They will never ever balance that budget. In a pigs eye. It is tilted to far on tax credits, cash subsidies and back taxes to corporate. In two years we will have same assholes asking for more taxes cause Alaska is broke. Not broke because we have had "gravy train",  but because kelly, miccichi, chenault, pruitt, neuman, meyer and the liver lily likes  along with each governor rerouted the resourse revenue to the oil cartels, fisheries, mining subsidies to stay in power and wear expensive suits. Mules dressed up in horse harnesses.


Thanks for the "label" JimmyJamz.  I left Oprah off my list as well as the many successful "mom and pop"s I know and that are in my family, and are 1st generation americans.  I agree it gets harder and harder to pave ones own way because the small business entry costs are so high but I know too many people who came over on the boat with only the shirt on their back that continue to be the givers in our system.  You keep arguing that the system needs to be changed and I will continue to counter argue that fixing ourselves will always result in a better outcome.  K-12 is free,(and sometimes pre K too), college is free in all 50 states if you join the National Guard, and trade schools are free with GI Bill and Voc Rehab.  This imperfect system remains the most benevolent and opportunistic; we have simply become a country with too many who aren't willing to give before they get. I agree with whomever posted about America's corruption (both sides). When will we vote against it?


It is more about the fire dangers, the health hazards and like it or not court orders.


Peaceful societies in general are like pacifists in particular: they only exist (and sometimes barely, on their knees, as slaves at that) so long as they can avoid those who would take their resources and freedom from them, and so long as someone, somewhere, stands guard against those who would do them harm. Only the dead have seen the end of war. You live in your utopia and I'll stay right here in the real world. Wanna bet a donut (or bowl of granola ; ) on which of us cries him/herself to sleep first and most often?


Minister Garneau got to make the announcement about the request for tender for Atco trailers......


OMG, did I write the wrong last name?  Yes it is JENNIFER ROBERTSON who said not here not ever.


Having moved 16 years  ago to "the country", I don't miss the bustle of the city. For you it should be looked on as a new adventure and you should have lots of green in your pocket to visit "the city" whenever you want.


Now, now one mustn't take god, rants nor apple pie to task.


I know Vance Joseph is trying to keep the morale of the team up, but at the end of the day, you have to honest with yourself and the players. No, we are NOT getting better. We are REGRESSING offensively. It's been downhill since the first 2 weeks, and it doesn't seem like it's gonna get "better" anytime soon. Also, Trevor keeps saying he needs to stop turning the ball over and what does he do but keep turning the ball over. Can't wait to see if Chad Kelly is the real deal.


Don't hire people graduating from anything but the STEM fields. The rest is a pack of rubbish designed to enrich marxist professors.


Built in fans in the Kitchen and bathrooms, and portable fans in windows, can cool off your house faster when the temperature outside drops in the evening, but don't leave the windows open when you are out.

If you have a limited number of fans try to position them in pairs, with one blowing cool air in and another blowing air out after travelling through the house. Consider which side of your house is shaded in the afternoon as the best cool air source, but if there is a strong breeze or wind you may be better off working with the natural flow of air than trying to work against it.

Open doors along the travel path of the air.

http://www.wikihow.com/Use-Window-Fans-for-Home-Cooling

https://www.overstock.com/guides/tips-on-cooling-your-home-with-window-fans

If you only have one fan you may want to focus the cooling on a bedroom, leave the window there open and put the fan away from it.

http://www.instructables.com/id/Cool-Your-House-With-Negative-Pressure-Ventilation/


Or just do what all the movie stars and famous people do....P*ss on a potted plant outside the front doors of an airport or a mall. Hey! it's good enough for Bronson Pelletier, Justin Bieber and Cristiano Ronaldo it's good enough for the rest of us "peons" right?......See what I did there?


Zenger, Of course  he knows, he's tremedously smarter than just about anybody! Now Adjust your sarcasm meter!
When Howard Baker spoke those words he thought he was protecting the President from the actions of his staff, he and the world had no idea that John Dean's future testimony would prove otherwise!


Didvidend sustainability is, I believe,  one notch below what a dividend-focused investor should be looking for. If an investor only owns shares of companies which have a business model that makes them virtually certain to raise and continue to raise their dividends, sustainability isn't on the radar. And within this realm, I'm not looking at those that yield 0.5% but rather companies that currently yield between 3% and 7% (my current average yield is 5%) and as mentioned will be boosting their dividends for the forseeable future. This, I've found, is the "sweet spot" for total return when it comes to dividend / dividend-growth investing. For me, anyway.
SFI


What devious new pain will Trump inflict on us next?


Please note I blamed NO victims Bouldergeist. We, the US,  meddle constantly in other countries elections. So who are we to cast the first stone?

And this Russian meddling falls squarely on Obama primarily, and backwards from there. Not on Trump.

Again, not our President Trump, try as the Far Left does to blame him-no way. Look to previous administrations-that is reality.

1) Bush
2) King Obama
3) Hillary Clinton
4) Rice
5) Lynch

4 of the 5 fall squarely back on their leader's shoulder.


The problem confronting humanity is called global "warming" for a reason.  The fact that increasing year-over-year global temperatures is unsustainable is self-evident.  Increased temperatures create drier soil conditions that bring about crop withering, and crop withering has huge social implications, e.g. rural populations moving into overcrowded cities.  Crop withering in Syria linked to climate change caused such a migration and contributed significantly to the chaos in Syria.

Climate change -> drought -> civil unrest -> conflict -> mass deaths is a vicious sequence playing out today in real time throughout Africa (http://www.africanews.com/2017/03/17/depth-of-the-worst-drought-since-1945-peaking-in-parts-of-africa//).   Your observation "In short, more food" for Sub-Sahara Africa sounds quite hollow when compared to the present reality.


Just coincidence and good timing apparently.


Charged, good. Bout time. This should never have happened. She should never have been a cop. The charge should be murder.


Hooray for Trump. Exactly as it should be. Canada needs to toughen up as well.


RR you are such a "hole" on everything you comment on... which is an awful lot. I am sure you are a chiseled Greek God by the looks of the amount of time you spend at the keyboard. This man is an Lt. which means he worked his way through the ranks. I guarantee he has faced fear on many occasions during his career... but it was his sworn job to move forward on in the face of the situation regardless unlike a keyboard warrior like yourself. You are a sad lonely man...get out of the recliner, put down the cigarettes and go outside....I have experienced that line between fear/bravery, which is really not a line at all.. and I have also known loud mouth talkers like yourself safe behind your computer and judgements of others.


Liberals and corruption go hand and hand


Happy New Year Nick. I hope you are ready for 2017. We are counting on you. You are the best journalist in Hawaii and continue to show it time after time.


Is it just me, or is Mark Redwine starting to look like Frank Gallagher on the Netflix series, "Shameless?"

Not that it necessarily makes him as guilty...


Rolled out of Everett Plan? Please hire an editor.


Good of Mr. Yakabuski to point out the difficult situations in France and the UK although he tried to make the facts fit his multi-culti conclusions.
Yes.  France is secular - citizen first - religion second.
Yes.  A goodly portion of the Muslim community places religion first - then citizenship.
Yes.  This causes problems.
And yes.  France has a failure of integration.
But.
The problem isn't a French failure to allow integration.
The problem is a segment of the population has refused to integrate.
The notion that the answer is to dial back French-first secularism in order to accommodate other cultural styles - the PC multi-culti answer - is wrong.
Allowing those that won't integrate to build their own cultural/religious ghettos is wrong.
That's what France needs to fix.


Looking forward to good news about the pilot.


I have a great idea, how about we take the taxes that are already applied on gas, and we're supposed to be used for transit funding, and use it towards transit funding like they were supposed too in the first place.


Didn't Chief Perry on Kauai voluntarily step aside during his investigation with the mayor and returned when he was cleared?  Isn't that leadership with integrity?


You hit the nail smack on the head, Joanna!  I feel like I'm screaming into a 50 knot gale! No one hears me. The answers are right in front of those guys and they seem to have collective blinders on! At least tell us why these things you speak of don't work or won't work.  They don't even gloss over it, they don't even acknowledge the damn oil giveaway. Meanwhile, I'm trying to live on $1100.00 a month while Billy Walker is spending like I don't exist! Where are Alaska's statesmen of old? I sure miss life before oil. We were Alaskans, not suburban Texans.


Next republican President?  You may have a very long wait Larry.  You sound like you would be happier in North Korea or China.


From my POV Sylvia, good and bad:

- good that G&M keeps comments open.  I left The Star after the 2015 election when they claimed to close comments because of vitriol; but never once addressed the problem during the 10 years the PCs were in power.  Some articles seem shockingly negligent in context.

The bad:

- G&M publishing 2 out of 10 leaning right columns does not indicate balance.  Eight out of 10 left-leaning columns still dominate. The imbalance is palpable.

-- G&M's biggest sin is one of omission - ignoring news if  not favourable to the left.

- Finally, pls review the best site in the world:  realclearpolitics , run by 2 individuals: one on the left & one on the right.  For every curated, linked article on the left, there is an equal one on the same issue, on the right.  RCP respects in equal proportions, divergent perspectives and often includes Canadian-curated links. There are other tabs: real clear world/books/etc.  They are climbing the alexa rank for good reason!


apparently you have no idea what the GOP in Washington have proposed for health care for you. She definitely did the right thing and I hope she doesn't bow down to the bully. He isn't going to be there by years end anyway.


LEFT UNSAID:  Climate Change - Helloo!!!


I wonder if she prefers her facial eggs scrambled, fried or poached.


Crook.


Thanks Ethan.
You need to take the next step.
Create a Eventbrite free event, and then get the word out, and parents and students can attend, and learn first hand what you are espousing in this article.
Change comes from direct action.
An article online that few will see, and read, is not enough to create viral change.
Let me know if you need help with this.

https://www.eventbrite.com/create/


When will Canada realize that the US are not trustable partners? It is not Airbus industry that is the evil doer, it is Boeing and the US administration. Do not shoot at the wrong target!


Disagree all you like.  The voters have agreed with me more than once, yet here we go again.


Start working at home with Google! It’s by-far the best job I’ve had. Last Wednesday I got a brand new BMW since getting a check for $6474 this - 4 weeks past. I began this 8-months ago and immediately was bringing home at least $77 per hour. I work through this link, go to tech tab for work detail. +++++++++ http://www.22moneybay.com


Did you actually watch the proceedings from start to end? Really??
Well I did and Sessions falls into the same bin as the two last week. No, I don't mean Comey.
All these guys are younger than I am — including lying 45 —  and they have such "leaky" memories or do they have particularly selective memories?
Same goes for understanding precise and concise questions.
Does one file that under "transparently stupid" or "transparently deceitful"??


Jeepers, was Christopher Steele from the same gene pool?


Book Em Danno ~ Prayers for People this POS Hurt  ~ Speedy Recovery ~ !


Sure, BLM condemns violence.  wink, wink


Nothing to see here, move along. Stuff an ATM with cash from God knows where and get a suspension on full pay for a year? Then happy campers back at work to mine the limitless veins of gold in SARS for personal enrichment. WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM? Laugh? I thought I would never start.


Here comes the clown.  Here comes the clown.


This is refreshing.  Too many people are guilted into overpriced burial services that, to my way of thinking, do nothing for closure.  My mother wanted a similar approach, and while the tally for her cremation was about double, the family had a much more sincere and heartfelt goodbye with a simple gathering at the cottage, the place she loved best.  It was far better than a “traditional” service since it was relaxed and genuine.

My father, by contrast, had a traditional funeral that cost upwards of 20K.  The service seemed phony to me and the catered lunch was terrible.  It was what my stepmother wanted, so I didn’t complain, but I would have preferred an informal gathering with stories and memories to a speech from a priest who never got to know him.

I think it is a great pity that the costliest piece of furniture many of us will ever own is the box we are buried in.


Your dad?
Obviously Barack respects and loves his wife. Michelle is  intelligent, glamorous, eloquent, educated, accomplished. She's been an inspiration to many. Melania obviously holds Michelle in high regard, or she wouldn't have copied Michelle's speech.
As for Melania's looks: I don't understand what drives women to allow themselves to be sexually objectified, unless they have nothing else to offer.
If Melania didn't look the way she does, Donald would not have bought her. citizenship through marriage.


Who is this clown and why does he keep hurting the currency I am trying to exchange for vacation reasons?


Stripping away environmental regulations. Pushing reformed healthcare through congress. Cutting funds to international women's organizations that provide safe abortions.

Uhh... yeah... the country HAS taken a downturn in 3 months.


Alaskan's are the most ignorant voters on the planet, so Young docent disclose his democratic tendencies, like this is a new idea. The Plantation owner. always needed more new slaves.

"I used to own -- my father had a ranch. We used to hire 50 to 60 wetbacks to pick tomatoes. You know it takes two people to pick the same tomatoes now. It's all done by machine." Don Young!


As an extra, the US won't ask any potheads permission
when the terrorist start using Canada to attack them.
Just the same as will happen to mexico. Our selfie
boy won't have a clue till they come through his door
and by then, it'll be to late.


Looks like Israel will still be in charge of US foreign policy


Time for change. As a shareholder I watch this very closely.
Is  a cowboy at work, or a very well nurtured , trained brain.
Until now the results are ok.
So I keep my shares.
If not I will  add some RBC or BMO. (TD is usually too  expensive for my
taste,but a STAR bank in all ways possible,very well managed like RBC.)


Jr.'s got his dander up `cause Trump hasn't acknowledged him yet. When he does it won't be pretty. Looking for Trump to point a finger at Jr. and say "YOU'RE FIRED"


As many posters have already pointed out, this means Americans will pay for the wall.

And all because of Trump's fragile pre-adolescent ego.

During the primary, Trump proposed a plan to build a wall to keep out illegal Mexican border crossings.  Trump being Trump, he had to go further and claim he would make Mexico pay for it.  A ridiculous claim, by any sane assessment.

And it was ridiculed - by opponents and the media - and him for making it. Trump's ego being what it is, there was probably never a chance he would back down.

Ego-soothing is - obviously - not a rational criteria for public policy, but it seems it will be a constant for the duration of the Trump presidency.


More is needed for the rural population of this state and of this nation.


B.S. Those commie Antifa goons are every bit a repugnant as the NAZI's.


Do NOT trade him.  Story is coming around but Rodgers may be one of those special players.  Great problem for the Rox to have.


All of the evs are niche vehicles so far as they cost at least twice as much as a conventional vehicle for far less then half as much utility.


Someone please explain why you call them activists when in every measurable way they are the mirror image of Isis. Other than the scope of their deeds they could be interchangeable.


Any concerns the public may have?

It should have been the BC Liberals who should have had concerns when they choose to sit on the last report from a year ago which  indicated major irregularities. It took an FOI and a new government to release this report to the public.


How unfortunate for Alaska...


Values are ideals we strive for, but we don't always manage to live up to  them in practice. But without an ideal, you don't even try.


How do you prepare? Don't build in flood plains, and don't destroy wetlands. Of course, to avoid building, it helps to limit population growth - by limiting immigration.


another misinformed anti eh.


Exactly !  50 stars ...
If tis is "news" in 2017 we at indeed in trouble !!


Neither will Jon Stewart, Michael Jordan, Rosalita van Buren, Sid Falco, Jesse James, Peter Finch, Drew Barrymore...

Shall we have "news" stories on each of them?


Since he has the appearance of  a white western male he must have stood out quite noticeably and caught the attention of the local police immediately. And the rest of the story is?


From Oakville: I found a Whole Foods gift card in my wallet the other day -- not sure of the value -- and I'm trying to figure out what I should spend it on. I'm asking myself what's better at Whole Foods than something I could buy for less at Longo's, Superstore, Fortinos, Costco's fish bunker, Starky's pork or chicken departmentn or our local Monastery Bakery, which sells good vegetable and excellent "butcher" meats in addition to deli meats.
We (people in the GTA, for sure) have too much retail.
BAK


Was there any statement by the company as to how misguided the original plan was or an apology? Keep in mind that these are the same geniuses that drove the company into the ground it the first place.


I wish more entertainers would grow up... Go Kid.


May I suggest that "an honest Christian," if he or she was intellectually honest (Are not all honest Christians intellectually honest?) might reply that a literal reading of the Genesis creation narratives might be interpreted so that one might think that.

However, this honest Christian might also continue to say that in modern times, God has allowed humans to better understand the history of this planet through scientific research.

 We know that ancient Hebrews believed that the earth was flat. We also know that they were wrong.  Scientific research has determined that our interpretation that the ancient Hebrew believed that every living thing was created in 6 literal "days" turns out also to have been in error.

We now know that  dinosaurs became extinct millions of years before human beings appeared on this planet. And so, the answer to the question would be: "No, we know that dinosaurs and humans did not live on earth at the same time."


Like the naming of things, let's just have holiday A, holiday B, etc.


Your revisionist history is rather odd.  FDR prolonged the Great Depression by about 8 years because of his policies.  Kinda like what we saw w/ Obama.  Compare and contrast.  If what you say is true, why did my dad have to fill up gas on odd days in the '70s because his license plate ended w/ a 3?  Of course you'll say it was OPEC manipulation of the oil production.  But then why did taxes increase more and more?  Because...they realized that the Great Society and Medicare would need Great Moola for it to work.  Why not just spend according to revenue received?  Because, if you get something for nothing, you'll want to keep it more cuz you don't have to work for it or earn it.  Democrat institutionalized welfare state.  If that's what you want and you convince others to think the same, fine.  I think differently.


Choose to be offended more about something that has nothing to do with you.


I'm shocked, absolutely shocked, to hear that our education industry can't live without spending increases.  The nerve that in these budget times any state funding would reflect the reality of the private sector & taxpayers where wages and budgets have been frozen for some time.


Your post that stated as fact that Western countries newscasts were all approved by Washington, and that Washington dictated what Western news agencies can say.
That may be how it works in Russia, Boris, but it's not how it works here., Russian troll...


Kudos to the Pope for dealing with being put on the spot by Trudeau..
.
Trudeau could have gotten an apology, and had him, and the Pope both looking like heroes, if he had made the "ask" in private, instead of through the press.
.
And we know he did not ask in private as he would not have made the release of what he was going to do beforehand, if he knew the response would be "we will consider it"..
.
Bullying someone in public always works well, and has the bullyer getting what they want, right? Like "Building this pipeline is a no-brainer", or "(fill in the blank country)"  will never get nuclear weapons, or use poison gas"
.
Hope fully the Pope will give it all the consideration it deserves, and reserve an outcome for a long, long time..


That's probably where he's posting from. Law says that funny-farm inmates can have computers.


And don't let your cats eat them.


Does this really come as a surprise to anyone? I once had a doctor who was a real pill-pusher. He would give prescriptions before even knowing what was wrong with me. He would prescribe any drug his patients wanted with little or no questions asked. It didn't take long for word to spread about this doctor.  His waiting room was always filled with drug addicts, sometimes lined up outside the door. Needless to say I found a better physician, and I don't think this doctor is practising anymore. The whole point of this story is to illustrate why drug makers are so eager to get health care providers in their corner. It a multi-billion dollar industry.


now THATs the spirit of  "'old eugene"


I don't see how the new rules affect people who have equity in their property - meaning people who did accelerated payments on their mortgage and have cash balance. They already qualified.

 However, if by people who have equity in their property you mean stretched households that can't save anything and add extra debt by borrowing binges that are supposedly "covered" by the virtual appreciation, then I have newsflash for you: they are a huge part of the problem.


Good to see you again Fedup!  Still the naysayer I see who never does anything to solve the problem (you will agree this country has a problem with mass killings, don't you?)  Never mind, I know your answer.  Typical gun nut answer -- Part of God's plan or something like that, right?


This will not be a "new tax." It will be an old tax that has been overlooked.


It's almost hilarious if it wasn't so sad. We're all suckers for believing that ANC would be different than other African post-liberation movements. Not so, in fact the scale and sophistication of this criminal network is unprecedented. ANC is squarely to blame, no amount of excuses or 'cleansing' can right these wrongs. Bye bye ANC, you will not be missed


I agree with you 100%.


Who controls Washington and Minnesota state governments?
What standing do state governments have in immigration control matters?


For all of you that would like to attend my presentation on Monday, April 18 @ 6:30pm--
the venue has been changed to: Dept of Youth Services, Serbu Youth Campus, and 2727 MLK BLVD in the Steve Carmichael Room. [Across from Autzen Stadium]


On my way to UAA's Wendy Williamson auditorium to protest Bill Walker's theft of OUR PFD's...

while Walker continues to lavishly spend money he says we don't have,

steals staff and budgeted money from other departments in a deceptive shell game of RSA's,

pads the pockets of his buddies with high six-figure salaries and contracts,

travels all over the world accompanied by his entourage in an effort to drum up irrational exuberance as a substitute for a truly real economic development strategy based on rational expectations,

and churns out videos in desperation while he dodges members of the public;

among other things.

Walker, Mallott and chief of staff Whitaker lie, steal and are totally out of control.

They cannot be trusted as they continue to violate the public trust.


Puts you ahead of most of the current Graduates of the Knight School of Law over at Duck U!

See what you get for your $32,474 per year In-State tuition:

They only have a 67% Oregon State Bar Pass rate.

 The "Worse pass rate vs. same state peers from all law schools (-2.8%)"

They have a "Higher than Average" Law School Aptitude Test (LSAT), just a lower graduation and Bar Pass rate.

 Their instructors just aren't getting the job done.

Too busy fighting over what they did on Halloween, I guess!

http://law-schools.startclass.com/l/124/University-of-Oregon


By "better jobs" am I correct to assume that you mean higher paying?
And if so Paul, where are these "better jobs" to be found?


Come on local, stop being so local.  lol

Trump is more likeable, honest, and trustworthy?  Tell that to all the people he stiffed when he filed bankruptcy all those times.   And out for themselves?  That describes the entire Trump administration.  Just look at their travel.

But its ok as they are republican.  right loco?


i think that if someone is a menace to the community they should be sent packing. enough is enough. shouldn't matter if the community is black, white, or green. and btw: how much is togiak getting billed for their trooper outpost? understand that we other folks just aren't chipping in enough to support our troopers! what is the issue with girdwood?


Even Fox News has retracted that story. When the real purveyors of fake news - FNC - say something is not true, you had better believe them.


Handcuffed to a dead hooker with no choice but to drag it all the way to Election Day.


It's time we stopped funding these things and did something to make our existing cycling infrastructure function. One cannot go anywhere by bike in this city without being harassed by aggressive, drug-addled homeless people. They take over every critical underpass and won't let people through their stolen carts, unleashed pit bulls and passed-out bodies. No wonder we have lost 30% of our cyclists since 2009.


There was only one Legs Diamond.


The bishops love and care about the poor. Of course they do. Jesus loved and cared about the poor and the bishops are living images of Jesus.

And the bishops love and care about immigrants. Of course they do. The collection baskets won't fill themselves, and mass attendance among true-born American citizens is right up there with French Canada and the Czech Republic.

But the bishops don't get to write Congressional bills. They have to compromise. The poor people and immigrants are just not as important as defunding Planned Parenthood.

So poor people and immigrants had to be thrown under the ecclesiastical bus. Because nothing is as important as making women produce babies, babies, babies, like Mary.

The poor and immigrants will just have to unite their sufferings with Our Blessed Mother of Sorrows. And they better not stop putting money in the baskets while they do it. Jesus would be very angry if they did that.


......met a lady in Vernon the other day who could not stop going on and on about how much she loves driving her '07 FJ......she also told me of how so many parts of the vehicle are double and even triple coated, sealed etc etc......Jeeps Schmeeps......they can have them........one of them runs into me, they will be in the hospital, not me.....a price worth paying with a little more fuel each fill up.


Not sure where you conservatives get this Part Time Drama teacher stuff and yet conveniently forget Trudeau was a full time Math and French teacher as well. This is why your party sits most of the time as opposition, you can't be bothered to be truthful and you willing elect people who refer to womens groups as feminazi's and have a rep that supports starting the NRA in Canada. Pretty sad in the big picture of life.


I can't hear you, keep repeating yourself...


You know better. There was a lot of carryover spending from W. The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq didn't end on January 20, 2009. They continued and had to be funded. Same for Medicare Part D--it continues today. The Bush Great Recession meant fewer income taxes as millions lost their jobs, and more billions in unemployment and other counter-cyclical spending to combat the recession.

"There's a dramatic difference between what Barack Obama was handed and what Donald Trump will be stepping into," says Mark Hamrick, senior economic analyst at Bankrate.com.
He took office in January 2009 -- in the depths of the Great Recession -- when the U.S. was bleeding nearly 800,000 jobs a month. It was the worst economic hole America had seen since the Great Depression of the 1930s."

By the end of his second term Obama added 11.3 million jobs over for 75 straight months of economic growth.
http://money.cnn.com/2017/01/06/news/economy/obama-over-11-million-jobs/


As mentioned in the article, the disabled are eligible for the Anchorides service, which will pick them up at their door.  For older individuals, they need additional exercise more than anyone! As we age, both the risk factors, as well as % endemic to the population with cardiovascular disease, high blood pressure, diabetes are exponentially increasing!  And it's entirely due to a poor mindset and lazy attitude, as you demonstrated in your comment.  When did the thought of exercise become criminal? Go have a cheeseburger and watch TV until you fall asleep.


Wynne "says" a lot of things...Tory was just the last person that still believed her.


"BTW, are you going to post about the collusion aspect of this matter all day? Give it a rest."

Is the lack of collusion evidence getting to you?


The walk signs are ok! Don't fix anything, people just need to stay alert and look both ways and cross cautiously but as efficiently as possible.


Good thing that it is soon to be become the subject of scorn as it so righteously deserves.


That doesn't stop professional soldiers from missing their targets all the damn time no matter how many times you tell them what they did wrong.


Refusing to reduce pollution as a society and individually because everyone pollutes at least a little bit is a very lame, short-sighted, selfish excuse.

Please learn to use the term by-product appropriately if you are going to lecture.  Plastic is not a by-product in any sense.  Plastic is a targeted product made typically from petroleum distillates.  Every molecule of plastic ever made still exists somewhere on our planet as dangerous pollution.

We have also discovered that other renewable sources are usable for plastic production.  Will this render your entire argument against curtailing pollution moot?


has any audio, unintentionally, oops the mic is still on audio, been revealed?  it will come - it is inevitable.  media everywhere...the Donald's will be particularly nasty as he has shown the propensity to be so, even in public.  it may be the level of such to repel his younger supporters who are still in the questioning, idealistic stage.  yes , I am a complex mix of cynicism and idealism...it's a blessing and a curse.


And yet he ruled against a trucker who had a choice to leave his truck or freeze to death.  The man has no reasoning compassion.  That's enough to tell me that he can't be trusted.


Right on again.


At one point in history the Supreme Court also ruled that blacks who "sold as slaves", whether enslaved or free,couldn't be citizens" - obviously they make mistakes don't they?


Your conveniently forgetting that Russia was once the Soviet Union that took over Eastern Europe after WWII and enslaved millions.
They have as many tentacles in other countries now as the U.S. does.
And Putin is now moving on Libya.
Your anti-U.S. bias is clearly showing here.


Good to see the BoC is doing it's job holding inflation at 2%...
31% hike in labour costs, and people are still losing ground.


The description of the rationale for using the Filoque side-steps the scriptural issue neatly but in a manner that only the elite would know. What is unfortunate is that much of Scripture is still a mystery for many Catholics. My former teacher for religious studies in college was a daily mass attender and devout Catholic-but he said and I quote: "I don't know the Bible".
     The Fundamentalists have co-opted familiarity with chapter and verse, which is unfortunate, as Genesis is a theological narrative, not science. The issue is authority-and clericalism depends on the ignorance of the laity for its continued dominance.
     I think, rather, that Mariology has confused the issue of the role of the Holy Spirit in the church. Yves Congar, French Jesuit commented when perusing official documents was of this wise: "Wherever I expected to find commentary on the Holy Spirit I found references to Mary."


Good on the Conservatives.  It's about time somebody starts representing the interest of Canadians.


All three groups under your umbrella remove the requirement to either think or work with those who "aren't like me".


When the eye came over land in the Naples area about 120 miles south of Tampa Irma started to fall apart. This is critical for any storm. They can't regenerate like they can over water and the frictional force disrupt circulation. Also as flat as Florida is just east of the Naples area is one of the highest parts of the state with rolling hills which break storms up.

I didn't ride it out - I stayed with a friend close by who was better protected by surrounding trees and buildings and 35 feet above sea level. If you are within a mile of water and less than 10 feet above sea level you are crazy to not leave. Its not cool or macho or whatever. Its a giant pain to be sitting in the dark hot, sweaty, no TV, etc. Its like how people have been swept away in the streams there in thigh deep water. You might make it wading across but its a certainty that if you don't try you won't die. For noobies to Florida every storm is a learning experience. We need to send them the right message.


thank you Wolfie - you are a very nice fella.


Seven years after the ACA passed, and we're still waiting for it to be affordable.


In a pluralistic society, we need to transcend these concerns of yours. Birth control. same sex marriage, and kosher should not be a problem if we are understanding and respectful of others.
Sin is in the eye of the beholder. Others are not bound by your opinion of sin. If you insist on imposing your views then you risk isolating yourself. You will be ignored. The Catholic Church has suffered a similar fate by insisting that their teachings must be obeyed. The days of imposition are past. They must meet their needs of today to be considered and accepted.
You can follow your conscience but it is yours and others have theirs. To find the common ground is paramount to live in harmony with our neighbours.


Justin Trudeau, you silver spooned trust fund baby. You should know better than to break the rules, especially since you said that your government would be more transparent and accountable, NOT! You need to resign.


I did not say the Golden Rule failed to abolish slavery, but you know that.   I said the Golden Rule proves slavery was unjust.  The pursuit of justice is  a noble political endeavor.  It was the injustice of slavery, not the doctrine of equality, that motivated abolitionists and caused abolition to become a political force for change.

The political or the private pursuit of the doctrine of equality ends in ideological revolution.  The French revolution set an observable, repeatable, pattern of what happens when equality is pursued ideologically as a political end.  Lucifer and Cain are two of many biblical examples that the doctrine of equality darkens the hearts of both men and angels. Pity the unhappy souls that join them in their benighted covetousness.


Your comment confirms this is a bill for Russians and Russians alone...and somehow you fail to see it.   lol


It's not just a casino and a restaurant. The JW Marriott, with what will be the largest hotel ballroom in Vancouver, will be able to attract some of the bigger convention events coming to the City. The writer may compare this venture to something from Vegas, but I think it'll resemble the LA Live district in Los Angeles, with Staples Center sporting and concert events, convention and restaurants and bars. The JW is an anchor hotel there too. Not too different than how it's positioned in Vancouver. I'm actually very excited to see it unfold.


And likewise--as I have no intention whatsoever to politicize this--as it shouldn't matter if one is Democrat, Republican, liberal or conservative--the madness must stop, or at least be contained to a reasonable degree.


This is really not that surprising, and I'd like to point out that all of the 50 cities in the study require an income of more than $40K, but many others were in the $60K- $70K range. I have lived in many cities across five states: NY, FL, WA, TX and OR, and none of them were "cheap." Point being there's nothing local about this problem.

The real problem is SHRINKING MIDDLE CLASS.

Making $60k a year should not be a big deal for a working couple – that's 30 grand a piece. Wow, crazy! We used to think of someone who made $30k as someone who did not make a lot of money, now we are being told that makes us "rich."


Paxton Lynch "can't even fall down right."
Funny and well stated.
Good job.
Still laughing.
Laugh every time.
It's priceless.


The best way for Alaska to gain energy independence is for us to invest heavily in renewable energy sources.  That is also the easiest way to reduce our outrageous costs  for electricity and home heating fuel.

I realize we have to continue with fossils fuels for now but Alaska should lead the nation in renewable energy, much like several European countries.


Look at my post above this one- I specifically wrote that Jesus was fully Human and Fully Divine. It's the one you replied to where you begin: "when healing people.............."


Don Young is going to need medical attention after we tear him a new one for voting Aye for this murderous shite bill.


So you send me to Twitter to get a link you simply could have posted in the story-- gee thanks.


Dead and the rigor mortis is just setting in.  GOP can't get anything done.


Once again the so-called leader of the free world started his day with a twitter rant.

 He began with a slam against any Republican senator who dares to vote against the latest attempt to take away health care for millions of Americans, and then moved on to the other lunatic with nuclear codes:

Next up, more whining about the “Russia hoax”—you know, the one that the CIA, FBI, NSA and his own secretary of state agree happened—being all in the imagination of “Crooked Hillary” and the “dishonest Media,”

He finished his morning of presidenting with a reminder that he is holding a rally tonight in Alabama … and then he went golfing. Again.

God bless America.


Obama's attempted Overthrow of U.S. Ally President Zardari of Pakistan, Overthrow of U.S. Ally President Ben Ali of Tunisia, Resign or be Overthrown U.S. Ally President Saleh of Yemen.  Obama's Attempted Overthrow of U.S. Ally President Assad of Syria only pushed President Assad to be a Russian Federation Ally Only, the U.S. Ally Syrian Military Bases were essential during U.S. Military Operations at Iraq when U.S. Ally Turkey continually refused the U.S. to use U.S. Air Force Base at  İncirlik Turkey during the 1990 to 1991 First Gulf War, Democrat President Clinton's 1993, 1996, 1998 U.S. Airstrikes and U.S. Cruise Missile Attacks against the Muslims at Baghdad Iraq, Democrat President Clinton's 1998 Declared War Against U.S. Ally Iraq, 2001 U.S. Military Operation Viking Hammer, 2002 U.S. Military Operation Hotel California (not the CIA Operation of the same name) were launched  from U.S. Ally Syrian Military Bases and Ports (U.S. Navy Cruise Missile Attacks against the Muslims).


Now you got your termite problems solved. Use your homeowner's insurance to buy yourself a new house and new furniture, clothes, appliances, electronics, and everything else. Nothing like a fresh start. Don't go moaning about what you lost. Whaddaya going to do with all that stuff after you die? Give 'em to the Salvation Army, right?


I ate there once, it was TERRIBLE!  Once was enough!


Our own Red Dog Mine pays for most of if plus for your city government. Start paying taxes in the urban and pay for your own she-!!!


Where does the law state that Omar is owed $10.5 million?


This is a difficult time....families, friends etc support a candidate that others find appalling....when it's up close and personal (my husband and I support different candidates) we have found over a 57 year marriage that silence on these matters is golden. As my husband is the only person in the family with his candidate...fortunately there are lots of other folks to talk to...

I find with friends that if we support the same candidate we discuss it..if we don't,  we don't.

As to blocking.....I really liked that Disqus feature....as there was a lot to discuss with folks with whom I shared an issue...


TJLYOM I am with you on this. It seems like the media wants/needs viewers/clicks and so agitates "us". If we are comfortable and happy, then maybe our psychology works such that we sort of relax and don't watch/listen/read/click? But when we get stirred up, we get on alert, like any herd animal, and start paying attention, emphasis on "paying"? And the media are having a field day with Trump and his administration, but is it really a reaction to being "wrong" or "losing" in the election? Don't both sides get so riled up about the other and it's that agitation that the media fans and feeds? Is it the downside of freedom of speech? Just like getting a leader you don't like is the downside of democracy? And getting taken and paying high prices for stuff you want the down side of capitalism?


Sanity is now prevailing and not hate filled stereotyping fear that our AG, governor and federal judge  have been pushing.


No one questions how anyone can be consuming $1000 of electricity a month - a little more research would be a good thing before cons start foaming at the mouth!


We will be witnesses to elastic opinions and other evasions.  2 days from now there won't be a neuron out of its normal shape or place.


You'll be happy to know that the DP restricted my account and wouldn't publish my reply to you, presumably because I referred to our president as a lunatic.  Censorship you can probably live with.


Well, if you choose to look at it that way, it's a clear conflict of interest.


Nowhere did JP II enumerate the CCC as a member of the magisterium!  This omission would serve to prevent a right-wing Catholic from using CCC snippets to "correct" a future pope!


Started with Reagan.  Daddy Bush was sometimes right, but other than that. . .


I saw when Barbre came over from the Eagles that he played right tackle before.  Watson has a long injury history.  Watson also has not played well as far as pass blocking.  Barbre may be needed to play some right tackle.


Sometimes in life one must make choices.  Hydropower and dams used to produce it is absolutely vital to sustainable long term power production free from carbon emission.  Here we see a profound conflict.  Many folks support any cause that promises to return the world to mother nature.  Free flowing rivers.  Reduced carbon emission.  Forests that are not harvested.  etc.  Here we have a head on collision between back to nature free rivers and fighting climate change.  It is interesting how many warmers support dam removal or less than optimal power production while at the same time professing concern over climate change.

Of course, if varying river flow is a significant concern, the way to eliminate it is to place a small secondary dam downstream of the primary which acts as a buffer storing high flow from the main dam and releasing it when the main dam is reducing less.  Below the secondary dam the flow would only exhibit seasonal variations.


I Agree with the first party of your post - 100% - 'The reality of 'climate change' ' has nothing to do with it.. The REALITY of saving money should be the strongest point, something even NON-believers such as myself, can put in their wallet. I've dropped my Electric bill in Hawaii from $800 a month to $80 because of Solar. My equipment paid for itself in 2 years!

"Accelerate the rise of Minimum Wage" -  not so fast! The jump in pay would cause more problems that it would fix - including resentment from those that have worked hard to get to the wage point they worked for, sometimes for years. Hawaii has a lot of problems, the Dems keep ignoring them - We need to shake them up so we can BEGIN to fix things..


First of all, schools that can only muster 25 players should switch to lacrose or table tennis, leave FB to the real hammah schools. Lol!


Why do you believe trump was so important that any nominee should have done what he wanted?  Why has he never asked any white candidate, man or women for their birth certificate?   The majority of Americans's know why, why won't you just admit it?


Justin's government is a complete trainwreck.  In a little over a year, there's been more corruption, more ineptitude, and more scandal than any reasonable person would expect from a government in power for over a decade.

The next election can't come soon enough, if there's still a country by then!


"next hurdle"? An Oregon slug could sail over that one. Taxpayers will be footing the bill to relay a radio signal in order to make this work for the developer, too. Those who have get, those who don't have give. It's the Eugene way.


I am sure all the cows and pasture lands are pleased by having no safe injections sites, now if they could only rid themselves of the meth and heroin users wandering about in unincorporated Snoho County!


Pollster: If the election where held today, how would you vote?
Me: In secret.

Pollster: If the election were held today, would you vote for ____ or ____?
Me: I vote with secret ballot and that includes you.

Pollster:   . . . . ?
My 13 year old son:  Is this a telephone poll?
Pollster: Yes.
My 13 year old son: Thank you, but we already have a telephone pole in the corner of our yard.

Someone calls on the phone claiming to be conducting a political poll.  How do you know it is for real or a phishing expedition.  We had a pollster call up and ask us if we go to church on Sundays and if we owned guns?  We have certain "hang ups" about that.


IMO, the present political dialog is a symptom of the dearth of adults (as opposed to those who've gained physical maturity only) in our society.


traffic bad. Traffic with more people is more bad. Transportation is bad. More people less transportation options very bad. 60mins to go 10-12 miles in Denver bad. Add this HQ, that HQ, I mean, is anybody else seeing how horrid traffic and transportation will be when Denver can barely support its own population right effin now?... What is the meaning of this?


The 15 year old will most likely stick with his fable, 'er story.  That's what a jury trial is all about.  Indeed, most convicts in prison say they are innocent.


But some are more evil than others.


Note that the cop haters are the liberals and minorities. Oh , and the white guilt trip bunch also. And a few other mentally challenged types.


This opinion piece is flawed in so many places one can easily miss that its basic thesis is correct. Technology and economic forces along with basic changes in social values are what will drive change, with policy being a trailing second cousin. The claim that "The best hope for the planet lies not in massive investments in wind and solar power, which can never reliably supply more than a fraction of the energy a power-hungry planet needs. " is demonstrably wrong. The world will rely on renewables of all kind for energy within thirty years, the LNG fad will be forgotten and hydrocarbons will be seen as an interesting source of molecules for innovative materials. Renewables is a lot more than solar or wind though. There are hundreds of different renewable technologies. The energy future will not rely on any one dominant mode.


Back in the '80s when I lived in San Diego, the SDPD committed so many egregious and horrendous crimes against the public (refer to examples like the Sagon Penn and Kara Knott cases, for two of many, many examples) that folks organized, monitored the police band radios and maintained contacts near wherever the cops pulled someone over in our communities so they could be contacted to quickly assemble as witnesses to how the cops treated those they stopped.  Worked, too.  Evildoers hateth the light.

I saw example after example where the cops, suddenly surrounded by a crowd of witnesses, stopped beating victims' and released 'em without charges.  My son was one of 'em.  His crime was driving a car considered too nice to be driven by a 'person of color'.

As I recall San Diegans were still monitoring the cops until about 5-6 years ago.  All probably "illegal" now, of course--we're not supposed to be able to defend ourselves even passively from the "minions of the state."


Audi USA is advertising  the A4 with a manual transmission. Presumably that means it is selling the A4 with a manual transmission. When is Audi Canada going to get around to doing the same, or is the manual A4 never coming to Canada?


It's the same with the global warming / climate change fanatics: their own CO2 footprint tends to be very large and certainly above average.

 My sister in Scotland is a good example.  Installs energy efficient light bulbs (for example) showing-off her 'green' credentials, then flies to Barcelona, Prague, Berlin (makes at least three such overseas weekend trips per year) for a weekend with her girlfriends.


According to Cathal Kelly,  Shanahan and Babcock were likely telling the team:  "Hey guys, stop trying so hard, we're only two years into our five year plan!"  Great spin Kelly.


Philadelphia Model, Kangaroo Court  or Show Trial.  Call it what you will.


Another disgruntled worker takes the lives of co-worker than self!  It should be labeled Cowardly Disgruntled Worker takes his own life instead of facing the consequences of his spineless action of taking the lives of others! God have mercy on his soul!


The Liberal Party has done little to distinguish itself from the extreme right represented by the Harper government - like repealing environmental laws giving control of the environment to the oil and gas industry or repealing C-51 in its entirety, among many other pieces of egregious Conservative legislation.  The country is run by corporate interests with Trudeau as their new face.


And the Asst. DA refuted a point in Muñoz’s letter: that it’s “a more productive route” for Jack to be rehabilitated rather than serve “long-term incarceration.”

“Rep Muñoz goes on to imply that the shift in policy (e.g. SB 91) should be applied to the defendant’s circumstances. Nevertheless, the Legislature did not elect to modify the sentencing statues applicable to the defendant. ... It is reasonable to presume the Legislature did that intentionally, in light of the obviously unacceptable rates of sexual abuse of minors in the state of Alaska,” Kemp’s report reads.


And, of course, the whole panoply of the moral life can be expressed in just one word, 'love'.

A word one easily associates with Fr James.  You?


Man bites dog.  Yawn.  There must be a contingency fee lawyer hanging around somewhere nearby.  Injured sensibilities and all that, doncha know.


Stef, can you please explain the meaning of those famous words Jefferson wrote in the U.S. Constitution. You disagreed with my post so I assume you have a different interpretation.


These Muslim students are acting irrationally and need to consider the actual facts.  Yes, Trump is a bigot but so what. Trump is intent on hurting non-Muslim U.S. citizens even worse if they aren't rich like him and his fellow GOP Members of Congress and friends and family.  Yes, Trump is a jerk.


And he hasn't paid attention to the intel reports that newspaper articles that triggered this whole feud may have been a Russian plant to sow discord and confusion.


Like Burnt you have not idea where the market is headed. While you may think you somehow know more, you don't. You don't know if things will bounce back as they did in Vancouver, rise to the rate of inflation, stagnate, or correct further. If you listened to Burnt when he first started babbling on what he had no clue of you would have missed a huge run, have been well into a paid off home, and easily able to weather a correction. Not once has he been able to accept these facts and now is babbling how he knows how it will end, priceless.


The legislature has approved half a million for new office furniture. Cancel that, and you've got two-thirds of the money for OWL.


Trump is pushing to evict illegal immigrants from the US. He has committed to focus on those illegal immigrants who have committed crimes in the US.

If these people are legal law abiding immigrants in the US why are they risking their lives to come to Canada? My fear is that they are in fact the very people that Trump has targeted for eviction.

Canada has had terrible gang/violence/gun/drug problems with legal Somali immigrants.


This team is going to be a ridiculous amount of fun to watch this year.   Lyles and Juancho look like they are going to fit perfectly next to Mason coming off the bench.   Faried is practically underrated at this point but it's time to move on.  His fit next to Plumlee and Mudiay is questionable at best.  Makes sense to focus on developing Trey into a SF/PF combo.  His ceiling is super high and you essentially gave up the #13 overall pick to obtain him.

Mudiay looks vastly improved in many ways.   Still turnover prone and his handle is still too loose, but he was driving and distributing at will during the 3rd quarter while hitting difficult shots with confidence all game.  Add in Juancho, Harris, Murray and Jokic... the future is bright folks.

Lets just hope TC starts getting better value in trades (though it's gonna be difficult with Faried b/c so many teams are crunched for cash).  He is the best drafting GM a Denver team has had in my lifetime and knows how to pitch to FA's.


Happy almost 150th Birthday Canada.

Your Prime Minister is selling you, lock, stock, and barrel, to China, with no regard to national safety.

WTH?

Can we do anything to stop this?


I'll say it again...QUIT VOTING FOR PEOPLE AND MEASURES THAT RAISE TAXES!  These lawmakers are wholly owned by the public employee unions, who are using our government to steal from us.


I believe that  Canadians that own in Florida  pay a much higher rate of property tax than local residents.

You do not qualify for the primary residence reduction in assessed value, nor the Homestead exemption that caps tax increases.

Not the same thing as calling it a tax on the property being empty for half the year, but still a tax on how you use your property.


I follow financial reporting, and I agree with you that the NP is near its end. And I say this where I prefer the politically centrist editorial positions in the NP to the left-wing bias of the G&M.

Where I disagree with you is that the Globe is in any trouble.  First,  its  billionaire owner has deep pockets. Second, its business and investment sections are well written and well edited, and offer small retail investors like me a chance to closely follow various publicly-held companies.

There are essentially two groups of readers for the Globe. First, there are the left-wing readers who enjoy the paper's editorial bias. Second, there are the business readers (like me) who profit from this side of the paper. I'm not sure the G&M could survive with the former readership only. Left-wing readers can always get free reading from the CBC web page. On that note, one reason for the Star foundering is the free left-wing opinion from the CBC web page.


What lies and corruption?


Nah, most of us couldn't put up with the bull crap! Plus, when you try to do the right thing in the political arena, they walk all over you and stab you in the back!


Literally nothing Kritof failingly attempts to portray Trump as interacting with his CIA leadership would play out in such a way.  Such a sophomoric portrayal by Kristoff is tantamount to a grown-up calling another one a "doo-doo head."  The ADN has simply given up being objective - they have no journalistic fiduciary duty to give balanced perspective of our Presidential candidates, and what we are all left with is Nicholas Krisof, Shannyn Moore, and Elise Patkotak.


Regardless to how anyone here feels...state legislators can vote all day long to take away merit increase but the fact if the matter is that it is illegal for them to do so....the state has a legally binding contract in which these merit increase are guaranteed ...should the state seek to blatantly violate the terms of the there collective bargaining agreement each Union has the right to sue the state of Alaska for those compensation and more ...and these unions will win these law suits as the state has no ground or right to supersede these legally binding agreements...ultimately they may take the merit increase away for a short while, but the state will end up spending a lot more money in legal fees and man hours plus they will end up retro paying every state employee for these merit increases...they have to know this ....it is not complicated ...so unless they are truly idiotic they will abandon the HB and wait to renagotiate term with each new contract whe they come up...


We can balance the state budget without a destructive state income tax if we get control of the run-away state spending.  We need to return to the number of state employees we had 15 years ago (plus 15% for population increase).  After all, the state was able to deliver state services 15 years ago without any trouble.  To avoid a shock to the system, we should cut 5% of state employees annually for about ten years until we are down to a level we can afford.  To balance the budget we should reduce / eliminate the PFD and use 4% of the Permanent Fund balance.  We may need to borrow a little bit of money from the Constitutional Budget Reserve (CBR) if oil prices stay under $50 per barrel.  If the price of oil goes up we may be able to add a little money to the CBR.


Are you aware that 3/4 of these people killed by police officers WERE white people? If you weren't, I am not surprised, because no one talks about them.  And you are making excuses for a murdering racist who murdered people he didn't even know simply because they were 1-white, 2-police officers.  Think about what you said Wavemaker.


Bertha Wilson is the imbecilic judge responsible for Singh.  Our SCC has usurped the authority of our duly elected governments and that is truly scary in a democracy.  If SCC judges want to legislate then resign and run for office


Someone please stop the INSANITY! Doing the same thing over again and again and again and expecting different results is maddening.


He won't. He'll be out of office when it all implodes.


I agree we need to wipe out the radical Islamists. Problem is, we were helping radical Islamists in an effort to topple Assad. We need first of all to come clean about what is our foreign policy. We need to stop the hypocrisy. We need to stop supporting terrorists in any way shape or form; we need to support govts. that are fighting Islamism; we need to stop sending arms to regimes that support Islsmist terrorism (Saudi Arabia, for example). If we just clean up our act we can get wholly behind the job of wiping out the Islamists. But that will entail certain alliances will have to change (Saudi Arabia, for example).


Short and Sweet here.    All of these women  Wearing pink, pointy-eared “pussyhats” to MOCK, the new president.  I believe it was EXTREMELY DISRESPECTFUL, even if we had a female president, and the protesters were  wearing "penishats".     What it really boils down to here is , pussyhats, take the hats off of the word, and thats what you have , and by the numbers stated thats  LOTSA  * ^ # & !.


You should spend some time sitting in the courtrooms if you think this is an overreach of justice.


The rail project needs to be (fiscally) rescued, not killed. American designed Maglev 2000 technology can be used to convert the steel wheels on steel rails system to urban maglev. This can be done while easily keeping project costs within the available funding of $6.8 billion (from federal funds and GET collections through 2027). The legislators and council members are aware of the maglev cost estimate folio even as they approve short-term measures that do not address the project’s long-term fiscal problems. They know what can be done but lack the political “backbone” to address conversion with federal officials. An extension of the surcharge just to complete the 20-mile system will be “throwing good money after bad” and is nothing more than an easy way out for our elected officials, including the mayor and the governor. Leadership is desperately needed but is conspicuously lacking.


Qatar is definitely at fault here. The Saudi foreign minister reported that Qatar must end its support for the Palestinian group Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood before ties with other Arab Gulf states could be restored. Saudi doesn’t think this is good. Qatar has to stop these policies so that it can contribute to stability in the Middle East


"Republicans prefer - exclusion, disrespect and unbridled individuality. Apparently, it helps explain why they come up short politically in Hawaii again and again."

Mr Lanier, do you even KNOW any republicans?? I do, LOTS and you didn't describe any that I know.  Admittedly we are a frustrated group on these islands because we continue to see total corruption virtually dripping from any and all government offices and the people just continue to vote the same people back in office with promises of more free stuff, cheaper housing, food stamps etc.  We are as close to a socialist State as we can get and it's sad..

We have three of the most worthless people in congress that we could possibly find, simple bobble heads that to the Democrat mark without thinking and likely can't find restrooms when they need them. Voters made ONE right choice with Tulsi.

You are right, Republicans will likely come up short until HAWAIIANS wake up to the fact that they are little more than slaves.


The only immediate solution I see is to go double tight end set on every down. Have Green and Huerman stay tight to help the tackles. Single set back with only two receives in the pass pattern. If you have a little success there you'll force opposing defenses to cheat their safeties up and that creates one on one for your outside receivers. Pass sparingly and run...run...run..until it hurts. You'll get some 3 and outs early..but if your defense can keep the score close you can wear an opposing defense down and see some openings late in the game.
The Little Guy


Violent crime isn't evenly distributed. Most people are equally safe everywhere. The few exceptions to the rule make the news.


Can you say meltdown?


No words.


What about all the people that don't own 'powered' vehicles?


Trump also learned a lot from Roy Cohn, who was Joseph McCarthy's chief counsel until his belligerent tactics side-tracked McCarthy's anti-Communist project.


GFNC55: Couldn't quite follow you there.


You think there is no difference between the immigrants of 200 years ago and today?  Thats almost willfully negligent.  One of the main differences is the numbers. tens of thousands during the revolution vs millions today.  ALSO LEGAL BACK THEN.  why don't lefties realize that its only the law? laws-schmaws amiright?


That Lee is a BS response. The first line of defense for the ignorant is always belittle your opponent, put them on the defensive. But that does not make your argument any stronger.

I am quite aware of "what science is" and have been reading both sides of the argument on the AGW theory for a long time. There is a lot of research that counters what you call conclusions. There is also a lot of evidence that shows some of the "science" being presented is forged. There is a lot of reason to be skeptical. Which by the way is different from being a denier.


As long as the press and establishment continues to tear apart anyone they don't find acceptable, as in sucks up to them completely, i. e., Obama, we are not going to have a really decent person as President because no decent person will put themselves or their family through that kind of garbage. All the candidates that ran had one thing in common and that is that they didn't care what anyone else thinks about them.


"... Hold prices fixed or even knock them down and suddenly we become able to afford to cover everyone ..."   Or, suddenly a lot of treatments and procedures will be strictly rationed, or just won't be offered anymore anywhere in the country, because they can't pay for themselves.  :(

Our political masters won't care.  If and when we get a system that mirrors Canada or the U.K., top government officials and retired politicians will fly off to Zurich or Singapore and get the best medical care that money can buy.  (At taxpayer expense ...)


Make no mistake.....their good cop bad cop routine is carefully orchestrated. Throw in Mattis' comments for extra flavour.


People have asked him to come clean. That means he needs to say why he believes he has indigenous ancestry. Who told him? When was he told? What exactly did they tell them? He's always been vague about these questions. But they should be easy to answer. Unless he's the source of all the family stories.

His claims varied. True. But how was it a narrow range? If I told you my mother's family was from Sudbury and my father's was from Montreal, then a year later I told you my mother's family was from Thunder Bay and my father's was from Kingston, you wouldn't say I had erred in a narrow range because those cities were vaguely in the same areas. Heck, no. You'd say I had a problem knowing where my family came from and that I'd better check with my family to see what the truth was.

Boyden writes fiction. That I don't object to. He can write anything he wants when he calls it fiction. What I object to is when what he says is fact turns out to be fiction. Can you see what the sin is now?


I was thinking of using Omidiyars sea water cooling project to pump in the sea water, raise its temperature by running it through the hot buildings, and use the ocean thermal energy conversion to help power the solar distillation of the water.  But we could all be dead by the time this comes to fruition.  Because of the high humidity we should be able to use affordable dehumidifiers that run on clean energy to provide home drinking water at least.


And yet, the only way this man was able to win was to carry groups said to oppose him, to "convert" enough of the "majority" you write of who don't agree, and to change slim margins in entire states from one party to the other. So tenuous and fleeting this "majority", so unclear the notion "minority".
I'll suggest, Sid, the matters you characterize as "all Americans agree" have been spoken for by enough Americans as to throw them into doubt, as evidenced by a pariah being elected. Perhaps, a serious wake-up call for the party of history.
You constructed a good list for all to look at and refresh where they stand. Even life-long Democrats changed because of the change of their party on these issues in the last few decades. As evidenced by...
I'll suggest again, look again at this strange thing called "public opinion" and revisit its diverse meaning(s). Quit believing your own words, at least for brief moments.
For clarity.
For what you might learn.
Or, continue angry for years to come.


Canada should jump off the Trudeau train.  We still have our wallets to lose.


THE REASON OBAMA NEVER FIRED HIS BUREAUCRATS FOR WASTING TAX PAYER MONEY IS THEY NEVER WASTED IT LIKE TRUMP'S SWAMP-BOUND CRONIES HAVE DONE.  OBAMA ASSEMBLED A STAFF THAT EXEMPLIFIED THE PUBLIC SERVANT, NEVER TAKING PRIVATE JETS INSTEAD  FLYING COACH OR TAKING AMTRAK. OBAMA NEVER FIRED THESE PEOPLE BECAUSE HE APPOINTED PEOPLE THAT NEVER DID ANYTHING DESERVING OF FIRING UNLIKE THE ENTIRE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.
I'VE NEVER BROKEN ANY LAWS EITHER SO ACCORDING TO YOU THAT MAKES MY BOSS A COWARD.   THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER, KEEPING THEIR NOSE BROWN SHOVING IT UP TRUMP'S RUMP.


MMS is never a part of Data Internet Plan. They agreed I am entitled to it. They admitted the service was deliberately disabled ... Basically: "I robbed the feature from you, so what?" Does anyone know what to do with this unethical giant called Rogers (and their associated companies such as Chatr)? I have no clue ... Perhaps boycotting them is the only way. Spread the words. People's Power is the only way.


"... which actually uses stealth marketing techniques to insert brand names of tobacco products such as Skoal, Redman and others ..."
I looked thru that site and saw no such things. Why would Colorado do that sort of thing? Be so kind as to provide a link to the specific pages that use stealth marketing.


There is no question that greed created Canada.....and  Mexico, the Congo, Australia, French Guiana,  Algeria.....the list goes on and on.  The French were as imperialist as the rest.  Exploration?  Sure, to find more furs to trade at a tiny fraction of their value.

None of it was romantic or philanthropic.  It was an exercise in subjugation and theft by France, Britain, Belgium, Holland, and others.


If Wynne was running the province into the ground, arresting opposition members such as Brown, fixing elections , fixing referenda, with starving and unemployed citizens rioting in the streets even as Wynne's police and militias shot at them, killing them....then, yes.


Ya, Justin is a genius. lol.


Mankind has roughly 100 years worth of temperature data, more than half of which is based on samples taken from few places on the planet. Its only been during the past 50 years we have added sampling stations. The continued addition of sampling stations also has the effect of increasing the result.

Now consider the earth is 4.5 billion years old.

Anything mankind gleams from 100 years worth of observations is completely meaningless. Its base on a sample rate of 1 out of 45,000,000


I think your level of "American" is fine.Yes I do believe your right, I am a "half empty" sort of person. It's just my personality.
Perhaps I'm bit older than you are and jaded as well, but I don't buy into the "duty to vote" line like I once did. I'll vote on issues that affect me directly and on those races where I think there's a reason to pick one candidate over another. I will not honor a trumped-up(pardon the pun) system when it comes to presidential elections by casting a meaningless vote due to disenfranching rules like the Electoral College. Just one man's opinion.


The cost of a public education is amortized over the life of a resident in a community. Some people move into higher taxed and better funded school districts when they have kids and then downsize to lower taxed poorer school districts after the eggs hatch.


It's only "potentially harmful" to people trespassing and committing other crimes.


B.S.


Anybody who still owns that kryptonite now will get what they deserve.


Thanks for the lead on the link, J.

Two things that leapt out of this National Post piece:
1. Post-Khadr, THREE separate, recent polls suggest Liberals have a fairly strong lead over the Conservatives and even moreso, not surprising, over NDP.
Howcum?
2. Nothing to do with Khadr.  One of the three (Abacus) "credited the state of the economy for the Liberals’ strong showing, with 68 per cent of respondents saying the economy is growing."

Well, of course.  Khadr has a teeny, tiny affect on the average household. The economy, though, oh, yeah.  That's the big one.  Economy A-OK?  Liberals and PM are A-OK. No wonder the Conservatives are screaming about the Rolling Stone cover.  They are desperate for any perceived weakness, no matter how ridiculous it makes them look.


Why should Jake need to give anyone evidence of some of his relatives' and friends' bigotry?  It's his opinion that they are bigoted, and he is re-evaluating his relationship with them.  Unless you know Jake personally, and/or know the people to whom he refers, why would it matter to you?  Jake is not telling you, or anyone else, not to interact with them.
Yes, if I were to accuse a particular person of bigotry, I should have good reasons.  If it were a public person, or someone whom you knew or knew about, then I should be willing to give my reasons.  But if I mention to someone that I dislike some of my cousins, because I consider them to be bigoted, and don't name the cousins or don't say anything that would identify them, I don't think that it's necessary to explain to others what it is that they do that is bigoted.
Your last sentence is a non sequitur.


gd on ya mate


I SUGGEST THAT WE STAY OUT AND LET THEM CLEAN UP THEIR OWN MESS.
WE SHOULD BE MORE INTERESTED IN INVESTIGATING THE 36 MUSLIM CAMPS HERE, ESPECIALLY THE 5 JUST ACROSS THE BORDER IN N. VA. AND THE FEMA CAMPS BUILT IN EVERY STATE.  PUBLIC LAW 414, PAGE 2, SECTION 212 PASSED IN 1952, BARS ALL GROUPS SUCH AS ISLAM FROM THIS COUNTRY.  WE ARE NOW IN WORLD WAR 3 WITH THE MUSLIM RACE.


That depends on the punishment for refusal on philosophical grounds would it not? The rule is the rule, the punishment is something else entirely


Then why aren't Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Afghanistan on the list? Besides, isn't it terrorists that you want to keep out not people who happen to be from one of the countries that has a lot of terrorists? Most emigrants and refugees from those places are trying to ESCAPE terrorist and broken countries, not import terrorism into their new home.


Free Trade with China = Race to the Bottom. Since the clowns can't seem to win at anything else, might as well win that one.


This is a disgusting indictment of the arrogance of the C&C as the enforcer of the thugs and insiders who run Hawaii now.


Candy, your only argument is to parrot disparagements made about their sources.  You have no actual counterargument to their facts


The quoted material in the article - we are both looking at -  is from the HART website - not the words of Tom Yamachika.  Here is the article - http://www.honolulutransit.org/media-center/mythbusters that Tom is referring to.  It is HART that is trying to confuse the public into believing that the rail surcharge is a sales tax.


Jesus is the King and in ancient Israel the mother of the king is Queen Mother.


You do realize that a locked door will prevent neither criminals or wildlife, right?  Deter?  Possibly.  Prevent?  Not hardly.


Malakii wrote: "...England has 2-3 TIMES the violent crime as the USA..."

Not exactly.  See here:

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2013/jun/24/blog-posting/social-media-post-says-uk-has-far-higher-violent-c/


I think some of the comments have missed the writer's point. She isn't lamenting being single; she's mourning her previous life when her friends were single and more available to be in her life. The sentiment really resonates with me. Thanks for sharing!


Oh yeah...The AP-NORC poll of 1,150 adults was conducted Sept. 28-Oct. 2 using a sample drawn from NORC’s probability-based AmeriSpeak panel, which is designed to be representative of the U.S. population...and later interviewed online or by phone.
#1 - Sample
#2 - Probability-Based
#3 - Designed to Represent
#4 - Culled Responses
Equals another AP poll that has Hillary Clinton winning the presidency! WORTHLESS


Gary - The Bible does that, not Christians.


DukeBen - at the latest Charlotesville thing, the alt right were all white, chanting hteir hatred of everyone who was not (even whites like Jews).

The other side was every colour, every gender, all ages and yes - multicultural.

That's why charges of racism are skewed white.
Quite blaming us for "creating" you - own your racism for pete's sake if your alt-right.


Gary Mason has painted an accurate picture of the situation and of the disrepute it will wreak upon the operation of the legislature if a speaker, of any party, is allowed to become nothing more than a lackey of the governing party, as opposed to being an impartial referee.

The Lieutenant Governor has a difficult decision ahead.


No, Harper played on anti-immigrant, anti Muslim prejudices of many in his base.  Also ran on anti-gay until he got his minority and happily lost the anti equal marriage vote in parliament.

Harper portrayed tolerant in public but let Leitch, Toews, Kent, Pollievre, etc. issue dog whistles of bigotry.


"If you asked fifty people in my community what kind of whale it was, they would say a humpback."

Would the people in your community then go shoot at it with hunting rifles?


Cue the leftists and EU supporters claiming that 60% of Italians are "far-right wing,  xenophobic,  Islamophobic" and all the other usual insults they hurl at people who don't toe their line.

Italians, and other Europeans, want their countries back from the EU and globalists like Obama and Clinton.


That you should choose such an off-the-wall scenario shows that you actually have no argument. I am reminded of the people who support the use of torture saying "Well, if a terrorist had a nuclear device in the city and the only way to get to it before it goes off is by torturing him". Both of you are being wholly unrealistic.

There is a difference in kind, not degree, between those who disagree with Humanae Vitae and those who commit genocide.


You don't know what White Bear is ... the idea is that if you are tried and judged as convicted you would go to white bear for punishment to serve your sentence.

It would probably help if you knew what it was before commenting.

It's called a justice park and it doesn't exist it's just a novel idea that may end up being in our futures the way technology is going.


Really This Article was filled with good information. Thanks
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What is she waiting for at this point is my question... That's right, she has a primary coming up.


Always:  Good Job, Love the HAMMER TIME, can't touch this.    I get a kick out of these peoples REACTIONS  when you find where they are trying to hide their money.  As soon as I find it I immediately go to that source, serve the judgement and leave with money, judgement SATISFIED.   Usually within a half an hour or so I get a phone call from them and  they are extremely P*^^&$Off,  and in disbelief that I got their money.  I know banks  will  call the debtor and tell them a judgement was served on their account.   I say,  You have no reason to be mad, you owe money, I have  a Court Order, be responsible for your personal finances and mistakes,   Game Over.  Usually the first question they ask is, HOW did you find out where I was keeping money?  Sorry, that's a trade secret.  Anyone here that is trying to perfect a judgement?  I will share with you  a very successful source for finding assets.    Its called a Uniform Commercial Code-1 form, and you can file it online and check online.


Shout a lie loudly enough and frequently enough and people will accept it as truth.

But this time?  They're just laughing and making those little twirling a finger near the forehead signs.


Yep, the problem is the "regressive-left" have allowed the Islamists to think they can walk all over us. The more migrants they see going to a country (Germany), and the more liberal that country's values are (Berlin, Germany), the more excited the Islamists are to attack and kill innocent people in that country in pursuit of their Islamist agenda.

Until we fight back of course.


It's naive to think the corporations will live with lower profits.  CEO's of those companies are paid in accordance with profits and stockholders will demand that profits remain high, and higher.


I am afraid it will only get worse.  I have many clients that have had a string of problems with their GET processing.  These issues have cost them many dollars to correct.  The Hawaii Department of Taxation has many good and experienced professionals that are vey frustrated with the new system and its many challenges.  Those highly experienced staff are counting the days to retirement which will cause the DOTax  to lose the very staff and skills they need to address the issues.  Get ready for bigger problems.


Members of Congress, these advisory councils and his own administration have a choice to make regarding their loyalty.  Trump, party or the nation.  More and more the choice is nation. The end of this disaster is inevitable.  The costs may be high and the costs will be worth it.


So he can't change his mind?  Get real.


Today City Manager Brad Miyake declined to engage Bellevue's independent electrical analyst to validate our better solution (the same one PSE installed to provide reliable power to downtown Bellevue).  In his refusal, Mr. Miyake gave several technical explanations of why PSE's solution would serve the community better.

However, Mr. Miyake erred on several important points, according to two experts who were employed as transmission and distribution engineers by PSE for more than 20 years each.

The City refuses to expend any funds to get the answers we seek.  CENSE is now considering raising our own funds to answer these important questions.  If our solution is cheaper, produces better reliability, and preserves this beautiful urban boulevard in East Bellevue, it should be validated before destruction of these trees begins.

Many thanks to the tribal leaders who helped us understand the importance of saving trees for their environmental and spiritual benefits.


I am glad to see you are benefiting from the child tax benefit but are such expenditures sustainable in a government so deeply in debt. If interest rates rise guess what the government is gong to cut? The last Liberal government in the 1990s faced with international pressure on debt slashed everything. Expect that in the future.

Secondly the definition of the middle class varies depending who you talk to. Studies in the US put the middle class between 40,000 to 500,000.  The US 1% makes more than 3 times what the Canadian 1% makes. Many of the Canadian 1% are paid by the government like doctors. The money simply isn't there to support this government spending.

Also you make more money as you get older. This is the time when people are really saving for retirement. So your prepared to deny people a proper pension?.


Let's not create the perfect market for international property investors/speculators to target by allowing housing to be turned into another asset class, however they gain access to the market.

The root of this issue is all the cash sloshing around in the international markets because of quantitative easing and the explosive growth in China over the past two decades.


Cheeto-boy won't last till 2020.....maybe give him a year.....tops!


Something the boy wonder doesn't think he does .... even though every single comment he makes is one. You know why, because he can't formulate his own sensible comments so he resorts to stalking people which in turn lead to derogatory comments.

The other day in the story about the Audi R7 the first comment in the story was Edwin and this:

*** Better excuse than kitchen renovation for Master T to downgrade to Passat **

And Edwin thinks only other have "Personal Attacks"

When I read that I thought nobody else could possible put in such a miserable excuse fora comment but the king of Personal Attacks himself.


Yes but synthetic materials do much more damage to the environment by breaking down into micro plastics, getting into the water supply and doing damage to the earth. I used to be anti leather and fur until I realized that plastic is more harmful to everyone that those products. What I think should be put into place are humane practices instead of the vacuous approach to the lives of these animals.


OK Gad, advertise a job in the classifieds with one rate of pay for men and a 30% lower rate for women and see where that gets you.

If your statement was true, businesses would hire only women . . . it's cheaper.


Feeling a bit manic today?


Uh oh, another undignified, tasteless, rude comment with a snarky "tone." Where is that hypocritical Bizarro World Clown, Koncerned, to get this guy under control? I say, where is...oh.


Agree - especially as Elagabalus states, an assessment of the FACTS, not Mr. DeCuir's opinion.


Are you for real? Were you sleeping the last decade or are your purposefully obtuse?


Let's imagine for a minute, if the tables were turned here.  Suppose it was an NDP government that announced, "Whoops, we suddenly have twice as big a budget surplus as we thought we'd have."  Imagine what the opposition Liberals would say about this: "You've over-taxed us for years, you're clearly incompetent at running the finances, and you should be turfed out for being ridiculously poor managers.  You've starved vital programs that you could have funded simply because you can't count.  You should never be permitted to run a government again!"

Well, that's what even staunch Liberal supporters should be saying about Ms. Clark's government.  She and her cronies are clearly incompetent, and should be removed from power forthwith.


The State senate could have voted to override the Governor`s dividend cut Thomas. They didn`t even vote on it when faced with it!!
. They just wanted to get home. Go home and blame it on him so we would reelect them,..when it was their spending and inaction on fixing the leak in the boat that got us to this place.
The governor is doing what we elected him to do, take this state back from political corruption. And I applaud him for that and his fiscal plan.   It beats the republican plan which is no plan at all! https://www.adn.com/politics/article/series-conoco-employees-help-ease-oil-tax-bill-through-legislature/2013/03/28/


That you use a single post here to try and justify your partisan bias says all we need to now about you Joe.


Very important to recognize and defend non-timber resources in Canada's  north. Instead of casually destroying them by glyphosates, we need to know much more about them, in detail, and develop respect for a way of life that is based on understanding what our forests are all about. Traditional Ecological Knowledge Elders Group leads the way and for that they deserve our praise for  serving the long-term interests of ALL Canadians.


The states which allow "illegal aliens" to get driver's licenses do not issue a regular license to those folks. All of them require proof of identity and issue limited licenses which cannot be used for proof of American citizenship or identity for registering to vote ( ie. "federal purposes" )- they may be used to drive only.
http://immigration.lawyers.com/citizenship/can-undocumented-immigrants-get-drivers-licenses.html
So- no, "in those states that's all you need to vote" is incorrect.
As to "The Democrat Party is doing this intentionally to get illegal votes."?
1- There is no Democrat party- there is a Democratic party.
2- Citations? Numbers? Figures? Facts ? How do *they* get illegal votes with a recount?


Little Earl and the wonderful police officer who saved and adopted him are my heroes.


Funny considering the label "homophobe" is loaded with hostility. Start by not assuming people who disagree with you "hate" you. They're probably just following religious edicts.


You are a financial wizard. I am glad I am not receiving financial advice from you


Wow they managed to find one of the only cab drivers in Alaska who is not packing a gun.


Do you disagree with this: “Every survivor of sexual misconduct must be taken seriously. Every student accused of sexual misconduct must know that guilt is not predetermined,” she said. “These are non-negotiable principles.”

Do you agree that, if this this is true, it should be the standard used in these kind of criminal cases: Unlike in criminal courts, where guilt must be proved beyond a reasonable doubt, colleges were told to judge students based on whether it’s “more likely than not” they committed the offense.


Mike, did I detect a hint of sarcasm in your LTE about state perks?


We miss you, Dr. Minkler.  You are a great leader and bring a lot to GHC.


Spin it anyway you wish Wyatt, I stand by what I said. We all will pay just like we do for all your liberal wants and needs. It's why we are going broke. As long as someone else is paying for your free ride choices you're good with that.  Buckle up baby, the buck is coming to a stop.


Well Mr. "Earth", these staples as you called them are subsidised by the gubment and are responsible for the high diabetes and gastro intestinal problems experience by many natives. The latter being responsible for 70% of med flights in the region. That is a soft genocide.


Post the same comic, but retitled, "IMPORTANT DATING ADVICE FOR GIRLS ONLY" —

Stand back and enjoy the riot.


Nope.  The DP is not an educational source.  They have no such responsibility. We're not talking about 12 year-olds. If certain people aren't smart enough to know the risks of an activity, maybe they shouldn't be doing it.  Or maybe they should.  Not everything can be taught, controlled, legislated, etc.
If you read an article about a dangerous activity and think:  "Wow, I should try that!"  That's on you.

The thing that's missing from comments like yours is the concept of personal responsibility. Sometimes it's your own fault and NOT someone else's responsibility.


To whom?  A rightwing tool of the Republican party? That certainly would not represent Anchorage.


GOSSIP---RUMORS---LIES---SOME people use these things if/when they get mad at someone---because of the use of these things---AND---the TRUTH HURTS


Jack,
Absolutely.  I would never ask a person in distress if they had medical insurance before giving first aid or taking them to a hospital.  I wouldn't ask if they were Christian, Muslim or Jewish.  I wouldn't ask if they were a Republican or Democrat.  I would help them, period. Sometimes you have to hurt those you help.  Although they may be comfortable lying on the street in a certain position, moving them will cause pain, the end result is to get them well.  Likewise, helping people to see the spiritual  truth can cause some  temporary pain. The end result though  is even more lasting than the temporary help one can offer to someone in physical distress, as it can mean  their eternal soul.  Jesus said, "I desire mercy, not sacrifice"
I voted for Trump.  I do not, nor will I ever worship him. I worship Trump's Creator, God.


How about Governor Walker using his executive order or veto pen and literally gut all state pork projects until the fiscal mess is fixed.


HyperbolePhil,

I would challenge you to find that quote. I am pretty positive that I have never said the state bonding money is free. It is paid for by the entire state as an investment into court facilities that benefit the entire state. There is also a requirement for local funding match of a minimum of 50% of the cost. It will not be free for this county to have an adequate court facility, but we do have an opportunity to have part of the cost spread across the entire state just as other county courthouse projects are doing like Multnomah.

What we do have is an unprecedented opportunity to master plan our civic center and make good decisions that make the best use of existing space to minimize the need for new space if it can be done in a collaborative and open manner. I look forward to working with the City on finding the best and most efficient solutions to the needs of our citizens.


Flag burning is not a form of freedom of speech. It is an act of treason. The flag is a symbol of the blood, sweat, and tears that have been shed to give us our freedoms. We have many other forums for expressing our grievances. It should be illegal.


THERE ARE ONLY TWO QUESTIONS WE NEED TO ASK CANDIDATES FOR THE NEXT LEGISLATURE THIS SUMMER:
*** WILL YOU VOTE TO IMPROVE GOVERNMENT SERVICES  TO LONG-TERM RESIDENTS BY FUNDING GOVERNMENT WITH INTEREST EARNED FROM THE PFD, & BY USING THE PFD AS A "SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUND" SIMILAR TO NORWAY AND SAUDI ARABIA?

*** TO FUND THIS CHANGE, WILL YOU VOTE FOR A 1.5% TAX ON GROSS INCOME; A CONTINUED SHARP REDUCTION TO PFD DIVIDENDS (MOVING GRADUALLY TOWARD ZERO) ; AND A REDUCTION IN STATE SUBSIDIES TO BIG OIL?

We can actually make each of our Alaskan lives better, less financially stressful and have great access to low-cost job training/re-training, low debt higher education, low-cost in-State quality health care and senior support if we move this way - as comparative EVIDENCE - not just rhetoric - shows ..

Believe it or not. we can greatly improve the services the Stae offers to All A


Eric Bjerregaard, Those studies are relevant to the topic at hand, which is GMO farming and its effect on the environment and public health.  You don't live in Hawaii, but everyone in Hawaii who is familiar with this issue knows that the GMO corporations in Hawaii use chlorpyrifos in large quantities.  Prenatal exposure to chlorpyrifos was determined in one study through umbilical cord blood plasma.  Both studies were published in peer reviewed journals.  Both studies show that chlorpyrifos is associated with neurodevelopmental problems.  So much for your claim of an "impeccable safety record."


As a Democrat I want an anti-capitalist candidate and get back to our native roots. Money is destroying our society. Give me some weed, a grass hut and a windmill and I'll be happy. It's time to stand up against the Republican party.


We know, we know, Silvertroll.  It's all fake news if you don't like what's said, right?


If you are Christian and believe Jesus is the only way, how can you validate the Muslim teaching that Christ is just another prophet and an ordinary man ? Is one right and the other wrong ? Have you read Matthew 23 when Jesus is preaching against the Pharisees ? Why would you wish peace on a religion that is contrary to Christian teaching and therefore condemning people ?


He's a Kamehameha graduate. You Trumpers could care less about facts, huh ???


Mr "Sugar" Hancock needs to be locked up with his illegal alien buddies.
Denver = Sanctuary city no matter how many times they claim it is not.


Correct me if I'm wrong, but are Judges not "hired" based upon their superior understanding of the law?
Into a system where ignorance of the law is no excuse for the public?
Are they not public servants paid on the public dime?
Can someone more learned than I please supply the appropriate quote regarding "disrepute" and "the justice system"?
I'm already familiar with the one that goes, "justice must not only be done, but also seen to be done", or words to that effect.


Run the rail to Middle Street and run buses (not trains) on the track. One set to Downtown and another to UH. Make these express buses with no stops between Middle Street and Downtown/UH. Run the buses one way in the morning up to noon and the other way in the afternoon/evening. If we can keep the UH bus on the freeway and not have to wind its way thru street traffic, even better!
If the buses don't fit, then run the train to Middle Street but have the buses run to Downtown/UH with no stops between Middle Street and Downtown/UH.


I bet they arrest a black guy for this.  Wanna bet?


Oh, dont get me wrong, when I'm talking O, I'm talking about everyone, from Anderson who doesn't seem to look for the hole, to Derby (who I think can be a weapon) turning it over, to the line, who I still think can come along, to DT, who is constantly mugged, but that seems acceptable in the NFL for some reason. Like I said, If they go quick pass and can hit, that'll loosen up the running game which leads to other passing lanes, it's not hopeless at all, that's why I think they can turn it around.


I plan to insert a smartphone into my womb so my fetus gets a head start.


Thank you for a good post.  No one should take glee in the death of another.


Gee, Wayne, I thought they weren't doing anything down there.  Isn't that the correct statement?  Not that they were preventing the degeneration of a strong financial backbone, but that they weren't doing anything.  Don't forget your talking points - they were not doing anything.  Instead, you point out that they were very strongly 'forcing' the Governor to keep calling them back and wouldn't change their minds while they were stuck there.


Donny Jr. meeting with the Russians in Trump tower during the Presidential campaign is a good start...


No. They are hereos because they put up with being under-valued and grossly underpaid to perform one of society's most vital functions. Think about that. They should be paid as much as doctors or lawyers or judges or congressmen.


Laughing at you, not with.


He's already tainted it. We need to get Yertle and Pence, too.


Most of the time I just read Paul's headline. I already know what he's going to write. He's pretty predictable. This one I read just to see how he'd gloss over Russia's involvement. He never fails to disappoint.