Wow a temporary solution that actually makes sense. Park a tractor trailer/ mobile CBSA office and border check point...put up fences 5 km in either direction of said spot and tell USA it is a border crossing. The USA can then do the same if they wish...else just point everyone backwards into US for asylum applications.


"Prove it.  So what?"   Bing it.   Trump's EPA will concentrate on clean-up of dirty sites as opposed to pay-outs to unemployed scientists who support leftist government policies. Get it?


You're a career cretin, who needs a long sentence.


Like the Executive Order dated, April 18: 'Buy American, Hire American'.
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Why doesn't Freeland look after people in Canada that need help instead of  interfering in the affairs of other countries with taxpayers hard earned money.Maybe help our own Indiginous people recover.


Nobody believes you ever supported Trudeau.


No problem here, at all. Look at the poor schmuck that gave Civic Stadium to the City. His wishes completely were ignored.
What message does this send to those who might consider giving the City a major gift?


There's a guy after my own heart- good on ya.


You are interpreting things in a way that is, in my opinion, a rather skewed reading of the article.     You are making some statements (high school OR specialized training) and pretty much missing the entire point that the idea is to do the specialized training IN  high school (change the OR to an AND)

you request numbers to prove a point that you are making that the only one suggesting is true it you.   You are the one suggesting that making $75K out of a high school is an expectation.  No one else is.  I am suggesting that it is possible to not have an advanced degree and earn that sort a salary within a reasonable timeframe (a few years).


You are kidding, right? State employees work for the Government that ONLY generates money from oil revenues and tax payer money. If they worked for the private sector that generates a profit, I'd be supportive. When a private sector company can't generate enough profit or revenue to pay their employees, they lay them off. We need to start reducing the numbers on our State payrolls by reducing hiring and providing an early retirement incentive.


Good old "Neato" neil. Terrified of good, law abiding citizens that would protect him and his family if push came to shove.


We can set up a tax for non-residence workers any way we choose regardless of what you call it.  It's just wrong that folks are making so much money off of our resources and it goes to fund other states.


Cherry-picking


"- you began to emasculate men."

<looks down my pants>  Yup...still there. Been listening to Pat Robertson, I see....

"- you decided to make our children soft."

Oh..so if we speak up against bullying, that's making kids soft. I heard Michael Savage spout that line, too...

"- you attacked our way of life."

But it's OK to attack gays and ethnic minorities...gotcha...

-"you decided to let our government get out of control."

You mean like Bush & Co. illegally spying on us during his regime...

" "You" created "us" - the silent majority."

No...you have always been there. That's a term Tricky Dicky Nixon coined.

"We became fed up; we pushed back and spoke up."

Yeah..we saw how at Trump rallies when you physically attacked those who disagreed with Herr Drumpf.

Bet you're looking forward to wearing your brown shirts....


Actually, the liberal view is that controversial matters, in fact, do need to be discussed.  Your statement in reference to PC America and no open discussion of such matters is simply not the case.  Civil discourse is supported by every liberal/progressive person I know.  Responsible adults, regardless of their own personal views, need to promote the values of open, civil discussion of the many controversial topics and issues which surround us today.


Only in Canada would people complain that things are going well. What if housing was crashing? Canada is a safe place for investment, with Toronto specifically getting 120,000 new residents each year. Until they build more houses (which will not happen), prices will go up.
People were always calling that Vancouver housing would go down, every year since 1986. Well, they finally got it right in 2017. Congrats that your prediction only took 31 years.


Tuxlt  Answer a simple question " Will this help  the peace process or will it just score points for the Palestinians


Nice............


Total opposite of the Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition with his ship, the "Endurance", with Ernest Shackleton and a crew of 27 men, a cat and 69 sled dogs.


Tell that to the government union workers! LOL
They like to work when you're at work so they won't actually have to really work when no one can make it to the DMV! LOL


You see racism because you speak when you should listen. You have zero understanding of what it means to live as an Indigenous person with 2000 years of ancestral connection under your feet on a daily basis. You will never "get it" because you don't care to. You know nothing of this place you seem to think of as your home or it's people. instead, you choose to stay uninformed, disconnected and bitter when in reality you have excluded yourself.


https://www.eff.org/issues/real-id

Real ID creates yet another nation-wide sized database of all our different types of IDs into one linked whole.

As is the case, whenever a data base is created, it's either misused or abused purposely or it's hacked and compromised.  This new huge database is going to cause more identity theft, and more unauthorized surveillance, that's just a given.  And, it won't stop people with bad intentions, they have access to technology  too, so they can and will just create better fake documents.  It's like an information technology arms race, and you already lost because the technology is and has been already been compromised.

Due to common machine readable provisions, anyone who can get their hands on very simple machine reader technology can and will have many opportunities to also grab more information about you than you'd ever want most folks to have.

The money concern is the feds don't pay for the huge costs of implementation.  And it is costly.


Correct me and if I am wrong.

Isn’t the allure of this location the fact that it allows skiing in the summer?


Rachel Maddow is a nut...Right up there with Chris Matthews and Nancy Pelosi :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ut0TaegQ-kw


Really folks? At this point in time does it matter? By the time you guys give up protesting it's time to vote again. At that point just don't vote for him. If you didn't vote for him continue to do so. Enjoy your lives while you still can. At the rate the World is going radiation will be floating in the air soon.


...they didn't?


Yes, the Kinau on-ramp causes some freeway congestion.  BUT it is the short holding area for the traffic lights at the end of the Punahou off-ramp.  The traffic was still backed up to that off-ramp in the afternoon during the Piikoi on-ramp closure.


Did the woman put a tracking device on Russell's vehicle? Was the woman showing up around town in places where Russell was going about his life? Nope. Russell spent $140 on technology that allowed him to violate the restraining order that he obviously deserved.
More women need to arm themselves with deadly force and be prepared to use it in order to protect their lives, liberty and pursuit of happiness. Male on female violent crime statistics justify what should be women's no nonsense, shoot-first ask questions later approach to men who fail to observe legal personal boundaries. I hope this woman takes this scumbag seriously by carrying a loaded firearm with her at all times.


The point is that without rail the city saves billions over the years from not having to pay over $100 million a year for operations and maintenance of rail and Hart.  The point also is to save the city from expansion of rail which is not needed in this island because as an alternative to traffic congestion rail is irrelevant because modern technology and innovation today reduces traffic congestion and in specific cases can provide non-stop or fast moving traffic for buses similar to travel by train.


Junior clearly said any appearance of conflict should be avoided...... now he says they comply with the rules.  This is a major story and what the PM is doing may be illegal, or very close to being illegal.  Communications sent out from the PMO suggest these functions are for individuals to build relationships with the government...... that's in breach of the rules.


You're always talking about how you predicted the outcome.  You predicted nothing.  You said they'd lost a long time ago.  Sad that you are so narcissistic that you always have to be right and won't admit when you're wrong.  Actually you just troll here looking for reaction so I obliged you.  You're an ignorant, sheltered, little girl that has no idea how to relate to the outside world and cover up your insecurities by constantly writing to tear down those that are far superior to you and have achieved more than you ever will in your lifetime.  That's a sad life, but it's the path you choose for yourself.  Grow up.


an the left didnt? get real buddy. trump is not about taking away anything rights wise either that is just more lies the left cant stop claiming,. so do post though the links you have where trump ever said or posted anything of his plans to take away specific rights? we will be holding our breaths for a while waiting i bet


Wente claims that Trump has a short attention span, and thin ideas and complexity.  Margaret, Donald J. Trump is smarter than you, richer than you, better looking than you, and has been a bigger success at life than you.  Donald J. Trump got into an Ivy League school based on his marks, unlike Obama on affirmative action, vs Ryerson or wherever you went to journalism school.  You don't hold a candle to Trump in the smarts department and we all know it.  You're a child next to him.


The problem (I think) is the word Islamophobia. The problem is not that there should be a statement condemning anti-Muslim bigotry. I fully support the motion explicitly condemning anti-Muslim bigotry.

Umpteen times in these comments and on discussion threads appearing on my Facebook I have been called Islamophobic for (for example) supporting the kind of full-face veil and burqa ban in public sector employment that many countries have adopted, including Muslim-majority countries.

So, I feel that including the term Islamophobia in M-103 is basically condemning me, and lumping me in with racists, bigots, and anti-Muslim bigots in particular. I resent that.


Before last May if they gave Obama the job as zoo keeper they would not have had this problem of Hawaii politicians trying to escape from there offices by climbing the fence.


My thoughts are that if they think they have any evidence of collusion, they should arrest him. If not, please stop talking about this nonsense.


"Locals" are ridiculously ignorant?


The strange thing seems to be the perverted insistence of the Rs to continue claiming that they are fulfilling a 7-year promise to repeal the ACA despite the fact that a growing number of voters have changed their minds and would prefer that they don't keep this promise. They ought to proceed based on the current interests of the citizens who are starting to appreciate the ACA more than ever. The only ones remaining steadfastly against the ACA and want it fully repealed are the deplorables who always vote for Rs against their own best interests and the greedy wealthy like the Kochs who own the Rs. One thing we must all acknowledge is that the Rs never wanted a reformed healthcare plan that would cover all in the first place and we shouldn't believe they do so now. They are only giving lip service to a plan because it has become politically necessary. But all of their plans are designed to benefit the ones who don't need it and undo everything in the ACA that brings relief to the poor.


Assuming the reviewer was reasonably correct, it's jaw-dropping.
And this person is our Minister of Science??


The glue that binds the people of our country together is to be found in our founding documents:  A belief in equality and freedom, and the pursuit of happiness regardless of gender, race, creed, or religion.  It's a fabric woven of many different cultural identities and practices, from literally all over the world; Native, European, African, Asian, Middle-Eastern; and as such can't be undermined---Unless it's by those who vainly seek to secure the blessings of liberty for themselves alone, to the exclusion of all others.


"Demands," don't even bother sitting down.


But posting comments to what others post is how comboxes work, doncha know?

It amazes me that those who claim to be the most open, receptive, accepting people - such as many posting here - are actually quite the reverse.

Wow.


All sarcasm and cynicism  notwithstanding,  this  is a good idea--we need a public space at the center of town and this  renaming will encourage  greater respect and more productive use of the area.  We've heard a lot of great music there in  past summer evenings and can expect more now.
Regarding Mike Clark's concern that "it's not  inclusive  of who we are"--
Ken Kesey was a great writer, penning two of the Northwest's most famous novels; and
Ken Kesey was a creative founder of the Counterculture; and
Ken Kesey was a natural-born Oregon country boy, and "Sometimes a Great Notion" captures the essence of  traditional Oregon logging culture.
Not inclusive?  The only folks Ken Kesey didn't represent were the local  stuffed shirts.


Actually the most delicious point of note here is that the front page of the ADN has been exclusively stories by ADN writers for some time now with the McCain  article being the first exception and now its off the front view too. For quite some time the front page was merely a mirror site for the washington post and with the blaring headlines of the Trump Jr meeting absent from the front pages here its obvious something drastic has changed.

Could it be that another liberal rag is about to fold? One can only hope. It does appear that not only has the ADN failed to pay over $50k for the newsprint it received, (Catalyst Paper went into an Anchorage court on June 22 asking for an order forcing Dispatch, which also does business as ADN.com, to pay its March and April paper bills) (credit Craig Medred) but they may not be able to pay the republishing fees for front page placement of Washington Post bilge.

Go back to the home page and see for yourself. my post will disappear soon, again...


I'll answer this one without a surveyor's license.  There is no way the trail can be anything near 3022 feet in length (it must be notably longer) unless the average angle is VERY steep, like 85+ degrees, which is not even remotely true.  You are correct that a hypotenuse is always longer than the height but for it to be within 2% of the height requires quite an interesting right triangle.  Try drawing it out and you'll see what I mean.


Bannon? Christian? Nominally, maybe. By behavior and action? Seems questionable at best.


If you want a solid phone with a bland interface, go with Apple.  If you want an interesting and attractive interface but quirky performance , get an Android.  Pretty much like choosing who you want to date:  the person with the dependable, good personality but just barely good-looking, or the knock-out handsome person who may not be completely reliable.  In smartphones, we are stuck with just two choices, unfortunately.  But, then, how many of us REALLY use our smartphones to their full potential?  Maybe 1% of us.  For the rest of us, they are toys, or worse, status symbols.  We all need to get a life.


The many ways to say "laugh out loud."  LOL, ROFL, LMAO, ROTFL.


What this article and comments overlook is that we voters had to choose between two abyssymally-flawed candidates, with no realistic alternatives.  The lesser of two evils on steroids.  God help the USA!


If certain women choose single motherhood, then they must be dumb and selfish. It is hard enough for two parents to raise a kid - one parent at best can do half the job.

And the kids of these single mothers suffer the most. Three quarters of men in US jails are from single mother families. Most of these kids don't go to post secondary education. They will likely have kids early, and the cycle continues.


typo above in last sentence of first paragraph:  replace "same" with "opposite," although the meaning doesn't change, since all behavior using the sex organs is learnable.


Agree! Hawaii thanks you for stepping up to the plate!  Aloha


Just to inform you, the right to own guns is already regulated, quite heavily. If current gun laws were enforced we might see some improvement in the numbers of people killed by guns. The proposals being considered now will do nothing to improve the situation.


Well here is something heartening. After three days of article after article on this stuff so few people are taking the bait that not a single article is currently in the top 10 trending articles as posted by the Globe. Maybe most people aren't fooled by this stuff anymore.


Exactly. But too many uneducated people have no idea what actually happened here or why it happened.
By rule and the contract he signed by purchasing a ticket the guy had to give up his seat.

They should have let him sit there, delayed the entire flight, deplaned everyone, arrested the guy for trespassing and violating FAA rules, then sued him for all the time and money lost for the company as well as all other passengers.


Monkey-
Sale and leaseback, of any asset, is a common biz practice.  Have u ever actually BEEN in business or do u just lob spitballs from the bleachers ?  BTW,  net income of $860M for 2016 was not all about "slight of hand".


In other words:  Tsk, there is much friction between me and those who disagree with my political beliefs.  The obvious solution is for these people to accept that I'm right, and they're wrong.

Keep on trying, but we just had an election and your side lost.   Preaching to the defeated choir isn't helping anyone.


The Rockies have been excellent about not losing those "crushing" games. The blown saves, etc., are much worse on a team psyche than a 7-1 loss. Once again, that would have been painful yesterday, but they pulled it out. It's a different team mentally this year.


Then one who refuses to be properly contrite should die with their sins upon them. Anyone who refuses to take responsibility for their crimes should not be absolved. If I steal, God would require me to atone: to return what I stole and make amends. If I was abusing my kid, God would expect me to repent and STOP abusing, and if there were a penalty attached by law, I should be ready to accept it.  If I perjured myself in a court, I should be willing to go to the judge and admit that I lied and someone innocent was convicted of my false testimony. If that meant I went to prison, then that is my just sentence for breaking a law and harming a neighbor.

If a person avoids repenting, confessing, etc, due to fear of penalties from authorities, then that person continues to be selfishly thinking of themselves rather of what is right and good and lawful. Why should an unrepentant person be absolved? They ought not. "Confess sins one to another"--sins aren't supposed to be hidden.


Right on Bully.  Same thing I was thinking.  The probability of death is always there for fire rescue folks when they train.  Comes with the turf.


Yup some of the highest paid school employees in the nation! Huge recipients of Federal SIG grants. Lots of $$$$ spent BUT no results. More $$$$ not the answer!


Mental status exams anyone???


So getting away with sexual assault qualifies as legal behavior worthy of the president. I guess in this country wealth and race are more important than the law. When did it become legal to grab women by their vaginas without permission? When did it become legal to hire illegal labor? I thought housing discrimination was made illegal in the 1960's. Trump is guilty of all those crimes.  Jerry, you are very selective with your law and order attitude. It looks like you don't mind rich white men getting away with crimes. You are living proof that white male privilege is real. In this country, your quality of justice depends on your race, gender, sexual orientation, class, and wealth or lack there of. Justice is not blind here.


"The report said the program is beset by untimely pickup service caused largely by excessive sick leave, overtime and leave without pay by Refuse Collection Branch employees."  How is a call in system going to address the sick leave abuse?  Rather than addressing the root of the problem, they want us, the taxpayers, to make adjustments to accommodate the abuse.

Another question is, are those who call in sick eligible for overtime pay in the same week that they called in sick?


Best briquet - Famous Dave's
Best side dishes - KT's


Coulda, woulda, shouda... second guessing is pointless in unprecedented situations. Evacuate Houston? Have you seen rush hour there? There are changes that can be made, both short and long term to reduce the impact of such storms. The political will to do so is in question.

In any case, what we see in Houston are people at their best, trying to deal with a natural disaster. Just be careful who you donate to. This will bring out the crooks as well.


Legal Hispanics are not happy about illegal hispanics being here


Before the previous attacks in England, Muslim citizens went to the authorities and reported the future killers. Muslims took responsibility and called out the extremists. I don't "blame" the police for not apprehending the attackers, I have no idea what happened and it isn't my place to judge those officers. But those men were reported. By the same types of people who got attacked today. Innocent people.


And historically, there would be almost NO JOBS after the work is done, and it would all be back to when it all started with stuff sitting empty and businesses closing doors. Happened TIME AND AGAIN in this state. Good grief.


So these guys, by all accounts, defend the Canadian flag that's being desecrated and the government and military apologize? Flying a Canadian flag upside down, with the word "decolonize" scribbled across it is an obvious attempt to inflame and simply trolling for a reaction. If not for their untouchable status as "First Nations", the usual response from most Canadians would have been a punch in the mouth. Why no comments on this obvious attempt to incite and bait the "settlers" yet again? I guess insults, in Canada, at now only legally permitted against whitey.

Sad day when we are forced to apologize again........and again.............and again.


Judge Gorsuch, and soon to be Associate Justice Gorsuch, was UNANIMOUSLY confirmed by the Senate in 2005. Did I write UNANIMOUSLY? Yes, I did.


Tanaka should be disbarred, She does not possess the necessary scruples to be an attorney. It is against the law to use frivolous criminal complaint to gain advantage in a civil case. Howard Luke should file a complaint with the FBI / US attorneys office, to prosecute Tanaka and All the officers and directors of Mitsunaga and Associates should be prosecuted as well by the State or Federal AG.


No one died looking for him. Sorry to burst your rage bubble.

Those guys died while performing other missions and his search was a secondary aspect. So says the Pentagon.

If you want to get your undies in a bunch about something, ask yourself why we are still over there after fifteen years.


No one is forced anywhere.  They always have the option to use a separate facility.  The only restriction place on trans people is the same restriction we place on everyone else...you are not allowed to violate the bodily privacy of others by using the facility of the opposite sex.

If privacy and dignity matter to you, you will respect it for others.  If you don't want to use your sex-assigned facility, you can risk being arrested for using the wrong facility, or you can safely use a separate facility.  YOU shoulder the risk of your decision...not the 4 year old child that doesn't want to see you naked in the YMCA locker room.  That's how it should be.


says the weak empty headed


Welcome to Soviet Cuba Canada
A place where you work for the party or go to the Gulag
Here is thought for the less than smart people

what happens when the sector that creates 70% of all jobs in Canada says f'it! I'm moving to the US

All you fatcat government workers are paid through our taxes.
There wont be any.
Justice will come eventually


If you think millennials are idiots just wait until they breed.

Jesus the end is near


Squirrel!

Why are you deflecting from white supremacists?


Absolutely sickening but there will always be those who condone and take her side, had it been anyone else they would be blacklisted and called exactly what she has been called or worse. I hope for all the dogs sake all 20 something of them that they are safe and being cared for. I'll give Shirley credit where credit is due she had a good eye for a champion and her dogs were beautiful but for all the knowledge she posses she truly is a piece of shit backyard breeder who obtained ribbons and titles. As many have said neglect aside her attitude and care of her puppies spoke for its self and it isnt a pleasant reputation. That's all I have to say regarding this matter and I hope those who have stood by her and supported her wake up very soon and see just how pathetic you really are


in France and Britain these terrorists were on a watch list and they still were able to kill innocent people.


Expecting an illegal product to conform to Federal and Provincial standards is like expecting that an illegal online gambling site is not rigged and has no back doors in the code.


Not partisan? Open your eyes. This is already partisan and we haven't even "started" it. And then there's the referendum that will be demanded by opponents. Partisan, or what?


Rudely telling a column's author that it "jumped the shark some time ago" indicates very strongly that you do hate it.   Moreover, telling the author to "move on" is equally insulting.      Read your own words and take your own advice.


I had a close encounter of the black bear kind once in a campground in Seward Alaska.  I had nothing but a coffee cup.  But I did remember my "bear class"  so i jumped up and down and screamed and yelled and waved my coffee cup. The bear looked at me and wandered off.  My wife got a photo from inside the RV.  I have seen bears run and they are FAST.   Unless you have the gun loose in your hand A fast moving bear coming from cover will be on you before you can pull in out.  In Kruger in South Africa all work crews are guarded by a ranger with a .404 bolt action rifle. Very sad .


Pot, as they say, meet kettle.


Unfortunately, when adults make decisions, there are consequences that follow -- good and bad consequences. As much as these tales of woe happen -- what if these "dreamers" tried to do the same in Germany, Switzerland or Sweden? You can't just bring your children illegally into a country and cry years later when things don't go your way. They took a risk and as sad as it is these now children are adults; time to pay the piper. There is a huge cost to keeping 800,000 of these folks in this status they have enjoyed for so long. A bit of advice as you are throwing yours into the ring -- keep up with the advocates of immigration reform. There's laws and logic here too, not just pulling on heartstrings with sob stories and the like. There are ways to enter our country legally. The parents of these "dreamers" chose a different path. It is what it is unless Congress creates a new path for these "children."


If everyone who had a $200 barrel stove went to a $1100 clean'er' stove then it would make all the difference, thats a dividend, we can all afford that... FYI... 25k gets you a very clean burning Toyo Lazer and 15 years of fuel and you don't have to touch a piece of firewood, assuming you have power. This has nothing to do with trump or the EPA it's basic science cleaner burning stoves save time and fire wood which is money so let's not be ignorant and stubborn... Buy a cleaner stove and we can all get on with our lives


if you are trying to say we are going to be a sanctuary city...better think twice about that. 99% of residents do NOT want to harbor criminals here no matter how fashionable it is in Chicago. expect daily phone calls from irate people if it is tried here. btw: our city is not safe. read the headlines. punk ass losers have taken over.


Next year they can park in driveways of vacant houses.


At the heart of this cancer, in Canada any, is OISE, the "famous" Ontario Institute for Studies in Education. They have been spewing out hatred for a generation, and now we see the offspring of that work.

Of course, the disasterous Kathleen Wynn is a graduate of that school of indoctrination.


Ingredients for a tragedy -- two drunk men and an easily accessible gun!


And still, none of this filth will be held to account, and the Game of Capture will continue.


Bronson,  you are very correct.  A National Guardsman can 'GO' to any protest.  In fact...I would argue that they can also do so 'IN' uniform (I personally dont like this but this their right).  But the minute they speak to a camera or microphone while 'IN' that uniform...they instantly are in violation of the DoD directive and UCMJ which Nat Guard IS held to by LAW just like active and reserve component.  Once they open their mouth to media in favor of the issues of the protest - they are doing a disservice to the neutral position of our National Guard, and active/reserve military service's position.  We in uniform (Guard, Reserve and active) MUST be above partiality.  Tulsi's Congressional position does not put her above the law that she is a member of the same armed forces that I am.   We have seen what happens when someone considers themselves above the law...they lose the confidence of the American people and consequently rightfully a presidential election.


I give my full support to the unionized workers who are striking to protect their pay and working conditions, and to protect GM jobs from leaving Canada.

Solidarity Forever!


Nah... POSTUS is more descriptive of Trump. 😂


Not my candidate..not at all. He's your's, you and your ilk are responsible. Heaven help us.


Bill: As I mentioned before, your beliefs are "faith based" and we'd be wasting time debating them.  Topics such as the existance or non-existance of god are not subject to rational debate, they require a "leap of faith."  Your other positions on associated issues are based on that faith.  I have no desire to challenge your faith. best wishes,  Gary Crum


That's a different argument. We're talking about nominating a justice.


Yeah right, blame Obama for making the LEOs shoot and harass all those people.

You act like this stuff hasn't been recorded and shown that police are known to lie just like everyone else.

Don't get angry at people because they are becoming aware of the misdeeds of then police, get angry at the ones creating the problems.


I kept tripping over "allegedly" tied to a 21-month sentence . . . oh, never mind.
She also was booked the night of the 911 call for third-degree theft. Perhaps for trying to steal his sanity.


The Talking head is at it again. Buying votes from the ignorant or selfish who think Ontario's coffers are limitless.
Balancing the budget in this forthcoming fiscal 2017/18, here's what the Talking Head put out.

"By choosing to invest in economic growth and responsibly controlling government spending, the government will balance the budget, next year, in 2017-18."

From the Office of the Premier, Sept 12, 2016


Well we knew you couldn't care less about Canada beyond your own doorstep.  Myopic shallow conservatives have always only been interested in themselves and the hell with everybody else.


She's a racist and used her position to attack other students based on their skin colour.


Lynn, While I'm not a big fan of the fences, some of us are getting awfully tired of cleaning up the mess left behind by the drug-addled subset of the homeless.

In my opinion, it's cruel to allow these squalid informal camps, especially when they become permanent zones of barbarism. Surely you read the story about the two children who gunned people down in Seattle's Jungle? Just so you know, the camps at the WJ park also have children with drug-addicted parents.


I have just started a petition on the White House page for a full repeal of the ACA. Would you please consider signing it, then share it on your Facebook page and pass it along to friends and family? Thank you.
 https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/full-repeal-affordable-care-act


The hardest thing I ever had to do was quit smoking. The addiction is powerful and long lasting even a decade or more after quitting. Tobacco companies claim to be "legitimate business" right up there with alcohol and fast food but all three are killing millions.


Wave. you already know that answer. It went to the leaders and corporation heads who live the"high life" bloated salaries and benefits while the locals in the villages still suffer due to indigenous greed. Not withstanding the settlement that was to have all  corporations share equally in the wealth some got more "sharing" than others.

But that patch of land  was sinking before the village was located there. Coastal Alaska has changed for millions of years and she isn't through yet.


Well - why don't you aspire to becoming a CEO - acquire the professional education, drive and initiative, work ethic ... stress to keep everything going and satisfy share holders ( maybe your pension plan investments ) ?!
CEO compensation is insignificant in the total corporate compensation budget yet critical to corporate success, job creation, profits .. and all those wonderful taxes  .-)


Boy, Rogan. You dropped the ball on this one. His easy question why is there always money for war but not schools. Pretty straight forward


All lies as I said a good tax break for the  low and middle class and small business its the politicians mostly democrats will keep saying tax breaks for the rich same old rhetoric for the last 20 years or so, because what this tax break will do is these politicians that are against the middle class tax breaks it will cut there spending for pork barrel wasted projects that is why they have these people in the media and other places keep spewing the lies that its a tax break for the rich.


I was visiting Montreal with most of my family on vacation this week and we ran into a large looking church in the middle of the city. It was UMC.  The first thing we were greeted with where LGBT placards reminding us that all are welcome....then in the center of the altar...what did we see?

Was it a beautiful and large altar, perhaps with flowers laid as a sacrifice on the front edge of the altar?

What it an appropriately large and beautiful tabernacle?

No it was a big dark organ, front and center.   There just wasn't any life to be found.

Dark, dank, self-focused.

Yesterday we were in Quebec City and saw this.

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/TgdnDf-i7Lc/maxresdefault.jpg

Christ be our Light.


I agree with you.  It's getting more and more discouraging to read this stuff.  Do you have any suggestions about other sites that are better?  Are Commonweal pieces better?


It's not clear the one memo he leaked contained secret or confidential information. It also has no bearing on the current investigation into the POTUS.


Listened to Conservative Lobbyists who are opposed to the Trump/Republican bill and the Democratic Strategist on the bill say the same thing about why the house should not vote for the bill: 1- premiums will rise to the shock of constituents, 2- many, many constituents including those on employer provided plans will lose coverage, and 3-- the public will vote against them because they supported the Trump/Republican plan. When the conservatives and the Democrats agree this is a bad bill you know it is really, really bad.


The bromance between MSW and Weigel is often rocky.  Apparently MSW is feeling scorned by George.


Its easy to start a war, its hard to stop one.   The West has to be very careful not to get too involved in the ME, its better that the ME takes the lead and solves it themselves.  That being said I do believe that when war crimes are committed (such as gassing, slavery, genocide) that calls for a violent reply.  The people you're dealing with in those situations only understand force.


From https://www.oncologynutrition.org/erfc/healthy-nutrition-now/sugar-and-cancer/

"Much research shows that it is sugar’s relationship to higher insulin levels and related growth factors that may influence cancer cell growth the most, and increase risk of other chronic diseases."

It seems cancer did not exist in isolated populations until refined carbohydrates were introduced.


It would be best for everyone (including Donald Trump) if he just flew home to Mar-a-Largo and stayed there. Forever.


"Bemoans" is a very belittling headline to use for a serious discussion of race and equity in our city.


you don't know anything. They are terrorisms who have killed many Chinese in the last 10 years.


Lil Kim will never go there because he knows that his puny nukes could never destroy the US (if they can even hit within 100 km of the target), but the US most definitely would put an end to the Kim dynasty.


"Canada must be innovative and shrewd in discussing trade issues and challenges on Canada’s terms. Sadly, so far there appears to be little political will to achieve that."

Can we trust that the Trudeau government is up to fairly representing Canada's interests where trade is concerned, and particularly where China is concerned? Trudeau has expressed his admiration for China's "basic dictatorship" and otherwise seems in thrall of big money, which the Chinese apparently have in great supply. I'm afraid the negotiations would be one-sided and that we'd get the short end of the stick.


Name-calling is a sign of a weak mind and weaker character. You might want to stop showing your as$ to the world.


Correction:  body - buddy


Roy, let me be the first to apologize for all of the major companies that have decided to stay in America, for the massive tax cuts you are about to receive and for the DOW reaching over 20,000. Oh, and you still have to be PC, that's what your whole party is perpetuated on.


I am a 4th degree Knight of Columbus (aka the "Patriotic Degree").  The recent election is a source of  distress for me and many Catholics but Sr. Schenck has reminded ALL Catholics that "Today, we are called to stand our ground and let God's holy, creative Spirit hover over us and do her work within us once again. Then we will know how to come to the aid of suffering peoples in the U.S. and around the world."
While many were caught up in the personalities running for Office we are reminded and MUST remember (as Sr.Schenck states) that "no beleaguered movement for social justice has ever succeeded without suffering, solidarity and sacrifice." I plan to keep fighting the "good fight" and pray that we all do the same.


Your number isn't related to reality at all. The route was an even firmly decided at the time 2.7 billion was offered as a possible construction cost.

The most recent estimate based on more firmly established data is 8.2 billion. It's only a little bit more than the 5.7 billion estimated at the time the federal proposal was offered.

And that's mainly because rail opponents delayed rail with frivolous lawsuits.


Another neato gun owner.


I am obligated, by force of law and Christian morality, to give a significant portion of my money to fund elderly and indigent care. Fine. There are many reasons why this is a good thing.

Do I have a moral obligation to feel good about it, though? Because I don't. I'd much rather spend that money on my young children than someone else's elderly relatives (my parents have not yet retired and my grandparents are long gone).


SD, I can't speak for others but my goal is to keep proven, effective, and efficient programs for the poor and working poor.  And just because we have a program doesn't mean it meets that criteria.  Additionally an in place program doesn't rule out a better way to accomplish the same thing.  If we are not even willing to explore better ideas then we have reached stagnation and one can argue so called liberals are actually conservatives and have become reactionary to any questioning or change.


A pointless toy for the wealthy.  Less useless HP, greater range and affordability are the most important attributes for an EV.


Sad right wing hater discourages the golden goose that is actually representative of self-starter capitalism.


I'll bet you work for a tax free Conservative Think Tank or PR firm ....


I could no more take Don Kahle serious than I would take a babbling crackhead serious, and for the same reasons.


Best politicians money can buy!


Just adding that ADN is now using a more recent (2004) photo of Ben Stevens for the lead photo. The prosecutor moving files was the original (and one I referred to) photo.


Vow! Never looked at it like that.
Excellent point.


Pro tip : Unless future Canadian innovators want to follow in the footsteps of Henry Woodward and Mathew Evans (who?),  they should move to countries that actually invest in innovation and R&D which can be found at the tops of such lists (ie. Swizerland, UK, Sweden, Finland, Netherlands) :

http://www.wipo.int/pressroom/en/articles/2016/article_0008.html

http://www.worldfinance.com/home/the-10-most-innovative-countries-in-the-world

Innovation does not sleep and it certainly doesn't wait.


If they were 18 or older they would have gone to jail and not juvi, so


"Russia and China cannot keep pace with the US. "

China closes the gap every year - they are doing to the US what Reagan did to Russia.

Last two Global recessions started in the US not China, and the way Trump is going, it will be three in a row.

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We outlawed that research. Check out the Dickey Amendment sometime.


Give me a break! These union members have it WAY easier than the rest of us and they still complain and strike.  I was in Local 5 years back and watched them bankrupt the hotel I was working at with their demanding 2 people be staffed for one persons job mentality.  It was the easiest job I ever had, but my fellow overpaid union members would cry and complain nonstop about how hard they had it!  The rest of the US has figured out that unions just drive up the cost of living for the rest of us, and found ways to curtail union power.  The states with the highest cost of living also have the highest union members per capita, which we are #1. They are also all run by democrats. Hawaii will never figure that out because of the millions of union dollars that feed the democratic party machine to keep them in power.  Hence the status quo. Tell those union bosses to kick down some of the millions they use in campaign donations to their workers.


only time will tell Rex.  Not sure how much more the economy can grow given how well it has done since the 2008 crisis.  There are huge layoffs in retail.  Not sure where those workers will go.  It also takes time to build factories even if they move from Mexico.  So let's see.  Let's not hurt ourselves jumping to conclusions.


Haley threatening at the UN that the US will stop trade with countries violating UN economic sanctions.  Yeah right.  the US can't afford to ban North Korea's biggest trading partner (which has increased its trade over 35% with North Korea since Trump took office).  Haley's threat is more Trumpian big body.  The big problem is that Trump and his people simply do not understand diplomacy and Geo-political realities.  No doubt Trump's dissing and self-serving and grotesquely open refusal to give credibility to US intelligence work and information adds to this ignorance.  Understand this.  Under TRUMP, we are squarely at risk for war on the Korean penninsula.  China and Russia have clearly expressed their problem with that approach.  The are setting up endgame where Trump will have no choice but to pull US troops out of South Korean, and face a China/Russia alliance on the penninsula, and in the Sea of Japan.  China and Russia are manipulating the big body bully approach deftly. Bad, bad.


Isn't it interesting you're arguing with someone and trying to discredit, or disprove what you say you don't believe in. If you don't believe, there's no need to attempt to disprove it. However...
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 If  you're  trying to prove  that you  are a non-believer, who are you trying to prove it too? Yourself?  I detect  you have some doubt's in your own  disbelief. That  lowly  bowling pin, that had no maker,  is starting to bother you in isn't it?


Gerry Butts (aka PM Justin Trudeau) says: "NAFTA talks ‘too important’ for partisanship, Trudeau says"

Bafflegab!


Just as planned.


60 years for murdering in cold blood? What happened to life sentences?!! Ridiculous!


Walker using a child to deflect negative attention on himself. Obvious questions prepared in advance. Typical political coward. Not that the legislature is any better.


Part of the issue is that globe opinion writes are almost all left SJW; it clear by their bios and their opinions.  It is not possible to find in Toronto and right leaning opinion writers to balance the SJWs?


Trudeau is a train wreck


What will the Uneducated Fishermen of Alaska, the Uneducated Senators of Alaska, and the Uneducated Seattle Seven of Alaska going to do, this nation will have to build 10 new prisons for all the locals to fit into the program.

http://www.adn.com/alaska-news/article/former-federal-fisheries-regulator-arne-fuglvog-sentenced-prison/2012/02/07/


You pay a membership fee for the CMPA which varies depending upon your area of work.    So you're correct in the sense that it's like a mutual company.    But that fee covers more than just insurance - it's a membership and with this comes acceptable practice guidelines and legal advice and defence (assuming acceptable practices were followed)  in the case of any suit.       And the fees of $100K per year are for surgical obstetrics, specifically in Ontario (the highest fee in the country).     So this fee isn't really applicable to this article since that type of practice is carried out in a hospital.     Typical GP or family doctor membership fees are up to $17K/year (the highest fee, again for Ontario, in the case of a general practitioner who also does anaesthesia, some surgery, and shifts in a hospital emergency.

By way of comparison, a taxi driver in Toronto pays about the same for commercial driving insurance.


Pence for President


The squatters who moved into the unoccupied house next door to mine have created an extreme fire hazard. When I alerted the AFD about this, they said they could do nothing  about fire trap except tell me how I can spend money to protect my property. Three households are up in arms about this. Our mayor and his administration can't be bothered.


Money money money, and the Good Catholic.

Let's look at what some Professional Catholics make:

1)  Bill Donohue --  $500,000 annual salary

2)  Fr. Robert Sirico --   $200,000 +

3)  Marcus Grodi (Coming Home Network)  $185,000

4)  Karl Keating (Catholic Answers)  200,000  +

5) Jimmy Akin, Tim Staples and other CA apologists $100,000 +

6)  Patrick Madrid, radio apologist (salary unknown, but $2500 plus expenses is his speaker fee)

7)  Lord only knows what MSW is paid.

"May the Holy Spirit lead us on a true journey of conversion, so that we can rediscover the gift of God’s word, be purified of the sin that blinds us, and serve Christ present in our brothers and sisters in need."

Amen.


God and I are doing fine.   I see many social changes that concern me and I'll continue to comment on them.

I want to show compassion for the Tweekers, they have some terribly painful stories.   From what I know, Jesus did not shoot the poor or mentally ill, but offered them salvation.    He also said others 'will do more than I have'.  That tells me that our 'acts' count, it not all about a religious label.

I could do more.   *I did not say gov programs are the only path to help.


Indians, Native Americans if you wish, should be on the warpath against Warren for claiming she was Native American to get preferential treatment in advancing her legal and academic careers without any evidence to prove her claimed Native American ancestry.   I believe she is a “transracer.  It is a mental disorder known as “race dysphoria” or “race identity disorder.”


Depends on your frame of reference and knowledge of reality. To the US left Obama and the Clintons are right wing facilitators of corporate power.


Mufi, Carlisle, and Caldwell got us into this mess after promising not to raise taxes.  Let them pay the price of completing this project without further taxes.  We still don't know how much we need to complete this project and we still don't know the annual maintenance costs.  Why is that?


He should have gotten the entire year and the fine should not have been waived. This is serious business and deserves more than a slap on the wrist.


Here's Clark and her government's seventh refusal in four years, to do what they damn-well know is the necessary and right thing to do, by joining the rest of Canada and finally enacting  the ruddy required legislation, restricting/limiting BC's almost "unfettered " undemocratic, corruptive, political "wild west" fundraising regime, leaving me and many other British Columbians I hope, all scratching our heads why the heck not!!??  Anyway, after 16 years of government that I do not find at all has been truly representative of nor truly serves the democratic interests of the majority of  British Columbian voters like this,  I find I no longer have any confidence in the BC Liberals and Clark, who have lost my vote in BC's upcoming May election!!!


Get back to us when you can form a sentence.


Evidently, you also still think the United States still has its elegant and necessary checks and balances!  (I know, you were just about to say it, but I interrupted in my rudeness or whatever name you are about to bully or bludgeon me.)
You are the problem. You have drunk the Kool-aid. Thank God and the U.S. Constitution that there so many other people out there with clear heads,  unselfish.


Beautiful and clearly a sign of true and pure evolution. Ignorance is rampant in Alaska but you have sorted through the antiquated tidbits to extract truth and humanity. Wonderful !


Trump won 30 States, and Clinton won 20. You and Clinton seem unaware of the facts and rules of a US Presidential election...lets just change the rules, it's easier than admitting we are wrong!


You should care. Out of general revenue means that employers won't be paying. No employer ever covers income tax, which is where general revenue comes from. Many employers pay part or all of an employee's MSP.


Married male priests are still "legitimate".


Hey Jenny Talia, is your funny face a symbol of pro-life?  I hope when and if the day comes that you lose someone close to you that no one mocks or laughs at your loss.


Nawwwww - Really?  I could have never guessed that - enlightenment coming from intellectually challenged Libturd journalists, eh? Quick - now we need a no confidence motion in JT and a snap election to make Canada great again!


Sorry to disillusion you but that will never happen because doing so Zuma et al will have to publicly admit (albeit it in an indirect way) that they received benefits from these illicit practices. The Guptas are obviously no fools - they knew who could be bought and bought them as cheaply as possible and now they are all so compromised they cannot do a thing about it. Doomed, we are, any which way you look at it.


She could have waited in accepting the position until the kid is away from home. Now she will think twice before proceeding further.  Sad.  PM must beg the current giant to stay on for another term. Harper had made a good judgment.


This is a much more complicated relationship than you make it appear. Sarai 'gave' Hagar to Abram (his name at the time, names are important) specifically so that she would have the child that Sarai could not have (at the time). I am not sure what constitutes a marriage, officially at that time, but clearly Hagar was a wife, just not the 'first' wife. This is a very human story. Sarai perceived that she was lowered in Hagar's estimation (because she had no son to give her husband), so clearly Hagar's thoughts and opinions mattered to Sarai. It is not Abram who initiates casting Hagar and her son out of the camp. And an angel speaks to Hagar and giver her God's promise to make a great nation out of Ishmael. True there is a rough prediction for Ishmael and his descendants, but that goes for some of Jacob's (Israel's) descendants as well.
And have they not been borne out?

Interestingly, I have heard Christians denigrate Ishmael as a 'servant's son' but I have never heard Jews do so.


Not just that.
Greater temps means more water capacity, which means ability to go across more distance without raining ( i.e. more intense and longer droughts like we are seeing globally ), combined with dumping heavier rains/snows when it occurs , such as Harvey here, and Antarctica.


and another leftard thinks murders are because of lax gun laws! ya tell the to those in chicago where there are stricter gun laws than in canada and yet more people are mudered than ever! wow the ignorance of the left never ends


These guys better be careful. Hinting that there is something wrong with obesity will get you in deep trouble in these times.


Lets address all the LIES in this article:
1.We do NOT identify with the Westboro Baptist Church. We REBUKE those fools. The reporter was told this and yet lied in this article.
2.We are not "anti-gay" We oppose the sin of homosexuality just as God does.We love homosexuals enough to tell them the truth about salvation in Christ and warn them of the judgment of their sin if they do not repent.
3.We are not "protesters" or "activists". Those are political terms and apparently some reporters are too ignorant to understand the difference between religion and politics.Or they are blatantly biased and ceded their journalistic professionalism for the sake of editorializing.
4. There were not "20" people involved. There were two of us (the rest of our group had to leave for another outreach) There were about 6-8 of the homosexuals who dragged off our cross and stomped on it and assaulted us in the process. The police would have no idea how many there were as they had left and were not there.


Are high electricity prices a problem?  If so, and if the Wynne plan is not the solution, what is? Going back in time and reversing policies mistakes is not a solution. Not even a Conservative government can undue past  mistakes and we all know Conservatives are not perfect! But then maybe you are saying do nothing and just accept higher electricity bills. If not what?


Perplexed, My comment is based on a trial that happened about 25 years ago for such an accident near Homer.  The family got nothing because the State Law explicitly states that a crane or boom or anything else shall not be placed closer than 10 feet to an overhead power line.


For once I agree with Wohlforth--there is absolutely no way he shouldn't have been one of the first and easiest cuts for the Dispatch to make. Something is all wrong and messed up that they kept Wohlforth , who by his own admission says he wasn't in the same league as others cut loose . It's not too late . Woody was an easy cut , and Beth Bragg should have gone too .Those two worked 24 / 7 to promote UAA sports . They didn't dig for stories--they pushed whatever UAA wanted them to push. They both should be in the UAA sports Hall of Fame , but not working for the Dispatch sports department. Others that should go include John Havelock , Shannyn Moore ,Paul Jenkins and Steve Haycox , in addition to Frankl Jerjvic .  That would save big money and improve the quality of the paper over night .   More than getting rid of these people , the paper needs to change it's name . The Dispatch and liberal agenda go hand in hand.  A new name would wipe the slate clean and bring back paying customers .


Wellllll, get used to it there MOJO... Trenchant points here in the comments are more often than would ostensibly seem justified, BANISHED. And it ain't always fellow non-partisan citizens doing the banishing either. And by non-partisan I mean folks who don't see G&M up in the corner of their paystubs. Amazingly, to me anyway, the directly tax-funded CBC seems to have a far greater latitude of 'acceptable' comments. We still have some hope.


The lesson here is, don't get dependent or addicted to government money, whatever they can give you. they can take away. Don't waste your money, save it for that rainy day.


"State regulators on Wednesday ruled that testing of trains on the long-delayed G-Line could resume, sparking hope that the commuter line to Denver’s western suburbs will soon be back on track."

Back on track...  I see what you did there...


"Soon everyone will be guilty."
That is EXACTLY the objective; if no one says anything for fear that it is illegal, no one will speak out against the Lefties' speech--which is what they want! You don't really think this law would apply against Lefties, do you? Only Lefties will enjoy free speech; the rest of us will be prosecuted if we say anything in public.

If this Liberal wet dream becomes law, it'll be time to sharpen the pitchforks . . .


Hayley, the honour has been ours, for the last 2 decades, watching you play, and win, for Canada.  One of the most outstanding hockey players this country can boast of, and a truly outstanding role model for several generations of athletes (and the rest of us as well).  Thankyou!


See R v Sharp.


My sons are both graduating this year, and have worked hard for 4 years to earn the AK Performance scholarship. They both qualify, and should be grandfathered into receiving it. Current freshman through seniors and existing receipients should continue to be funded by this awesome incentive program. For many, it is the only way to go to college, and to remain in Alaska for continued education and work. Keep our young people in Alaska by keeping this valuable program!


Thanks, Sister Joan.  This column is particularly relevant in light of the true obscenity of the pending budget proposal that will do unconscionable harm to the least among us -- and the least of the world whom we have a history of aiding.


Taking fentanyl for 12 years and being able to reduce the dose 25% every winter does not suggest addiction.

When heroin was legally available to addicts in the UK there were people who took the same dose for years without problems.


Wow, really sad! Why is airport security carrying a firearm, who next my service dog, what about our children! Shame on Department of Transportation Director Ford Fujigami and the Airport Division for allowing firearm and not informing the public that airport security carry firearm, Now look what happen out of control security, who next? better hold on to my service dog and the children.


Sorry Charisse Millett, it is you that needs to "engage" yourself out of office.  Please vote Millett, Meyer, and Chenault out of office.  Responsible leaders please step forward.


We would never be able to read such an insightful and well-researched article by Mr. Kaahui in the mass media, which is owned and operated by the same global corporations that support and profit from US led "regime change" to insure a world-corporatist hegemony.
The Clintons are shameless, morally compromised, and corrupted advocates of a world governed by multi-national corporations that hold more power than individual sovereign countries.
The only missing pieces to corporatist world conquest - is Russia with it's vast natural resources, and China with it's labor/consumer market - both countries that value sovereign independence.
In the US, patriotic progressives fighting against this Orwellian monopoly of power must form an alliance with "Don't tread on me" nativist nut cases. Highly unlikely, but a coalition worth considering if power is be in the hands of the people like you and I in the future.


Folks like yourself, awash in heart-throbbing virtue signaling, will never yield to nor recognize their own dependence on our innovative, productive energy sector.  However, consider that petro industries account for about 4.5% of USA GDP but account for about 9% of ours. So, anyone with an IQ more than a grapefruit will see that canada cannot acquiesce this vital sector to the Americans who laugh in our faces as we penalize our  oil+gas industry.

All those state-funded benefits you and I enjoy are the result, in large part, of the vast array of taxes generated by oil+gas.  As we embroil ourselves in Trudeau mandated structural deficits consider that $billions are being transferred to the Americans because of our country's hidebound energy policies.

Think, study, read and weep dante1969.


akboatingincidents.com


people are still doing this kneeling thing?


Divorce is not necessarily a sin at all. The sin is living in a state of persistent adultery with no inntention of giving it up.


Why is it the bars fault?  When does this litigious society managed by corporate justice and tailchasing attorneys demand that people take personal responsibility for their own actions?  Only in America!  Travel abroad and see if there are warning signs everywhere about how stupid you can be if you get to close to the cliffs and fall or walk out in front of traffic without waiting for signals etc. etc.

If we had any judges with sense these type suits would never see the bench and the courts would not be filled with frivolous lawsuits trying to blame someone else for their own lack of common sense and responsibility!


What people actually long for is the time when things were getting better by growth via wage gains. Pre-90's.

Corporations have stopped growth through wage gains as it hurts their ability to make obscene wealth. They have convinced governments that only population growth via high immigration is the path to prosperity in countries where a pot of taxpayer funding is given to most newcomers at the expense of those already here. Governments blindly follow despite the growing evidence that this is not the case and this has led to the decline of the middle class and working classes in the west..

So yes, people will vote for politicians who promise to slow immigration - it is a form of corporate welfare never seen before, and is decimating citizens and the public purse..

That is why OLeary won't win - he would never promise to slow immigration because he wants corporate welfare whereas Trump said he would deal with it..


Smelling and breathing smoke definitely has a direct impact on me.


Well seeing how Lynch is apparently a mental midget it's a challenge to keep straight the excuses needed to cover for Elway's bad decisions.


Are you referring to nap time, or the time spent racing around trying to look busy at traffic accident scenes, medical emergencies, cats-stuck-in-trees, civic parades or some other function festooned with a highly visible cavalcade of duplication and redundancy involving unionized public sector emergency response employees?

Certainly, ever since coal and wood furnaces and fireplaces and candles were replaced by appliances using gas, oil and electricity, actual fires have become scarce as hens' teeth.  Imagine if buggy whip makers had been 'served' by the IAFF.


Did the hacking by the Russians bother you? In what ways? Or do you support it, because an enemy of your enemy is your friend, foreign or not?


"Your right, and it's not a living wage."[sic]
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I know I'm right- the problem is that Bernie supporters and 5 campaigners think they are.
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The minuscule percentage of 49 year olds making minimum wage does not warrant wrecking businesses and the economy.


Saudi Arabia is on that list?  How rich!


Your argument is a bit like comparing the number of swimming pool deaths in Beverly Hills to the same statistic in the middle of the Mohave. The ratio would be nearly infinite but also meaningless. We have more gun related injuries and deaths because we have more guns. That is unassailable. If you're going to be fair, you also need to compare the statistics of overall violent crime including assaults, homicides, home invasions, etc, and include the number of defensive firearms uses in our country. If you do that, the impact and significance of your 300 times the rate of gun related deaths in our country is greatly diminished.


" it's just as likely - maybe even more so - this was done by someone who's anti-Trump." Your own words.


Simple fact is,,,,some people shouldn't be police officers. The guy who shot  Castile panic and for some reason so did the guy who shot this individual. Just because you wear a police uniform, doesn't make that person a Dick Tracy. I worked for DOC Alaska for 27 years and there were few individuals I knew who wore the same uniform I did. that shouldn't be working....simply because they were either cowards,  cheats, mentally weak or criminals without a record (yet). Most don't last long at all. Rotten apple lies in every organization or every group.  Not all soldiers will run toward the sound of combat....few will sneak back to hide. That officer who shot that therapy worker......should be terminated, eh?


I don't believe all the opposition to the wall is all in error.  The wall is being sold as the super solution to an issue with multiple problems.  The wall is a partial solution that has to have other things working with it.  Trump is playing to the audience with The Wall as how to end illegal entry.  Yet many of the illegals are here here after coming into the country legally and never leaving. The wall alone is not going to find all those who should be removed nor is it stopping the employers who continue to hire illegals.


I note that it is within Congress' full purview to make Dreamers "legal" citizens, or not.

I frankly don't believe Congress should do that,, as a matter of principled belief in the rule of law.

But, if 'Congress WERE to make Dreamers "legal" citizens, or WERE to provide some sort of practical legal residency status to Dreamers, that would be Congress' decision.

It really doens't make sense, generally, in principle, to "reward" and adult's illegal act of crossing the border without authorization, or staying beyond authorization.

Nor does it make sense from a policy perspective to make it immigration-lucrative for those adults to bring minor children across the border illegally.  It simply encourages illegal conduct to enhance a child's future -
 frankly, something I would strongly consider doing if there were a pathway for it.

But, it IS something Congress needs to address.  And, regarding illegals/undocumented/victims of criminal parents long or short residing . . .


Yeah, I thought those  examples were pretty lame as well. Renting might be cheaper, especially if you insist on comparing the cheapest possible apartment to well ...anything else... but furniture appliances, term insurance and regular painting and repairs are paid by both the renter and the buyer. Kind of stupid to pretend otherwise. Makes the author seem a little dull witted or as you suggested, overtly biased.


Crass act.


There's no "minority government" until after a party receives the confidence of the house. Until then, it's called a "hung parliament", and no party has a majority or minority anything.


Met a guy who got a degree in nuclear medicine. Basically, he ran the machines. $20,000 in debt. He got a good job at $60 an hour. Then the hospital went to contracted work, his pay went to $30 an hour.
If we want a world-class workforce, we'll have to figure out how to train them. Germany Chile, Finland, Norway, Sweden offer free college to all of their citizens. But of course, this can't work. Those people are oppressed Socialists.
In 10 years the Feds will make $110 billion on student loans. Profit good!
We could levy a tax of a fraction of a percent on Wall Street speculators who nearly destroyed the economy, raising $75 billion. 1,000 economists endorse such a tax and 40 countries throughout the world have a similar tax including Britain, Germany, France, Switzerland, and China. But that can't work and the rich would have less money and cut our jobs. Right?
Sanders, too idealistic. https://berniesanders.com/issues/its-time-to-make-college-tuition-free-and-debt-free/


Shooting somebody with lots of people around and who is already on the floor is "self defense"?


Homeless people (disabled, those with criminal records, registered sex offenders) need some place to go, so they go to the library and parks. Republicans created this homelessness mess by requiring everyone and their brother to register (even streakers) and by allowing employers to discriminate based on a criminal record. Americans used to discriminate against blacks, but then that became illegal, so they stepped up discriminating against others. They'd like to discriminate against Muslims, but somewhere in the Constitution it's prohibited.


269,000 Coloradans freeloading... that sounds about right. America is great until you become sick and old! F the poor too!


It took her that many paragraphs to say "Hire more republicans or we'll take away your money"?


If someone wants to criticize a persons recommendation of martial law and ask if they understand what it means they should probably know to use martial, not marshall.  He's attempting to question intelligence, while displaying his lack thereof.


Certainly one of my favorite places in Alaska.   You have to remember, Kevin, most of the people posting here have never been anywhere in Alaska off the road system.


I guess the "free market" has spoken. I could start a great business if the state would bank roll it but they won't. So I guess you should "gitty up" back to the Lone Star State until you can function without a government handout.


Send Tulsi Gabbard to N. Korea to pacify the "fat man."  She seems to want to be a foreign diplomat even though its not in her purview as a U.S. House Rep. but why isn't she saying anything about the fat man dictator in N. Korea possibly sending a rocket our way...heck, she opposed the attack on Syria's Assad when he chemically killed some of his own people so why isn't she opening her mouth now to oppose any intervention by Trump in taking action against N.Korea.


"The director said he had also heard from another actress with a similar story, and knew that Weinstein had settled with Rose McGowan."

I hope my fellow feminists will not be too hard on me, but isn't this business of accepting a "settlement" tantamount to prostitution?
  Women who accept "settlements" prostitute their cherished feminist beliefs. By submitting to sex they prostitute themselves. Then by taking the money and carrying on, they essentially become prostitutes.

  It's certainly understandable sexually liberated actresses would not want to jeopardize their glamorous, lucrative careers by making a big deal about one or two or three sexual occasions. The work ethic is surely very powerful. But if folks have no higher ethic than the work ethic, aren't they no better than wage slaves and, in these cases, sex slaves?

  Further, Tarantino's fantasy the sexual abuse of his girlfriend was merely something that only happened in the 1950's is delusion and hypocrisy. See the swamp?


Nobody is forcing anyone to have an abortion.
Force seems to be on the agenda of the pro-life side.


It should be called a terrorist attack. Kudos to the people who tried to stop Christian.


the greatest harm a University can inflict on a faculty member;  resign (or be fired) in disgrace and leave the campus!!

I'm a fan of "measured response" and feel Ms. Shurtz's, while unintended, was "hurtful" and perceived my many as a racist act.  A measured response would have been confronting her about the incident, listening to her apology and having the understanding, compassion and forgiveness to accept that apology, realize Ms. Shurtz is clearly NOT a racist, and all move forward.  For, it seems, a significant segment of today's University community, including student activists, faculty and administrators, such capacity for forgiveness is lost.

I called these folks "self-righteous, pompous asses."  If that hurts their feelings, I won't apologize... the insult was INTENDED.  Gary Crum


Its called the Domino effect.
It has to start somewhere....
Meanwhile, I notice church attendance in TO is way up lately...


A friend who is in sales for GSK paints quite a different picture.


Hospitalist are one of the best things that has happen to healthcare.  Instead of waiting for your primary care or specialist doctor to see you in the hospital or the hospital nursing staff waiting for orders from your primary care or specialist doctor as was the case not that many years ago the hospitalist are in the hospital 24/7 ready to respond. Glad this group of physicians and the hospital now have a set of negotiated rules to work by.


thanks.


translation : no matter what you think, the author is right.


It is very disappointing that Dr. Paul has joined the well trained choir of blaming the health insurance industry as the ogre of capitalism in the US, what with their $15 B of profits, which is fairly close to the FEDERAL SUBSIDIES for the far more profitable oil industry.  He is correct in his objection to subsidizing the health insurance as an expense for bad policy on the part of lawmakers (as is the case in Obamacare).  One need only look at the Medicare program to see the difference between public and private coverage.  Medicare Advantage plans cover much more than Original Medicare and cost both the beneficiaries and Medicare (CMS) less.  The enabling law gives the insurers a level competitive playing field and the beneficiaries and taxpayers are the overwhelming winners.  Nothing crony about it, just free markets.


Why can't you just accept invitations without monitoring the host's wallet?  Go if you want.  Reciprocate socially another time.  Say Thank you".


Thanks for your input Ethics Grandma.

How many more years will it take for you to report on Trudeau getting helicopter rides from a lobbyist?


JetRx: I've been on SSRIs for decades. I'd probably be dead without them, though none else would be.


This is just a silly comment.  The Khadr settlement was the result of two Supreme Court of Canada decisions finding that Omar Khadr's Charter rights had been grossly violated.  Perhaps you don't care at all about the rule of law but it happens to be what distinguishes a democracy from a tyranny.


I think this from the New York Times encapsulates the crime pretty well:
"The heavily armed sniper who gunned down police officers in downtown Dallas, leaving five of them dead, specifically set out to kill as many white officers as he could, officials said Friday. He was a military veteran who had served in Afghanistan, and he kept an arsenal in his home that included bomb-making materials." Like the murderer in the Orlando massacre, this one was motivated by hatred for a specific group that he used as a scapegoat to justify his murderous actions. The psychology of mass murderers in some respects seems pretty straightforward. Fortunately, this man was only able to kill 5 people. I'm sure there's more where he came from.


"maybe those voters aren't so smart themselves."

Thank you, Gadabout! Thank you for stepping forward and declaring yourself as "Exhibit A" in support of my post's content.


Trump's claim that America is the highest taxed nation is another example of the man's bare-faced lying, as with, for example NAFTA is a terrible deal for us as is the Paris Accord.

Some day, the President will cry wolf once too often.


You're seriously falling for the same old trick again eh?

EVERY SINGLE TIME the Liberals do this

You watch - by next election budget balance plan will not only exist but suddenly our deficits are smaller too.

Libs always pull the rug out at last minute on this file / line of attack and CPC falls for it every time.  Watch it happen again


I know of no amendment dictating marital gender so your point is fallacious. Originalism is a bogus tool to use: the Founding Fathers predicated racism, too, is that to be left in place because of original intent?
If gun ownership made a society safer, we'd have the safest one. But we have the most murderous, by far, of any developed nation. By far.
And you may know that we aren't a nation of cabin dwellers; we've been mostly urban for a long, long time.
Owning guns isn't a logical choice, it's emotional. Only a person crazy with fear and anxiety wishes to own one for "personal defense." Fact is, it makes you more likely to perish from a gunshot, not less so.


Will someone mind telling me why so many people make friend requests to people they've never met? Is this to add to their tally of friends to impress anyone who's on their FB page or what? How petty LW1's husband's ex-coworker's wife is. Or is she just a stupid waste of oxygen space? How can the masses of people put so much importance in adding to their friends tally on FB? Is a high number of friends a status symbol? Did you know you cay actually BUY friends lists from unscrupulous peddlers? They "steal" images of goodlooking people, create fake names and profile info, then sell these--and people buy them. Yet more proof how degraded the human species is. "Oh looky at meeee! I got over 3,000 friends!"


We should save the jobs and destroy the planet. That Ms. Wente and right wing politicians like to see. I would suggest people like me and Ms. Wente should pay more in taxes so that middle and poor will not be affected.


"This time is different" is a phrase commonly uttered during bubbles. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkZp7MCcBq8


I dont get it... Toronto and Vancouver represent what, 0.3% of Canadian livable territory? There are still more than 99% of the places that are very affordable including great cities like Montreal, Calgary, Edmonton etc... Why dont people go there?
Okay if everyone wants to live in those 2 cities how can you expect the market to be affordable? Without foreign investmen and global interest how can the job market be so robust, retail so strong, community so diverse, and interrnational opportunities so many? You cant have everything your way... I want to live in a 2 bedroom condo on Wall Street but so do 10 million other people.... THE KEY IS TO ENSURE RENTAL MARKET VERY AFFORDABLE FOR AVG SALARY WORKERS!!!


That's not really a fair comment. Not everyone you disagree with is an uneducated meth addict.


Hilarious.
Thanks, Ronnie Ching!


This paticular story Is a bit far fetched "because" They" police do not really care too much about "corruption" and drugs reported and fraudulen persons that have been reported! I have had to re report activity serious and those that should have been and should be arrested ETC..... This Is the reason for my comment! Sometimes theire not so civil, honest and Innosent! I have witnesses and previous attorneys and records and court cases! Sincerely, Deanna J Elliott


"Now basically they're saying, 'You've got too much money and we're going to take it away from you.'"   Chairman Mao would be proud.

What makes it easier to swallow is the fact the government is also looking in the  mirror and trimming spending, including ending the fat-cat Defined Benefit Pension plan that essentially only government workers get.

Oh wait... they aren't doing any of that.


A has been that should be locked up for threatening the President of the United States. There was no joke and she should face charges. If this was Obama she would be run out of the business instead she is hosted the News Years eve celebration on CNN typical left wing crazy.


Responding stupidly is even worse. The commission was created in response to the Massie case. It has nothing to do with the current state of the commission and no one should cling to old and outdated policies. Giving the mayor the power to choose would make the position political and a yes man to the mayor and their political whims. While the all powerful whites might not exist today, an even more powerful political elite does.


"since the November presidential election" Tells me what this is all about!


I can only assume that since you are taking 2/3's of my dividend, I will be receiving tax credits on par with those paid out to/received by oil companies.


Free speech is not something that needs to be modified, that's clear: https://www.ipetitions.com/petition/protecting-canadian-free-speeech-rights-from


If every unpopular decision is met with recall, then we have no functional governance. The remedy is at the ballot box.


Ken Woods: I like your common sense words but I think you're naive or too fearful if you think that in this state, with this culture, this legislature, and a board of game who reaches for a dictionary when confronted with the term "non-consumptive", that you have any thing to worry about.


I don't listen much to TV news, except for NPR.  Then, I read various publications -- mostly on-line.  I mostly stay away from the comment boards, because I think that most are not places where any real conversation takes place.  I also do not listen to our esteemed governor's rants on the radio (Christie seems to delight in insulting people), but prefer to read about them in the local paper.  So, I guess that I'm a bit insulated from some of the rhetoric.
One of my projects when I retire will be to work with others on a way to make civics education more readily available and approachable.  We will see if we will be able to make a difference .... :-)
Have a good night.


Without having Butts and his Power Corp handlers behind him, Justin speaks what's on his mind. Coincidentally, he is able to speak for all Canadians, as he thoughtfully did on this subject. I learned from Justin that all Canadians have a "special relationship" with the Cuban people.

I have no issues with the Cuban people,  but my relationship only extends to having once smoked a Cuban cigar, and watching Ricky Ricardo on re-runs of I love Lucy (two separate events). I do empathize with them however, as they have lived under difficult circumstances as a result of Castro's dictatorship.

Justin shows his limitations, when, in an effort to be profound, he profoundly embarrasses all Canadians, except those dedicated sycophants who would support anything he says irrespective of it's inanity.

This man was past his best before date long before he fluked into the P.M.'s job by selling the idea of  legal pot to voters between 18 and 35. Harper was right - he's not ready & never will be.


I think it remains to be seen what level it rises to.  It would depend on what he gave in return and that we don't know at this point.  Although, the hour long discussion between Putin and trump leads me to suspect it was something significant.


Implicit in this editorial is the notion of 1-way responsibility--that of government and, presumably, white people. Nothing could be further from reality. The sooner there is intelligent discussion about mutual complicity the sooner problems can be addressed. In the meantime, such editorials reflect a distinct lack of grounding.


Anyone who can't comprehend why words like simile, metaphor, analogy, allegory, or other equivalent words were invented and often used is either very uneducated or, more likely, suffering from neurological problems due to a protein deficiency caused by most vegans' diets.


ah yes the unknown comic


So true! And who would want that job?


YES The ACA does need to be REPEALED AND NEVER REPLACED!!!!!!!!!!

the ONLY the thing in the ACA that needs to stay is PRE EXISTING CONDITIONS EVERY THING ELSE OF THIS SOCIALIST AND TYRANNICAL "LAW"MUST GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Govt has NO right to control our lives!

Dems need to stop all of their tyranny AND BE VOTED OUT! Especially  MURRAY WHO IS VERY CORRUPT AND WAY TOO BIG GOVT!!!!!!!!!!!

VOTE OUT ALL DEMS & REPUBS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


You have been very fortunate. Statistics suggest your experience is not the norm and, though imperfect, are a better  gauge of reality.


Let me get this straight, you are saying that the truth, exposed by the release of dem. e-mails, in your mind, is wrong because you on the left have a very difficult time with truth? You left wing voters are only able to do and say, oh and also to only believe what you are told to and when it is proven you are being treated like useful idiots it is the fault of those who exposed these facts and not the leaders of your corrupt party? You really believe the words of the left, their own words, should not be exposed? Are you in fact saying you are okay with being used? That you are okay with the corruption of the dem. party and instead of looking at what was exposed, we are to fret over maybe someone changed their mind when they allowed their selves to look at facts instead of being a loyal puppet and just listen to what they were told to? What a sad party the dems. have become. I am glad to see such corruption imploding.


And notice "La Comida" in the background is Spanish for "food".   It's also a false cognate of the word "comedy" in English.


Your $200 bill would go to $250 with SuHydro.   The bonds would not be paid off for 50 years.  Bradley Lake hydro has worked sort of OK.  But it cannot be run to full power; the Intertie won't take it without expensive upgrades.  Same for SuHydro, the quoted 6 Billion is just for the dam, no Intertie upgrades to handle an additional 600 Mw.  Further, there has been no less than 3 (Three!) new gas fired plants brought on line or in the final stages in Anchorage/Eklutna.  The cost to Railbelt customers would skyrocket due to market dilution.  That is why you see zero support from GVEA, CEA, ML&P and HEA.  Picture those utilities having to buy SuHydro at costs well above their own generation costs.  What could possibly go right?


My deepest ALOHA to the ohana of those that passed.  Hoping for a full and speedy recovery for all those that were injured.


Trudeau fanboys out in force defending indefensible, spreading the Big Lie about Khadr case unwinnable, hoping if repeated enough it becomes future narrative. Same crowd defended Trudeau for charging charities 20,000 plus limousines etc. for vacuous speeches (all other MP give freely as part of job ) but also had the temerity to vilely denigrate charities ( Nursing Home) that questioned value for money. Same bunch not only defended Trudeau's elbowgate disgrace- unprecedented in Canadian history, but criticized NDP and Conservatives for daring to complain; they defended outrageous moving expenses of Liberal staff and Trudeau's secret vacation ( he tried to hide it ) with a billionaire whose Charity receives more than half a billion dollars  taxpayers money.Same bunch now attacking the widow of medic Speer who a few days before he was killed risked his own life by crossing a minefield to save two Afghan children. This is their modus operandi and  speaks volumes about their moral compass.


After he's done apologizing to Japan- Obama should apologize to Normandy for all those Nazis we killed....

The Iran Deal, the "Red Line" on Syria, and now this:  seriously, has any modern President been so eager to demonstrate what a disgraceful bunch of weaklings we are?   Why do we stand this? The only thing more confusing is which bathroom to use.


I think the Fangs are not going to be trustworthy partners in any of this. They seem perfectly content to let the property deteriorate until it has to be torn down. Then they can get those tax breaks and put up their hi-rise condo's. I am surprised they haven't opened up every window on the theatre to let the cold in, freeze out the pipes, let vagrants nest and do drugs in it to accelerate the process.


Anyone who says the BC provincial budget is balanced is lying. How can the budget be balanced when the provincial debt rises at the same time? To say the provincial budget is balanced is an outright lie. When will the people of BC wake up and realize this?


Oh man, a 15 year old gets a measure 11 felony charge for touching.  I think the DA responsible should be charged with felony child abuse and locked up for life.


Go west young man! Go west, where the LEGAL jobs for LEGAL 'Murcans are!  Git 'er done, 'Murcia. Trump done got you'uns the jobs you'uns 'lected him to git.  Ya'll farmers shut t'hell up. You younguns git to Cali-forny.


If you aint cheatin you aint tryin


I dont visit sites very often if they dont allow a comment. I wanted to comment on Terry Mcauliffe   article , but there was no option under that story. The guy should be in prison. I am not crazy about being forced to rate comments before posting. I might visit more often if it was more comment friendly, but it`s your site.


The Hawaii Supreme Court is performing great outreach in many aspects, like working with India's environmental law leaders, bringing the court sessions to Hawaii's public schools and so forth.

However, we need more due process to ordinary citizens in Hawaii in terms of HRS 343 and the way it's being processed.  Most of the public, including attorneys, do not know about the rigid short timeliness in an Environmental Assessment or Environment Impact Statement process. The reality is citizens don't go around reading fine prints in newspaper or in the Office of Quality Environmental Control or  the public library. Not many attend Neighborhood boards or community associations which are generally elected by dismal tiny amount of voters, with no dispersion of information beyond.

Those who prepare the EA or EIS are not licensed or belong to any professional organizations. The public loses standing if they missed the deadlines. The irreparable damages are severe, with no standing in court.


The only thing I can find in the article is it says that the cab driver stated that he picked up three male juveniles not dressed properly for the weather


If Ms Duncan's report is accurate, there is a problem in academia that is not replicated in most Canadian workplaces.  Perhaps decades of disfavouring applicants raised within our equality culture in preference for those from places without equity norms and where academic opportunities are reserved for the privileged came home to roost.


Justin wants the PBO to report to him and to have the ability to veto what they investigate and report on.

Liberals are aghast at this lack of transparency and dictatorial control.  Damn you Harper!

Oh wait, they're not.


"...the economy will always come back, so there's no real reason to sell at a loss. Just sit tight and when the market comes back ..." Well, good for you, Rocky.

Everyone's situation is different. Case in point: in the late summer of 1999, I had lots of reasons to "sell at a loss." BC had been in recession for a year, I owned my own company and I figured (correctly, as it turned out) it'd be about 5 years before "the market came back."  I was 53 at the time.  After 20 years as "my own boss" I was exhausted. Wait another five years, hanging by my fingertips? (I'd already cut the cable on the TV so I could fill the gas tank one more time at the end of the month.)

I pulled the pin.  And the mini-"boom" during the last 6 months of operation didn't fool me. Sold  the house at a $20,000 loss, sold everything in it and drove down to Mexico. 1.5 years later, I was back...in a new Canadian locale, a new career, a new wife ...and new life.  Never EVER regretted the decisions I made.


"Authentic Catholic alternatives". Modernist for "heresy".


you haven't read up on how denver area civil engineers work have you? they are huge fans of grossly underestimating population growth and underdesigning the capacity of the highways so they can have a new expansion project in 10 years


"Surely an idiot knows today that fruit juice is bad for you."

No, fruit juice is not bad for you.

Sugar is not evil, you just have to be aware that OJ contains a fair amount, and that you drink a small glass.

Non-sugared cereal, no nutella and a small glass of juice is fine for breakfast.


Morrigan wrote: Nothing, Emmanuel, short of a taxpayer revolt will keep property taxes down elsewhere, simply because city government has no incentive to do so.
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I get your point Morrigan, and I think I understand where you're coming from.  But reality is somebody has to pick up the garbage, pump the water, teach our kids, plow the snow and prosecute the "bad guys."  The State is, I think, reneging on their Constitutional obligations so what other options does Muni have?  But actually, a vital downtown would reduce taxes elsewhere; though propagating a myth that all Muni wants to do is suck up money does have a certain panache.  Given your argument I would ask you who, you think, is profiting/benefiting from the "city governments" refusal to reduce property taxes?


"Special pets?" Really? You said this about human beings?


Yeah, if you want to know what is happening in our real estate industry, you have to read the South China Morning Post, and overseas periodicals and investigative reports.


And more than a few Episcopal priests .... and bishops .... are former RC.  The retired bishop who witnessed the marriage of my partner (of 43 years at the time) was a former protégé of Cardinal Cushing.


Liberal lies, Immigration Minister denies that Canada was unprepared for surge of asylum seekers

You're keeping them in Montreal's Olympic Stadium. You had to bring in the military to create impromptu processing stations. You have the RCMP helping them carry their bags. You're now sending envoys to Little Haiti to explain that, Liberal seats in Quebec are being put at risk and to try crossing in Manitoba.

"Prepared" is not a word I'd use.  -From SDA


HART should have contracted the Trump Organization to develop and build Honolulu's Rail.  The Trump Organization would have completed the project under budget and on time.  HART made a huge mistake.  Auwe.


The wife did not discuss it with'nathan' because she felt like he handled it....wow


Hits the nail on the head!


Perhaps you can tell me when white racism stopped affecting public policy? I would appreciate a year and date. It must have happened some time after 1965.


Three biggest dangers now on world stage are Islamic terrorism,Northkorea dictator and Chinese imperialism and china support to rogue nations like northkorea and pakistan.World should tackle these three dangers to save humanity and world peace.


Hey, days are getting longer, so why so cold? I'm sure the whole sun/oceans/warmth thing is a hoax...just trumpain hot air all around.


Mr Gable has made excellent use of a crappy mad max movie to lampoon the conservatives. (Almost redolent of his Harper "blue" period.)That said, my favourite, laugh out loud, Gable cartoon remains "picking the Leaf jerseys out the Zamboni's undercarriage."


"...people do amazingly stupid things every year.”  And not only in National Parks and Forests.  And after something happens they look for someone to blame.


"His supporters [Trump's], let it be remembered, shouted, 'Trump that bitch.' "   Funny how I don't recall ever saying that.  Also, funny is the lead in to this opinion regarding homophobia with a quick diversion to a discussion of Trump.  Very funny and very revealing.


After Trump, O'Leary looks rather benign...


Largely agree with this article, but it omits to mention a few important points.
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One of the most important is that people with no income tend to impose abnormally large costs on the health care system, the police and fire (i.e., first responders) emergency services, and large costs on the judicial system.  Avoiding these costs by reducing their frequency and their severity is one of the huge attractions of these schemes.  There is some suggestion that the schemes may actually save money in the long run.  Perhaps the pilot projects will shed light on that topic.


There is PLENTY of evidence. It is whether or not the evidence leads to proof. But to say there is no evidence is ignorant.


I don't see how Republicans can benefit voting on a Democrat ballot.  They can only vote one ballot either or and not both.  You can't vote on a Democrat or Republican ballot and also fill out a question ballot.  Sounds like someone has their poll/precinct training mixed up.


Therein lies your roblem, you admire Kung.


Wasn't it one of Parnell's policies that anyone who wanted access to gas line information had to swear an oath to never reveal that information? Is that still in effect under Walker? Seems to me that if the oil industry was operating as good faith partners they would have no qualms about telling the State Division of Oil and Gas what their plans are. The whole idea of "proprietary corporate information" is easily abused as a shield to hide behind. Like Senator Wielochowski's law suit against the Governor the State may need the courts to decide just what is and isn't "proprietary information". I do not trust the oil industry to operate in good faith and this lack of releasing information in a timely manner is a very clear indication that that lack of trust is warranted. Trust but verify right Mr Brown?


And Meth first showed up here in the late 60 s ! It was available first in the upstairs gambling rooms where it was used to keep the gamblers up all night....therefore one name for shabu is "awakening drug". Their was one such gambling room upstairs, across from the Kailua Library......... I grew up in Kailua..... in the 50 s and 60 s .


You are joking ..Right?


Ravens could not enroll at coursera.org and get great on-line courses from first-rate colleges free (or $50 for a certificate), yet they might benefit from computer-aided learning if scientists created videos sharing raven sounds recorded elsewhere. Ravens down south haven't got nearly as good of a vocabulary as Alaska ravens. The strangest thing is that younger ravens sometimes meow along the waters edge hidden in bushes fooling people rather well. One might confuse the sound with a quiet cougar, maybe..


'This march sure grabs the headlines.'
Donald.


Every society is at risk of violence when social tensions are allowed to build up without resolution.

Mass immigration of people with extreme views on such basics of our society as the place of women and religion in it, has created havoc in all countries where it has been allowed to happen. The resulting social tensions have resulted in violence from both sides.

The blame rests on irresponsible politicians who only look at short-term economic needs, and do not think through the long-term results of their actions on the social fabric.