As others have said, the EU is not Europe.  It is the Europa that Merkel and others who believe in "the project" want to foist on an increasingly hostile European public.

Lot of errors, as per usual  when you follow the BBC/Guardian partyline. Perhaps the most laughable is his claim about Corbyn.

"Britain’s election is all but certain to be an anti-Europe victory. Mr. Corbyn has lost millions of voters over his decision last year not to fight actively for EU membership in the Brexit referendum; he is widely blamed for having helped create the defeat."

The Labour Party has lost millions of voters because voters have seen the party hijacked by a bunch of ex-Trotskyites, some not so ex, who have a track record of supporting the IRA and Hamas and want to turn the UK back to the disastrous days of nationalisation and government control of everything.

 Most of Corbyn's MPs disagree with his policies and the public dislike parties that are constantly fighting amongst themselves.


It'll take more than retraining to fix police violence. It'll take changing the hiring process from the start. Stop hiring authoritarian goons in the first place, and subject anyone you *do* hire to rigorous civilian oversight.

Too bad any time someone even whispers the word "oversight" in this city, DPD and sheriff dept. threaten to go on strike.


I hope the Ducks' OL can protect Prukop from the defensive juggernaut they will face in UC Davis.  We have become spoiled by the great OLs Greatwood has put together over the years so I am expecting this unit to be good once again.

But, did anyone else shudder at reading Tyrell Crosby described as "the standout left tackle?" It's hard to envision a line where Crosby is a standout being good enough to be a contender in the Pac-12.


Why would you even think cameras would matter, when the culprits themselves are streaming their murders on Facebook Live in real time?


Could someone with a macroeconomics degree comment on Mr. Jamie last comment? While I do believe workers in Canada, US, and Mexico should be compensated in wages comparable to the standard of living in their respective countries, is he not advocating that he ought be paid like a Canadian?  It already sounded like initially (20 years ago) the new wealth he achieved, was , indeed, a good relative wage in Mexico. He moved up, he bought things, he got a mortgage. He now struggles with the same middle class lack of progress in wage growth. A great many of Canadians are living paycheque to paycheque. The issue that has to be figured out is how to allow all workers, in all companies, to share in prosperity.


My point more clearly is this: The UA system is expensive and not doing a good job of preparing the future workforce, 4 (and 6) year graduation rates by college: UAF, 15% (43%); UAA, 8% (29%); UAS, 4% (15.6%) .

Comparing apples to apples, the national average for public university six year graduation rate is 60%, I can't find the six year graduation rate for the UA system as a whole but weighting those six year graduation rates against full time student enrollment my best guess is its around 32%, or half the national average for public universities.

The University system is too big, it admits too many students and objectively is failing at educating them. So far, the University's solution has been to pass on more costs to their students, which no doubt will drive graduation rates lower and increase the number of Alaskans that are servicing student debt without a degree.

The faculty senate passing a no confidence vote is pointing fingers everywhere but at themselves.


Grows like weed.


I hate bigotry of all sorts. My Jewish mother lost many members of her family in the Holocaust, including her parents. My younger brother is gay, and has been discriminated against -- and was chased out of the Catholic Church -- because of it. My daughter-in-law is black; both she and other members of her family has known racism. Even though I, myself, am a straight, white, Christian man, those near and dear to me have been affected by bigotry. My mother taught me to abhor it, my Christian religion teaches me to abhor it.

You have been explicit about your support of bigotry. You sometimes played shabbes goy -- whoop-de-hairy-do. Just the other day, I held a door open for a black woman, which by your standard proves that I am neither racist nor sexist.

You said that you approve of those who would refuse to deal with others for any reason. "Any reason" includes bigotry. Thus, you, yourself, say that you support bigotry


5.260 Begging.

            No person shall physically accost another person for the purpose of begging or soliciting alms upon the streets or in any public place. The above offense is also punishable as a violation and may include a fine not exceeding $720.00 pursuant to SMC section 1.205. [Section 5.260 amended by Ordinance No. 6169, enacted May 15, 2006.]

 ac·cost
əˈkôst,əˈkäst/
verb
verb: accost; 3rd person present: accosts; past tense: accosted; past participle: accosted; gerund or present participle: accosting
   approach and address (someone) boldly or aggressively.
    "reporters accosted him in the street"

Ward 1:  Above is the code you reference and a wikepedia definition of "accost."  The code you reference is a specific code addressing "agressive panhandling" and does not cover "panhandling" in a "non-agressive", "non-accosting" fashion.  Such codes are designed to address intimidating efforts and have been found Constiutional.  different thing altogeter.    Gary


Whether I agree or not, l like the. diiversity.  I learn, I discover, i broaden my understanding.  Believe it or not, it's not always about me.  But, when it's a lot of words that means absolutely nothing but garbage, it's a waste of my time.


The result of some might fine parenting going on around here.


If I spend most (all?) of my money on a house, I  need to reduce spending on things like food - means I look for great prices - check Costco shopping lately? House prices need to come down a whole lot more before I can spend on other things - means "deflation" will continue.....people are unwilling to pay more for goods and services because such a huge percentage of costs are absorbed by Housing...not sure why nobody wants to talk about the big white elephant in the room...DEFLATION...there I said it.


Another fake account troll


"“Oftentimes, we have evidence but we can’t use it [in court]. This is an issue on which we want to consult more widely because we know there is a problem, but the solutions aren’t always obvious,” the official said."

I have an issue with this idea:
IMHO everybody has the right to face their accuser(s) in an open court.
Entering evidence from unnamed should not be allowed


That will never happen, even in your lifetime!  As many of the governments that "the Hawaiian monarchy" had agreements with, are long gone and those agreeements are no longer enforced or enforcable.

As for all the lands in the Hawaiian Islands reverting back to Kingdom ownership, that's just another fallacy; as there are no "military forces" for the kingdom to use to repatriate it's lands in the islands, from those who currently hold them (own them.)  Then there is the fact of all the "people" living in the islands; as you can't and don't have the authority to kick them out, nor the capacity to feed them, if they stay' as there is no sustainable agri-base to support such a large population.


This just proves Canada is communism as your vote does not count.  No wonder everyone wants to be in politics in this country.  I hope the Senate really takes on a more powerful role!


Actually a good idea.......make it possible for Alaskans to choose which type of card you want. If you want the REAL ID, give it to them. If you do not, keep the old ones. You solved both sides at once. Good idea!!!


John Elway thought Brock Osweiler was the next big thing. Then he thought Paxton Lynch was the next big thing. Oh, and he also thought Mark Sanchez had something. Now he's stuck with Brian Griese, er, Trevor Siemian. That's how he loses.


Ergodan seems like a strange guy.


Can the Red Cross do ANYTHING right? Just like their "great" work in Haiti. I don't know why people continue to give to them.


" when somebody takes an image or experience from a marginalized culture without permission, and claims it as their own."
Do the appropriated  have  to be marginalized and the appropriator have to  claim it as their own? Whose definition is this anyway?


I know that professor Brainiac, those private equity investments provide income, many were formerly publicly traded investments.  Pop question, what happens to that income and the value of those investments during a downturn?  What the hell do you think is backing up the value of a publicly traded REIT?


That would be kinda slimly...would a Liberal do that?


Bost1,
You need to understand what that debt is all about.  All governments have both long term debts and current debts just the same as individuals have.  Individuals have the day to day expenses which they pay off with their monthly pay cheque.  They also have long term debts such as home mortgage/car loans which they pay off over time.  Government is exactly the same. They cannot pay for a multi million project in one shot with only current monthly income.  The amount of long term debt that an individual or a government can handle without problem is dependent upon its projected income.  The mortgage amount you can finance for your house is an example.  The people who tell you how bad a gov't. is for having this $68 billion debt either have no understanding  or are trying to make you believe it is much worse than it in fact is.


The voice of the Old South blares again.  How dare anyone honor anyone without honoring all?  The black soldiers role was not only "downplayed", they were removed from all references to the AlCan building for years after the war because of military classification.  Military classification controlled by white, southern officers dedicated to segregation of the entire nation.  Alaska was, literally, ruled by a General Buckner, an avowed racist who implemented segregation policies throughout Alaska during WWII.  He ordered no black soldiers to be allowed to mix with local natives as violating his Old South code against miscegenation. Only the heroism of an Alaska Native woman broke the vile continuation of bigotry and racism against all "colored" people as part of the Buckner legacy.  Since you have internet access, the truth is readily available so you can find out "how".


Well said, Don.


Federally supported research is one of the few things that has kept the US a world leader.


Google "How much does it cost to build an apartment complex" and there's a lot of answers on the internet. I think we need some input from a local architect familiar with local costs. Also, I'd sure like to find out why the costs to operate the facility are so high. It's got to include a couple of social workers and maybe security. But for 20 people? I'm not against the idea of housing people, by the way. I'm just concerned about costs.


This article finally articulated what most Main Street voters know and the media is just now admitting. Our government no longer represents the people. It represents the donors and lobbyists


Is there an advocate left anywhere for anything at any time anymore who doesn't believe the only answer for his or her special cause is a silver platter full of freebies? You now want us to pay med students for their perceived altruism? What does the cardboard sign for that look like? And show us the med school grad who'll sign on for half the going rate. Just one. Please.
There's one path to a debt-free start to a physician's life that's worked for generations: pick wealthier parents.


Oh look, another racist, sexist, Trumpsucker!


"A chunk of the big profits that pro hockey generates up north are shipped south as part of the league’s revenue-sharing system."

Maybe we should build a wall along the American border? And certainly a border tax would be completely justifiable.


king's man offers up, "Erin O'Toole - experienced on the Hill, a lawyer, a very good Minister of Veterans Affair, measured in words and deeds, a family man and a veteran of the CF. He has earned his way to the (near) top."

Wouldn't be there if Bev Oda hadn't slipped in her Orange Juice, and will celebrate 5 years after his by-election win this November.   Four years of RMC for an honours arts degree, then "5 years  payback service" to the taxpayers and then right into the reserve for another 3 years while attending Law School isn't exactly my image of a 12 year veteran...but he got a medal so it seems to count and if it works for you...:)

Following Fantino as VA Minister Erin spent a lot of time touting his buds at Canada Company and their plans to stick Surplus LAV III  memorials in conservative friendly towns across Canada, but noticeably silent when they were called out in a Globe article for not awarding scholarships to the children of a Veteran with PTSD who took his own life.


Give a Liberal 'idealist' a serious job and she will inevitably turn it an ideology that makes no sense!
She worries about her three children and yet has no idea of the toxic contamination she is encouraging that they will have to live with.
Both wind and solar industry machines are constructed from materials that are 100% non-biodegradable. Additionally much of those materials contain man made toxins and contaminants which will end up in land fills. Does anyone, even a liberal, really believe that either government or the 'corporate welfare' companies in the wind and solar industries are going to pay to recycle materials that are difficult to recycle and also produce toxic emissions in the process?
When this 'green' insanity began in Ontario, legislation was making coal power cleaner and cleaner. This Minister only had to look at Ontario to see at what she now plans on inflicting on Canada.
And all to impose yet another tax to add to every Canadian's household debt.


Teens in stores have never been known to cause any issues...


I am disappointed that someone with the intellect of Ms. Henein resorted to cheap sophistry to (fail to) address the points made by Mr. Damore.  Another example, I suppose, of the dumbed down society we now live in.  30 years ago we would have had a much more meaningful and civil discussion.  Disappointing.


Democrats have taken the art of the smear to unprecedented and disgusting heights. They literally are communists, and as such, they need to be politically eradicated.


Thank you


A true cowboy in the film industry - a real visionary with great energy.  So sorry to hear.  RIP


Trudeau got 39% of the vote in a five-way contest, the largest share by far of any of the competitors, and won a majority of the seats under the electoral system.

Le Pen got 35% in a two-way contest, meaning two thirds of the people voted for the other guy.  That is a decisive loss.


I wasn't aware of that, Gary. Also, I wasn't aware that pc algorithms were that sophisticated. How are such cheaters held accountable? Do they get a warning by email? I have recently had at least two completely innocuous posts rejected as not meeting civility standards. I re-posted the last one, and it's still up, still innocuous.


Maybe if doctors quit writing prescriptions for major narcotics for every little ache and pain things wouldn't be so bad. We've got the same bodies as our grandparents but they didn't run to get narcotic prescriptions for the dull ache of arthritis. If you broke your arm, no one took months of pain meds. A few weeks was the norm, and at much lower doses. Since healthcare providers are writing these strong prescriptions for simple pain, perhaps they should be better doctors and say no to patient demands. After all, aren't the docs supposed to know better? Or does the income from having patients coming back week after week, year after year, for refills bring in too much money to stand firm and say no!? The buck starts in the doctors offices. What disease requires a patch that's 100 times stronger than morphine? If the disease is that painful shouldn't patients be in the hospital? Instead, major pain Rx's are written for people working or looking for work while driving cars! Smells fishy!


Ah, so what he was saying is the the GET raises the cost of living in a way property taxes do not. I agree, but a half a percent increase does not raise the cost of living by that much. Even if a product gets hit with the GET three times, that means the final cost is 1.5 percent higher thanks to the rail portion of the GET.


Our Defense SUCKS!


Alaska Natives should remember that Murkowski tried to go after Interior Secretary Jewell by cutting the Jewell's department budget and cutting BIA funds.  Remember in November Native voters.  Payback can sometimes be a B.


160 known and that we are willing to admit, vessels...

One would think the EPA would be all over this.


The documents have to be in the car while it is being operated on the highway.  Documents don't have to be in the car when the car is not being operated.

That can be satisfied by the driver carrying the documents.  I carry the documents in my wallet.  That way, a thief would have to explain to the police why he or she doesn't have the insurance card or vehicle registration.


Pull the pilots licenses. Landing is not allowed on some lands depending on how they are classified.
Don't think many pilots want to lose their livelihood


Just a few thoughts... The parish I grew up in built a new Church in the Early 80s that represents the modern church architecture being defended here, and the current church I go to was built in this style (and remains in this style despite having some wonderful priests).  At the very least, moving the tabernacle from behind the alter is a source of great confusion.  Ultimately people tend to genuflect towards the front of the Church, and when the tabernacle is moved to one side, it means we are genuflecting to the alter, not Christ.  In addition, the more extreme versions of Church in round are not very functional for facilitating communion.  The very long pews that wrap around make it difficult to easily get to an aisle to move forward to communion.  As something that seems trivial, but perhaps not, the short central aisle (assuming there is one at all),  I suspect has convinced more than one couple on the fence about getting married in the Church to go somewhere else.


Folks in the past must be Ahgast !


The value of your post is significantly lower than most. Go back to researching the power of positive thinking.


I must say, it is confusing keeping up with progressive pieties.

In recent months, traditional-minded folks have been critical of particular priests, bishops and even the pope; and the line from N"C"R is that this is bad, bad bad!

But then we have Fr. Reese talking about "progressive Catholic parishes" that disobey the bishops' directive to kneel during the Eucharistic Prayer -- and that is good, good, good!


What?

  Did you delete your comment, Nick Rivers?!!! It was the best comment of the day.


I hope you fix your own potholes in the street around where you drive. I hope you fight your own fire when your house goes up in blazes.


I remember when some people objected to the team name Vancouver Canucks; they thought of it as a derogatory term, used by Americans. I shrugged, means nothing to me, as a Canadian. As for the Inuit, if Eskimo is now a bad word for them, well, times change, even in sports! As they did for the ex-Washington Bullets and maybe tomorrow the Redskins.


It is hard to figure out why Trudeau chose this particular moment to immolate himself in the eyes of every honest Canadian.


Exedus,  it's Trudeau's deal as much as Harper's.  Trudeau defended it and made sure it was completed.  And as I said, the Liberals are on record as wanting to strengthen ties to Saudi Arabia.  Right now the Liberals are complaining about human rights in Russia but completely silent about human rights in Saudi Arabia.  And that's true of all Western governments, they're all loyal to Saudi Arabia no matter what..

I support Trump but I don't 100% agree with all his policies.  And I think that's true of a lot of Trump supporters, they want him to follow his populist agenda and when he doesn't they'll criticize him.


When you have something to add to the Discussion, get back to me. Until then good day.


Comey came across as a bit strange bird at his hearing. I think when Trump called him a nut job, he was pretty much speaking the truth. A lot of what Comey said was  very political and unworthy of the lead FBI investigator. If Clinton had won she would have fired him too. Comey's thought process seemed rather weird for a policeman..


The neo-Nazis rallied under the banner of "Unite the Right". They think they are part of your movement. Maybe if more conservatives would condemn the nazis in your midst as stridently and as often as you proffer deflections and false equivalencies, the connection between mainstream conservatism and white nationalism wouldn't be so easy to make.

Remember, the mainstream Republican Party in the state of North Carolina made it illegal for local municipalities in their state to remove white supremacist traitorous Confederate statues. Maybe that's why these white nationalists who rallied around Confederate statues in VA feel at home in your ranks.


The distribution of wealth in the world is actually becoming more equal (correct me if I'm wrong) and that fact has a lot to do with the economic success of China.

Inequality within nations is becoming a bigger problem. Not so much in Germany or most northern European nations, I would add.


jerry69, It's your right not to believe in polls that sample thousands of people nationwide, even though they're all saying the same thing -- that the majority of Americans disapprove of Trump's presidency.  It's your right to put your trust in tweets.  By the say, the national polls were accurate.  Hillary got the majority of the popular vote.
 https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/trump-approval-ratings/


IRT "As an ex-Navy guy, I decided to show him support and let him know that there are real Americans, real patriots here, who support him,”.  Good for you!  There are plenty of real Americans with patriotic spirits that do not like anything about POTUS.  He has violated our trust,  America would be Greater without Trumps style of leadership.  Many people in other countries that i converse with cannot believe Americans were stupid enough to elect a person like him.  Maybe people have a higher regard for money than integrity.


James, where is your proof that there is a god that made anything? At least with science there is definitive proof thanks to testing.


Only one thing  could be said here.  Where does the property owner get their money back from $150 million graft project? There should be an investigation,  what politicians and crony capitalists were involved in this boondoggle. For a small state of 3 1/2 million people $150 million is a lot of money


I lived in Alaska for over 50 years before moving "outside" in Wisconsin.  Wisconsin passed a workplace smoking ban a few years ago, and all the arguments I see against it were the same arguments voiced here.  The tavern league here was vehemently against it saying it would ruin the bar scene.  The exact opposite has happened.  More people go to bars now to enjoy the clean air.  The argument about pot being legal is totally off base.  In most cases, pot is smoked among pot smokers and not in public.  We don't care if you choose to smoke, just don't blow it in my face.  Come on Alaska, you're better than this!!


Ok, my list of potential Halloween costumes continues to grow.  I still think I'm going as either a kneeling football player or Harvey Weinstein, but I still have time to change my mind.


why are you regularly showing the bias ignorance with your nonsense, even cnn has now admitted there is no russia connection anything loser


Trump knows better than anyone what the rules are, and how to get around them, so he just might be the one to now how to close all the loopholes he benefited from himself.

No businessman can be expected to stay in business long if he insists of staying "pure" and refuses to play by the same rules everyone else does.


Seems that we could be a little more  accommodating to our  neighbors the Elk. We're lucky to still the local herd. I'm sure most think otherwise or just don't care.


Cut him a break! Most 71 year-olds don't really understand e-commerce either...


People who put in a 40 hour work week shouldn't have to live in poverty. They're doing the best that they can do.


The mission is simple, "defend American values and promote world peace" or is it "promote American values and defend world peace"??  Oh crap, now I'm confused....


Grand jury of our peers is saying someone with trump stinks.  Is the jury lying?


J.Ohinata, the amount of federal funds through ESSA is a drop in the bucket when compared with the size of state funding and other sources of funds for education.  Every state has to decide whether it's worth complying with ESSA requirements in order to receive ESSA funds.  In retrospect, complying with the No Child Left Behind requirements wasn't worth the NCLB funding.  ESSA continues the heavy emphasis on standards and the assessments of NCLB.


Sounds like the GOP in the AkLeg is taking a page right out of the Mitch McConnell play book.....


Your post sounds a little breathless and high-strung. I think all this shows is stupidity on the part of a male Trump, not collusion or criminal activity and does not make Trump's election illegitimate. I don't like Trump and didn't vote for Trump, but people have to pump their brakes.


Everytime I read something like this I am reminded not  a single analyst or journalist in the entire country predicted this with the whole herd jumping on the pro-leftist bubble that the status quo is the only answer.


It's not even on the public at large, since public retirees don't have to pay, and other classes are exempt as well. It's regressive and selective and needs to be deep-sixed or completely overhauled.


It really isn't that hard at all.   As one pundit once remarked, the USA consists of two coasts and a vast empty nothingness in between.  He may also have been writing about what is between the ears of the people that live in those places.


as part of the 85% of Native American's who cherish Indian mascots, you're full of deluded (&*$. These mascots are no different than the mascots Native American tribes have at our high schools, and no different than the ones we have made long before whitey showed up.


I have a good design suggestion - they could change the part that is the flag of treason to the flag of surrender - white.

The white flag of surrender is the ONLY flag I want to see represent the Confederacy. That is the "heritage" of the traitors in the Confederacy - losing a war fought to maintain their slaves.


Nope. You are dreaming. I can't stand Justin, but he's less of a threat to the U.S.A. and mankind than Donald Trump.


O'Leary is exactly what the Conservative Party needs.  Call him smug and Trump like if you like but the fact is Canada needs some common sense and KO has that as well as real world experience in building successes.  I don't understand why many think that " Intellectuals " and career government trough feeders have the answers and vision to make Canada a competitive place to live.  It's easy to dislike successful people but he gets things done in a financially responsible manner.


What is described here isn't 'ancillary' care. It's typical care of a person with CF.


I hope it takes people 2 days to get home........


Chances are, he probably had past victims as most pedophilia pattern often shows. Only by being caught, he shows remorse and reflection. Sound very typical and very predictable behavioral pattern of a child abuser. Should make a good inmate worker in due time. Most SAMs offenders are good workers in a controlled environment.


Why do they need to move "where their constituents are around?" To my knowledge neither the House or the Senate have done anything their constituents want. All they've done is danced around the gorilla in the room since they been in session. I mean the deficit, which seems to of snuck up on them. For the second year in a row. Can't get anything past these geniuses.


You object to tellers contacting CBC.

You  say bank tellers  should  contact bank regulators or the police (at the sure risk of losing their jobs) Are you serious?

You say this is not a Wells Fargo moment for Canada (lets hope you are correct) but you offer no evidence.

You are correct in comparing banks with car dealerships and the pressure to up sell and cross sell. You are correct in highlighting the sales culture at the banks. Then why  be dismissive of the 1000 emails received by CBC. It must be  the sales culture that drove 1000 bank employees to contact CBC.

You do not require bank top brass to come out with  a public statement on their up-selling  and cross selling practices. Why?


Wonder how Blues fans feel today. The "new" coach comes from a recent history in Minnesota where the Wild were an entirely underwhelming team. This year, with a very similar lineup but new coach, the Wild are the class of the west. Every situation, of course, is different, but short term prospects for Blues aren't good.  That said, the new coach in Minnesota has a few playoff demons to purge as well.


Boots, lead by example! Go tell the ERS pension fund managers to invest in the rail. They have $12-billion in assets under management. Invest in the rail boots, go call your local government union boss and demand they withhold your state/county salary as well as your federal and state income tax refunds to fund the rail!


see that nice pile of home equity in your house, your condo ?
thats what you will use some day to pay for your healthcare


i wish her well, as i do for everyone in this situation.  i also wish that she take this as an urgent wake-up call to take more leadership (?), take firmer positions on topics (?), and do more (?) for our citizens than she has in the past.


No mention about the CNN ?(Counterfiet News Network)  Imagine that, typical of the Canadian news bias and how how they are just propagandists themselves


Good point.  It's obvious that the Catholic Church wants to make contraception illegal again.


So where is most of revenue going?


Who are you kidding? Trump has the gall to claim that John McCain is not a war hero because he was caught when his aircraft was shot down. Trump is a coward and and a fool, and there is no doubt that he would blab that the soldier "knew what he signed up for."


If Saiki removes her, then his constituents should vote him out, because he's informing them that he's not willing to represent them.  He will put the party before them and he will vote without regard to what his constituents want.


This is old story that gets repeated over and over and over. And over again.

I’ll only expound on what I think I know, not what I think I know from anecdotal information and gossip.

We have yet to complete a study on Alaska Native people and the results from forced assimilation. Forced assimilation is simply the erasure of all things cultural and historical. And this is the most important part: And attempt after attempt to replace the erasures with that old “you have to become like us so you can go to heaven BS.”

That is the Alaska Native story and it is still with us. No one wants to nor will they do what is truly right and that is to address that issue. If addressed, the money flow to “fix” Native people will come to an abrupt end. The money here is the most important item. Think on that. Ponder it. And in so doing, set aside the supposed sanctity of western religious dogma and you will be on the right track.


The re-concocted fluoride controversy is merely a dose of fog & smoke to keep people's minds off the real issues.Which are: Changing the tax on BigOil back to an ACES system. Putting TEETH in the Legislature's Ethics Rules, stopping all mega projects including the obscene PipeDream, & a host of other serious problems. Proper does of fluoride in the the public water is inexpensive, does result in formation of teeth with more resistance to decay, but is a favorite item perennially on the nutzie's agenda.


You equated BXVI accusing the Irish hierarchs of "betraying" the Irish and accusing them of an "inadequate response" with this Pope accusing prelates who differ with cowardice in “burying their heads in the sand,’ “a nasty spirit in order to sow division,” and psychologically “born from something missing, from trying to hide one’s own sad dissatisfaction behind a kind of armor" and warning that they are a “cancer of the Church” in pursuit of glory rooted in “the logic of ambition and power.”
You stated JPII and BXVI "used such language [as Pope Francis] constantly" with no citations or examples yet I'm the one who "rewriting history"?


I've seen these lazy judges and board members in action.  They are on banker's hours for huge tax-paid salaries.  They are corrupt and the swamp should be drained in Ontario too.


This  is an outrage, but not surprising.  I assume the G and M feels otherwise.


Why so cagey, Let Me? Afraid to actually say that you think Islam is the problem? Worried that making such a gross generalization will get your comment removed? I guess I was spot on with my initial comment then, assuming that you were unable to see the fact that the vast majority of Muslims go about their lives without becoming extremists.

I stand by my original post. Islam is not the problem. Extremist Islam is.


You sure this team is in the KHL and not Toronto??


You are the bigot.  Your claims are flat out lies and disgusting.  Nenshi is an honourable man and you have no right to libel him with false claims.  Your post is unacceptable.


I wonder if they will have to rework this if the long-delayed W470 segment is ever built.


The thing is, all these jobs that do nothing but service our irrational health-insurance industry are why we pay so much more for our our healthcare in this country  --  and these pointless expenditures come directly out of consumers' pockets.

Quite a few of those jobs have become globalized, too  --  I am not terribly concerned about how many "reviewing physicians" (the people who deny payment for the process your doctor wants, or who alter your ongoing prescriptions without ever having seen you) lose their jobs in Sri Lanka .

As to pharmaceuticals  --  right now, we American consumers pay the R&D costs for the whole world.  Drugs developed & manufactured by US companies cost significantly more in the US than anywhere else in the world.

Maybe you've heard  --  there's a shortage of doctors and nurses in our country.  I'd much rather pay for more of those jobs than for clerks and lawyers to tell me and my doctor that my insurance won't pay for the treatment I need.


Picture Trump in any kind of jumpsuit.

Are you frightened now?

And it doesn't need to be orange as he already is.


Having a gun doesn't make him a gun  owner anymore than having a stolen vehicle makes him a  vehicle owner.


Good to see Trump willing to change his mind on Syria and Assad. However, I expect more attacks because 60 cruise missles is not much. Cruise missles are the weapon of choice of Presidents retaliating.  Deja Vu-- Clinton fired hundreds of cruise missles and bombs in a daysof attacks on  Al Quaeda bases in  Afghanistan For bombing of US embassies in Africa. He ordered Cruise missle attacks on terrorist areas in Afghanistan retaliation  for a death threat against President Bush. Obama ordered cruise missle attack on Yemen bases, headquarters, and radar in retaliation for missle attacks on a Navy Ship.


Nor  does black pride, yellow pride, red pride, or  brown pride.  They all end badly, not only for the victims but the perpetrators as well.


I know of no reason to believe that Omar has a closed mind. It's too bad I can't say the same about his detractors.


I wonder what they- and Jeremy Price and the Americans for Prosperity- Alaska  (for the Koch Brothers and other 1%'ers) think about this.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/koch-clinton-president-republicans_us_571c35c5e4b0d912d5fee371

Charles Koch: Clinton Might Make Better President Than Republican Candidates

Other than  Don Young, who said he supported Katich, has the delegation said who they support?


None of the 3 Milankovitch cycles can explain the unprecedented current warming. We are in the cooling phase of those natural cycles, not the warming phase.

https://www.skepticalscience.com/Milankovitch.html


I don't know about the rest of Canadians but i am fine with :

1- Legitimate refugees fleeing war and persecution aka running for their lives, however, if their countries of origin become stable within 6 years of their arrival in Canada they should be sent back. Only after 6 years as refugees should they be allowed to apply to stay permanently. Alternatively, they could drop the refugee claim and apply to Canadian immigration like everyone else!

2- A points based immigration process and only points -no investor or family reunification options. but those points should vary yearly to account for Canada's needs, not just higher education= more points! If we need farmers or loggers give them more points, etc

3- A refugee and immigration system that resolves all cases + appeals within 7 months, .none of this 5 year waiting for potential immigrants.

4- Immigration numbers based not on GDP, rather increasing wealth and quality of life for individual Canadians. So maybe 150,000 per year max


Hugh Segal, a great man and a great Canadian.


Perhaps because missle defense is fake.  Oh, it might hit a missle or two but no way will it work in a serious attack.  Is it worth it?   Probably not.  Talking is the best solution.


Sad testament to the current state of the Republican party....Trump has 85+% favorable rating among Republican voters while McCain draws just 44% favorable. So the new Republican party favors Trump 2-1 over a military veteran, longtime Senator, public servant, and national war hero? That is just great. Good job 'Merica! Sad. Sad. Sad. Bigly Sad. Biggest Sad in United States history. Nothing could be more Sad.


Right on BobCline!

This article is meant to deflect away from Ontario Liberal government poor performances.


...so it's not a problem for retirees.


I at least am not denying the horrible conditions many of these people left, however, in arriving from the USA they are leaving a safe country, many where they had work and established themselves already.  No one is dropping bombs on Noyes or anywhere else in the USA for that matter.

What about people like my partner, or parents who immigrated to Canada following all the rules, and in many cases had to wait decades before full citizenship, and to re-do all of their trades qualifications? AND learn English before they couldn't even apply to stay longer term?

We have a points system that people pay to follow, if it needs to be tweaked to allow more people of certain skills in, lets tweak it. But what these people are doing is illegal. Were I to do it I would be laughed all the way into prison. Why are we not deporting people who don't cross borders legitimately and apply for status or asylum legitiamtely at borders when they come directly from an unsafe country?


40 years of conservative rule yielded several hundred $billion in transfer payments from Alberta to Ottawa. How much of that came back for purposes of 'economic diversification?  Squat.  Despite a  ruinous National Energy Program under Pierre Trudeau and decades of hide-bound imposition by the  rest of Canada inhibiting  Alberta from accessing world oil markets offshore, the money flowed.  All that time Albertan chemical engineers wrestled the once speculative oil sands resource into a competitive, productive part of the petro economy.

Alberta has a very large, productive agriculture sector and productive forest industry. Calgary is a thriving corporate center and the province  has good universities and good hospitals. Aside from uniformly bad drivers, it has decent highways. All of this while the rest of Canada confiscated $billions, returned nothing and then inhibited Alberta's oil sector.


I think this is a fantastic thing.  To me, it shows that my dad, his friends and everyone in this market buying these cars now, are being rewarded for setting priorities in life (shelter, food, family, etc).  It's exciting that they can enjoy these amazing machines with way better tech and engineering thoroughly now.   Personally, I wish I could own one of these and a Harley right now, as someone who loves cars of all types.  I'm considering a Mustang GT as a next car but it may have to wait until late 30s/ 40.


Wrong._Science_has_found_no_proof_of_a_gene._Epigenesis_they_have_found._Google_it_and_end_your_bigotry.


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Sean Parnell would be a good candidate to head up the Department of Stupidity.
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They should make it a crime to have a oil monopoly in Alaska and make it affordable for Alaskans to drill and sell oil for a profit.


I think you misunderstood.  Half of my family descends from ethnic Lithuanians who lived in St. Petersburg and converted to Russian Orthodoxy from Roman Catholicism 2 centuries ago.


It is a self-selected group taking the quiz. Those who think they will do well are more likely to take it.


I hope that this newspaper is following the money from the sale of Hydro One.  If you aren't please start and report it for all to see.


"Christ calls all to the Father" is a different argument from whether the Church, doing that calling in Christ's name, is small or large.  A call to membership is not equivalent to membership; equivalency seems to be your argument.


Then I imagine it was already extensively marketed in China at a time when there was more money flowing into the Province, and before the recent "crackdown" by China on escaping capital.

You never know the behind the scenes machinations in the big league.. The house could get "sold" as inclusion in some sort of an overseas business deal that involves other assets. But yeah, as a stand alone sale for someone who will actually live there,  at that price,  good luck.


In his defense, nobody knew that paying for a wall could be so complicated!  😜


This is what Keonisakebot claimed on Thursday. If you access the link, Comey says that no one *at DOJ* asked him to stop an investigation. Comey was not asked about Drumpf. Keonisakebot tried to make people believe something that is not true.
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Keonigohan
1 day ago
In reply to:
As in John Rice WHine.
— el_burro_sabio
@ el_burrito_senorita
VIDEO : Comey Says UNDER OATH No One Ever Asked Him to Stop an Investigation
http://truthfeed.com/video-comey-says-under-oath-no-one-ever-asked-him-to-stop-an-investigation/74264/
What say you?


They could always just dump plain water. Why is it always the "this way or no way" argument? That's not how the world actually works, you know.


It's thanks to JT's Dad that the country is no longer governed by elected parliamentarians, but rather by an unelected PMO. That has to change.


214:  My daughter is a chef and graduated at the top of her class.  She works long days sometimes double shifts and often called at the last minute to take another shift cause her male coworker is too high (or drunk) to work.  While she's working, she gets bugged continuously usually some stupid comment (she either has bitchy face or she's hot and "would she like to sleep with the other chef").  It never stops and management does nothing.  She finally quit as she was tired of the cat-calls and abuse.  This is why women don't take on those jobs 214, not because they are afraid of work, it's because they don't want to work with these men who seem to get away with this harassment..


Mr. DeMarban the complete collapse of the financial markets that led to the worst recession since the great depression is hardly what one should term a "national economic downturn". That financial collapse happened because of the creation of Credit Default Swaps that contained worseless mortgage that the good folks at Golman Sachs etc knew to be worthless but bundled and sold anyway. Tens of thousands of people lost their homes, retirements and jobs when that inevitable collapse happened. The economy was losing 600,000 jobs each month for the last six months of the Bush administration and into the first four of the Obama admin. Executives who were directly responsible for undoing the regulatory process that could have prevented the collapse made hundreds of millions of dollars betting against the very housing market bubble they had created including this Mnuchin cat that trump has appointed as his Secretary of Treasury who was born into Goldman Sachs. Alligators report to the swamp.


More like: ze plot sickens.


I think some people who liked this comment don't get the ironing.

Raised, I'm looking at you.


McCain is a true American hero.


Proof that education doesn't make you smart right there. Daily fish wrap is really reaching for a President hit piece.


Everyone has their own criteria for choosing a healthcare professional.
Visibility and accessibility.  The convenience factor is important to many people who don't care to have a long-term relationship with their caregiver (dentist).  Mall practices are focused on convenience, and whether the patient knows it or not, they are paying for it.  One way or the other.


The corrupt media are still race baiting.
I'm going to say it again.........for a Trump win it had to be part of many races voting for him,  the demographics prove NYT to be lying racist bigots who use race to divide people. To the corrupt media idiots,  it couldn't have been the dissatisfaction of the mainstream population of bolder parts of all races in this country with the Clinton/ Obama policies.


"entered a DUI diversion program and completed nearly all of the requirements"

And his parents entered the United States and completed none of the "requirements" to be legally in the country.

There are those who follow the laws and those who violate the laws.

His choice was a violation of DACA status.  He was given an unauthorized chance and blew it.

 He chose to drink and drive; they chose to enter the country illegally.

Choices have consequences.


I love the guy with the sign...'Education is a human right' he's lived a sheltered life.  Most of the world's population doesn't have access to higher learning and the country's that offer state payed education, be ready to fork over 74% of your income in taxes.  Education is not a human right but the pursuit of happiness is, so if education makes you happy you might need a second job...or maybe a first one.


Correction: This RAIL FAIL will only serve (maybe) a micro miniscule percent of the Oahu population at BEST.

And that's not even dragging the already published reports that there will be virtually ZERO traffic congestion mitigation in the equation.


welcome Mr President. ignore the snowflakes. would love to be at the meeting where all the dem elected leaders have to acknowledge him. won't be talking so tough when face to face with him.


It is not fear it is fact
When you have 10,000 people applying for 5 jobs and 5 immigrants get them what do you expect?
This denigration of facts that is used by leftist professors and economists is nothing but BS.

When your job is taken away you riot.
So get the facts straight
Globalists don't understand this one point
Those who have everything and have lost it due to unemployment and thus have nothing
have nothing to lose
People are on the brink of revolution
The Globalist years have wiped out the middle class
That is a fact


COMMENT PART 8
Dictionary.com’s definition of a “shell game” is in part: “any deceit, swindle, fraud, or the like.” Google’s definition of a “shell game” is in part: “a deceptive and evasive action or ploy…” TheFreeDictionary.com’s definition of a shell game is in part: “any swindle or fraud”.
Quite simply, the behavior of the Port is not surprising to me based on what I know about its history but nonetheless, it is wrong. At this time, it appears Clallam County citizens have been deprived of another $800,000.00! It also appears Clallam County citizens may not be aware of what Ms. Goschen testified was $8.2M in public funds spent on the CRTC endeavor thus far….an endeavor that has purportedly earned a whopping $28,000.00 and employs 17 people! Just imagine how far $8,200,000.00+ could go to create actual living wage jobs for Clallam County citizens if these funds were entrusted to honest and competent business persons?


"...led it is claimed by Joseph o Arimathea?"

So much of Joseph of Arimathea's "British whereabouts" or "mission" are legendary, Eliza lyons. If true, I am sure Anglicans by now would have created an archbishop of Glastonbury (which abbey Joseph was to have "founded") instead of an archbishop of (Rome-founded) Canterbury. But even Anglicans don't take the legend, fable (Arthurian or otherwise) seriously, preferring Pope Gregory's foundation over which Anglican make-up can be applied.


The fiscal note for the governor's income tax has 52 FTEs listed to manage the income tax. 44 are full-timers. The fiscal note for Medicaid expansion has 65 new hires.  Here is a copy of the 2015 payroll: http://bit.ly/1qZRenT


I'm willing to bet all those protesters are also illegals. Round them up as they are an easy ICE sweep and take them back home to Mexico. Besides, they don't like America or it's laws or Trump. I can't phantom why they tolerate being here.


Speaking of labels it sure appears you labeled all liberals with the same attributes.  Perhaps you are the labeler!


Fix the loophole and deport.  US colleges and universities should be admitting more US students.


Speaking of ignorance, your message speaks for itself.


Finally an expert.  Thanks Ken!


"Every day we read of atrocities committed by Muslims against the rapidly diminishing remnant of indigenous non-Arab and non-Islamic dhimmi peoples."

Every day we read ridiculous, hyperbole posted by fear mongering reactionaries.


There's a lot more to him than his famous last name. How can you overlook the photogenic good looks that have landed him magazine covers and made otherwise sensible women swoon in his presence? His ability to home in on a camera, any camera, is simply unparalleled.  You also forgot his ability to do yoga poses, a crucial requirement  in  a prime minister. And when it comes to hugging pandas, nobody does it better!


It confuses me that people will still vote for the Mayor when it is widely recognized that under his Administration's management we have found ourselves where the "rail situation is so out of control ... the proposed fixes are ... unknowable."

With rail an acknowledged disaster, it seems voters may also want to ask themselves about whether they want to vote for the Mayor that has managed to allow water mains to break, sewers to overflow, parks to become dilapidated, emergency services and The Bus to be modified and cut, houseless problems to increase, ethical challenges to grow, etc ...

With so much media attention on the disastrous rail, you wonder if the media helps distract the public from the other smaller scale Mayoral "disasters" affecting residents all around the island.

I am hopeful at some point voters will say let's try a different approach.


What a surprise.  A guy from a non-profit says that we need an income tax.  Non-profits like his, with a Pay-Pal donation button on their home page, exist on handouts.  And he expects the Alaskan state bureaucracy, that has not yet restructured from a $140 to a $50 oil paradigm, to be propped out by income tax handouts.  Clueless and obscene logic.


They already know it was arson.


Oh, please! I take it you didn't live here 20 or 30 years ago then. The air is pure compared to back then!


RBC is forecasting GDP growth to be largest in Ontario in 2017.


In other news, Ontario golf courses consume 50.5 BILLION litres of water a year. Where's the golf tax? Hypocrites.


Correction:  "the fact that illegals from the NORTH are generally not such a drag on our resources,"


Well, this is odd. There is an article about 5 inches further down the page that says that anywhere from 64-71% of people feel strongly that players should stand for the national anthem, and that 'more people agree with Trump's 'you're fired' statement than disagree. It's so confusing when the right hand doesn't know what the left hand is doing at the Examiner. Maybe better 'examine' more closely???


Give away money to third world countries with dictators, let seniors eat cat food to survive, have service groups feed poor kids breakfast, screw over the indigenous people, and overtax anyone over 100,000 (they make too muck money) to pay for the LIberal fiscal mismanagement of government.
I hate politics and Morneau and the Disney clown. Bring on 2019, I can't wait to throw the little B****** out!!!


KC and the Sunshine Band had a song entitled "Boogie Man" back in '77.  The right has adopted lots of key words, and have incorporate them into their handbook.  They recently added "statist."


He was steeped in Augustine's Confessions.... and he became a saint!


Thank you as always to the R-G and Diane Dietz for in-depth coverage of this topic in a generally factual and fair way. (Some of the chosen added facts and correlations are a little colorful, such as emphasizing the demographics and lifestyle choices of those planning water births.) I applaud the Midwives Alliance of North America for developing research and evidence of outcomes rather than continuing to participate in the decades-long anecdotal debate. Now there is growing proof to refute the parade of horribles that certain obstetricians and cultural observers like to invent for dramatic argument. I will always advocate for the right of the person giving birth to choose where and how that birth will occur, and we are amazingly fortunate in Eugene to have many knowledgeable providers supporting safe options. The Oregon Midwifery Council should continue to provide leadership for professional development of midwives, a better solution than making out-of-hospital births less accessible.


There is simply no justification for a taxpayer funded school system for one particular group of people in the 21st century. Abolish all separate schools asap.


Never - they're not capable of making decisions.


Nathan Bedford Forrest is still all over the place in Tennessee. A state park is named for him, a bronze bust of his image watches over the state Capitol, and a grandiose monument of him resides at his grave in Memphis. But his most gripping presence may be along Interstate 65, running through Nashville, where there’s a can’t-miss-it statue of Forrest—he’s atop a horse, with a sword in his right hand, a pistol in his left, surrounded by Confederate flags. Forrest was a Tennessee-born lieutenant general in the Confederate Army; after the Civil War ended, he focused his energy on the Ku Klux Klan, which anointed him its first grand wizard. The 25-foot fiberglass statue was created by lawyer and sculptor Jack Kershaw, who is best known for being among the string of lawyers hired to defend James Earl Ray, the convicted assassin of Martin Luther King Jr.

Racism is found in the eyes of the Confederate HOLDERs.


Oh oh. Who's gona break the news to Sock boy that Trump didn't take his Sept 18 threat seriously.
Selfie Boy fails once more in the Art of the Deal.


An opinion about opiates?


upon further review..............oha will never get anything done cause of the cliques they have
with them in charge there will never be a middle class
only brahmans and untouchables


Part of the problem is that BC isn't getting a lot of the financial benefits.  According to the Conference Board of Canada, BC is only getting 12% of the benefits.  So we get an increase in risk all for what?  A paltry sum.  Seems like a raw deal to me.

To be fair, transporting oil by pipeline is far safer than by rail which is what is currently being done.  However, I haven't seen any quantitative figures on the risks regarding this pipeline - and the tankers.

Ultimately, this is the lesser of many evils.  It could be worse, we could be talking about coal.


I disagree and you write terribly.


Many previous news reports indicated that the residents of Burns were divided over their support of the Malheur "occupiers," with the majority not approving of the occupation.  Now we will find out whether those reports, based on subjective observations, were accurate.

The Harney county sheriff and this judge were very vocal in their opposition to the Bundy "militia" and it is not an exaggeration to say that they were probably putting their lives at risk to do so.   If their fellow citizens will not back them up in an election were actual votes will be counted, then they will be tacitly encouraging more illegal actions by right wing extremists.


Alaska needs every dollar it can get its hands on. Getting rid of oil and gas tax credits, transparent and/or secret, is a great place to start cutting our budget deficit.


noun, (an image or object that is identical in form to another, but with the structure reversed, )


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"Putin puts critic on Interpol wanted list after Canada passes Magnitsky law"

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I'm sure that the timing is purely coincidental.

Surely Mr. Putin wouldn't use the Interpol list as a tool to pursue vendettas against his political enemies, would he?

If Mr. Putin is concerned about who is on the Interpol list, he should consider adding his own name.


How's that ethics investigation into Trudeau's trip to the Bahamas going?

Where but in a banana republic does the PM who is being investigated actually choose,  hire and have the ability to fire the investigator?


A judge exercising rational jurisprudence. God bless him as he will undoubtedly receive highly vituperative reactions from Trumplethinskin's AmuriKKKan Klavern.


Donald represents the will of the American people whose lower middle class sons keep you safe at night.


Stop lying.  You know what Canada did, or you are deliberately avoiding the information.


Please do name the poster so we can congratulate him/her on his/her astuteness.


For sure Randy. When my knee and my wife's ankle agree, we can be certain there's a storm brewing!


That's the fault of the Anchorage Animal Control Dept. for not doing their jobs and enforcing the law.  They're the same  agency, funded by your taxes, that doesn't enforce the laws prohibiting free-roaming cats.  I've been told by two different Board of Game representatives that maintaining stray and feral cat colonies unconfined outdoors is a violation of state law.  Yet Shannon Basner, the president of "Mojo's Hope", the group which illegally hoard cats outdoors in Anchorage, volunteers at the Anchorage animal shelter.  Do you think Animal Control doesn't know?  I know for a fact one AC officer does because he admitted it to me.


The excitement builds ...


You know, I'm beginning to like Lyndsey Graham.


I guess you were forced to take your PFD and did so in complete disgust? Must have been a bummer to get that free stuff, eh, Hewn Right?


I must add that to have a comment of mine "liked" by not only Pandora17, but also Tridentinus, Marty E, and Jay Edward almost caused me to collapse.  I don't have cardiac problems, but you four may be the start of it for me!   :o)


I am more than grateful that you found it to be powerful in light of this latest case, Colkoch.


"Thanks for this.Nicely done" - one would think that you enjoyed something else, but the column.


Once again, PMLP gives away the farm everyone except the Canadian businesses and taxpayers that pay the bills….


Never mind including in your "reporting" that this has nothing to do with Harvey? Or that President Trump has requested almost $8 BILLION in direct relief to Harvey? Or he has pledged a million of his own money and asked his antagonist press to suggest agencies to use that money?
No. The Denver Post is 'everything anti-Trump, all the time'!.


And as millions of Americans deal with the devastation of Harvey, Trump still manages to tweet about himself, praising himself and his administration, and endorsing a book - UGH, his ugliness and self-obsession have no limits!


At least my name is spelled correctly on the ballot!


That's called not killing the golden goose. If the employers leave, none of their ex-employees are bringing in paycheques to pay their taxes.


It would seem to me that North Eugene Principal Casandra Kamens must be completely incompetent, for her to have said: “For those coming in after the lockdown was in place, we directed them to find a safe place outside of the school and didn’t allow them to come inside,” she said. “When we don’t know who the intruder is, or what the exact threat is, we have to take precautions to keep students inside as safe as possible.”

Either the Register Guard has misquoted her, or she is saying that the school does not have any obligation to protect all of its students.  To abandon a child like that and leave the student locked outside and unprotected during an emergency, would seem to be totally reckless and irresponsible behavior.   Has basic common sense left the minds of school administrators?  What if that was done to a child, and that child was then harmed or even killed?

Surely there must be more to this story than what has been stated in this article.


"picking and choosing Catholic teaching", E'Vero?  I think most trads pick and choose which pope they wish to respect.  I have never heard such nastiness and venom towards Pope Francis as comes from the comments and blogs of the trads over the past three years.  They sneer at their present leader because the don't like his teaching.  The real cafeteria Catholics are the trads, it would seem.


You are OK with deadly force being used for not obeying a LEO's orders?  How about if you just don't obey fast enough?


The only legitimate reason for detaining Ali would be for trying to enter the USA using a false passport. Why would anyone want to try entering the USA with the name Ali on his passport?
This nothing more than immigration officials attempting to curry favour with the administration.
Oh wait a minute, Trump lives just down the  road.. Extra security is needed at the Fort Lauderdale airport for Trump's protection.


I'm not religious myself, but I don't really care if coach "bubba" Kennedy prays anywhere or anytime he wants.  What I do care about is this yokel trying to use God to become a small town celebrity, which is what he's doing, IMO.


definitely see you there!!!


Commenters here will quibble over the details in this opinion piece. But one thing is clear. The fossil fuel economy is in decline. The fastest growing sector in the US economy is renewable energy.


I thought it was about equity, not being better. Dummy


You seem, once again, to be saying that pain is a good thing, in and of itself. God wants us to suffer because it's proper that we should. You really don't give a damn about the real pains of real people.

Opioid abuse is a real problem. But it will not be solved by saying "If you're in pain, suck it up and live with it. God wants it that way."


She gave Hawaii's Democrats the middle finger and aligned with Socialist Bernie Sanders.  Not working to get Hilary Clinton to the oval office was the Democrats failure.  Gabbard is only looking towards her own upward mobility.


If you have to ask, then you need to educate yourself. Unlike modern humans, who falsely believe they can master nature and are rapidly destroying the planet, indigenous peoples survived for millions of years by understanding nature's laws and living within them.

They mastered herbal medicine, for instance, millennia before it became a fad in modern times (and before "scientific medicine" became the #1 cause of death in the US).


Frank: The NFL game guide reads "The National Anthem must be played prior to every NFL game, and all players must be on the sideline for the National Anthem"

then, from Pro Football Talk...."While the NFL has no in-game rule on conduct for the anthem, they have commented on the matter. According to Pro Football Talk, the NFL released a statement saying that "players are encouraged but not required to stand during the playing of the National Anthem."

It looks like the National Anthem MUST be played prior to games....that's a stated rule. However, while players MUST be on the sidelines, the reference to "player behavior during the anthem" is prefaced by the word "should"....that's a very big difference. It doesn't read like "taking a knee" is a violation of any NFL rule. Clearly it's contrary to the recommended player behavior, but that's a different thing.

Gary Crum      here's a link to the rulebook operations.nfl.com/media/2646/2017-playing-rules.pdf


"people pay attention", "vote in all elections" why surely you jest. That would be ... just ... just ... un - American!


A failure? Like the fact that 75% of all oil companies are state oil companies and control 90% of proven reserves?


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...or you could earn it where there's no state income tax,

…and live in another state where there's no state income tax.

(….plenty of slopers doing that)

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All of which is a moot point,

…the problem is corporate welfare.

Stopping corporate welfare is the solution.

Giving the legislature more money is senseless.
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Hey, I'm taking Econ 110B/112 at Queen's. Can someone explain to me what "the inflation backdrop as an ace up their sleeve" means?   To clarify, there was a 2% inflation target that was met and as a result the rates or "core measures" remained the same because rate increases are based on above or below-target inflation?


This is what our "leaders"deem  important. Pox on them all.


This is part of why I have such a high respect for Marie.  She's a class act all the way, but unlike so many, she won't back down when the red hats rustle their silks.

Muller needs to go.  Period.  There should be no place in the church for lies, especially overt, very specific ones.

I remain saddened by the lack of real action by Francis.  Clearly, the scandal is just not a priority for the man.  And as to O'Malley, I truly cannot figure this guy out, but he's definitely trending downward with me.  Like his boss, he talks a good talk, but I can't help but get the growing sense that he's part of what's turning out to be little more than the same old thing we've had all along: good words, a show implying action, and then a quiet, steady, burying of any hopes of real change.

Muller makes it clear just how corrupt the church's leadership has become.  These guys don't even seem to recognize when they're telling lies anymore.

Marie, thank you!


Hope not. I realize many posting have no clue what it is like to buy off the exchange, but this EO is one that will benefit people. Good for Trump, he finally did something right.


Indeed. And it's not like Overland is Pebble Beach or Medinah. As long as they try to preserve the condition of the greens as much as possible, the course should be fine.


"Above all, Playboy was a safe space for men...."

Lol.


Lattes and City Meals are terrible things to lose. And certainly un-walkable from EWEB. It's all about convenience. Oh! And for the public too.  KD SkinnerInDeed.com


mtf1953>  You put too much value into all of this commentaries, which are mostly points of views, so why do you get yourself so worked up for nothing anyway, huh???  I'll send you a special prepackaged troll "make you happy" gift one day, if you earn it, baby troll, hahaha!!!!


So felons, pot smokers, cigarette smokers, sex offenders, and drunk drivers are the majority? Got it. The tough laws governing their behavior is what they chose for themselves. Got it. Lawmakers are, apparently and necessarily, felons, pot smokers, cigarette smokers, sex offenders, and drunk drivers and want to be tough on themselves.


If barking dogs reminds a refugee of the horrors of their homeland, should barking dogs be outlawed?


ahh yes, Steve, plying on that old anti American fear/sentiment to pull at the heartstrings. It's a communist system which has no basis in today's modern world and only one politician, Maxime Bernier, has had the cahones to stand up and say it needs to be abolished (and he's practically a dairy farmer too). It's never going to happen here because our politicians are too afraid of the backlash and losing votes/seats. Thanks to the current Potus we may just see this scam downgraded somewhat and some competition opened up in the dairy aisle.


Was the suspect out of jail as a result of SB91?


Those of you surprised by L.O.'s behavior, form a little line over there to the left.


Did George Washington's wife illegally work in the US and then pose in the nude for lesbian magazine pictures? Was George married three times? Did he own casinos?
I guess if money and looks are your defining values, yeah, you may have a point.


St. Ignatius is not the LAST word determining anything.  He was a human being, living in a given time and place in history.  Women ARE SEEKING to SERVE.  What is your problem with that?  Jesus WAS constrained by his culture.  He was completely human [or don't you believe that?].  Being INCARNATE means that.  Jesus was not divinity in in human disguise.

Apparently you don't know how History is written.  Those who are in charge write is as they wish.  If not the 'big, bad apostles' doing it, the patristic fathers sure saw to it.


Thanks for the link.


Wrong. It wasn't my butt that got hurt by your post, it was my common sense that got assaulted.
I strongly suspect that you already know this but you have issues, best of luck with them.


Agreed. I'd say trace readings of crow might be more statistically accurate. Albertans have had a pretty steady diet of that recently after we Ontarians got our fill in '08 '09. BS count is actually back to being pretty statistically reliable here...


DPS has spelled out the variety of incarcerated persons in a jail: pre-trial detainees who cannot make bail and a few accused of more serious crimes who don't have a bail option; pre-release individuals who have served their time; and people who are mentally ill or have drug addiction problems, making it difficult to manage a jail. However, there has apparently been no thought given to building smaller facilities that would house each of these groups in different locations.  Instead, DPS appears to be going to a "one-size-fits-all" approach, including subjecting the entire jail population to the highest level of security and treatment DPS believes necessary for the most severe cases--hardly an approach which is likely to reduce recidivism.

Building smaller facilities would also allow for eventual adoption of de-institutionalization approaches that have proven successful in reducing crime elsewhere, without sticking us with a large building, much or all of which is no longer needed.


But when you know the parents and what they are you realize how they raised a murderer.


Oh good grief lets be done with all this GOP infighting and confusion by voting for Margaret Stock. All you "independent" Alaskans finally have a real candidate to vote for and all you Dems who voted for Lisa out of fear of Miller last time have a real candidate you can support so get out and vote for change. Vote for Margaret Stock as an alternative to the gridlocked obstructionism that has reduced the US Senate to laughingstock.


"The Hindu numeral system, or Hindu–Arabic numeral system a positional decimal numeral system, is the most common system for the symbolic representation of numbers in the world. It was invented between the 1st and 4th centuries by Indian mathematicians."

Nope. No Islamic good ole Mo followers. But a bunch of Indians from Asia.


13/13 series so far this year, team winning their 3rd game first wins their fourth also.  Complete correlation of the predicted and actual.


test


Increase the pay and they will come, Economics 101.


The elitism still comes through when someone like Obama makes a 'clinging to guns and bibles' remark in San Francisco about rural Pennsylvania or Hillary says 29 million voters are 'deplorable' racists, bigots, etc.


"My boy Trump"?! Wow! They really ARE selling marijuana now in Alaska!

But more to the point: Sorry, but Richard Nixon lit this fire, and Jimmy Carter threw gas on it. Bill Clinton stoked it by allowing "Most Favored Nation" trade status to become permanent, removing one of the last - if feeble - restraints to encourage China to behave responsibly on the world stage. And the Congress, greedy for trade above all else, heartily approved of all of this.

The best way to encourage a bully is to refrain from challenging his behavior. That's prudent and long-sighted, rather than belligerent and foolish. Curiously, I would characterize China's behavior in this incident as "belligerent and foolish". But perhaps it seems reasonable to you.

Fortunately, I can pen these belligerent and foolish remarks, in this country, without being jailed for my thoughts.


Hands up to Berkowitz. He must be paying attention to third world country problems. The more you give someone something for free the more they multiply.

Driving around 90% of beggars, public drunks, drug users, street deficaters and passed out are native. Where are the native corporations? Why are they abandoning their shareholders?

Nana owns every Marriott except downtown. There is loads of housing already available. Demand Nana put their people up at the Residence Inn. They can garnish their bi-annual checks for rent.


Your comment Kevin Brew "As far the denial on these blogs go- I am waiting for the post ala Sandy Hook that either this tragedy never occurred or that it was a set up by Obama or Lynch to have an excuse to take our guns away."

No, that would be "Fast and Furious."


You said nothing as to whether he legally acknowledged his child by giving him his name, not that you would publicly admit it guess, by doing so it would have to be entered on the baptism and death certificates.


These guys bring a whole lot fun to the stage.  Theyr e also a bunch of pretty nice people.


How do you avoid the area ?   FIX THE INFRASTRUCTURE   !!!!!!!


Good for her. Now time for her lawyers to start an action against the people who are responsible for this criminal charge being laid.


It is going rapidly.... and expenses so far are on budget - some above some below. HART doesn't have any concerns along these lines.


Rubber Stamp time.


Were the previous Conservatives who held government for nine years until 2015 "big boys." How is it that the Trudeau Government in the space of a year managed to get a pipeline approved to the West Coast while those Conservative "big boys" achieved nothing?


So Doyle's word trumps that of a Canadian who disagree's?

The only supporting information and anecdotes offered in the column were based on Doyle's personal opinion of what makes good television.  Just because Doyle says that Kim's Convenience "is not forgettable, irrelevant, or badly made;" doesn't make it so.

But then that is the whole problem with the CBC.  The CBC argument is predicated on the theory that your average Canadian doesn't understand what good TV and Radio is so naturally we need the government to step in and ensure that the CBC survives.

The real elitist position  here is that of John Doyle and those that think the CBC needs protection from the unwashed masses.


"truth will come to light... at the length truth will out."
- Wm Shakespeare, 1596.


RIP Father Mulcahy


From a recent article in the Financial Times (posted):-

"The rise of electric cars and hybrids, from Tesla’s Model X to the Toyota Prius, have generated headlines for their potential to overhaul the relationship between motor cars and oil use. But many analysts say it is overshadowing today’s reality.

"FGE says that in the first half of 2017 for every new electric car that came on to the road in the US, Americans bought 60 new fuel-hungry SUVs. In China the ratio was 30 new SUVs to every electric car, and 25 in Europe."

Another reality is that carbon taxes set at $20-$50 per ton DON'T WORK. Experts say that in order for a carbon tax to reduce oil & gas consumption in the rich OECD countries the tax would have to be AT LEAST $200 per ton.

https://www.ft.com/content/d436b5e2-9c86-11e7-9a86-4d5a475ba4c5


I have come to the conclusion that the best flavor of fruit roll ups is strawberry


No, she'll fit in.  She lives for getting attention.  She is not doing this for the right reasons, it's just to get more publicity and feed her need to be in the news.  Just like most politicians.


Sad day when Admin's philosophy is "Winning at all costs is the bottom line", especially when it's a public school.  We wish the Sabers and the Campbell community the best in the coming season.


Eco/Climate/Carbon Barbie and her sidekick PM Gomer have leveraged the deepest human rights and social justice based economic theories to predict that carbon taxes make Canada more competitive.


"In principle, the idea of greater private-sector involvement in public infrastructure is a sound one."
.
Wrong.


When did buildings pay taxes, all the people that use the church pay taxes. Churches do tons of charity work and out reaches to the poor and needy.


It is - for every food calorie we eat takes 10 fossil fuel calories to produce. We are hooked up to an oil IV. Purely organic agriculture would never produce enough food to feed the planet.


It takes less effort to vote on a bill than to hold it up. But we get it. What's the point of your power position if you can't flout it.

"I didn't want to make the NRA mad at me" has to be one of the weakest excuses I've heard.


I'm a Muslim, a woman, an immigrant and a very foolish person...


I agree and please note - drugs did not kill Ken Kesey. While in surgery, he died of complications.


"“I think Canada as a political community today is founded on violence and in particular settler supremacy. And it absolutely does not have to be that way."

If that is true then it's history and therefore not changeable.  True, it doesn't have to be that way....today.  And it is certainly a long way from what it was 150 years ago.


"You can't differentiate between a five-year-old and a 17-year-old. When you become familiar and aware of their preference, you have to be able to accommodate that preference"
NAMBLA -  the North-American Man-Boy-Love Association, a pedophile-rights group, would agree whole-heartedly with the statement from school boards. I guess they are the next group in line to seek accomodation and victimhood.


What's your favorite seafood, really? They wasted their time with that? And lightning round questions? When we treat politics as entertainment and not serious policy-making, we end up with shallow and nonsensical people as our representatives.

Audience members should not be getting "particular enjoyment" from questions in a political debate. They should be hearing about policy. Otherwise Its how we end up with people like George W Bush as president...and how'd that work out? And its how we might end up with someone as reprehensible and wholly unqualified like Donald Trump.


Glad he is OK.... but he will never live it down with his other agents!!!


Yes, our Holy Father has apparently painted himself into a corner, in the eyes of those who, confused by his various statements, thought he was somehow not more of the same.


Fake news is propagated mostly by by outfits like Breitbart, Fox and hole in the wall internet sites that have no qualifications or standards. The spin from MSM like the Globe pales in comparison.


This bureaucratic belief that you need to have a standing meeting every day about a particular topic helps explain why government is so inefficient. Meet when there is something important to discuss or a decision needs to be made; focus on getting other priorities done when there isn't.  Put results over process.


The US economy is like that of Canada.
Neither can afford a substantial government yet both keep the pedal to the floor, aggravating an already fatal debt to cash flow ratio.
In Canada, starting with Martin, fiscal responsibilities were downloaded to the Provinces, who then downloaded most of them to the municipalities who then downloaded them to tax payers by increasing taxes on the final depository..Us.

The result is a severely diminished middle class .
It will get a lot worse.

With real wealth on a downward slide,with most future growth already borrowed to sustain Govts that we can no longer afford, we cannot but fall of a cliff .


The PF belongs to all. It should be distributed to all equally- about 90000 to each Alaskan. This will let people we no longer have jobs for to relocate. It will get all the poor off the social service roles. We should include all the jailed Alaskan residents and their sentences should be commuted provided that they make restitution with all but what is needed for them to leave the State.


The plan was to build a beltway around the city. I'm probably thinking of 1989, but this was always the plan as it was presented.


Sour grapes, Mr. Reich?   Trump isn't half the criminal you portray...unlike your old school chums and past employers, the Clintons.

Must the government be "doing" something at all times?  The Constitution spells out the (limited) role of government and lists only FIVE things government should provide for.

In all actuality, there are a myriad of things .GOV should CEASE doing.  A few examples:

*Increasing the debt
*Spying on US citizens
*Bombing countries that NEVER did the US any harm
*Growing the police state
*Underwriting laziness
*Engaging in endless war
*Undermining US sovereignty


Of course I blame a party for this.  Have you forgotten that republicans promised to keep us safe?  And then the republican president, like someone today, decided to ignore his intelligence briefings because he already knows everything.  Now the Donald is following in the same footprints.  You really think he will have a different outcome?  Why?


Well, kind of a partner as it says in the article above these comments:

"On Icelandair, British, Air France, Cathay Pacific, Emirates and others, the least-expensive tickets yield just 25 percent of miles flown."  ICELANDAIR  25 PERCENT.  Great partnership!


It's a simple fact. Try and follow the thread will you? Western Woods had enough integrity to recognize his/her mistake. How about you?


So odd seeing Lease-A break ranks with her (true) party!


I would wager that you have never actually fired a gun. It is a tool and can be used for good if the user has good intent. I believe your conclusion comes from your ideas of guns that you see in the news and movies. Try shooting and then you'll see.


Assuming all of Mr. Gore's emotion-based ("He then brought some of us to tears...") rhetoric is true, it seems like those speaking at the conference would be sure to provide some concrete recommendations and figures for the following:

1. What specific steps must be taken and by whom?
2. How much will those steps help, in average temperature decrease?
3. How much will this cost and who will pay?
4. Will this action cause anyone to die or have poorer health?

The Paris agreement will accomplish only 1% of the needed temperature decrease recommended by IPCC. The direct cost and diminished GDP will be at least $100 Trillion by 2100. We don't know who will pay. We do know the redirection of such vast resources will likely cause people to die and have poorer health.

Also, did Mr. Gore speak about his own substantial financial connections to "green" companies? I don't think so. Views you won't see in the R-G:

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Bureaucracies apparently do not like transparency laws, and will erect insurmountable barriers to their implementation.


I believe when the mainstream news ( the REAL news) quotes those "unnamed sources," at least 98% of the time it's correct. They do their homework, try to be responsible, follow journalistic ethics rules, etc.

On the other hand, Trump and the news stations that support him don't check their sources, and in fact often don't have any sources.  Until reality bites 'em in the butt!


What a $3 dollar bill!


In your hypothetical, the T-shirt announces a bias that applies to the defendant before her.

In the real case, if indeed the hat is meant to show support for Trump, that doesn't amount to any particular bias applicable to parties in the court.


I thought that's what we did today.


It's actually a very poor excuse not to bother to vote at all, which is extremely foolish when your ballot has other things to vote on.  California suffered greatly from this last November, as both their idiotic primary system and the foregone Hillary win discouraged voter participation.  This enabled some extreme ballot propositions to be passed.  I knew that my choice for President had no chance of winning, but I still voted because of other matters on the ballot that will affect this state long after 2020.

I think a proportional allocation system would be beneficial to voter participation and turnout.  It will never happen in states like California, New York, and Texas who need it most, but are strongholds for one political party who will not dream of letting go of a single electoral vote in the interest of fairness and increasing voter participation.


Yeah, the faulty mic switched all his truths into lies. The faulty mic turned his words into sexist vitriol. It changed the meanings of the words into racist propaganda. It was all the mic's fault. Next time, maybe they should use mics of his choosing. I hear he has all the best mics.


You go girls!


He has steel balls just like our fearless leader! MAGA! 😉


Jason Blevins is an excellent reporter

His columns are always interesting, clear and well researched.


Maybe Bernie will run again too.


So more information is a bad thing?  That seems to be the gist of this article.
Only in Canada


The National Popular Vote bill would replace state winner-take-all laws that award all of a state’s electoral votes to the candidate who get the most popular votes in each separate state (not mentioned in the U.S. Constitution, but later enacted by 48 states), in the enacting states.

The bill retains the constitutionally mandated Electoral College and state control of elections, and uses the built-in method that the Constitution provides for states to make changes. It ensures that every voter is equal, every voter will matter, in every state, in every presidential election, and the candidate with the most votes wins, as in virtually every other election in the country.

All of the 270+ presidential electors from the enacting states will be supporters of the presidential candidate receiving the most popular votes in all 50 states (and DC)—thereby guaranteeing that candidate with an Electoral College majority.


Comey is lying just like Clapper did.


No just add, send us your criminals, druggies, terrorists and deplorables so we can support them all


There is a very simple remedy for all these cases where workers are left high and dry with their pension plans or with unpaid wages. Employee wages and benefits should basically go into escrow the minute they're earned. This won't prevent companies from getting loans, it will just change how their assets are calculated.


If a man and a women applicant have equal qualifications, and women are the minority in that particular workforce, then I would fight for the women to be chosen. But quotas are the wrong approach. Who do they think they are, the NDP?


Reading comprehension problem? At 45mph with a kid popping up 15 ft. ahead, there is no way to stop in time.


The statement that " Bush was selected, not elected"  never had anything to do with claims of voter fraud.  The US Supreme Court, by a vote of 5 Republicans to 4 Democrats, stopped the ongoing recount in Florida, because of indications Bush was losing the recount, and awarded Bush the election.  Jenkins gets an F for sloppy writing and poor memory.


my buddy's half sister makes 91 every hour on the internet... she's been fired from a job for 4 months and last month her payoff was 17548 only working on the internet for 2 hours per day, go to this>>>>>www.rulespro.com


If it was the Big5 banks forcing them down an upgrade path that caused this outage, that is understandable.  However, if it was strictly a botched upgrade, and not triggered by the Big5 banks, then I fail to understand why it is so hard to roll back to the previous, stable version of production release, and use that until the technical issues were resolved


With a generous side of TREASON. These scum who betray Democracy will go down!


Chaput's Gospel according to St. Henney of Penney.


A PST of a few points might take the chill off.  Just sayin'.


I don't think we're going to get ourselves out of this sticky national situation with the same corrupted political approaches that led us directly here. For this reason, the style of politics with which Clinton operates should be anathema to our liberal democratic system and traditions.


Omar Khadr-  This entire fiasco is an unmitigated disaster by successive multiple partisan canadian governments, sheer incompetence. This should be a lesson to ALL CANADIANS about how unprofessional and completely naive their federal governments are and have clearly demonstrated, TOTAL FAIL!!


Sure, obscure local news from insolvent Illinois is always a must read.


Read the book. It is all in there.


Go Trump!!!


Tourism dominates Hawaii's economy, and it's a low-wage industry.  That's why Hawaii's economy is suffering even though the unemployment rate is low.  The median family income is just about the same as the cost of living for a family of 4, making it hard to save for college for children or for retirement.  Tourism should be de-emphasized and replaced with businesses with high tech components because those are the ones with higher productivity and higher wages.  Increasing the TAT would encourage this shift.


Lol, communism. Radir makes my day.


I feel obliged to mention Marty McFly will be coming Back to the Future on October 21, 2015. We should really have this debate resolved for him by then.


the real "problem" is that a bunch of morons actually believed that anyone could trust a thing that he says


Anita - Thank you for highlighting this shameful predatory business.   One can only hope that the members of the House will follow those of the Senate and pass this very worthwhile and necessary legislation.


Karl Rahner had it right.  "The Christians of the future will be either mystics or they will not be Christians at all."  Mystical experiences are not necessarily related to who had ritual power.  There will be no future for women in the Church unless and until Catholics get over the power of ritual and move to the connections in mysticism.


That's nice Premier Notley.

You go into those meeting halls, and conferences, and public forums, and you make the case.

But try not to forget: 2 years of groveling, apologizing and scraping has accomplished precisely zilch.

In fact, it is likely that it has merely empowered the anti-Alberta haters even more.

Remember the former mayor of Montreal's reaction when one pipeline was abandoned due to the endless blockading tactics? Joy, and euphoria and in-your-face-Alberta theatrics. And his citizens, and millions of others elsewhere in Canada, ate it up.

But you go on your little quest, you go on now. Make nice and be very polite and contrite. Even appeal to reason and fairness and the rule of law.

And when you fail, miserably, you come on back home and throw some more money at potholes and at only "moderate" public sector wage increases.

And pack your bags.


Exactly, Herschel.  Not being able to spend the half dividend we were denied, what's point?  Of course the small and not-so-small businesses will be floored, as will the lowest income people unable to get essentials needed for winter.

Here we get the actual figures we've lost to oil companies in $Billions, and still the choices are cut the budget, cut the PFD's and impose new taxes.  Hello!

It seems like Walker wants us the "feel his pain" over his precious gas line dream that's not going to happen.  But how does he get off saying the dividend will end in three years?  Besides we have solar, wind, geo-thermal, river motion hydro and heat pump technology for energy.

But after reading yesterday's story about Walker taking $3.5 Billion to make some highly fishy and probably oily deal in Singapore to fund pensions, I'm ready to join the Joe Miller (gasp) recall effort today.

It's certainly a WTF moment.


Retire old man.. your kind are nothing but troublemakers....


No evidence of wrongdoing!?!?!?!!?

Okay, you're just saying anything now.


Yeah, sorry but that's the truth. They will amend it but not destroy it, I have a feeling it will be amended to maximize profits. Obamacare was just the precursor of opportunity and everyone was stupid enough to embrace it trusting it would be better. Now we have demonstrated just how stupid we really are and the worst is yet to come.


I like it, the north and east states would be more like the normal people of the US.


How about just a couple of examples...all of the Trump supporters here still claim lies, but none want to specify...just like Trump


Forget about the UK NHS, look to Australia.


Uh Oh, Prince Turdeau has some splaining to do.


The reason I disagree is that I don't think the purpose of this is to impose adult consequences, or to confer some kind of adult status. Instead, because of the nature of the crime, it's to remove juvenile "protections".  At the federal level, he already has the biggest protection of all - no DP.  So this seems like a reasonable compromise.


No the belong to everyone in the United States
NOT JUST ALASKANS!!!


I don't understand your argument.  Vancouver is not in a sub-tropical zone; not that B.C. doesn't have its own problems.


I think you meant your question rhetorically, but to state the obvious it looks much better.

Some years ago I even saw a comparison of....I think 7 Brides For 7 Brothers...in which they showed the pan-and-scan version aired on TV and the original widescreen version.

The difference was quite astounding.  They also showed a few other examples of how narrowing the screen ruined a few other movies, but that's the one I remember.  The pan-and-scan was more like 3 or 4 brides for 3 or 4 brothers.

Very few scenes actually lend themselves well to portrait views.  A burning skyscraper might be one example, but can you imagine if they had filmed The Towering Inferno in portrait mode?


Weed is non addictive. There are no "cravings", people don't go "crazy",   lose control or even over dose like users of alcohol. In fact, there's never been a documented death from weed in the entire History of Weed. The laws, perhaps designed during an era when hysterics over ruled common sense, but we've outgrown that mess. Weed itself is harming NO ONE but the laws against legalization ruin lives, wastes time and dollars from taxpayer funded law enforcement & criminal justice system. And of course, enriches the 1%. Legalization is freedom for us all.


Universities are full of (generally) young people, many of whom have not previously critically examined their own thinking processes. Personally, I don't believe that my role as a professor is to be anyone's parent. But I do have a responsibility to educate and mentor students that extends into areas far outside of my course curriculum.

Terminology... I don't see a large difference between "victimization estimates" and "a best guess of the number of people who have been the victims of crime," other than the word count. Then again, I've spent a decade immersed in criminology jargon.


A metaphorical marriage implying a covenant relationship of loving care and commitment. To take the metaphor to the extreme is to overly feminize the Body of Christ. Do you really want to go there?

Let's cut to the chase. There are, in fact, many gay priests. Are you saying they are objectively incapable of living out honorable priesthood?


Oh Boo, Hoo, it'll be a better party without
those lefties. Springstien always was and will
always be a dud.


Not very likely. They have developed an insatiable appetite for entitlements and the money is viewed as a birthright. The best means of measuring 'equalization payments' is to do a zero-sum analysis. This would indicate if provinces are using these funds for the basics or for vote buying boondoggles.


The higher echelons of SAPS are determined foot shooters and Mbalula is just a bumbling tweetiot.


And where are our own BC peanut, er, I mean Legislature press gallery?  You know, the illustrious Vaughn Palmer and his ilk.  Probably having an extended liquid lunch somewhere.


Aww.  Someone's a little offended.. I thought this EDITORIAL was spot on.  I guess you should get back to your Fox News bubble.


A nation of victims.


This kind of sleazy bastardization of traditional practices has made the anti-TMT movement into a tragicomedy. It looks less and less like a genuine revival of traditional religion and more like a sad ploy for attention. To think that the future of our knowledge of the universe hangs in balance because of the actions of people like this. . .


Will Hickenlooper's proposed health care plan rely upon the "stupidity of the American voter" - as the architect of 0bamacare (Jonathan Gruber) put it?


Clinton won by the popular vote.  And she won without any foreign countries intelligence networks hacking into Trump, the GOP or anyone else's emails or other business.  She won despite the FBI helping Trump and funneling information to his camp. She won despite that spiteful little weasel, Assange. She won despite being demonized and lied about in fake news 24/7.  You say Trump won?  Hardly.  Trump stole the election. He didn't win anything but his bid to sucker America.


Now we have to see if the knuckle daggers in Washington will see what the rest of the world is doing and try to lead the wold or...   So far the the lead the wold is out the door. The world will be so far ahead of the US it will take yeas (if ever) for the US to recover.