I have thought long and hard and deeply and with a god conscience I can say I have come to the conclusion that the divisions in Christianity are arbitrary.  For the sake of charity and good will one will want to obey the authorities when in a house of worship and in public if one is a Christian he or she will want to let his light shine, as it were.
     But after an examination of the recent scandals plaguing the Church and the strife within it over discipline and dogma I am certain that to be authentic one must ask the clergy to take responsibility for their actions (!) in the area of faith and worship. If the faith is defined in such a way as to have an unbending and uncompromising tradition, so interpreted, it is fair to ask those in authority to affirmn were they asked to, that they believe what they do is the best way they can answer to call of the Gospel, given what they know and what they have learned and what they believe is an expression of faith in that best expresses


And what is that supposed to mean? HRC somehow manipulated all these federal agencies to approve a deal that gave the Russians what, exactly?


Acid rain became less of a problem after Maggie Thatcher (industrial Chemist degree) was convinced of the chemistry behind the observations. That left RayGun isolated forcing him to adopt the same stack emission controls as every other country or face economic sanctions. We could have the same success with GHG emissions, but every year that goes by without action makes the problem worse.


The slime line story is true. Anybody from Prince William Sound back then knows it is. The author of the article, which indicates college kids coming up was unique to the 1960s is not in the know. Furthermore, that Valdez cannery in question was a real shaky financial operation, using disaster loans from the earthquake to get going. The next winter, after Clinton was there it burnt down, I know I was in Valdez the next day. How come the fire is unknown, maybe arson many suggested, but the watchman died in that fire. Back in 1994 there was a movement in Valdez by people who had met her back then to get her to come up again.  Truth is, she should have got on the ferry and got a job in a real salmon cannery in Cordova at the time. It was in later years the cannery business in Valdez finally got to be a financial success story.


why cant a get a meal to go......dont you see that every budy hates me......?????


Yes, if by saying "illegal" means that the neighborhood is zoned residential but is being used for short term vacation rentals. Landlords skirt the prohibition by renting out thier properties for "30+" days even though guests only stay for a couple of weeks. For the most part, the vacation rentals are not an issue and it's hard to tell tourists are even around. The only down side is that by allowing Oahu to be a "sanctuary " for illegal short term rentals, it takes away housing for locals.....but with the way the Mayor and city council are hell bent on raising the cost of owning real estate, costs passed on to renters, locals won't be able to rent said properties anyway so might as well allow short term rentals and collect the TAT and GET from tourists.


Dear Mayor.  Get Busy!


Unfortunately, the sad gang of candidates for the NDP leadership will guarantee the party's continued demise.  Not a hint of dynamism or flexibility on economic or other issues or anything else to excite the voters.    A sad situation which could guarantee the reelection of "Sunny Ways" and his gang, as the Conservative leadership campaign looks equally uninspiring.  Too bad, because the Liberals will have no real opposition as they continue to break their campaign promises, try to reduce the time MP's spend in the H of C and make the Prime Minister even less accessible to journalists than he is now.
But he's cute and he has great hair.  Our grandchildren will pay.


Good announcement.
Now get to work.


All the non-believers please hang on to your disrespectful thoughts for when the rollout begins, get out of the way.  You will be mashed in the crap that you spew from your tiny minds and filthy mouths.  You all disappoint me to the max for your classless conduct and loser attitude.  Can't you move on and get a life?  I guess not, since you all are having such a good time jawing back and forth and really without solving anything at all.  Well, have at it, especially, klastri, allie, ad1, dai, ready2go, QBcoach15, gonesh, aiea7, downtown, and the ever alert keaukaha.  Like the cowboys would say, "Git along little doggie."


Guns do not *cause* suicide.  They're used to carry it out.  Not the same thing.  No more than the existence of drugs, or ropes, or C2O makes one more likely to commit suicide.

Suicide is an issue of mental health, not technological opportunity.


This is how the real 1% lives.
Politicians and bureaucrats are freaking  about revenue to pay for their pigfest and pensions.
Instead of cutting programs and deadbeats they are hunting normal innocent people......

Did any of you Liberal lovers expect anything different


The problem is, average Joes in US (or Canada) are relentlessly brainwashed by our mainstream media. They have no idea on what Trump is proposing. Well, they deserve whatever their choose.


Nor do I and I suspect that you don't either.


Things change fast in life.  We don't have a society anymore.  It's a global society and we're all just individuals now.  Everyone for him/herself.    I don't like it, but sorry, I'm not going to be the last one idiotically holding the bag and dreaming of the days when we all just got along.

Distance myself from others for my own sanity?   Check.
Put my own interests above everyone else's?  Check (your article sort of missed emphasizing that one....it's just as important to what's going on these days.)   The world is more cut throat now.  Get used to it or find yourself at the bottom.

- formerly a socialist Canadian, now a "citizen of the world"  and get the F out of my way!


Watch the video! It has nothing to do with that. It's not some "liberal zinger" I'm not going to go "haha see I gotcha" after you watch it.

It's an honest plea in 2004 for people to stop bickering, and about how the media is the problem.


15 days is way too long. How about 3?


I find it commendable that BC NDP had banned Union money, knowing it will hurt them.
That shows principled integrity
... unlike PM Trudeau who back-paddled on of electoral reform as soon as he got comfortable in the majority government.


Or... aircraft carrier - type catapults. Really Big catapults.
And bigger seat belt signs.


Trump spoke at the funeral of the 5 Dallas police officers.
https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2016/07/12/remarks-president-memorial-service-fallen-dallas-police-officers

I don't understand how blaming Black Lives Matter for the killings is your defense of white nationalist violence and killings.  Obviously Black Lives Matter does not support violence against anyone.  Quit using this talking point.  It is disgusting and offensive to the families of the officers killed.


OK, I found the screen shot. 05/27/2016

Some guy JD (who disappeared shortly after) wrote: "I asked you never to address me again. If you do it again, we're likely to have problems. Do you know what c-hack is? No. Keep antagonizing me and..."

(I might've conflated the part about "casuistry" with something else. Not sure.)

Could forward the screen shot to Civil Comments for anyone who, like Tridentinus, calls me a liar.


Sure Trump is also going to lower the rents, arrange for free utilities and provide free coffee.
You post without any reality that Congress will have to change the tax rates;  Trump can not.


Between football and wrestling I believe he has taken too many hits to the head or else he believes his own made up Hollywood fantasy.


"Now I read Trump just signed legislation permitting the coal industry to dump mining waste in streams and rivers (undoing the Office of Surface Mining’s Stream Protection Rule). "

Wrong, it does nothing of the sort. You are getting your news by reading headlines.


"Your post reads a lot like something Kellyann Conway would say"
Who knows? Outsider77 may *be* Kellyann Conway.


G Wellington,
  I disagree. The subway is also subsidized by multiple state levels and was built with public money so you are using a public service. And that said, anyone who contributes to the tax base should have access to public services whether they are wearing a veil or not. Judge people on their actual conduct not their clothes.


Global warming ?


Big Bank advice is "entirely biased", they preclude the option of all of the other third party mutual funds accessible to Joe Q public within their standard branch environment, selling only Proprietary funds. There are much better options in the mutual fund market than solely RBC, or BMO, or all of the other banks for that matter that are readily made available through more independent advisors.


Attacking the three branches of government?  Nonsense.  The President has the power to fire the FBI director, period.  That action is entirely consistent with the separation of powers.  Fake news.


Privatization of correctional facilities is a really bad idea and extends government immunity over private companies who are out to make money. Not withstanding the juvenile system of corrections is oppressive to real rehabilitation. It may be better to shut down all juvenile corrections and implement "camps" where the children are taught "trades" as well as work with animals and crops while receiving some counseling regarding their "crimes". Private companies as a business entity will set up  their food cafeterias to assure that the imprisoned will received exactly the amount of calories to survive with nothing more and nothing less to cut costs. Incarceration is a state responsibility and if the state can't afford this responsibility then it's time to reevaluate the system and start over with a system that really words and is cost effective. These are juveniles and not adults. If the state's purpose is to treat them as adults then give them adult rights.


You need to study up on what the definition of a fascist political system is and how it functions. Republicanism and free market capitalism are about as far afield of fascism as you can get. You've made the same error in several other comment sections.


Texas needs to stop Remembering the Alamo because Texas belonged to Mexico.


Richard, to write this piece must have cost you a week of sleep.  Your forthright, sometime obscene, insightfulness is appreciated even if it makes us vomit shame at what we have become under Zuma.  That's your job and, in case nobody has told you recently, please know your contribution to naming and blaming is deeply appreciated.  The struggle continues, bru.  You are not alone, even if we are less articulate.


Nebraska had an easy target closing the beer stores in the tiny town near the South Dakota border that sold an estimated 10,000 cans a day mostly to residents of the nearby Indian reservation in South Dakota. That entire issue probably isn't over.

Alcoholism and its massive, disturbing impact (some which shouldn't be explained in a newspaper) is rampant on the reservation. But those problems at other degrees happen throughout Nebraska and the country. What will those people, who pressured the closure of the stores, do to help others with their drinking problems? Find whatever town has the most AA chapters or members and close those liquor stores?


Trump goes after another staff member to blame?


Sounds like I may have struck a nerve with an absentee dad. You need to do some research.  Kids who grow up without an involved father in their lives are more likely to grow up in poverty, drop out of school, get pregnant at a young age, get involved in drugs, lead a life of crime, and end up in prison.
So it's "misogynistic" to think that dads are important? Wow! Unbelievable. What about moms?  Loving robots?


Trudooo won't get a second term, he is a liar.
Go ahead censor globe you useless commies.
When the day comes you will beg and now one
will help you. Assholes


She needs to do prison time where she can reflect on her foolish past behavior and realize the consequences which caused the death of one of her passengers.....


The phases of South Africa's democracy transition:

1992 Referendum result - Some right wing whites disillusioned
2000's Mbeki destroys Zim - Many more whites disillusioned
2017 No confidence motions - Some black people disillusioned
2017 December ANC conference -Many more black people disillusioned (including Cyril)
2019 Election results - Many more people disillusioned (including Max du Preez)
2022 The good faithful ANC voters hungry and.... finally...................disillusioned
2023 BBC documentary about how apartheid destroyed South Africa

And the Guptas smile all the way


More froth from the lips of a man who truly believes he knows everything... and continues to bore us with his politically correct generalizations


Forced to play Orton ball? He is Rtn . . . I mean Trevr.


Of course, it's important to note when speaking about Clinton that she won the popular vote by around 3 million, the temporary POTUS and his family were involved in election violations, and are extremely chummy with the country responsible for hacking the 2016 U.S. elections. The degree to which the Democrats are "out of touch" with the American people cannot be compared to the criminal Republican party (colluding with a criminal regime). If it weren't for the former president's actions, millions would be without healthcare--and this the Republican party will do anything to take away. Many Americans are rightfully wary of populism--the American  variety is so frequently tainted with racism. The Republican party and their fake president are a stain on this country. But they'll never get what they deserve because (white) Americans are comfortable. If they don't stand up against racism--the violent immigration policies--of Trump and his base, I hope they lose their healthcare.


These so-called editorial "cartoons" are about as disgusting as Harvey Weinstein himself.  The suggestion that HW maybe should run for president, is pretty low.  Everett Herald, your allowing such despicable cartoons is....very sad.


Paul, you should know by now that the truth doesn't matter to Sara. Her strategy is to lob dumb bombs at us like the terrorists in Aleppo.


http://www.tundradaisy.org/DEWinfo.htm  Have fun. All kinds of stuff has been documented, largely around inventory and remediation.


A different issue.


Um, yeah, that's what I said.


We don't.

NcR does, however.


The city had it right.  There isn't enough use the pool can't exist without subsidies.  Go the SARC route and sell yourself to the YMCA, OMC and Jamestown.  Would like to know the percent of population using the pool on a regular basis before voting - but am leaning to "No".


Well I don't know what planet you're living on But for the rest of us these noise thugs assaulting our communities are not a "rare occasion" they are a frequent occurrence Where I live (Vancouver)  from May to October we get them 20-30 times a day. At least one every night after midnight. You go downtown or to a park or beach and it's at least four or five an hour. They think they own our communities and they ride around as if it's their god given right to disturb and endanger people whenever and where ever they want, just because it makes them feel special


Wow, 8 comments so far.
Maybe 100 if the "sensitive" folks would be more tolerant.


I am thankful for ICE and President Trump. These were bad folks who I don't want in my community.
Who remembers a shooting of a youngman up Stuckagain Heights last summer? One of Alaskas Somalia refugees was charged with that crime. I am not against trying to help someone in need but Charity starts at home. Feed our family first and if there is something left, than help another.
These picked up by Ice deserved to be sent back to their original homes. Not mine !


To be fair, slicing and dicing the electorate does work - see Harper's boutique tax credits and his majority government.

It's not principles or good governing, but it gets Manning's people into power and that's what matters to them.


The what no rebuttal to the false allegations of wmd's. I'm bummed.
I guess I can forget the economic realities facing the push for enemies in the Middle East. Falling oil prices being propped up by screams of paid legislators, our own included, to push for exportation. Let's try to to forget their arguments for drill baby drill for American independence from foreign oil. Our policies are being dictated by profits to multinational corporations. No leave that argument alone . Let's scream insults and measure peckers instead


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I agree.  Twenty of them were CU grads, including 2 who perished.  But alas, those glory days are over.  As are the rest of America's glory days.


I would give this article a little more respect if it said 'all people' rather than 'white people'. It would seem that the author believes that only white people are capable of racism and prejudice.
Black Lives Matter is prejudiced. They hijacked the Toronto Pride parade 2 years in a row! They care about no one but black people, but white people are encouraged to support them? They are just causing mayhem like the white supremacists or the jihadist terrorists. Sure they don't have the disgusting history, but they have to start somewhere. All these groups are steeped in hate. They all suck.


Gingrich...the Republican that preached "Family Values" who abandoned his dying wife to run off with a younger woman.


I would love to see a disclaimer of who paid for ads, but ultimately this won't happen because it would disrupt the left's disinformation strategies and smear campaigns more than anyone else's.

As for political ads, the only regulation should be to ensure that all parties are equally represented so that social networks and news sites can't be one sided.


The authors did not suggest Canada take more refugees, but to work with them in their "immediate refuge" countries.


The socialistic New Deal saved American capitalism from becoming American communism.
You're welcome.


Fair enough.  Either I read the piece too quickly or Saunders isn't sufficiently clear...or perhaps a little of both!


I agree. The notion of being an armed social worker doesn't seem to resonate.


You don't need animal tusks to become an artist.  Go find some good rock and pound away.  That's the way early artists did it.


NO. She doesn't need to show any "class" when departing, what the heck is that supposed to mean? Would you say that if it were a man we were discussing?? She was the acting Attorney General and independence is paramount, no need for that person to ever keep mum.

Simply throwing away long time members of Congress like old milk is not a complete answer. While I totally get McCain's shortcomings, he has more sense than any of the tea partiers, his choice of Sarah Palin notwithstanding. There is a lot of new blood in the Senate, but one dimensional is not a good idea when it comes to lawmakers, not for anyone.

"To him everyone is our enemy and we would send in the military if he had his way."

Funny, that sounds like our new President.


Taxpayer healthcare and college education appear to be working in Europe, Coreil.  One can learn a lot if they don't let Fox News do their research or rely on Fox News talking points.


Wrong again. There ought to be a prize...oh, I forgot, you already "won" the booby prize: Putrumpski.


Trayvon Martin didn't cause his own death. He was a 16 year old boy who wasn't committing any crime at the time he was being followed by an adult stranger. Martin ran away from him because thats what we teach kids to do when being followed by some one unknown, its called stranger danger. George Zimmerman was in his 30s at that time and as an adult should have been able to de-escalate the situation and could have by simply NOT FOLLOWING Martin to begin with.

Martin and all of us We have a right to not be stalked nor do we have to answer any question by any person NOT A COP as zimmerman wasn't. Zimmerman provoked a confrontation and he knows it. The only reason he got off is because FLA state laws don't recognize degrees of manslaughter. And since he story is the only one told the DA went with that. BLM is born out of the fact that the judicial system is flawed and skewed in ways that disadvantage minorities.


here you go again.  the discussion is about kenoi and you again pivot to denigrating Caldwell.  cb should admonish you for your continual denigration of Caldwell on these blogs, irrespective of the subject matter.  you are malicious and vindictive.


Definitely "artificial intelligence" to overcome the Liberal's "superficial intelligence"!


The problem with socialism, Shirley, is that eventually you run out of other people's money.


The Germans have been on a purchasing binge in the U.S. with control over the drug industry and many others under their "socialism" since WWII.  The usual ignorant don't even know they are working for foreigners throughout the Corporate Oligarchy.


@ AlwaysThere,,,,, That's exactly the level of moronic thinking displayed by ignorant Prohibes I've come to expect.


Please take a basic economics course before further posting.  Thanks.


Disagree.
The people are deciding what they want.
In BC, voters knew their choices.
The courts are essential in a democracy.
Otherwise we'd have projects rammed down our throats, with no recourse, by the government of the day.


Bishop Tom: I personally consider that for our people today it would be better and more “profitable” to speak about and emphasize “the life-death-resurrection project of Jesus” to establish here on earth the Kingdom of God  by “loving one another, just as I have loved you”.  “Our Father, …Thy Kingdom come…”     1)This moves us out of the realm of dogma, beliefs and all kinds of magic and rubs our noses into the nitty-gritty of everyday showing our love for one another by our actions toward every human person with whom we come into contact.
2) This makes our “faith inclusive” i.e. nobody gets excluded for “not believing”.  –  we recognize that many “non-believers” are doing much in the world today “to make it a better Mother Earth to live on now and for our great grand children, and helping us to live more “humanized” which comes down to being the center of the life and teaching of Jesus


Try GoPro cams with a forehead mount. Super wide Panorama vision. New Hero 5 Black is now sold at Hawaii Kai Costco for $400. Running out fast.


I think you are mistaken in your beliefs about the nature of the marijuana industry in Oregon, but setting that aside...

"It’s inconceivable to believe total honesty will prevail..."

This I agree with. Not because of "dopers", but because of human beings. It's inconceivable to believe that total honesty will prevail with any group of people who are required to pay taxes. That's why there are rather strict accounting and reporting requirements, as well as tax fraud investigators for all businesses. The tax people don't assume that anyone is honest.

And selling pot outside of the system, old-school, is just as illegal as it has always been -- in addition to involving tax fraud.


Line jumpers show disregard for US law and yo those who legally registered to become US citizens. Which in turn makes them undesirable candidates for US citizenship.


I enjoy watching Spicer work. He's not a butt kisser.  And after eight years of hibernation, the media rediscovered their cojones. That can only be good. Who knows, they might even enjoy doing their jobs?


yup drained the swamp of millionaires, rinsed it out and got more millionaires, added a few billionaires, all who hit the ground running, filled with the joy, patriotism, and morality to help the "little people", even if it means throwing some crumbs the little people who voted for Trump


Still being used by the boys in charge as a prop for desired behavior from the laity?

I recall an irreverent thought once, of God saying, "I have a message to send to humanity," and the apostles all clamoring, "We'll take it to the Pope, our successor!" and God replying, "You had your chance, I want ordinary people to be able to hear it.  Mom, are you up for another one?"


@Pono Keali'i:  If you think that the new American regime will leave Hawai'i forever, good luck with that.  Trump will never abandon a hotel with his name on it.  If anything, Trump will expand the U.S. Military presence here in Hawaii because of his promise to beef up our Military throughout the world.  You should ask him about that and see what he says.  My bet is you will never see a "Kingdom of Hawaii" as long as he's the President and Republicans have control of Congress because Republicans in Congress have denied Hawaiians Self Determination and the possibility of Sovereignty time and time again.


Must take an awfully privileged person to call someone else privileged for exercising their rights and just grievances. There will never be a "president Trump" btw.


Very few people have homicidal tendencies.


Thirty-Three babies admitted in 19 months. That is a scary, high number.


They hit pay dirt. Trump is scum. The problem for Clinton was everyone knew she was bad as well. Both political parties are rather lame and mostly care about enriching themselves at taxpayers expense. The Trump Administration spends millions illegally taking military jets for joy rides.


Men comply with the law as a means to please God. The acts you foolishly try to whitewash are 2 of the 4 sins which cry to Heaven for vengance. Your delusional proposition is rank heresy.


I think it's fair to say that Paris has taken the brunt of terrorist activity, from the November 2015 attacks on the Bataclan and elsewhere, with 130 dead, to the fatal shooting of a policeman on the Champs-Elysées Thursday night.

It's therefore interesting to note the election results in Paris tonight: Of the city's 20 arrondissements, Macron won 13, Fillon 5, and Mélenchon 2. Le Pen won 0, and came in fifth overall.


Probably found out on news that she dished the mayor and is famous.LOL!


Don't smoke pot, don't drive drunk, don't go mouthing off to the border folks, and you'll have no problems.


That's your opinion but to me your thoughts are stuck in a box. Learn to think outside of the box and maybe you won't be so bitter as you appear to be. Native Hawaiians need to take advantage of the educational tools that are available to us so we can evolve to a status where we can stand our ground together with lawful and meaningful debate. If you think that President Obama did nothing for the native Hawaiians you ain't seen nothing yet. Look at what the Chump has done to our Native American cousins and their fight against the oil pipeline. He is gutting the EPA and doesn't believe in climate change. Bottom line is that if the ocean dies we who are the offspring of her will follow in her path.


... he lied to get votes and fake prayed his butt off ... it paid off steak n ketchup for Cheetolini next 3 years 1 year down almost ...


Nope.

And after I spent the next five years defending those charged with crimes, that didn't change my opinion one iota, either.

The "Presumption of innocence"  is a make-believe story idea given to the jury to try and offset the actual facts that are going to come out in sworn testimony and physical evidence.


It's safe to say that all the hacking that's been going on can be chalked up to one big hoax  by the Republican Party.  DOJ and the FBI need to start busting this hacking wide-open.  At the beginning and end of the investigation there'll be Republican heads rolling.


So-called “free trade” agreements have decimated entire industrial communities throughout Canada.  The Council of Canadians reports that over half a million jobs have been lost due to corporate trade agreements like NAFTA.

If we really want trade agreements that create jobs, defend workers’ rights and protect our environment, we need FAIR trade that puts those concerns first.

Sid Ryan believes that the NDP and the labour movement can lead the struggle against CETA and the TPP, and ensure that fair trade, not “free trade,” actually creates jobs, raises living standards and protects our water, air quality and ecosystems, for all Canadians and future generations.  http://www.sidryanforndp.ca/sid-ryan-calls-fair-trade-not-free-trade/


I wonder how much financial impact, taking birth control out of a medical plan will translate into? How will they separate family planning advice/options out of healthcare?
Tighten the seat belts. We'll be seeing and hearing some strange things coming from the pulpits.


Christy is such a loser. Obviously power has gone to Christys head and she is proving she is unfit for the job .


Perhaps speculation is not a convincing reason to not recognize a clear cause effect relationship. Its is not affecting every desirable major city the same way. Its happening in other international cities, but not on the same scale nor with the same intensity. Australia has clear rules to avoid this problem while Canada does not. China had a major real estate bubble burst five years ago around the same time that money came to Canada and other cities. But have no doubt that Canada is seen as very desirable, open for exploitation and cheap.   Canada is and has been sleepwalking on this issue for a ridiculous amount of time.  The evidence is there its clear and policies that work are available. The biggest problem is a greedy realtor lobby, complicit Canadian  banks and a careless and callous government. and Toronto working kids will pay dearly for the  negligence.


I've been Concerned for the last  10 years. Voted for everyone who thought Rail was not the way to go. Unfortunately this public hearing on Rail will do NOTHING to change things. I also work on Saturdays.
Most residents who vote BLEW it by electing the same F O O L S again.  Good Luck and maybe people of Hawaii will some day understand that Voting does matter and the Democratic Party is Destroying this state !


I stopped watching CBC 2 years ago around the end of the Harper era. While there might have been funding dispute with the Harper Government, I could no longer stomach the anchor who is retiring, way too biased to the left. Until they start presenting BALANCED information, they are irrelevant. For me, I pass!.


Everybody Relax.....Kelly Anne Conway knows how to deal with this....no problemo......Easy Squeezy....


Of course not.  That would expose the utter incompetence of another state agency, riddled with corruption.


64hoo, you make an important point. If Steph Curry is not an important figure, why does the GOP mention him in their tax bill, and why does TRUMP tweet about him?

Yes, they are making Steph a topic of conversation. They are wasting our time, and should be voted out of office!  Not that it’s important, but Steph is more popular than any of them. Couple more years, and Curry could get more votes than Trump in the next election.

Curry for President!  Make America Golden Again!


Fair enough.  One might ask why there are these open positions in a Northern/remote town.  Many people don't want to move there as they have families, it's fine if one is young and mobile.  But what is the plan B for these positions if something goes wrong?  Being hired easily in Timmins or Thunder Bay is one thing, finishing the needed hours with all hopes in a handful of employers in the boonies can be something else.


It's about time! Good for the new GG. Science is about thinking and religion is about mindlessly obeying. No more opium for the masses. We need more thinking in this world. The longest lasting pyramid scheme is collapsing at last.


From Morocco through Indonesia a huge part of the Earth's surface belong to the 57 muslim states. Non Muslim minorities from Algiers to Baghdad to Armenia and to Greece were expelled. Time for them to strike back then!


Paul:  You have never and will never see me defending Big Pharm or doctors making millions of dollars per year.  I have, for fifty years, supported a single-payer system of health care.  Indeed, the medical industry spends hundreds of millions lobbying their "pet" legislators to protect the industry's economic interests.  I think you and I may be in more agreement on these issues than either of us realize.  regards, Gary Crum


In 1967 I volunteered with the Vietnam Summer Project, going door-to-door in Riverside, California talking to people about the war. So many liberals told us, "Well we can't just leave". Eventually we did, but not before a whole lot more US troops and Vietnamese died.

I don't think we are saving any lives in the Middle East we're just helping kill more people, and we should just leave.


BC Libs are corrupt. Nobody has any doubt about that. So we'll throw 'em out.
You are in favour of corrupt governments?


The level of intentional stupidity that flows from our city management team is astoundingly depressing. How do you come to a conclusion of making a TAXPAYER funded program like our parks into a lucrative revenue stream on those very taxpayers? I mean seriously you guys.... really.....?  Its time you put your crayons down and cleaned off your raspberry flavored windows and do something for the paychecks your given. Charging fees to take pictures and videos of OUR PARKS. They were and are funded by US as is your positions.  Knock it off and get over your selves already. Your just embarrassing yourself now.


Is it a sexual fetish of Trump supporters that they're practically licking Alzheimer patient mentally deranged 70-80 year old criminals and traitors with fat dripping off their chins and faces all the way to the floor? Disgusting.


oh perk up at least now you can use a transgendered bathroom.


And I suppose your hero Trump isn't a liar, and also isn't in the pockets of Wall Street? I'm at a loss for words.


Could not the gospel writer have been a bit sarcastic in his use of the word, "rock?"  After all Peter was the least rock-like of the characters in his gospel.  Wasn't Jesus being a bit ironic in his statement?  Isn't the message that the person, who was to be the leader of the apostles, was a fallen, weak, very fallible man?  All the Gospels point that out.  Yet to our great comfort Jesus chooses him, a fallen man like us.  Certainly Peter should be humbled by the choice, but as the gospels go on he can still very mistaken, more fallible, can he not?  Is there perhaps a message there for all the members of the Church, that leadership is not granted only to the super holy?  We see often it is not.  "Rocks" like the one Jesus confers leadership on are all over the place in the Church, are they not?


38 years old? Wonder what your sparring partners are saying?


I think our government needs to step back and concentrate on maintaining what we already have, Look at the state capital for god sakes! they can't even maintain the moat which surrounds the state capital, its a green algae mess! You people think A/C units in classrooms will get any maintenance, our government can't even maintain the current life style they created for themselves let alone trying to make life cushy for our public school kids. Most of our government workers can't even afford their own household A/C system, and those who have A/C are afraid to use it in fear of breaking themselves with high electric bills. I submit to all of you that Its a luxury left to those who can afford it. Like private schools, Porsches, Tesla's, etc. Ask yourself  "WHO WILL PAY FOR IT". You think your poor now, heheh, were in over our heads and our government put us there! And the way our government bites the hand of the republican administration in DC, you'll see no federal support come to Hawaii.


You are probably right.  Established physicians will not leave but they will cut back services.  Newly graduated physicians are much more likely to look elsewhere.  That's what happened in the early 90's.


"I read it on traditional Catholic website."
Why would you think that that website represents what the Church teaches any more that this one?  Now, they were Christian authors in the sense that they were comporting themselves as believers in Jesus Christ, yet Luke is not Jewish nor does he follow that tradition.  By the time most of the books of the NT were written, Christianity had parted ways with the Jews who, in fact, sought their persecution.

Paul refers to himself as an apostle, which is not an ordained role but a ministry.


Of course we saw it coming on Wednesday morning.


The Leafs blew it. After decades of being a laughingstock, they've graduated to being an average NHL team and...no one cares. Demographics have changed. The sporting public has moved on. Entire generations of kids born in the GTA - and immigrants coming to this region - have associate nothing but failure with the Leafs. They've lost most of them forever.

There will always be the older fans who will remain loyal for their own bizarre reasons. They're slowly dying off though.

No more evidence is needed than these comment boards. A few years ago there would have hundreds of comments posted for this article, equal numbers from both sides of the fence. Now, it's clear very few care any more.


The Not Withstanding Clause is the last resort of the desperate. Brad Wall is the latest to call for its use. And what he really won't admit is that he's underfunding the public school system, so parents have been sending their children to Catholic schools.


Many students are capable of doing far more than the limitations of the current educational system allow. Dual access is a step in the right direction as I expect this study to show. Unfortunately, many students do not have easy access to such programs such as rural students with limited budgets and internet access.
Development of better materials and methods for individualization of instruction could benefit all students in ways far beyond dual enrollment.


There's  another utterly ridiculous , yet surprisingly popular and anti-scientific opinion which states that human life does not begin at conception. All I can do is shake my head and cry.


By writing this piece author shows she herself is broken crybaby.

Summary of Hillary book: I lost the election and I am responsible. But here are the 1395 reasons that unfairly caused me to lose. Topmost is Russian hacking. I hate Putin with all of my passion after he embarrassed me as Secretary of State by not greeting me directly and sent the foreign minister instead. This is below my status. And now I am back. I will fix what Trump cannot. I hate Trump as much as Putin.

Trump response to the book: What happened? I happened.


Ige has bent over to take Caldwells goo. Even copying him now with his Kalihi Kakaako II proclamation that takes advantage of the poor and low iq to build condos and shopping centers that no one wants in Kalihi. The caldwell ponzi scheme continues and Ige is a willful player.


I agree. Trudeau wants to limit his appearances in the House of Commons for a reason; he knows he doesn’t help himself or his party. The constant ahs are only one problem. My wife noticed that his breathing is all wrong when he speaks, like he is always out of breath. Then there is the nebulous content. When the DOF was showing a $4.3B surplus for the first 10 months of 2015-16 and the PBO was forecasting a surplus, Trudeau should have had a statement prepared for him justifying the DOF forecast for a $5.4B deficit for the year. As it turned out, there was only a $1B deficit, entirely due to Liberal fiscal excesses, but historical precedent suggested that a big deficit for the year was still possible. Instead he just went into his creating-jobs-for-the-middle-class claptrap, without answering any of the questions about the budget balance. He’s useless.


Please sign my petition. https://www.change.org/p/pete-kelly-recognize-our-constitutional-right-to-conceal-carry-firearms-in-the-alaska-state-capitol


actually no. two reasons. first, the science of ethnicity and DNA is in its infancy. it's still often far from accurate. especially when dealing with natives. as an example, DNA testing says my native blood is from Central America. whereas my mother's native blood is Eskimo. neither is true. second, it is possible to inherit little to no native DNA even with legitimate, documented, strong native heritage. my sisters and I all took the same DNA test. and the result showed we all have different percentages of native blood and it correlates fairly closely with how we look. my mother who looks very native, has way more native blood than we do. not twice as much, as you would think, but six times more. none of us got even half of our mother's native blood. we got more of her white blood. my sisters who look more native, inherited more native blood. by ancestry/bloodline we are all equally 1/8 native on paper, but our DNA tests put us well below that.


And why is Obama just now releasing "evidence" of Russian election hacking as far back as 2008?


A judge -who is not a mental health professional- can take away constitutional rights based on feelings. No crime has to be committed for an “extreme risk protection order” to be issued. Due process is thrown out the window violating the 14th Amendment.

AMENDMENT XIV

SECTION 1

All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.


At least use facts. You know full well that those charities raised millions on those events, they were all cleared by the ethics commissioner PRIOR to them being done, and he offered all the money back.

You just hate Liberals.


Yup I agree, especially with the last 2 anti business administrations. Hopefully now businesses will be more willing to show more loyalty to get more loyalty to provide more security for their employees. But it takes a lot of time to undo decades of damage!


Network news has devoted more minutes of coverage to Clinton’s emails than to all policy issues combined, even as email investigations have not uncovered any wrongdoing.

There are rules for everyone else and then there's the Prime Directive when it comes to Hillary Clinton: Clinton is guilty...of something; we just don’t know what she’s guilty of or what the evidence is that proves it.

Any of you conservatives out here in comment land know what happened to those 22 million emails from the Bush / Cheney administration that just disappeared; the ones that congress subpoenaed and never got because they "disappeared"? I mean being that you conservatives are all concerned about transparency and all and want to get to the bottom of "wrongdoing", any of you folks know what happened to those 22 million emails. Anyone?

There couldn't be a double standard here, right conservatives?


CuE is a one-note organ. It's all about drugs, for him.

Read the sign: The NAME doesn't MATTER.......


Chuck tended not to play in those guitar friendly keys, bud.  He used those piano friendly keys like E flat


Is it just me or is everyone commenting on here nuts? I read some of these comments and it scares the heck out of me how some people's brains work!


Has anyone consulted Elmo yet?


I stood in a very long lineup to vote for Hillary Clinton in the primary, in Marietta, Georgia. The vast majority of the people in the lineup were black. Georgia went overwhelmingly for Hillary. "Neoliberal globalists who worship corporations?" Only in your imagination.


Sorry, but the bishops ALSO live on the planet earth.  If people are in danger from hurricanes, flooding, and from pandemics caused by warming climates----the bishops will also be affected.

Secondly, the bishops don't 'save souls'.  Only Jesus Christ can/did do that.
The bishops are sinners, too.  Sadly, too many of them forget that part.


The Trudeau government is Hypocrisy on Parade.


If I have my facts correct, the US electoral college, which is proportional representation, is the reason why Trump was elected. He didn't win the popular vote, but by virtue of votes in low populated areas being worth more, he won the college which got him the White House.


There's no question that questions have to be looked at and answered.
But people should remember that there are more than 150 COUNTRIES on the planet EARTH. Canada finished 11th out of all of those countries. I am not saying that we have no need for improvements, but the hype of the media often makes things look worse than  they really are - literally frightening people.


Wow! Another hit Trump piece. They don't even try to hide it anymore.  The writer, some unknown AP hack, puts their entire opinion in the first paragraph! So sad.
"entirely of his own making", didn't these players disrespect our National Anthem first?
Isn't our President allowed free speech as anyone else?


CSU should apologize to their fans for laying a fat turd out there again.


Time to hang 'em up, Timmy.
If you still have blisters on your hands after this long, you're not really trying.
Admit it to yourself, no matter how hard it might be, that it's time to find another line of work.


How brain dead do the 1-in-3 people have to be to think Trump is honest?


True the economy does tend to play a role although most know we are a global economy so how we stand up to other G7 countries is the bigger issue.  We are due for another recession and will likely have one before the next election.  If we aren't hit as bad as others like the last recession, then Trudeau will get credit for steering us through, but if hit harder than others like in the early 80s and early 90s recession he will be punished although probably not as bad as the Liberals in 1984 or PCs in 1993 as usually people tend to cut PM's more slack in their first term than if they have been there for a while.


And the UN Paris climate accord will have to be met by those kids...even if their parents re in denial. You'd give them a break by accepting evidence-based atmospheric science predictions today.


Trump has only himself to blame for things not going his way.  His bombastic and harmful rhetoric comes back to haunt him.  This is an example of poor leadership.  This president speaks out of both sides of his mouth.  He does not appear to be very intelligent nor does he appear to be emotionally empathic.


Why does half the crime printed in the paper have perpetrators with names like "faamolemole"
What nationality is that? This is where racial profiling sets its start.
"What's your name,boy?"
"Faamolemole"
Keep your hands where I can see them! Who's truck is that?
Does your mom know your not in bed? Don't make any sudden moves!


From article: "For the first time you could actually see just how different B.C. is going to look in a couple of years if the NDP (& Greens), is allowed to govern that long."

Predictably, the "differences" described in the BC NDP/BC Greens' political agreement,  do not include a coherent, plausible economic & wealth/jobs creation agenda for BC that would be implemented during the coming 4-years.

The absence of such details is an outrageous affront to BC residents: as the BC NDP/BC Greens plan to eviscerate the unarguably highly successful BC Liberal govt's 2005-17 economic & wealth/jobs creation policies

Also missing were ANY details of how, exactly, the 2 parties propose that BC's political parties and their candidates  are supposed to obtain funding for their operations and campaigns... if, as the BC NDP/BC Greens propose, all donations from corporations and unions will be banned via legislation to be tabled sometime in the coming 2 months..

Unethical of G + M to not report this!


Everyone knows that ethanol causes more pollution than regular gas and it is harmful to engines but keep forcing on us because of politics.


Raven33: I don't rely on faith. Your ISIS comparison doesn't hold. I meant to say that all religious beliefs are a significant departure from reason. Reason works for us. Faith is the opposite.


Remember when MacLean's wrote an article about corruption in Quebec - especially the construction industry- and the federal conservatives had a motion in the HoC upbraiding Macleans  for the article & all the MP's were outraged about the article; then we had the Charbonneau inquiry , then the SNC scandal now the Bombardier scandal- all those MPs should be apologizing to MacLeans


What an ugly, racist thing to say.  I don't know of any white Americans who celebrate the "genocide of Native America" on Thanksgiving Day or any other day.  Can you name some for us icon?


The Globe's coverage of the Liberal's cash for access practices was excellent journalism and worthy of a NNA nomination.  My disagreement was with your comment that it "deserves the highest degree of the Order of Canada for those reporters."  After all, if you're going that far over the top, why stop at anything less than a Nobel Prize?

Lol - "partisanship" indeed.


I prefer that people be discreet about their religious affiliations when not relevant, yes, but when they are given a public forum AS Muslims, I expect them  to use it for what it was meant, i.e. inform the public about their beliefs, just as I expect a priest given a column will express what his beliefs are.

There are splits within the Muslim community, that is obvious to all. The more liberal ones are just as critical of the conservatives as liberal Xians are of fundamentalists, so why isd it that supposedly "liberal" newspapers give the conservatives a mouthpiece rather than their liberal critics?

I use "hijabi" because that is what they call themselves. Isn't using the term they prefer the politically correct way? And it's interesting that having claimed it is "prejudice" to assume all Muslims are "conservative", now even wearing a hijab isn't considered "conservative", it actually takes a burqa to qualify?

tbctnd


One thing we'd agree on is that legislators and judges should not be in the PERS system.  It creates a real conflict of interest.


Yes...Yes they do "need to die"....No and's, if's or but's about it, and especially the whine heard so loudly from the Anchorage crowd of a few years ago....the "they were here first" crap...


Joan Conrow,  I stand corrected.  You are correct that Walter Ritte raised the idea of testing.  He specified that soils, houses, surface waters, and reefs should be tested.  You were the one who raised the issue of testing children.  Good for  you.  Monsanto made over a billion dollars in profit last year.  Maybe they could fund it.,


Wrong, sweetie, Trump and his love and support of all things Russia are making this Amerussia.  I love my country, but hate what he's trying to do with it.


When will the Dotard propose "equal time" on Fox News?


So when you travel overseas you are an ALIEN?  So when the military came home in my day we were ALIEN, needed to remove the uniform so as not to be identified as an ALIEN and not to offend anyone.  Don't say you did not do that, your follow the majority.  Suggest you live overseas on the economy and get an education.  Crime rate, compare between what you call ALIENS and NATIVES.


18 years is more than enough. As long as the inmates know what he's there for, he will not need to be concerned about being there for 18 years. The only question will be how long he can live through the "experience" that he will be given, similar to the experience he forced on those unfortunate children.


Your college professor is obviously responsible for how you have turned out to be.


He's as dumb as my cat Sam.
No matter what my wife and I do, he just can't stay away from the shiny Christmas tree.
He just gives us that disdainful "What the hay is your problem?" look.
And keeps going back.


Can you provide a source for your claim?  Where do these numbers come from?


bigger following than the CBC.
anything else.


"I love the poorly educated." Donald Trump


"stupid local yokel legislators who can't read and understand contract law and many are attorneys"

While I do believe they are stupid, these legislators are doing this on purpose.  The government has long wanted access to the Permanent Fund, so they created a 'crisis' on purpose, thinking we are so stupid we will believe them and go along with it.

The corruption is strong with the new CBC, how do we get the FBI to help us out again?


Hell NO!
NO more home developments!

This project MUST BE STOPPED!!!!!!!!!!
Rise up and fight residents of Sequim! STOP ALLOWING THIS CRAP TO HAPPEN!!!!!!!!!!


Better late than never, I guess. But, more than likely too little, too late.

It would have been nice if, individually and/or collectively, the bishops' concerns about Trump had been stated clearly, and stated often, before the election. It's not as if this action, and others, by SCP45 were unanticipated.

I suspect buyers' remorse for a fair number of his fans is not too far distant.


Your hatred for the priestly caste and your virulent homophobia prevent you from acknowledging the obvious. Sexism, misogyny and homophobia are pervasive in space and time and represent a primitive dichotomy: man or bitch. It's why gay men have suffered more opprobrium than lesbians: gay men are perceived to assume the role of the 2nd-degree human female. Like practically every institution under the sun, Christian theology inherited and perpetuated this dynamic. We know the Catholic Church is hidebound by its shrink-wrapped theology and pretensions to infallibility. It's hardly an excuse to vilify an entire group of people based on sexual orientation.


Ginevra,

And quickly! Of course, if the wall could be built to exclude only DJT it would have served its purpose.


I don't even believe all the "leaks" the press presents to us. There should be a law that unless you can verify your quote with someone's name willing to back up their statement than the statement should not be allowed in print or on television. "Anonymous sources not wishing to be identified" should be outlawed. Fake News!


(Collateral) Beauty is discovered and appreciated in the heart, of which Blaise Pascal once said: "The heart has its reasons, which reason [the mind] knows nothing of."  And so we must look for our joy in pain and suffering, which make room for joy in our often over-full selves.  Thanks, Sister Rose!


Or at least finished from college (maybe graduate school?) with no student loans?


i put the phone on speakerphone and then put  it about 10 ft or so from the me.  i find myself  yelling "what? " and "hang on a minute"  a lot. when you want to hang up, grab the phone and either say "ok love you. bye bye." and just hang up or "XXXX, is this you? YOU SAID YOU'D SEND THE SUPPORT MONEY...."
 i gotta try the animal one - it sounds like fun...


Armchair quarterbacking is no better than armchair managing.

Elway has dominated the AFC West until just last year.  His quarterback development skills may be lacking, but I have more faith in him than, well, an armchair manager :P


Except, of course, this is still a dynamic and developing situation. There may be one more person in the GOP who cares enough about this country to keep a *filthy* rich, clueless, unprepared, war-profiteer out of a critical seat.


Anchorage or Fairbanks should be the center as things are consolidated. They are road accessible for students which is a huge deal compared to airline flights to Juneau. Juneau is fighting for their city's welfare and I'm not sure where they came up with a million, but Alaska must cut university costs. As things are cut it is stupid to preserve university headquarters in Juneau a non road accessible location. Sorry.


Scott chill, not everyone agrees with you and thats ok! You are entitled to your opinion and i'm entitled to my opinion.


907AK, sun rises, sun set.....I don't see you in Washington DC fighting this thing. So talk is cheap. All I am saying is if you don't fight it, then enforcement of such laws will be inevitable and hiding your head deep into the sands.....won't change a darn thing.


"...Science is still sexist. I know from my own experience.."
.
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Which any scientist would discount as personal experience is anecdotal information....It is also very likely to be biased, if the person putting forth the proposition, is using their own experience as a part of the reason behind the proposition..


Here we go
Clearly the board didn't want a local person
The problem is not the superintendent
The problem are the people we have in the rank and file


No.  And to compound things, it has to be an event or events that are directly related to Pence's own actions not merely because he is Trump's VP, ie. Pence has to actually be President and royally screw up before any talk of impeachment can even begin.  Just like many (especially in the Republican party) hoped of Trump, Pence has the chance to 'rise to the occasion' and 'mature' into a competent executive.  There's also the whole "innocent until proven guilty" aspect of due process as well.


And you believe that the Ninth Circuit doesn't understand that law?  Did you read the entire decision?


We can only hope and pray the next Devin Patrick Kelly takes up golf.


Only an "inside baseball" group of Canadians, principally left leaning members of the chattering classes, watch anything on CBC besides hockey. So little harm done.
I tend to become more distressed over out of control public debt and potential nuclear conflagrations with Russia or the Norks.  But then again Mom always told me I was a worrier.


...and personal friendships....


The battleships sitting in Pearl Harbor were all WWI vintage, whereas the carriers were post-WWI vintage.
Since 1937 until the end of WWII, 10 battleships and 39 carriers were built.
Source: Shipbuildinghistory.com


An according to your beloved Wash. post Cletus.
"The extraordinarily busy year is most directly linked to the strong El Niño event in the tropical Pacific Ocean, which has infused unusually warm water in many parts of that basin, fueling intense storm after intense storm."
We have no influence or control over El Ninos, and you know it.
They are nothing more than weather events
The same El Nino had a opposite effect on the Atlantic season
"El Niño typically reduces Atlantic storm activity through increases in upper-level winds that tear apart hurricanes as they are trying to form.  2015 has been no exception, with overall activity only about 60 percent of normal to date."
see: www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2015/11/04/the-northern-hemispheres-record-shattering-tropical-cyclone-season-
see: https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/ninonina.html


when will the Liberals introduce a national pharmacare programme?


The article makes a good argument that church teachings on sex are not just an LGBT issue but also do not meet the needs of the straight community as well.


Everyone knows it is going upstairs for a ruling by the Supremes.  Its actually a reasonable decision.  The PFD is not a right.  It was a product of Jay Hammond.  The original one that was voted in gave $50 bucks for every year you were a resident.  That was found unconstitutional as a result of a challenge by Ron and Penny Zobel in the early 80's by the U.S. Supreme Court.  Today's amounts are based upon averaging over a period of time.  As time goes on, the amounts are going to decline anyways due to continuing low prices.  Blame the legislators for doing nothing.  At least Walker did something.  And he told everyone he would do it if the legislature didn't act.  So who's to blame?  Encourage your legislature to get our house in order, otherwise there won't be anything to distribute within a couple of years.  I doubt there is another Exxon Valdez to jumpstart us out of a recession like last time.  Call your legislator today and tell them to act otherwise soon there won't be anything.


Yes, you are. Because the two of you have exactly the same attitude towards those in authority. You both bow before them without question.


There's also this gem of an extract from Gaudium et Spes, which has so obviously not yet been embraced by the institutional Church:

"True, all men are not alike from the point of view of varying physical power and the diversity of intellectual and moral resources. Nevertheless, with respect to the fundamental rights of the person, every type of discrimination, whether social or cultural, whether based on sex, race, color, social condition, language or religion, is to be overcome and eradicated as contrary to God's intent. For in truth it must still be regretted that fundamental personal rights are still not being universally honored. Such is the case of a woman who is denied the right to choose a husband freely, to embrace a state of life or to acquire an education or cultural benefits equal to those recognized for men."


I don't know Associa but I do thank them for what they did to help a great cause in Shriner's.


Justice for the financial industry - Don't hold your breath.

Since 2008, when the criminal activities of the financial sector brought the world economy down with it's fraudulent mortgage securities, then AG Eric Holder, who's last job was at a law firm that represents banks, failed to prosecute any of those responsible. Instead, small fines have been levied on the banks, which has become the practice.

HSBS fined for laundering drug money
Banks fined for LIBOR fixing fraud
Wells Fargo fined for predatory lending in 20012

The list is too long. Madoff and his ponsi scheme existed for years after it was revealed to the SEC. Government regulators, when they're not working for the banking industry, turn a blind eye to fraud justifying wrist slap fines because banks are too big to fail. Small fines for banks can then be paid with 0% loans from the FED.

Remember, politicians are paid to tell us they are looking out for the people, when they are only protecting their benefactors, not us


LOL
How would you define substantial if you were Putin?
Or should we just go with this definition: "Of considerable importance, size, or worth."?  In which case Russian hackers did this just for a little entertainment?
Or is it possible that the Russians are farther advanced with AI and just used several thousand bots?
Yep, there's still a bridge for sale in Brooklyn.  LOL


Ms Southey attests to the existence of principled and articulate Conservatives...funnily however, after 1500 words here and 50 columns per year,  it would appear that she has never actually seen one


True dat. But that's just the tip. What else was on those servers?
If Assange is to be believed, the treasure trove of info. handed to him was not from the Russians. It would be someone on the inside who felt burned by the DNC, Debbie Wasserman Schultz,Clinton or some other player in the DNC. What are they hiding? If someone broke into my house I would welcome an investigation.


Your land? dream on!


The single biggest cost driver in the ACA is the pre-existing condition mandate.  This transforms insurance into a payment plan, and in this case, an unaffordable one.  With costs as they are there's simply no way we can afford to cover everyone for a reasonable price.


The mob cannot fringe upon the rights of others.  Democracy descends into populism when the mob decides to punish those who disagree with them (i.e. the French Revolution) or to scapegoat a specific group of people and use democracy to harm others (i.e. the modern alt-reich).  We don't have pure democracy to prevent the tyranny of the mob.  People are allowed to have unpopular views or practice a minority faith without being killed or jailed for those views.  People who belong to a minority ethnic group should be allowed to exist peacefully in society.


A very poor one.


Again someone who gets to decide who can be Catholic and who cannot. Go, be happy with your church of laws; I take the Roman Catholic Church of Jesus, which is love, peace, compassion.


NASCAR was down 20% last year alone. TV ratings are falling because people are getting their shows from streaming services, not because they are watching less.


I understand your reasoning.  But I believe it is beyond the time to delegitmize Trump. He has demonstrated that he is unfit for his job. The more people who walk away from him the less influence he exerts while we wait for his inevitable removal.


Oh but won't anyone think of the homos?!!


When Cook inlet is the sole/source monopolistic supplier, and Enstar is the monopolistic buyer collaborating  with them you will get monopolistic practices - the analysis, investigation and consumer-protecting regulation of which is one key reason the Regulatory Commission  exists!

With climate change we have only had one cold winter in the past half/dozen. Over the same time-frame we also vastly increased ng supplies thanks to expanded Cook Inlet activity.
The Commission should justify its approval based on use, cost and data trends over more than a one-year blip! This is a huge increase!


The problem with multiculturalism is that it just doesn't work. You don't have integrated communities like the fantasy promises, you get silos everywhere, where people of similar backgrounds group together and have absolutely nothing to do with anyone else. They don't even need to learn English or French, since they never leave their own neighborhood where their mother tongue is very much the official language.

This has been demonstrated repeatedly, throughout history, all over the world.

That Canada needs immigration is beyond discussion. But please - stop promoting a fantasy world that simply doesn't exist.  In many ways, the melting pot approach of the US has legitimate merit.


Three whole dozen? From the whole state, eh? Can't swing a dead cat without hitting one? These people are statistically irrelevant.


High unemployment, high taxes, 800,000 plus eating out of food banks, failing infrastructure, huge debt and deficit, native/indigenous issues and more............

And we are worried about gender?

Somehow that does not surprise me - this rime minister is more worried about a tiny minority.

How about addressing the real issues of this country first - solve them and then get on with the small stuff?

Nope - rather take a selfie with a smiling vacuous expression.


Apparently, LGBTQ have more rights than normies do. For instance, LGBTQ can force people to do things against their will.


It obvious that the two of you come from opposite sides of the political spectrum.  I'm a centrist.  So let's try this - find some common ground.  Sara, you don't have to be excited about trump, but he is going to be our president for the next four years.  So let's at least give him a year or so before fully judging him - campaign politics are unfortunately not the same as real politics.  He won't be the first or the last politician to not accomplish things he stated he would on the campaign trail. If in fact he DID accomplish everything he would be the ONLY president to ever do so
But opinions about him aside, we need to treat each other well.  We are all Americans.


I... can't... help... it...   “fowl response component” or "foul response component"!!!


If you think that taking away the incentives will benefit poorer communities you are sorely mistaken. In fact, this will drive research to the private sector for funds.


She's not talking about the Right. She's talking about that Senator's specific comments. The problem with political discourse these days is that no one can talk about anything without people crying, "Yoiks, an an attack on my wing? To battle!" and leaping to the defence of anything in the name of the wing. Take it issue by issue. Chill on the hyperpartisanship.


"I love the poorly educated."

- Donald J. Trump


Rosedale has a public school, must be for all the help.  I can tell you for fact that Rosedale Freeland doesn't use the public school system for her little angles.
The elitist just don't get it, nor do they care too.


The point of dismissing charges against accused in long-delayed trials is to force the gov' to hire more judges, now! It is not rocket science. Though, any delay, or portion of a delay, resulting from a defense request should not count towards the delay limit.


So another plea bargain.  In today's courts, allegation means guilty so he agreed to make the plea to get probation and no sex registry requirement.


Justin has no qualifications other than his name.
Why does Canada have to suffer this substitute drama teacher born with a silver spoon in his mouth.

I fear for my childrens future.


I would guess that the schools systems are primary targets for pedophilia and there are probably a large number of these scrum bags that haven't be outed yet. Not only can you be a pervert, but you can do it on the public's dime.


"Someone once said something about...oh, yeah, Paul Simon: "Still, a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest ..."

Kind of like how the vast majority of anti-Trump rhetoric is piecemeal soundbites and context free misquotes?


Don't paint with too big of a brush, Kc.  Back in 1992 when President Bill Clinton was in office, he implemented the Welfare to Work legislation and the Republicans hated him for it because it did force able body people to move off of welfare and into the job market.  Employers jumped on board  because they received a hefty tax credit for every welfare recipient that they put to work.  If you visit Alaska's DHS public assistance website, you'll discover that there's a limitation of how long an able body adult can draw public assistance, and then their eligibility stops.  Children are permitted to  be on public assistance until they turn 18.  There's a lot of moving parts to being eligible for welfare or public assistance.  Seventy-seven percent of people on public assistance is children.  Check out DHS' website and see for yourself.


There is something basically wrong when you sanitized what is posted here. Two comments have been made on the above article and they were rejected. Any reasons except your corporate sponsors asked you not to entertain them.


Putting up a fence and increasing surveillance is taking precautions.  Buying heated trailers is surrendering.


Oh, you mean like the Republicans not allowing guns at their debates?  And the fact that Trump doesn't allow guns at his golf courses and hotels? Like that?


My comment was just an example to point out that it's NOT "strange comparing Bush to Hitler" as you stated. Many others have, even in Europe.

And I don't know what you're "supposed to care" about. It doesn't concern me one way or another.

Best,

RTD


The only reason "walk on water" Obama was scandal free was because any negative news about him was shut down by the MSM.  Where have you been, under a rock?


Wow - throwing away a six figure salary over drugs - a salary most people would be thrilled with even if cut in half.

Education clearly does not always equate with wisdom.


And yet the west handed Hong Kong over to these despicable creatures. We should have made the hand over conditional on the withdrawal from Tibet.


Post Media's Vancouver Sun and Province were, and remain, very guilty of burying stories or articles that are unfavourable to the real estate industry.  Which you could see, although not agree with, given their huge reliance on advertising revenue from that source.

I don't know what criteria the G+M uses to bury stories, but this particular article deserves more time on the front page.


America First Bad?
 Everyone else first Good?


"ground invasion of North Korea" or any attack of North Korea is a sure way to see the destruction of Seoul and other major cities in South Korea.  Now that NK has nukes and likely many short and intermediate range missiles to carry them, where do you think they are aimed at?  SK, of course, and maybe Japan.

Let's face it, SK has had over 60 years to establish better relations with NK.  They didn't do anything but rely on the U.S. for protection.  They totally underestimated NK.  Now that NK has nukes, the U.S. cannot protect them so they better start talking to NK fast.


Early abortions are not major medical procedures, normally.


Sorry Klastri, enough of the name calling. Have you worked at NIH? You don't have a clue and as usual, try to come off as a "know it all".  The NIH like the VA is not efficient. Are you going to argue it is?  I do agree that making changes, at this point, are next to impossible, as it has been with the VA which is a total mess. Here's a clue, the government isn't concerned about efficiency; they just want the job done at any cost.  I won't use the adjectives you use however.


Yes when they are so reckless that it gets back to the students.


Hmm

Sookal is
-A Lawyer
-An ex "fixer"
-Worked for an arms company

Not exactly the definition of a "reliable witness".

Far from having an epiphany folllowing the chief Justice's pleas for lawyers to come forward with information and do the right thing, I imagine that Sookal's motivation might have more to do with trying to obtain the 70 bar he says he is owed.

What is the hourly billing rate for arms company lawyers and how many hours would they need to work to earn 70 bar in fees?

By the time these various court cases are concluded, JZ will be safely esconsed in retirement around the fire pool surrounded by his bevvy, secured by his Presidential pardon.


Read my reply above to Another Commentor.


Why does it seem that it's now OK to voice lies, disinformation and hate?
Oh, right, nostalgia for the bad old days when people were things.
And justice depended on your social class.


Is that why the mainstream media have taken to calling Islamic terrorist attacks using trucks to kill the maximum number of innocent civilians simply "truck attacks"?  You wouldn't want to tell the truth when the truth could be called a "weapon" and lead to "repression", would you?  Better to have  ordinary citizens protected from the truth when the truth contradicts the party line of the elite.  Do you know that Stalin and Hitler did that too?


You would think they would know how, after all, they always appear to be on drugs.


Will Rogers never met Donald Trump.


I heard that Senator Maxine Waters and Rachel Madow thought Griffin's joke was funny as hell and wish it would come true.  Shows you where their heads are.


That's funny.  Various members of AST regularly go around getting in people's faces about how "Alaskans don't believe in paying taxes to support us", so therefore their opinions matter little to them.  One of those troopers even shows up here to comment every once in a while.


I am afraid that "promote the correct policies for other cultures" smacks of Kipling’s “White Man’s Burden”.

http://monthlyreview.org/2003/11/01/kipling-the-white-mans-burden-and-u-s-imperialism/

We are not the British Empire and it is not our job to bring our view of reality to the "benighted" little brown, black, and yellow people elsewhere.


There is a myth in this story which can easily trip one up. The author relates a comment claiming that if you work after age 71 you will be giving all your work income away in taxes. Untrue, not even close.

For someone whose work income boosts their total retirement income to between $70K and $90K in retirement,  the marginal tax rate is around 40%. You get to keep about 60%. The marginal tax rate goes up to 50%+ if your income exceeds $200K but retirees with that level of income are few and very far between.

Misinformation like this that is embedded in relevant stuff gives it a credibility it does not deserve. This story is likely to be used by some retirees, likely the mathematically challenged, to plan their lives, resulting in bad decisions


Decades ago, a science fiction writer by the name of Arthur C. Clarke wrote a complicated science-fiction short story about a technologically-advanced society going to war with a less-advanced society -- and losing. It defeated itself.
I feel RTD is defeating itself. Rather than use tried-and-proven sensor technology that railroad companies have used for decades, RTD apparently used computer-based sensors -- and now has to rely on low-tech security guards.


Then you don't know your medicine or your catechism.


And the military, in its august wisdom decades ago, decreed that every military person's identification number would be their Social Security Number.

Army and Air Force  July 1, 1969
Navy and Marine Corps January 1, 1972
Coast Guard October 1, 1974

1969 President:  LBJ, followed by Nixon.

"The Defense Department in 2007 announced plans to move away from using Social Security numbers. The Pentagon in 2009 began removing the number from military ID cards. Social Security numbers, however, continue to be used throughout the Army and military."


a judge that is out of bounds again.


I understand their attractiveness for you, then.  I'll continue to ignore them, however.


"the job is going to a new employee at the nonprofit who previously held a similar position in the state of Washington."

So there are no 'trained' social workers who are currently residents of this State?  It is always just amazing how 'new' government programs always entail the hiring of someone from out of State!  Consulting lawyers, negotiators, Superintendents, Principals, architects, contractors etc.  The list goes on.  Certainly there are speciality fields which have never been seen in Alaska which require this outreach but when there is already a program, with trained personnel, who currently are doing the job?   Am I the only one who sees a problem here?

Yes this person is a 'new' employee, which means they are already here.  Did they move here because of a promise of this job or is there a family relationship?

Remember, part of that Federal grant money comes out of your taxes.  Matching grants usually do too.


What a load of Crapola, you can't be serious


This was my first thought too - who is going to forgo the sympathy and try to take advantage of this. Personally, I think that there is enough love for Mazie to keep all the possible contenders at bay, or at least talking real quiet-like about their intentions.


Almost 40 years ago I was stationed in Korea and Kim's father spouted the same threats, minus nukes of course, to invade S. Korea, and destroy the "Yanks"  Many a day I heard the same lame "We are only 3 minutes MIG fighter time from being bombed.  What has changed? nothing....well actually there will be more peace because now N.Korea is a member of the "MAD" club, "Mutually Assured Destruction".  However in N. Koreas case, we won't be completely destroyed but N.Korea will glow for a thousand years.


Roughtie: here is the thing to your trick question, I don't pay for my tickets, they are usually gifts from corporate elits, pal. How's that?


It is a real problem to closely define these external cost.   I don't take them as pure fact on cost, because there are so many variable in cost that all numbers have a lot of speculation.

But logically, those items that the writer brings us as external cost, are most certainly good things to consider that have a cost.    We can either ignore them because they are imprecise, or accept them as factors that should be considered.

Sometime a tactic of persuasion is to obfuscate the issue with detail. (baffle with BS)    The writer does some of this by asking us to have a high level of trust in the numbers.  The opposition does this as well, by demanding only perfect clarity when perfect clarity it impossible.

If you've worked in a team, you know that not all problems have immediate answers.   That doesn't stop good teams from addressing a problem.  Good leaders are optimistic that unseen challenges can be met.     Great challenges come with risk, uncertainly should not mean retreat.


Only another 10-30 billion and Trudeau will have that Nobel Peace Prize he is trying to buy


What a complete and utter bummer! I'll write it, no problem. Retired and bored. Dutch is my favorite place to be.


Don't look now, Chance, but the tank that you wallow in is bought and paid for by the Krotch Brothers, the Karl Roves, and so-called Citizens United.  Pinocchio didn't believe his nose grew from telling lies.


They are so conflicted, they don't even recognize what confliction is anymore.  Just read Meyer's comments.  "Duh, I can't imagine how maybe we could pay our own way.  And having face-to-face conversations with people and building a bond with them could in no way influence my vote.  That is just inconceivably preposterous."  Dude has to go.  He got us here, and he sure in the hell ain't helping us with solutions.  And he is out of touch.  He's been an oily lightweight from day one, and now he's a dangerous lightweight, bought and paid for, with power.


Concubines? Multiple wives!


Maybe 5 more losses for the rest of the season.  Thats fair.  They are on a roll.  They are a number one team,  they got the number one goalie, they got the number one centre,  their defence rates first in the league,  they are big and strong, they got the best of coaching,  management,  plane charters,  Trump Hotels,  hey,  get the Moostangs ready,  the parade is on schedule.   White House greeting by the Donald,  man are things rolling along.


Easy to see the hardcore trump anger.


Chaput seems to miss the fundamental message of Jesus.
We are not punished for our sins; we are punished by our sins.
Jesus taught us to live a Life of Love (aka the Way or the Kingdom of God).


Being able to opine to your congregation about things political should not be illegal, even for organized religions.  Churches promote their own teachings all the time...that's what they do!  The left's attempt to secularize everything, and not wanting any moral or ethical judgement is the basis for the Johnson Amendment.  We can see the destruction left wing secularization is inflicting on the country.  With no morality, no ethics, no distinction between right and wrong...the "if it feels good do it" line of thought has gone on for too long.  And I'M NOT even a church-goer!


Do you fear that your son will grow up and become one of the homeless? Seriously.


Trudeau failed to show...must have been a better party to go to. I love when he goes from being our national embarrassment to our international embarrassment


I loved this post. I think my wife would resonate  with it.  I would oftener like to wander farther from home than she would.


There are many tremendous business people who create thousands upon thousands of jobs in this country, they are leaders and they are respected.  However, they are not the CEOs of top 100 public companies.  I'm talking about entrepreneurs and visionaries that create new jobs in Canada.
Most of those top 100 public company CEOs are vastly overpaid and supported by the cozy club that is other CEOs and director-types who appoint each other to cushy roles on boards.  Everyone is afraid to say NO.  It's like free agency with no salary cap.  Look at employment figures, it's not from the big PubCo's.
Finally, for the one CEO who can run, say a Canadian bank, there are many others within the same company who are just as capable and make far less.  Two of my close relatives were very high up in Canadian banks at one point, and some of the good stories, and stories of incompetence, are surprising and sad.  It makes you feel like voters did after seeing Trump rise to the top.


Conoco does claim to be Alaska's Oil Company and they have good reason to. They try to keep as much of the fabrication (most modules are in built in ANC, FBX or KNA), materials acquisition in state and hire local as best as they can.  Granted, I work in the oil and gas industry, I have worked several projects for them and found them to be more true to their word than some of the other operators that I have worked with.  You can poor mouth the southbound workers as much as you want but you cannot legally limit who can and can't work in this state so your comment on us paying for planeloads to take money out of state is ridiculous. What have you paid out of your own pocket to support that claim?  I've lived in Alaska for 34 years and have had to seek work elsewhere due to the economy (I still live in Wasilla, grew up in Palmer) so I'm not going to fault other workers for doing so as well. Also, to find quality or specialized talent that lives in state is hard enough without limitations.


Some interesting points but the real issue is that the organizers make unreasonable demands in terms of facilities and this has made hosting the Olympics - particularly the summer version - prohibitively expensive for virtually any nation. In the interest of encouraging the IOC to reconnect with reality we should forego hosting any Olympics until reforms are made


Obama is embarrassing himself.  Cringeworthy conduct.


I grew up in Anchorage and have lived in Fairbanks since '89. Any rivalry (outside of sports) is for people who are just not busy enough--and both places have lots of things to do. I miss the Kenai Peninsula and big mountains right outside of Anchorage, but I like Fairbanks traffic better and love winters that stay wintery. If you are going to come cross-country ski, you've got to try Birch Hill for civilized trails and the White Mountains for semi-civilized trails.


This is not a radio voice. In the old days you couldn't be on the radio unless you sounded like you were speaking from the bottom of a barrel. This woman's voice is like fingernails on a chalkboard.


Don`t worry. V.P Pence had a five minute spot on KTUU channel 2.   He told us not to worry,.. but not why or how his so-called fix works.  Millions of Americans are being railroaded..without representation or a voice.
So Pence and the fifty-two republicans in the U.S. Senate want to ram the ACA repealed/not repaired, through in a floor vote, with the help of a few little gifts like the pocket change for Alaska through Murkowski,... really short-lived bribes for her voting yes BLINDLY, without having gone through a public non-partisan committee vetting of the issues.
Just this old Alaskan`s two cents.  We`ll see if she has the stuff now..   Ohio Dan?..forget it.


Hopefully this change will lead to some sanity in the whole climate change 'debate'. Kudos' to the President Elect for not bowing unnecessarily to Green activism. Hopefully a rational discussion can ensue.


That is why the spruce bark beetle got spread far and wide on the Kenai,  The Division of Forestry in their wisdom opened up firewood cutting for free and every one flocked to get it and stacked it nice an neat underneath their healthy live trees.  The beetle larvae can live up to three years in the "dead" firewood.  When they flew at 50 degrees next summer... they flew into the nice healthy trees and radiated out from there.  voila infestation


Yes!  The same as losers at a pawnshop.


Yeah, too bad, ANWR stand for Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

The whole country owns it, not you, not Alaska.

Bye now.


Montreal starts this Wednesday handing out cheques at the Montreal Olympic Stadium.   Who is paying for that?  Ah, taxpayers!


what I will find interesting to see is whether or not Chicago will see only brown faced, Spanish speaking people being picked up by ICE or if we will see white faced Slavic folks as well?   Chicago has a huge number of undocumented persons from Poland and has had for many years, will they be targeted too or is this just a racist act against those from south of our border?


"I'm tired of resources being extracted from rural areas and the resulting revenue being used to pay for projects in Wasilla. Clearly these KBG people are just lazy, don't wanna work or pay their own way, and just want to wait for government handouts to fix their problems for themselves"
I am really glad you said "just joking" at the end.  I used to live out in Western Alaska and the amount of money the Federal and State governments spend out there is incredible.  The village that built their town on a sand bar in the ocean and now have a brand new town on real ground (what a concept).
The state needs to spend money where the CITIZENS live, no matter where it is.  Personally, it astounds me that the once oil rich Alaska doesn't have a highway infrastructure FAR better than it currently does!  I have lived here for fifty five years and I thought by now we would have way more than Highway's number 1-2-3-4 & 5.
Use that permanent fund money to build the infrastructure needed.


That poor lady. What a tragity. My prayers go out for friends and family of the victim. It's so strange how heroine changes people into monsters . I knew Slavic growing up and he was actually one of the nicest guys. I hate heroine. It has over taken our community and it changes people into something no one would have thought of. It ruins everyone's lives, and from what I've seen from people who have done heroine is they never recover. They are good for a while and then the relapse and start hurting people and stealing. We need to be teaching about this horrible drug in schools. Half of my high school was addicted and more than half of them have ended up in and out of jail for stealing to feed the addiction, and the other half have passed away from over doses.


The Big Island is a different place, real different. The tag line for Austin TX is"Keep Austin Weird. What's Puna's tag line?


Seriously?  Did you forget your meds today?  I'm concerned.


I understand your point. Since states developed slowly centered on the development of agriculture they are historically only about 6000 years old.  Does that mean there was no slaughter, rape and pillage prior to that?   Social Scientists believe the formation of states developed as a means to protect a groups excess production of foodstuffs. So the state came into being to protect itself from theft and aggression by stateless  tribes.  My point is that mankind and his agggressive nature predates all of civilization.  Nihilists believe the state is the culprit and want a pre-state world. But man himself is the culprit. The state was built as a defense against man’s nature.
What is interesting is that the state became the dominant social structure and would expand by subjugating stateless people’s.
That is my take anyway.


The county should turn it into a giant pot farm. I bet that would pay for the beds.


The usual action of the die-hard partisan voter who decides to vote in an open primary not their own, is to vote for the opposition most likely to lose to their own parties candidate---

It would really be best if there were more swing states---assuming people want that---by making internal state politics more competitive. Lets reduce the power of the parties in favor of a wider look at possibilities. We should always be more concerned with the nation or state than the party politick.

Personally I am glad for the relative paucity of presidential campaign in Oregon---in today's media world I wish they would save the money and stay home altogether. I also wish that every candidate had equal portions of a federally mandated weekly media exposure either self-generated or in the name of news coverage with the exception of truly news-worthy unplanned occurrences reported by someone other than the paparazzi that hangs around all the time anyway.


You are in fact spreading lies.  BLM organizers have repeatedly condemned violence.

Why is it that you keep repeating lies?   Facts matter and you don't seem to be interested in them.


No. Hageland operates under Part 135 and Ravn is Part 121. Does that help?


The issue at hand is getting to know each other's perspectives. Stay on topic.


Shameless. Self serving. Opportunist. To most, those have a negative connotation.

But she's a politician looking to milk it for life, like all the others in state house/senate/city council/etc etc...


Get off the bash Tump narrow minded band wagon.... he  will never cause us the damage that our own incompetent leaders like Trudeau and Wynne are causing us. So fellow Canadians lets start focussing on the real enemy our own government not the USA's.


"Amoris Laetitia isn't easily reducible to tweets, or even answers to a single question: Can they or can't they?" he said, referencing the question of whether divorced people who have remarried without receiving annulments might receive Communion in some circumstances.

"It's a whole, I think, rich and challenging ... process of forming conscience in the light of the Gospel and the tradition of the church," said Tobin. "I think it would really be a mistake to just try to reduce it as a sort-of bite-sized response to a couple of very concrete questions."

That sounds like a "No" to divorced and remarried people receiving Communion. He's correct that accompaniment of people in objectively sinful situations is about (re)forming conscience in the light of Christ's words and Church teachings.


Over 50K high-paying direct Canadian jobs + a similar number in supporting companies - and all of this NOT natural resources based (which everyone says we need to stop being just natural resources country)


I don't know.  He looks like a cop.


However young men are not particularly more gullible than young women. However women are not groomed for war the way boys are.


As a gay man, I am all for LBGT equality. However I have to agree with this - unless they sign a waiver that they will not submit any of their procedural or other related expenses to TriCare. The military - therefore the taxpayers - were forced to foot the bill for Bradley manning's transition and all the maintenance that goes with it while he was in prison. I don't think that is right. It opens a floodgates that will be tough to close.


Slow Down Drive Safe Alaska ~ Use RWIS System before your Road Trip url provided :-)http://www.roadweather.alaska.gov/iways/roadweather/forms/AreaSelectForm.html


Spring....I hit the like button on this one because your suggestion to expand CAHOOTS to 24-7 is an excellent idea.  Cahoots staff members are specifically trained to deal , and experienced in dealing, with individuals experiencing psychotic episodes.  Realistically, police officers can't be expected to have the same level of competence.  Additionally, officers are seen as a much greater threat by such persons so the interaction is far more likely to escalate.  Your suggestion is a very constructive one.  regards, Gary


This move by Sen. Hirono follows what is becoming a well worn pattern in Hawaii politics. In order for politicians in this town to receive the necessary monies from progressive groups looking to dump cash into the next couple of election cycles, candidates must show their dedication to the progressive cause. Dedication to the cause can include any and all opposition to anything Pres. Trump puts forward, even if it is a viable Ambassadorial candidate for Japan.
Now does this mean that progressive politics in Hawaii is bad or good? That needs to be decided upon by the voters themselves when they go to the ballot box in 2018 and beyond. But be aware that this is where a lot of what you see happening at all levels of our county and state government is coming from. It's about the money and where these guys can get it.


wrong the FBI did not support the notion the russians hacked the GOP! what typical hate trump bs headline is this again


I'm with you there - not to mention, without DST, the sun would be rising at 4am in the summer...  do we really want that?


Remaining anonymous allows people to say anything they want about anybody without any personal accountability for what they say.  That is where most of the vile trolls are at.   I use my real name and say what I want in the open.  As far as being critical of women without being vile - there are many who deserve it in spades, particularly radical leftist feminists whose favorite pastimes are pretending to be victims and  bashing men.

Ms Buchels  tends to engage in what  is called  vicious psychologizing  and has her own term for the dark side  for:    the Dark Tetrad whose traits drive an awful lot of criminal behaviour – and also a fair amount of male success, as demonstrated by the current occupant of the White House."
Oh my, the Trump Derangement Syndrome comes out in full!

Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama,  apprentices to Saul Alinksy the  patron saint of community organizers - an admirer of Herbert Marcuse  the New Left's patron saint of  repressive tolerance.  They get a pass.


It's actually funny how many uneducated anti-Trump posters there are here at G&M.  The writer has conceded that neither China nor US revealed a lot of information about their call.  Yet, people here have already concluded that Trump has caved.  I wonder if it's because anti-Trump posters have difficulty with reading and comprehension?  Or do they have limited ability to read beyond the headline?


I note that you included facts for the number of people killed by police in 2016. Sadly, you did not include the numbe of police killed in the line of duty in 2016.


The Port doesn't have money to extend the runway. This is what they got. There are so many FAA rules they have to abide by you have no idea. It's not just that easy of a fix. This isn't about money being paid to someone, this is about public safety first and formost.


Jail Trump.


Thoanehenenrt W
I came to Canada in 1957 and entered public school. It was the most horrible experience for a ten-year old.  There really isn't anything good I can say about it. It wasn't like where I used to, in england. There was no gym, or sports, or the kinds of classes I was used to, like pottery, and folk dancing. They were just a bunch of strange kids I didn't know and we had to sit in class all day. I wasn't even abused there. It was just normal for Canadians, I guess.


I have always held Mr. Teuber in the highest esteem and have known him for years. He is hard working and  a team builder as demonstrated by the health of the current Alaska Native Health System. Its unfortunate that the money for him and Roald were even ever offered / given to this team. Of course it is going to make them targets. The gal over there at SCF isn't much better. She's not the people person that the ANTHC team guys are but has done a bang up job of bringing the system to the forefront and a model for the national health system. We all make mistakes and taking this much money is a big one. I am sorry for the price to pride and reputation that this is going to do to Teuber, the CEO and the board.


no, we want to be informed, unlike you RWNJ's