likely to believe in and promote misandry.


These bridges are NOT in danger of collapse. They are certified safe by both states, and can be earthquake updated inexpensively for 50-100 years more use. It turns out open steel frame construction is much more maintainable than was thought. They were made right.


Nothing compared to the mess that was left for them.


Seems like Alaskans are better at tearing things up than building anything that might around a few thousand years from now like the Pyramids. Unless mine pits count. I wouldn't mind a popular public works project where we Alaskans built something truly needed as good as the Washington Monument or the Golden Gate Bridge. Something of quality and lasting value. The pipeline will never have the tourist draw. And I know just how to pay for it but ExxonMobil will not like it since we ought liquidate their stock first before moving on to BP and Conoco.


GSA

I am curious where you are getting your info on ROI of wind turbines.  I am not saying you are wrong, I would like to read that info myself.

I know there is a lot of iron, copper and rare earths in the generator at the top of the stick.


So there seems to have been no due process of any depth.  Just like Germany in 1933 and beyond.   But Trump does like the far right.  He is contemptuous of  law and due process and uses Presidential orders instead of legislation.   He is leading America into the darkness of fascism.


They're skipping it because they know that being a serial liar, using dog whistle politics, attacking minorities, making fun of the disabled, being unable to withstand any and all criticism, wanting to unilaterally jail your opponent, and likely being funded / blackmailed by the Russians, is a bad thing. And all this before he's even officially in the job. A lot of serious negatives there. And its a high price to pay for any of the good the man may do while in office.


What right do you have to demand health care from other people? You are born with certain "RIGHTS" and not a one them involves getting something from someone else.


PM May came across like a partner in a marriage that wants to engage in an open marriage while demanding that the other partner remain faithful. Don't think that's going to work out so well.


I disagree with the entire premise of this article. We, and by extension our PM, have no reason whatever to comment on what the USA does internally. The author uses as comparison the Chretien/Bush disagreement, but it's specious. Chretien refused to enter the Iraq war; the current immigration situation does not affect us directly at all.

The US immigration policy is none of our or Trudeau's business.


Oil demand increasing, production increasing even faster. Prices in Canada, locally inconsistent and irrelevant.


Yea, everyone is corrupt except the one right before your very eyes. I bet used car dealerships love when you walk onto their lot.


Yup I go by stupid is as stupid does.

Germany is a representative democracy whose elected members should have been using reason in legislation but instead followed the hysterical mob. Witness the destruction caused by the Brexit vote and BC's transit referendum.

Trump's visceral hatred of government regulation may be just the ticket to a science based nuclear revival - serendipity.

In the US, 97% of the staff of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission are lawyers 3% scientists and engineers.  Big Oil owns American politicians like Obama to the point that it takes only a few months to get approval for a gas plant that will murder thousands of its local neighbours with air pollution while a nuke plant that may save tens of thousands of lives by replacing a coal facility takes ten years to gain approval.

Here's real science, peer reviewed and published in reputable journal, denouncing Merkel's wind/solar plan.

Google "renewable-energy-national-academy-matt-jacobson"


"Pet overpopulation"  is caused by Inhumane Societies promoting the disposability of animals.  They train generation after generation that animals can just be dropped off whenever people become inconvenienced or bored of them.  The Inhumane Societies don't embrace trap, neuter return, their adoption rates are abysmal, as are the number of sterializations.  They are the problem.


Welcome back Dooley!  I hope you will keep writing, because it clears up the stink in local politics.


They used a private email server, not paid for by taxpayer dollars, for political communications. Legal and proper.


If you say so.


The legislation was in 1951 (which is what I claimed) and the program was implemented in 1952.
Again you cannot claim something doesn't exist just because you are unable to find proof of it.
And why do you keep ignoring the simple fact that your claim about EI/UI was:
"All governments ... have treated EI premiums as general revenue. There was never any "money saved"."
The key word in your claim being NEVER and I have provided evidence that the plan was in fact run separately, self-financing, generating surpluses. Those surpluses, in the billions each year, were accumulated (saved) in the program account which was completely financially separate from the other government accounts, just as the CPP accounts are. During that period UI/EI premiums were not treated as general revenue. So there was a period when your claim is untrue and thus your use of the word NEVER is wrong.
If you are going to ignore actual facts that contradict your claims there is little to discuss.


The PF belongs to the citizens of Alaska, and not to Walker, and not to the GOP senate and not to the oil companies. The PF is not to be used to pay taxes for the oil corporations.


Ottawa has arranged for volunteer registration on the city website.

Does Montreal have something similar?


Really, RD?  So anyone who doesn't agree with you is a red?


Fine, if you're going to disagree then would love to hear your reasoning as to why we're better off with with traditional stewardesses over law enforcement personnel. In my opinion, it best for public safety. Any your reason to back traditional stewardess jobs is why?


You have to know that the Clinton campaign has had this and other yet to be released evidence for some time. They were just holding it as a hole card to play after it's too late for another candidate to apply. Trump has surely lost. And without a winnable candidate to unify behind, we are almost sure to have to endure 4 years of Clinton. They played this one well... Down and dirty...


HawaiiMongoose>  You have to make a decision, since in your post you disagrees with a first strike, then you "sort of" agree.  Which option are you choosing, huh????


Maybe you missed a few issues but he is suing the government, and that government is currently liberal.


"What many viewer’s may be unaware of is that the Star-Advertiser endorsement also agreed with Djou’s criticism of Caldwell that he “stood on the sidelines and did not sufficiently fact-check cost projections".....Is this opinion piece a fact check on a 30 second political ad or a plug for Charles Djou?


The number of Muslim terrorists in the West is much larger proportional to the proportion of Muslims, than the number of Christian terrorists relative to the population of Christians.

None of the ones you mention btw, mentioned religion as their motivation. Which "Christian fundamentalists use their religion as a motivation for mass killings" recently?


Now is the time to buy!

And it's always now.


Is this the biggest crime killing or wounding Canadians today??  I think not.  It would make more sense to be stricter and provide treatment in the areas of guns, mental health, domestic violence, opioids.


Or a commercial for one of those survival pack food companies, where they sell you a whole weeks worth of food, and it comes in a backpack. Ideal for helping out those bear folks who've been lost in the woods without a score or handout.

One pack of goodies can sustain a bear family of four, for three days. ;)

{Snickers would be OK, if they could dub in laughter as the bears have their fun snack.}


Every country buying aircraft has many things to consider not just the price of purchase and operation.Canada because of its size needs a long range reliable  aircraft that can operate from austere northern air strips,Ability to detect and  kill possible threats at distance.What are these threats ,principally Russian Bears ,Blinders and Backfires with cruise missiles. coming at North   America over the pole.They will be possibly acompaniedby  fighters and be aerial refueled.So we need a long range plane supplemented by aerial refuelling.We currently have justtwo converted Airbus aircraft.
They must have long range kill,Meteor missile is probably the best.
For operation elsewhere in NATO they should have a strike capability be able to defend themselves. As to offsets Magellan  is already building and has a contract for 1000 horizontal tail surfaces for the F35. Boeing the  is already buying components from Canada and I'm sure any future purchase will come with offsets .


Somebody post the negative flyer.  Why does it matter?  It will get lots of Hawaii fans angry and compensate by donating money to UH men's volleyball or get more people to attend UH playoff and other regular volleyball men's games.  Also UCLA is very well respected by many Hawaii residents as a solid academic and sports school  Psych 101.  This is a gift.  Use it to Hawaii's advantage and get the players and fans motivated.  Controlled anger is a useful emotion (Arnold Schwarzenegger- Terminator 3).  Agree UCLA is not UH's real opponent to getting to the final four but evoking strong emotions and will could be useful to the players to carry UH in postseason play if all opposing teams really think UH has a panty nickname (even Ben Jay and Chow genuinely believed Rainbow stood for gays and lesbians) and people are saying Wade is a panty coach (not me)


Not sure what the logic is behind the assertion you should only have US stocks in an RRSP?

The only relevant factor of when it comes to an RRSP or any registered account is the tax implication.  Generally speaking you want to avoid holding stocks or investments in an RRSP if upon withdrawal the money will be subject to a higher rate of tax.

The only difference (for your typical investor) between US stocks and Canadian stocks in this regard is the taxation of eligible Canadian dividends.  So while it may make more sense to keep Canadian dividend stocks in cash account or TFSA that doesn't equate to saying your RRSP should only hold US stocks.  It really depends on your current and expected future tax rate, as well as your overall portfolio composition.


Bring on the Dumpsters!!!! I'm a, 3rd generation hoarder and it STOPS w/me.
Or so I've said for years then my B-friend moved in and I didn't know he was a hoarder till it was too late. It killed our relationship.  I asked him when it's it too much? He said NEVER. Glad Mom died and left him well fixed. My dumpster arrives next Friday.


It's something that can sometimes happen to the fourth one I open!


This is the right decision. Football is a great game, an interesting tactical and strategic mix  when the game is played at the elite level. And yes I am counting the CFL as an elite league. However, there is an ugly side to the sport which can not be overlooked any longer. In the seventies football fans were in awe over the punishment that football players of all levels endured to play the game. The players were considered idols because they represented a level of toughness that  transcended them from the regular Joe's who stayed in the stands. However, this turned out to be false,  and the truth was that there players weren't super human and the cost was much greater than sports fans understood. I find it very difficult to watch the game now. Knowing the real cost of this entertainment takes a lot of the thrills out of the experience.


As long as you're sent with him, Conservatroll. Not the first time you've suggested players should be "sent home."


I want Trump to fire the first shot. That will guarantee he gets impeached as the President can not take such preemptive actions unless there is a need for a defensive action against an actual attack.  Congress approved of the infamous WMD invasin of Iraq.  Without Congressses approval to invade NK Trump could be giving Congress all the evidence they require to hold Donald accountale.


oh please obama clearly interfered...

President Trump’s claims that the Obama administration sought to undermine his presidency received some support on Wednesday from a New York Times report on the Obama White House’s activities in the weeks before the inauguration.


Ms Friedheim, sorry to have participated in the diversion of the comment from your main point, the march itself.  But anyway, here's another science story to further stray away from your main points.

http://circa.com/scitech/science/the-voracious-appetite-of-these-worms-could-help-reduce-plastic-waste

I mean, since the leftists also read this site and comment, they might like this article on the wax worm eating plastic.


Pro abortion plaform is just another form of "Consumerism" (see consumerism article on the front page today).


This is an awful law. Tenants can finish their lease or find someone to sublet it. It is the job of the police to protect someone. But now the owner is responsible and will lose money for no reason that was caused by them. It is infuriating. Especially since renters can go get a "bogus" doctor letter at any time. Just like they already do for "service dogs" stating that a dog is needed as a companion animal--a far cry from a service dog for a blind person. You can find a doctor to sign anything. It should require a police report at minimum. If it is real threat, then why won't a police report be required? Awful law.


He looked like a stalker.  Creepy!


As long as Canadians buy cheap imported products, they have to sell Canadian products abroad. And because Canadians don't work in factories for ten cents a day, all we have to sell that anyone wants are our natural resources. The way to fight global warming isn't to stop selling oil to people who are still using it; the way is to eliminate unnecessary fossil fuel use. Cars need gasoline, but why use coal to generate electricity, when Saskatchewan has plenty of uranium?


Don't forget the Bowling Green Massacre! Or Sweden! God only knows how many innocent Christian victims were killed in those two attacks.


Oh please - so a common editorial practice to use a time worn phrase that is common parlance to grab attention and get folks to read NOW becomes some type of *unfortunate but usual NCR tactic*.  Please, every new organizations follows these internal rules (some news organizations ONLY sensationalize and do this with no substantive or actual documentation or facts - think EWTN, Fox News, Breitbart, etc.)

Too quick - really - in your slanted opinion, only.  Click counts - ah, yes, the dreaded click counts.

Yes, putting phrases, headlines, words in quotations is the acceptable practice (guess it is wrong only if NCR does it).  Talk about a double standard.

But, agree, "humiliation is a necessary part of growing in humility, whether it's an individual or news site"
Glad to see that you realize your humiliation as a necessary part of your need to grow in humility.  Does that mean we will see fewer posts from you or more balanced posts?  No hope for the likes of Fox, EWTN, etc.


Nice whiney concession speech Garrison.

In Keillor's home state of MN - "Republican candidate Donald Trump has won the first round of Minnesota’s mock election for high school students, narrowly beating out Democratic rival Hillary Clinton."

Buh Bye Democrats.  Time to man up and accept the election results like you asked Donald Trump to do.


Exactly Mark and all the tributarily thoughts that flow from that.


Hit the cemeteries next, Ligarius.


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Premier Clark has had years to raise concerns about handling US coal bound for Asia. Her silence has been deafening.

The only reason this is even an issue, is because of the BC election in a couple of weeks, and her team have handed her a list of quick wins to roll out each day in order to try and woo votes.


If anyone is reading you can add Indonesia to Philippines , Vietnam , and parts of China as underdeveloped places with issues with pollution and sanitation. You gotta understand the condition of the ocean and how polluted the sea water is.

Be careful what u buy!

You probably won't hear about an authentic Japanese sushi bar giving you cheap stuff to eat IF the sushi master is born and trained in Japan

If then NOT born and trained in Japan I would not go to that sushi bar

Thx for reading


Boston, easy access to the world and on the sea and ....Harvard.


Rigorous grammatical legalism.


All of my experience is flying in lower Southeast Alaska where we use air taxis/float and wheel, to get out to the outer islands and areas where there are no roads or water access to.
People fly in and out for doctor and dentist appointments, shopping, and to get to Ketchikan to catch a ferry or jet to further destinations.
I think the difference in tipping, is the air taxi's who fly summer visitors on pre-arranged tours. Most of the passenger are off the cruise ships and take a Misty Fjord's flight tour or a Bear tour.
There are also the folks who come up and are flown out to remote forest service cabins, they charter the plane and tip the pilot for returning to pick them up.
The air taxi /float pilots work for companies with staff support for freight and  mail delivery.
Our "bush" is flying over water and 17 plus million acres of Tongass National Forest and Misty Fjord Wilderness and National Monument. The temperate rain forest weather is a huge challenge daily,12 months a year.


Sorry - misread your comment.

Yes - People making $250,000 as incorporated pay over $80,000 in combined taxes (corporate and personal).


The Confederacy was an explicit rejection of the American ideals in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.

They weren't Americans.


"under the current policy, an undocumented mother would be torn away from her young children who are US citizens by birth and deported. Now that's dysfunctional." -- John Kawamoto,
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John, why do you keep preaching this blatantly false and fake news that "an undocumented mother would be torn away from her young children....and deported"???  False and fake because only undocumented criminals are being deported!!!
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John, you need to read the subject of this forum which begins with "Lawmakers are debating whether Hawaii should join communities balking at cooperating with the crackdown on criminal immigrants."
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Yes, John.  "CRACKDOWN ON CRIMINAL IMMIGRANTS"
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CRACKDOWN ON CRIMINAL IMMIGRANTS, John. '
Criminal Immigrants. John.
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Having gone to law school and practiced  with a few attorneys who later became Judges, and actually having served as a pro-tem judge a few times in minor cases, I am unimpressed by your deference for their opinions.

A big black robe didn't turn me into an omniscient arbiter of all that is holy; nor did it for any of them.

The ones in Oregon could, at least theoretically, be removed by the voters for being stupid.

Those with Federal appointments serve for life just because a couple of Senators liked them and a President appointed them.

That does not give them any more brains than they started with; and certainly didn't anoint their opinions with Godlike qualities!


You guys still don't get it.   Remember when Trump couldn't possibly be the Republican candidate because he was crazy?  And then they all laughed until election night because he was so crazy?

There's a lot of us out here who Liberals think are crazy.  We put Trump in office.  We think you are crazy.


Yes, Social stratification by wealth is color-less.  Some people of color who I have met are totally the most uppity when they have bucks.  "Oh. My God, look at that girl, she's country"  In many brown nations, the darker you are the less you have social status.  I have seen examples in my travels.  The elites in these countries think that it is normal to use and abuse the average person.  Many in the 3rd world are conditioned to think they are "less" that the elites.  If you are American and have not traveled, you cannot fathom the difference between here and there.


Tell that to the lobbyists.


Mr. Gates I find your letter disgusting and offensive, but par for the course since Predisent Lord of the Flies became potus. As our once great nation sinks into the swamp of hate, lies and deception, I will not sit silent but speak out against the "Trump Effect" sweeping our country.
tRump said that we should torture and kill terrorists families to keep us "safe".
If this is what the citizens of a "Christian" nation believe, then we are no better than any radical Islamic terrorists.


These stories cause me to wonder how people can believe that all lives are so valuable. Obviously some despicable animal, an unimaginably twistedpos didn't value Ms. Cooley's life one bit. Unfkingly horrible.
May she rest in peace.


Symmetre,
  Actually, they don't have that capability yet. They do have an ICBM but are a long way yet from being capable of delivering a nuclear warhead. They don't even have a re-entry vehicle yet.  Still, they are getting closer every day and that is concerning.


So PM Dum-Dum is suggesting we really buckle down and invest in his prefered China even though there has been well documented threats of their state sponsored theft of our technology for decades?

How reassuring that we have a fool for a PM who thinks just because he signed a farcical treaty where China promised to curb their theft, it will actually stop.

Everyone looks down at this clown the same way the world saw Neville Chamberlain waving his signed treaty with Hitler promising a comical pact of non aggression and halt of annexation.

Canadians have enough to worry about his latest tax attack on small business. He expects business and and everyday Canadians to assume all the risk knowing the Liberals will always get the majority of any profits made?

What a fool of a PM.


Not an issue shooting a firearm. But, I have a G. Shep, and kids. I do not want chaos in such a situation.

And no, I have my bow rigged with a fishing rig (I only hunt carp anymore).
It will NOT be punching through multiple walls. Unless the target is about a meter away, this arrow will embed itself into the hit object, be it a wall, or a person. And it will penetrate most vests easily.

OTOH, a broad-head or target with 100+ lbs behind it can go through 1/2", but it not go through a second one.


Should have hired contractors...not employees.


It's obvious to me that you don't like EVs.  But to answer your question the battery replacement is really a non-issue.  The estimated life of my EV's batterty is 6 to 8 years (although if the battery fails in the first 6 years I get one for free).  The battery replacement and disposal cost is about $5,500.  This as really no different that when your gas vehicle's engine breaks down.  However, the real benefit for me is the gas savings.  Because I have a PV to generate the electricty to charge my EV I save on not having to pay for the electricity or in your case gas.  On the low side I figure I save about $4,000 annually in gas.  Multiply that by 6 years (again the low side of the expected life of the battery) and I have saved $24,000.  So even if I have to replace the battery after 6 years I'm ahead about $18,500.

Here is an article on EV battery prices - https://cleantechnica.com/2017/02/13/electric-vehicle-battery-prices-falling-faster-expected/


Because the last 20 years and many kupuna that passed away that have fought against the telescopes, the hundreds of community meetings that ended in the wee hours of the morning, the thousands that stood or supported and STILL STAND AND SUPPORT the protectors and those who are for NO TMT/TIO, I guess all that wasn't good enough?  polls from where?  The State Sponsored news papers?  WHATEVER... TMT pages have low member numbers on their social media, which is why they have to pay for Media Relations Firms to "drum up support".  We aren't ANTI-science, we are ANTI-desecration... There is enough up there and the community has been saying it for over 20 years.


And then what?


I'm not married, I'm a parent, and I had no part in the physical creation of my child. Parenthood is not marriage.


So Obama "choked", fine.  What are you going to do about it Trump?  The lack of response is only emboldening the foe.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/06/politics/russia-steps-up-spying-efforts-after-election/index.html


no kidding.  Started with McGuilty and has been getting worse with Wynne and Boy Blunder.

Take a look at your hydro and gas bills.  My hydro has plummeted and the savings appear to have have been added to the gas bill.

She thinks we are too stupid to notice


Nice peteism on your last sentence.


It was not starving. It had plenty of your vermin cats to feed on. Lie much? Or are you just this blathering self-deceptive without even realizing it and you don't even know that others can see in you what you cannot see in yourself.

Explain how 5 endangered Florida Panthers DIED from 1 vermin house-cat infecting them with house-cats' FeLV disease.

How about this article explaining how your vermin stray house-cats' diseases are killing off ALL native cats around the world:

http://www.thenational.ae/news/uae-news/big-cat-owners-warned-to-keep-them-acres-away-from-feral-strays

Or a USA one:

http://rapidcityjournal.com/sports/local/feral-cats-pose-threat-to-birds-lions/article_8ec451c9-4b03-55a3-baa7-71ac577905cb.html

"... diseased lions are less likely to succeed at hunting their natural prey and more prone to human conflict."

Poke out both your eyes. Your desire to wallow in a bliss of self-inflicted ignorance your whole life will never be complete as long as you can still read.


You mean your wonderful "Religion of Peace"  What a load of crap!


Hopefully Justin will make a statement on bringing these people to Canada.


1) Kneeling for the Anthem causes NO property damage or personal injury to others.
2) Do you want the BLM protests, or the kneeling?  Take your pick.


You're a non sequitur.


While I didn't read the article anybody who thinks there is a long term solution to refugee issues is simply 'out to lunch' - especially in the light of CanadaBob2's earlier comments.

When I was born (circa 1950) there were about 2.6 Billion people on the planet.
Currently there are over 7.5 Billion with another 2 Billion on top of that expected over the next 30 - 35 years - practically all in areas of the planet that can't support them.

You'll have more luck emptying Lake Ontario with a spoon than you will trying to solve the refugee problem.


"Isolation, marginalization, poverty, mental illness and discrimination is what drives would-be extremists into the waiting arms of groups like ISIS."

Could you please cite the study or research that supports this view? Thousands of educated young people from middle class backgrounds, around the world, have fled civilization to join the head-choppers in ISIS. Could it be there is another cause?


No, of course not.

Justin has also enlisted the help of a former Conservative prime minister.

As despicable as I found Mulroney to be, it must be super humiliating for Justin to have to call grandpa for help.


ICE needs to head to IOWA and I am not kidding.   PERRY, Iowa;  Marshalltown, Iowa; possibly Newton, Iowa - and any other town here with packing plants - such as a beef or pork processing plant. I'm dead serious - ICE has had a field day here before and it's back to business as usual here. Trust me - Perry would make their entire month's quote in under a week. Yes, I used to LIVE there and still know the town pretty well.
ICE - hit Iowa!!!  No one honestly checks here - and some get jobs with STOLEN SSNs. That's a FACT ICE has already proven.


The psychedelics grow in the woods. For as long as we've been human, we've been eating psychedelics in the woods. I may not want loud music intruding on peaceful woodland activities, but the author's point is lost when he attacks the peaceful woodland activities.


And you said they were open and showed no wrongdoing without looking at them!

I'm betting a herd of forensic accountants could spend weeks trying to 'follow the money',

 I don't happen to be one of those critters so I will ignore your assertions of Clinton Foundation sainthood and go on my merry way!


He's where he belongs..  Cut the HST 2 points and didnt create a job.  Ran a dictatorship,  who wants that in our country?


Although I don't wish debt on anyone. It is nice to know I am not alone in this struggle. Recently I can across a debt elimination program that is helping me better understand what I can do to help myself. I wish I would have found this program 5 years ago, but its never to late to try and fix it. Here is a link if you want to check it out. I hope that it can help others! www.freeyourmoney.ca
Best of luck to everyone working to free your money!


My fav vinyl cafe episode was the octogenarian who met Dave on a cruise ship, sailing away his last few months of life.

One of those made you laugh, made you sigh moments.

Mr. Mclean was always at his best during those times.


Good editorial. Yes, reading and having a decent sense of history is essential to maintaining a democracy. We could use more people in this country who took the time to read and appreciate the importance of history. We could use more people in this country willing to sacrifice personal achievements and pleasures, for the common good.


What a total line of crap. "Everyone under the tent" does NOT agree. And the retailers who support thwartoing local control and western voices will be ignored and not purchased.

Has the author of this editorial posing as business news ever been to the areas of ANWAR in question? NO! Has he ever even been to the red rock area that Clinton stole in 1996 (while Clinton took a photo op at the Grand canyon--hundreds of miles from the newly 'preserved' land.

Let the retailers take their show to Chicago or New York or Philadelphia--some place appropriate for their politics and ill-informed stance. Senator Gardner, don't let Colorado Politics and lands be dictated by people who have never been to the areas that want to rule. Colorado needs to stand as strong as Utah.


I have a serious question. How does this system handle partisans who don't care about conversations just making their points and refuting everything that doesn't fit their world view? What if I was a Trekkie who insists Star Wars is keeping America from being great? How will you stop me from doing that and stop the Star Wars fans from being offended at everything I post?

OK, that's a few questions. But I got more. Lots more. Thank you for taking this on.


One can only hope! All these "healthcare" jobs are drain on the economy.


No one has mentioned deportation.  President Trump wants Congress to help these kids have a pathway to citizenship, instead of staying in the limbo the previous President left them in.


No worries.  I got it from an anonymous source the Russians will pick up the tab from Sept. 30.


If any of the council people had done their job we would not be dealing with this because as an impeached Mayor he wouldn’t have had access to the Hawaii Congress of Planning Officials Conference.

Mayor Kenoi admitted to the Big Island County Council that he did something wrong when he misused his pCard on personal items which is a breech of his fiduciary responsibilities and the council decided to let him off the hook.  These so called professionals are making a mockery of the state constitution and the Hawaii county charter and somehow they are able to get away with it.  I expect our elected officials to take serious the obligations they are under to serve the public with the highest ethics in discharging the duties of their respective office. The highest standards not the lowest.  I believe these obligations are real and not imaginary, theoretical concepts.   I wonder what material the council thinks is impeachable?


Had them in a 2008 Subaru Legacy and they did not fit well. hard plastic. Not what I would call a great product. I'd rather get the factory rubber mats, much better.


Why, thank you, kindly for the sociology lesson.  Clearly, you are an expert.
I hope that you get what you want.
As an old person to a young one, I would like to point out that, as one matures, one realizes that we know far less about God than we would like to think, so those "clear" teachings you want so much -- not so applicable.


From article: "The... BC NDP/Greens will... reduce the province’s reliance on industries that contribute to climate change & instead place emphasis on shifting to a sustainable economy"

ZERO "sustainable economy" DETAILS SPECIFIED= SPURIOUS CON JOB & GRIEVOUS DANGER FOR BC!!

Careful what you wish for...

BC NDP/GREEN's objectives to replace:

A) BC's proven-to-be-highly-successful* economic model; &
(* in terms of ensuring that BC has a growing, low-tax, efficient economy that is attractive to domestic and international investors; extensive, generously-funded public services);

B) BC's "first past the post" political system that, until now- for over 100 years- has served very, very well; &

C) BC's political party fundraising laws;

with

- a new- BEREFT OF SPECIFIC DETAILS- economic model;

- ENTIRELY UN-DEFINED new political party fundraising laws;

- an ENTIRELY UN-DEFINED new electoral system;

... could result in disaster for BC, & consequential un-rectifiable economic damages


Do you mean that Cheese in a can we use to get in K rations? That stuff wasn't even Cheese and sat in your stomach like a big knot for days! Plasticized Cheese has got to be criminal!


Actually, I did spend some money on a nice quartz countertop when I redid the kitchen a few years back.  But that is because I could afford it.  I had enough saved up that I didn't need to take out a loan to pay for the kitchen reno.


Charles, as well as Dermot, try every possible angle to encourage an income tax. Every commentary is another opportunity for them to espouse favored wealth redistribution scheme. Just some examples from this latest:

"Because so many Alaska workers do not live here, a substantial portion of the tax would be paid by nonresidents." Depends what you mean by "substantial". According to the ISAR report only 15% would be paid by nonresidents. Alaskan workers would be stuck with 85% of the bill.

"The income tax proposal in the state House would put us in the middle range of the states." How long do you really think that would last? Once the mechanism is in place, it's all too easy at every budget shortfall for government to turn that knob toward "increase taxes"

"Then it will be up to 20 senators to decide the outcome of the Alaska experiment." If they don't institute an income-tax, the sky will fall and it will be 20 senators fault!


I use to, but nowadays there's just so many people who have drunk the Kool-aid....

Still don't know


Maybe Mussolini got credit for making them less late than usual?


Oh yes, I'm sure you do. I bet you're a billionaire! As to the fact that you've repeatedly stated that I'm on welfare, when I am not, how's it feel to be a charter member of the pedophile community?


Hi Mokantz, Rudyard Kipling had a line in the poem IF,

"If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;"

It's a "camel under the tent" of ones polarizing certainty.


"I have to question how these people keep their jobs when they don't do the one major task on their plate."

The answer is simple - not enough Alaskans bother to go to the polls and vote these incompetent, self-serving Imperialist oil mops out of office.

Maybe this time will be different ...


A native demanding only a native doctor just the same damnable  racism as a white people demanding only  a white doctor.


The government should be taking a critical view of how people are being treated by them as an employer: this case is tragic. PTSD is like an internal brain injury (it is a physical response to external forces that gets stuck). It is physical first and foremost, the fight or flight response that dumps chemicals into the system gets stuck and damages organs and fries neural connections. If psychiatrists were better versed in treatment rather than drugs, if employers like the military would accept that it is physical and stop treating people badly when they get this type of injury (i.e. sending them to JPSU, "retraining" while a person is still injured rather than waiting for enough recovery to retrain), if they accepted that it take 2 to 5 years for brain chemicals to balance out again before firing a person, giving them a few dollars and no chance to get any further work because such actions create stigma about mental health issues so the person will never get hired, the person may heal


Please !  Alaska Natives are the one group who think they are above the law.  They would hunt and fish until there was nothing left if they could get away with it.  They want the feds to let them get away with it.   If anyone else is caught illegally hunting or fishing there is a price to pay.  The game they took is confiscated and sometimes the tools used to get the game are taken as well , along with a fine and possible jail time.  What happened when the natives illegally took that whale a few weeks ago ?  Native leaders told residents not to talk to the authorities and boasted they wouldn't give the illegal fish back .   If you want to cite past history , then that history alone should show we must stop illegal fishing and hunting now.


Can we believe that those people will honor that agreement? How long will it be before they all go their own way, it only takes one to up production and that will happen


If you have the money, why not?


You appear to have dodged the question. Please explain why being tortured to death was "necessary" for the forgiveness of sins.

Since I never suggested a cruel death is necessary to show us how to live a good life, I don't know why you would ask.


This is brilliant! This issue Definately needs to be brought up in the House.  There are many more examples but i like this one the best.


Hey SA! Why were all the earlier comments deleted?


Some people have imaginary friends, some see cold chess wars.


I'm in the same boat. It means there is less money for pay increases,new hires, employee training,  research and development and in a very competitive global market there is no chance to increase the price you charge for your products.  In the end it pushes businesses closer to failure. Well done Liberals.


Move the homeless from Nimitz but I hope they do not move to Old Stadium Park where now the tents have been popping up again. Also, the tow company finally moved from the old bowling parking lot which opened up street parking but those spaces have been taken over by the homeless living in their vehicles.  We need another purge in our neighborhood.


I'm surprised there isn't a comment on how Trump orchestrated this fiasco to draw attention away from the constant barrage of collusion with the  Russians news. But no - this $10M payout to a boy terrorist is a debacle of your own making.


I just sold my Leslieville house last week well over asking after receiving 8 offers. The sale was unconditional (clean)

We are not quite at the madness we were back in March but The idea that there is a crash is fiction.

In any event I will be taking my winnings (my house doubled in value in 6 years since I bought it) and renting for a while as I move out of the GTA. We will see what happens but right now it still feels like a seller's market and the sales (including my own) bear that out.


Brah, the reason is because SA is for the rail, no matter what, hell or high water.
This talk over a "free press" that the drive by media is talking about is a trojan horse.  The real issue is the absence of an independent press,not one controlled by a small number of multinational corporations who decide what they want you to know and nothing
more.


why do anything to prop up this market, if it is has become unaffordable then prices crash however there is a need to prevent any further buying by offshore interests and favoring the rich elite who get a citizenship of convenience


Kind of like Thomas Jefferson.


Where was the outrage? It's funny that you're inclined to invalidate an anti-racism demonstation instead of showing support for it. Why is that? It's likely the same reason you can't tell the difference between neo-Nazis and BLM supporters.


The break even is on the cost to earn the premium.  For every $1 in spending over $10K you are earning 2x what you would on the regular no fee card. Obviously if you don't spend more than $10k there would be no point.  But since most people will easily spend more than $1,000 in monthly expenses that can be charged to a credit card the fee is worth paying.

So even if you have more than one card you can often still benefit from premium cards.  We have 2 no fee cards and a premium card - the premium card gets 90% of the transactions.  The no fee cards are simply for convenience.


Pretty much anyone who takes a close interest in politics knew where this was headed. However Monsef's actions in the House of Commons aside, there does seem to be a lack of understanding on her part, of how our system works. She continually refers to referendums as being divisive, as a a reason for not having one. One might say the same thing about federal and provincial elections, but we have them. Proponents of PR will suggest that this is why we should have PR as it will bring people together. It will dilute power, but there is no evidence that it will "bring" people together. As for fairness, then the ultimate fairness is to let the people  decide. If we have learned anything from this exercise Monsef doesn't belong in cabinet, and even more so in a position that she is woefully unqualified for.


He's beyond my expectations of ineptitude.  He has confirmed time and again he's the same simple-minded man child famous for uttering mindless drivel at any opportunity when not reading from a script.

Hate Harper or Chretien or Mulroney or even his Dad if you wish, but can you ever imagine the brainless things Boy Wonder utters coming from one of those highly educated, experienced, mature leaders.  NEVER.

He's our Sarah Palin in suit.  Good looking and vacuous.  Total ruin ahead thanks to the CBC, the Toronto Star, cell phones and little potato's hairdresser.


Proponents of this tax reform should acknowledge that a holistic review of the overall tax architecture that was decades in the making, with adequate time and consultation, may result in more targeted outcomes and fewer disruptions or unintended consequences.  But a hasty, piecemeal implementation as the Liberals are unfolding is the opposite of that, and it is downright irresponsible and arrogant.


China will not attack U.S forces if they take out the NK nuclear facilities only.
If the U.S. starts bombing cities, that could lead to problems with China.


Cherry pick an audience of devotees........and shockingly, somehow..........no one has a bad thing to say about him. Just more completely slanted reporting by the Alaska TMZ Enquirer.


Back in 2004 I was working for a First Nations community and we took some community members on an excursion from northern Ontario to Ottawa (and later Montreal and Kahnawke). We went to Parliament Hill and one of the young people asked me why there were no statues or memorials to First Nations people there. During that project, I was asked by the hotel where I was staying not to bring "those people" to the hotel (I left and slept at the band office). I also realised, that in my late 30's I had never learned a single word from any of Canada's 54 native languages in my supposedly multicultural country. I am proud of my country but those of us who are not native need to know more about our history, our agreements with First Nations, but even more, we should be open to appreciating the rich cultural diversity and world views they have to offer. We will all be better for it! Meegwich.


"weapons that only a madman would use"

You mean a 'madman' like the leader of North Korea?  That kind of 'madman'?


Of course we are.  Anything anti-Trump is OK with the liberals, and anyone who socializes with him is the enemy to them.  They'll say and do anything for their agenda.


Debra - Your pony finished last.  Get over it.


So it's apartheid's fault that the miners acted so violently, eh?  Some apartheid apparatchik, but not a witchdoctor, informed them that muti would turn the police's bullets to water. It's some evil dead white dude's fault that many of them have two families and too much debt.

Yes, of course. The devil made Hansie do it, and Verwoerd made the miners and the police do it.

You know what would be nice? One, just one, original thought from a journalist, instead of the hackneyed blame-apartheid drivel that contaminates 99% of so-called journalism in South Africa these days.


The deal was done in 2014 by the Harper government long before the Liberals got in. The Liberals did not cancel it, no party said that they would-and since they did not cancel it they were obviously obliged to sign the export permits.
However they did say they would monitor it and so they are,


(cont.)  The "right" to drive a car, be a barber, be an attorney, etc are all granted based on meeting specific criteria.

Those "inalienable rights" you're so fond of referencing are included in the preamble to the Declaration of Independence..."We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."  They do not define the "rights" of citizenship or address the limitations on judicially defined rights.  BTW: We, as a society, do in fact "alienate" all three of these "inalienable" rights with some regularity: we execute and we imprison....

The "right" to smoke in County Parks is not an "inalienable right"....far from it.  Oregon state, county and city ordinances define the rights of smokers and Lane County has every statuatory power to limit smoking.  For you to compare it to racial discrimination is, frankly, rather silly.


been with the company for a long, long time. always loyal customer to an alaskan company. guess now i don't have to worry about it. they have become less personal and more dollar driven. too bad. maybe someone will step up and start a company that doesn't screw you with high rates (mta), and is still alaskan.


These are not legal, not now; but 100 years ago, you wouldn't have been doing anything wrong. The law changed because the physical world changed, as did our understanding of our place in it.

A similar thing is about to happen with climate change denial, especially to powerful people and organizations who have consciously, purposely mislead the population about the dangers of climate change.

There are any number of lawsuits alleging this. As the cost of AGW becomes more and more clear, criminal prosecutions will become inevitable, one hopes.


Jimbo,

  I rarely censor any comment. Only the very rare, very odd comment that's hate speech.
  Commenting here for almost 12 years, that's the way I've always been. I've known intuitively that once people start deleting comments for this reason and that reason, soon they would be deleting comments that simply make a strong case against their opinion. And that's precisely what's happened. the fun and the humour have been sucked out of this website. There are many things in the comments worse than incivility.


So you think a wall will stop heroin, cocaine, and illegal immigrants from entering the U.S. - and firearms from leaving the U.S.(if you happen to care about that side of the coin)? What about the meth your neighbor makes in his kitchen? Mexico can't be blamed on the millions of Americans who do dope; neither can Columbia or Bolivia. Better build a wall along the Canadian border too...


Like most sentient beings, wolves can't stand the Yankees.


How did I not even know there was a recall vote in Broomfield?  I got no notification...


Anyone who puts forth personal experience when arguing for or against global warming immediately gets disregarded in my book. Intelligent debate would be appreciated but it seems a large percentage of people have no idea what scientists are trying to tell us. It's GLOBAL warming, not San Francisco warming or Paris or Honolulu warming. Also we're talking about average temperatures (maybe 1 or 2 degrees F) going back decades if not centuries. Anecdotal evidence is NOT relevant here.


Sure !!! Extend the session at the tax payers money for the corrupt rail. The  neighbor island mayors should stay clear of this mess. As it is the neighbor islands
will be paying for Oahu's rail. Watch out for Cardwell as he could care less about the neighbor islands. All he cares about his rail and his fat cats and cronies.


Bermuda and the Caymans are British Overseas Territories, so what exactly is the problem?  I'd be a lot more concerned if she was invested in South Africa.


Well-written but self-contradictory.  First Mr Burton tells us that Canada needs a FTA but China does not.  He might have added that China is the second economic and political power in the world and has multiple policy options.  (If the USA continues its present fit of the sulks China may soon be number one.)  Then he tells us that Canada must stand up for a list of things, starting with human rights which the Chinese have made clear are not on the table.  How do you stand up to someone who holds all the good cards?  And if we have no FTA with China, what other options do we have?


Craig Richards has the look of a  future presidential candidate.  I'veve never seen a picture of him.  Is his face orange as well as his hair? Make America Broke Again, 2020!


I tried to ignore this, and not comment, but just couldn't. The article makes a fair point about not incarcerating him and being apologetic, but a massive payment seems a bit too far. How many other citizens have been 'wronged' by government? Should we pay them all some money too?

Remember this guy committed an act of war against Canadians. With full awareness and intent. Let's not pay him please....


Although the ice is less, it is still there, and it is still so beautiful.....anytime of the year....Soon there will be surfers riding in on the 2nd highest bore tide in the world.....Right here....


RE experimenting states! maybe you have not noticed but Adult use aka Recreational use of cannabis has been legal in Oregon for 1.5 years!  You need not look as far as Colorado. It was the topic of the City Club of Eugene presentation last week. Times are changing.

Adult use is legal now in 8 states though some like CA may not go into effect until 2018. A lot more states have legalized Medical cannabis. Visit local goodies store within bike distance to see fruits of the gardens of earthly delights.

Leafly.com has reviews of marijuana stores and strains. GreenFlowerMedia.com an excellent site for learning about how tinctures and other cannabis medicine can be used for recreation, medicine. GFM will hold a 2nd virtual Cannabis Health Summit soon (listen online). Some have a PhD in cannabis medicine. THC University CO an info source and THC Foundation in Portland. The list of green rush media is rising exponentially. Terpenes a new book, the research Edge. The Kool Place: found!


They might still choose to hire on merit .


Incorrect. A naturalized Canadian citizen can lose their citizenship if they committed fraud in applying for permanent residence or  citizenship.

This is the third factual mistake that you have made in one hour, the others being 1) that William Sampson sued the British government after his release from Saudi prison (when in fact, he only sued the Saudi government) and 2) that the Conservatives lost support in Quebec in 2015 because of Khadr, when in fact they more than doubled their number of seats compared to 2011.


I hope it doesn't disappoint you to know that statement is 100% sarcastic. A line drawn is a line all the same. I don't expect my neighbors to afford me a 10 foot buffer zone on their property to allow my dog to dump in their yards. If the federal government wants to bear the cost of game management, they should practice it on their own land first. If their wolf population declines, it's because they let them decimate the the prey population. Not to worry. Either the prey will rebound in a few years after the predators' decline so wolves can rebound, OR, the neighbor's managed game will wander back over the line that they didn't see on a map and feed them. The latter, of course, translates into free meat for federal predators in exchange for high cost wolf pelts that the state doesn't begin to recoup their ungulate management costs from. Good trade? Not for the state. and certainly not for the user groups on the state side of the LINE. Build a WALL! Your wolves in, Our moose out!


The majority's answer to this significant budget deficit is to have "average man" pay but let the richest corporations in the world continue to be paid for the privilege to take the state's oil and we should be grateful for such an arrangement. There is no balance what so ever in their long term solution.


Fitting remark.


Another difference:
It is one thing to expect personal loyalty from staff (eg., the press secretary) and something very different to expect it from the Director of the FBI.


Well, I think Tim Winn is referring to photographic and video evidence, which we have only had for decades. Scientific evidence has been around for millennia, but these people sadly do not believe in science.


Sure it did. Not a thing wrong with it. Someone just embarrassed themselves and wanted the comment pointing it out removed. Pointing out ageism is not "gaslighting" or "criminal harassment"  or the lesser "bullying" (duali's claims). But the fact that someone would try and make that claim is evidence of how far gone some elements of our culture are.


Drugs are the single greatest scourge on society.  That includes alcohol.  There's not even a close second.


Seems to me that many of the liberals comments just demonstrates how ignorant of the Issue they really are. Many Hurricanes in the 1850's did far more damage. What they are saying is that the Gulf is warmer than its been. what funny is that no one, and I repeat no one has really made that claim with data showing it. yet it all of a sudden pops up during and post Harvey. whats wrong with this picture?


Oil,  Exxon stands to make big bucks from drilling rights in Russia once sanctions are lifted.  That and the opportunity to make 40 million overnight to keep money from a spouse.   Love the Russian opportunity.  lol


People need to stop pussyfooting around this issue.     The new right (or what passes for "Conservative" these days) turns a blind eye to the fringe elements they attract.    Or worse, they openly pander to the fringe element.     This happens in Canada too.

Levant and company can try to distance themselves but they knew exactly who their target audience  was.


Your numbers are false.


No, passive investments within a Corp are funding the owner's pension, to level the playing field with the MPs and all others who have a pension.


"It was not intended "

Yes it was.

By enabling low-value manufacturing to go to Mexico, high value could stay in the US and Canada - works very well in Europe and Japan.

And US Corporations get to sell more and more products to Mexico - the Mexican Auto market is growing at about 2X the rate Canada's is, the Mexican ejido system of agriculture has been wiped out.

Unfortunately  US governments never invested in the requisite skills training,  so too many "deplorables" lack the skills to manufacture the higher end products.


Can we hose the lake down with a 1/4" of water on top of the ice right before you show us what they can do? ;)


Margaret, you certainly took this Cdn back; Expo '67 was just the best experience & wasn't Montreal exciting for a young Cdn just starting out in life?

Expo was a magical time... a future of Canada & that of many other countries around the Planet laid out with so much history & culture on exhibit in each & every pavilion..

Canada re-discovered in special wonderment for a young person; Expo was a superb intro to various planetary peoples & their cultures.. but what was truly scintillating was the cohesive emotion from Canada's People for 'Love & Pride of Country' which was an obvious take-away for Canadian Visitors.. eh.

I had forgotten about Yorkville -- yeah, can't blame you for living nearby. If memory serves.. Yorkville was known as 'the Village' way back when.. & man, didn't we kick it up & enjoy the cool social ambiance of Toronto.

Canada has evolved over the last 50 years & will continue to evolve into the Future as our Big Beautiful Canada should.

Happy Canada Day.. !!

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I posted a facetious comment about trucks staying in Zimbabwe and SA running out of trucks as a result and immediately got called for writing an abusive comment. Maybe DM should use human censors rather than electronic ones.


From what I have read, the truckers in Puerto Rico via their union are demanding more money from FEMA to deliver aid. That is the real issue.


I saw the damage a Canadian Goose did to  Piper Navajo once. It ended up requiring the entire horizontal stabilizer to be replaced. A smaller airplane and a bigger bird. I have no issue with thinking that the plane could have suffered fatal damage.


Will some needy Liberal cabinet minister please give Radwanski the job for which  he is obviously auditioning.


Rest in peace.


That's fine, you can roll your eyes and defend micreations of justice all you please, but there is a price tag. They say "injustice begets war, and war begets injustice." They're right, you know.

I'll tear this corrupted evil system of justice down one brick at a time, one step at a time, one day at a time, as long as God-given faculties enable (hopefully another two or three decades at least) until I find myself standing in a free field surrounded by bricks. Then, and only then, we may build a credible good system for ourselves in this wayward failed place.

Together, we can demonstrate to Colorado justice why injustice never pays, why they must operate with perfection and above all error, and why, when they do err, they must correct. Because life under injustice isn't life at all, it certainly isn't freedom.

You can thank a failed Jefferson County judge for my tireless political activism. This is a consequence of fascism, don't you know. I'll raze down this inequity with ideals.


The problem is the absurd rates given to Green energy sources, which then need to be backed up by reliable fossil fuel sources, leading to more than double the cost of just the reliable power.


Did you even read the article? Did you notice that congress hadn't appropriated the money during the Obama era? Does this not mean anything to you? Now they have to fix the problem, does that mean nothing to you?


“We’re not asking for the moon, just something fair and equitable, and they’re moaning and groaning,” Lundeberg said.

What I would like to know is what are the Sailors and Firefighter unions getting now and what are they asking for?  Does anyone do journalism anymore?  Am I supposed to be happy about paying more for goods and services because they got a raise?  I am certainly not getting a raise to pay for the added price increases.  Should I feel supportive because they are not getting paid an honest days work, or should I be mad because what they make is obcene?

Thoughts?


Cite it? The Fifties versus the Bush-Great Recession. Sheesh. We lived through this, you know.


It was a poorly written bill that Rep Ing messed around with.


Every Native group in Alaska reveres its elders. Elders are the keepers of the cultural flame. It's only the white newcomers who piss on the experienced people who know how to manage this state. You want to listen to a bunch of 30 year old yuppie jerks who can't stop looking at their phone? Show a little respect for people far wiser than you are.


More Koolaid?


It's just pure joy to watch the two Trust Fund kids calling the shots for small business owners from the comfort of their Ivory Tower.


Kevin, my brother in Christ, I understand that all people respond in different ways to Jesus' call to pick up our crosses and follow Him. I agree, but when anyone of us (anyone of us) goes to Jesus with true sorrow in their hearts for sinning (Sacrament of Confession), God who is merciful and loves all of us so much, will plant a seed in our hearts and souls that will inspire change/transformation in us, so that we are truly saddened when we sin against/offend God or our brothers and sisters. He will plant this seed in our consciences! It will start to become more and more impossible to offend God and not become sick to our stomachs until we have gone to Jesus and our brothers and sisters begging their forgiveness! I guarantee you that Jesus will always accept our apology, even when our brothers or sisters do not!
Lastly, let us remember that "act of (perfect) contrition" is only an act. God sees through our acs and our hearts. If our motivation does not meet what is needed Continued


You would suppose wrong. I'm furious.


Is this "benefit" worth the cost?


In a values scale of one to ten, where does this rank? Maybe, minus one.(?)
In my book +Burke messed up the Churches Center for Land and People and the National Catholic Rural Life Organization, as a onetime head of both organizations.