The tragedy is that Judge is a New York Yankee and playing for the NY Yankees is tantamount to prostituting oneself as a ball player. If he has any class he will ask for a trade. Yes it is right to hate the Yankees. No, you don't have to respect them. They are to be despised and vilified. It is good that the Jays beat them today. It is a shame that they lost on Saturday and Thursday. It is also a shame that the Jays didn't seriously pursue Matt Holliday last year. He would have looked a lot better as a Blue Jay. But then again, anyone would.


Since those are the words of Cardinal Bergolio, will we need a filial correction of them? Or can we just reject them since they aren’t infallible?


Are the feds going to pay for this data? If anyone else was asking for it they would have to pay.


Ashton Sayeth: "No, you do not. You're not an independently wealthy jet setter, and you're not a pilot. You're a retired garbage man." - I wish I had Mr. Rhyner's benefits. I wish our Palmer Trash truck driver - Dave Sutton gets them.


Always been a massive fan of Turk both as a man and a coach. His playing days with Detroit served him well having been part of the Yzerman legacy. Plus  playing for the Illitches ( owners of the Red Wings and Detroit Tigers) was probably the best ownership group he's ever encountered. And having coached junior with  the St. John Sea Dogs  ( qmjhl) to a Memorial Cup was a nice feather in his cap.
I'll also back him on analytics too.  They work when you're winning and like Gerard said, he couldn't stand a certain player regardless of his great rating. Analytics don't measure character of which Turk had an abundance. Winning usually solves many of a team's faults and the addition of injuries certainly was a contributing factor. Hope he lands somewhere soon.


Don't forget the big promotion and bonus from your oil industry employer.


More political posturing.  I don't want him to keep his promise on a bad idea and I am too busy to play games criticizing him because he broke this promise (out of some 200+ he made).  I oppose changing the system, so though not a Liberal I am happy its over with.  (Maybe I will criticize him if he breaks a promise I want him to move forward with).  You seem to have unlimited time and must like the smell and feel of bruised horseflesh.  To each his/her own.


5 hours now, and nobody has suggested the University would have spent the $2500 more effectively by hiring late night taxis for their coaches?

Shaking my head...


Agree with Tom Matthews and his idea for alternative highway construction to REALLY make travel bearable versus the POS, overpriced Rail Fail and for the state DOT to DO THEIR JOB!

As one paid shill here would say: Get 'er DONE!


After the terrorist attack in Edmonton, where a Somali migrant with an ISIS flag mowed down a policeman with his car, and then stabbed him, and then later rammed four pedestrians with a U-Haul, Justin Trudeau made an official statement saying that we all need to embrace diversity.

But then he doubled down, reposting a Facebook post by Maryam Monsef that said “End White Supremacy.”


Joe Miller endorses Trump.


For the next two years, if not longer, the Trump party controls both Congress and the SCOTUS.

So what "checks and balances with 3 levels of government" do you see?

Also, if you don't see Trump and Bannon for the authoritarians they are,  it is you spreading the "sick propaganda. "


Keep the Dreamers, lets ditch the Stunners......


DON'T INVITE POLITICIANS TO SPEAK TO SCOUTS.  SIMPLE.  NO NEWS WOULD BE GENERATED.


Just remember the true originator of Obama care was that republican hero, the one onl only Richard Nixon.  We shall see what the Donald does.  Hasn't done much yet except pad his pocketbook.  But that is ok as he is Republican.


G&M MSM BS again...

Headline should read:

"When voters feel the system is corrupt, the Trump rise"

Time to drain the swamp...


Great idea on every level...of course no problem pulling things together in the Portland area...here, well, just not quite the same now is it...


This is the reason we elected Trump in the first place.  If this is the face of politics as usual, OUTRIGHT LIES, then we the American people are sick to death of it and if we have to deal with some unpolished 'Tweets' I'll take the 'Tweets' thank you.  Shame on every one of 'the 8' they all have a lot of explaining to do, I think lies like that are called 'perjury'?  I thought that was a little against the law.


Get these scum bag homeless people out of Anchorage. It'll be you or one of your loved ones they're attacking next. Guarantee.


Religious and racist. Sweet.


So this is, what, the fourth person he's fired so far? It must be hard to work for someone you can't trust. Maybe he's just not good at hiring.


I knew it wouldn't get pass you muck!

But being liberal I figured I had a pass from you?

Thanks for being on top of it.


You ignored the rather crucial fact that your imaginary businessman has exactly zero pricing power.


OMG! HAHA! "Tall and lean"...God YES! ELECT that man!


The problem is the voters,  because we love to obsess about the most irrelevant crap, and then vote accordingly. Guess what? Then we are stuck with some real losers for politicians.

So if you are one of the freaks that think the whole world needs to stay up all night and worry about abortion, regulated weed, thinking that all of society should take a dude with a beard in a dress serious about wanting to squat to piss instead of stand, or the idiots debating global warming on both sides. Thanks, feel free to go look in the mirror when you want to blame anyone. Feel free to take the race card groups, and blind military supporters with you.


Tesla is one of those stocks that demonstrates the adage my old business teacher had for us: 'don't buy any stocks you can't afford going to $0.'


So the death of one of our greatest songwriters and performers. What to make of it?

Trudeau bad! Multiculturalism bad! OK, thanks for explaining.


Done by christians, consistent with violent teachings in the Bible, applicable to all christians and an example of christian culture, if one applies the same logic you used to develop your theory of islamic "culture".  There are many christian websites denying the involvement of Poles and other Europeans in the holocaust and WWII atrocities, as well as some denying the atrocities even occurred.  Virtually the only support for the death penalty in the USA is religion-based, predominately christian, based on the teachings of retribution in the name of God contained in the Bible.


The silence speaks loudly....but as you're a foremost NCR SJCW, end the silence and set the record straight.

Where is your essay on how wrong it was for Milo to be shut down at UCB?

100 words or less - go.


Lets hope he conducts himself better than Alaska's previous astronaut.


OK, now I get it. We go to war because the Bushes and others like them enjoy killing people.  Are you telling me that the World Trade Centers were never blown up?  That the 19 hijackers were actors and that western civilization and the Judeo / Christian ethic aren't under attack?


Canada in 2 years.


I did, and she reiterated her support for a no-fly zone.

But just for entertainment purposes, what do YOU believe a no-fly zone is, and what possible reason could Russia and Syria ever agree to have one in Syria?


It is amazing and somewhat disturbing that after such evidence has been presented and considered, that there are still avenues available to look for loopholes to avoid legal proceedings being instituted. Common sense application makes the situation almost unbelievable.


Or a Sorento, if you are going to spend premium bucks one should expect premium looks to go with it.


Here's the Sunny Ways approach:

Canada will continue to accept asylum seekers crossing illegally from the United States but will ensure security measures are taken to keep Canadians safe, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Tuesday.

"One of the reasons why Canada remains an open country is Canadians trust our immigration system and the integrity of our borders and the help we provide people who are looking for safety," Trudeau told parliament.

No acknowledgement that the loophole in the Safe Third Country Act is being exploited.  And his definition of border integrity mustn't include the migrants sneaking through the woods.

Weak leadership.


It's great to see CarGo back! He will be a difference maker for the stretch run. His ability to hit int he clutch is exactly what the Rockies need. It almost feels like the Rockies have acquired a hitter after the trading deadline... Keep on raking, CarGo!


It's useless to build a new water treatment plant unless there are trained and certified operators qualified to run it. It's the government's responsibility to build the plant to standards. It's the band's responsibility to provide the operators, and to operate the plant to standards. Training and certification should be provided for and implemented - if necessary at government expense - before a single drop of water is processed.


Keep whatever you want in your wardrobe, but if you're in court, or at a border crossing, or in a bank, be prepared to show your face.

If you're attempting to access services through another human as the service provider, be prepared to show your face.  It's how humans communicate.  It's the only civil thing to do.


Puh-lease. You act like he's there to do anything but make an ass of himself.


It is a complete disgrace for Canada to be involved in training the neo-fascist forces of Kiev.
I want my vote back from the shameful, misbegotten government of liar sham Trudeau.


I like "whitened sepulcher."


The article makes several  very good points.  The hypocrisy was laughable.


And yet when Reid pulled the chain to keep Senator Begich dancing you were fine with that, go figure!


Canadians now wish we still had a strong PM.

justin doesn't stand a chance.


I didn't mean you. Gay sex doesn't result in unintended pregnancy. When gay people have children, they've thought it through and worked very hard at it.


I own guns and carry guns. I have lived in AK since 1969. I have NEVER shot a dog even if they were off the leash .. And I've had dogs charge me if I was near their property... ( wolf hybrid ) .. So the justification for this complicated situation isn't there.
The person who shot the lab sounds like a spoiled brat from Malibu, CA.
😳😧🙀😐😕


...maybe it was Critical Reader- Flatulences' butt-fog.


I guess Raitt only wants part of the Trump nonsense.  Just the "drain the swamp" part of the BS and not "non-politician outsider part".  Lol.  What a joke is the Reform Conservative.  At this rate the Liberals will be in power until the next millennium.


Socialism run amok. Time for a change Ontario. You'll need the 10 years to stop the bleeding..


So you're saying that only Conservatives dislike M103?
Bit arrogant of you...


They should put one of those cardboard cut outs in Trudeau's seat in the house and just play his list of scripted question responses from a recorder. That way, it would free up his time to go to more broadway shows and vacations. I don't think anyone wouild notice the difference.


Scripture teaches that we will be reunited with our body in some fashion.


The reason that most craft beer has such a high IBU is to hide the off-flavors. If your local small brewery suddenly has a "special" IPA on their menu for a short time, it is because they brewed a bad batch of something else and spiked it with a ton of hops in order to make it sell-able. There is a lot of really bad beer out there. The really good stuff is the target of these buy-outs.


Nah, after observing his playing time, he requires more experience at the college level before moving on to the NBA.  His father might think he's better than Curry but that remains to be seen, cause I don't think so.  Talk is cheap especially coming from a father but moving up to the next level (NBA) will require being stronger, faster and skillful in all phases of the game.  He didn't make a difference during the last game that they lost.  Too young and not enough experience to be a future star in the NBA.


Maybe he would have gone to another church, and another  . . . .


Lebron should just go to the Warriors next season for the veteran minimum and collect his rings.
Makes as much sense as KD...

The NBA is broken. :(


One way or another its gonna come out


It is a tough issue.  Trump's campaign rallies are hives of violence and bigotry.  His campaign is supported by the KKK and numerous anti-immigration hate groups.  When he and his supporters embrace such racist ideals it is difficult to say that a "Students for Trump" club is much different than the "Anti-Muslim" club or a "He Man Woman Haters Club".  Trump's campaign events are closer to a hate rally than a political rally.  You have to draw the line somewhere.  Trump needs to draw the line, but he so far has refused to do so.

The voice of love needs to be louder than the voice of hate.


What a great society we live in. A CRIMINAL gets beat up in prison, gets great care from the medical system and the public gets sued for not protecting him. Court time is spent, jamming up our courts, another criminal gets away with murder because he can't get scheduled before a judge and jury. Another lawyer buys a new Jaguar. And this all cost the taxpayer. Sorry but no thanks.


You don't have to be extremely fortunate in your life to not be on drugs . Wake up and smell the coffee.


A bit over the top, doc. MarcSpooner wrote that low scores among aboriginals might be "a direct result of poverty, lack of teacher role-models, and racism." The first two don't preclude responsibility among Native/Aboriginal tribal leaders or cultural traditions, etc.


What Trump lacks in honesty, he makes up for in duplicity.


The check was written to russia. Please dont be a bimbo and post false info.


The issue is NOT whether Alex is or was a "good man".  The issue is firing dozens of rounds, trying to kill a man whom you KNEW was unarmed, running away from you.  As for the dogs...  They are NOT guard dogs!!  I have worked around "guard dogs" in Law Enforcement.  These dogs were VERY aggressive towards ANYBODY!!  When they were tied to a tree before they got on Capt. Jim's landing craft they were snarling and lunging at people who were walking by 20 feet away trying to walk on the beach.  Just because you are not getting along with someone and heard a couple of shots does NOT give you the right to pull a pistol, point it at them and strip them naked.  Nor does it give you the right to shoot at them when they are running AWAY!  I'll bet that is the law where you live also!!


Coulter markets outrage, and she knows her customers well. It's hard to say whether she actually believes the things she spouts. Any time she's been out of the spotlight for a while, she'll find something to say to attract attention - and dollars.


I'm not saying you did anything wrong. Your literary creativity can be overpowering. You're very intelligent, and have a way with words that us mere mortals can't keep up.
What kind of milk are you shopping for?? I'll be a gentleman, and carry it for you.
Would you object to that??


It's all in how you say it, Joe.

You say asylum claimants should follow legal processes, that's fine.  You say they're the first wave of a movement to undermine our culture, that's kind of suspect.  I think most of us are well opposed to the radical tenets of Islam, but if you say that all Moslems follow those, well, that's kind of suspect again.

Believing in free speech that doesn't have the reasonable limits of avoiding hate speech, that's not knowing our laws.  Opposed to M-103 (or, again, seeing it as the thin edge of undermining our culture), that's kind of not knowing what a Parliamentary motion can do (hint: not much).

Thinking Catherine McKenna isn't good at her job; sure.  Calling her Climate Change Barbie -- yes, that's offensively misogynistic.

And you know, by definition, if you have inherent biases and prejudices based on race, that's racism.  Doesn't matter if "but all my friends are x" (or even, "my former girlfriend was x") -- still racism.


Stories such as these, will never die, captKBay. They may be forgotten due to lack of interest. But there are enough books written on the subject. There are books on injustice upon natives and Japanese Americans during World War II. Really, all you have to do to pick up a book, open it and read. Learning don't stop at high school or even college, it goes on.


Adam Smith  has taught us the law  of supply and demand  ....as  prices  increase  , demand falls  , as
 prices decrease  demand increases   ....if you take the thinking to its extremes  ...if the price of  home is infinity   there can be no demand , as no one has infinite dollars  ,   if you make the price for homes zero ...you will have infinite  demand ...hence the 180,000  waiting list ....the fact that  City  housing does not meet its own building code is a  sad joke  .  Then there is the celebration I saw in the media about people celebrating second generations  living in regent park ...really  , I thought these  homes  were supposed to be a temporary solution till people got back on their feet ?  And then I  remember when I moved to GTA  from  small town Ontario ...I  could not afford a house in  Toronto proper , so I moved  to the suburbs ...who are these folks who just HAVE  to live in Toronto ?


Pay attention. Trump is a silver-spoon baby, born on third base and pretending he hit a triple. He has worked for nothing in his life.


Cause the dummies no vote


https://19of32x2yl33s8o4xza0gf14-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/OHA-2016-FS_Final.pdf
They only spend 5% of their funds a year.
Right now they have close to 700 million in cash type assets and 200 million claimed in land assets.


No resolution from UN to condemn Saudis and Iran?


Well said, Dan. And I salute you.

And, at the same time isn't it possible the flag, a symbol, the anthem, a song, means different things to different people? Your experiences have shaped your beliefs. His experiences have shaped his. Personally, I stand the for the anthem, and always will. But that's me. There are Nazis marching in Virginia with torches; there are unarmed black men being shot by police. If he wants to call attention to that "all is not well" I don't think that has anything to do with disrespecting service men and veterans. That's an interpretation, not a fact. In fact, many service men have come out and said that (kneeling) is exactly the right they fought to defend.

Banning kneeling would be something they'd do in China or North Korea, not America.


Totally agree! Our education system is based on"good enough". That and "no need"! Two famous phrases in State government. The only time "need' everybody makes money and the school system falls farther behind. Its time for the school system stop catering to everyone. This aint a one shoe fits all thing but compliance is needed to get things done. Stop massaging everyone, treat every one the same with respect and dignity and learn to say no if cannot.


Thanks for the great article on P.K. He is a great player and person with a dynamic personality. Subban is a wonderful ambassador for the game, and the NHL needs more players like him.


The law doesn't explicitly state that, but that's what it implies. In fact, it's so poorly written that it leaves much to interpretation, and it includes a portion that disregards an individual's intent in the matter. If you want a detailed explanation, look up Jordan Peterson's (who is a professor at UofT) video called Fear and the Law, which is specifically about this bill. It has all the information you're asking for outlined very clearly.


Trumps plans will provide thousands of jobs for Alaskan's.  His plan to make America great again includes Alaska .


Only Ray Moore can solve this image problem now by facing the microphones and cameras.very soon. . This report has threatened the image of the Republican Party at the national level and forces outside Alabama are very concerned including  the White House.  The standard for guilt in politics is not the same standard required in a court of law.  All evidence is "admissible" in the court of public opinion. Unlike Donald J. Trump, Ray Moore took the moral high ground regarding this kind of suspected conduct so he can't use the "locker room talk" equivocation. .. Roy Moore had better come up with some facts to both discredit his accusers and to exonerate himself or he will be marginalized to the point of irrelevance until he can be jettisoned. . .


Not yet fixed, as of 7:08 PM.  Paragraph two still says "a 2014 Ford Focus was driving north in the southbound lanes.....".  Paragraph four goes on to say that "the Ford might have been speeding".
While we're at it, paragraph five should be amended to say "there were no passengers", instead of "other passengers". The men who died were the drivers of each vehicle.


I don't understand people like you.  People are fleeing their towns and possible losing their homes and you can say are funny little things to make yourself look good.


You would have loved it if it had been the ExPM guy and his neoCon government spending it all and flashing about their propaganda signs.

But when the democratically elected Liberal government supports and improves those same expenditures, and couples them with the fiscal expenditures we elected them to carry out, you have to complain about it.

C'mon Chris, support your country, we need you to be positive for a while.


I'd rather see the Spacey version.


Sorry Alberta.

Oil will likely stay around $50/pbl. So whomever is premier will have to deal with it.

Personally I never found Jason Kenney to be particularly appealing. But hey, that's just my uniformed opinion.

However if he wants to start fighting with everyone, even though it might give everyone in Alberta something to cheer about, I suspect he will end up getting "less" cooperation rather than "more".


Hyundai-Kia, lower your prices and do more volume...   simple economics!


What about legislation that compels donors to give equal sums of money to at least five parties? If you have R100,000 to give, R20,000 should go to five parties of your choosing.

Donors should look to strengthen the political, and by extension, democratic institution by supporting the research that goes into policies, not buying political favours. A pipe dream, I know.


Really?! by the way, for contras, in rural parts of Kamchatka peninsula the speed of internet is almost 20 Mb/s and it cost 400₽/month ($6,97)!


I never heard the term gig economy until now. Wouldn't that infer that a majority of the economy was gig labor?


I just canceled my NFL ticket and will not watch any games or buy anything from any NFL Sponsors until these ultra disrespectful prima donnas who play a game for a living show the country and soldiers who fought and died to give us the freedom we enjoy today the respect it deserves. I fully support the first amendment. Everyone has the right to voice their opinion. It should be done OUTSIDE the public theatre that is an NFL Stadium that the player or owners even paid for in many cases. If you want to protest that's fine, do it at home or in some other public venue that other people didnt pay money to come and see. You don't own that space. You are performers paid to do a job not tell us your opinion that we do not care about any more than any other stranger they dont know. I hope America has the cojones to stand up for their beliefs here. It will be tough. I LOVE the NFL and football, but frankly there are many other things I can go do. We can live without they cannot without us.


Why just humiliate Comey when Trump can humiliate the whole Progressive Establishment? Trump is playing chess while the Progressive Establishment plays checkers. Trump's approval ratings rise to record levels.


And just who is saying that they aren't willing to stand with the provisions of the Alaska Constitution? Walker certainly didn't. It seems as though you're having an argument with yourself.

If our Justices come back and say that Walker did in fact "stand with the provisions of the Alaska Constitution", are you going to come back here and admit that you didn't? Because that's the "either / or" that you put forth.


According to who? You?


Always:  Excellent post.  You stated, "Surely he can see the logic in this".  I do not BELIEVE that Mr. Schill can see Beyond his Nose..............


Hope he never sees the light of day as a free man


Better his head than our planet.


'
…when are you going to realize Trump's illegitimacy?
.


Don't believe everything you read.  PERS is a problem that politicians love to discuss.  They can't do anything about it so they can mutter PERS over and over again when they want to raise taxes.  Rather than have that 85 year old lady with $1200/month in PERS income donate 5% back to the state, I would prefer to see the politicians impose a system wide wage freeze, to bring government compensation back into line with the private sector.  You won't here politicians bring up this topic.


If only the Republican presidential candidates mode of operation wasn't in the form of belligerence. But it is. Belligerence has/will always incite more belligerence. Add the prospect of under the table financing and 'viola,' you have the stigmas that come from belligerent incentive.


This is a problem in Ireland as well.  Fifteen years ago I had the veins in my right leg stripped but the vascular surgeon wouldn't do the right leg.  He said it wasn't varicose veins but he either didn't hear my question as to what it was or choose to ignore me.  So, three years ago I was diagnosed with lymphedema in both legs but primarily in the left leg.  Long story short, no operations recommended, no coverage for MLD (must be an oncology patient), and coverage for compression garments is nearly nonexistent!  If memory serves, it's one pair of compression stockings every two years.


J777: You are right - you don't understand this country's priorities. Many think they are mis-aligned and that is why Trump was elected. Your righteous indignation is becoming more and more frenzied. Perhaps you realize that you and your priorities are becoming more and more marginalized with each rant.


No need to speculate about Feminist leaders of the woman's march.   They are all murderers or Maoists.

http://nypost.com/2017/02/25/the-next-womens-march-is-co-organized-by-a-terrorist/

But that subject will never be explored in any NCR column.   Just white males, white males, always always straight white males.


Do you spend more than you take in? Probably not, if so you're on the way to disaster.


Thank you, Douglas. Your book sounds interesting, so I will look for a copy. Highlighting great photos such as the ones you mention will indeed be a part of our coverage over the next year.


Boots - do you mean the military spending that our dumbocrap senators and reps keep pushing to increase for Hawaii? That military spending? Darn dumbocraps! You mean the military spending that you dad Danny Inouye got for us in Hawaii? That military spending?  Maybe Trump will close the Kaneohe Marine Base and Pearl Harbor shipyard to reduce military spending for you...


The Bank of Canada really has only one effective tool to try and manage our economy - interest rates. By raising the overnight lending rate now in anticipation of a positive economic outlook, the B of C  will have something to lower to encourage growth at the next downturn.


BC,  You are just assuming and projecting things that have no evidence of support.  Were there more than two girls (or boys) who transferred from CHS to PHHS as you imply?  Nothing was written about the others.  Also, we have no real idea what the story is about the girl who transferred associated with  the cocaine remark.  Additionally, it was never established that Bracco and Osborn were the cause for the transfers by the girls.  For all we know, those two may have been doing their jobs and facilitating the moves in coordination with their counterparts at PHHS.  I think that is what folks in their positions are paid to do.  Your statements without some type of evidence other than opinion and conjecture is just more mob mentality that engulfed you and others.


War Pigs by Black Sabbath.


Sounds like another extreme religious belief.


If the possibility of dying isn't incentive enough to quit taking drugs, no amount of data and do gooders are going to change things.


DMD:  YOU are so CORRECT............The city of EuGreen's Mayor, City Manager, City Council are worthless.................BAR NONE..............


You are entitled to your opinion, but back it up by getting to your destination of choice without using Hawaiian.


I have chickadees, red-breasted nut hatches, black-headed grossbeaks, northern flickers, and more, daily at my feeders and bird bath...


What else did she have going for her?  No senate worthy record . . . except her publicity as FLOTUS (anti-gay marriage, anti-welfare, pro-incarceration, etc.).  Time on the board at Walmart? (Again, based on her marriage, not her merits.)  Childrens Defense Fund?  Not many folks make it to the senate running on a platform based on a decades old progressive one-off they took part in.


Congratulations! A highly moral decision.  I see that the Toronto Star has suggested that Canadians not vacation in the US until conditions change, which I also fully support.  We should also spend as little money as possible on products from the US - no more Starbucks, no flying US airlines etc etc.


On a federal level the same is occurring with Social Security, Medicaid, and Medicare.   People see a big pile of citizen wealth/resources, and they want to take it away and use it for themselves and their rich corporate masters.    They talk a good big pile of blather about all their justifications, but there isn't anything deeper to their actions than plain old exploitation of the many to enrich the few.  That's it.   That's what they do.    And they don't care who they hurt.

Paul Ryan, who benefited from Social Security after losing his father as a teenager, who used it to pay for his college education, now wants to diminish Social Security benefits for others.  http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/government-programs-and-taxpayers-financed-paul-ryan-he-didn-t-make-it-on-his-own


Or, learn about it for the first time.


Amazing to hear our congressional democratic delagation complaining yet not a peep out them regarding our over budgeted rail problems.  Guess they think one illegal immigrant is more important than the financial burdens being placed on thousands of hawaii taxpayers.


Someone from academia has "triggering" issues?  Who'd have thunk?


What took you so long?


Harper was chastised by the liberals and the media for introducing a plan to raise the age for OAS to 67. Now the liberals under the sock puppet are considering going even further to include both OAS and CPP. Hypocrite your true name is liberal.


Appointing somebody a bishop is a whole different kettle of fish than naming that person a cardinal. Your average off-the-rack bishop doesn't get a vote in the next conclave.

Besides, being "orthodox" is often a matter of interpretation. I highly doubt either JP2 or B16 ever named any bishops they considered heterodox.

(To paraphrase the old song, I say potato, you say heretic. Let's call the whole thing off, cha cha cha. 😊)


Not to defend the writer, but he was just highlighting sports cars under $40K that presently have some incentives.

If the cars you mentioned also have some incentives, then yes he was remiss for not mentioning them.


To bring in even bigger and more conferences.  More people means more money, it's always about the money.


🏆
(Tin hat on!)


@steveketola
No, the difference between the 1950s & the 1980s were that in the 80s both sides (USSR & USA) were speaking to each other (START & SALT treaties),  & neither was eager to push the button.  The actors on each side understood how vast the devastation would be if thousands of nuclear-tipped missiles were launched.  In the 1950s, I would say instead that people were more afraid of it actually happening, & were therefore trying to figure out how to survive.  I might have had a chance of dying in any 20-minute period in the 1980s, but it was a very, very small chance.  Why make preparations for a highly unlikely event?  People on the west coast don't just say when the big one (earthquake) hits, I'll just calmly die, they prepare as they know it is likely to happen & desire to survive.  As for the Greenham Common & similar groups, their stance was unilateral nuclear disarmament as the only strategy for survival.  I'm still here so they were wrong.  My contempt for them remains.


Good grief.  Can't you, at long last, learn what the Constitution says about free speech?  You make the same mistake here over and over again by not understanding that the Constitution limits the power of government - not the people.

No one in this country has to stand by and let loathsome speech take place without protesting.


What's with you guys? Being consumed by that kind of hatred is poison to the simple appreciation of just being alive. It seems strange to me that you live in one of the most prosperous societies EVER and you cannot achieve a generosity of spirit to appreciate what you have or the wit to understand  that we make it better for ourselves by sharing and spreading our good fortune. Its sad really.


Looks like Jason is brilliantly pulling a switcheroo on the media, who will want to play this out as a condemnation of a male chauvinist wanting to cheat on his wronged, innocent wife then run from his responsibility, only to be given his comeuppance by the mistress. Instead...this.

It certainly is an unusual and interesting outcome


The same Supreme Court that has stated America is post-racial? No racism in America. Ain't it great?


ya know in the bible history   abram had his concubine    and jacobi had 2    and israel owned the gibeonites as slaves in joshua (say it aint so)     which is a horrible example to set for us-   in africa blacks quoted these to me- so africans are thinking of this and so are islamists-     if we go black er i mean back to jefferson and his memorial   be consistent and go all the way to israel to abram and jacobi and israel in joshua-  if its good floor israel its good for us all -   slavery that is    but what goes around often comes around  hehe-    sooner or slater-    eventually the jews were slaves themselves to the assyrians as arians   and babylonions as baby onions making us all cry and the romans too---    so dont start a fire you cant keep israel becauses to fight floor it will all as fall come back and bite you all in the whales tail year after year one bloody season after another as it has in history- ask poor jonah the unreluctant witness (still is says the queen)


WOW it must be a huge burden keeping book of those races you don't like...


Yes, you do. Start by getting your facts and logic together so you can form a coherent argument.


It is hard to see how Trump can lose except on narrow issue of Green Card holders and visa holders. The visa holders can still be denied entry anyway because visas are issued by the State Department while entry is solely the prerogative of Homeland Security.

In the USA as in Canada, this is a federal matter. In fact the democrats went after the Arizona law on the ground that it was not their business to patrol for illegals....

 Switzerland is the only federation I know where it seems that the Cantons have a large say in immigration and citizenship but still their federal state has the last word. (It is a bit like the power Quebec exercises in Canada by special arrangement).


or how soros money continues to interfere for his benefit right !! please get off this fantasy fixation and try and debate in the real world.


So, you are now agreeing that Hillary Clinton, indeed, tried to "usher in national health care". Thanks.


He should be in charge with ICE.


Where is Gunnar Knapp when you need him? I understand he has a new economic theory named after me: Nymanomics. Kinda like Reaganomics except the trickle comes from below.


News links and attempts to impress with misused financial and industry terminology are not a substitute for demonstrating one's due diligence.


Also very amusing to read these comments. Yes, the A listers are all so over-rated! uh-huh


From Trump's letter to "Catholic leaders":

"For instance, Hillary Clinton supports forcing The Little Sisters of the Poor who have taken care of the elderly poor since 1839, pay for contraceptives in their health care plan (even though they have never wanted them, never used them and never will), and having the government fine them heavily if they continue to refuse to abide by this onerous mandate."

Make literacy great again.


I don't see the County leasing part of its building to the City (now or in the future) as being a violation of the Skinner deed.  Nor would I see the leasing of any of the Skinner donation area to the (now) state court system as being a violation.

But I do see the county moving the Courthouse to the City hall block - outside the donated area - as a violation.

And I do see the County selling the butterfly lot to the City as a violation.

But if the City wants to lease the butterfly from the County, that might fly over the deed.

You should be prepared for the judge to take a very narrow reading of the deed and conclude that so long as the county commissioners retain their offices in the County's Public Service Building - within the donated area - they are in compliance with the deed.


Rubbish.
Anytime somebody criticizes Beijing...whether it's about Tianemen Square or chopping up dissidents for their vital organs...you leap to the Communist Party's defence.
The day I see you criticize Xi Jinping or Mao Zedong I'll consider the possibility that you're just naive...


What about that Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact?


Lol!  Ruffle the politically correct establishment in every way to bring real issues to the forefront.  If politically correct is correct than why so many in disagreement?  People from all walks of life having different opinions shows that politically correct is a myth.  This is the greatest show on earth since PT Barnum.


The companies have four billion bucks or more in a fund to do just what you said, if it goes to heck or TAPS shuts down they are obligated to restore the land and remove the pipe.  And the mud blob?..  lots of mud hauling trucks and drivers and equipment operators eager to work to throw that mud over the other side for good.  The sky isn`t falling and we have a very conservative investment portfolio from what I have heard.  Oil producers are making a nice profit in Alaska at 47 bucks a barrel thank you thanks to BS21,.. unlike many of their outside and foreign projects.  The oil producers, like Alaskans, can afford to pitch in, receiving no more subsidies and paying a fair severence tax to help keep the state in a healthy and vibrant balanced-budget place. It`s also a constitutional imperative to tax them to the hilt.


The Clintons stole furniture and other national treasures from the White House last time they were in office.  They had to return a good portion of it.  Not to be overly critical here but many other people have went to jail for stealing.    http://articles.latimes.com/2001/feb/10/news/mn-23723


I agree with you. My cynicism tells me he'll probably be out free and clear much too soon and will almost certainly commit another crime. Sigh.


The Marco Polo fire points out the threat to future public safety and the need for providing gov't subsidies to private condo owners.   I mention again, here pointing out the more historic brush fire threats that concern not only future public safety, but also, miles of infrastructure such as roads, power lines, cable lines, water and sewer systems.  Isn't this even more compelling circumstance for subsidizing private homeowners for neighborhood and individual home safety improvements?  If you're not going to beef up city equipment to reach higher than 10 stories and instead give tax revenues to private condo owners, then forget extra helicopter duty and give the money to private homeowners.


And I am sure till some point the kids in Pakistani Catholic schools also sang Christian hymns - but I am not sure till when and will confirm.

I don't assume that I know everything about Pakistan. Unlike others in this forum.


Perhaps both "sides" are in for a major shock.


Beaver is in the Bush


Sorry for the typo.   correction: ...generalities that reflect your own life and thinking...


And it will still pass.  Yes, money can influence some elections.  O&G will spend obscene amounts of money to protect their disproportionate amount of influence in Colorado, but they will fail.


The very second that clean energy is more profitable than fossil fuels, big oil companies  will change their names and hop  on board. No betrayals, just common sense. The West needs to get a grip.


Perhaps you have not visited the West 11th area recently. If not, try doing it mid-to-late afternoon on a very warm day, much like today is supposed to be, when the muffin tops, wife-beater Ts and most tasteful tattoos/piercings are in their fullest bloom. Wear wraparound sunglasses, so you aren't as easily caught ogling all that eye candy. And deodorant is, shall we say, optional. You owe it to yourself to catch the LTD stop in the Freddy's parking lot. Of course, having EMX on West 11th will change all that, so you'd better hurry if you want to experience this tableau in its native state.


You feel that we can be taxed more???


My suggestion is an entirely a viable means to avoid bankruptcy and catastrophe by affordably staying insured until medicare kicks in or changes are made in our national health care, by adjusting that income down by consuming less, saving more (health bank, IRAs, 657c plans etc etc), and giving more through tax deferred financial mechanisms. You are adding information now... no PFD? isn't that included?

Pretty hard and less certainty to snap one's fingers and get a promotion, higher paying job or new job with employer provider benefits which are also a viable solutions as well. Those options weren't mentioned in your original post...certainly better options. I just offered possible solutions to the problem you mentioned.

"With further restrictions on providers and out of network costs with no spending limit it could take one year to be wiped out financially."  what, why that? why is it not possible to use network providers, why is there no out of pocket limit on the current plan


This is the problem with this new system, it doesn't matter what I think about peer reviews.  The stuff of reading three comments giving my opinion and then my comment is still reviewed seems to me is to control thoughts and speech


The funniest part about a deranged man in charge of the GOP is that you have a deranged man in charge of the GOP.  Self inflicted wounds make for funny stories.


Saves camping fees too.
w/o GA card one night RMNP camping $56
With GA card $13


The oil tax credit does not deserve this level of squealing, because it should be eliminated.


ok, in your scenario it goes that way.  You seem to forget that folks have the means of communicating with the orifice directly under their nose. In addition, CC permit holders are taught and it is reinforced many times:  do not interfere or get in the way of the police.  Once they are on site, you holster your pistol, and identify yourself.  You comply with police directives without resisting.  They will seek to control the scene, you comply.  It may take a while to sort things out, but let it get sorted out.


In this particular case. both the protestor and Alt-right are on the same side it appears.

Let me modify that a bit.  The racist are quick to show support for President Trump.   I would not say all Republicans are at all happy standing next to any of these white supremacist groups.    Clearly President Trump is trying to keep them as his voters, but President Trump does not speak for all conservative Republicans - as we can see from public comments in the last 24 hours.


I prefer concealed carry.  Frankly, I move away from people that walk into a public place strapped.  Unless you are law enforcement the "in your face" stuff is why we have problems with guns in this country.  This not the wild west - sorry.  BTW, I own 10 guns, which is probably 7 more than I need.  Most inherited, so I will not sell them.  I do not pretend I need them for protection.  All but one is in a locked safe that is not ready accessible.


Congress already said the state's OHA is a "splinter group" and there is no chance for any splinter group morphing into an entity similar to a tribe. The congress is echoing the US Sp Ct ruling in Rice v Cayetano that found the OHA beneficiaries are a racial group, as quote unquote Hawaiians. The DOI already said the native Hawaiians are a tribe. The only way Hawaiians could become part of the native Hawaiians would be through being allowed to enroll in the native Hawaiian tribe. Hawaiians have really reached the end of the road. The Inouye cronies at the DOJ are now replaced by Trump people. There is still an Inouye crony at the DOI but everyone else is a Trump person now at the BIA.


Can you say JELL-O, The Donster has no firm opinion on anything, let alone anything conservative and the unwashed masses LAP UP everything he says..................


Please feel free to express your opinions...that is, unless it makes us uncomfortable, squirm or effects our ratings...then prepare to be "disciplined".

ESPN - dedicated to making america great again.


Nonsense. Don't like cannabis? Don't use it, just let others be. Bill Gates, Steve Jobs,
Carl Sagan, Louis Armstrong, Sir Paul McCartney, Willy Nelson, and others all used cannabis. General laziness and a lack of productivity were not part of these lives were they?


I guess the point I was attempting to make was that in good times, people don't want public sector employees to get wage increases. Then in bad times, people don't want public sector employees to get wage increases.

If we looked at public sector employees in the same way we do private sector, no one would be complaining.


So?


There's a tinge of anti-Americanism in this inappropriate judgement.  Think of what the implications would have been if Christopher Speer had been Canadian. There's no way the government would have negotiated compensation.   But of course, it's the big bad Americans that invaded Afghanistan, started the war on terror and are imperialist war-mongers in general.


The last time our "O' so very intelligent" partisan Democrats had an opportunity to unseat Murky with Miller as the spoiler - they overwhelmingly voted for Murky instead of there very own McAdams?

They really snatched defeat from the jaws of victory on that one.


"Still, hostility toward the Trump presidency shouldn’t blind us to despicable behavior by his opponents..."

I fully agree with that statement.  But....in the meantime we cannot forget Trump's continuing despicable behavior.  And, don't forget....it is Trump that is president and, as such, he much be watched very, very closely given his propensity for sociopathic narcissism.


"Don Young upset over what happened in the house earlier this week!" Whoop-dee-doo. So is a good chunk of the American population, get in line. What's your solution for stopping domestic terrorism? What do you bring to the table Don?


Toast. Yes, you have heard people suggest the US shouldn't control their borders.  Everyone has heard that from time to time.  No, not everyone agrees they should, crazy as that seems.  Having said that, a travel ban against countries that cannot or will not control who is coming and going, and countries who have clearly demonstrated they would like to destroy a country like the USA if they could, should be banned from coming into the country that is subject to the hatred.  If China said to Canada that we want to destroy you, and are going to do what we can do to this, should Canada allow people from China into our country?   The  reaction to more controls on the border is immediately met by accusations of racism.    If I felt for one minute my government had any interest in stopping queue jumping instead of rushing to Emerson, Manitoba for a selfie, I may think differently.


Most Republicans think the why and how are the object of the protest. In other words, they think that football players don't like America as an ideal. Instead, the players don't like what Republicans have done to destroy that ideal.


Well formed consciences can certainly disagree with you, McHale.


Hey, if it works for insurance, why not other things?  For example, Trump can get rid of all federal environmental laws and let states 'regulate across state lines'. So then if you're Exxon you can operate in Alaska using Oklahoma's regulations for tanker operations.
See?  Everyone benefits!


Why should they?


Hunkering down by establishing  Jewish communities in their historic homeland.


Don't let Trump and the GOP know that this fish is endangered or they will move to get that area developed so the rich can move in to enjoy the scenery when making the fish finally extinct.   According to most Republicans if you cannot make money off something then it has no value.


Without doubt this is the root cause of the all safety issues we see. Make sure to cc Ralph with your insights.


"80% of the carbon emissions from gasoline come from making the wheels turn."

Not even close. From well to wheel, maybe 10%, if that. From the energy overhead of exploration to production to refining to transportation to end-use in inefficient small internal combustion engines (where ~75% of the energy is wasted as heat), ending up warming the air, tires and brake rotors, it would be hard to design a less energy efficient way to move people and goods.


Yeah, like that'll work. They gerrymandered districts, it was deemed illegal in a court of "law", and we are still going by said gerrymandered districts. Wheeee! Are we having fun yet?


Sirencall

How about addressing the paralysis she put the entire province in during the entire summer of 2015? You're bring up a completely different topic one year later that I never even mentioned in the first place as a talking point?

To my point, there were countless municipal shovel-ready projects dependent on summer weather canceled because she waffled for a full half year not having anyone skilled in her government that could actually govern.
The 6 month provincial paralysis was time needed to scour the rest of Canada looking for advisors. This is what Captain Crayons also faces.

To your point it makes perfect sense to brief any MLA who's riding is in a crisis but I'm still wondering how this plays into my original post as it's completely off topic


Black, white, brown or purple, they lost there case. Looks like some lying was gong on too. I'm proud of the Eugene police and Pete. It's a job I could never do, would have to wear to many hats.
Tip for everyone, just do as the police ask, it's so easy. Resist, your gong to lose every time.


You directed staff on the spot to draft an ordinance, after a random representative of a small group of citizens made a public comment?  Unlikely scenario.  Whose idea it really was seems obvious, the choice of messenger not so much.


well I'm back


Freedom of speech applies to everyone, not just the speech one doesn't like. While foreign nationals may not have the right to vote, like it or not, they do have the same right to stand on a street corner and espouse their viewpoints.

It has also been decided that purchasing ads is covered by the same freedom.

Sadly, what the people that want to shut down other people offering their opinions are really saying that US citizens are too stupid to make their own decisions. They are attempting this censorship under the guise of protecting simpletons from being influenced to vote a certain way.

It's a very slippery slope to try and draw a line between freedom of speech and influencing others.  After all, isn't that what freedom of speech is for?? Whether it is to buy a BMW or vote for Donald Trump, it is still a protected right to be able to publicly state one's opinion.


Time computation has become increasingly byzantine over the years. Probation-Parole revocations, confusing court paperwork, multiple offenses , different computations depending on when the offense(s) occurred etc. etc. etc I knew staff who wrestled everyday with these complexities. I always considered myself fortunate that I was never tasked with anything but the most simple cases.


The "enhanced" gas tax is here to stay.

Your property tax reduction?

Not so much.


The Church has elevated to bishop, cardinal, and pope men who actively protected pedophiles.  Obviously past sins, or even ongoing sins and crimes, are not a hindrance to men in the Church.


Richard, as stated earlier, it's a Jeep not a weapon, unless the driver runs over someone.  I don't believe we have "joined the arms sales big league" as you suggest


People can be moral without religion as much as people can be immoral with it. Religion doesn't dictate morality, but I can see how some use religion to promote it. That really depends on the moral codes of those who promote it. For example, if the tenets of your religion is oppression and exclusion, I can't see where the morality begins. As well, some of the most moral people have been secular scientists.


Gary lives on a block.  Gary likes to drive to other parts of the city.  But the micro-neighborhood tribunals on all the blocks surrounding Gary's decided they would like to tear up their roads and plant trees, as they happen to enjoy trees.  Now Gary can't actually drive anywhere since there was no larger commission who mandated a comprehensive road system.

Gary doesn't mind though, as he appreciates the concepts of irony and thinking things through.


A cobbled-together coalition of eco-flakes out on the left coast have the federal Liberal party's balls in their hands ... and are starting to squeeze. The Prime Minister can capitulate ... walk away from the issue that he actually controls ... or lose the support a them Lost Boys ... and his job.

Tough choice ... :(


A friend, more versed in law than myself,  thinks maybe yes, but it hasn't been tested (self pardon) and would probably result in impeachment proceedings.
Trump seems to think he can pardon himself by tweeting.


Cut 2,000 workers?  Why that number?  Also the Republican controlled Legislative Research Agency did a study to compare Tier 3 (pension) and Tier 4 (401k type) costs to the State of Alaska.  The study showed the two systems had the same out-of-pocket costs.  However, it did not consider the costs to recruit, train, and retain employees.  This is a big HR cost.  Statewide the State now has 26% turnover across all departments EVERY year.


Clinton has all sorts of faults, but to call Trump "honest" is frankly delusional.


I used to do all my shopping at Sobey's in Toronto, but have switched to a Metro nearby.

Here is some free advice to win back customers:
1.  The staff seem surely and disengaged and not just at one store but many.  That tells me something is wrong with the organizational culture  because the fish rots from the head down.
2. Your prices are far too high, full stop.
3.  Please stop the practice of Buy 3 and save or Buy 4 and save.  This marketing gimmick is just that and once I see that I just keep on walking by.
4.  What really drives me crazy, and was the tipping point why I stopped shopping at Sobey's, is when they mark an item on sale rather than just the sale price they put the old price and a fine print that says, "you may save"  $2.53.  So one never really knows what the sale price is rather you may save this amount which tells me I won't save that amount.  Again you are trying to deceive the customer.

Good luck with the restructurin but the change has to come from the top.


When the past policies of Presidents carry forward and negatively impact Amerucans, yes, it is entirely appropriate to not only bring them up but address their effect in the present context.


doc.google.com or alluc.ee  you don't need to waste money on netflix who is censoring you.


But does a paper in arxiv generate as many tenure points as one in Phys Rev?


Los Juneau.


Mr. Gyde: This position has been presented on the site by GBA and a few others.  Indeed, the leaders (all all participants) in the American Revolution were "traitors"........to England.  Let's be clear; had the Revolution failed, the leaders would have been severely punished by the British government.  Washinton, for example, rather than being our first President, may well have been hanged as a traitor to the Crown.  Leaders of successful revolutions are hailed as heroes and honored by the new nation......they're condemned as traitors by the nation they, indeed, betrayed seeking to form that new nation.  It's no surprise that Washington is on the dollar bill and not the pound note.

And let's be clear.........the documented history shows that the statues in question were erected to celebrate the "old south" of slavery and the post-Reconstruction Jim Crow Era in the south.  As such they are actually memorials to racism and deserving of removal.  Gary Crum

Gary Crum


Good for Tulsi. It's finally good to see some adult leadership after the eight year foreign policy disaster we just witnessed.


with who's money Roland?


Yep, executives gaining bonuses while sentencing people to their potential death by declining coverage doesn't sound anything like the 3rd definition of blood money that you listed....


So the article says, that the Senate change means two million Canadians would not qualify for the benefits that go with Indian status. I knew the Senate was good for something. Bravo.

Now to your bleeding hearts what do you think would happen if 2 million people got massive tax breaks and government free-bees?


If 48% say 'deport' and 36% say 'accept', I guess that leaves 16% saying 'shoot'.


My sincere condolences to Jack's family, his friends, school mates, the running club and the community! What a wonderful young man who has left the world so young and too soon. May he Rest In Peace and may his family find comfort in having had such wonderful young man!


You must work for the government, you stink of entitlement and  sound like a public union type who has attended one too many shop meetings.
2019 will be little potato last year, his 39 percent is going to vanish with  no Kathleen, no NDPee vote, no Obuma, 1 percent GDP growth, broken promises, record debt, runaway housing cost and punitive energy cost.
Yes his campaign is going need  CPR and O'leary will be showing him the door !!!


WTH is an "intersectional" feminist?


I strongly encourage everyone to support (2) year term limits, these positions should be viewed as a service to your state not a career with a pension!!!!


Trump and Erdogan are discomfitingly similar.

Megalomania symptoms.


I know, but I wonder what would be our response if NK and China decide to hold war games off of Califonia in international waters?  Any idea?  No problem right?


Agreed!


Trump is in Federal Bankruptcy Court..over and over.


Uh, no, sorry.  This glib piece, an obvious attempt at normalizing the behavior and job performance of the most horrible excuse for a human being ... for a man ... I have ever seen in public life, is NO SALE.  Nothing this man has said or done in my earshot or my field of view in 30 years has built in me any motivation to trust him, believe him, or respect him in any way whatever.  No, I will not unite behind this horrible man and horrible president.  And he needs to know that if he botches this Korean thing and starts a war with his trust 30% of the people behind him, he is going to be sorry.  He is already a lame duck in Washington, and that would make him, politically, a dead duck.  War with Korea would be a catastrophe, and his playing with matches around this can of gasoline is not building any confidence out here in the real world.

No, just no.  Don't ask me to "unite" behind the likes of Donald J. Trump.  Not happening.


Time for the annual viaduct cleanup ....


Wow..the denver post just re-apportioned my comment from one comment to a different one...you guys are awesome....maybe the post needs to apply their people to some level of investigative journalism


Damn, sorry i missed this.  From 34A to 40Long I luv me sum boobies!


How dare Marshal refuse to venerate our war anthem, the jet flyovers, the marching and saluting and all the quasi-fascist flag-waving and empire worship. I mean, the military industrial complex paid good money for all that.


Ricardo, if you and others believe that ADN is so biased and Left-leaning, why bother even reading what they write and publish? I don't bother reading articles orchestrated by the Right Wing, so why do you bother readings media outlets such as ADN? Are you afraid that you just might have to face the reality of facts and actual truth?


Sounds like Canada was his second choice and he regrets  having been "caught in the immigration ban" as the G&M puts it  .  Someone should  tell him that this is a pretty good country to study and live in and if he's only coming here because the US won't have him he should try somewhere else.


Why were they not wearing seat belts?!


Hmm...the good 'ol boy AJA Oahu political elite.  Takai is such a progressive congressman, it is too bad that he is saddling us with this pay-to-play old guard politician.


If you read my comment, thinking differently is not the issue.


Get out, troll.


Too many Heinekens and San Miguels the night before.


Yes, few pay more than they must.
That is a wonderful argument for raising them. Thank you.


"35 hour week"

They started that in France in 2000.

"The main stated objectives of the law were twofold:

To reduce unemployment and yield a better division of labor, in a context where some people work long hours while some others are unemployed. A 10.2% decrease in the hours extracted from each worker would, theoretically, require firms to hire correspondingly more workers, a remedy for unemployment.

To take advantage of improvements in productivity of modern society to give workers some more personal time to enhance quality of life."

"Critics of the 35-hour working week have argued that it has failed to serve its purpose because an increase in recruitment has not occurred and that the reluctance of firms to take on new workers has instead simply increased per-hour production quotas"


Draft-dodging Donnie has no room to talk.


I agree with Mr Meredith's point.  If Kidd accepted responsibility for her actions, then let it go.  However, she does not, which only guarantees that her behavior will be appropriate as she sees it in future.  Both Mr Collins and Mr Bloor stayed after the meeting was gavelled loudly and repeatedly by Kidd- which is not the same as adjournment- as did most of the city staff and many of us in attendance.  I don't see how either can make the statements they're making here, claiming nothing was wrong.  Why then were over a hundred people left with our mouths hanging open, asking, "What just happened?"  Honestly, we need something to prevent this from ever occurring again, and Mr Meredith's suggestion seems like a very good way for council members to keep proper behavior in mind.


Well back in the mid 80s I began working for some Iranians who left Iran once the Sha was deposed. THey came over and started a building supply business and I had the pleasure of working for them till 88.  An interesting and eclectic group of highly educated people, from fighter pilots, to university professors and the like, now distributing home fixtures.
Their major clients were other Iranian businesspeople, mostly home builders amongst other clients. I ran the wholesale side here in Central Ontario, dealing mostly with the Canadian clients so to speak.
It was apparant that the majority of homes being built were to be flipped. At that time I found that rather strange, being so young and naive.  There was apparant greed and of course I ran with the crowd supplying them with all they could get.
When the demand all dried up and i rates start moving.....well lets say there was blood on the street. I was one of a few left unscathed.  Lots of empty, upscale homes became spider web infested


Short note:  the worse thing the Church can do is to relegate survivors to a new "advisory" group, or to continue the present group as it is/has been.  Sadly, all of the Church's "efforts" in dealings with any and all aspects of the sexual abuse of minors have been complete failures.  In fact, the Church makes the situation worse with every attempt that has as its fundamental agenda the protection of bishops, ministers, and popes.  I am and have been greatly disappointed in Pope Francis in his continued ineffectiveness on this point. It is best, I believe, to forget the Church doing anything on its own regarding abuse, but that it be forced to do so via every legal action available in every country touched by the Church system.  We must fight against the weariness of such efforts, and push for them in honor of all of those who have been harmed as well as our faith in what Jesus taught us about sin.


You ask the question "where is the rest of the family" but spend not a second considering some likely answers ? I guess you're assuming they just don't care ?  It suits you to assume the worst because nothing suits conservatives more than to always assume the poor are poor because of bad decisions or irresponsible behavior - despite overwhelming proof that this is not, almost ever, the case.

Just some of the likely options: they are dead, perhaps the child's mother was just another victim of our high murder-rate, perhaps she died from disease and our inability to provide quality healthcare to all. Perhaps she is in prison for some minor drug offense that harmed nobody else.

You're not witnessing a lack of familial responsibility. The facts we have is proof OF that very responsibility. A grandmother raising her grandchildren despite her own poverty - suggests that there was nobody else to raise them, but she stepped up and is doing so.

Trust the poor, not the rich.


If you go up thread and read the comments in order you will find that the insulting remarks and questioning of my intellect was initiated by Icon666 not by me and that my response to it was the riposte silverhorn making SD's comment a simple 'retort' or 'sally' or 'comeback' for it to have been a riposte my insult would have had to be directed at SD not Icon666 with SD chiming in unsolicited


I take great pride in reporting that I've never watched any of these shows. And who is Howie Mandel?


"Sodomites"; such an antiquated phrase. I hope this means that you've never done oral sex; that too is considered sodomy. Not sorry to inform you though that the closet door is open for good.


Older people are more skeptical because they've seen this show too many times before - you know - "Terrible problem has been found and can only be fixed with massive governmental takeover and loss of individual liberties." Global cooling, peak oil, German economy taking over the world, Japanese economy taking over the world, Chinese economy taking over the world, etc.


there's profit in them thar corrupt and failed states by jove

hoist up the mainsails and set sail for points beyond

never mind canadian mining is one of the biggest corrupting influences on the third world

oh and Baird's extractive industries institute that was suppose to police this kind of thing?

boooooogus


My response would be, how many of the homeless will take advantage of this and not work towards not being homeless.  Is there anything in return for the three hot meals a day and a big bag lunch?  I understand the problems homeless have, this is great what is being done in Portland, Maine, but isn't the final goal is to help these people no longer to be homeless.


School choice programs have worked pretty well in DC. Low income kids in now DC outperform low income kids in Alaska since education choice programs have become available in DC


And I still say that their place is in jail.  As to Trump, the good news is that your opinion is not fact.  I voted for him and I do not regret doing so.  The more HRC talks, the more I know that Trump was the better choice.


"$29,883 property tax from every property owner (based on 56% home ownership) to fund the initial build-out of the rail plus unknown annual M&A fees justifies the rail for the few it benefits?" Where are you getting this from? Can you you please point out where I can find this charge to property tax? By the way, I am not new here and I have lived on this island all of my life. Where are you from? Are you from Hawaii? Were you raised here. All I am saying is that I'm a proponent of rail. If no rail, then can someone please come up with a solution other than adding more buses. Like I've said before...let's just take one lane of each road and have it dedicated to mass transit. Easy solution, problem solved and we don't have to spend very much money to dedicate those lanes.


People on Breitbart or World Net Daily telling you that you're right all the time isn't something to brag about.

It was places like the USSR, PRC, North Korea, and the Warsaw Pact nations that had government telling the media what to air and not to air--regardless of facts.  That doesn't go on here.  In the US, the media outlets decide for themselves what to air.  Therefore, your conclusion about the American media being under communist is incorrect.


Wendy, you still need changes.  You are resting your wrists on the hard desk surface to use the crappy little keyboard that is the laptop -- use a regular external keyboard and position it on a keyboard tray.  Your arms should be relaxed at your side, at a 90 degree angle as you type.  The back of your hands should not be bent up, but straight with your arms.  Avoid carpal tunnel.  If you use a mouse keep it on the same level as your keyboard.  Laptops are convenient, but can cause a multitude of body issues if a person spends hours a day typing (keyboarding).

I am not a fitness/ergonomic expert but speak from personal experience.  I started working on a computer (long hours every day)  in 1984 and have experienced, and sort of recovered from, carpal tunnel syndrome, neck/shoulder/back/arm pain (tendonitis).


The cops are for generating revenue. The assembly raised traffic fines and made them civil offenses so a citizen has no right to trial of jury of his or her peers. So the gov becomes the accuser,judge, jury, and
executioner. Our city is crawling with thieves. And cops are fining people for very minor violations on their way to and from work. Is Dick Traini closely related to a spokesman for the police union? I heard he is. We need some cops doing good police work not lurking behind every bush. Crime was down during the last administration with a lot fewer cops. The streets are not plowed. This administration gerrymandered circumvented and disrespected the tax cap and spending cap. Hired lots of cops and gave all public employees raises. How many city agencies do we need? The school budget out of control and they have a hundred million in a slush fund. Teachers and police unions run the show. Spenard road 4 lanes becoming 3 and harder to plow. It's a mess. Our city is a mess.


Sooo predictable..........

Pifco
5 hours ago
Then there are political rallies, such as will be held by Trump this weekend in Florida. The sheep can be expected to take to the field and gobble up der Orangeführer's pronouncements and attacks upon "the enemy of he people". Let's party like it's 1933!


IED's are hardly "primitive weapons" in my lexicon.  And, these are a bunch of "rag-tag goat herders."  They are doing their duty to allah by stamping out the infidel and creating their new world order or trying to, the final caliphate!


We have too much generation capacity up here anyway, we might as well use it. The wind farms were having trouble selling their power the last I heard.


Agree with you, Tulsi, on many points mentioned here, especially our unique perspective and life of Aloha in Hawaii, however, I never heard the President say we were at war, with Syria for instance. We have major concerns in that part of the world, and we are providing various types of support regarding our interests, but you are giving the impression that we are doing something illegal militarily. Our goal is to protect our allies and innocent "friendly" neighbors in the region. Giving "them" humanitarian support, technical advisors, and defensive fighting tools does not qualify as "war mongers" trying to dictate our agenda in their country. We will continue to help our international friends to survive the onslaught of evil because that is our "American nature." We are inclusive not divisive, democratic not autocratic, and protective not afraid when it comes to our general character. I love that about America!


This whole project hasn't passed the smell test from day one. I wouldn't be surprised if next week we learn the seismic standards upgrade is included for the Dutch Bros coffee stand they haven't told the public about yet.


Yes this is a good idea however a more serious problem in Canada is ALCOHOLISM which affects over 10 million people.
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It can be cured with Baclofen but the state does not want you to know because they will go bankrupt without their sin tax revenues.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivier_Ameisen


Why not? There are many worse projects that the Liberals are wasting money on?

Anyhow, odds are that such a project would have Quebec crying the blues.

Oh - another great idea - it could be funded by the equalization payments that would have gone to Quebec.

That would be "just dessert" for guys like Montreal Mayor Coderre who is crowing about the cancellation but begging for money for Bombardier.


Oh great, he also think the entire Bristol Bay area should be a National Park. That's all I need to know about the guy.


He's a key cog in trump's kleptocracy machine. He isn't going anywhere until Mueller is done and a whole bunch of folks go to prison.


Strada, I assume you are talking about Ivanka Trump?


[ But being a free country is not easy. ]
You're clearly not up to the task, kon man.


who are being legally classified as independent contractors rather than employees to reduce and/or transfer more of the firm's operating expenses to its labor force.

But the incentives that encourage the retiring owners of small privately-owned (as opposed to publicly-traded) family businesses--who have no successors willing or able to take over and continue the business--to sell the business to its employees might still be useful even in a steady-state economic future.

I think such incentives could also be created to encourage "stakeholder" corporations, i.e. reducing taxes upfront for large absentee-owned businesses (such as most hotels in Hawaii) which agree to gradually transfer ownership to local employees and/or other local stakeholders over a 20-year period (which could also be made conditional upon becoming "triple bottom line" B corporations in the process).


Yo Dr. Phil you talking about Kealoha or Trump BTW your church is an ongoing criminal enterprise.


And a permanent loss of driving privileges.


It has.  A considerable impact.  The fact you do not know this, and ignorantly claim otherwise, makes you look like a fool.


Don't know what you're reading other than comments from your tribe.  President Obama was well respected and liked around the world, and foreigners had a better view of us and our country when he was in office.  Now, they are wondering how the present guy got there.


What Jay said... Common practice is to have a stack of bait money in a tellers till in the event they are robbed. The bait money can set off an alarm when removed and the serial numbers are recorded. Not saying this is what transpired here, but fairly certain something to that effect happened.


It is scary how  Sarah has become so self-righteous and has completely bought into the social justice mantra.  It is even scarier that she spews her poison on MSM.  She is still pretty young.  Maybe she will encounter some real life experiences that will moderate her views.  I doubt it though.  She seems to be destined to being a champagne socialist for life.


Good idea but it's walking distance to dozens of tech center office buildings.


Coghill et al are responsible for the  current state of affairs of our state and needs to be removed. I really don't know a whole lot about Hopkins, but do know that he hasn't sat in the senate for nearly 20 years and isn't responsible for the mess that we are currently in.

It is doubtful that he could do a worse job. Time for a change regardless.


Everyone who had a financial plan done by this guy better have it redone or they'll be in for a shock when their money runs out 10 years after retiring.


Trump is the return of the ugly American.


Dw:  The Electoral College issue is fascinating.  Sometimes it's great....when it means "our" candidate wins, despite losing the popular vote.  Sometimes it's terrible....when it means "our" candidate loses.  If there is to be any reasonable discussion of it, that discussion needs to be an abstract one and occur "away" from the context of a specific election.  However, at the present time, the EC seems to favor "Red" state America so I doubt if the GOP would be very excited about that discussion.  regards, Gary


Equal not even close.  However both have made some poor choices, but it is about 3 to 1 in favour of poor choices by the cons.  Nice try though.  That Rod Zimmer guy sure was questionable though by the Libs.


As important as it is to help the poor with acts of sharing and charity, it is even MORE important to help people BECOME " poor in spirit "  as Matthew records the beatitudes!

 .   .   .   "Blessed are the Poor in Spirit"   .    .

the ones who recognize their total need for a savior,
 their total dependence on God for everything -
their spiritual poverty compared to God's infinite spiritual wealth,
 their dependence on God  even for the graces without which they cannot live a moral life.

The possession of material goods or the lack of material goods is practically insignificant when compared to the importance of being Poor in Spirit!

Becoming poor in spirit will bring about a humble, loving mind set from which many other good deeds will flow, including helping the materially poor.

St. Francis epitomized this throughout his life.


This trend has been increasing for some years.
Many people I know seniors cannot make the distinction between NEEDS and WANTS.
They may need a car but not a lexus or mercedes.
They may need a home but not a 4k rancher

It is interesting watching my friends downsize, buy either a townhouse or detached home that they really really like then spend thousands and thousands in renovations.   Some have the money and others borrow.

Terrible to watch seniors taking mortgages at 60 on top of their consumer debt.

They then through their actions teach the kids the same stinking thinking.   Watching the kids with all of their electronic gadgets costing hundreds a month when all they need is a phone.

With the carbon and increasing taxes coming and we are told here that our property taxes will increase this year between 40 and 50% it will exacerbate an already bad situation.   I fear our Gov. in Ottawa and Provinces are setting a bad example which is only going to get worse.


Thank you AG Chin for helping grow our Hawaii economy.  Can you imagine how many tourist will be visiting now from Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen.  Hotels in waikiki will be overbooked.


Kill rail and turn it into an elevated roadway for buses and cars that pay . Oh that's right no more Common sense left in Hawaii.


It matter not, there is no one worth voting for anymore anyway.


I think a lot of Palin's issues come from the fact that she doesn't come across as bright or intellectual when she's interviewed in the press.

I know she had a really fragmented education so maybe if she invested in something like remedial college courses on public speaking...that could really work towards improving her overall public image.


This is the reality of the situation...

ConocoPhillips employees steer oil tax cut bill through legislature

https://www.adn.com/politics/article/series-conoco-employees-help-ease-oil-tax-bill-through-legislature/2013/03/28/

Now lets think about the logic here.

What do you think would happen if oil companies were allowed to write their own tax policy?


Thank you!  As usual, need to go to the comments for the actual news.

Pretty rosy projections to say the least!

Expectations of 11m passengers per year and building costs of 55m/km considering via only moves 2m passengers per year between Ottawa-Montreal-Toronto?

Boondoggle.


Also, the meme that the GOP plan would "take health care away" was inaccurate.  The majority of those who would "lose" insurance would actually be voluntarily foregoing insurance if the individual mandate was eliminated.  Knowingly, willingly, voluntarily giving up their insurance.


....and the jobs.


what happens when politicians take control and make financial decisions?  In Hawaii nothing but increased taxes.  Amazing how they just keep rolling up more debt and nobody in this town says a word.  Hanabusa, Schatz, Tulsi and Hirano do nothing, say nothing and tow the political agenda to the end no matter what the consequences for our State or taxpayers.  These guys and gals gotta go!


You are right revenge is not the answer but accountability and justice are.  I questioned whether this change in policy will do anything to help that.  Victims do have rights that need to be taken into account.  I think this change is too lenient and tries to paint the criminal as the victim at the expense of the true victim.


Aloha Ian. Sorry for both of your losses. Mahalo for sharing a very private story with helpful advice for others.


Clear cut...
Yep, you have to be correct. That's why all those poor people have lobbyists down in Juneau getting more from state government. By the way knucklehead, the top 1% in the US pay a much lower tax than the "average" tax payer.  14-17% on average. Go peddle your wares elsewhere.


Remember that in this case it isn't a true government/business relationship. BC Hydro is a crown corporation, so this is a government/government relationship.

Like I said in a earlier post, BC Hydro is acting as a bully, they are using their quasi 'government' status to try to skirt their obligations.


Horton's seat must be getting a little bit toasty right now.


Pence scares me much more than Trump.


ditto. don't let them in.


Marcus, You haven't won the lottery until you have cashed the ticket. Meantime, you have all those upkeep expenses. Commuting or renting are not the most palatable options, but they are the smartest, (though possibly not the wisest.) But you were talking about money.


The problem is the media abandoned journalism and replaced it with DNC propaganda and delusional conspiracy theories 24/7. If you want to read the actual news now you have to go online. You're not going to find it anywhere in the MSM.


Please see (2), below. Generally, adults over the age of 17 who are physically fit are 'qualified'.

AS 26.05.010. Alaska Militia Established.

(a) The militia of the state consists of all able-bodied citizens of the United States and all other able-bodied persons who have declared their intention to become citizens of the United States, who reside in the state, who are at least 17 years of age, and who are eligible for military service under the laws of the United States or this state.
(b) The militia is divided into two classes:
(1) the organized militia, consisting of the Alaska National Guard, the Alaska Naval Militia, and the Alaska State Defense Force; and
(2) the unorganized militia, consisting of all qualified persons available for service but not serving in the organized militia.
(c) The adjutant general may, by regulation, prescribe the maximum age for eligibility in the militia.


Hahahahaahahahahha
Just proves once again ALASKANS ARE LOSERS


Prejudice and racism?  This temporary ban has nothing to do with either. Boy kaka, did you even graduate high school?  Our elected officials are a bunch of morons who just hate Trump. Wasting taxpayer money is just what they do.


When he hits 9 trillion dollars than I'll start moaning......Obama gave us 9 trillion deeper in debt, took countless trips, how much was his wife's vacation? We will see how this pans out. Trumps bringing jobs back, putting people back to work after 8 years. Don't quote me unemployment rates either......in Obamas administration the number of individuals employed was at an all time low for this nation. People stopped applying for unemployment because they ran out, instead applying for food stamps and public assistance, which by the way is at an all time high, all things free remember!!!  Shall I go into to poverty stats or leave that to another day. Trump is a business man. He'll work 24 hours a day until America is economically strong again. Give him a chance,,,,,,food for thought, when Obama was president he didn't turn down royalties from his books which skyrocketed.......why not? Being president promoted book sales, do I see a conflict here.....


I agree with your floodplain comment.

The easiest way to reduce flooding issues is to stop building in floodplains.  Sure, some of them were developed 100 years ago, and new construction in these areas should be stopped, but many are being developed now and this should be stopped.

The easiest way would be to make insurance premium soar for those who insist on living in a floodplain.


Migraines are an illness. Fertility is not.


Rob,

1. No, I did not write a false equivalent. I wrote that your Godwin-award-deserving words, where you attempted (roll eyes) to paint, as "genocidal", that other view, I wrote that your words were not a compelling rebuttal and you might as well have simply called that other view a torturing of puppies, because those words are every bit as compelling (as in zero compelling) as words you did choose ("a continuation of the self-serving acts of genocidal policy"). It is actually unclear how you managed to imagine (pretend?) a "false equivalency" in there anywhere.

2. In addition to hurling the word "genocidal", you are now hurling the word "racists"! Wow. It didn't take you long to pull out what so many politically correct commentaries consider the atom bomb of their tool kit. But okay, sure, that's a word, so are the words kittens and puppies. Not compelling.

3. No, wrong, my use of "together" implied meaningfully on the same page, NOT spacial proximity (eg Chamberlain meeting).


This "trade" deal like the one just signed with Europe is nothing more than the complete sell out of the average Canadian worker and their families. Mr. Trudeau and his posse are paying for their climb back into power with the well being of most Canadians.


What's hurting papa john's sales is the rejection the American people are making of his politics, not the NFL. I've never eaten a papa john's pizza in my life, and never will. His hatred of Obama and the American people made me make that decision years ago, and it's getting worse for him. He's clueless. He's adopting the "when all else fails, blame black people" approach, and sadly, the low thinkers will take it and run.


"the CBO has been dramatically wrong"

Please push your propaganda elsewhere, Vladimir. You're not good at it.


Of course not.  I'm just suggesting that there are times when lies are appropriate.  There are no absolutes.  Seriously.

Specifically, what "lies" have Pence and Sarah Huckabee told?

Were any of them as egrieous as the the lies Obama told to get public acceptance of ObamaCare?

The GOP doesn't have a monopoly on "the end justifies the means."  The Democrats consider it SOP.


Yes, it's wrong to post or share those intimate photos especially in these circumstances.

That said, it's a monumentally stupid idea to take or allow those photos in the first place. i can't believe that there are still people so naive to think those photos will never see the light of day. Once posted on the internet, they live forever unlike most relationships.


HabFan410
I'm not a fan of statues.
But let it stand as long as the others at least 150 years.
Setting history straight bothers some.


The 2011 arrest of the  Bowling Green Al Qaeda operatives (posing as refugees), was the end of an investigation that had started 5 months after Waad Alwan's 2009 arrival. This was why the Obama Administration temporarily shut down immigration from Iraq and 5 other Middle Eastern countries. This incident, chilling in its implications, was reported widely in May, 2011, as a success for the FBI.

 I think Trump's executive order would have been able to stand on its merits, if his administration had taken a bit more time on the rollout process and provided avenues for green card holders to continue to gain access to this country. The threat of harm to WA's economy was one of the factors considered in the decision. The Trump executive order was also deemed, by the judge, to not be responding to credible threats. It also would have been more believable if Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the UAE, and other countries, implicated in exporting terror, had been part of the order. This was an unforced error.


Once again revealing your complete lack of any intelligene whatsoever.


You must be filling in for Chris in Ottawa at the Liberal war as you have the same stock deflection answers provided by Butts.


This is what happens when some select individuals are allowed to violate our laws. Obama allowed this select group to violate our immigration laws, and Trump is doing nothing more than what Obama should have done years ago. Trump is basically forcing Congress to do their jobs. The executive branch of the central should not have the choice of whether or not to enforce duly passed laws. The executive branch should never have the authority to make law and that is exactly what Obama did.


First of all, centrifugal force is fictitious. There is such a thing as centripetal force.
But if there is no gravity, please explain the physics that ensures that when I leap into the air I land back on the earth.


19....  do you think he had a history with Youth Corrections ??? notice the ages of the majority of the murders in the past year ???    you don't think there is a gang turf war going on that the Police and Youth Corrections are hiding from the public ??  how much is being spent by the State to "rehabilitate"  these youths ? how many hours and dollars is the 1 Public Defender for youths burning thru defending habituals and getting them out so they can continue their criminal lifestyle ?  How much is MYC being pressured to release kids because of their budget ??    after all the recent murders of youths why isn't the public and the politicians asking the powers that be in Youth Corrections what is going on ???   It's not the front line staff, they are following the directives of the Administrators (who put the bottom line dollar first)


Bingo!


Obongo saw and decided to stay away. Lucky for Louisiana.


NDP for you? Or Green?


There's no excuse for this driver not having a driver's license since the state has bent over backwards trying to accommodate the transportation needs of illegal aliens.


So any murderers who agree not to murder again in the future will go unpunished under the law? I guess that drama teacher has a different brain structure than the rest of us.


There is only one person on this board who supports this open borders - Jangm. A single liberal middle-aged white woman no doubt.


Poor jgd, so little knowledge, so sad to have no idea that a search warrant can't be issued without probable cause.


Bergdahl pled guilty.


First of all the title of the article is misleading.  The suspect was not "fleeing" at the time he was shot. (it appears he was assaulting Mr Larson)  .    And of course shooting someone in defense of yourself or others is not "vigilante" justice .    Mr Larson used restraint and use reasonable force to defend himself.    I predict that Mr Larson is not charged with any wrongdoing.


NAZI - German translation German Socialist Workers Party...sorry Charlie, the spin is up!  NAZI's were the progressives of their time in Germany... Don't lie!


Oh dear, the assault on dissent by the climate change screamers continues.

Here's a censored post which apparently does not meet civility standards:

""It is too early to say with certainty how climate change will impact Canada’s cuisine..."

But of course never too early to write ridiculously worst case scenarios.

Goebbels had nothing on the climate change hyperbolists."

Gosh how harsh, all those swears and such.

I mean, our beef, fish and maple syrup are all about to disappear.

Just like how, according to last months Hyperbole Express article, Vancouver itself was about to become "unviable" due to sea level rise.

Keep censoring, but I sense a sentiment change screamers. What was that old saying about fooling all of the people all of the time?


To little to late It is time for you move on Murkowski, do alaska a favor and step down.....


As stated, asking someone to stay away from my posts" and promising "to stay away from yours" is a strong action. Would have prefered differently. And I provided justification for such an extreme decision. Because I tressure civility, let me remark that you have given no reason to trust you with information I respect- namely the confidence of the lady. I do not have her permission to shae her name publicly. However if the appropriate person were to contact me regarding this, I would move forward to facilitate an investigation. This is a serious matter. certanily far from an *lol* there is nothing funny, even less, pleasant about interacting with you. Stay away. If the NCR does read comments- I would respectfully request they block you from this site until you change your way of interaction.


"...interpretation of law must be guided by canons of interpretation and offer an analysis of fifty seven such rules. While some of these canons might be considered purely linguistic, many others are clearly legal such as the rule of lenity, the absurdity rule, and the rule that implied repeals are disfavored."
http://www.libertylawsite.org/2017/09/12/scalias-reading-law-reflects-the-rise-of-formalism-and-the-language-of-law/
Man this book was boring, but insightful.


In the 2016-17 budget year, that ended March 31, the NDP racked up a deficit of $10.8 billion. That is nearly $300 million more than expected and comes despite the government having resource and investment income more than $3 billion higher than Finance Minister Joe Ceci predicted in his budget in April 2016.
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Put  another way: The New Democrats received income last year from oil, gas and investments that was $3.3 billion higher than they and still they ran a deficit larger than planned.
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NDP increases in personal and corporate income tax rates actually reduced the amount of tax collected. Personal income tax paid was off eight per cent and corporate taxes off nearly 15 per cent.
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The NDP theory that if squeezing the golden goose produces more revenue, then wringing its neck will produce even more has proven to be incorrect. When taxes are raised substantially, revenues often fall off as individuals and corporations move investments elsewhere.
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Lorne Gunter
Edmonton Sun
June 30/17


Its Animal Farm that should be touted! And a review of what actually happened in the Russian Revolution with the Bolsheviks! What tactics did they use to conquer and divide? Who were they again?


Canada's economy has life for three reasons, the price of oil, the low dollar and the strong USA economy.   With those factors in play Trudeau's $30 billion deficit and gov't spending 9% above Harper's is even less justifiable.


My recollection of the roads here from a very young age were that:  A.  They were built by the US BPR (Bureau of Public Roads) and B.  The ones done by State DOT are a VAST improvement on the ones in (A).  But it was what the feds had to work with, in the middle of the "colonies"....Last time I was at the State DOT compound near Northway Junction there were still filing cabinets that had BPR logos on them....the workers had no idea who that was.


Conservatism is the single biggest obstacle to fixing our country's healthcare system, currently to most inefficient in the world. We know how to provide affordable healthcare to every citizen. Most every advanced country in the world has done it with some kind of variation of a single-payer system. But conservatives won't allow it because its "socialism". Never mind that its leaps and bounds better than our current private insurance dominated system, but according to the conservative single-payer is "socialism" so no way no how are we doing that.

All this is further evidence of the abject failure of  modern conservatism; the inability of conservatives that once they latch onto something, nothing, not facts, not truth, not irrefutable evidence is ever going to change their thinking. Trickle down economic policy has never, ever worked anywhere in the world but conservatives still cling to it...just like they cling to the epic fail of our private-insurance based healthcare system.


"Alaska's needs require us to include a broad based tax - as does every other state..."

You know what every other state doesn't have?  A government handout each year.  This seems much more out of the ordinary than not having a broad based tax.

Who will leave the state if an income tax is enacted?  The hard working professionals who have better opportunities elsewhere, and who keep the Alaska economy firing.

Who will leave if the permanent fund dividend goes away?  People like Papa Pilgrim who moved his family of like 15 up here and leveraged his future dividend checks into an inholding inside Wrangell St Elias park and tortured the locals.

No taxes until dividend is gone.


Hegemony means moving into and trying to take an other country.  Mexicans are moving  into America,  taking over chunks of of it.   Trump is trying to stop Mexican hegemony. He is not advancing into Mexico to take it over .  I don't care if you hate Trump but  expose him of things he does wrong, . Fake news like this doesn't cut it.  At least get a dictionary and check your lexicon.