when I first heard trump would be here, I immediately thought how can I thumb my nose at him.  I want to show him no respect, I think he is evil (entitled to my opinion) and that he as president is a most ridiculous and dangerous proposition.
  and then I realize  - he feeds off that energy...it is fuel to his vile rants..it is an excuse to insult any sub-group of our citizenry that aren't rich old greedy white men like him. to his supporters, he's already demonstrated his dislike for at least 50% of his supporters.. these tough poor working women who support him...if he is willing to slur ver accomplished women, how do you think he's gonna regard you?  unless you're eastern European and about 20 yrs old...won't be pretty.
 so I decided the best thing I can do is not go, not feed his rhetoric, not give him a target to rant at, not let him rile the people.  what if nobody went to protest?  would that not take the wind out of his sails?  what would he say?  I think he relishes this stop.


Gee, I'm sure Trump is really scared now,  But its nice to know that she might know where Washington is.


Censorship strikes again!  I guess I should be blaming the president and trash talking conservatives, then my posts will not censored.


How many immoral "affairs" would you allow your husband to engage in before you'd ditch him?


Do you seriously propose that Trudeau cares about a $280 million gain over two years (not per year) applicable in two provinces only, when he manages a federal budget of $330 billion per year?  It's not even 0.1%.  The dollar amount is also disputed, or "fun with numbers" as the finance minister called it.  Besides BC and Alberta could easily avoid this, simply by switching to HST like the other provinces.


Yes... thank you for this. I'm grieving a cousin, who died unexpectedly Friday night. Very hard. This afternoon, my brother and his wife passed through with my nephew, not quite two months old.  So beautiful.


Dozens on our backyard butterfly bushes today. More flying everywhere in the yard. Great sight. One just flew onto my wife's face. Hello.


Winco all the way.  Employee owned is the way forward. and three cheers for Costco, too.


We have cut spending.  Pay attention.


Excellent article !
BUT
A statement was made that the public system is "free" !
News flash - it is NOIT, our taxes pay for it, yet our service delivery is abysmal thanks to a politicised self serving bureaucracy that refuses to accept that patients are customers, not merely objects in a queue that increase the work load.

Personally - it is MY health, MY money - and if I chose to spend dollars to look after myself that is a matter of personal choice and liberty - not some politician or the propaganda about the marvels of our "free" health care !

I have had two serious occasions to access our health care system. The first experience was enough to send me to the USA for the second time I needed major treatment. It was very expensive, but I was served as a customer, the procedure was immediate and professional, the most advanced available. The best decision I ever made !

I have no sympathy whatever for our current health care status. If I want to pay - exactly whose problem is that ?


$75,000 split between two people doesn't seem like anyone getting rich off of this.  I'm sure if Rick counted up all the hours he spent on this he would be far below the minimum wage.  Give him a chance, or better yet support to put this project together.  Its the least we can do for our homeless vets.


Thanks Mark, for the ridiculous union contracts you left Anchorage with...  oh, and thanks for being honest about them.


No the lady suffered a broken leg because she's obviously uncoordinated and weak boned along with just plain stupid for owning a a dog that is too small to defend itself and she's too pathetic of a person to defend it. Not at all trying to defend the owners of the pitbull in this article  because they're just as stupid but this lady blew things way out of proportion. The dog unfortunately needs to be put down (That's not because all pitbulls are aggressive I actually love pitbulls assuming the owners hve raised them to be good friendly dogs) The lady should be able to sue to cover her medical bill (and paid a little bit to cover the cost of recovery time which is no where near what she was asking for and it should be left at that.


I don't know about anywhere else, but it seems to me that in Anchorage, the police are overworked.  They're busy.  There's too much crime going on for them to cover it all.  I wish they'd have solved the murder of the two kids at the bluff, but it's been many months and still nothing.  I wish they had been there when I called them, but they were too busy to get there soon enough.  People are having to find their own stolen cars.  I'm sure everyone is getting the sense that the "police just don't care," but they're just overloaded.  I hope this person is found, but give the cops a break.


When certain bishops in subtle and more overt ways try t convince the 'faithful' that damnation awaits for those who vote for democrats the Catholic Church is not a neutral broker or arbitrator in the ensuing debate. The prelates are as responsible as any other influential group in the election of Trump. The repercussions from his future 'mis-administration' will be borne by the people the church purports to embrace; the poor, the immigrant, those who are ill, etc. These will all suffer the consequences as will the credibility of the bishops.


There is a connection between feminism and booze, exetertailor, but not the one you suggest.
Prohibition itself had nothing to do with feminism, although outspoken women (including Nellie McClung, a paid dry speaker) championed prohibition. But not all those supporting prohibition supported feminism.

In the west, at least, temperance had a lot to do with WW I.  The connection? People back home were devastated by daily casualty lists: friends, neighbours and relatives--in every town and city in the country. Surely there was a way to demonstrate that, we, too, could make a sacrifice?  So, society sacrificed booze.  Totally irrational: soldiers overseas didn't forsake booze--daily rum helped them survive! Many rioted when they returned home and couldn't drink legally; governments' policies about liquor were warped trying to deal with it.

Prohibition ended, in part, because when women achieve suffrage, most voted to go WET again--especially in B.C!


Gary, from my perspective what we are now seeing is the continuation of whats been going on for some time, even right here. The liberals are use to shouting down and using demeaning labels towards those they disagree with. Even you Gary, you label most if not all with different views, you label those who voted for DT with demeaning labels. The liberals, and yes those folks rioting and preventing opposing voices are liberals, you can bet they are registered dems., are use to their tactics being successful putting all with different views on the defensive trying to prove they are not bigots, racist, misogynist, homophobes or any number of other labels you on the left have used. You on the left justify labels if you can find just one or a few examples and find it is ok to paint with a broad brush. At the same time, you are quick to point out that even though their are countless numbers of registered dems. now blocking free speech and are in fact rioting they are not "really liberals.


Tasteless and unfunny comment.


Sad story.

Knew a family whose car (in the garage) started by itself, in the middle of the night.
Luckily CO alarm was functioning.

Know how your heating system works.
CO alarms ARE worth the investment.


Correct Wavy, she it wasting her time until she can show statistics concerning the amount of residents receiving State/  federal social assistance... Anything else is just blather....


Here is the thing, the NDP and Greens will have to face the electorate at some point in the future no later than May 11, 2021 (sooner if the government falls or they could change the fixed election act to five years but that would be political suicide but May 9, 2022 is the absolute latest by constitution they can stay on) so voters will get to pass judgement and if they felt it was a bad choice they can punish them.  We don't under the Westminster system directly elect a premier, we elect 87 MLAs and they determine who can command the confidence of the house.  Technically any resident of BC who is a Canadian citizen over 18 could become premier if the majority of MLAs back them even if they were not a leader of any party.


Jefforson had this to say in 1820:

"I know no safe depositary of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them, but to inform their discretion by education. This is the true corrective of abuses of constitutional power."

If Jefferson was right, then you might want to think twice about calling people in need of education "ignorant, apathetic sheep".  Calling them names probably reduces your ability to "inform their discretion."

My guess is that Simmons was thinking more along the lines of Jefferson than advocating for a dictatorship, but I could be wrong.


Jeff you need to stop threatning people. I dont know who you are, but even cops cant make verbal threats like that. In fact they have to knock before the door is opened...watch your language.


Sarah, you are right! According to the report in the Guardian, "Sporadic downpours and flash flood warnings helped to put a damper on Democratic turnout in base precincts"...how low can the Republicans sink, using divine intervention to suppress voter turnout!


Find a virgin to sacrifice to the Inca Gods! Whaddaya mean there are no longer any virgins today?


I think that we can find some agreement on a few of those.  But I don't recall you being elected spokesman for all of the Trump voters.  I suspect there are plenty of others who voted for him for none of your reasons.


The taxi companies are not arguing about competition, but fairness.  And public safety.  But, yes the reality is that some drivers do see a decrease in business.  They are the ones whose incomes are affected and it's certainly their right.  But you'll notice most of the TNC drivers testimony is quite self-centered as well.

Honolulu is a free market taxi market.  It is medallion free since after WWII.  Much of which you can thank Charley's Taxi for,  as we have always promoted an open system.  Funny that the press and commenters never seem to mention this.


Nice deflect, but history proves you wrong.  Sen. Robert  Byrd  opposed the Civil Rights Act  in 1964 long after he hung up his sheet and cross burning kit in the 1950's. Nowadays, Democrats  hide their racism in the guise of  "political correctness" and 'race baiting'  because the 'old ways'  just don't work anymore. A long history of denying civil rights and racist ways doesn't 'change' or 'swap' parties just like 'that'. That's very naïve thinking that it would. Nice try though and your  compliments of former Republican Presidents is 'right on the money'. Thankfully, men like Reagan and Teddy Roosevelt belong to all of America and not just one party.
.
 Extremist?  Nah, were just your average American Joe and Jane who sees  the direction our country was going and most  of  us just  don't  want to  jump off  a cliff...


Not sure how wronged he was but certainly he was the subject of a media and liberal witch hunt in order to get to Harper. His crime did not warrant the attention it got. There were other senators at the time implicated in similar spending scandals ...anyone remember their names. If you do I am sure you looked it up on google?


Where was God Matthews last night?   Creating wind out there with his speed but nothing to show for it.   Marner by far a better player all round,  Nylander also.


Which point did I concede to? Forgive me but your points are little unclear. Here is the last comment from you that seemed to contain sort of a point: "Seems to me a "checkered" past only "taints" a speaker or writer if you disagree with them, which by definition means your agreement or lack thereof is the issue, not said checkered past. And THAT was the point I was trying to make. "...

To which I replied, "Past criminal history is ALWAYS relevant, no matter who it is", which you then suggested agrees with your "point". So it would seem that you and I agreed all along that Ms Moore's past IS relevant to her credibility, and I misunderstood. Sorry for the unneeded argument.


You had me at Libertarian. The rest of the article is hardly a criticism. The last I checked, immigrants like making money just like the rest of us, and we'll all need a strong counter agenda in the wake of economic contraction, debt, social engineering and 1970s welfare state ideology that the Liberal gov of Ontario is unleashing.


Thug Gardens would be a better name these days. Ironically it is Elitche's extremely affordable season passes that make it a magnet for teenage thieves - and their victims. I find it hard to believe the park does not have video cameras which would catch most thefts. I also find it hard to believe the park does not have security who would be able to apprehend the thieves. But I guess they figure losing your backpack is the punishment for not paying their $2 locker fee.


Finally Hales is stepping up! Give 'em a one way ticket to LA where they can bask in the So Cal sunshine.


Coghill should just do Alaskans a favor and resign.

1.  Coghill voted against HB -92, in 2003.  This legislation required clergy to report child molesters.   Who in their right mind protects child molesters??

2.  Coghill took lots of campaign money from felon Bill Allen.

3.  Coghill voted to give away our oil with SB-21- and this give away of our oil is about to destroy the Alaska economy.

4.  So why is Coghill really pushing "reform"?  Simple.  Giving away our oil and creating a $4 billion dollar deficit requires Alaska to empty out its prisons to save money.  Coghill calls it "reform" as a marketing gimmick. Who really gets hurt in this "reform"?  Store owners who deal with thieves who will be slapped on the wrist.  Innocent drivers who will be injured or killed by drunk drivers- now that we are going to reduce penalties for this criminal behavior.

Coghill's district is considered to be the most unlivable place in AK. North Pole has the worst air and water pollution in AK.


Abortion_is_not_enacted_politically._Blame_Ike,_who_appointed_Brennen.


2 stops, and both times Justin planted a foot so firmly in mouth the shoe laces are sticking out of his nose.

Did anybody actually tell Justin ahead of time that the objective of the taxpayer funded 2017 Justin Damage Control Tour is supposed to make things better for himself???!?!?

This

is

just

awesome!!

Can't...stop...laughing....


Who writes these headlines?

I think the author is trying to make the point that Mexicans are not legitimate refugees.


Seriously.

The performance is due  mostly due to the recovery and stabilization in oil prices and nothing to do with green energy and AI.

And Trudeau continues to spend money at an unsustainable rate.


"...and feral cats tend to live an average of 2 to 3 years."

Thank you for your testimonial. The average life span of a house cat actually kept in a house is estimated to be between 12 years and 15 years. Some indoor cats have lived over 20 years.


He was a law abiding citizen until he started shooting. You also over estimate how much of a deterrent people packing weapons is in these types of situation.  There were armed cops in the airport that were unable to respond to the shooter before he ran out of ammo.  In Alaska people tend to think in Alaska size problems where there are a very small population, there was more people in that part of Florida than in the entire state of Alaska.


""Many professional individuals with considerably more knowledgeable than you weighed the options and decided this was the preferred direction. No one individual made that decision.""

And look at how that turned out.  6 years behind schedule and more than 7 billion dollars over the original proposal.   Did those "professional individuals" get their engineering degrees at WalMart ?


When was the last time a Christian terrorist killed in the name of God?


It's also home to CC and Democrat former senator Morse who are about something much different than family values.


Even Ratzinger himself once admitted in a remarkably candid moment that he and John Paul II played a game of bad cop/good cop.  As time goes on, I believe John Paul II was the actual worse cop to Ratzinger's bad cop.


agree..lonely, lawless stretch of road.  Even in the day, the road can be dangerous.  I once rode a bike to that beach and, wow, what I saw would horrify anybody.  Never went out there again.


Robin Hood is very disappointed.


Proof they were hired to generate revenue?


You are a nut job MUCK!


It sounds to me like the commission deliberately sent out a request they knew states couldn't, or wouldn't, comply with in order to have an excuse for their failure to find the supposed "millions" of illegal voters.


Believing that we should ensure the freedom  from, more than of, religion,  hostile to all forms of fundamentalism, as much Christian, (born again and Catholic integrist) and Jewish (ulta-Orthodoxy) as well as Islamic fundamentalism (Salafism or Wahhabism), and attached to the right to blaspheme, I am very worried about the consequences of the passing of M-103.  In a recent book, "Un racism imaginaire, islamophobie et culpabilité", Pascal Bruckner expresses his fear that the notion of islamophobia could be used to silence any criticism of Islam itself.  While the personal security of Muslims should be ensured, so should that of people who subscribe to Voltaire's statement that Moses, Christ and Muhammad were three imposters.  Is one who would encourage Muslims to approach their sacred text the way that Thomas Römer dissects the Hebrew Bible at the Collège de France, and who criticises Muslims who refuse to do so, engaged in an Islamophobic act?


Hard to kill someone 100 feet away, Whyner, with a disabled plane or anything else outside of a lethal weapon. You're exaggerating because you don't like her or her paper.


Indeed! Excellent explanation for all the Antifa counter-protester masks. Thank you! (The Unite The Right did not cover their faces I noticed.)


What sort of state are we?
One that spends more and more for less and less.  One that complains about class size but does nothing about it because all increases go to compensation increases and PERS (retiree) costs.  One that is dominated by the OEA ... at the district and state levels.
The increase in costs is unsustainable.  The whole education industry must be revolutionized - with nearly all current instruction in common subjects being done by distance learning and/or computerized instruction.
$13,000 per student works out to $325,000 for a classroom of 25 kids.  If we pay the current teacher $30,000-$65,000 (plus benefits) and one retired teacher  $50,000 - $70,000, where does the remainder go?
Why do we permit high dropout rates?  Why do we permit failure to learn to read or do math?


Is it the water at the meter, from the pipes, or from the tap that is contributing to this score? What are the scores at all three locations.
Basically is this a retrofit the schools plumbing issue, or fix the system delivering the water to the schools?


the thing about bubbles is (no matter how fine) they all seem to go pop - even ones which travel up past the chimney / up past the trees are not imune.


Trump wants to turn the USA into a special needs *corporate*welfare state .........
There. Fixed it for you.


Instead of keeping terrorists out of the country & tracking people who are sympathetic to them we need to regulate guns more.


She's driving a 2000 Ford Taurus and stopped on East 13th. Not likely...


1.   Most of the population in the US grew up before OKC or Columbine.   Prior to those events firearms explosives and propellants were talked about freely even in suburban and urban schools let alone rural schools.   Anyone saying otherwise is flat lying.  We haven’t banned physics and STEM rocketry classes so it’s still discussed today.

2.   Most explosives ARE simple explosives and most definitely can hurt people.   However a couple simple demonstrations with simple fireworks taught a healthy respect for even small explosions especially in confined spaces.

3.  Thank you for using moot correctly.

4.  No you missed the point on licenses.   A license LEGALLY ALLOWS a person to do something.   Not having a license does not prevent anyone from doing anything.   And if you want to argue ‘regulations’ you don’t have to pass a background check to possess a car.   A license is far less restrictive than the background check.  Again you lost on all points (except minor grammar).


"Civil" is not always a yes/no choice. It is rarely as clear cut as "So-and-so is a ^&^*!"  or worse, "You are a ___." Some people are adept at making snarky comments that appear civil but are really not.


Flagging the posts by the sterotypical fairy.


Dubya's brother, Jebbers, reached around Kathleen Harris, then head of elections and Dubya's campaign supporter, and stuffed handfuls of ballots.


they were free to lie because they had no ideas aside from the McCain/Ryan catastrophic approach, which would be a catastrophe.


Anyone else notice the date, Sept 30?  That's when the Federal fiscal year ends......new budgets start October 1.  Is this an attempt to throw fecal material into the story to enrage the unknowing public?  This story may have merit, but the coincidence makes me wary.....


You can jump to that conclusion based on assumptions and pre-conceived notions. Or you could believe that the 2 sides presented their cases to "a jury of his peers" who made their decision based on more information that reported in the media.


Exit polls show the Conservatives losing their majority in Parliament.

If that holds, it is excellent news.  And coming after Macron's win in France, it may be further evidence of a backlash to the UK's Brexit mistake and our much bigger Trump mistake.


Or any B rated movie as the villain.


define family within 75 days


It looks like Pocahontas is starting her presidential campaign early. With her in the mix things will be interesting.


Laughable.


Flynn should be prosecuted. Integrity? BS, Trump couldn't fix dinner.


Not like he was going to win anyway....of the named candidates Maxime Bernier is leading in today's released poll....55% of CDNs prefer someone else other than the named candidates.


I would say that most want to live there; perhaps go to college and work, but most come back to their home land and family, as far as I know.


Doug:
1. Please specify these communities of the wealthy with complete demographic description--ethnicity, religion, race, and so on.
2. "Intergenerational cycle of privilege" OR intergenerational cycle of success? You are begging the question in assuming that heirs do not build on and enhance the achievements of their forebears and are merely parasitic.
3. "Studies show" that the main advantages of private schools lie in "connections" rather than in academic performance. This observation is not supported by the conclusion of the Statscan study linked in the article (and this is the only study referenced). So source or retract. At any rate, parents, even <1% parents, send their kids to private schools for many reasons, not the least of which is to escape the chaos of, for example, TDSB schools.


I imagine God isn't too keen on heterosexual men who abuse their wives and children either, but I personally have NEVER heard a sermon on that issue.  Must not have anything to do with religious freedom.


All public  money is tax money  This government, whether national or local, has a belief that this is somehow their money to do with as they wish, and do exactly that. There is no recourse whatsoever to the taxpayer other than your referred to embarrassment of a public figure. Who incidentally all believe - like eg Molefe did - that they can simply say sorry without either remorse or understanding as to what is being apologised for in the first place, and all will be  forgiven, maybe inside the corrupt ANC but outside that cabal, sorry has long been an unacceptable response by far.  I could care less about her embarrassment or lack thereof, or whether she is a Zupta/spy or not.

It is all far too far down the line for those sentiments.  Just yesterday - Hlaudi doesn't pitch up at his inquiry to explain why he should not be held personally responsible and Muthambi exactly the same - They couldn't  give a f... and apparently neither do their supporters and voters.


Hilarious- so you want to penalize law-abiding, responsible citizens by taxing them on them enjoying and exercising their Second Amendment rights.   Tell you what- how about we tax and penalize CRIMINALS instead.  You know- the ones who hurt those "innocent victims" for whom you seem keen on caring?

Even better- let's tax a voter every time they vote for a law which harms me and in no way impacts crime or keeping anyone safe.  That, perhaps, would incentivize people to educate themselves a little more on the topic they're voting.


Should have done so years ago.  There should not be any out-of-pocket cost to the City or the Federal government.  That's carrying entitlements too far!


Cross posted from the DNM.

On January 4th, 2012, a student at Weber State University in Utah was carrying a handgun in his pocket when it accidentally discharged, wounding him in the leg. On November 9th, 2012, an employee at the University of Denver dental school was showing her handgun to some colleagues when she accidentally fired it while trying to unjam it. On May 3rd, 2013, a student at the University of Southern Mississippi accidentally shot himself while sitting in a car on campus.
On September 3rd, 2014, a professor at Idaho State University accidentally shot himself in the foot in the middle of class. Idaho had allowed campus carry only two months before.


Sure, whatever Valleyisle57. Still doesn't change the fact Obama acted like a dictator. No different than Clodwell, Ige and the rest of the (D)onkey goons act here in Hawaii while treating their voter base like the dirt they deserve to be treated like for voting in such corrupt dictators. BTW, how's that $15-billion dollar choo-choo to nowhere coming along? LOL


The U.S Department of Agriculture statistics cite that in the last three years 1,000 cattle are lost each week in Oregon to weather, dogs, disease and other causes, while just FIVE have been CONFIRMED  wolf kills. This is a sad day for Oregon. What makes it even more sad is the fact that Kate Brown sided not with scientific fact and the future of a healthy and thriving environment in Oregon but rather for her own political gain. I will not vote for her if she runs for governor.


We will never know what was really at stake here because the facts are too devastating for the guilty or the innocent to speak in the light of day.


Outsider,  On the surface this may seem like a good thing but I'm not so sure.  Small businesses should love it, because they won't have to provide a 401K to be competitive with a larger businesses that does have a 401k to attract and keep good workers.  Larger  businesses will likely see in the next go round of cost cost cutting that they can reduce and eventually eliminate their matching contributions to their 401K plan to only finally decide not to offer one at all.  This process could eventually work its way up the ladder to the Fortune 500 companies.  In the end what we end up with is the federal government providing social security, the states providing mandatory ROTH IRAs, and the private sector extricating themselves from the concern of retirement all together.

I am often reminded of the saying, "the road to he11 is paved with good intentions."


The Emmerson Reeve made the best case as to what should happen with the current influx of refugee claimants crossing into Canada, that they check in at a border crossing. The current system of just walk across and we will pick you, is hardly a sign of a government that has such high aspirations, and then behaves like a third world country. Goodale is a little bit disingenuous when he says that crossing this way is not a free ticket to Canada , as border services outlines who gets to stay and who doesn't and very few are  transported out of Canada. Related to this are the thousands of people who have been slated to be deported from Canada, but can't be found. Again Border services are very forthcoming with this information. The Liberals apparently prefer to just let the whole thing stay as it is, and hope no one notices.


Doping is major problem in all countries and all sports. Why is that? Sportsbecame one of the biggest money making machine in the world which does not require cheap labor in China ( at least for now) , Sport is  also adding  prestige to the country. Wars were always  continuation of economical policies. But now wars are not raging in fields they are raging on pages of newspapers. every single piece of news is part of that war and propaganda. The real problem for me is this - I do not want to see artificial sports battle which won by banning competitors. I do not want to see manly woman winning all tennis gram slams because she can take drugs officially.


Fire the woman yourself by cutting the cord.


Historically, right wing governments that have run up debt, and middle-of-the-road governments have raised taxes, balanced the budget, and paid down debt.
OldBanister
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Historically?
History changed when Trudeau and Wynne came in promising Change


It goes without saying that those seeking input from the public failed to remind them of what the park used to be. Perhaps they would have thought twice about unearthing such deceptive "grassy hills."


I like your juxtaposition of the cheap and the impossibly expensive. I would add the extra long time to get things done in Hawaii, be it at a Safeway checkout or building rail. My question is WHY. Why is it this way?


not a good one on most fronts for sure but i dont think the worst, i will give that to harding personally


The exact numbers are not the issue. At issue is team Trump's assertion that the crowd at his inauguration was the largest in history. It was not. Clearly. Aerial photography and ridership numbers on Washington's metro establish that unequivocally. Moreover, it has a lot to do with governing because it shows an administration that is so brittle, defensive and deluded that it is willing to spectacularly throw away its credibility by brazenly lying and then berating the media.


Another alarmingly ignorant speech that makes war and destruction more likely.  NK has nukes and has been developing them for many years.  Are we going to war to stop what has already happened?  I thought we went to war to defend ourselves and allies?  Ignore this ignoramus.  He is done in 2020.


Congratulations to the Ducks.  Sorry for Hannah and the 4X100 women's team.  Hard to comprehend the tactics of the 1500 teams, running some twenty seconds slower than capable and NOT qualifying.


Journalists are probably the type of people that go to Starbucks.  Most people don't go to Starbucks.  Journalists have no idea their views do not reflect those of most people.


Ezra and the Rebel are entitled to their opinion.  PERIOD.   Just because the left hate so much doesn't mean we have to be quiet on our side.  Ezra don't give up, the Rebel is the only place I get the real story .  If I want "Fake" news I go to:   G&M, CBC, CTV, Global, Toronto Star.


I like Oshiro's remark that this is a State project.  The State should take control over all of Rail as well as Caldwell's job.


What a shitty thing to say. No, I'm sure his parents are heartbroken that their son became what he is, most likely through drugs. It's a horrible thing to watch someone to succumb to addiction, especially someone you raised.


Trump also intends to keep the four-star Marine Corps General Obama appointed as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

So both a current and former four-star USMC General will be involved in deciding whether to attack Russia or not.


i like monarchs as much as anyone, but their elevation to the status of a species in danger does a huge disservice to far less successful species legitîmately threatened by habitat destruction and climate change. Fact is the  arrival of European forest clearers and farmers was a boon for milkweed and the fast-reproducing, heat-loving monarch. There are still far more of both around than there ever were before we showed up.


Trudeau's advisors believe that investing in Transit in Toronto is going to grow our GDP. Only for a nano second. After that squirt of waste into the furnace fails, what's next? We don't need transit to jobs that are in China. Jobs first, then transport. Transport first just kills jobs in auto manufacturing. Trudeau 2.01 isn't concerned about auto workers. He is more interested in impressing international concerns bent on destroying our competitiveness under the pretext of climate remediation. What a lie is that. We can't control nature on that scale. We can only control the effects nature throws at us. We need to increase carbon and industrial production to fight the rising waters. No tax on earth stops rising waters. Only serious planning to protect our cities will help. Why even invest in Toronto transit at all when Toronto and other cites near water are going to be flooded. We need to build new cities away from flood zones. Carbon taxes are a cash grab by politicians for their good


Measure 2A removed property tax revenue limitations imposed by Colorado’s Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR), resulting in a forever and unlimited tax increase for Denver property owners. As an added poke in the eye, 2A also made permanent a temporary lifting of TABOR restrictions on city sales taxes that would otherwise expire in 2014.

"There is no limit to how much the City will collect through this tax increase. When property values go up, so will the tax revenue generated. The City ignored its task force by asking for higher taxes with no ceiling, prior to reducing expenses."

Homeowners have no control over a hot real-estate market, but if their incomes aren’t rising, too, the resulting tax bite could be painful. And yet 2A caps the growth of property tax revenues only until the city reclaims the full 6.2 mills that it intends to de-Bruce. After that, tax collections could spike, with no relief in sight and no sunset provision on the measure.


If it is not trumped (<= cheap pun) by even bigger foolishness, it will take the United States a century to live that one down.


This story doesn't really explain the background of the original agreement. Did it have something to do with the delay that Native corporations had in getting land from the Feds? Do they own the land the dump is on? What?

Pretty cool to be getting gas from trash. Umm... I contributed some of that trash. Where's my share? :)


What does stein expect to get another 2 votes out of he recount? Some big democrat donor talked her into this charade. Maybe on the promise she can run on the democratic ticket in a future election. Thank you electoral college, I bet Trump sees the wisdom in the system now.


"It is extremely formulaic."

Very insightful.  As you point out, the formulaic quality of the satire is part of its brilliance.  It is, after all, satirizing formulaic thinking.


I would take cover, call for backup, and negotiate when possible.  I think i this case it was possible.


Ah, RD spews the standard right-wing hatred of the SPLC. Right wingers hate it because it tells the truth about the right, so the right replies by lying.


*Shivers*


So is income in this country.  But your statistic ignores all the non-individual market folks who's premium also goes to support the subsidies.  So not as skewed as you paint it.


If, as half of the Senate is; and if, as half of the Congress is, you are a millionaire or a multi-millionaire, you can buy as many scientists as you think you need.

Most of them didn't get their millions working for the government on a salary.

The Golden Rule:  "He who has [control of] the gold, rules!"

Those scientific 'dummies' determine whether anyone gets any money for their next "golly-gee-whiz" research project or not!  Politics is not a scientific meritocracy!


On a good day it is "healthy skepticism."  And the rest of the time ........ the word "disgust" comes to mind.


I remember Bill Anderson when he was a radio and tv personality at KGMB before he moved to Hollywood and changed his name to Adam West....he hosted a kid's program called the Kini Popo show....I was surprised when he hitted big as Batman in the 60s tv show...light hearted and campy not like today's dark knight...condolences to his family....


Yeah, but now we all know what a bad decision voting for Don-the-Con™ was!


Yup, how long before the middle finger???


I don't understand.

The Supreme Court rules that the prohibition against MAID is unconstitutional.  Then the federal government "reads in" more restrictive criteria not mentioned in the SC ruling, with the intent of reducing eligibility for this service.  Now the BC government effectively starves access to doctors performing this service by paying them a pittance.

Surely money can't be the issue.  A full MAID service would be only a few hundred dollars.  The cost of prolonging a suffering patient's misery, against their wishes, costs thousands (if not tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands) of dollars.

84% of Canadians polled favour MAID.  The Supreme Court says the prohibition against it is unconstitutional.  And yet we have government continuing to be as obstructive as possible.  Why?


As long as they know how to balance a budget unlike the Trudeau government who forecasts never ending deficits and curb the flow of illegal migrants, then I am definitely fine with Scheer's picks for his shadow cabinet.


They've been restructuring CCAC for years. The fact is, 24-hour care at home is more expensive than a nursing home. CCAC will never be able to care for a lot of these seniors.


all good points - the problem comes in when it's been opened and no longer sealed...left on a table it's still "available."


Excellent article.

As a point of reference, when the original Toyota Prius was launched, the supply parts chain was literally spread around the world.  If you factored in the amount of fuel required to bring all of the pieces together to Japan to manufacture the original vehicles, it was one of the least "green" vehicles to purchase.


Dave" You don't need to provide examples........KellyAnn will take care of that task.   regards, Gary


very serious.  if you can't deal with a bully as an adult, you obviously never learned how to do so as a child.  and that's a problem.  as the article indicates, there are options when faced with a bully in the workplace.  but as i mentioned, if you never learned the fundamentals as a kid, you're not a victim of bullying as an adult- you're a whiner.


That's because the US and I think Britain actually do that already.


Muck,  Their building in Juneau is scheduled to close for renovation in a couple of days.  Now facing rather lengthy special session(s), where do they go if their lease on the Anchorage LIO is illegal and they cannot purchase it either?  Exorbitant monthly rent on the LIO?   Atwood Building? Fairbanks?


Wow! The writer of this article and the ADN are both as pathetic as it gets. It's hard to know what keeps this paper in business, it certainly isn't the subscribers. no one wants this so called newspaper for anything more than fish wrap.


RD's standard non-responsive response. He has given you a bogus argument, he sees no reason to give you an acceptable argument -- because, of course, he doesn't have one. He just believes that discrimination on the basis of sex is what the loving and just God wants.


I suggest you never consort with any of the vast numbers of sinners inside or outside of your particular faith. You need to get together a questionnaire to give to any associates or potential associates that goes over all the "do's and don'ts"  of rules of your religion, and whether or not they always abide by them. First take it yourself. If you pass, then start in on your list of potentially pure people with whom to associate. After  you've weeded out the obvious sinners, you can have them sign a release allowing you to conduct a comprehensive background check to get rid of the really sneaky sinners.  Using this method, you should eventually be able to find no one who iscompletely pure or perfect. But you will find a lot of hypocrites to keep you company.


Did you forget the boston bombers?  They used pressure cookers and shrapnel.


The idea that whites cannot experience racism is already an example of racism. I'm getting tired of people crying racism without citing examples of it and claiming it to all be "systemic". Show me examples of individual or systemic racism and I will fight it with you but if you can't name names and examples we won't achieve a thing. Want an example of systemic racism against whites? Affirmative action. The government forces the hire of other groups over white males based on nothing more than ethnicity and gender. Sound fair? Furthermore, Canada and genocide don't quite cross paths in our history. The First Nations and settlers had a much more cooperative relationship in Canada than other areas. I'm proud of our history. If you're not, that's your problem.


A very good and needed piece of writing, Margaret, congratulations. One detail needs to be amended in the text, though. The phrase "prayer in school" usually means that denominational prayer is offered to an entire body of students, with a few asking for exemption . This story is about the opposite. Observant Muslims would retire to a private space for short private prayer, which is simply a personal accommodation for a minority. As you say, the opposition is thinly-veiled bigotry.


These dummies in the leftist media just won't give up on the Russian collusion myth.


He handles himself very well and I think is most impressive, I would take him over Trump in  a heartbeat...however, that is not saying too too much, as I would take a chimpanzee over Trump.


I liked everything you said except the last line.  Dion was weak too.


She might not have to worry about the current Alaska Republican Party. This Friday afternoon (which is when announcements unfavorable to some are released), the State Senate Majority released the results of a  recent poll of Alaskans.   I don't know how the sample was defined; however, if this is objective any clear mandate to not now address the fiscal crisis by using taxes and capping the PFD (an approach that is hateful to some current legislators) is not reflected in this report.
A Survey question was:  "Do you support capping the dividend and using the balance of Permanent Fund earnings for general public services?"   Results; Strongly Oppose: 33.9%, Somewhat Oppose: 11.6% , Strongly Support: 32.6% Somewhat Support:21.8%.

  Total support (54.4%) for capping the PFD and using the balance for spending is greater than total opposition (45.5%); therefore,this is not good news, especially for the current House Minority "conservatives"  who thwarted Senate efforts last year .


Research PISA scores and OECD rankings then respond.


Wishing death upon someone that took 12 innocent peoples lives is about justice not hate.  Everyone has a different opinion on justice and your moral authority condemning others views is arrogant.


As an Alaskan I am perplexed by the craven cowardice and willingness of so many of my fellow Alaskans to accept anything in the name of party unity and refusing to stand up to the middle school bullying tactics of the Trump administration.  I've always believed it would be better to die standing up for what one believes than to live on one's knees kowtowing to a wannabe despot who thinks leadership is a "my way or the highway" attitude.  Congratulations to Senator Murkowski for once again proving that the women of Alaska are oft times made of sterner stuff than their male counterparts!


"G&M keeps the comment closed on the "unfounded" articles..." Well, on the newest one, published a day or two ago, yes. Don't know why, exactly.

Most of the articles and columns related to "unfounded" do allow comments. The G&M (and series editor, Robyn Doolittle) keep churning out the articles, so do as I do: use the comment page on a latest one to comment on the other that DOESN'T allow comments.  Reference the earlier story, so readers understand the "out of context."

Your comments can matter. I've seen text and headlines of articles change after I've posted applicable comments.  It's not my imagination when it happens 2-3 times, on the "unfounded" file alone. That they're will to change is good.  That they have to be reminded is bad.

Also bad: no profile stories of the falsely accused and how it affected their lives. Both genders are make  victims of each other.


When are these people going to jail, I mean really???


Oregon missed clutch free throws in the last two minutes and still won. Not going to win many close games with that type of play. Fundamentals, Fundamentals, Fundamentals.......and a little luck at the right time.


We bought a new Grand Caravan in 1997 (we had a baby son and a mother-in-law who lived with us, plus a business that required a lot of space for boxes in the back), paid it off in 2002, and then drove it for another 10 years. No major repairs or extended time in the shop during the whole 15 years: just the usual things wearing out and needing replacing, fluid changes, new tires, etc. It didn't owe us a cent when we sent it to the big wrecker's yard in the sky, and there was no point when I or my husband yearned for something different. Indeed, I was sad to see it go.


Show me a democrat in congress who isn't a millionaire.


It is not OK to add one nickel of "consumer consumption tax" without exemptions on such necessities as food and medicine. That is the ultimate regressive tax. Most states with a direct sales tax on consumer purchases exempt these purchases. Not Measure 97.


This is the best budget news of the year!  Wonder how long it'll take the legislature to overspend it.


Thankfully, the dispensary in my area has not shut down, so I can still easily and quickly get the cannabinoid (non high-inducing) to treat my painful back.  But clearly the police love acting out the press-friendly drama of a raid.

The city would be so much better if the cops instead did something productive - like managing traffic in the downtown core.  Unlike, for example, in NYC, I never see any serious enforcement against box-blocking at major intersections along Richmond, Spadina, etc.


President Obama: "On all these issues, but particularly missile defense, this, this can be solved but it’s important for him to give me space."

President Medvedev: "Yeah, I understand. I understand your message about space. Space for you…"

President Obama: "This is my last election. After my election I have more flexibility."

President Medvedev: "I understand. I will transmit this information to Vladimir, and I stand with you."

What "other" of the "all these issues" did Obama's flexibility get him?


The lower the inequality of income, the better the living conditions. For example Sweden and Japan, with its economy in the dumps, have the best living conditions in the world.  The US and Portugal with high income Inequality and vastly different economic conditions, have the worst living conditions.

Why are the financial experts worried about the economy when it is good for business and not for the country?  Or is that the answer?


Funny, a health food restaurant being fined for health violations.  They probably did not wash off the organic cow manure fertilizer from vegetables.


This might actually be kinda fun if it wasn't so sad.

https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/01/constitution-trump-democracy-electoral-college-senate/

Quote : "2016 will go down in history as the year the United States entered into a period of prolonged minority rule. Not only did Donald Trump win the White House despite trailing by more than 2.8 million popular votes, but Republicans held onto a fifty-two-seat majority in the Senate despite losing by even more — some 10.5 million votes overall."

Let's just ALL refuse to recognize their MINORITY POTUS until their BREITBART TROLLS stop fire bombing any objective assessment of their MINORITY POTUS with their childish, vitriolic spam.

Democracy = rule of the people.

When 10.5 Million people's votes are effectively discarded, that's NOT a democracy.

Now, let the grownups talk, Breitbart kiddies.


This could have been written by a protestant, what great disdain you have for the martyrs and saints who gave us the teachings. St. Lawrence who was grilled alive to keep the same teachings you scorn. St. Irenaeus who spent his final hours writing against heresies in order that the truth could be preserved. St Lucy who had her eyes gouged, Maximus who had his tongue and right hand cut off when speaking against the monothelite heresy, even when Pope Honorius was cowardly and buckled.

I could go on, look at the calendar of martyrs and see how many, including theologians bravely sacrificed themselves for the truth.


Nice feel-good article. What he forgets to mention is that he's a member of the House Legislative Majority. Finance Committee no less, the tar pit for any fiscal legislation.

Retire Mr. Edgmon from the Legislature so he can find more time to go fishing.  You'll be doing him, and us, a favor.


Here we go again..


Probably too much to hope the next governor will find out how adults handle crime in states where crime doesn't seem to be an overwhelming problem or just another excuse to Get Money For Government...


Dear Ms. Cove,
Sadly, you don't know what you are talking about.  Although Rick Sinnott spent most of his time dealing with problem bears he is deeply familiar with the broader issues of predator-human interactions.  Vic VanBallenberghe is one of the most astute predator-prey biologists on the planet when it comes to moose, wolves and bears.  Before you criticize these gentlemen, you should have the courtesy to read their publications.  Vic's research is remarkably insightful.  His problems with ADF&G stem from his integrity and refusal to surrender to political correctness and comic-book biology.


The Democrats were looking to bribe a couple of Republican (RINO) to sign onto the Porkulus bill. Nothing more, Nothing less. Obamacare was the same. The Democrats knew damn well no Republican would sign onto a bill where the central government took over the nation's health insurance industry. Forcing that crap onto the nation's citizens wasn't something any Republican wanted on their voting record.
There wasn't a Republican in office that was going to assist Obama's transformation of the country that he hates.


And I think you've missed the point.

The above advice is a good way to ensure you get to say what you want to say. For the most part people listen to other people who sound like they have something to say. And I dare say I (and other 'males') have listened politely and respectfully to women who do that.

And you shouldn't belittle yourself by saying, "I haven't seen it . . . but it sure must happen". It's a good way to get yourself not-listened-to.


Ah yes, the old "I would explain it but you wouldn't understand it" excuse.

I heard that one a lot in grade school when someone got called out on their BS.


I have to respectfully disagree with Andre on this one.


The future of all zoos will be interesting in the next few years as groups start protesting the captivity of "wild" animals.  It's already happening with ocean creatures and is sure to spread to zoos if not already.  Changing times....


Was the gassing of civilians the Syrian people speaking as Rex Tillerson proposed when he said that the “longer-term status of President Assad will be decided by the Syrian people” ?
Trump tweeted repeatedly that then president Obama should stay out of Syria. After Assad had crossed the line, Obama asked for congressional approval of major military action that would have crossed the line for the Russians. And the Republican controlled congress did nothing.
Trump, who famously said, "I alone can fix this" and "Nobody knew healthcare could be so complicated" now has a change of heart about Assad (but he's willing to still blame Obama).
What led Trump to trust Assad?
Trump says he will not disclose and retaliatory actions. I doubt he will engage in any military action. With the Russians controlling things as they have with Syria for a long time, there is little that can actually be done without sacrificing our own troops.


Douglas County commissioners should collect their pay (twice as high as the average salary in Roseburg), along with their generous health and retirement benefits, from the timber industry.

It's a simple relationship for most of us... we are paid by who we serve.

Claiming federal money spent on an expensive pro salvage logging video was "educational", why didn't they use the nearly half million dollars to re-open their libraries?

Hopefully, their fraudulent spending of federal funds will be punished.


Correction. Caucasus Mountains. And 9 times out of 10 I'll put my T shirt on backwards if I don't check the tag first, regardless of T shirt diversity.


Trumplethinskin's face must still be hurting from the *****slap he got from Qassim al-Rimi "Ha Ha you missed me fool!"
Yemen has now banned all US Spec. Ops
Mission fail! Bigly!


And what about Notley's roots?

Her US born mother is a devout Anglican. I'm sure her mother has had strong influence on her.

Do we start branding Rachel the same way as a quasi-American Bible thumper because of her background and upbringing?


Nice. Earth is Flat. Get over it.


Seems to me we're not doing much learning from history anyway.


The PC, SWJ, BLM ideologues would have our children believe Canada's was founded on black slavery as was America, which by the way is not true either.   It is their position that white people are incapable of manual labour. They Ignore the fact we are two separate nations with two different histories and cultures. If that were aimed at any other race, it would be considered racism.


Say hi to Dan Barkovic  and Maurice Merton for me also...


This country better get ready for a serious reality check :-(


Though clean water becomes increasingly scarce and its value as a commodity goes up, such grandiose water transport schemes won't be happening soon.  They just don't pencil out.  The entrepreneur's only hope (unless he has billions of bucks in his back pocket) is to suck up billions of our state or federal dollars.  Let's not let that happen.  We already have a large carcass pile of failed mega-projects, some of which are water related.


I was a teacher. Many times it occurred to me, "I bet I was the first person in that student's life to say no to him or her." Certainly that is what it seemed like. And I get a similar suspicion with our president.


And when it turns out that it was the DNC?
I bet we won't hear a thing from you.


Wow suddenly after 10 years of conservative non answers in HoC, lies and lack of accountability it matters to you Now? Are you suggesting the conservatives are to blame for the current state?


Too bad you don't look like her!  The ugly feminist at Ivy League universities started feminism because the blond bimbo still got the wealthy men and the feminnazi hated that!  Tooo bad for you that the trophy rich wives are still blond bimbos!  Liberalism is a mental disorder and does not serve society, only the progressive haters of normal America!


Shame on Arab countries, which refused to give helping hand to their Arab brothers in Palestine.

Shame on Egypt, Syria and Lebanon for keeping their own Arab brothers in refugee concentration camps, without basic human rights.

Shame on Qatar and Saudi Arabia spending billions of dollars on World Jihad, but not contributing to UNWRA.

Shame on UN for thinking that new 23rd Arab state and 2nd Palestinian Arab state, which will be poor, Islamic and militant will solve any of the issues that the other 22  Arab states, including Palestinian Arab state of Jordan, were not able to solve.

Israel is not there to solve all problems of the Arab World.


Not enough.


I have seen that in our corp also.The only ones getting fat are the presidant and ceo`s.We get a small check before christmas though.At least it is something.


How was every terrorist attack or disturbed insane attack brought to an end?  A good guy with a gun.  If any of the law abiding citizens attacked in the gun free zones had carried their guns, which they surrendered before entering the gun free zones,  hundreds of lives would have been saved.  The massacre in Orlando happened because not one individual was prepared to protect himself.


"...many consider the best goaltender in hockey..."

Huh ?

J Quick - 1.89 ERA, 2 Cup rings

C Price - 3.64 ERA, 0 Cup rings


"They should be driven right back to the border and turned over to the US Authorities."

So you advocate that officers break the law they are sworn to uphold.  Interesting.


This is just asinine. I haven't subscribed to any cable or satellite TV service for nearly a couple of decades. I have a wifi connected TV and Apple TV and I never lack for something to watch. Why pay $100-plus a month for hundreds of channels I never watch and have no interest in? I spend far less time in front of a TV mindlessly surfing though insipid channels looking for something to watch, but when I do sit down in front of a TV to watch something, I watch something at a time which suits me and on my own terms.


Rocks, ice, trees,tundra,permafrost is part of it.


I've been at one of those rallies, I know what they were saying. I had to see it for myself, and yes, it was mean spirited. My point is that to my horror the left is being just as awful, using hate speech against the right. Thus, your hypocrisy in calling out Trump supporters but turning a blind eye to people yelling obscenities about Trump. Plus rioting now in Portland.


Before Trump became The Punching Bag...

On ACA. Snips from MAY 14, 2015 - Forbes -

*Obamacare may be mostly creating churn-by displacing people from their employer-sponsored coverage and moving them onto the exchanges'

* 2/3rds of the (so-called) new insured increase was from the 'expansion' to non-poverty people allowed to obtain "Taxpayer Paid in Full" Medicaid.

*employer sponsored coverage declined by about 2 million.

 *2014-the 'figures for net new coverage includes 9 million more people obligated to Medicaid, and about 2 million aging into Medicare'
-
*several years ago, the Obama administration fiddled with the Census Bureau’s definition of what it means to be “uninsured.”
**The Obama team also abruptly started to exclude uninsured illegal immigrants from the national tally on total number of uninsured Americans.
*** Before Obamacare, these individuals were counted in that reporting, inflating the numbers.
--
So by Obama/crew tweaking the numbers, does that mean they LIED?


Who said we are a democracy, we're a Representative Republic.  I don't know where American's learned we are a Democracy?  Do they still teach civic and American history in our liberal schools or are the students being 'dumbed down'?


Was it the first sentence? "3 1st grade students at Winterberry CHARTER School" that confused you?


The cities, and Railbelt get the money because that's where the people are.
Get a clue, and get out of the villages. Village=death trap of no jobs! no future!


This very good news. This fishery is providing jobs that are badly needed in rural Alaska. Good report.


Ditchator please repost. The enemies of free speech are out in force today taking down anything that doesn't fir into their ideology.


Facts and statistics confirm the chief's comments.

2 police officers among 7 shot in West Philly;...
6abc.com/news/2-officers-among-7-shot-in-west-philly;-gunman...

15 hours ago ... 2 police officers among 7 shot in West Philly; gunman, 1 victim dead ... ambush- style attack that led to a fatal shootout in West Philadelphia. A civilian and the gunman are dead. WPVI. Saturday, September 17, 2016 08:40AM.


Not so easy, is it, little big man? You sure enjoyed yelling about Obama not reaching across the aisle and being a bad deal maker. Now, quick--imagine on top of your failure that someone is yelling in your face demanding your birth certificate.


Two of the Town of Erie Trustees (Woog and Charles) had their campaigns funded by Oil & Gas. I believe the others are trying to listen to residents but have their hands tied by state laws that support O&G.


USA Olympians!!! Keep bringing the gold home!! Make America great!!!


no its a vote buying scam,,


Unfortunately......YOU are wrong. Soap and water has eradicated most disease world wide. Read a book sometime.....


Trump's had enough of this and would like to move on to his next Yuuuuge failure.


Peace keeping didn't work because Rwanda was internal civil conflict where one side wanted to wipe out the other. There are plenty of examples where the peace held because both sides were willing to abide by the rules, starting with Suez.


Note that Drabinsky is partnering with Richard Stursberg, a former executive vice-president at the CBC, at Theatro, to produce this show. See the CBC link on this point.


We've definitely witnessed massive appreciation in most parts of Vancouver. It's even hard now to find condos at an affordable price. Some pre-sales you're looking at over $1.3m for 2 bedrooms. Vancouver's definitely becoming an international city.

On the other hand, the foreign buyers tax has taken its toll especially on detached homes in particular neighbourhoods. For example, you're looking at over a 13% fall in HPI prices in West Vancouver since August. But this probably just means that perhaps we're slowly and finally shifting to a buyer's market instead of a sellers market.


"...we also know that corporate structures are being used to reduce personal taxes. That leaves us with a challenge that is unsustainable." It sure is when you are throwing money at tin pot dictators in third world countries under the guise of saving the planet from climate change etc. STOP wasting taxpayer's money instead of looking under every rock to find the next group of people you may hose with your "fairness" taxation plan. Maybe start with Trusts Bill? Or would that be something to which you and Justin have a particular aversion?


Terrific.  Thanks for this.


The photo used for this article is perfect. Always glad to see it come back year after year.


based on 5% rate? compared to other crime rate of what?  I get email about offenders in my area, but they dont say what crime. it is child molestation, was it date rape, was it statutory rape ? was it exposure? was it violence?


There is NO comparison between a sovereign COUNTRY and a PROVINCE within a CONFEDERATION that is required to submit to FEDERAL incomes taxes that are used to RE-DISTRIBUTE said taxes to other PROVINCES and make us a NET CONTRIBUTOR of our WEALTH to other JURISDICTIONS. Saying anything else just proves that you are a left wing ideologue with little respect or knowledge of FACTS.


Do me and yourself a favor.  Google Dennis Prager Climate Change.  It will lead you to his Prager U which will have 5 minute-long talks on YouTube about this subject and many others by people much more knowledgeable than me, and possibly you.

BTW, I didn't did reach my position on “CC” based on any pro or opponent's comments.  I base it on common sense and historical knowledge of how many times the leftist promoted one scheme after another since the late 1960s to destroy our economy and make government much bigger and control our lives, warning that the "sky is falling," that never came true.

I stand with God who knew what He was doing when he created life, and so far I have been proven right.


A tragedy with no amount of condolences to help alleviate the heartaches and tears of sorrow! A mere Rest In Peace seem trite and inconsolable. Love, prayers and faith in a merciful God are the only hope to redeem us from the feeling of hopelessness!


Easy - that's all you've got to cover.  If Mr. eBay wanted to fund the Democrat Party PR department, he'd do that instead.  But he seems to want to cover 'news' through a certain prism.  STYLE SHEET:  D = Good.  R = Bad.  Liberal = Good.  Conservative = Bad.  Not to hard to decrypt the style of writing at CB.  Push Democrats to be more liberal.  Praise Republicans who are more 'moderate' and vote for Democrat policies.  The trick is to make the coverage look fair.  It's not working.


Canada's dishonest Trump supporters didn't read the article. They are calling this a federal Liberal scandal. It's clearly an Ontario Liberal scandal.  These same hypocrites voted for Harper, the most dishonest corrupt government in our history.


If you're so worried about growing debt and interest expenses, then I'm sure you're against the proposed GOP tax bill that will explode the national deficit. Right?


Stalking my posts to delete them is harassment.


I can think of two current oil company employees who, despite being gone for at least 90 days a year (even longer this year),  won't  have to worry about a layoff before the November election.


So sue the community for your vicarious trauma. Since most of the crimes were in community by members of the community.


Wow, your great-great-grandfather would have died without a gun. Now you want them banned in the name of civility?  This society will never ban these things.


Wow you have a problem! Are you racist? Do you have a problem with Aleut people? Do you REALLY think we are that STUPID?


Yeah, sure, Justin Trudeau, all your promises, clear transparency, open nominations, no secrecy - what a load that all turned out to be.

And now our newspapers report this about you: That you refuse to disclose why you thought it was the case that a candidate was not "the right person to become the face of the party".

Ah yes, the old not-the-right-face for the position in question.

Disgusting, Justin Trudeau. The last time we heard this kind of talk was when Jean Chretien was smeared by Tory TV ads with the question about something like "Is this the face you want for your next Prime Minister", showing a freeze-frame of Chretien chosen to look as horrible as possible.

Justin Trudeau, there is more to being a leader than looking the part with the "right face". Those are things that high school drama teachers fret and fuss about, not what open and transparent Prime Ministers fret and fuss about.

Justin Trudeau. He's just not ready.


Gotta agree with the Trumpster on this one.  The problem has been long overlooked.  They better put the clamps down on that drug.


What did he obtain, a chemical or nuclear weapon?


Where else does that copyright protection occur with regard to intellectual property?  Can you think of practical examples?  I'm not talking about plagiarism.  I'm talking about ideas.

Next question:  What do you mean when you give the example of 'indigenous humor from a local Cree community'?   Are we talking about registering and enforcing copyright of jokes and funny stories here?  Humor's common to humans.

Look, what I'm seeing so far in this cultural appropriation thing is the message:  "You can't use this, it's ours."  But ideas are shared among all people, that's how it works.  Stories are shared, joke patterns are shared, dramatic ideas are shared, themes are shared - that's how it works.  It also works like this:  If it's a straightforward ripoff, an exact copying of someone's art, it gets criticized for that, ridiculed, and possibly sued.  It happens after the fact.  But saying to everyone:  "Don't touch this, it's not yours to use," when it comes to ideas, doesn't fly.


Ivanka's new line, made in china orange jumpsuits.


So, spit balling the race based on this article: Tokuda still sits in the catbird seat and is probably the only one that is still able to, politically, write her own ticket and get support for whatever she wants to do. She has earned goodwill with the people and those who are vying to be players in Hawaii politics see this as a critical asset.
Arakawa is, on a much lesser scale, playing the role of Tom Gill, an outsider who is looking to shake up the establishment.
Espero is going to be hobbled by his critical comments on policing and police department management.
Green got money, but does he have the name recognition to make a difference? I will tell you that Tokuda has higher name recognition right now just on her performance as Chair of Ways and Means.
Final thought: This is a perfect time for the chair of the Poltical Party that all of these pol's are members of to step up and show some leadership in vetting and putting forward the best candidate for these offices.


The BC liberals must know that they are not a corporation, even though they deregulated everything trying to be one. You are unqualified and the government is the protector of public assets; you will be tried for selling ours -without permission- and your involvement in the corruption to do so .


Maybe they'll change their minds if you whine a little more. If that's even possible.


Apologies, it was Edwin Pentin over at the National Catholic Register. And, yes, being a blog, it receives comments.

http://www.ncregister.com/blog/edward-pentin/vatican-cardinal-some-in-irregular-unions-can-receive-the-sacraments

It's a good, balanced article.  Perhaps you should follow the link and read it.


Seventeen of the nineteen 9/11 terrorists came from Saudi Arabia. Why didn't the U.S. illegally invade S.A.?


Plane did not crash. Everyone was not okay. Baby eyes rolling in his head, suffering heat exhaustion, in and out of consciousness.  I'm getting tired of corporations acting like they can just treat people the way they want, and not suffer any backlash.


Family friendly face slashing fun.


I never said that. Fake news is your thing,


Truly another of Hawaii's  golden treasure will be dearly missed !!! Thank You Roland for teaching and sharing the true meaning of "Ohana" and the "Hawaiian Culture" and your awesome talent !!!!.


(Small point of clarification: The Pledge was composed in 1892 by Francis Bellamy, (who was interestingly a 'Christian Socialist' minister) and was adopted by Congress in 1942. The words "under God" were added on Flag Day, 1954. The version cited by the writer was actually the former and original version.)


Everyone knows that everytime you break wind you always perk up and tell everyone, 'you smell something? Isnt it mighty fine?' Then you pause, every time, then slyly smile and whisper, 'I made that'


No one appointed you to be the arbiter of what people need or don't need.


So what does this mean? Just trying to salvage the next election? Will Alaskans get the remainder of this years PFD?

This appears to be a stunt and nothing more.


Well, certainly acquainted enough to know that a phrase like "literalist drivel" communicates nothing beyond the fact that you have a personal opinion and like it very much.

There are a fair number of Jews, blacks, and others who do not believe that Mr. Bannon exploits anyone.


Another protection of the rights of adult predators to engage in sexual activity with minor girls with the assurance of the predators right to privacy.    Parents provide health care insurance coverage for emergency healthcare when there are complications from medical procedures their daughters participate in without their parents knowledge.  This ruling hobbles the parental role,  hobbles informed parenting,  drives a wedge between parent and child,  and makes minor girls more vulnerable to sexual exploitation.  This ruling contributes to the breakdown of family cohesion and the breakdown of the dynamics of parental/child relationships.


Ha Ha ! 'Never heard of 5 Eyes ?  Spoiler alert ! "signals intelligence" = spying

The Five Eyes, often abbreviated as FVEY, is an intelligence alliance comprising Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States. These countries are bound by the multilateral UKUSA Agreement, a treaty for joint cooperation in signals intelligence


They wouldn't have been looking at it but they were forced to do so when it was displayed in their school. I support freedom and liberty but not when it hurts others.


The Tweener Surfer Dude Wannabe trying to play with the adults with illiterate rants reflective of the spoiled child syndrome from an entity devoid of intellect.


It may be true that cars kill way more people than guns but so what?  Guns main purpose is to kill, kill, killl... Main purpose of cars is to move people around but you do have a point.  Why did government pass all those laws regarding safety?  Hell, we didn't need any stinking seat belts.   Let the blood flow.  We need ways to keep the population down.  lol


The American public can either buy Donald's figures last night when he said, "Tonight, as I outline the next steps we must take as a country, we must honestly acknowledge the circumstances we inherited. Ninety-four million Americans are out of the labor force,"

Or they can accept CNN "fake news" explaining the 94 million are the 44.1 million who are retired, 15.4 million disabled, 12.9 million taking care of a family member and another 15.5 million are in college or job training.

I know as a Canadian who retired at 53 almost 17 years ago and joined by my wife 5 years later when she turned 55, that neither of us been looking for work beyond the yard cleanup I did Monday and Tuesday and the two hour emergency "kid-sitting" call we got earlier today, for we are blessed that both of our children and all of our grandchildren are only minutes away and that we are free to help when we are around!

Donald should be enjoying Melania & Barron, not ignoring them at a distance while tweeting!


Have you no time for research? It should and could be less expensive in many ways regardless expense is not the only argument for moving a session or moving the Capitol all together.


We have the right of dissent. That right includes not rising for the Pledge, for political or religious reasons.


The 51 (actually 1952) legislation is also documented at the link.  You may wish to review it. No contributory pension plan, with the exception of voluntary government-run annuity schemes, was available until 1966 with the creation of CPP.   And governments did indeed use the EI surplus when it was available, and topped up the difference when it was not.  EI was largely unsustainable from the early 70s through 1996, when the Liberals changed the eligibility requirements, making it unavailable to those who left jobs without just cause.


lol, you sound like the nutcase with an axe to grind


We tax alcohol, gasoline, cigarettes, lots of things.

The "sin" taxes have always been our favorites.  Why should recreational marijuana get a freebie from the cities?

This was part of the ballot measure that approved recreational marijuana; your 'outrage' is a little late.


Sorry, but the current owners already started ruining the environment with the wolf preserve, the grizzly preserve and numerous other commercial tourist attractions.  Then they try to lure prospective buyers by saying the construction of a hotel is a distinct possibility.  So should we be surprised that a foreign buyer jumps at the opportunity?  Grouse Mountain is already being wrecked, and the future looks much worse.  I just disagree with the premise of this article, namely that it is a pristine environment that could be despoiled.  The damage has been going on for some time.


History is taught from a book, not a statue.


Nothing that a interest rate increase won't fix.  I hope you don't have a lot of debt...


Her career would be over only if she allowed it to be.  The people in her audiences are more forgiving.  But there are consequences whenever one shows lack of judgment.  Remember what happened to Anita Bryant?


There you go again... That's not Trump. You stated Trump. That's the "UTAH" Legislature, and The PEOPLE of Arizona, talking about IN STATE issues where the Fed's have been controlling and commandeering State Land for quite some time, and the STATE citizens are getting sick and tired of it. Get your facts straight. Over 64% of land in UTAH is owned by Federal Gov't!! 39% of Arizona is owned by Federal Gov't! Nonetheless, let me ask you... Why should the Federal Government control so much land in any state? Why?


Yeah, but his coverage wouldn't change. That's the point: if a treatment facility doesn't stock it, I'll go out to the economy to get it.  I can choose to have my script filled-CONUS or OCONUS- anywhere out in the economy I want; that wouldn't change my coverage or how much my provider is willing to cover for the prescription.


Hypothetically, a question to ask these Archbishops would be whether they would make absolution conditional on going to the police and confessing if the offender priest was confessing to murder.

What if the penitent showed remorse about murdering someone, received absolution, then went on to murder again and again and again and so on.

Would the seal of the confessional still stand?  Or would the confessor go himself to the police to report the offender?

Does anyone know what would happen in this hypothetical case especially with regard to Canon Law?


FBI: "There was no legal basis in federal law to prevent Santiago from having the firearm."

Common sense: "The guy has severe mental health issues.  So don't give him his gun back."

If the FBI had exercised common sense ... maybe less, or no, people would have been killed by Santiago.


Trump has no strategy in Syria, even his closest adviser  Stephen "Rasputin" Bannon was against this high risk gambit. There is no campaign to remove Assad, not as long as Russia is backing him. In other words, the missile strike was a use of military resources to make it look like Donald Trump is doing something about Syria when he really isn’t and has no intention of doing anything. This was just to impress his Republican base and to deflect the CNN coverage of the Russia Meddling Scandal. In typical Trump fashion, the missile strike was a big showy, empty gesture that was intended to get him some good press. It will work for about 72 hours.


UPCOMING BC BUDGET SHOULD NOT REPEAT PREVIOUS INCOMPETENCE-

SCANDALOUS MISTAKES OF CANADA LINE RAPID TRANSIT SHOULD NOT BE REPLICATED IN SURREY/LANGLEY!!

http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2014/08/short-platforms-trains-skytrain-canada-line-built-nearing-capacity/

CL’s Stations are ridiculously small; platforms too tiny for trains longer than 2-cars each (Millennium/Expo lines' stations can accommodate 6-car trains); Single tracking instead of double tracking in key route areas

... were caused by an politically-cowardly inadequate budget, & refusal- by Metro Vancouver's CIVIC POLITICIANS- to factor into conceptual designs abilities to accommodate to-be-expected increases in ridership & population 2010 to 2030

Half of Canada Line's puny stations are underground. Consequently, none could be expanded & retrofitted to accommodate 4-car or 6-car trains- & the consequential increased numbers of passengers- without expending prohibitive amounts of funding...

http://skytrainforsurrey.org/


"Damien Peterson implicated them both, but appellate courts have ruled a co-defendant's statements after a crime can't be used as evidence against others unless he agrees to testify against them, he wrote.

"So, bottom line is that Devin Peterson and Austin Barrett were not prosecutable," said Kalytiak."

I have a really hard time believing that.  Perps were pimping out a friend, assaulted someone with a knife...
Is it possible that the police just failed to collect enough evidence?  There had to be more to go on that the word of one of the perps.

And even though he was convicted of assault, he was set free on probation.  Aren't the courts supposed to hold him, threaten him with 20 years until he testifies?  It really seems like the police and courts didn't try very hard.

And now...Erick is the one who implicated all the others.  If he won't testify against the others, they all walk?

There must be plenty of other evidence to convict right?


I am Kanaka Maoli too and do not have any problem with children enjoying ONE Disney movie that they are the main character.

Sadly some adults have to ruin it for children with their jaded view of the world.


This would ALMOST be funny, if there weren't literally tens of MILLIONS of Americans who've COMPLETELY walked away from their principles, & cheered on his ludicrous tweet that ANY news coverage of him that isn't positive, is fake.
How do you NOT feel embarrassed jumping on THAT bandwagon?
Then again, when he said early on that he could shoot someone in the middle of 5th Ave, & not lose a SINGLE supporter, anyone w/even a SHRED of dignity & self respect would've gotten the hell outta Dodge.
I'm curious how he or his cultists would answer this: At his delusional "press conference" today, I counted at LEAST 9 times that he said the only reason they couldn't pass their horrific bill TODAY was because "one senator", Thad Cochran, was in the hospital. Was he lying? Or is he really THAT clueless, w/the worst staff in the history of our presidency? How embarrassing would it be to a NORMAL person to have Cochran HIMSELF tweet that he's actually NOT in the hospital, & COULD'VE come & voted?


From Pew Research - - maybe the illegals aren't as Catholic as most think...
"Mexicans made up 52% of all unauthorized immigrants in 2014, though their numbers had been declining in recent years. There were 5.8 million Mexican unauthorized immigrants living in the U.S. that year, down from 6.4 million in 2009, according to the latest Pew Research Center estimates. Meanwhile, the number of unauthorized immigrants from nations other than Mexico grew by 325,000 since 2009, to an estimated 5.3 million in 2014. Populations went up most for unauthorized immigrants from Asia and Central America, but the number also ticked up for those from sub-Saharan Africa. Increases in the number of unauthorized immigrants from other countries mostly offset the decline in the number from Mexico."


so we already are seeing a conflict of interest by Trump using his position as President to punish Nordstrom for dropping his daughters clothing. When a President talks the stock market reacts and he knows it. so much for not trying to use his office to enrich his family.


skyofblue: Rio is a well known poster who posts almost exclusively on jewish or Israel related stories.

He clearly has an agenda and would be happy if jews were eradicated completely.


Justine is Harper Redux. Don't think we are progressing much.


Portland is not weird.  The city has simply become a hipster colony of cream swirling children whose minds are so open that their brains have fallen out.


No, he's not. You're a liar.


Funny how the Islamic dominated u.n. is never concerned about all the genocides being committed by islam around the world!


Your final line may as well be a rhetorical question, as by now it ought to be clear that for people of a certain stripe "condescension," as with insult generally, can be found (or inserted) almost anywhere.  Like toddlers complaining that the grownups all "look down on us."


I encourage congress to kill Obamacare and replace it with nothing.  Let 18 million go uninsured.  Let insurance companies go back to dumping you when you get sick and refuse to cover you because of some past condition.  Bring back the number one cause of home foreclosures - medical bankruptcies.  Allow our emergency rooms to turn away people they don't want to care for.  If you can't afford healthcare because you don't have enough money, it's your own fault.

Ahh, back to the good old days, before the government ruined all that.


Liberals comment _ Do you think they can be bought for 1500.00!   Apparently they can.    But in real terms, it is not 1500 dollars.    It is the total dollars of the event.   ie 120,000 + dollars,  + donations to Trudeau statue, university, etc.

Liberals new slogan:   Anything for a buck


Actually growing up in the part of the state I am from there were lessons on the Aleut culture, and I have good memories about them.

It wasn't a formal lesson plan but the locals passing knowledge on.


Hi, guax. Is your last name Literal? I think it just might be. Maybe ask someone.


Out, I think you are being pretty naive if you think nothing will get tacked onto the STC Bill.  We've already seen Republican Lawmakers try to tack on a bill that allows Fracking near the North Country National Scenic Trail, to a bill that allows the NCT to buy land from 'Willing Sellers." We are living in an political environment where the Supreme Court ruling called "Citizens United" has allowed businesses to spend billions of dollars to buy candidates.  I'm sure the big oil, timber and mining interests are chopping at the bit to have the Wilderness Act opened up.


The "destroy" then "complain" republican pattern is going to be further invoked I fear with the humongous debt of their tax cuts that will foul up the economy and then they will have a "reason" to cut safety net  programming for the poor, healthcare for the poor and Medicare for the middle class...

It's a Machiavellian scheme...demonic comes to mind.


MS- comparing "snowflakes" to "teabaggers", which would you consider more derogatory? Eat ur oatmeal.


this is the first hit he has made in the year bud, id say more like .100 at the moment


Aloha, I'm Dave, my wife and I are mentioned in Stewart's article.
I have five questions for you:

What is a local product to you?
Is it locally-made?
Does it use local ingredients?
Is it locally owned?
At what point, if any, should products be prohibited from using local branding?


In 2 words, Hawker has shown his arrogance of the peons of the State.  "Lower Court", while technically correct, his reference to the Superior Court is arrogant and unbefitting an elected official.

The lease is illegal.  Therefore those in the building are technically trespassing and regardless of the CYA actions of Stevens, there is little left for the Council to decide or vote on, if any of them are interested in reelection.  Those who agreed to the lease broke the State law.  So just what do they have to vote on?  To buy the building with money they don't have?  To put a legal request for bid out? To spend money they don't have to take it to the Supreme Court?

Representing the best interests of the People of the State?  Hardly!  This entire issue has not been about party, regardless of how badly some want to make it.  It is about electing and reelecting career politicians who have arrogant, elite attitudes and who do not represent the people unless they donate big money.


Too bad Ms. McCann is averse to the death penalty. Life without parole is pretty expensive considering food, housing, medical, etc. for 60 years.


Davids death is so sad and such a tragedy. My prayer is that every person directly involved in this crime is captured and brought to justice. Such a senseless death. But we also need to be very careful about processing laws in the future that presume guilt on those that did not commit the crime. The proposal, we charge parents for a crime their child commits. These parents would be charge based on association with the defendant not direct involvement with the crime committed. Then we also must consider charging the defendants siblings, teachers, friends, co workers, councilors, pastors and any one else this child was associated with that could have possibly  known or had influence in this child's life. Where does this cycle begin and end? And is being a bad parent now a criminal act and if so by what standards are they judged? Should we look at all their children or make that determination based on just one child? There are no simple answers so let's be wise in what we champion.


So when they exposed themselves to you, were you excited?


Gardner's another GOP empty suit.


"But creating a truly successful, world-leading CVE program requires far more than these small bureaucratic steps. "
.
"the government is running the risk of missing an opportunity to establish a world-class initiative."
.
World leading? World class? How about if you just get something in place that makes any  effort at keeping the population safer than now? Then become world class.

Canada doesn't have the experience, the money, the know-how, the tools, the motivation, the infrastructure or the military to be 'world class'. Many other countries do and its doubtful if any of them take Canada seriously.

This type of flattery of the Canadian people happens all the time here and its part of what makes them having an unrealistic sense of their place in the world.


Hey, welcome to Denver nobody driving in this town stops at sop signs, in this here cow town it is just suggested all you need to do is tap your brakes and then go...but bikers, if you don't stop DPD will be all over you and write you a ticket.


:-) You just made me spit on my keyboard again! :-)


Yes there is/are.


“Right now, states have an opportunity and obligation to lead on a variety of issues, and Hawaii will continue to fight for the values that are important to our community,”

My values as a taxpayer are as follows:  State of the art schools, clean and safe parks, smooth roads, modern international airport, sidewalks I can actually walk on, a legislature that actually gets meaningful things done and the list goes on.  Doing symbolic things to make as if politicians are doing a good job at some of the above is just diversion from what's severely failing in this state.  Did I forget the under funded pension?  Yes, a big hazard in the future for our kids and grand kids.


This is not the best news. The best news would be to see your name in the obits.


I suggest you read a book on the subject.  Twitter, The National Post and Sun Media are not books.

Cheers,
John Meyer


Her business was wrecked. The nice white ladies didn't appreciate her celebrity.


Anyone who is honest will recognize several of his positions aligned with left leaning politics - which is what I said.

Who's the fool and liar?  The one who twists what people write in order to call them names, or the one who made a simple observation?  I submit you rethink your accusations and knock it off.


That is true. But with her power as chairman it is likely it will go through.


We have friends  with 3 kids all with ensuites.  Granite ctops ect...the whole beeswax.

Both government jobs makes over 150K a year.....OK so their boss is bankrupt, who cares.


Butler through his network of devoted brainwashed followers have manipulated social media to bolster support for Gabbard. Brainwashed Tulsi is not ignorant of her actions, she hides behind her mask of deceit well, but one day the veil of her hypocrisy will be removed, but not until she chooses to divorce herself from the meddling claws of her guru who directs her every move both political and personal. Perhaps only then can she restore her credibility.

Vote , Shay Chan Hodges she will stand, fight and yes really serve ALL the people of Hawaii.
Vote, Tulsi Gabbard and you will get the self centered, egotistical manipulative claws of her guru Butler through his devoted puppet Gabbard.


Hi Susan, it certainly isn't because you're "less then". It's because I'm working non-stop to raise funds for safe houses for rescued CHILDREN who have been rescued from SEX-trafficking.... to find SAFE alternatives for babies who are being beat (CPS is NOT the answer)...... to getting people to PLEASE donate to cancer.orgs who give 100% to help families that have a member with cancer......plus I live near Flint MI so I'm working to get CLEAN bottled water to the residents there. And then yesterday I mailed a wig I bought for a woman in Australia because she started chemo & they don't provide wigs there like we do here in the US. Also I'm involved with a group that mails out "uplifting" cards to rape survivors. Frankly, I feel TRULY overwhelmed. (Also I've somehow gotten involved with the BLM groups & if I don't say the right things they are RIPPING apart my heart)
This I give to you...my word that you will be next!


LOTS OF MONEY TO BE MADE FROM RACISTS. CAPS LOCK RULES !!!


It is interesting in that most, or at least many, of the comments are screaming for cuts in the number of state employees, but then they quickly trash the crime lab for its shortcomings. The fact of the matter is that the legislature should fund a special appropriation to properly man the crime lab with the high quality forensic specialist necessary to perform the tasks expected of the lab. They should also provide funds to properly compensate the crime lab supervisor as it is a very highly specialized function. I suspect currently Alaska is not able to offer wages that are competitive in order to draw the very best people to work at the lab.

Additionally, people don't seem to realize that often the lab specialists are away from the lab testifying in court, or waiting to testify in court, which of course slows down the process even more. And much of the equipment used at the lab is outdated. The lab should be a shining star in forensics but lacks proper funding.


Wait a minute. Is it just me or did Mark Helfrich actually place some of the blame on the lack of "positivity" here and around the country? Really?! Wow. That's a new one. I don't ever recall a head coach of a major sports team or program ever blaming the lack of positivity as a reason or an explanation for why the team or program is not doing as well as it might be perceived. Geez. That's a head scratcher, but maybe another indication that he is just not the right head coach for the Oregon football program.


Social services like education?

Just because you didn't get one, is no reason to punish the rest of the population.


An independent panel of social justice warriors would be my bet.


Yep. It will be the end of the DNC.


Thank you Dan, Wavmaker makes up her own facts as she goes.  Now that's a fact!  Of course the ADN and their liberal wing will see that this comment is deleted since they censor anything that doesn't relate to their agenda. :/


That is clearly false and I expect you have no proof to back it up whatsoever.


How did these clowns ever get elected in the first place? They are the 2017 version of the Corrupt Bastards Club, who sold-out Alaska's revenues and resources to Big Oil.


Ha ha thanks for that. I can always use a laugh when in the throes of an anti-troll snit.


Dammit! I hate it when I agree with you! LMAO


Ms. Fukumoto, your statement "His success is the result of white nationalism left unchecked within the GOP for years," at some point may have called out a particular race as well.  What you did was insult those of the Republican party & those of white ancestry.  I am White, Hawaiian, and of Asian and find this insulting.  I don't subscribe to any one belief, and do believe again that there are good in both parties.  If you couldn't make a change while being a Republican then what makes the Democrat any better?  It would be safe to say, that either party will say something to get any one race to vote for their side.  Another thing is, when thing gets hard and difficult it is easier to quit and join another alliance.  Party jumping will never be the answer, but it's nice to know how easy it is to quit, than trying to make your "original" party affiliation better.


Tell someone that cares ;->


Knew you would be the first on the Leaf thread, especially when the Leafs lose. You were no where to be seen during their three past threads when they won their games. Why are you on here you hate the the Leafs, Blue Jays, and the city of Toronto.

Were you counting all the money your going to make in Australia when you posted through the middle of the night/


Yes.  If you're a wannabe of the opposite gender and it's OK to demand to be treated as transgender without actually having surgery to change your anatomy, then why should it not be OK to change your race even though your DNA remains the same?   In Hawaii, a law passed by the legislature last year says it's OK for a man/woman who feels like a woman/man to get a new birth certificate identifying him/her as his/her wannabe gender.  So why can't we all get a new birth certificate identifying us as "Native Hawaiian" just so we can get all the racial entitlements, just like a man who is a wannabe woman can go into the women' athletic  changing room or bathroom where the facilities are much nicer.


And people should be free to call him (and the people that do choose to drink there) out for the racist twats they clearly are!
And yes, I don't drink in establishments were they blatantly display symbols of Apartheid


How is this going to improve the US's biggest trade deficit which is five or six times larger and with China?

US trade policy is disfunctional. In consequence whatever deal they eventually make on NAFTA will do nothing for them.


liberals are back, tax tax tax. Soon they will tax human waste, meters will be installed on all toilets.


Charles after I die I'm still dead..


Where will Trudeau start if the deficit runs away from him during a recession?  Back to 7% GST?  Another fuel levy?  Punishment for investors (e.g. Reduce or eliminate dividend tax credit?). Tax on employer health benefits (sure he said he wouldn't but he subsequently voted down a CPC motion to formalize this).  Or crank the upper mid tax brackets so that aspiring young doctors and engineers seek employment in the US?

Canada needs to get rid of Trudeau in 2019.