I don't understand why you hire a writer who hates TIFF (and himself) to cover the fest every year. The contempt Semley shows for his subject and his readers is disgusting. These articles a waste of  precious newspaper space. Such a shame that Canada's largest and most prestigious paper continues to publish the work of such a loathsome jerk. He must have friends up high at The Globe. He certainly doesn't have any fans amongst your readers and we're getting sick of his nonsense. No one cares about Semley's private whining as much as the author and his journalistic navel-gazing poisons a paper with so many genuinely talented and insightful writers. I wish The Globe would hire people who actually like movies to review films and TIFF rather than continuing to employ this narcissist. I'm not alone in that opinion either. He is loathed outside of the Toronto bubble that confuses snappy self-obsession with intelligence.


First, konvince ur bozo president, and we have a deal.


He's speaking the truth....what fact, assumption, or logical connection did he get wrong?....what would need to be Ina "liberal opinion piece " to take it seriously?


Teddy Ballgame 9 - you sound very much like the trolls the article identifies - you just seem to be hiding behind your rock instead of your usual position of under said rock


I am not agreeing to the Republican slave thing. But it is what I am told online. http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/why-arent-there-more-black-republicans/

And I see your other points.


My solution to this election dilemma & drama, is to vote for both presidential candidates, & if that does not work out as planned, I will be following Herr Trumpets advice & voting again on Nov. 28th...


re:  The agency forecast Canadian house prices would fall by 31.5 per cent over the next five years under its anti-globalization scenario as unemployment levels in Canada spiked to 15.3 per cent in five years.

nonsense!

it wont't take unemployment to go to 15.3% try 9 or 10%

if we get to 15% try a 50% drop in prices


I assume by "military US Senator" who refer to Senator Sullivan.  I can firmly attest to getting answers from his staff anytime I call, be it DC, Anchorage or Fairbanks.  I can also attest to the effectiveness of his Fairbanks staff.

I voted for Senator Begich in 2012 because I found him to be highly dedicated and effective and thought he deserved to remain in office.  Having said that, I honor the choice of Alaskans and work with whoever is in office.  I may not agree with everything a Senator or Congressman supports (and that included Senator Begich), but that's politics.

Senator Sullivan is doing a pretty good job and IS response to constituents. On the other hand, I find Senator Murkowski to be secretive and difficult to obtain answers from, not just on occasion but virtually anytime I call.  The standard line in her office is, "I'm sorry but the senator hasn't stopped by to discuss that issue with me yet".  I can assure you that Senator Murkowski NEVER does that.


No, it makes no sense at all to give them more money.

That's all you're doing.  Giving the corporations more money.

Stop all forms of corporate welfare and we have more than 3 billion a year.

That's plenty.  That's enough to take care of our needs and save some for the future.

And if we start demanding fair value for our resources we can net a whole lot more.

Your plan just hands out more money to corporations.

That's what they want you to do.

Why you agree to it, I'll never know.

But if you're intent on propping up profits for private enterprise, open your own wallet.

Stay out of mine, my children's, my grandchildren's and theirs.

I'm not interested in allowing the corporations to empty our treasury and then get even more.

Are you all daft?


No, I just tell the truth about democrats.


I don't understand why the DLNR didn't do an administrative review to determine whether or not Ferguson violated any laws, or administrative rules or State employees code of conduct and if so that should have been grounds to terminate his employment regardless of the outcome of the criminal trial.....


I will say that the first Husker-Badger game was actually the year before in Madison.  Nebraska had no answer for Russell Wilson (and I was fine with that).  I have become a bit of a Badger fan as well.

I have attended a couple of Nebraska home games over the past 2 seasons.  Not a fan of theirs (was actually rooting for Northwestern in the first one), but a good way to spend a Saturday.  I will also say that I'd have gladly taken Pelini over Hawkins at CU any day of the week.


$35 million would leverage $350 million in privately funded alternative energy investment as a 10% subsidy. That's about 25,000 5kW rooftop solar installations. Genuine change.


It may cost $3 a barrel to produce in Iraq, but it costs about $50 a barrel on the slope. Last I heard (a couple months ago), there was talk of capping wells like they did in the late 80s.


Tourney, I like your  style!


James, $800k CAPEX is nothing to sneeze at. They are literally "cracking open the wallet" for this.

Also, businesses advertise. I know your probably don't get this, living at home in the basement but businesses do operate to make a profit.


And misogynistic. It is not a positive selling point. Even in death, St. John Paul's asexual pietousness is insufferable.. If you think your morality is so good, ordain some women and see if they keep it.


Honestly, you spend all that time explaining that we only get one vote each inside a ballot box? Any idiot knows that.  You don't have to explain it 10 times. No one, and I mean no one, is arguing that fact. The story is about why Senator Gardner doesn't care about 22 million people losing their coverage. Instead, he is quoted about having talked to CEOs.  Honest, I believe you that rich people only get one vote in the box.  You win if that is your point.


Sure we are......


I say allow any and all foreign businesses to purchase any Canadian business without any restrictions at all, sorta like Canadian citizens have to compete with anyone in the world for Canadian housing. Seems fair... Bet the politically connected business people will somehow disagree with this free market thinking!

Open up air travel, cable services, TV networks, etc. etc. - if we as citizens are subject to this "free market global economy" why are Canadian businesses exempt from competition?


RangerMC is citing the American Thinker again, which also contains articles about creationism and climate change denial.  He can believe anything he wants, but nobody else has to.


When this unfortunate person is returned to the United States he will be provided medical care by a compassionate people who don't (yet) leave people to die only because.they lack necessary financial resources.

Assuming  Mr. Warmbier lacks the funds for his own care, who will pay for that care?  Regardless of the circumstances this same dilemma exists across America impacting both patients and taxpayers. Now those who had years to offer a solution need to offer more than simplistic platitudes, meaningless legislative gestures or other  pointless political posturing. That approach is not going to work for those who now control the government....


Donald Trump campaigned to shake up Washington,  and  get rid of STAUS QUO.   He did not campaign as  a Conservative, but  as a Republican.   He  indicated then, and at Inauguration on 20 January 2017,  He would be President of all United States of America, for all of its citizens.    And we, who elected him, heard him loud an clear,   and MSM,  PACs, and Special Agenda Folks  need to realize  just what  he has done,  in spite of all the road blocs, and trashing you have done.
  ------All who are offended by him,  are the ones who have drug USA down from what we stood for  in past,  and where we want country to go  back to.    So look in the mirror, and   get with the program.    Those  Officials he selected, and working are doing a great job.   He needs  confirmation of others, and name more.   BUT STATUS QUO  IS GONE.  Just need to get rid of  Obama Holdovers, who are sabotaging  his efforts now. MAGA. GO DONALD TRUMP.


Looks like someone in authority here found some Protestants they didn't like. Rare to unheard of. The Greens' Supreme Court case, which established that the family has a right to live out their religion in the way they conduct business and commerce, was a victory for Catholics who strive to do the same. As for being "anti-Catholic," all Protestants are that, as the Catholic Church is precisely what they "protest." Loyal Catholics, of course, are anti-Protestant, also by  definition.


yeh and give yourself a pay raised while cutting this .


All they can do is deflect, they blame Obama, Clinton, people from Mars, anything but the elephant in the room.  Blaming the Republicans would mean that they would have to admit that the party they have pledged their loyalty to is lying to them and they can't do that.


It sounds like the teacher/advisor was the only one with enough brains to stand clear...good supervision.


Since Pride accepted BLMs demands and will not allow police to participate I have zero interest in supporting them and think the city should pull all funding.


I have three daughters who went to college and I see this current policy for what it is- a kangaroo court.


The Community based services is not the answer  to closing the State Hospital. Closing  They should close The State Operated  Community Program  {SOCP}instead. The Hospital in Junction city was built to house the SOCP  Population, but SOCP is still operating and the cost to the State of Oregon is twice  the cost of the Hospital in Junction City.... A New Governor is what  we truly need  one that does not have a hidden agenda.


Rex Tillerson is a tough, smart, world savvy business man who knows how to deal with all types. He's called Putin a cold blooded killer but still managed to produce good deals for his company. Dictators to the benign, he's worked with them all, excellent choice. If Canada had such a position, Trudeau would have someone like Elizabeth May running around representing us. What a sad lot we've become.


Oh I agree. If anyone was being disingenuous it was dogsout, who pretended the relevant actual quote was about appointing a special prosecutor. It is hard to parse Trump's statement, which came in response to Hillary musing about what would happen if Trump were elected as anything but a "promise", so you got the intent right.

Hillary: If you were elected..
Donald: You'd be in jail.

He didn't at that point bother about the prosecutor, just that if he were elected, she'd be in jail. Not if he were elected and she was found guilty. Just a simple declaration of a future found in many countries with less of a democratic process. Become a leader, and jail the opposition.


Oh look, the G&M is pretending to care about free speech. Thats cute but isn't any reference to it meant to read "free speech"? Maybe the Globe should try testing some of the limits on speech being imposed on Canadians.


Trump won't make it to 4 years, but when Trump is gone we will still have to deal with Pence, unless Pence pulls a Spiro Agnew and resigns first.


If they take similar risks in wealth creation for the community/family:themselves, yes.

If one has a defined benefit pension and the other doesn't, no.


Oh no I see things really clearly
Maybe you need a reality check


I'd love to be a fly-on-the-wall for that call.  The entertainment value would be off the charts, regardless of one's political perspective.


I'd say more like late-1800s to 1960s.
Take no account of environmental harm. Assume any pollutants dumped into rivers and the air will disappear. Billowing smokestacks are a sign of economic strength and national machismo. Earth's resources are there to be stripped at the fastest and most efficient means possible.
Decades ago, the news program "60 Minutes" had a segment on a timber industry CEO. The reporter and the CEO were walking through a forest with beautiful trees, birds chirping, etc. The reporter asked the CEO what he saw. The response? "tens of thousands of board-feet of lumber".
That's Trump's attitude in a nutshell.


The Moore voters are strong Trump supporters. Luther has a hard problem to overcome. He trashed Mo Brooks in such a way that I doubt he gets many of the 20% of voters who supported Mo to come to the polls to vote for him. Those who do vote will probably vote against him.


The galley rats are abandoning ship, and the ones that don't will be made to walk the blame plank by the Orange blob.  Lock him up, lock him up, lock him up, lock him up!


O'Leary = Crazy choice.
Pick a woman, pick Raitt.


I've heard it said that Republicans wish to return to a past that never existed and that Democrats wish to create a future that can never be. (Don't have attribution off the top of my head.) Seems pretty apt.

Setting aside wider flaws in a two party system with depressingly entrenched interests, it's also a big problem when either of these sides get too much sway relative to the other.

Here's hoping for the best for all of us.


Don't you just feel all warm and fuzzy that after 8 years of paying these worthless politicians from the Republican Party they have finally decided to actually do something productive.


The presence of a railroad track should be enough to advise people of oncoming trains.


Right, and the republicans--whose leaders the poorest states in the country, with residents who suck the most off the government teat--haven't been blaming Obama and the liberals? Gee, when was it that Merrick Garland was nominated? Which party has stated and restated that it was going to devote all of its time and do everything in its power to block Obama and see that his presidency failed?" Oh, that was yours.

No intelligent person living in reality believes the earth was created 6000 years ago. Deriding science and fact-based education is what stupid people do.  No amount of any kind of education will fix that.  Now, off to bible school with you.

P.S. You have no idea how happy I am that I t's ok to be non-PC now. A lot of conservatives have been whining on here about how "mean" I am.  So glad you all agree that I can say whatever I want because it's the truth.


Tim, are the Arab states being BULLIES for their stand against Qatar?  To me this is unheard off, yet Trump did it!  Why couldn't the political correct MR. John Kerry get this done?  Tim and other like you spend too much time in a controlled universe where you have created constants and no variables.  That's the problem with "political Correctness!"  Everything fits your models!!!!


I never said I knew what all Catholics think, just the ones I know.
And I never said "only non-thinking individuals should remain" in the CC. Good lord, my IQ is very, very high. I think all the time! I am just baffled by those Catholics who stay (haven't left yet) and are so angry with the Church. All the time in their posts. To find fault with everything in the church is as bad as to find no fault at all.  They don't seem to have any balance.


It's disturbing beyond belief that what used to be the greatest paper in the West turned into a useless right wing rag! Supporting one of the greatest distribution of income from the poor and middle Class to the top 1% and your continued support of fracking in this state that dumps billions of tons toxic chemicals and billions of gallons of highly toxic chemicals into our soil, water and air is mind boggling!


I hope you don't mean that literally! ;)  It would be a disaster for Canada when the Southwind blows during the summer. ;)


Hamilton voted to build a dead dinosaur. The LRT will replace one bus which will run at the same speed. It will ruin two major arteries and cause chaos for years while they build it. At the end of the day, the only people it will serve is highly tax subsidized people working at the two McMaster campuses. The worst, it is all being done on borrowed money. It won't help the average person in Hamilton at all. Sad day for Hamilton.


I feel privileged to have hiked the trails looking for wildflowers with Verna.  Verna's enthusiasm for wildflowers was contagious and everyone who hiked with her caught the bug.  She identified every flower as if it were her first time seeing the plant even though she had seen the same plant hundreds of times.  She was always excited to see them.  Verna was an outstanding teacher who imparted her knowledge in a simple way that everyone could understand.  She knew everything about the plants and if they were edible. I learned a wealth of knowledge about Alaska's wildflowers from Verna.  Verna gave me the support and confidence to lead wildflower walks on my own.  I loved her wonderful Massachusetts accent.  I will miss her deeply.

Thank you Verna for your time in educating people about the beauty of Alaska's wildflowers.  That's a special gift that I will always take with me on the trails.  Whenever I see a wildflower, I will always think of you.


You guys and your little echo chambers sounds like Nancy Pelosi, the real brain of the communist party


agree and am so sorry a lying government sent so many to a meaningless death.


Hit into a double play in the 9th with two on.   Back to the old Jays problem, they can't manufacture a run when one is desperately needed.


What this shows is that Canada simply has too much government.

Time to either eliminate the provincial level of government, or reduce it to 5 provinces at most. (Why was Nunavut with 25,000 residents, nearly all of them dependent on government, created anyway? Canada should be going the other way)

I also suspect this long term means a 60 cent dollar, and a continuous loss of higher-earning Canadians (1. they are the only ones who CAN and DO move; 2. Cue the "we don't want those people here anyway" posts)  who will depart for other countries, where they will be able to enjoy a higher standard of living, better climate/lifestyle, or both.


Ooh hot, downtown office chicks in skimpy apparel.


You really didn't read the article, did you?  Is so, you would realize how dumb your comment is.


She fingers for the nation.


Stop paying those fees.  Move your equities to an online account.  Pay a chartered financial advisor a flat fee (usually a few hundred) to advise you if you don't know which to pick.

1.6% is highway robbery.  Investment advisors are shysters.  Look, picking stocks is not that hard.  Just Google the top 10 stocks that Warren Buffet likes and by those.

Again, advisors are shysters.  And yes, they are depleting your equities.


He has praise for Reince Priebus now, but just wait a few months and he'll be yet another whipping boy for this administration's failures. At some point 45 is going to run out of people to blame for his own incompetence.


As long as institutions can withhold services based on personal beliefs, our freedoms are in jeopardy.

Consider the hypothetical: the only hospital in a community is a religious one, a women wants an abortion, the hospital refuses on religious grounds, the women has the abortion at home and dies. Isn't the hospital morally responsible? Didn't the hospital put the women's safety at risk by denying medical services?


TOTALLY  TOTALLY   TOTALLY   AGREE   Fan since 1961


…there's a difference between irony and sarcasm.


Leitch really needs to decide who she wants to be when she grows up.

It's really a shame that this highly trained surgeon took the place of a person (within our expensive and highly subsidized educational system) who may have actually wanted to dedicate their life to medicine, rather than as a stepping stone to becoming Canada's "Donald Trump".


Sorry Matt, your violation of rights is way off. Inalienable would mean that it is boundless. Freedom of speech has limitations, however catcalling is not a restriction. Although it is poor taste and judgement it is not a rights violation upon the employee nor is it a restriction on the jerk.


Piece of trash.


JL Properties  IS THE MOB.......


Has he been convicted of doing anything illegal, or is this just a lynch mob?


Hopefully the American Catholic Church will recognize what a visionary Joseph Bernardin was.  Only in his last year did the nation get to see the man's Christianity as he bravely faced his own death.  But long before that the thousands who came into personal contact with him felt his humanity and his keen perception of reality.  After his death he was reviled by those who were not as understanding.  A less Christian bishop would look down on current events and say "I told you so."


The Paris climate accord wasn't specifically about the climate in Paris.  I know, shocker, right?


Absolutely and when it comes to purchasing new election equipment the states should pay for it themselves and not ask the government for any help.


I stated MY  OPINION regarding Trumpet's lack of virtue. What is your opinion ?


Why don't we ban deep ecology nutbars instead.


60 years later... They are gone..  Dont worry about it,  October will be here,  by March next year, they will be gone again.


Well, I laughed out loud at the review. Love it when a critic gets 'loco' with indignance...hilarious stuff.

And now I have to see it...cannot possibly be worse than Event Horizon.  I tried to get my money back after 5 minutes. When that didn't work, I loudly stabbed myself in the eyes with the plastic fork that came with the nachos, also the worst nachos I have ever had, until the usher agreed to give me my money back.

Brutal.


You misunderstood, they gifted their land to the province, not the government.


This is one crazy story for sure, and I truly believe in redemption. However, it all could have been avoided had Lima-Marin not committed a crime in the first place.

Since he has been pardoned, I don't think ICE should remove him. His status should return to what it was prior to his now-pardoned crime.


Nice try. Obama saying he wanted to eliminate the Electoral College in 2004 after Bush v Gore means absolutely nothing. He said that when he was in the Senate. It indicates squat about what he thought after winning his own election via the Electoral College.


Agreed, quotas are inherently prejudicial.  And a system not based on merit is in fact the new Canadian way.   Is it in the public's best interest, particularly when applied to the police force, firefighters and the medical field?   Canada is in rapid decline at an accelerating speed.


I will never understand reviews like this....Toyota set out to build an incredibly reliable, safe vehicle...at a set price...The pieces that matter...the engine, the transmission, the suspension are unparalleled in the segment. Most of the people who buy this vehicle are not looking for a canyon carver, they are looking for something they can pay ten grand for, and know that every time they put the key in the ignition, it will start. I have driven the 2010 Civic, and the 2010 Corolla, and as far as driver feedback and handling are concerned...there is very little difference...at least to me...they are both pretty numb...buy a sport bike if you want something quick and nimble...buy a Corolla if you want something that will always be there when you need it...


From a CTV News article in 2016: "You’ve probably noticed the cornucopia of condos that tower over city streets, especially in the downtown core. The transformation over the last five years is astonishing – 91,855 new condo units in 683 projects were built between the beginning of 2012 and the end of 2016.

There are no signs of slowing down.

“We are now looking at building out the last duration of the downtown,” said Jennifer Keesmaat, Toronto’s chief city planner. “We already have more than 275,000 people living in the core and over the next 20 years we plan to double that population.”

According to data we collected from City Hall, another 272,000 units or 3,200 towers are in the pipeline, meaning they are either under review, being appealed or are actively under construction. In fact, every two years we are building a city the size of Kingston, Ontario."


Oh- but if the nation only could have been blessed with more of the genius and values of the Clintons. She genuinely represented the quality and integrity of those who comprise the progressive set. For her sake and that of her supporters, I personally think the title of her new book should have a question mark at the end...


When will the sheep and the lemmings awaken from their dogmatic slumber?  Congress does not work for its constituents, we work for congress.  Our taxes fund their healthcare and they try to ban ACA.  When my representative has urgent congressional business (or just a recreational trip) he gets a jet liner paid for by his constituents.  I ride my bike.  Real deep-state stuff here. Trump jong orange has finally made america great again.


Another shootout at the Alaska GOP corral.

Alaska republicans are so stuck on themselves.
Look if you dump all the sand out of the sand box. It is no longer a sand box.

And where is Tucker? Hiding in the corner under his dungeons and dragons cape?


"O God, I thank you that I am not like the rest of humanity -- greedy, dishonest, adulterous -- and I thank you especially that I am not like this tax collector. I fast two days every week, and I give you a tenth of my entire income." -- Luke 10:11


That is just not true about Gary.   He can be infuriatingly inflexible when challenged, but he's certainly not alone in that.   It's hard not to lose one's temper when you are confronted with playground insults day after day.   Gary is not perfect, but it's clear that he doesn't like to hate on the vast majority of writers.

Maybe you take his comments as insults because his opinion is very different than you own?

With one notable exception, Don (who loves the mud fight with Gary), Gary very seldom insults the individual directly.   *He does try to make an opponents statement look stupid - which can be very hmm, snobby.  If you can't fight back with facts, maybe you just don't have a good argument?

*I've had some long disagreements with Gary, at times bordering anger.    He will seldom give an inch, but then again he's a serious person with serious opinions.     I like Gary and he's a foundational writer on this site.


Really...? So perhaps you can tell us what "key events" have been "corroborated".
And I didn't say that the FBI's investigation is based on it - James Comey did...


Charlie:  Thank you for taking the trouble to research and post my comment.

40-20, however, doesn't really have a reading comprehension problem.  He has been "trolling" this RG site since its founding.  He's been suspended from the site several times.  He simply changes his screen name and continues his trolling with those ad hominem attacks.  I'm not the only, but certainly one of his favorite targets.  However, I'm often not quite sure how to react to those trolls.  Should I simply ignore them?  Should I defend myself from his lies?  Should I identify his comments as trolling posts and invite others to "check the record" as you did?

It seems that the new "civil conversation" format is less effective in eliminating such obvious ad hominem posts than Disqus was.  This concerns me.  As I've often stated, I'll discuss any issue with anyone, anywhere and at any time.  However, I don't want to engage trolls.  As the warning says:  DON'T FEED THE TROLLS      regards, Gary


One by one, Trump's cabinet and inner circle are learning just how devastating this sedition coming from the corrupt establishment, the mainstream media and the left-wing useful idiots, can be to their country. How do you fight an enemy whose sole agenda has 'self-destruction of the entire country from within' as the ONLY other option?


Unfortunately, you are right, it is all propaganda.  The Right Wing Scream Machine has spent lots of time telling their faithful that O-Care wasn't debated at all, that they came up with it overnight and voted on it.  They do the same thing with relation to damn near anything they don't like about the Democrats.  They spend months and months fabricating stories and the true believers eat that stuff up.


Beware Brett, you have just opened the Pandora's Box of endless back and forth.


I don't think that matters much. President Narcissus has viciously attacked the Fourth Estate (the Press) and, in just reciprocity, they won't give him one inch. They'll have Trump and his Merry Gang under the electron microscope 24/7/365-6.


Just like ACA


Oil explosion?
Wow...you are a whole different kind of delusional :-)


Perhaps they should have had a referendum first. Perhaps those who voted in favour are not interested in getting elected. Is there a limit to how many immigrants we can take or does this just go on ad nauseum until the country is bankrupted. Just asking.


Meh....as long as the lazy, poor, old and infirm can pay for it by reducing programs that promote these lifestyles, it's all good.  The only thing that really matters is that Democrats were excluded from the drafting of the tax blueprint.  They. Simply. Don't. Matter. Why are we letting Donald Trump decide ANYTHING with respect to taxes when he hasn't even shown his own tax returns as he has promised to do many times.


10 bucks says the upcoming budget suddenly the deficits are smaller and there's a long-term plan to balance

The Libs ALWAYS do this - go super negative on finances at start of term, suddenly by next election everything is rosy and they claim credit for fixing it.

Watch for it - it'll happen again


I can purchase fuel for my F350 for over five years with that money,.


How many times did you use it?


How is this any different than Native Corporations selecting river and beach access lands that were commonly used by both whites and natives that were the only reasonable access points, then restricting non-native users unless they paid access fees? This family purchased these lands lawfully but
subsistence convenience  out weighed lawful ownership? So in reality just who does own this parcel of land? If it is the family they are owed access fees just like non-natives must pay  in many areas of Alaska if they want to access Native lands. If it is lawful for Natives to charge for access to their lands the same law must work for non-natives.


They were relevant since they were all too good to be true...


Common ground achieved!


judging from the photo it looks like they are starving.


IRT POTUS  "How many gaffes do you have to endure before you realize that this is just not right?"  The rest of the world has figured out that things are not right and are asking the same questions.  America Great ... in whose eyes?  Clearly not the eyes of our important allies.


Guess you're alt-compassionate.


I agree with you that McLaren is referring to well-established cognitive science. I do, however, think you are wrong is saying to "extrooper" that he "can't think." Disrespect just leads those who resist challenging their own biases to dig their heels in even more. Evolutionary psychology supports the proposition that we are most invested in our own status, even at the expense of our own material well-being. Insults, even if based on truth,  beget spite, not understanding.


How is a guy who legally entered the US and has the proper documents to work in the US and was gainfully employed in the US even going to claim he's seeking asylum? On what grounds is he in any remote danger from the US government?


While we did get screwed in the market crash of 1989, it wasn't the dad -- it was me, the mom who purchased our first house. And again in 1995, I purchased our second family home. So, for my children -- who come in both genders, the headline needs to suggest it's not your mom's housing market.

In our family -- as in many, it's the woman who earns the cash, who supports the family and pays the mortgages. The headline makes the Globe appear lost in time...clinging to a long-gone reality where men were the lone earners.


Put it on the statewide ballot in November and see how the Alaskan people feel the subject. This is beyond obscene. I vote no!


Keep telling yourself that...you might convince yourself eventually...


To me it was a valid question, knowing full well the power and political influence of  the ABC in comparison to Australia at least.
I recall now Archbishop Anthony Fisher's delight when bragging  how many Catholics were in positions of power running the country [including a high court judge], on either side of the two main  political parties, allowing the sex-abuse cover-up  for so long.
It was only when an atheist, childless and living in sin first woman prime minister who came to their rescue calling  for a Royal Commission, voted  out of  her position, for her audacity and  suffered dismally as the hands of in particular, one prominent foul mouthed  ex seminarian Catholic politician, who in turn dumped now crowing from the back seat seeking re-election God forbid.


$182,000 a Year, makes you the CITY BOSS, Jon Ruiz (reese). When your part-time councilor employees ($17,000 py) are mostly on your side there is nothing more than whining/complaining coming from the minority. We really don't have a Mayor ($21,000 py), we have some do good projects and media spokesperson (win/win). So why these 'decisions' of late? The County/City got their recent legal filing thrown out by Judge Barron (Coos County) because they didn't show they met the definition of it. So? They're gearing up again, to Get It Right this time. Good luck boys! They've GOT to get to the Skinner Deed out of the way because it's about the City Hall/Butterfly? No it's mostly about getting the new Courthouse/County Admin Bldg moved OFF the donated land BUT not losing the abandoned property. The SKINNER DEED restriction has been violated for the past 4 years with CITY HALL officially on County Property AGAIN!. KD SkinnerInDeed.com


Arpaio, like Trump, has been a worthless stain on America for too long.


Charles you certainly have your skirt in a bunch, don't you?


Sir, it IS my business because they MAKE it my business when they insist that I recognize them by their subjective identification rather than their given birth gender.  It IS my business when they expect places of employment to do this as well.

See, sir, that is what you don't get.  They make it everyone else's business by expecting everyone else to play along with their mental delusion. If it weren't for that, I would not care and I would shut up.

It is one thing for them to do what they want. It is quite another when people expect ME to go along with it or otherwise play along with their delusions. The minute their mental delusion effects ME it becomes MY business, sir.


And addicts listen to their own. Don't bloviate on this. It is about your ego. It won't help anyone suffering from addiction.


What a great bunch of engineers that we have working at HART. They should make sure the train fits BEFORE they build it!  Lolos...


Who are you to decide who is or is not legitimate?


It's  sad to think our kids have to live like this. In fear of the police all the time. America is now in a true "police state".  Hiring standards have been lowered for these goons, with most departments hiring mentally ill sadistic individuals. Look at how the times have changed, police of today have shaved heads, military uniforms in black, black vehicles and heavy arms. Reminiscent of Nazi Germany or USSR.


Freeland doesn't seem to be cut out for the job. The statements on frustration are very undiplomatic, plus the me-me-me statement of getting back for the weekend, going home to the kids etc just suggest the priorities were elsewhere.
Despite all statements to the contrary - things never got accomplished by going home at 5pm. Sounds like she did not want to miss her flight home.


Does it matter?  The Donald has a history of saying he is making contribution but guess what they were never made.  Come on Donald release your tax returns so that we can see what charitable contributions you have made.


Initial thought is: who cares?  However, if you look at the list, and you own one of these top companies: how can this guy make more than a bank CEO that are the most profitable companies in Canada?  Other than that, just own the stocks.

Most of them are vastly overpaid, but not all.


Do you believe that 'Love=Sex'?   The church has absolutely no problem with two men or two women truly loving each other.  The problem is sexual intimacy.  Did you miss that part?   Or are you just intentionally trying to confuse the issue?   If Two men (or women) are very close friends, and confide in each other, and support one another, there is no problem with this.  The Church requires all of us to refrain from any physical intimacy outside of Marriage of a man and woman.   That means that people who feel strongly drawn to extramarital affairs, are forbidden from acting on this.  Those who feel strongly drawn to sexual acts before marriage are required to refrain etc...   This isn't singling out Homosexuals, but it's an understanding that sexual intimacy has a single proper context, and that context is the confines of natural marriage between a man and a woman.    This is based upon the very nature of sex, assuming you know a thing or two about human physiology and biology....


How clever of Kenney.  He hates gays and so he found a way to put them back into the closet.  Brilliant indeed.


She's just "bleating" out of her "whatever".


True that; ask Hillary's campaign managers.....


Nice photos of mostly white spruce! Follow up with photos of black spruce?


Too little, too late. As a black veteran of Desert Shield and Desert Storm and a lifelong Bronco fan, it's over for me. My Broncos stuff has been put on eBay and that part of my life is over. This isn't about race, c'mon. This is about disrespecting the flag, our country, and those who died to give you the right to make all that money then turn your back on the anthem and what it stands for.


Eddie "Capo Burke. After choosing "DropZoneBill" to be your campaign manager for a failed political attempt I'm not sure you have the skins on the wall to make such a post.


Anyone tired yet, of all this "winning"? I'm exhausted!

At any rate, Kelly's role since starting ...... ummmm .... all he's done (that we know of) is fire (two) people. Isn't that Reality TV Don's schtick? Kelly might be fired by The Orange Groper soon if he keeps upstaging him!


The US security and elite class get their knickers in a not when a foreign gov't intervenes in their "democratic election " - that in itself is a joke- but how many times has the US intervened/overthrown/conspired to murder gov'ts it deemed "undemocratic" - what a joke


Guess he didn't think to tie it off?


How were they caught?  What about people possibly voting in two different locations under the same name?  8 people total in state, 2 in El Paso county.  So is this just a random thing that happens or is it like other crimes in that the larger the population, the larger the number of crimes.  I would suspect the latter, so are the larger counties ignoring this potential for voter fraud?


apparently  this is another case of homelessness,when we as Alaska  natives are being robbed of our natural resources ,our government including  Alasksa  Native corporations stealing money from the first nations ,now leaving us homeless,fending for our selves,THANK YOU,you shall answer to GOD,prepare for judgement day,your day is coming.


If they  don't want to be recorded talking to Russian officials, perhaps they shouldn't meet with Russian officials.


the trolls have really taken over if this comment was deletd


Gotta stand with the folks of Bristol Bay on Pebble.  One trip to the Berkley Pit and you'll understand why.

Though, given the magnitude of the deposits,  if a rail spur were built linking Pebble to Healey...with ore transported there for processing, it could be win-win.  IMHO


New dem voters.


Hillary will be selected by the Democratic establishment as their nominee long before Oregon's May primary.  It may well happen tomorrow, "SuperTuesday".  Your vote is irrelevant; the Democratic party bosses, including many  in Oregon, have already  decided who the nominee will be.


Funny, I wasn't discussing science in my comment. So I don't know how you could possibly come to such a conclusion... did you use science?

I was discussing the need to eliminate government granting schemes which are a theft of taxpayer money.


Please refer to the following Wikpedia page and show me the seven hurricanes MORE POWERFUL than Irma? I can only find one, Allen at 190mph. And for the record, Allen never hit Florida.
https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipOgr5G8_mBPoSiNqXki-L0v-2mbHV8mhmCzasQp


O'Leary is from Quebec and doesn't speak a word of French. Good luck Kev.


you are conveniently forgetting the global depression and the billions upon billions in stimulus money. Thanks for commenting though, Phil.


Back in the early 1980's I explored for oil and natural gas near J.C. Penney's home town of Kemmerer, Wyoming.  Kemmerer is north of I-80 in western Wyoming.


"We" don't need anything.  And, you have no decision in whether or not I carry, according to the Second Amendment.
Liberals are afraid of the law abiding who carry amongst them daily, without incident.  All about control, as the law abiding vote, but the armed criminal does not.  Yet, they want to restrict the law abiding's choice to carry or not.
The Left are traitors and communists.  Their agenda is right out of Marx.  Pol Pot, Hitler, Stalin, Ho Chi Minh, Lenin, Mao . . . all love their gun control efforts.  That's what they did to control their populations.
Not here, liberal.
Not here.
Personal choice, Right, not optional to be decided by others.  Set in stone in the Constitution, the supreme law of the land.


Since you brought race into this, Bootsie... Find out what percent of all blacks that have guns were obtained by legal means... I dare you... Start with Chicago, then LA, then NY, then NO, then Houston, then Miami, then.... then... But I know you will not because you probably know the result and you can’t handle the truth... Right, Bootsie...?


Arabs make up 75 percent of all Semitic people.

It is bigoted to exclude them from any such descriptor. Just as excluding those Americans of South African heritage from the term African American would be.

I expect this knowledge is emotionally unwelcome to those partial to post truth.


So sad for the children suffering due to incompetence of the adults...


I would just like to ask one question. For all the people who are for reforming the system to a much "kinder system" have you ever been personally impacted by a serious criminal event to you or a loved one? I do believe your outlook of how the perpetrator spends his time in prison would change. If not feel free to volunteer your time and money to shower him or her with kindness.


Also helped to have 8 men on the ice the entire time.


How about a series depicting Canada in the future and how Chinese and Punjabi becomes the new bilingual languages


cesspools of neanderthals.....Oh Lord


Yeah, that darned President.  He takes that whole "leader of the free world" thing so seriously.  He should take a cue from Congress and sit around doing nothing all day.


I wonder if this will be the year that they cut back on the extra payroll taxes.  I’ve asked for it for the past five years, because it’s consistently overbudgeted.


Depends on which document is available.


Niagara likes to quotes statistics and seems to think he has such great insight.  His quote "Your Leafs have 5 win in their last 17 games, which is not really very good".  Hmmm, wonder how the other teams in the Atlantic Division are doing on that stat seeing as the Leafs are "not really very good" according to Niagara.  Seems like EVERY team in the Atlantic Division is "not really very good" as every team has 5 wins or fewer except Ottawa (7).  So as usual, Niagara cherry picks stats to denigrate the Leafs.  Of course, one could argue that all teams in the Eastern Conference are not very good vis-a-vis the Metropolitan Conference but he fails to make that logical argument...which is really the issue.

So he quotes stats in isolation, makes a superficial conclusion which is mis-leading, and then has the gall to suggest who we should be ignoring.  I think we all know who we should be ignoring.


it appears you are slightly biased..there is quite a lot of space between living in poverty and having several lush mansions a $100 million private island, yachts , helicopters etc.
it is obvious priorities skew to attracting younger women for sex


Progressives way of wanting big and all knowing government to control what we can and cannot have. Newsflash libtard progressives....utopia is unattainable.


why doesn't this stuff happen in Japan,  other things, sure, not this stuff.


This is really poor forest and forest fire management look like.

The Brookings fire (can’t remember the exact name) started July 12th from a lightning strike.  It was contained early and the National Forest Service decided let it “ burn-itself-out”, due to other fires and funding.

Well, that didn’t happen.  A month and a half later we now have the nation’s biggest fire, and they don’t expect to have it out until the middle of October.  And there is more smoke coming!

On the federal level, apparently funding transit projects etc., is more important than risking lives, properties, and air quality.


Which was partly what I found ironic about Rochdale's post.


Umm...that's blazingly illogical.  It was the delegates from outside of Alberta who pushed the Leap manifesto (many from urban Toronto), not the Albertans.


Actually the new system isn't supposed to end arrogance; just uncivil arrogance. Uncivil isn't the ideas, free expression, disagreement, misunderstanding, lies, or meanness. It's useless toxic verbal sludge. The comment you object to may well have been arrogant, but it wasn't uncivil. And neither was yours. I'm just sayin'.


Our satellite connection is very expensive and very slow. We live just 7 miles from Fairbanks. No other options are available.


The elephant in the rooms is that technology should be making K-12 LESS expensive and more productive, like it has for every other economic sector.

Instead of embracing the coming technological change, the education industry is continuously demanding more money to reinforce the 1840's Horace Mann model-- roughly equivalent to an educational "Maginot Line".  Meanwhile, new technologies like distance learning, blended learning and mastery-based learning models are preparing to roll through the Benelux with little or no resistance.


Where is the SAP exective with the German accent?


Election results? What about "no helicopters"? Or "no CF35s"? Or locally "a self-financing Scarborough subway"? Of course election results matter.

Since Keystone XL has been approved, who needs Trans Mountain anyway?


I guess we're in a time when it's always somebody else's fault.  It's the Trump defense.  Never mind that the product leaves a great deal to be desired.


NDP/GREEN ECONOMIC OBJECTIVES WOULD BANKRUPT BC!!

To date, only one party- BC Libs- has articulated a coherent, plausible, long-term economic development plan (containing responsible fiscal policy objectives)- a substantial amount of which is currently in process of being implemented...

The province's economic survival depends on it being able to remain a "top of chart" attractive location for overseas' (and out of province) corporations & individuals to invest & establish research & development, assembly/manufacturing sites in...

The fact is most of Metro Vancouver's & Vancouver Island's NDP voters did not consider the future economic viability of the province- or even their respective regions- as an important factor when deciding which political parties' candidates to vote for...

Subsidized child care, lowering medical services premiums, high costs of market housing & similar "state funded" types of issues have to be paid for thru economic development-> lesson for next election??


Genius, genius, genius. Can't someone do that with ballot papers to show a few more middle fingers?


Russian Troll Sue, and 'Denim' is code for insane.


HiloPuna, I'm always open to readers helping me to do a better job. ... You, though, apparently are more interested in a different type of agenda. As I said earlier, if you can provide a factual error, I'll correct it. All you have here is a syntax argument that isn't even correct. That is, as you note, fatiguing. ...


How did Alaska get hurt?


This is an amazing statement! I thought they were. The obvious question (as little as this league makes), where were the funds going?


"Pope Francis exhorts listeners to overcome the fears that drive people to seal themselves off from others."

But Holy Father, one has to acknowledge that Europe's fear (if one wants to call  it that) comes after an actual wide-ranging global experiment is taking in massive numbers of peoples from different cultures.

That is, Europe began with NOT "fearing" the Other, and gave the Other the benefit of the doubt in a spirit of generosity and fearlessness.

The results of that experiment are directly reflected in current European opinion:

http://www.cnbc.com/2017/02/08/europes-fear-of-muslim-immigration-revealed-in-widespread-survey.html

Not even one European nation has more than 20% of its people strongly for what you want them to do.

Perhaps the fear in these liberal nations has much more to do with experience than with blind bias.


Dan I think you need to be concerned about the 1.5 trillion deficit  this bill will create. I thought Republicans were all about lowering the federal deficit....They sure wined about it when Obama was President.


_"Do you think before you write?"_ --  RyanC in response to another inane comment by 4:20

RyanC: You could have stopped at: "Do you think?"

The answer's pretty obvious.

-- Paul


Behind our backs? It's literally national news.


I don't disagree but what has Merkel's trust done for her people?
She ruined an entire country with her uber liberal policies and she acts like she is so much better. Just the opposite side of the spectrum from Trump. ..same results.


The rail could have used some island creative adaptations, like spam musubi which fell nicely into the island cuisine as a favorite take-out.  They were looking at the rail against a San Francisco skyline.  Sacrilegious, like frying poke aku!  I know, too late...I guess there's not much you can do when it's already stupid...but save face and finish it!


a real bad hair day


White folks. Can you be more specific. You mean French or German or Spanish or what do you mean? Yes, the people in Spain are white. I know huh? Quit being a racist and try to enjoy life. Remember the feelings that thrive in a person are the ones you feed.


Game 1 went according to plan, if you're a LAD fan.

Cubs will need a lot of things to break their way to win this series, LAD are the better team.  Sometimes things do unfold that way, it did when NYY got by Cle....but that was a best-of-5, this is a best-of-7.  The longer the series, the more likely the better team prevails.


Things are going to change for the better soon when President Trump takes over.


Since all of the attributes purported to be those of "jesus" are the antithesis of the the amoral, immoral occupant of the White House, you apparently don't believe in him either.  Your choice to lead this nation continues to reveal himself as the anti-christ in every thought, word, and deed.  You are willing to destroy the nation out of misguided hatred for the opponent?  Sounds like the same petulant makeup of your Fuhrer.  It all sums up as traitorous to all human and civil rights in violation of the U.S. Constitution.  Mental health issues?


"52% of my outrageous Eugene taxes go to the school system."

Citation needed, because if you have actually been to a school in the past 30 years you would know they are poor as dirt. You would have to be out of your mind to go into teaching at this point. It's a terribly thankless job.


It's been well documented.  The criminal justice system since Ronald Reagan's war on drugs has been designed to punish minorities.  You may not believe that -- but as I said, the argument has already been made and won!


Anyone find this in the G&M?

"The twenty-second session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 22) will be held Nov. 7-18 in Marrakech, Morocco and invitations were sent out over McKenna’s name to, among others, her official opposition critics, including Conservative Ed Fast.

The invitation, dated Oct. 24, offers to reimburse Fast for his travel and accommodation to a maximum of $4,500 but only if he’ll sign an agreement promising not to give any media interviews and that he would “respect the authority of the Head of the Delegation (McKenna) on all matters regarding your conduct as a member of the delegation.”"

I though it was Harper who was the muzzler?


Any data to support your anecdote?


Doesn't really make any difference how big a criminal Hillary is.  Those that live off the govt. dole (and I don't mean SS.  Those on SS earned it!) Are afraid they will lose it, or worse yet have to become productive, contributing members of society and are going to vote for her.


What a powerful moving story of a truly great man. Thank you.


They could sell off the elephants at the zoo to help pay for it.  Then again, they may come in handy when the train needs to be towed!


Hmm interesting. Heres me all this time been concentrating on the tonsils. Boy, is my face red.


What about selling Quebecois arms?


Forever in my thought's, rest in peace, and many thanks.


Citizens are welcome to cite other citizens for traffic violations in Oregon -

https://www.oregonlaws.org/ors/153.058

It's an energetic process, but lawful and within your right to do so.

The one I love doing is turning left from 13th to Hilyard against the red light when it's all clear. The horns honking and dirty looks are priceless for this very legal maneuver.


This is why Homegrown is so important, Grow your own. The program approved by the citizens will get F'd over by inept, ignorant politicians, and the pants wetting Prohibes, F-them, grow your own,and share.


Mr Trumps daughters and wife speak highly of him. Which speaks volumes to me. (Maybe he is secretly beating them at night to force them to say these things.) Until the time he threw his hat in the ring, few had issues with him  on the left or the right. He was known to buy both sides equally. (Yes you can now attack that I said that.) If one believes the emails released by the hackers. The DNC were fairly racist, and pretty corrupt. As well as pointing directly at links to at least some in the media. Which justs adds fuel to the idea that the main stream media is in owned by the same people who own "The Hillary and Friends Show".

This is an OPINION. There will be NO links provided. Have a nice day.


Silly Harriet, riddle me this. What is the difference between a restructured Permanent Fund dividend of $1,000.00 and an unrestructured dividend of $1,000.00?
Years ago, advocating as you always did for increased government spending and increased property taxes for Anchorage homeowners, local taxpayers bit the bullet and gave up that extra latte each week or lose their homes.
Market predictions for oil, in 2017, is in the 60.00/bbl region yet the formula for restructuring the PF remains unchanged. Can you explain to your constituents why the formula isn't structure to adjust up or down with the price of oil?
Here's what I think...Walker's plan to restructure the PF is intentionally designed to ignore increased revenue from oil so that you and your caucus can spend more and grow government.
So silly Harriet, let me tell you, you are not fooling anyone but yourself. Get your spending under control and leave the PF alone!


I back this lady, due to my own personal experience.
OCS took my child 6 MONTHS after a dv incident where she was not harmed, but present, and my daughter was only 5 months old. OCS them mad eme jump through hoops that I had already initiated and was jumping through, all myself. Then they had things put into the court proceedings, as if THEY were the ones to initiate things and MAKE me do. Then, even though I had left the person the dv occured with, which was the Father of my child, my own husband, I opted to escort him for medical procedures and take our daughter along since everything was peaceful with us for a while. I openly told OCS about it when they wanted to do "A physical and visual welfare check" on my child, the day we were supposed to be leaving for her father's medical procedures. They took my child from me 2 hours before our flight was scheduled to leave. there was no intent of harm and we were peaceful. OCS is crooked now i cant access my duaghters money, ihave her 24/7


The carbon tax; another futile gesture in the long list of futile gestures about reducing emissions. In reality yet another cash grab for the government. So go ahead and increase it John, and consign the NDP to another 4 years of irrelevance.


It doesn't line up then that the person was able to leave to reload..... or why they both had masks on


Yes - at $506 per person a year savings by cutting the state's share out for 11 people, I agree. You want a service, pay for it. Still want it but can't afford it? You can't have everything you want, and if it's that big of a deal to you, just move. That's the adult thing to do.


Are they breaking the law or not? It's not rocket appliances Lahey...


People that are openly transgender aren't experiencing an "identity crisis" as they have figured out who they are. On the other hand, there are men with confusing feelings about themselves, that do stuff like join the army to prove how manly they are.
I find the "medical needs" statement odd since transgender people have the same organs that so-called "regular" people have. It's not like doctors have to go to special transgender medical school to treat them.


Democrats need to not defend partial birth abortion but instead point out that it never existed. They need not defend abortion at all even on pluralistic grounds. Instead, they need to explain why Roe was rightly decided in the context of the 14th Amendment rather than in a natural argument and why this is a federal issue, not one where the states are competent to make law. Finish the argument by stating the people who make money and win elections off of the issue have to know these things, but keep lying to the masses for their own gain.

Lori will probably declare that cooperating with Native Americans is paganism, as is any action helping Democrats. He's just that kind of knee jerk GOPEon.

The Cardinal hits all the right points, although he should publicly toy with excommunicating suburban gun store owers who sell to city residents. That would be some real news.


these future felons might need a spankin?


Only if you can do it without expecting Alaskan's to give you a resource that belongs to us, and for us to foot the bill for much of your exploration and operating costs, and for us to continue to give your industry public money without accountability and guaranteed returns. As it stands, any benefit to the state from those oil workers you keep talking about are zeroed-out by us paying more for you to take oil than we are making from our oil. We'd be better off putting them in a job retraining program, and focusing our efforts elsewhere.

Kodiak is mostly (almost 100%) powered by renewables (wind and hydro). You might look into it if energy production is your thing. Wind will last forever, seems like an investment with far less risk to me, but you do with your money what you will – just don't ask for mine to support your business without some strings attached. More given the industry's long record of dishonesty and manipulation.


Humor is best served with intelligence.  You have neither.


FT: Perhaps it is because despite Obama's and Bush's EO's the problem continues to grow. And yes I think President Trump's EO's seem to have more substance. We will see. Take the politics out of your perspective and look at the issue more objectively. If you disagree with the proposals and not just dislike the messenger then what are your suggestions to address the problem?


I believe it is even worse than that, Dennism.  Of course Donald Trump is a conman, but he isn't a particularly good one.  For 62 million people to vote for him, and 100 million votes to sit home, shows out politically, morally, and intellectually lazy the American electorate has become.


Trump made it an issue, not the aclu.  They are just answering the challenge.  And it's ironic that trump and his followers cite cost as a major objection when studies have shown it constitutes only a relatively small amount.


But you need to let them speak or practice censorship.  You can not be practicing true freedom of speech without it.  Now, you do not have to stay to listen, but you do have to let them have their say.


I don't think people realize that the gas tax did go up last year, by .9 of a cent. or 9% of one penny a gallon.  a very small amount. It was ear marked for spill prevention and response.

In addition, that tax did not include aviation fuel since those taxes would have to be used in aviation, such as airport upkeep and improvements.


Their children born here are eligible.


Streep dishonoured the Golden Globe Awards show by bringing up politics.  People need a break from it lady.  You just wrecked what brand you had left.


Well, here is the first installment that the people of the state will have to make so that the big chains and outside businesses can rob the state without losing anything themselves. You know if first there were plans to raise taxes or to find a way to make the people taking massive profits out of the state were initiated it wouldn't be so bad but that the working people and people on a fixed income have to pay for the mistakes of the legislators and provide for the chains to carry on business as usual is almost criminal. On the other hand this might have a ripple effect and give an indication of what is to come and tighten up peoples spending habits but it may only add to our own Alaska Airlines profits as people start migrating out with enough to buy a ticket and a junker somewhere or maybe even cut down on the piles of Halloween candy that people will feed the little kids. There is always a good side to everything if you look hard enough.


It's what MSW means when he says that science doesn't require belief.


The article said it was not unusual.


You need to read real news...not Chinese propaganda.


Oh please.  How silly.  Where is the leadership in the Black communities.  Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton?  No they just keep telling their base how downtrodden they are in order to justify there personal existence, and keep the money flowing into their racist organizations.
These players are just whinners, who know nothing and propose NO solutions, as they drive away from the stadium each Sunday in their $200,000 dollar Lamborghinis.


Not white enough, honey?


So the Register-Guard removes conservative comments, I did not know that. Nothing I said was unacceptable for a five year old to read, yet it  was removed. Now that I know the Register-Guard suppresses free speech, I will be glad to inform the world.


Maybe back in the day.  With all of the interpreters available, I'm pretty sure it's what Chimborazo says: they understand better in their native tongue, which makes sense.


Nice Try Gray..


For Blue Liberals like Christy Clark, Philippe Couillard, John Manley, Frank McKenna, and Paul Martin yes.  For tax and spend liberals like Wynne and Trudeau no.


Please cite/post the basis for your costs. If you have never fallen, had an allergic reaction, aged into your 50's-80's,been in an accident,  developed pneumonia tell me all about what and where people should live.How about having thousands of acres of tribal land that your people have hunted and lived on for eons arbitrarily taken by a group of Federal Bureaucrats who then tell you they value birds welfare over yours or your family and friends. These same bureaucrats have no issue with hundreds of birds being killed by affluent hunters flying in from out of state traversing these "precious sensitive" lands killing for sport and profit to the outfitters. How is it the 20K+ Soldiers stationed in this area failed to destroy the"endangered" environment during WWII? The hundreds of roads that were built in the area still exist and are used regularly by sportsmen for hunting or accessing fishing spots without so much as a whimper from the "outraged and concerned" environmentalist? Why???


"Keep on the sunny side
Always on the sunny side"
Lets go for it, the hell with the rest
Now, to get "sunny way"s out of the way.


If he paid for his ticket, it doesn't matter what his reason for wanting his seat was.This one will cost United. Already has on the stock market. Coming up next: law suits and boycotts.


Yes, but they don't need to wast their money on overpriced insurance products.


More of the Reality Show to keep the Trump family in the headlines.  Most people never heard of this allegation, but they do now.  Any publicity is good publicity.  A First Lady filing a lawsuit must be unique.  More grist for the Tweeter Mill as Der Fuhrer Trump defends his injured woman on a daily basis while the nation's "business" are put on the backburner.


Tort reform, interstate insurance competition and enrolling all federal, state and local government employees would be a good start to fix Obamacare.


Appreciation of art, music and literature is explained through science and not through a belief in an imagined deity. Go ahead and espouse religion but don’t knock the new GG for taking a 21st century view on how the world works.


And yet the USA permits a person like you entry.  Something just ain't right.   Canada refuses a hero and yet the USA allows howling simpletons in....go figure.


Dannie:

Andrew might have something, I heard today she said  something about working for the NHL, she gave no details.


The best tax plan would be everyone would pay 10% of their income in federal income taxes with NO write offs for any reason. The first 50k of income would be tax free. Everybody pitches in to support and pay for the government they demand. It would model Colorado's current flat income tax.


Yes, science has ruled out Genesis, Adam and Eve and has advanced several plausible theories of how self-replicating entities may have first emerged naturally from primordial chemistry, however science has not ruled out divine intervention in abiogenesis.

It is also remotely possible that aliens intervened, or that life in our solar system began on Mars or elsewhere. This is one reason I suspect Payette was reacting to evolution denial, not the belief that the origin of life was supernatural. Another is that Payette is ESL and her remarks seemed grammatically awkward and unrehearsed.


So have a long list of Republicans.

Bob Corker, et al, are ISIS supporters!!!


Do you drive, garydubrail?

Otherwise by looking at the street map of Salt Lake City and Oahu you will know that there are over a hundred street intersections.  And most of these intersections have a Green Arrow at the center.

And unless you drive a motorcycle, truck or car,  you won't have any idea at all what I am talking about concerning "GREEN ARROW" AT THE CENTER OF AN INTERSECTION -  AND  "ALL CARS MOVE FORWARD INCLUDING THOSE MAKING A LEFT TURN" at an intersection in Utah.

The Green Arrow at the center of an intersection wastes precious minutes of travel time. At 2 minutes in delay wasted at each intersection means over 10 minutes of travel time wasted in 5 intersections.  The Utah innovation saves a commuter 10 minutes in travel time going thru  5 intersections.


Dont use words like disingenuous or egregious when Albeta Booksy is on line.  He is struggling here.


No, it was previously Hawaiiana, but now Associa Hawaii.


That's because the bug-eyed, frothy mouthed liberal media keeps flogging that dead horse.


Just hurry up and die, Songbird.


You must have missed this in the article:

 "Last March, Ottawa announced $76-million for reproductive health initiatives, including $5-million for the United Nations Population Fund’s contraceptive-supplies program. However, none of the money went to funding abortion services in recipient countries....the minister reiterated the fact that Canadian development funding can be used for the full range of sexual and reproductive health services, including safe abortion services."


I think that when a candidate separates his stated moral beliefs from his actions, such as  the worn out, "I'm personally against it, but supported it", seems to be an admission to saying anything to get elected.


They protect and serve...themselves.


I just love that fact that JUST like the other fake news media, you print this baloney with no supporting evidence, quotation or source.


I understand that she does constructive things like cleaning the toilets to control her anger when at home. When asked how that helps, she replied that she uses Bill's toothbrush.


I don't think it is as simple as that.  First of all there is a time limit for taking a blood sample and where I live a warrant application would easily take that time and then some.  So what we do here is make the demand and the hospital saves a sample until a warrant is produced.  Also she didn't refuse to draw blood for him.  She was preventing him to do so.  I personally think that methodology is flawed but that is what they do there, thats what they do.  Like it or not she was obstructing him.  If he had taken the sample it is true that it would have breeched the patient's rights and the evidence would then be inadmissible and the patient would then have legal recourse.  The nurse however was interfering and while I don't condone the outcome I can see the unfair predicament the officer was put in.  The officer did confer with a superior and he acted upon that direction.  Ultimately I think that puts him in the free and clear.  His supervisor however is not.


You mght try burning some cookies, it worked for Monica. Seriously, though, what does salvation mean for you? For Jesus it meant the kingdom of God which he said is among us. It is a way of living, being present to others as he was, always based on our prayerful relationship with him and our attempts to be open to the Spirit. Failure, which is always a part of our journey, is not as important as doing our best to keep trying. Failure focuses on us, grace draws us beyond us and keeps us going.


Mr. Donald Trump is your President, your Commander-in-Chief, and will be for a very long time. There is nothing that any of you can do to change the fact that your children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren are going to live in a nation designed by President Trump and his supporters. The Obama movement has been decisively defeated, so further opposition is futile.

As for President Trump's poll numbers, those are courtesy of the same pollsters who guaranteed that Hilary Clinton would be elected President in a landslide. Neil Gorsuch will soon become YOUR newest Supreme Court Justice. The comments by American Catholic Bishops are the anguished cries of the defeated. Francis, Cupich, McElroy & Co. know that when they failed to break "Trump's Deplorables" that Francis would lose the war. It is time to cease this pointless resistance and destruction.


POTUS Trump is slowly dismantling his political opposition.

The boss of all bosses, is starting to get better with his political retaliation.

His political might, will only get stronger.

Don't wake up a sleeping lion, by beating him with a stick.

Where is diplomacy and an extended olive branch?


That's the problem with just being a whiny little State; you actually have to balance your budget.
The US Government just sells more debt to China and Saudi Arabia etc. and spends that invented money.
I've thought many times that California's lawmakers needed to be 'committed' .
And Governor Moonbeam specifically both times he has held the office!

First Re-Post


Good Luck to all Democrats two US. Together by Hillary Clinton for America


My wife and I visited the 9/11 Memorial in NYC last week. It was very emotional and sobering. Anything that can be done to prevent a similar tragedy is worth the effort.


Thank you, this was thoughtful. I'm having trouble answering your last two questions, because it goes both ways. But I have another one for you: do you think the story would have been a better one if the identity of the smartphone, the videographer, was included? It would add context, to be sure. And maybe sharpen the distinction as to whether this really was a public affair or a private event.


DD...according to published income statements, big 3 oilys had a combined         NET INCOME of ............................ $ 6,045,000,000 in Q1 / 2017.......and COP is showing NET INCOME of ......$586,000,000...you're only off by a factor of 30.

Funny to see you're concerned about them now, even as they continue to rake in the $$$.


For your information the FBI investigates hate groups and hate crimes. In this nation.  Any other criminal activities that you "claim" may have occurred during the riot are investigated by local law enforcement.  I think I have an answer for you though, after the woman was killed by a white supremacist who ran his car over her, the mayor got of TV and told the Nazi lovers, many from out of state  to get out of his city, now.


It's quite the stretch by the DP editors to say that holding both group responsible is doubling down on hate.  Last time I checked it takes two to tango so when two groups violently clash I think BOTH do have to be held responsible for the violence.  Oops, there is that word "responsible" again.  The DP hates seeing that word because they love to place blame at everyone but themselves or whatever group/cause is their flavor of the month.  They so often forget that when you point the finger four more are pointed directly at you.


Talib is not going anywhere unless his play suddenly falls off as he has a very team friendly and reasonable contract for a player of his caliber. Ward is dicey, I want them to keep him, they may not though. Latimer is a bust they will keep 6 WR but take Taylor over Latimer. It's early but RT is not looking great so far according to reports.


I suggest you go down to the Home Depot parking lot at 6 AM and have some conversations with the Latinos lining up for employment when the contractors arrive for them.  You will find that they are not there for government handouts, big government, higher taxes, socialism, etc.  They are there looking for work to sustain themselves and there families.  Our ancestors did the same, yes?


Dang, thats a rough one. Prayers and positive vibes to all. Sounds like it's time again to push for more Paid call "Volunteers"


Pretty poor response to the issue I bring up.


Have you contacted Canadian Customs to eliminate a border crossing?  Have you asked DOT to let you view web cams frame by frame on highways leading out of his home area?  Have you checked his credit cards for use at gas stations/food stores?  Just a couple of ideas


Support for Keystone, not for Paris parties based on incorrectly modeled data.


Those are the consequences of privatization of government functions to a private sector focused on profits instead of the public good. The private sector has no social conscience. Every single project given offloaded to that sector starts cheaper and ends up much more expensive after a few years. The private sector creates underpaying jobs with little benefits and no long term prospects or job security for most employees. In this case, the expected benefits were around $50 million per year. But now the cost of the system ballooned to be (in millions): 309 for initial implementation + 32 for the first batch of fixes + 50 for the second batch of fixes + 142 just recently, for a total of $533 million, and the troubles are not over. That has already killed any savings for the next 11 years. Would it have not been better to keep the good paying jobs, develop the system locally, and keep the experience?


ACH:  I wish you knew one tenth as much about anything as others.


amusing karma as i wake up to another succulent habeetaunt loss. Even i can't believe the relish of this losing streak of 9 wins in the last 26 games, this truck may eclipse the sliding of last years hilarious epic fail, with price between the pipes. Now that must smart the zombie fan base some!


I'm looking for quality food at a fair price.  In general, Middle Eastern or Mediterranean cuisine is overpriced.  I welcome any chain that can make it affordable.


Doesn't matter, hayseed Hick isn't going to be on a presidential ballot anytime soon.


Your non-response says volumes.  How can you look in the mirror every morning?  Problem is that the majority of the voting public are too busy trying to survive and don't bother seeing what's really happening.  This Civil Beat venue (thank you) has a participant base that are intelligent to not fall for the propaganda that certain supporters spew on a regular basis.  Only thing, they're in the MINORITY.


These are the types of principles that run Burkina Faso and many other countries in the bottom decile of GDP per capita rankings.  Our federal government has lost all productive direction.


I think you are mixing up two separate things, mercy for child abusing clergy and no mercy for divorced.  The bishops do not get married, that is a problem for the laity and the bishops are appointed to lead, teach, and judge the laity.  Abusing children, on the other hand, as we know from Benedict 16's own family, is something that some, if not all, of the bishops indulged in, from time to time.  Since it concerns clergy, like themselves, mercy is justified.  Is this they are walking in the footsteps of Saint Pope John Paul II, who worked tirelessly to protect child abusing clergy, and as he was a direct infallible successor of Pope Peter, the german bishops are walking in the footsteps of Peter himself.  Remember, the key here, the abused, like the divorced, are laity, and thus sheep subject to the shepherds.


In this country we have the Official Secrets Act. If some underling started leaking classified Cabinet material your boy Junior would be all over them. Assuming he get's the o.k. from Butts.


Job creation?


Well said.  My only disagreement is on getting rid of mandatory sentences.  When it comes to violent crimes, I prefer to NOT leave this in the hands of judges.  Three strikes (maybe 2 in some cases) and you're out.

When I read about horrible crimes in here, the crime itself is bad enough.  But what's worse is the rap sheet of some lowlife who had already proven he/she can't live among us.  If it means more prisons, build them.


Hi Brett, thanks for bringing this to light, however, I find the unethical journalistic practices to pale in comparison to the complete lack of attention to the RLW issue until the disease spread to Maui. This disease has been a problem for almost a decade on the Big Island and received little to no attention from the rest of the state or media. Why the sudden change? Please don't take this as a personal attack, I am merely curious. Perhaps CB could try to cover this topic as well, hopefully if a reason is found we can try to avoid ignoring other pressing concerns in the future.


Yer the one missing the mark. where the 88% go. maybe yer dipping yer beak in the heads funds.


To use a tragedy like 9-11 when so many family's was hurt  for political lies for Caldwell .. He lost lots of votes..  It also show their desperate nothing else to say?   How about talk about the issues Kirk ? How you plan on paying for your rail.. That's what the public wants to hear !


Until yesterday, Tennessee was a playoff contender. That's reality. Beat lousy Jacksonville and the Titans could have won the AFC South by beating Houston next week to finish 10-6. They would have hosted a playoff game for the first time in eight years.

Now, close your eyes and let those silly rants fade away . . .


The questions were too limited and ill-defined.  What does it mean to expand the ACA? Why were there no questions on repeal and replace?  How about understanding what happened to the premiums?

It's not that the ACA is bad, it's that the insurance companies used it to jack up their premiums and deductibles and Congress wouldn't allow it to be tweaked as issues were understood.

We should have a single payer system with heavily negotiated rates or price controls.  Eliminating the ACA will end up with more people going to the ER because they have no insurance.


I thought Clinton was going to start WWIII, that's why all the Bernie bros and Johnson supporters had to vote third party to save us.


I'm not certain, but in the first photo it appears Obama has just realized he left his fly unzipped.


I beg you to stop reading and just shut up


Clicking on that link, and even copy/pasting works for me.

stjosemaria.org/

Search for that.

This area: http://www.opusdei.org/en-us/section/summaries-of-catholic-teaching/

not one of the 40 or so articles even mentions Opus Dei...so your own bias is getting in the way.


The felony charge will be dropped.. doesnt sound like he actually brought the "realistic looking" pellet gun into a public building- just left it in his car.


It's not solely the military population. Crimes are up in Hawai'i from 2015 to 2016 and it's mostly local people.

Reported rapes are up 15.1% from 2015 to 2016 in Hawai'i.

Violent crimes are up 25.1% from 2015 to 2016 in Hawai'i.

Murder is up 20.1% from 2015 to 2016 in Hawai'i.

https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2016/crime-in-the-u.s.-2016/tables/table-2


And your true feelings are the "political criminals" should be assassinated?


When the rubber finally meets the road EU companies will opt for the place where financing can be done at the lowest cost. No place on the planet can compete with London.


"But the good news is that the bridge will eventually get built if for no other reason than Anchorage is running out of open space to build homes and businesses."
Anchorage is about 2000 sq. miles with a population of about 300,000. Singapore comprises about 280 sq. miles with a population of 5.4 million. I would suggest that Anchorage can build vertically, like most cities, for quite awhile before having a space problem.


At my employ it is common to fire those that put the company is less than golden light and if a obvious obscene gesture is use on social media you would be ushered out in a heartbeat.
I live in a "AT WILL"  state and the employer can fire anyone without cause.


I think you need to understand the healthcare system of other countries before championing them! I’m most familiar with the systems from Europe. You are put on waiting lists and most often have subpar treatment when seen!  The ones that can afford it have two insurance programs. The one the government forces them to pay for (like Obamacare) and a pricey private one! And why do I know this, because I've worked around the world and come in contact with the people of these countries.
I'm on medicare and it's nothing to brag about, you pay into ALL the parts and then have to fine a doctor to take it! Of course we could brake the bank and all medical would be paid for with our taxes, (not the govenment but the people pay) but then there would be nothing left to support all the other programes lots of people demand! There is nothing free in this world, someone pays the bill! meaning the people that pay taxes.


Alaska needs to learn a few lessons from WA state and the Navy's developing projects on Hood Canal.


Well, your press release, the investigating officer, says something different and why the initial confrontation?...What was said that initiated a vulgar discourse? Where were you, why would the fact that a female simply asking a "question" of a man protesting with a sign elevate to such a degree of violence and rage?

If I were to analyze the situation with the facts alleged, I'd say your family initiated the incident via a confrontational approach and instead of cowering to your family's vulgar nonsense, he stood his ground and was subsequently assaulted for having done so.

Shame on you and your family for initiating this situation and not respecting the man's "Constitutional Right" to protest.  Perhaps you should assume some of the responsibility for not controlling the females in "your family?"  If they're not prepared for adversity when confronting strangers with their "opinions," perhaps they should mind their own business and keep their mouth shut?  Yes?


Let me guess.  Split screen TV, cage fighting on one side, porn on the other.  Stained, pilled polyester sweat pants from Walmart.  Economy brand can of beer.  Ted Nugent poster on your wall.  Am I right?


In the actual news


It was no deflection. I'm simply not responsible for how the "civil comments" system treats your post. I have nothing to do with that. Fact--not "deflection".

To be honest, I see no use in our continuing exchange. Your having nothing worthwhile to say unavoidably means I have nothing worthwhile with which to respond. If you wanna try again, give me something to work with.


Both.


I couldn't disagree more strongly. "Our established normal human function of mating" is immaterial to nature. Look at our close relations, the Bonobos, and their free for all sexual behavior. Look at all the varied examples of homosexual behavior among other mammals. Look at the history of homosexuality in humankind.

Conversion therapy works in a very small percentage of people because, as Dr. Robert Epstein's work explains, sexual orientation is on a continuum from 0% to 100%, and some people are only very slightly homosexual in the first place. Someone who 90% homosexual is not going to become heterosexual no matter how much conversion therapy is tried.

And common sense tells us why the distress - it's all about acceptance. If you are not accepted by your family or society, then of course you are going to feel distressed. So obvious!


Context is everything. The words "La Patria es Primero" refer to putting the country's concerns over one's own, not over those of other countries. A fitting motto for the Senate, in which legislators are supposed to put the country's concerns over their own.

The words were (allegedly) spoken by Vicente Guerrero during the Mexican independence war. As a revolutionary leader he was wanted by the Spanish viceregal government but was offered a pardon and a new job as a general in the Spanish army in exchange for stopping the insurrection. He stated (to his own father, no less) that he had always respected his father, but the homeland comes first.


I'm with Clayton.  How about providing some sources that support your assertions?

I don't know that the Norway model is superior, but that doesn't mean there aren't aspects of it that could be utilized to our advantage.  I'm sick and tired of folks defending the status quo just because it's what they are familiar with.  I have no patience anymore for:
My high school is the best because I assert it to be so.
My religion is the best because I assert it to be so.
My political affiliation is the best because I assert it to be so.
My parents raised me the right way because I assert it to be so.
My neighborhood/city/state/country is the best because I assert it to be so.

And my favorite:  You hate Freedom and America if you disagree with me.


SFDl, no comparison whatsoever.  I do not have a problem with the hijab but draw the line with a burka.  When it comes to a toque or scarves, I would imagine one usually takes them off when entering a bank for instance seeing one gets too hot.  The burka is not a religious symbol but something stupid men as a rule force upon their females.  I  also object to demonstrators wearing mask, why do they do that?  Because they are cowards and know full well they very likely will act contrary to law.  The burka does not belong in a western society.


Edward VIII was actively wooing Hitler to make him King when Hitler conquered UK.

So what's your point?


Nah, history will show the last 8 years to be the worst ever.


I thought the idea for an Airport was to manage flights, not make private business owners rich?


Be neet if there was a way to have a small track and a small ski in front and back of a bike.Maybe inline skate wheels for the bogeys.Still be heavy I bet.


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This guy.

https://malialitman.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/steve-bannon.jpg

Trump's White House senior counselor and chief strategist.

Yeah, there's the look of competency.
.

He's actually just a white supremacist neo-Nazi.

Chief strategist, ….more like chief fascist sympathizer and bloated toady all rolled into one.
.


"(Eugene’s will likely be green or yellow)".

Either read faster or type more slowly!


Yes, Richard I could use some work.  Maybe there is a future with Trump.  We can get some foreigners to build a wall.


Brown was for years, and remains, a Harperite.

I don't need any more information than that.


So we can dump on Trump, but not comment on the actual attackers....How nice. This is why people voted for him.  The tide to reality is coming back in.


Katy Labrador, I see you are still 'barking' at trees.


That is not what I said. The question is how much real wealth creation has increased since 1986.  Real wealth is created when goods or services are produced at below their production costs as determined by free markets, resulting in a profit.

Native corps do much of their work providing low value services (hotels for example), which are not rigorous supports for an economy.  Service industries will greatly suffer, just as they did in '86.  Also, they contract for governments, which does not create activities outside of what would be produced otherwise.  This is especially true in the since that many of the contracts are dependent on at least partial state funding, which will be short in coming.

Native corps might "buffer", but how successful they will be in truly deferring economic decline is yet to be seen.  Native corps are involved in some wealth producing projects like Red Dog or the Donlin Project.

Many would consider 8a contracts welfare, however.


BUWAHAHAHA!


Great letter Susan 100% with you.


I don't disagree with you that the fair is boring and overpriced. They don't have good concerts and if you do buy a concert ticket you also have to pay for parking and fair entrance, and then for any rides and admission to special areas.

MAYBE if they got a current band, I might consider it again but between the drive, the terrible food, the cost of parking, admission, concert tickets, and ride tickets, it's a hard no for me.

However, the lack of smoking is a huge bonus. There is nothing I hate more than having to smell cigarette smoke anywhere. Especially outside, where the air is supposed to be fresh and clean.


Civil Beat appears to be a very easy fish to catch when the topic is GM, pesticides or Big Ag, and should more carefully inspect the bait before getting hooked.

Any path to action has to consider what was found rather than just focusing on what wasn’t found:

The UH study on pesticide drift sampling of air at and near public locations for over a year found only tiny traces of a couple of pesticides;

HDOA’s good neighbor database does show how much, how often and what kinds of pesticides were applied, and 93% of the amount applied was less acutely toxic than aspirin, and;

Analysis of domestic water on Kauai found pesticides could not be detected.

These findings are solid and significant for informing any action plan. An earlier study also found that urban areas on Oahu had the highest number of different pesticides, implicating non-agricultural sources.

That no evidence of harm was found should not be maddening to CB – it may be related to some of the evidence that was found.


Yes, sir!


Thank you David Brooks for a great column on the untimely death of Gwen Ifill.  She was a wonderful journalist, special  person  and a bright spot in the dark world of TV.


The article quotes Sophia Cineas, a 31-year-old Haitian woman arriving at the border and saying...I cannot stay in the United States and there's no better place than Canada," she said. "I'm doing what I've got to do."

It begs the question if there's not better place than Canada, why wait until now?

Regardless...in a Globe and Mail article by Anna Mehler Paperny January 16, 2010 it was reported..."Immigration Minister Jason Kenney said today it will be easier for Canadians to sponsor Haitians for immigration, including family members, "protected persons" and children being adopted by Canadians."

"Mr. Kenney said Haitians in Canada who have made an application that hasn't been approved yet to prolong their status in Canada will be deemed to have implied status and don't have to worry about their status running out.

Any Haitian nationals being "removed" from Canada have also been granted temporary reprieve, he added."

I didn't contact Michelle Rempel to follow-up on Kenney's results!


"but overall this government’s immigration and refugee policy deserves high praise."

It will be interesting to see what happens when the federal gov't support of the refugees is transferred to the provinces and how many of them are able to begin to become self sufficient and proficient with English or French.


Um, guess you aren't too hot on the Olympics, eh?


pgkemp: There is very little one person alone can do to affect change. But to answer your question "WHAT HAS SHE DONE?" I will tell you. She held our politicians ACCOUNTABLE which is way more than most anyone else in our legislature ever does. She basically lost her job, the most power position in the senate because she called BS on all the other lawmakers who once again failed to have the guts to do anything. The fact that she was ousted from the Senate Ways and Means chair should be enough to tell you she's willing to lay it on the line to do what's for the state. meaning for US. So yes Jill. Run for Governor. You'd get my vote


Interesting topic, too bad there is so little information in this article.


On Friday, I gave a couple of examples of this happening in NDP campaigns.

The Liberals are not immune.

http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/canadian-politics/former-liberal-mp-says-party-didnt-probe-allegations-of-membership-fraud-in-recent-nomination-battle
"Former Liberal MP says party didn’t probe allegations of membership fraud in recent nomination battle"


Trump probably is too. Like you, he knows he's losing.


"Once you break [the Permanent Fund] barrier, the sky's the limit. Then it just becomes a grab bag."

We have a legislative culture with a long history of "grab bag" mentality (look at lists of past capital projects).  As soon as the Permanent Fund is tapped, you can bet there will be a loud sucking sound and Alaska will soon be street corner state, holding up a cardboard sign and hoping for handouts from others.


Change "Antifa" to "Trump" and you're correct.


I do feel bad for the taxi drivers that work long hours and mortgaged their home for a medallion, however, the services we want are just not being provided in the current system.  I know many people that have waited for over an hour for a taxi that never came and they missed their event, a family party and other important things.  It will be nice to get Uber and have more convenience.


Won't be as fast as Obummer took credit for killing Bin Laden.


Hate is an overstatement used by Libcucks.

Disdain would be more appropriate and is a byproduct of finding after a year they have made little progress in learning the language but complain about trifling issues like this.


I live in Oregon. Fighting crime will involve sending in a federal task force to investigate and prosecute the organize crime syndicate that runs this cesspool as their own personal fiefdom. Oh, and you're going to have to remove the Portland US Attorney's office, most of whom are former Oregon DOJ Attorney's, and leaks like a rusty bucket. If Sessions actually read the packets if documents and recording sent to him, he might do something, but they are apparently intercepted by Obama holdovers.


C'mon guys, enough squabbling.  Hoped for some serious, intelligent analysis about an epic historic event that will impact all of us.


It is hard to take these athletes seriously when the glass house they live in is shattered by their own behavior to their women. Is it just police violence that is bad?
I'd prefer to see them clean up their own messes before starting in on someone else's.


All hat no cattle.  All suit and well stuffed.


Well,  Ms. Broeckhoff, looking at the behavior lately of some of the silly 'progressive-liberal' boffins that populate Portland, I have to confess to being a bit embarrassed to admit that I'm from Oregon!  :-s


Fireclaire.net


Just curious, are you praying to god at the wailing wall?


Why are comments closed on the Manchester attack?


Stop lying, Mr Mcgee.

Wikipedia shows that you and your sources are mendacious.

"The term Lügenpresse has been used intermittently since the 19th century in political polemics in Germany, by a wide range of groups and movements in a variety of debates and conflicts.[1]"

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


Interesting picture, but without context, is it satire, a political statement, an honest show of support, an attempt at intimidation, or just something done to aggravate the daughters' boyfriend, a granola-munchin', patchouli oil wearin', dread-lock hangin', hippy-talkin' weirdo?

Note the person in the picture has a document from the Department of the Army hanging on the wall, apparently signifying an Honorable Discharge from the Army. That carries some weight, at least with me.


The only sadness appears in the blind Republican faithful who continue to send the most disgusting people to government positions expecting different results.  The primary campaign consisted of a host of wannabes trying to be as disgusting as Don Young.  The winner reflects the most disgusting one of all extolling the virtues of all that the Republican party shows to be its basic tenets of anti-government, anti-human rights, christian fundamentalism over freedom, misogyny toward women, free-market criminality based in abject greed, one of the deadly sins of their preferred religion.  Those voting Republican reflect the basic "values" of their leaders.  Nice to see you are so happy to wallow in that cesspool of false dogma.