dead to rights
even the most rabid reactionaries are abandoning fake president


This is spam.


Yeah, that works if you have a lot of money to throw around.


I did a trip that literally took me around the world. I headed East and eventually made it back home. I saw neither a wall nor an edge. I did see some sea monsters and they were amazing.

So, please prove the Earth is flat. Use science and observation. What happens if I travel in one direction and just keep going?


It's called watch what you wish for,. Glad he had the ability to slap/punch/backhand her she deserved to be slapped twice.


We had a family meeting about this, this morning. Without the subsidy, my insurance will triple. Others will go up more. Another family member is terribly distraught because she will not be able to afford her insurance at all. I am concerned for her, but I can offer her no hope. It's a terrible position to be in. Another relative is finally making that move to Canada.

Funny, though, I have won a bet with a conservative friend. He said I would have better insurance under the new admin, and I said what I expected to happen was I would have to pay more for worse insurance. Now I expect I'll be able to collect! (it was a $100 bet). I do hope I can find, say, a $500 a month plan w/a $20K or $30K deductible. That would mean never going to the doc unless it was an emergency like breaking a leg or getting cancer, but at least it'd be something.


Hi, Grace...historically, doubt that marriage was "fundamentally about ...family wealth." It was about extending the lineage and family name through...production of sons, which society and religion prescribed be done through marriage. Traditionally, most single women HAD no wealth at all (that really didn't change after they were wed, either) but, it was hoped, they would have the ability to bear children.


there is a good reason you are not in marketing


A huge risky infrastructure expansion to support increased fossil fuel extraction, shipping, and burning is an asinine and indefensible subsidy to the industry robbing our kids of a survivable planet, and threatening mass extinctions in our lifetimes. We are sinking more resources into ensuring mutual destruction, to enrich a rich minority.Our politicians have not troubled themselves to learn the science that relates to climate change and its predicted effects, in our and our children's lifetimes.They still think it okay to pretend respect for scientific research, but kick the can way further down a vanishing road. It is deemed too extreme to make any actual change in our business-as-usual envirocidal practices, but not too extreme to wager away our collective futures, even as wildfires, floods, and hurricanes devastate lands, lives, and livelihoods.Carr remains purposely ignorant while Canada burns. Make him write a climate science exam and show us he knows what he's gambling away.


What's your source?  You obviously have the inside scoop over 17 of the most advanced intelligence gathering agencies in the world.  Where's your evidence they are conspiring to distort evidence?  You must have something really good.  Please share so we can all Know!!


I have a question concerning Mr. DeBernardo's statement about gay orientation being a gift from God. I'm not sure what grounds exist for such a statement. I'm certain he doesn't mean that the mere existence of any sexual orientation is a gift from God. Is he saying that there are people who are gay who love God, therefore their orientation must be a gift from God? That sounds like a generalization from one's own experience.

I'm not sure any sexual orientation can be said to be a gift from God. I think the gift consists in the ability to put one's sexuality at the service of God's people, not in the orientation per se. In that view, the distinction would be between people who, regardless of orientation, attempt to make their lives sacraments of God's presence and those who do not.  Am I missing something?


Agreed.


Thank you Anchorage Opera.
As a Vietnam Vet i am glad to have the opportunity to attend the performance on Valentines Day.
Again, thanks...


Trump was elected to undo most of the last eight years of the Obama administration. The socialist nanny state is not what is best for most American in fact in many ways it is the exactly opposite.

Sociologist Walter Williams
“The welfare state has done to black Americans what slavery couldn’t do, what Jim Crow couldn’t do, what the harshest racism couldn’t do and that is to destroy the black family.”


Apples and oranges you pro railers always use other cities as success using rail, u can't stand on its own merits


Greetings.....once again who cares what Archie Chaput has to say!   He is just preaching to the "smaller select "  authoritarian group within the Church!   The majority of American Catholics  have no idea of what the Napa Institute is all about, and who Chaput is!😁


all the "non-white" populace.


Then again perhaps it is simply the love of power following wealth coupled with a faulted leadership design.


Have you ever thought maybe why Europe is for the Paris Climate Accord because they have depleted almost their entire oil reserves?


I look exactly like George Clooney, so that fact tells me that all mirrors and cameras are faulty.


The last sentence made me laugh, and I appreciate that.  It's always good to be able to laugh.
It's just that, for some reason (maybe it was something that you had written), I thought that you lived in Ontario.  To the best of my knowledge, most of the Ukrainians in Ontario do speak Ukrainian.  So, I  thought that this was odd.  However, I do know that, in Saskatchewan and Alberta, Ukrainians came  many generations ago, and that, over the generations, many children and grandchildren (who then grew up) stopped speaking Ukrainian.  So, now, things make sense, and I am happy.  :-)


I take the author's point about repugnance to the suspension of our democratic freedoms through such measures as internment and how that can be expected to increase radicalization rather than reduce it.

However, what he fails to do, and what most MSM fails to do, is to call out all of the members of the organization that worships from precisely the same foundation document as the terrorists, and which expressly legitimizes their actions.  Nay, it exhorts them to engage in those horrific actions.

Are you with us or agin us?  You can't be both.  Then publicly repudiate the scripture passages in question.


Dang sad. When on our boat, everyone has a PFD on, no matter what or where. Even then, hypothermia can be a cruel  mistress.


One month don't make a trend. And you can bet the NDP/Greens will be deflating this market with more taxes. To me, it just looks like the market is topping (like a stock chart), and will inevitably fall. Because most people simply can't afford these houses on their wages without super cheap interest rates - they are living well beyond their means. This interest rate environment is about to embark on a long uptrend, just like it was on a long down trend for many years. This will be very painful or disastrous for those with huge mortgages and other debt.


Bush signed it into law. Haha


Totally agree.


Please tell us how you had insurance before the ACA.

And please rest assured that even if you did pay for an individual plan before the ACA, you were not protected from being dropped if you got sick, or from being denied payment based on pre-existing conditions.


I am a woman who voted for Trump.  Oh yes, I am white, does that bother you?


Except you don't "agree," What is this "structured division of protests," again? Do you actually believe protecting all manner of speech and peaceful assembly is a "partisan" thing to say, as you just accused me?
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If Leftists actually agreed with protecting vigorous and even aggressive debate, they would stop supporting Antifa, book burning, and school administrators who push Leftist idiology.


save = "save"


The issue is " stumpage fees", our  softwood companies pay very little to harvest trees from government land. On private lands the fees are negotiated.
Trudeau can solve this easily.  Tax all the cut lumber. Why not  ! Another tax, a Liberal specialty.
We have the wrong people, right now, trying to negotiate our best interests. Scary times.


Dan has alternative facts.


Except that a linguistic analysis still places the origins of humans in Southern Africa.


and similarly someone who has done nothing legally wrong as far as we know will have to live his name been attached to sexual assault.


Do you have a source for your claim that "it has been statistically determined that a very low number of women and an even lower number of girls actually attempt such a thing?"


Your "guessing" is wrong champ..  I counted and listened to the public comment called into the house committees when HB115 was in committee.  I also read the comments and they are generally supportive of reinstating a broad-based tax again like we used to have... whereas the "PFD raid only"  Senate fiscal train wreck is less supported by facts thus far.  There were plenty of professionals from all walks of life who called into the committee over many hours on a weekend, supporting an income tax versus a sales tax if we had to have one.
 62 percent of the callers supported the HB115.


Amen to that. Let's start a petition to overturn the law.


Who was off topic?  The story was about Horgan going to Washington.  My response is that he lacks the gravitas to have influence, given his precarious seat count and the very real possibility he could be replaced before Trump finished his first term.  Horgan-visiting-Washington and Horgan-lacking-influence are directly related.   We're talking about Horgan, not ICBC rates.


Obviously this request came from a vindictive Trump administration with the sole intent of suppressing free speech by "unmasking" and punishing the anonymous account holder(s).  Yet his minions demand that Susan Rice be prosecuted (!) for allegedly "unmasking" a couple of individuals in their own ranks.

Their hypocrisy knows no bounds!

Trump himself libeled former President Obama on Twitter.  He's the one who needs to have his account revoked.  He's a billionaire (or so he claims) -- let him fund his own social media platform where he can rant to his heart's content -- on his own dime.


I don't buy..and no statistician buys the 7 number.

And putting a decimal place in a number doesn't make it any more believable!!


Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting better results.   We have kirk mismanaging rail and asking for more money in 2015.  In 2015, the legislature gave him an extension that was nearly a billion dollars more than he asked for.   Now in 2017, he's back asking for a blank check.   There's nothing discernible to show that the rail project has suddenly been managed better or that it's no track.   The mayor cannot even tell the legislature how much rail will cost.

Maybe it's time to let the project run out of money until these questions can be answered.  And how about cutting costs such as HART's million dollar lease in Alii tower?   How about the city actually putting some skin in the game?

If Kirk is unable or unwilling to do his part. why should tax payers keep getting hosed for his mistakes and incompetence?


You are nuts if you think a democrat coalition is going to spend less than a Republican majority.


...but not Radio-Canada, mind you ?


Nothing to lol about. That's an image all of us have to suffer now.


I would like to see the analysis by the government as to why NAFTA is so great.
For individuals buying in the USA we are subject to 21 % Customs and tax plus Brokerage if it is not covered by the travel limits.We pay materially more for automobiles and many other items  than US buyers.we subsidize all these industries that get tax breaks like automotive,poultry etc.
NAFTA may be good for Cdn Businesses but they don't pass on the benefit to the Cdn population.
Its time the Cdn Gov distributed its risk and initiate more trade agreements with the rest of the world with less dependency on the USA .If it was not for Cdn oil the U S would have a material trade surplus with Cda.While Cda fails to create a supply chain for West East and West West to mitigate our dependency on US mkts.All this has been going on for years with little action by  all political parties


This action was not just bad judgment, it was an unauthorized action with significant financial consequences that justifies termination.


Wow that was fast, they just changed a bunch of stuff in this article. Probably after reading our comments about their ignorance.


Did anyone tell kobach  this is a snipe hunt not a scavenger hunt ? He's still looking for a illegal alien that got paid to be bussed across state lines to vote for hillary in Mass. LOL     After he finds that guy, he only has 2.8 million more to  find.
So glad  that this isn't taxpayer money being wasted on rump's fabricated LIES.
Did kobach ever find out that his Cochair voted illegally in the election last year yet? It was in the papers and on the news, but if kobach only listens to fix news he'll never know about it .


While being a graduate of the BBFF&GA, I'm sure that is not Kvichak Aspelund in the photo, unless he's had substantial cosmetic surgery in the last few weeks.


Let's call this what it really is.

The GOP are purposefully punishing Clinton voters and want to tap blue states (who already pay more in than they get out) for even more to give more money to rich people.

It's deplorable and mind-boggling how many people still try to rationalize the GOP.


what might be a better 'coincidence' is that both Canada and Australia have heavily resource-based economies.


"On the editorial pages is where those author's pieces should be."

May I quote from the top of this page?:

"National Opinions
Bannon and Trump are out for revenge"

See that, above the headline?  "National Opinions"?  This is *clearly* labeled as an opinion!

I realize that it's difficult for the average Trump supporter to comprehend the basics, but do try harder to keep up.

"And it is no secret that the publisher of ADN is heartbroken over the election results and is doing what she can to disparage Trump."

And you are still reading it, because _______ (feel free to fill in the blank.)  Why don't you just move on over to Breitbart & InfoWars, I'm sure you'll be quite happy there, with their "alternative facts" & conspiracy theories.

Hey, where are all those detention camps FEMA was building, anyway?


She knew the rules of the electoral college. Her campaign devoted resources to running up the popular vote. Maybe someone who can't run a campaign properly can't run a country.


Ah yes, of course anybody who supported Trump "doesn't know any better", whereas you on the other hand are a superior being who doesn't accept the democratic election results because you know better than them.


Trudeau should not and will not poke POTUS in the eye, that's Harper's style and got him nothing. Trudeau has clearly stated Canada's policy and if Trump has any reading comprehension at all, he should be able to deduce that Trudeau does not agree with his action!


It would appear that Her Majesties' Loyal Opposition has abdicated! They have joined the Government and have moved this Province down the road to anti-blasphemy laws. We are kafir(non believers)  there is no place in Islam for kafir. We will be forced by this government one day to accept a religion that thinks it is acceptable to kill kafir; we will be forced to accept a religion that believe it is acceptable to beat a woman (chattel property); we will be forced to accept a religion that believes it is acceptable to marry an infant. An Islamophobe is someone who knows more than they are supposed to know about Islam. We need to send a very strong message to these politicians. That being none of them deserves our support or vote!


Stop selling Canada to complete foreign control.
End the student fast-track program in BC from China and end the Chinese investor programs. What in the world do you think panda bonds are doing to Canadians? It isn't helping Canadians and it sure is ruining BC fast.


Where do you find a house for $1200/month anywhere near Vancouver, including Chilliwack? If you are talking about Montreal or Calgary, well then maybe.


The Dems did the same thing with ObamaCare - remember Pelosi saying, "You'll have to pass it to know what's in it (the health care bill)"


And we need to expand production by 700%.


Trump's parade of rich old white men continues. With Viola he combines his military fetish with his love of multi-millionaires. The swamp seems to be expanding rapidly as the storm clouds gather.

Better start looking for lifeboats, folks.


Thank you for this story about a remarkable Santa and a precious little boy.  Kind of puts everything into perspective for me.


We shouldn't be taking in a single refugee until every veteran has a home.


A few years back while visiting friends in Palmer we saw one of the homes on the Matanuska that was teetering at that time on the very edge. I hope the people were able to safe their precious belongings and rebuild somewhere a bit less precarious.

These folks' stories remind me so much of where we lived for 50+ years.... in a land that like Alaska is filled with mighty waters (Missouri, near STL). People would build lovely homes near or on the banks of one of the rivers, building them high enough to be "safe." Nature makes nothing safe. So the placid waters would rise and become angry and homes would be destroyed. The people would rebuild, and want the rest of us to pay for their current and future losses. I understand the longing to live next to the beauty of a body of water.... but that comes with risks that only you should pay for.... not fair to want the rest of us to save you.


While I sympathize with some of the homeless, I detest those that damage our parks, facilities, steal and much more.  And people wonder why there isn't enough money to go around for state projects, because of the homeless and the damage they do to our aina.  My sympathy is at an all time low when I hear stuff like this that comes out of our precious tax dollars.


SKL,
You are delusional if you think the rest of the world believe Trumpet is a "leader".
They certainly are not following his regime, and are more likely to accept China, or Germany for leadership. They do not TRUST him. They respected  Obama's leadership.


WTF are you talking about????


Saw a great name for O'Leary.

Self Destruct Barbie!  From Mattel!


Exactly. Canadians love to think the Canadian health care system is superior to anything else in the world, but the truth is there are far, far better private insurance options for expats. Assuming one has left Canada for better financial prospects, such plans are easily affordable. Many such as mine, are provided by their employer. While I have no issue with the quality of medical practitioners in Canada, to fret about expats returning to Canada to clog up a waiting list for six months for a simple knee surgery or whatever is laughably naive.


If Trump is that easily influenced, our country is in grave danger when the North Korean a-hole talks him into pushing the launch button.


Let it go bankrupt.  Then maybe they could create a pension system that's realistic.


I suppose that everyone should sponsor the Broncos and thereby force the hands of all these Trumpists and KKK sympathizers around here to boycott the entire Denver metro economy. Then they can move somewhere else far away that has businesses such people are willing to frequent with their ideological tests. Maybe go buy some real-estate on the Texas coast. You won't ever be underwater with that.


When my neighbor(s) charges for guest to be there I call that a business not a social gathering.   When "guest" have to pay an annual membership fee of $ 60 to use the facility it is no longer a house on the block; it is a business. It is the looks like a duck, walks like a duck, quacks like a duck.....its a duck.


Paid for by billionaires.


Another liberal money grabbing attempt.


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Look, yet another shiny object.
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She's got my vote.


Frankly, I find your characterization of the morality involved here to be a completely non-credible one. The principles affronted here matter far more than any sophistry they might try to wrap themselves in as armor.

You can disagree, but you can't tell me this view isn't the right one in moral terms, and I'll stand on this high ground and look down upon the people who violate basic humanist morality, most of all those who choose to do it predatorially in the name of making an artless buck or two carved out of human dignity on the side.


Pepper spray dispensers on timers. Walked my dog thru there last weekend, it's a toilet bowl.


Thank you for making it evident that you are presenting a straw man argument.
Which is a shame really.  This is a subject with some serious meaning.  Specifically how this kind of attitude gives politicians the incentive to lie, cheat and steal from their constituents.  If we choose to turn a blind eye to such blatant baloney of course they're going to weigh the risks of openly lying to their constituents over openly flip-flopping over an issue.
This is one of the rare occasions which shows the hypocrisy of the electorate.  We criticize politicians for flip-flopping or a lack of leadership when we cannot or simply refuse to admit to ourselves at election time that we want politicians to lie to us, to give us the pretty bottles of poison, rather than make sound decisions.


And it is exactly that dismissive attitude towards the protesters that proves my point, Nick. You are blind to your own racism.

If you actually weren't racist, you would do some homework and try to understand why the protestors are so upset. Instead, you dismiss their perspective as if, because YOU don't understand it or experience it, it doesn't matter or carry any weight.

You're basically saying, "these black and brown people have nothing to complain about and don't know their own feelings or experiences - I know better than them because I am a white man and my opinions are objective logic and fact."

It's like a jury of men deciding for a woman whether or not she was raped by THEIR standards even though SHE was the one who EXPERIENCED the rape.

You obviously can't see your own racism, but can you at least see how telling people they're silly for protesting suggests that you know their experiences better?

You don't. And that makes your opinion invalid, unnecessary, unwanted.


The blind eye is what struck me strange too, I can still see it. I will be interested in your opinion regarding such.

Thank you for your well wishes as I wish the same for you. Wishing you Peace, love, prosperity and contentment. I'd say happiness but I have a feeling we both know the very word is a mockery unto itself.


You are being intentionally obtuse.

I will use smaller words.

I think anyone who wants anyone else to reduce their carbon footprint should lead by example.

To fail to do so is hypocrisy.

Neither of the two I have been discussing this with have indicated in any way that they have chosen to do so.

me>you talks about 'improved technology' to avoid the issue.  skeezix wandered off into satire and also avoided the question.

You say some people (not identifying  yourself as one of them) have chosen minor things to improve but you guys all still seem to want those strawberries and fresh fruits in the winter no matter the carbon cost, as near as I can tell.


Good to see a woman in this role


Why not all votes matter? Getting tired of the race baiting of this nation.


From the hearings where they said so. What are we up to, 3 times senior officials said there's no Russia evidence? This is like debating people who believe astrology. You believe the media's speculation and that's it. The hearings did, however implicate Comey and Lynch for various crimes.


Look up the definition of alt-right


Your article is out of touch with the reality.  STEM graduates are not finding jobs,  if Canada's economic future depends on these types of grads we need to be providing an incentive for employers to hire them and give them the experience that they need.  The universities should also be playing a bigger role in helping new grads find employment.


All the opponents should ask themselves why Airbnb is popular, maybe it's because of restrictive & onerous regulations that favour tenants, even the bad ones who once they get in, don't pay the rent and when finally evicted, trash the place.

Not hard to see why flat owners like the alternative.


It's a little more complicated than that.  You are a private citizen, the fellow who shot the young man was an officer of the American government.  We don't want to set any legal precedent here.  Better to settle the case with the family without asserting any liability.  Then the shooter should be removed from government service and tried for criminal negligence.


The perception of why privileged includes paddling a canoe is revealed...or the forward to a new book...Up Algonquin Park without a Paddle?


you would prefer the Russians living in Crimea leave and hand over their country to the incompetent boobs in Kiev?
because it was they who voted to join Russia

better they not be part of a FAILED and CORRUPT Ukraine - don't you think?


Looks like Trump is saving tax payer monies by getting rid of depts. and people who are doing redundant work. Trimming the fat and the long term demo are scared because they are on the chopping block


The WOTUS rule was quite the stretch of Congressional authority to regulate interstate commerce.  It defined WOTUS as interstate rivers, lakes, the ocean shoreline, and:

"All other waters such as intrastate lakes, rivers, streams (including intermittent streams), mudflats, sandflats, wetlands, sloughs, prairie potholes, wet meadows, playa lakes, or natural ponds, the use, degradation or destruction of which could affect interstate or foreign commerce including any such waters:
Which are or could be used by interstate or foreign travelers for recreational or other purposes; or
(From which fish or shellfish are or could be taken and sold in interstate or foreign commerce; or
Which are used or could be used for industrial purposes by industries in interstate commerce;
All impoundments of waters otherwise defined as waters of the United States under this definition;
Tributaries of waters identified in paragraphs (s)(1) through (4) of this section;"

So basically any water anywhere.


How come it is always Canadians that have to do something when the problem is an Indian problem. Their is no explanation as to what these teens are engaging in before going into the river. This is more of the media hiding the truth.


Thjey cant apply for ctizenship (pre-DACA) because they were illegal. Didnt need to after, they thought.


Not only did Obama warn Trump but his administration fired Flynn in 2014. Trump is once again misrepresenting when he says that Obama's administration gave Flynn the highest security clearance without mentioning that he was later removed from office!


Or the Catholic charities could have changed their stance. But obviously they think a kid being in a stable two parent home if the parents are same sex is not healthy. At least not healthier than being a ward of the state.


Maybe. But you seem to forget Germany's embrace of not-so-progressive change less than 100 years ago.  On the other hand, I'm more concerned about the unfortunate influence of CBC (24/7 depression!) on Canadians compared to a couple internet news sites.


Who gets this ten cent fee?


Seriously, I don't understand the difficulty here. They know where they are & they know they're dressed as clowns. Go to the edge of the woods, drag some out and beat the Bozo snot out of a couple of them. That should take care of things.


Absolutely not!  Its time to weed the troublemakers out of the Park Blocks.

There is a very small group of people who act like animals, and who seems to want to turn the Park Blocks into a place to buy and sell drugs.  I think the EPD did an excellent job.  Hopefully, though, they will issue additional citations for interfering, harassment, disorderly conduct, etc..  Its time to  give these people a police record and weed them OUT.


Dipper1945, I think you're wrong.

It appears that the WestJet Professional Flight Attendants Association (WPFAA) is a union, signing up members as a potential bargaining agent.

There is already a not-really-a-union organization in the picture. It's the group they aim to supplant: the Flight Attendant Association Board (FAAB), which is a subgroup of the larger not-a-union organization The Proactive Communication Team (PACT).

There was a similar PACT group in the background when the WestJet pilots unionized recently.

Sure it's not a CUPE, but there's no reason to think the  WPFAA isn't a real union.  I could be wrong but that's what a brief investigation shows.


I was hard on you for the baby momma comment in education section. Mr. Barrios did exploit workers, still does. He shuts down community things for agenda. In debate he stated leadership is about getting others to agree with you even if their perspectives are different. He admitted that he would dig through privacy files of people living, paying to the city for homeless agenda. This guy? Police are going to be given added hardships. The city can expect lawsuits if he is elected. The debates. What he said was real, not biased print. That is scary stuff. Corporate leadership, this might be norm. In a small business this might be norm. In Government, this is illegal!!! How far is he willing to go to obtain power if he knows Little about Government Laws?!!!

Dana knows she has to collaborate with teams. Why she is a solid leader. She has built credible partnerships. She is aware of the laws.

Barrios? He just doesn't have the knowledge base of government systems. Laws in particular. Scary


Trump implicated with convicted billionaire sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Trump sheep ignore...

http://nymag.com/nymetro/news/people/n_7912/

"I've known Jeff for fifteen years. Terrific guy,'' Trump once said about the convicted sex offender. "He's a lot of fun to be with. It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side. No doubt about it -- Jeffrey enjoys his social life."

Trump lawyers given court date over lawsuit alleging rape of 13-year-old

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/oct/12/donald-trump-jeffrey-epstein-alleged-rape-lawsuit


Maybe you should get off the weed and start working on your reading comprehension skills.


What nonsense. Speak to the people on the ground and they will tell you a different story.


Really Spy ???

Facist regime
Civi war.
Ethnic cleansing.
White supremacists.

Sorry pal, to me you seem a little unbalanced.

Chris.


3 to 1 deaths on the roads are from cell phones and yet our car manufactures do nothing to jam the signals when the ignition is turned on. Our government could force them but they too do nothing except worry about pot.......great government.....trying to keep us safe?....think again.


I'm sick of scuzzy politicians..    Bill Walker.  the one term scuzzbucket with a gas pipeline fixation.


So what!  We are not a wealthy State.


Trump reminds me of a bully in intermediate school. We grew up and didn't put up with his bs any longer. We went on with our lives and made something of ourselves. He stopped being relevant and disappeared. Time is on our side.


"Just like they did in the 90s when Chretien/Martin slashed healthcare funding or like they did when Ralph Klein did the same in Alberta."

We had the same problem here in Quebec.

Interestingly people made the same comment about quitting  in the UK when Cameron tried cutting the salaries of UK Drs working antisocial hours (weekends, overnight shifts)  - many did quit.

AND they stopped applying to Medical schools - they are about to find out if 2017 will be the first year Medical School places go through "Clearing" when A -level results.


They want well develped white man.....that has been obvious for many many years.......once you go white you dont go back to China man.


On the contrary, I applaud the journalist for getting this on record, because her statements outside of press indicate that she holds a lot of racist views on history.


Pandora has been "suspended"? May one ask when this happened and why?


The Inquiry was set up to determine the highest ranking white person preferably male, preferably a conservative and hopefully a law officer to blame.  As in the case of Tina Fontaine who was beaten to death by 2 native men, the scandal focused on the RCMP officer who had seen her 2 days earlier in a car with other young native persons but  did nothing to save her.


No appeals, "Towering Twit..."?!?  May you someday understand the importance of

Due Process, appellate review....and, of course, our sometimes pesky Constitution.


Again, they did say all that, but they also said no evidence of collusion. They did not refute that there was no eavesdropping or surveillance of Trump. They both said they have both seen no evidence of it during the current ongoing investigation thus far or as it pertains to the investigation of Russia attempts to influence the election. That is very different from saying there is absolutely no evidence.


It's all so subjective.
The veterans organizations sell flag shwag clearly in violation of the flag code, but that's okay.
But kneeling is wrong.
Hmmm ...
Regardless of the flag code, we are NOT a "You WILL Stand for the National Anthem and you WILL like it!" country.


We have the worst governance in Toronto & Ontario and are stuck with what we have until election time.


Until the next leak. Sinking ships tend to be full of them.


Bummer.


“I have no idea what Fusion or Steele were paid but if even a shred of that dossier ends up helping Mueller, it will prove money well spent,”

Now the dossier is supposed to help Mueller, I thought it was supposed to defeat Trump?

Hillary had absolutely everything going for her and she still lost, pathetic. The further this is investigated, the more embarrassing it's going to get, and not for Trump. Seriously, what a bunch of loons.


Because I wanted access to the investment articles.

But if they blocked Layla4 from subscribing  because she didn't realize that she should have rated the comment "jesus saves" as uncivil, the G&M has serious problems.

I have already cancelled the subscription .


Yes, I certainly understand Trump's appeal; the system is in a mess, due largely to the GOP obstructionism, and the nation loves to be entertained.   I simply don't believe with many that 'ANYTHING is better than what we have'.


"The National Basketball Association sent a memo late Friday to all 30 teams instructing players to stand for the US national anthem, and warning teams there should not be any exceptions."

http://www.libertyheadlines.com/nba-warning-players-must-stand-national-anthem-face-discipline/?AID=7236

Hooray!!  Outstanding decision.  They shouldn't even have to tell the players, but I guess w/ the corrosion and coarsening of American culture it necessitates this ruling.  Awesome!!

I don't normally watch B-ball; kind of a baseball/football/volleyball kinda guy.  But I applaud this discerning move.


Oh bother.


The whole thing didn't make sense to begin with.


The Spirit Level, an excellent misnamed book, shows that  in developed countries, a change in the GDP/person does not affect inequality, nor living conditions. Low inequality seems to be the result of culture (Japan) and legislation (Sweden}. The result is the same - better living conditions.


It's almost as if Crestone expected trouble.


Now that's the aloha spirit.


This story looks like swiss cheese: lots of holes. There seem to be many pieces missing.


This marks a sad day in the life of the City and County of Honolulu. In the old days, we thought the fist fights between council members were embarrassing (or laughable). But these events (investigation of chief, federal search warrant of the prosecutors office, big "scandal" at the ethics commission)  and a $9.5 billion rail project (did you read that Rep Joe Souki wants the City to pay for the rail cost overruns with ....yes...property taxes} connote extremely serious mal-government. We are going to start to feel the pain of a poorly functioning local government which has been in the big leagues for many years now with no talent. Surely we can do better. And it is not just about the mayor, the council has looked pretty bad in recent years, although the new leadership is promising.


Way to be the loser that makes this about politics. You are a bad person.


Two different things.
Not connected.


I didn't say that.

But by saying they would be all virtuous and then reverting to form, I gotta say it's fun watching them being hosted by their own petard, and watching you try to deflect it.


Being asked is one thing. Being legally required, "or else"...is another.


We called it "bear piss" when we were kids...


#FAKENEWS


It's quite pathetic, really.


Rationalizing prostitution and now slavery. Nice.


Are you high? Heterosexuals are known for treating women as property.  Homosexual men define their own masculinity.  Not your job.


Nice libelling of everyone you dislike on the political left in order to deflect from Trump.

You just did everything you claim your political opponents do.

(And I see all the usual Wente fans cheer you on with stars.)

That's why abuse of power goes on and on.


I knew her slightly as she was once my MP in the early 1970's, before she was even Leader of the Conservative Party. She was right of course!


BS BS BS There is more kaka in the room than a sewage treatment plant.


"Pelosi's comments in 2010 on the Obama Care Act really meant that the benefits of the Bill would be revealed after passage rather than just the contents of the Bill."
Is that what she "meant"? Her articulation is so bad she needs interpretation?
"You will recall the Republicans at the time said the Bill was all about abortion, death panels and would be a job killer."
Is that similar to Dems now calling the Republicans the "party of death"? You would think one party would come up with an original thought. It's a never ending battle of finger pointing and little results. Congress has a 20% approval rating - and that includes both sides of the aisle.


Denial ain't just a river in Egypt....


That also is not quite the truth...but a parsed version again.  Why do you do that?  Some would say it is the equivalent of lying....

Gays are NOT fired from Church jobs because they are gay.  The few who have been fired were fired because they openly and defiantly contradicted Church teaching on marriage.   And you know it.


Did we filter out all the mean ones???


Good for you but you lie.    You and your wife don’t actually grow all your own food and make your own products so all of those were transported (using gas) to get to you.   That gas was used by you as much as the gas you poured into your fuel tanks.


You complain that there isn't an investigation, then try to parse Trump's own words to prove your point.  Just a thought, step back and realize that not everybody is out to get Trump, he is hanging himself with his own words.  If he is impeached it won't be for any collusion with Russia, it will be because he tried to interfere with the investigation.


The story were commenting on is that 16 of the 17 Obama appointees to the Arts Council quit because they're all registered Democrats. That was a "shocking" revelation? Perhaps, Bannon, Spicer, the Mooch, etc. will be part of the Arts Council?  That would be a great chance for them to make their indelible mark on the Arts.  Don't you agree?  LMAO!!!


With your background, you should understand the need for specific data.  You are surely aware of the need for understanding that not all relationships are cause and effect.  Some a casual.  Also it looks like there is actually an attempt to explain away the real data by a  statement that the examples of successful women pastors are not healthy.  I know there must be some SDA churches that have more men then women but I personally am not aware of them.  And all the congregations I have been in have been led by men.


Obama was a complete failure. He's the first President in my lifetime (since Kennedy) who did more to hurt the country. He didn't uphold his oath of office to the constitution and his entire administration was lawless.


Interesting, Hammond was from New York. Egan, and Walker from Alaska. The rename, shown best with Hammond, voting against Statehood. Just change the name from Territory, like Wickersham, from Possession. And everyone can then get some more politicians, on the ballot to vote for. Just rename oil tankers ran by drunk drivers, into drunk drivers spending in Juneau, and the Murkowski Team is born. With daddy Frank's most famous federal legislation, on the floor of the US Senate, crying about federally funded outhouses that Alaskan's are so proud of, more Bridges to Nowhere, but Bridges to the Outhouse, are a Murkowski Family Tree Special!


Anyone But Trump.

Trump said Friday that he doesn’t believe voters have a right to see his tax returns, and insisted it’s “none of your business” when pressed on what tax rate he himself pays — a question that tripped up Mitt Romney in the 2012 presidential race.

Trump made the comments in an interview on ABC’s “Good Morning America,” as he continued to try to answer questions about his change in explanations over the last year about why he won’t release the taxes.

When the interviewer, George Stephanopoulos, asked Trump directly if he thought voters had a right to see his returns, something that presidential nominees have provided for roughly 40 years, the candidate replied, “I don’t think they do.”

Stephanopoulos pointed out that the Internal Revenue Service has said being audited is not prohibitive in terms of individual choice to make tax returns public, and that President Richard M. Nixon did so when he was being audited.


Seeing as I had the first comment .... think I will try for one of the last ones.

I'm betting that Babcock puts Mathews up against Toews and Marner up against Kane tomorrow night.

I am so looking forward to it.


Poor JZ783, cabinet ministers like Kubayi, with the merest whiff of integrity or concern for the country or the poor or interest in their Oath of Office, are such an inconvenient hurdle.


So, when Mr. Mason refers to "credible" climate scientists, I presume those are climate scientists who advocate what he believes.


"Stop breeding" should be the theme of anyone who cares about land use or the environment.

It's not a popular PR message though.


He's 15 months in to a 48 month term. Many politicos will remember this at election time, but a massive number of voters won't remember a electoral reform flip-flop, or know what it was intended to be initially. This doesn't defend Trudeau, but simply recognizes that it's longterm impact is minimal.


profoundly sexist comment


Trump:  "They will be met with fire and fury.  Fire and Fury and Frankly, Power, the likes of which ...."

Great to see the most powerful man in the world sounding like a Monty Python skit:  "Our chief weapon is surprise...surprise and fear...fear and surprise.... Our two weapons are fear and surprise...and ruthless efficiency.... Our *three* weapons are fear, surprise, and ruthless efficiency...and an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope...."

From the looks of it, the pouty man baby (either one) will brook no wiser counsel.  If anyone will, it's probably Kim Jong Un because he MIGHT be the one to understand the seriousness of the situation.

Apparently Nixon was often drunk, but he had back up from Kissinger and Schlesinger - who does Trump have?


Yeah, there's definitely some merit to that.  I wonder if the animosity between the far left and far right will create an ever widening gap filled with the more reasonable, and maybe one day that group will stand up to be a viable alternative to the big two parties?  I can dream....


Will, with all due respect, the socialists currently in positions of power in our federal, state, and local government cause me way more concern than a few nut-ball Nazis tapping out blogs from their basements.


I like to tell the same w/garbanzo bean instead of green bean.


Internet dimwit


Maybe the smartest economists are correct, maybe we are half way to shrinking our economy to match the reduced money coming in...  but, with major countries swearing off gas powered vehicles left and right, what difference does that make?


Actually, photo radar was in place 1995-96, so Begich and Murdy would have both served on the Assembly at that time.  The other missing part is that a judge (Elaine Andrews, maybe?) struck it down on the basis that traffic citations need to be served in person by a certified law enforcement officer, not generated by a machine and mailed out to people.


you will receive 42% more CPP by delaying from 65 to 70 (and about 35% delaying OAS)...that is a pretty solid return...I would prefer to use more of my savings in the first 5 yrs and less in the later years....I can finance the retirement I want with my own savings from 65 to 70.... and I also have the piece of mind of knowing I have a greater amount of Guaranteed Income from CPP starting at 70....I quite frankly do not worry about getting my money out of the CPP...I worry about maximizing guaranteed cashflow until I die...once I'm dead I really don't care.


I suspect there is something far more cultural involved.  Laugh if you must, but the Germans (and Europeans) have a discipline in their lives that we do not have in Canada.  We were down south recently and noted that the German, French and Scandinavian families not only had their kids gripped so that they weren't dominating the place, but they also took time out throughout the day to read with them and do school work.  The Canadian and American families on vacation together parked their kids in the pool, drew straws to see who would watch them and then headed to the bar while their kids started shrieking.

Europeans take their role in their kids' lives seriously and as such they are truly partners with state-provided programs that reflect and compliment the home lives.  In Canada our special snowflake approach has given us weak social programs that are basically designed to shield kids rather than help them leaving them with little more than their misspelled names to face the future


The individuals that Piercy invited were:

-Heather Sielicki (Southeast Neighbors Chair)
-Vic Hariton (South Hills Neighborhood Association Chair)
-Randy Prince (Amazon Neighborhood Association Chair)
-Morgan Greenwood (Friendly Area Neighbors Co-Chair)
-Josh Newman (Friendly Area Neighbors Co-Chair)
-John Jaworski (Planning Commission Chair)
-Howard Saxion (Sustainability Commission Chair)
-Chris Nunes (Human Rights Commission Chair)
-George Brown (Ward 1 City Councilor)
-Betty Taylor (Ward 2 City Councior)
-Tim Hicks (Oregon Consensus)

None of these individuals is a homeowner or local business owner from the area that was designated by the SW-SAZ zone.

Obviously (I think), the outcome of Piercy's "forum" would largely be determined by it's scope, structure and process. It's hard to understand why Piercy would think it helps rebuild "trust" to deny any south Willamette street area homeowner or business owner participation in the planning of the forum.

(continued ...)


Question: Has anyone at WW recognized the problem with using Jim Thorpe's image to sell alcohol? Just wondering if that was a discussion that had come up...


David Fierstien is another well-known troll. You can google "david fierstien fluoride" and see that he posts all over the country (world?) in communities he has no ties to.

You can see how all of these professional trolls converge on a community like ours, desperately trying to pimp fluoride. It's their job.

The argument that there are few known cases of skeletal fluorosis is because none of these pro-fluoride groups, public health officials, or dental organizations do any research on skeletal fluorosis.

Local dentists, the CDC, and Tom Locke all admit that fluoride deforms both the teeth and the bones, in this community and nationwide.

They can conveniently say there is no proof of harm, and I suppose I am supposed to commission an autopsy study.

Except everyone knows, if it's affecting the teeth and bones, it is affecting other tissues. If this affect is serious to severe in ~5% of the US population's teeth, it's serious to severe in other tissues of ~5% of the population.


Glenn, I agree with what you're saying.  Alaska is way bigger and has way more fisheries so their gross economic benefit is bigger.  In Hawaii we are one relatively small longline fishery.  That being said, when you consider the supporting industries like restaurants, sport fishing, cultural exports like poke, this fishery is tremendously important.  I wish the supporter of the monument would recognize that.  They seem to be blinded by their privilege of being able to make a living from PEW grants and environmental NGOs.  They don't care about having fish because they can afford whole foods beef that comes from cows guaranteed to have been given a toy to play with before slaughter.


You still write like a second grader...don't tell me you are under privileged and could not go to school.  I guess that lady flunked you so. Any times you are still trying to get past the second grade.

You live under a rock...if you really want that rule book, check with HPD and the statutes related to riding bikes on public street.  But, maybe you can read?


Trumputin's problems aren't going away any time soon.


Pure greed is going on.  If a landlord was making profit three years ago it is pure greed to raise the rent 50% in three years, as has happened to me.  Plus he dumped water on us too.  So our increases have actually been 60% in three years.  This is vulture capitalism.  We need a limit on rent increases year over year.


is Trump trying to put people back to work by tossing off half a million teachers?

did Obama destroy us be reversing W's historic economic debacle?

none of your spew is true!

nobody from the 7 countries he's placed a ban on has ever killed a US citizen in a terror attack in America, nor would his ban have prevented any of the major attacks of the past on US soil, including 9-11 which he invoked as a fear mongering reason for the EO, just one of many EO's in just 1 week of which he and cons constantly decried Obama's 'abuses' of, yet doesn't ban anyone from the countries that did enact 9-11 and ...where Trump has major business dealings, just poor countries he has virtually no interests in but refugees need help the most in getting away from extreme violence.

nearly every move he's made so far is nothing but a bunch of get rich schemes for him and those surrounding him, but that was easily foreseeable during his historically nasty campaign and thousands of rip-off business dealings.


The vote is a survey reflection of the majority and "the majority rules." Don't vote, don't count--results truly matter and AK voters hate income taxes.
Ex: income taxes will stick it to working consumers of the largest size (families). PA-SNAP/Soc. Sec. is exempt and I pay min tax on cap gains, hence poor and rich always escape income taxes.
Local sales/prop taxes are already in place.
Outside Anchorage we pay sales taxes on food, clothing AND shelter: a 6% sales tax (rents too) in Kotzebue and a 3% city/3% borough tax in Kenai and Soldotna harvesting revenues on the fullest shopping carts. But not mine.
The Kenai Peninsula Borough is fondly called "God's Waiting Room" (AK's highest concentration of elderly). With the cheapest cigarettes in all AK and senior prop tax exemptions, KPB has a welcome mat implying, "PERS Blue Hairs Welcome."
Voters hate income taxes: we've no choice on local sales taxes, they already hurt working families.
Don't like prop taxes? Get old first, then smile.


Oh you crazy "lefties"!

How could anyone think Trump was not "reasonable" when he Tweets such wisdom as the following:

"How low has President Obama gone to tapp [sic] my phones during the very sacred election process. This is Nixon/Watergate. Bad (or sick) guy!"

Just watch the deplorables explain this one.


The email traffic shows collusion between Putin and Trump. The Donald even attributed the Democratic National Committee hack to “one of our many, many ‘friends’ in Russia or China.


Nathen and Hanna: you did a hell of a good job raising that young woman. Congratulations!!!


The child is still at risk for sight-stealing glaucoma from the ocular lesions (God forbid).  I mention this not to upset or frighten his parents, but because I feel it was irresponsible for the author of this article to minimize the threat of this parasite. Again, 70 people in the US--mostly children--are blinded by T. gonii oocysts each year:

"Toxoplasma Gondii as a Parasite in Food: Analysis and Control"; Hill, D. E. (USDA Agricultural Research Service, Northeast Area) and Dubey, J. T. (Animal Parasitic Disease Laboratory, Beltsville MD); Microbiology Spectrum/American Society for Microbiology Press Vol. 4, No. 4, 03/26/16

https://www.qdma.com/well-done-frozen-venison-prevents-toxoplasmosis-infection/

http://www.stanleyresearch.org/patient-and-provider-resources/toxoplasmosis-schizophrenia-research/


Nice article


Those jobs were not lost. They were 'sold' so that US CEOs and shareholders  could make even more money. Now that people suffer, the tune and facts (haha, fake) change..


It is unfortunate that Mr. Jared doesn't appear to have compassion for those who have suffered and continue to suffer from lack o healthcare.  I'm glad his friends and family are in such excellent health or have the means to pay for their healthcare needs.  Before the ACA and the expansion of Medicare, there were thousands of Washington families who had little or no access to healthcare. Today, we are moving toward a better outcome for our citizens healthcare.  That is of course, until the Republicans  destroy the ACA and leave 23 million people without healthcare once again.


Geeze! Just say THANKYOU! It's that simple!!! Melania Trump was trying to do a nice thing, and even if you don't like her, or what the Republican party, that's still no excuse to act ungrateful. If that librarian was really so concerned about kids in other schools, she should have used that moment to ask for funding to give other schools books/library remodelings and such, and ask the 1st lady for funding. Or if she didn't want to take money from them, she could have seized the moment to make her OWN go fund me page.

         Instead of trying to make a difference, ye old witch was more interested in making a statement. Better yet, she could have invited Melenia Trump to a book fair for lower class students, and do a read aloud and personally autograph books. Now that's something that would spark a life long interest in learning! I'm certainly not fond of the Trumps, but these alt leftys make me sick.Sick! It's absolutely revolting!!!!


Pot ain't legal yet.


Good article, well written.
While I'm glad to hear there is an effort to impose a certain amount of regulation on short-term rentals; we as a community need to take a look at not only whether or not these rentals should be allowed, but also, how they are insured. Too many insurance policies out there do not cover short term renting. Meaning there is no liability coverage in place when someone sues the homeowner. This gets passed on to the community and leads to problems. There needs to be regulation requiring at least $500,000 of liability coverage. Smart insurance companies are already on top of this, Proper Insurance for example offers 1 million in commercial general liability coverage, and is customized for the short term rental market. Here is a link to the website: https://www.proper.insure/


Police ticket speeders, but focus on those greatly exceeding the speed limit and creating a dangerous situation. Likewise, this new law is just another tool to help police make the roads safer. Anyone driving with a modicum of sense will be left alone by the police, so feel free to move to the left to let in entrance ramp mergers even if you hew to the speed limit. The chance of a ticket will be very low. But if you decide to stay in the left lane and drive next to a truck for 5 miles despite 40 cars piled up behind you... then there will be a consequence to help teach you that unsafe driving needs to change.


"Sure, they do it at his Masses but he's the pope, for crying out loud!" But isn't that the point entirely? This fosters the idea that the celebrity of the Pope is more important than the Real Presence of Christ.


All of which puts lie to the ongoing, untruthful, institutional boast that the PAC-12 is comprised of elite "research" universities.

The PAC-12  is composed of  Stanford (#5), Cal-Berkeley (#21-tie), UCLA (#21-tie), USC (#21-tie) and Washington (#56)
but also the also-rans:
Colorado (#90), Oregon (#103), Utah (#110-tie), ASU (#115), Arizona (#124-tie), Washington State (#140-tie), Oregon State (#145-tie).

They rejected BYU (#61-tie) as being insufficiently "research" (read that liberal) enough - though it is far harder to get into than any of the also-rans - not to mention being possessed of a legion of alumni all over the West.


Singular events, in singular communities can not and should not be extrapolated to indicate widespread events. A forest fire in Fort McMurray is no indication of the chances of a forest fire in Dartmouth!

A pattern of reoccurrence for the likelihood of events  must be formulated for any claim to the necessity for insurance due to 'climate change'.

I smell an insurance industry grab for more profits!


Bravo, the USCCB!
The astonishing thing is that Fr James F Keenan SJ of the Georgetown University Press was full of praise for the book and the Catholic Press Association gave it an award.
No wonder Catholicism in the US is in such a parlous state.


Its rather telling that any of my comments on this issue that refers to the amounts of governments jobs created by these proposals and the types of graduates theyre aimed at employing are quickly censored.


Professor Stephen Haycox is the foremost expert on Alaska's modern history.  I've read some of his previous texts and look forward to reading this one.  We're fortunate to have such a dedicated historian with an obvious passion for our state.  Dr. Haycox succeeds in making history alive with his meticulous research for those who want to expand their knowledge of our beautiful state.


Individualists in private cars competing against the clock for limited road space is a highly competitive environment. There are rules, but they are barely enforced in the boom time. As in unregulated capitalism, even the mild-mannered must develop thick skin and sharp elbows or risk being sidelined.  Humans are highly adaptable.
Occasionally, there's a crash. Someone might be disciplined for an infraction, but not always. That's just some bad actors, they say. It's still a good system. If fact, it's the only way except for that collectivist, regulated business of riding together (even with strangers!) in large professionally-driven vehicles and predictably arriving all at the same time.
The evidence suggests most people today prefer the costs of the lone "road warrior" battle to the compromises of collective cooperation. Can either psychologists or economists tell us why that is?


I feel so safe now that a drug addicted actor was sent back since he had so called trace amounts of drugs in his luggage.  What a joke.  Wake up America.  End the war on drugs.  The wrong drugs are targeted in any event.


You're proud of this garbage behavior, from garbage humans... Oh, and you're also "really liberal". Rotflmfao  ... Who would have guessed.


I wish reporters would stay away from technical discussions. Bump stocks in no way change the function of the firearm. Bump stocks do not convert a semi-auto into a full-auto. The only way to do that is with the trigger mechanism.


Life is short. So, it's nice to see all of them happy.


I think you are right. Interesting to see where Gordhan goes with this. I'm guessing he's a little bitter after their attempt to lynch him. Word out there is he is weighing up his legal options.


By that logic, instead of my tax dollars funding the military, it should be funded by the soldiers.


Siiigh... I quit!


Actually, this land has tons of potential. When I worked for the Richmond Food Security Society I met many farmers, agrologists and food policy experts, including Harold Steves, a longtime Richmond city councillor (and farmer himself) who all  said it would be terrible to lose the Peace Valley.

Peace Valley’s “extraordinary” farmland could feed a million people, agrologists tell Site C Dam review
http://commonsensecanadian.ca/peace-valleys-extraordinary-agricultural-values-threatened-site-c-dam/

"A pair of highly-respected agricultural experts made a compelling case this week for sparing some of BC’s best farmland from a proposed dam on the Peace River. Together, veteran agrologist Wendy Holm and soil scientist Evelyn Wolterson argued that BC Hydro’s error-ridden study of the flood zone for the $10 billion proposed Site C Dam missed the unique soil and climate values that would enable this land to feed up to a million people – were the focus to shift from hydropower to farming."


Thank you for your analysis. It is new and different aspects I know before. Looking forward to reading more of your posts
http://htmlcolor.bravesites.com


Seriously???  CNN reports the truth?  When did this start happening?


Simply paying the deficit and going home does not, as you say, "do no harm". This problem did not materialize in the last few months. Wise and capable legislators would have gone home after last year's session and come back this year with a well-thought-out plan. Kicking the can down the road is no longer an option.


Ooh, ooh, someone's had his wittle wings clipped and is habutz about it.  Yeah, three cheers for civilcomments!


I understand.  The government rules.  Obey or else.  Orwell would be proud of you.


Metaphor.


Used to happen regularly being intercepted by Russian aircraft while flying along their coastline and I imagine it still does. We have recon aircraft out all of the time, would be dumb if we didn't. The Russians were always friendly, Koreans and Chinese not so.


kudos to Gov. Bill Walker for putting Alaskans first..


Hard to believe Merkel  is  a   Conservative of  Christian Democratic Union

does not walk and quack like  a Christian Democratic Union conservative

or does she have  several faces like  a  true politician


Great idea! The president should try this too...


Great news, I hope they all get their behinds handed to them.  This whole legalization is a money grab.........to heck with the negative impacts.


Hmmmm...with lot's of caution......While I very much support the idea of vocational or CTE classes. Oregonians should remain mindful that Oregonian public schools have been under the direction of progressive democrats from the State legislative body to school district members, teachers/educators and their unions for nearly what now 25 or 30 years? Regardless of many different tax measures, increased tax spending, dollars spent per student Oregon public schools are still near the bottom nationally in educational achievement. I see no reason to believe this will produce any different results if passed. A few pennies on the dollar would be allocated to the idea of vocational or CTE classes, the remaining dollars will be wasted in support of who knows whatever else. Once again leaving students as the ultimate losers in the name of education.


Sad to see people swallowing the party talking points whole. To borrow from Lincoln's famous quote, seems like there is a person who can in fact fool about 40 or so million people all of the time, with whatever preposterous illusion his narcissism invents.  That is ironically a small iconic proof of the columnist's point. Thanks EN and LS for thoughtful additions.


OK, fair enough.


Our actions are even more important than our words. We need to stop eating animals whose entire lives are one long torture, thanks to to agricultural industrial complex in the United States.

And raising billions of animals for food has serious consequences for our planet too. The vast amount methane gas released from animal agriculture may be doing more damage than human-produced carbon pollution.

If that seems difficult to believe, view the well-documented documentary film, Cowspiracy. It's a silly name, but a very serious subject. It can be found online ($4.95 to watch it from the producers) but don't wait for the major media like the NY Times or the Washington Post to go so far as to review it.

Even Netflix doesn't have it. It's that controversial and threatening to the agribusiness interests. (It makes one wonder how many important things we don't know because the media we trust choose not to cover certain controversial subjects.)


"The joke is on us, and honestly, at this point, we deserve it."

Well, Mike, you could have just written this one sentence and saved your ink on the rest of it.

Meyers, Chenault, et al, have been giving the people of Alaska the figurative finger for years - and likely marveling at just how gullible we are.

And you're right, with "safe" seats - the concept itself a condemnation of the Alaskan voter - nothing is likely to change until we are desperately out of options.

So if we can't vote these troglodytes out, best prepare for the consequences.

Me, I'm going with the smartest guys, putting my eggs in a proven basket: I'm loading up on Exxon stock.


I popped Harkins bubble and now he's free to find other venues to feed at the trough.  He can't help it.  He was born with a CONservative foot in his mouth.


Trump is absolutely right; H-1B visas are abused by US businesses. I think this is the first thing he's done that I can support! Shall we talk about H-2B visas?


Thanks, Palani, for the link. It helped to find the complete quote, including the first sentence, which was omitted in your post: "That travel part of the order is a Muslim ban in the sense that most residents of those seven countries are Muslim. But it’s not a ban, in the sense that the vast majority of Muslims in the world don’t live in those countries and thus are not affected by the order."


"The only person responsible for bad behavior and bad choices is the person committing those acts." Have you ever heard the old saying "if someone told you to jump off a bridge, would you? You just can't leave out 'influence.' It colors what our general attitude might be on any given issue. There will always be people who would surely jump. But most people wouldn't. Influence steers the behavior in all of us, not just those designated as enemies by those who've been influenced by religious and political rhetoric.


"...the birth of the world's largest free advanced industrialized economic zone."

And thanks to the Trumpster, the self proclaimed world's greatest deal maker, the US will not be a part of, and will not benefit from this historic trade alliance that will encompass "40 percent of global trade".

Are there any trumpkins out there with enough critical thinking skills to understand what this means? This will have exactly the opposite effect of making America great.


Sources, please.


The alternative is they join ISIS.

Plus how do you prevent citizens from returning to their own country?  Seroius question


Case closed? Were you there?

So much for innocent until proven guilty.


Exactly


Obviously we are not "in the know" on what the grand jury has seen and where this is leading and I never said that it proves Trump did anything wrong.  It does not look good, however, for Trump and perhaps some of his team and even his family members (Trump, Jr., Kushner, etc.).  The fact that Manafort has been indicted and will be tried for a crime (going back from 2011 to current) is not a good sign.  I doubt Trump is innocent but I also doubt a sitting POTUS gets punished like you or I would - he has certain privileges, plus he is being tried by largely conservative leaning officials (Mueller, etc.).  No need to worry too much if you still support Trump (not sure why, if you still do).


"But the inconvenience of having to think about race and racism and the degree to which it is embedded in our culture hardly should be called "fatigue.""
People get fatigued by stories like this, and the American Airlines story.  By the time the real racism rolls around, they don't care anymore.


Liberals contend we can't control our own borders.

What hubris and ignorance they must have to think we can control the climate of the entire earth.


Prizes are nice. But I'm still not going to recommend a book to my friends unless I think it's good.

Quality is the real stumbling block.


It's a national election. Whoever is elected should be via the total national vote.  If the individual people in each state vote, and total the votes from each state end up with a majority being red, blue, green or whatever, then so be it.  That's the will of the voters. If any party wants to increase its numbers, it'll have to work to A, Get more individuals to join their party B.  Get off their asses and vote.
I want my vote to count. It rarely does.


The Republican Party old guard turned it's backs on Trump when he won the nomination.

Why are you the only one here who seems surprised, McGee?

Not to worry. It's a rhetorical question...


"The indisputable fact is that prevailing institutions of authority in the West, for decades, have relentlessly and with complete indifference stomped on the economic welfare and social security of hundreds of millions of people. While elite circles gorged themselves on globalism, free trade, Wall Street casino gambling, and endless wars (wars that enriched the perpetrators and sent the poorest and most marginalized to bear all their burdens), they completely ignored the victims of their gluttony, except when those victims piped up a bit too much — when they caused a ruckus — and were then scornfully condemned as troglodytes who were the deserved losers in the glorious, global game of meritocracy. "

http://www.commondreams.org/views/2016/11/09/democrats-trump-and-ongoing-dangerous-refusal-learn-lesson-brexit


I don't know about everyone else but this new G&M comment system is awful.  I just quickly click 6 yes's in a row and never read the comments that the questions are about.  Having to type super slow is also a pain in the a**.


Tuckerperson Babcock asks, "so does this governor renegotiate the automatic merit increases for 20,000 state employees? Does he reopen any labor contract to deal with an 80 percent reduction in revenue?"

Funny how he left out the part about reducing the $700 million in oil tax credits the state pays out to the oil industry, and the Republicans in the legislature won't touch.


As with most of his executive antics there won't be a lot of real change, it takes time to unwind processes in place. By the time real damage is being done Trump will be a foot note in history.  Further, market forces already in play will trump the Trump in a lot of cases.  Coal is a case in point.  No one really wants it, the jobs are gone.  He may as well have promised the long laid off buggy drivers their jobs back.


It's a scary situation, that's for sure.  However, too often overlooked is the likelihood that both both Cuba then and North Korea now were/are acting defensively.

I'm not aware that North Korea has developed its weapons with a view to invading any of its neighbours.

And most people forget that the attempt to put nuclear weapons in Cuba came just 18 months after a failed American-backed invasion attempt at Bay of Pigs.  Of course it was defensive.


Elections were created for Americans to exercise their right to vote.  In past elections, it's proving true that too many people are being swayed by what news agencies are putting out.  May it be the truth or fiction, news agencies around the country are influencing Americans.

Americans need to gather facts on their own and recognize that not all news broadcasted are truthful!  I'm finding more and more that most news stories are being glorified to the authors liking and the American people are not in their best interest.

There are a few local news that I once enjoyed watching, but no longer peaks my interest because of "half truths" and worst of all, unacceptable grammar and spelling!  It really causes me to wonder who is behind the pen.  News needs to be honest, forthcoming, and most of all fair to all.  Non-judgemental, just facts and truths.  It should be criminal for reporters to publish fictitious stories just to "better" their career.


Seems strange that the mayors of most of the small towns in Puerto Rico have praised the President and the recovery efforts.  On the other hand, those that criticize everything this President has accomplished, continue to whine and claim the efforts to be futile, namely the Hispanic Caucus, Crooked Hillary, and Democrats in general!


Lots of free press for Quintillion recently. Why pay for press releases when ADN posts multiple op-eds on the project.


Naw, they'd just go three miles out and get the federal rate, which is way more!


There are lies, damned lies and statistics. (Benjamin Disraeli)


Absa and standard bank do this as well.


Time for Alaska to stop subsidizing fossil fuels. Climate issues are going to be important in election #2016. Folks are looking for real leadership for people and the planet.


The reporting on this fails to offer up a scenario of how we reduce fossil fuels. And Trump's position will likely get tossed out by the next President.


The solution is simple.
Don't borrow from a bank; put the smallest amount needed in a bank; don't play the stock market; invest in realestate.


One thing is sure. My next auto will NOT be american built.


That John Coghill Jr is an dink and nothing like his father, he would be ashamed of him! Sen. Wielechowski thank you don't give up. Please talk a sale of Alaska's Land Resource to provide new Wealth and Revenue for the State and it's People. NO new Taxes thank you.


Sounds like there are no adults left at Michigan State University.  Sad for us, even sadder for the students.


That would be the Crow, Black Foot and Arapaho  The Sioux forced them west into the  Rockies.  Why do you think there was so much hate between those tribes which continues to some extent to the present day.


Don't employees have to pay some portion of the cost of premiums for their insurance? Doesn't that constitute 'skin in the game'?


It is apparent, from reading Mr. Erickson's missive, that he failed to learn something else in grade school. That being how to amend the Constitution. See, the "pact" he mentions is irrelevant. Ca. Senator Barbara Boxer has opted to initiate legislation in congress. Unless that legislation is a proposed amendment to the Constitution, it is also irrelevant. If Mr. Erickson is so keen on mob rule, which is what would happen in his proposal, then the solution is spelled out for him. Either have Congress propose an amendment to the Constitution (this will require 2/3 rds majority of both House and Senate and then 3/4 ths of the States to ratify) or 2/3rds of the states must send the proposal to the US congress. Article 5 of the Constitution


"I miss the days when my entertainment wasn't heaped with a bunch of politics."

Never happened.


I feel sympathy towards those who have been bamboozled into believing "climate change" as it's been presented.
Science 101:nothing is absolute.

being skeptical of sketchy science (in which data was presented to support a pre-determined conclusion is reasonable.) and not caring about the environment aren't mutually exclusive.


In early 2011 President Bashir al-Assad refused his citizens' demands to hold free elections in Syria:
http://www.economist.com/blogs/newsbook/2011/03/protests_middle_east

Then he started suppressing the demonstrations:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2011/03/21/syria-government-crackdown-leads-protester-deaths

Then he stared torturing children:
https://news.vice.com/article/the-young-men-who-started-syrias-revolution-speak-about-daraa-where-it-all-began

Then the previous day's meal hit the fan and the country fell apart.

At that point in time, the Russo-Syrian propaganda machine here pointed to "the West" as the evil instigator behind "Arab Spring", and the clear desire of Arab citizens for free elections was openly mocked.

Assad should have granted his citizens' free elections in the first place, and saved his country.

The Russo-Syrian propaganda machine will mock it, but the timeline of events is public record:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Syrian_Civil_War


"In his first formal meeting Sept. 21 with the now three-year-old Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, the pontiff also called "prophetic" the men and women who urged the church for decades to face the problem."

Prophetic is just the right word.  I heard Fr. Thomas Doyle speak in person for the first time at the height of the sex abuse crisis in 2002.  If ever there was a time I knew I was in the presence of a prophet that was it.  Too bad the bishops ignored him and sent him to the Azores to get him out of the way.  His story reads like that of an Old Testament prophet.  Everything he predicted came true, but people in positions of power, that would be the bishops, didn't want to hear it because preserving the clerical system status quo was more important than the Gospel.


miter - agree.  also why does not cb publish an article on the cumulative cost of delays of the project caused by external forces, such as lingle not signing off on the eis  for over a year, frivolous lawsuits by cayetano, et al and keleikini.  these folks deliberately caused delays for over 3 years and increased cost for additional eis studies and litigation cost, delay costs for existing contracts and rising costs for future contracts.  these folks are directly responsible for increasing the costs of the project, but nobody is blaming them for the increased costs.


The top line with this and tons of others like it?  Corporations are not your friends, they are businesses that exist first and foremost to make a profit. And that profit comes from us.  Providing a useful service is just a necessary middle part roadblock in their eyes, they haven't yet figured out how to get us to just send them a check and skip that middle part. Net neutrality, selling private data, data caps, crappy service all exist to get your money in their pocket.  A tax, if you will on a gullible electorate.  Way to go.


Mr. Lierop. You Make it all sound so simple. You neglected to mention the price of lithium and the environmental disaster,that goes with producing it.


Thanks! I am just coping what I write on a post on the Juneau Empire and try to post it on the ADN HB 247 article. I am still confused!

Here is a funny clip for those that support the HB 247, this " Cat"  driving the state of Alaska off the cliff, see this funny clip of Toonces the driving cat!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9n1cqbvCpDg&ebc=ANyPxKrVp5Vbw0bmXfouF74NnPJYepw2qcz9QyWDyxk2FTFJTlXfC28qai251XUg0A8XqIRJ5EMNOhyT09L1s3YaSlSpaZHHTA


The StatCan release notes that: “Traveller accommodation costs in New Brunswick rose 24.3% in the 12-month period ending in July, the largest increase on record”, which may “be influenced by celebrations of … Canada's 150th birthday.” The residentialization of weights in the New Brunswick traveller accommodation index was discontinued with the January 2016 CPI update. Until then the index represented the changing cost of traveller accommodation for New Brunswick residents in all parts of Canada. From January 2016 forward it reflects the costs of traveller accommodation in New Brunswick itself. While appropriate to a macroeconomic indicator, and undoubtedly better suited to the needs of the Bank of Canada, for a New Brunswicker interested in using the New Brunswick CPI as an escalator it represented a deterioration, not an improvement in the index. The largest annual increase ever over the period from December 2016 to date isn't such a big deal.


Besides Trump being an utter buffoon, Sessions didn't do anything because it was ethically correct,

he was attempting only to preserve his own skin, his own self-interests and trying to stay out of jail.


' Man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest "


Yes it does.  By openly supporting a religion a government is advocating for it.  This is why the framers debated the idea of a separation, coming from a place where abuses were rampant.


Sanders, not "Saunders".

Accuracy counts.


Do tell, Jonathan, what were the "successes" of the Communists' long and bloody assault on liberty?

Last in mind - though not unsubstantial - was the Communists' many "successful" scientific contributions during the 1960s, 70s, 80s, 90s in understanding how to blend the genders of Olympic athletes, mainly with women by pumping them full of hormones.

That work stands out in today's society.

"they have that going for them!"


This comment system is so crappy you can't cut and paste a reasonable sized document, so here goes in multiple posts the actual ballot measure as voted on.  Nowhere will you find an elephant reserve listed. There is no breach of contracts

QUESTION: Shall Zoo protect animal health and safety; conserve, recycle water; issue $125 million in general obligation bonds; require independent audits?

If the bonds are approved, they will be payable from taxes on property or property ownership that are not subject to the limits of Sections 11 and 11b, Article XI of the Oregon Constitution.

SUMMARY: Measure will:
Provide more humane care for animals: update four outdated and undersized enclosures with larger, more natural and safer spaces

Protect animal health and safety: modernize Zoo's substandard 45 year old animal clinic determined deficient by the American Zoo Association.


So because a whole 15% are from out of state we need to screw over the 85% of us who live here. Nice way to care about your fellow residents.


Agreed. Pretty funny this PM Selfie. What a dolt.

On the one hand I don't necessary support some of his outlandish views and weird personality quirks...but I must admit he is definitely a man of action and a master of mind coitus. It is a real treat watching this wrecking ball in action. He is a product of our dysfunctional society and political system. So many people fail to see that AND are not MOTIVATED to do something about.

People are constantly underestimating him. I believe that's why the Republicans are scared of what he can do to their political support if he rallies his red hat flag waving deplorables into action.

What is a total utter failure are the democrats who have majority voted for his cabinet picks so far. It looks like they just rolled over breasts up.

Canada is completely at the mercy of Trump's whims. We don't have Uncle Chang in our corner with his Kung Fu moves. LOL.


What a mess, in more ways than one . . .


The rate for everything outside Chicago is great.   And unsurprisingly the gun laws at the state level are very much in favor of individual freedom.   Chicago has draconian gun laws and terrible results.   So why exactly should we put draconian gun laws in place everywhere again.  They clearly don't work.


In other words, you couldn't.


" the Speaker of the House should have the ethical fortitude to facilitate the legislative process and not use his position to abuse the system for political or personal benefit"

HAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHA...You don't know the Rs very well, do you?


Who pays for your lies?


Impeach Trump!


I don't get my information from films like this. I've lived in Alaska all my life and I've seen the abuse with my own eyes. Do you find that interesting? To think that perhaps it is  you who doesn't know the truth?


You are a sick perversion of fraud to suggest that BC should be raped/pillage by foreign governments because we have resources that they want to TAKE. Bloody corrupt!


It'll be front page news if found to be true, and will then provoke the posting of at least 150+ comments here.


Not as dumb and wrong as your broad brush stroke.
Go brush up on the political history of Harris County and then come back to correct your misstatement.


Light rail doesn't follow the traffic lights, they have their own lights on separate posts. Buses do too in a few spots, maybe that's what you're seeing?


What Kelly said was true.
Lee did not agree with the war or slavery. He actually would have fought for the north, but, his loyality was with the state, which flipped to the South.

How can any of you say that he was not honorable for that?
Many a soldiers even today oppose our being in the middle East and Afghanistan. But, they are loyal to the nation, so they do there best.
Are these men/women dishonorable because of ppl like W, Obama, and trump?


I suppose that could be a connection.  But Russia has smart folks who can do research, (if this is a state sponsored attach this is a certainty).     I'll wait for evidence of such shared information before assuming it's true.   If it is, that's a very damning piece of evidence that would show collusion

Lets let the investigator figure out if this a real lead.

It seems obvious to me that the Trump clan had a serious financial interest in conducting business with the  Russian state, (this is not a free market for investment in any way, it requires friend in high places in most athoritarian nations.)  This is a fact we know and without minimum financial disclosure by Trump, it's very hard to measure look for influence.

Why this isn't seen by Trump supporters as a real problem and conflict of interest is surprising to me.  I think of conservatives as 'realist', not insisting of financial disclosure seem idealistic.   Yes politics can be corrupt, buy so can private profit seeking.


Its clearly China's falt. Or at the very least these stats are completely false and propagated by them for there own benefit. Just saying. Believe me.......... shoot way to coherent. Hard to unlearn gramer but Ill get it.


Why must you always make (generally incorrect) assumptions regarding the backgrounds of people?  Stop trying that tactic, you're failing at it.  I only moved here in 1982 so I can't speak to 1981.  But, the oil taxes having been changing at least once every 5 years since I have been here.  What happened in '81 has no relevance today, unless the legislature is returning to the pre-1981 taxing program.


I also can't help but take issue with the suggestion that it's a "dumb impulse" to honor respectable figures with monumental murals. Many of my murals for over 20 years have been based on the idea that it is worthwhile to honor humble, overlooked, or common people as a way of balancing the celebrity images we're constantly bombarded with. Cohen was a huge celebrity of course, but I was happy to make an exception here since that celebrity was transcended by his spirit of love and humility. Should an artist like Cohen really not have been honored on a large scale like this? His family would seem to disagree. I spent more than a  solid month working nearly every single day, sometimes 16 hour-straight workshifts to make this mural as beautiful as I possibly could in the time I had, out of love and devotion. If love and devotion are "dumb impulses" then so be it!


Greed!!!!!! Nuff said.


Yep, I put my trash out in the morning of pick up, pretty simple.


its simple

Canada needs to start manufacturing its own bomber and fighter aircraft and Bombardier could be just the one to do it

does any one really think Boeing hasn't benefited from the immense trillion dollar defence industry contracts it  has received over the past 70 years

contracts that have allowed it to swallow up the competition and stake out a huge part of the passenger aircraft business

if those aren't subsidies what are

Americans talk about a level playing field but cheat every chance they get and then rig the rules to favour their industries


That's a good message for Alaskas rural villages.
Your free ride is over, Time to pay up.


Why do people keep taking whatever comes out of Chancellor Trump's camp at face value?  The bombing action is just another smoke screen.  Have you ever seen anything more self serving than Tillerson's "warning to America's adversaries" that Trump is dangerous.  (We agree on that but for different reasons.)
This is all a smoke screen to try to hide their close ties with Russia.  First they tried to blame President Obama for wiretapping to counter their own Russian-aided electronic shenanigans in the election.  That failed abysmally.  Now they are trying to portray themselves as unfriendly with Russia, Tillerson making the claim as to " the poor state of U.S.-Russian relations".  You've got to ask yourself how one bombs a Syrian airport and misses all the Russian planes?  Maybe Russia got the word to get their planes out?
This is all  a choreographed smokescreen.  And the Times and Washington papers fell in line.  Sad.


Where in the article does it state that? Can you read?


The truth is upon us wrote, "Would be interesting to know what the argument was about."
.
Lots of things don't pass the "sniff test" and would be interesting to know.  Who is the "witness" who managed to disarm Pisano, where is that gun?  Where is the living partner, Michael DuPree, and where was DuPree at the time of the shooting?  Why would a recently retired paratrooper with no criminal record throw everything under the bus after, I assume, 25 years of military service with retirement benefits?
.
JMHO, anybody who calls for the death penalty in advance of a fair trial is UN-American and should renounce their citizenship tomorrow.


This just goes to show you that Trump has no clue. His only mission is to try to undo everything that President Obama did. Part of me wishes he did undo the name change. Then, maybe, people in AK would realize what a bafoon this guy is.


Trump, however loathsome, is right about abolishing the H-1B visa. American tech companies were abusing it by hiring foreign workers, keeping them under their leash and paying them at lower wages and without having done the mandatory search for qualified US workers first. And lest we get too smug, Canadian employers are well known for exploiting foreign workers too, namely  farm labourers, caregivers, and domestic workers, the difference being that these categories are not as sexy as the tech sector.


Yes, Trump's 'policy' will reflect his and his family's life.  He will also listen to his wealthy friends and supporters, having already begun with a gift of lovely tax cuts to those of his class.  Of the few things he accomplished in his first 100 days, most had to do with deregulation of industry.   Of course he can't 'empathize' with those who are struggling, he knows nothing about us.  Are you saying we shouldn't expect him to work for all of America?


Bummer for you, the majority of the state's population disagrees with you.  Just curious though, where are the conservatives denouncing the violation of federal laws when passing anti abortion measures among other things???


His comments were meant to distract and divert attention from his failures as POTUS. While others served during the Vietnam war and dodging bullets, what was he dodging?


Beyond that, Trump's constant attacks on the free press might have something to do with why they seem to be out to get him.  He declared them an enemy of the people, so I am not too surprised that the press has decided to fight back.


...friends and neighbors are still under the delusion that we have a spending problem and not a revenue problem,” McKee said... Yeah, just like Uncle Sam's problem. Just not spending enough. That's a good one.


Comey did lie to Congress weeks before Thurday's testimony, Comey stated under oath he did not leak any information, then he said he did last Thursday. BTW, Comey should have been fired for his incompetency on the Russian matter. It was on his watch that, he, Obama, Rice, Brennan, Clapper and Lynch failed to guard our election system against Russian meddling.


I have worked as a salaried employee for large corporations.  I have worked as a independent consultant in the same industry.  I have worked as an independent consultant using an incorporated company in the same manner as doctors, farmers and other professionals do.   There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that the primary reason to use corporations in this way is to avoid taxes that you would otherwise have to pay as a salaried employee.  It's simply NOT fair.


Little mouse, I always find it amusing that a bb hearted troll hiding behind some kind of anonymous phony sissy moniker is so opinionated and fearless. I'll bet your in the basement at your mom's house, little mouse. I'll promise you one thing, some punk junkie comes on my property and attacks me he won't get a chance to do it twice! I don't care if he's armed or not, and I'll bet it won't get to a jury trial. You sound like a gambling man little mouse, throw some chips on the table!  You'll probably have to come out of the basement and see if mom will loan you 50 cents. hahahahaha


What a disgusting person Bruce is. A cheat, a liar and a conman, he reminds me of Trump.


I'm a man, and I felt included.


One word: "Pizzagate."
Please refresh my memory; is that a liberal conspiracy theory? No? Right.


[By your reasoning, since you chose to live in an area with military aircraft, it would be fine for the Navy to parade EA-18s, in full afterburner, six inches over your rooftop, 24 hours a day]

As part of the Island County disclosure requirement (started after WISE helped get NASWI on the BRAC list), the noise contour map are provided online or at the County Office.  This map is typically included in the required disclosure form prior to buying a property.  Pretty straightforward.


Not true that public unions are unyielding.  In fact they offer to get behind higher contributions in return for higher corporate taxes.  It was the business lobby that was unyielding.  Please don't try to re-write history.


If you saw my earlier post, this fits right in with my predicted justification for why it is working: “No one drives on Willamette anymore. It’s too crowded.” I think there may be less traffic than say, in October, but the City is measuring that. Another perceptual aspect is that it may "feel" like less traffic because it's working.  What we had before was more like taking a group of soldiers and saying, "everyone through the canyon as fast as you can". Now, no one can speed by another motorist.
As far as bikes, critics said that there were not bikes on Willamette, so why put in bike lanes. Then they said, if we put in bike lanes there would be too many bikes. So which is it?
I am sure more bikes will make things slow down. But then each bike is one less car, and each car takes up 7 times the space of a bike.
It comes down to trade-offs. Shall we eliminate bikes, make it hard for pedestrians and continue 24 accidents a year because the current three-lane design has it's own problems?


Seems that should include Trump, who it seems would benefit from the exercise.


Racist counselors? This is ok? And such language? "White people have cause(d) so much mf trauma on these campuses" not like BLM. Now some one needs to place an ad for a roomate " No POC I don't feel safe with that shit." Racism at any level should not be tolerated. I need a safe space.


Do you really think he was hangin at the dealership to play peek-a-boo with the law??


Sad news, But did they care or sympathize peoples pain from lost loved one during Russians bombing in Syria or Ukraine.


How many mosques were burned, who burned them, and why? And what "other attacks"?


Yes. They all hate women So there. Nyaah .


I see there is no article in advance of Colorado-Arizona, though there was for NYY-Twins.  In these one game showdowns, anything can happen of course, but Arizona is the better team. The Rockies have a formidable top of their batting order, but away from Coors Field, those same guys are not as formidable. Arizona will also throw Zack Greinke out there, who is something like 13-1 at home, though, 2-1 against Colorado, and including decisions not affecting him, the Dbacks were 2-3 against Colorado when Greinke started.

Most Dodger fans I know, few as they are, would rather face Colorado. This includes me, though I am mindful of the "be careful what you wish for" statements that come back to bite you.  But against Arizona, you face Robbie Ray twice, who more or less owned the Dodgers this year, Goldschmidt, and JD Martinez, who was the best near trade deadline acquisition that any team made.


Awesome how they are going to support Humanae Vitae as Pope Francis directs in AL!


Right, there is something wrong with this picture, you are attempting to defend Taliban cowards. Women and children were given an opportunity to leave the bomb-making compound, Khadr stayed behind, go figure. The US soldiers saved Khadr's life, this payment is a mark of national shame.


"Trump won by a landslide, no matter how much the Democrats say they were cheated."

You forgot his also has the biggest hands in the world.

And had the biggest crowds ever at his inauguration.


When you're a celebrity they let you do it.


It's called democracy pal. Get used to it. And boo hoo hoo, "decades alienating the other side" - what a ridiculous fable. It is the trailer park right that has spent almost 40 years now spewing hate and poison and the stupidest ideas you ever heard of. You and your ilk are the problem, jack.


That is right Chris - if an income tax is implemented support for a dividend will plummet from the 50% who would pay an income tax.  My tax dollars going for PFD's will not happen - there are lots of states with no income tax that would welcome my capital


"It's revictimization". Both groups are soaking the system. When does the Govenment of Canada (Trudeau) stop shelling out money to these peoples? Are they victims for another 100 years??


This POS has made a very lucrative living attacking stocks this way while shorting them. What I find so disturbing is that he continues to get away with it with such ease and that many investors are so willing to accept his allegations at face value.


And whaever they do, don't tell CNN!