Leah McLaren's column would have had to been approved by a G&M editor.

HRH shall soon be receiving a letter about the 3rd Baron Thomson of Fleet's recent conduct in obstructing freedom of speech and expression within the Dominion.

We are not amused.


Again - this story changes by the minute.  How do they keep a straight face saying all this stuff.
And - yeah - my kids did a better job of keeping the story consistent when they were 12.


Sure,_the_hardliners_will_stay,_but_the_masses_will_say_mission_accomplished._Don't_blame_God_for_the_cravenness_of_your_movement.


It is generally destructive/counter-productive to do bans/countervailing duties on exports from other countries -- however Trump seems to only understand sticks -- he doesn't seem to get the interconnectedness of trade between Canada and the US.

Wyoming, being die-hard Republican turf might get through to him -- but be careful what you wish for ...


The black athletes (and tag-a-long whites) are deliberately insulting patriotic Americans by kneeing during the Anthem - aiming it at white people specifically. They know it. Its intentional... But what is the crux of their argument for the knee? Social justice? Police brutality? Equal in all things to white people?  If these rich, mega-millionaire black athletes really want to help blacks...they would move out of their million dollar mansions and build a mansion in the black community and spend  their $$$ there. None of them will do that - they all prefer the WHITE community. That make his whole thing FAKE.


No doubt we're both right, as the reams of polling data undoubtedly attest.


I thought Berstein had his fling years ago.. did he get butt-hurt because DJT won?  Must be!  The new voting public (especially the young) don't give two shades of shiit what this buffoon says.. MAGA.. that's all that counts.. GO TRUMP!


Eugene/Lane County needs a real anti-noise ordinance with teeth. Last year, Cuthbert was astounding loud, so using them as a yardstick isn't the best idea. For every person who complains there are probably ten who were really bothered but didn't complain.
Today's super amplifiers can knock birds out of the air at ten miles. Kind of an exaggeration, but not much.
And if that ordinance included those cars that have bass that rattle windows, it would be even better.
Noise pollution is dangerous, it really is. Alton Baker is a beautiful place, but it is no place for a loud rock venue. There was a concert at Cuthbert last year that had to be experienced to be believed. Standing on the Defazio footbridge one could not only hear the music, one could feel the vibrations in an absolutely scary way.
Take loud music out of Alton Baker...it is a sanctuary for animals and people who love peace and quiet. Find some gravel pit out of the city, or wherever.
Hugh Massengill, Eugene Oregon


The students at TWU will do exactly what students at all other universities do, plus they'll lie about it to their parents and instructors.

Anyone who's attended a higher level Christian educational institution knows that of which I speak. ;-)


Gee its not like anybody didn't see the Obama Ponzi Scheme collapsing!  LOL! at all the commenters that think the solution to this central planning Marxist debacle is more Marxist central planning.  I guess it proves that insanity really is doing the same thing over and over but expecting different results.  LOL!!


The Hollomans' persistent attacks on Parent constitute the largest component of the distraction they are complaining about.

It's 2017 and people have relationships that don't always fit perfectly into the traditional definition of marriage. That doesn't mean that they, or the relationships, are immoral or improper, and it certainly has no bearing on their ability to do their jobs.


So foreign accents are ok to point out in this case?


I want to add that the parents of the patients of this doctor who have their children die from drug over doses while he was their treating and  prescribing doctor have a chance to take him to civil court where "standards of care"  ( basically a doctor treating a patient would you more or less expect other doctors to treat the case the same way) will play an important part of the proceedings. When I was on the medical lawsuit jury the plaintiff in this suit had expert doctors come from the state of MA to testify on the "standards of care"  in this lawsuit. This doctor had very impressive credentials. It was very interesting as  a juror to say the least.


2nd amendment blah blah blah


Typical SA.
I hope the restaurant didn't pay for this review. If they did, they should get their money back.


Ruben often pulls a trump on here and makes an outrageous claim followed by 'prove me wrong' or 'believe you me.'


ALL built on slavery. (those slaves did a hell of job here in Oregon during the ccc's in the '30's - i'll have to remember to call my cousins to let them know their father was a slave.  they think their Italian - they speak Italian with the oldsters in the clan, pretty much everyone they've ever met thought they were Italian...but i'll let them know.


Citizen paranoia breeds a security state and the rise of security services like this one. From Baader - Meinhof to 9/11 to ISIS, the goal remains the same: undermine democracy by means of terror. Good policing, support of our police agencies and harsh sentencing for violent crime can do more than the camo clad minded privateers.


"It just doesn't happen overnight," she said. "Perhaps over a few months, if you're lucky. That's the way it is."
"One has to be aware of that and learn to work within that system," Winter-Green added. "Because otherwise you get nowhere."
Jesus encountered the same issue in the Temple in Jerusalem.  His solution was a whip made of ropes.  If  Francis is incapable of this type of decisive actions, perhaps it is time for the laity to whip him and all the denizens of the vatican out into the street where they can find honest employment.


I'm thrilled at the prospect of your rewrite? But thank you anyway for our opportunity to once more see Donald John Trump's name in 'print.'


13 of 14 are obviously feeling very threaten, hence the juvenile display.  I dont care that O'Leary works and makes money in the US.  In 2019 we need a PM tough as nails that talks business when his mouth opens.  BTW, We also need to stop keeping  CBC alive and let it croak once and for all.


Source - online Free Dictionary.
Treason - The betrayal of someone's trust or confidence.
There is a narrow and broad sense of the word.   Calling the Prime Minister names betrays the trust and confidence Canadians placed in that person as leader.


Society-at-large, has escalated from verbal insults against political supporters, to street violence against political supporters, and has now escalated to violence against politicians.

Trump rallies, became associated with verbal insults & physical violence, against Trump supporters.

It seems that a new generation, has taken physical violence to the streets, and everyone is now a target, for their wrath.  Verbal insults were not enough.

It strongly looks like, politicians who voted for anything Trump, are now subject to physical violence.

Weapons, are not the problem.  People, are the problem.


Actually based on science, still no proof that transgenderism is anything other than what it has been diagnosed as, by PROFESSIONALS, for a long, long time.; gender dysphoria. Ironic how the left claims the high ground on science except when it disagrees with them.


oh ... and she pledged allegiance to ISIS in the courtroom ....


Couldn't disagree with you more, Ripper.  Personal responsibility is a core value that every man, woman, and child must practice in order to contribute to their living environment.  A family and community is only as strong as a their ability to be law abiding citizens.  Back to basics; learn right from wrong.  There's no in-between.


As somebody once said....Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others.


Good gawd, don't give them any ideas...


Auntyccp is a shill for the Falling Gongs.


When Hillary said those things about partial-birth abortion, she, at that moment, lost the election.
In 2000, Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan of New York, a hero to liberals, said of partial-birth abortion that it was infanticide.


How is this type of meeting in ANY way "private" ????????????????????


Well you might be right but guess what?  My wife would be able to.  At one time she was a manager at Coopers and Lybrand.  Why do you think he should not be held to his promises?  Oh I know.  Its ok to lie provided you are a republican?


There was a snowstorm in the Maritimes last week. Trudeau is to blame for that as well!

this is too rich
the Lib Left used to blame Rob Ford, Harper and even Mike Harris for snowstorms


Prejudice much?


Why are you insulting our President by calling him senor Trump?  He would prefer to be called by his correct title...Comrade Trump.  King or Emperor Trump are also acceptable so long as Putin gives his permission.


What did NAFTA 1.0 do for CANADA?It turned us(CANADA)into the grocery store-gas station for North America. Cancel it and put Canadians back to work...Then we will need a new Avro arrow type aircraft if we stop sending our fresh water and commodities to the South, Because there will be B-52 within a day flying over Toronto.  tRump hates to lose. And is pretty much infantile with his negativity with regards to other country's freedoms and political obligations to its citizenry...I often wonder if NAFTA was such a bad deal for the U.S why did they sign it in the first place? That's the red herring, this is just more tRump bovine fecal matter. He will fold like origami. to much profit loss for the U.S elite.


You mean like the 4,000 or so who were murdered by radical Muslims on 911?
Who was president then? Oh, never mind!

And how come conservatives only care about mass shootings, when they are carried out by Muslims?


Well, some people have set aside sound doctrine to listen to those who will tell them what they want to hear.


What statement have we heard from an unnamed source that hasn't turned out to be true and confirmed by Trump so far?


The sewer is filling up with sewer rats.   Trump is the biggest rat of all.  Money, m.oney, money and to hell with the health of his country.   Beyond disgusting.


So garycrum is very compassionate about free healthcare but what has he sacrificed any more than others to make that a reality? Nothing. Talk is cheap.

"If one of you says to them, "Go in peace; keep warm and well fed," but does nothing about their physical needs, what good is it?" James 2:16


We reap what we sow.  A bumper crop of vitriol,  hate mongering,  false and premature accusations should be ready for harvest soon.   I am a birder,  but won't get too unhappy if we have to go through a spate of crow eating.

The most pressing question I have for now,  today,  is what exactly have our two senators and five representatives done for Oregon this year?  Real,  tangible results,  grants,  what have you.  Lip flapping  Phoghorn Leghorn Wyden posturing and doing the Democrat pregnant pause,  "well,  ah,  I ah,  I ah,  well ah,  the people...........need to...need to...need to know."    And Merkley doing his nerd dance and dandruff shake best imitation of the politician he would think he is.....sad.   So sad.   Meanwhile,  they have accomplished nothing except to get more in their retirement accounts,  get a lobbying job lined up for the good times.   Oregon?  What's that?  It is?  Where?  Oh,  the place near Portland?  Cool.


I grow weary of the term "lockup". And its surprising to see a loaded term used by a professional ADN reporter. The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is currently wide open, available to any human to visit, available for every tiny and magnificent component of nature to contribute to a unique ecosystem. Its all there, go there, slog around, run a river, fly over it.

The ultimate lockup is private ownership or control. If incompetent entities like Shell are allowed access, then the lockup begins. Subsistence will be threatened, recreation types will be met with fences or security guards, normal habits of wildlife will be dissrupted. Public land will be locked up. And you will be locked out.


You are one narrow minded dolt my friend. China and India are also leaders in clean energy.
China's clean energy is growing faster than fossil fuels or Nuclear.

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

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/china-now-the-largest-installer-of-clean-energy/article28237771/

And India is also stepping up to the plate too

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/21/india-renewable-energy-paris-climate-summit-target

We all have to, not just Alberta or not just Canada. People like you seem to lose site of reality when it comes to this. At least do some due diligence before opening your clap trap


Thanks, AAJ.  I shall check it out.


Or a ban put on Americans entering America.


would it be a fair statement to say that our public schools have become somewhat of a indoctrination facility? Or that the fact that two  areas of where our nation has become a source of international criticism for  our stance towards rehabilitation  and the extremes we've allowed government oversight into all aspects of finance by all in the world except ONE.  basically to keep this in line with topic,  how are these subjects law and finance barely even touched upon when the youth have out of control spending, our budgets on all levels city,county, state, and federal are way out of control and excessively increasing while money taken in  is NOT.  do you know how large our  military budget is for the current and next spending cycle ? and our response is to make cuts to school and put a born into riches billionaire ahead of the public school system. someone who MOST definitely went to private school. the law SHOULD be taught in depth but dont want us informed before but after the fact


I suspect the omission is  because they did not want that to deter from the tone of the article, or the direction they were trying to take the reader.

"Canada refuses admission to refugee claimants that bypass 11 other "safe" countries" isn't quite the controversy needed for a story, or to rouse up  indignation for a cause.

To me it  seems like a deliberate omission,  and if it was just poor reporting, an editor should have caught it.


Yes, they will say almost anything if they feel it will help elect America's first Enabler-in-Chief!  I fail to see a downside if the rest of America, indeed the world, experiences what it's like to be an Alaskan under the current regime's war on energy.  The fittest will survive unless, of course, the printing presses are run overtime to hand out free money.  In that case it's long-term survival that comes into question.


You didn't read Caplan's opinion piece did you? He went out of his way express this opinion on Venezuela  "Heaven knows Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and friends have made an unholy mess of the mixed legacy left to them by Hugo Chavez, and 11 Latin American countries plus Canada have now demanded a return to democracy in Venezuela."


You respected the opinion of a racist segregationist enough to elect him to lead the "free" world. I put "free" in quotes because Trump didn't think black Americans should be free to live where they want. This is the stuff of leadership? This is what we want representing our citizenry and our country abroad? A guy who was busted for ILLEGAL housing discrimination and racial discrimination?

I wish more people would be a little less tolerant of racism today. At least when segregationist George Wallace ran for national office he didn't even earn his party's nomination. Fast forward to 2016 and Republicans not only nominated Trump, they elected the segregationist to lead us. Tells me a lot about the values of the modern Segregationist Southern Strategy... I mean Republican Party.


Putin will invite Trump and Bibi to Crimea (Yalta) to divide the world. Just like they did in February 1945. King wasnt invited because he was anti-communist and many believed anti-semite. This time Justin will be invited for the entertainment value. During the evening time he can sing and dance along the Black Sea shores. Justin will extol the virtues of diversity and having a good hairdresser to prevent split ends.


This will create a schism in our society between those who have meaningful work and those who do not.  Those who work will resent those who are on the dole, and those who are receiving a government guaranteed income will be envious of those who work, and thus obtain a greater income.  Over time, those on the guaranteed scheme will press for continual increases in income and those working will resist them, leading to social confrontation.  I fail to see how this will lead to a better society.  I would rather that government regulate the introduction of new technology to ensure that our working-age population continues to have access to work that dignifies their existence.  What social benefits do we obtain by eliminating fast-food servers, cashiers, and clerks?  Products that are a few cents cheaper?  I do not think that our headlong and unthinking rush to AI and other digital innovations will truly benefit our society over the long run.


Funny how the surge is in Denver and Boulder


How is Tiny Two Tone Trump with the Tufted Mane, a wee whining wanker, going to discuss anything but praise for himself, how the election is rigged against him, how the media is rigged against him, how that she devil Hillary is going to raise the dead to vote against him?   How will he have any time to discuss, uh, policy, what's that?


"She was assured that the $8.2 B was the total for the “raw costs” to construct rail."  As we were assured the project would cost $3.2 billion, $5.6 billion, $8.2 billion, etc.....
Going back to the proposed "forever tax", that would be needed for the dedicated power plant and monthly O & M costs, for which the SILENCE is deafening.  Thank you for all your efforts yet the reality appears we are doomed.


Truly a catastrophe, now they will do the crap jobs you don't want to do.


The legal battle over the attempted travel bans demonstrates that the rule of law requires words to be taken literally.
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taken literally without bias
is that the case?


in the west woman in law are treated BETTER than men! ,, as for the planet its doing just fine no saving required bud from men or woman, i suggest you stop drinking the kookaide


This statement lacks understanding of how electric (and IC engines work). Electric motors usually generate much more torque at 0 speed than an ICE which requires high rpms to produce sufficient power to overcome its own piston compression requirements (remember each piston is only producing power about 25% of the time, and that power stroke needs to power the remaining compression, injection and exhaust strokes) ergo an ICE engine tends to hit its peak torque towards its mid level revs and then needs a gearbox to convert those ~3000rpms into  1 rpm at the wheel. (Diesels tend to have a torque curve that continues to rise with rpms)  Whereas an electric motor generates instant torque at starting thus no need to reduce rpms to wheels, and the rotating magnetic field eventually brakes the amount of current into the stator magnets thus reducing the torque once the rotor is turning. But ultimately the stall torque load of most electric motors is still higher than peak torque in an ICE.


You write well, but certainly lack finanical acumen.


Takuma Sato has been racing at Indy for several years now. He doesn't go there to look pretty. He goes to win it, just like every driver. Most of whom are from many different nations. If Mr. Frei knew anything about auto racing, he wouldn't have tweeted what he did. He should have been like most sports reporters and sports broadcasters and not commented on the race at all. He, like most racing fans around the world were, should have been happy for him. It's not an easy race to win.


If you worked in a hospital and someone was brought in with something so big or odd-shaped stuck in their genitalia that required doctors to remove, wouldn't you want to see what it was?


Taxes are, by definition and purpose, using your & other people's money to pay for other people's lives (roads, education, health care assistance, border patrols, secret police, contractor kickbacks, lavish hotels & travel) . Don't wanna pay taxes? Get rich and smart like your hero Donald J Trump & hide your financials.


Sorry, I just don't agree.  If the rise is driven by a fundamentally sound economy, the market isn't running on fumes.  He should have chosen his words more carefully.


That's just silly.  If you want to be fair, how about a flat tax?  Everyone should have skin in the game; then we'll see how those barely scraping by feel about the government redistributing their earnings.


If some are 'Trumpettes", I suppose others are Hilariots.


He lost his hotpocket? Tragedy


Wha?

"...at 2,700 feet per second..."

Every single recoil figure listed included the velocity of the load for that round. He did everything but show his work on the math.

And if you read for content, rather than racing through to find things to complain about, you might have noted the last half was all reasons why Magnums are both not for everyone -and- aren't necessary.  That it was not the author's rifle was clearly stated in the 5th paragraph.


A rough period that they brought on themselves, despite everyone else warning them they were heading for disaster. You can't really blame the rest of us for indulging in a bit of "I told you so."


Gee when it was Wonder Woman a couple of weeks ago, it was the best thing going to empower woman. Now becausE it's the wrong gender for these feminists, it's deplorable.
Unbelievable.


Lynn, maybe we can't cut enough to solve all our budget woes. And there really is no “we can cut our way to prosperity” crowd. What you are actually seeing is a crowd that see's just how little has been cut and a refusal to cut any more, coupled with a demand that more be cut PRIOR to draining our wallets. The dismal pathetic cuts thus far made are not adequate and cuts MUST be the first step. ONLY then will new revenue be OK in my book.


It's CPP, BTW.  Well, SS in USA is "broken" and not funded to pay the expected onslaught of beneficiaries.  OTOH, actuaries assure us that the CPP funding is sound well into the future.


Alaska is cold, expensive, remote, isolated, most expensive healthcare costs in the nation,  most expensive energy costs, most expensive groceries and household needs costs.  Alaska has the highest rates of sexual assault and low performance on school testing.  Granted,  we have a large problem population that drives performance testing down and crime rates up.  Alaska will never see 1,000,000 residents this century as long as oil prices remain low, the pfd is capped, income taxes and State sales taxes are implemented.  Removing exemptions for Seniors and Veterans and non profits will contribute to  Alaska  becoming an increasingly hostile environment for most.  The State must reduce the cost of State government and stop threatening the contributing population with economic devastation by increasing the cost of living while reducing the standard of living of the people who actually earn and support this State by living and investing in it.


Half of what they "know" is wrong.


The logical conclusion of this push will be that every divorce will become even more one-sided, where the wife will claim martial rape to get one-up in property and custody battle.


A 55 % benefit package is outrageous for public employees. These employees historically got paid a little less than similar private sector jobs but gained a trade off in increased job security and benefits.  Anchorage public employees get both high wages and outrageous benefits resulting in a huge disparity over the income of the average anchorage taxpayer. It needs to be turned around.


and Bannon. That would be the fresh start they need...


Yup, remove the decommissioned ones now to show good intentions!


You have to be a special kind of stupid to do the things Trump does. I'm starting to believe he should be riding the short bus.
Maybe the hair dye is seeping into his tiny little brain?


Trudeau's words were really directed at Canadians.  This is a prelude to his upcoming budget.  Welcome to tax purgatory.


exactly...Ballard has every right to pick her team.  While Kealoha was robbing the City blind, Ballard is trying to fix things.  She is in my prayers as HPD has become a disgusting embarrassment to all.


And it is the gay men who as a result of their "otherness" in a chauvinist society, are most adept at resisting toxic patriarchal attitudes and working out a more authentic, egalitarian concept of self.  See my post way down below...


"The ground crew strike has not significantly affected passengers" I disagree. On a direct flight from NL to TO on Sunwing  in July we waited over 2 hours for our baggage. Many people were extremely inconvenienced and upset.


Fresh off accusing any criticism of radical Islam as being anti-muslim bigotry, hypocrisy reveals itself with Ricks position that any criticism of Israeli Jews will be labeled as anti-semetic.

The usual bigoted response will be that, hey we liberals are not criticizing Jews per say, we're criticizing an entire country full of Jews.

So that's better.


and the alternative to science is stupidity and religion!


Except that Pope St. John Paul II is "the pope of Divine Mercy."


Com'on! Use your head. This isn't a simple apples to apples thing. This is a complex electrical network where multiple components can and do fail. EWEB personnel are every bit as skilled as EPUD. Geez!


They are entititled to tir entitlement!
Typical Reform-a-Tories Dippers:-)
The Narcissist Party!

After nearly ten years, what did they leave us with,
a additional debt of $170 BILLION! KA-Sling!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByzcL3jhb5Y&ab_channel=SkyNews


Gotta call B.S. on this comment!!!

Brilliant Stuff!


If an individual, after due consideration, believes that their quality of life has deteriorated to the point where life is no longer worth living then they should have access to euthanasia whether they are in a hospital or a hospice.

There really is no evidence that the much vaunted "patient centered" care actually exists except when you find the rare physician who takes the extra time and patience to deliver it and I doubt that they are found to a greater extent in faith based institutions.


As the events in France and going on frequently in the bomb friendly Middle East, the governor cannot eliminate killing unless she addresses the lack of respect American people have for each other as evidenced in so many ways.


It's like this, LF.  Sometimes in private I pick my nose.  Sometimes I scratch my butt-crack.  Should you get offended by that?  Of course not.  You probably do the same occasionally. In private.  I hope.

Should the candidate for the most prominent political position in the world, the person who represents all of us to the world, do the same on a stage with millions of people watching?  You be the judge of that.


No, technically Cricket is wrong. How can you sell something if you don't own it?  It "may" revert back to the government but until that happens it belongs to whoever bought it.


Indeed, but don't tell them that at close to $10k per installed kW, plus deferred liabilities on other assets, that they should prepare for the eventual Wynne-ization of BC.


I have no shares in a mining company and never have. These fools think only of ownership and ignore everything else a thriving industry of any kind brings to the country. Little things like jobs and piles of tax revenue. If people want shares in a mining company, let them buy some. I probably wouldn't even if I had the money - the government is trying to destroy the industry.


What evidence to you have to support the name change?  How about we use science shall we?

The name was changed as science and technology evolved over the years and recognized that this tar-like substance doesn't actually contain any tar in the bitumen.  Bitumen contains oil.  Oil is made into tar through a specific process.

Please refer to the Schlumberger oilfield glossary and stop denying the science.


Are you sure it was "THE student" who lodged a formal complaint?    This story seems to imply that it was students (plural).

And why do you respect somebody who chooses to resign and at the same time whines about a lack of due process?     The "Master" took the easy way out.   Worse, he's whining about it.


Me too, and I am a retired pilot.


Frankly a world with 10 billion people and almost no Wildlife´m like a desolate terrible place Alaska takes key projects in protected areas


Hello neighbor -- nice weather, huh? I just wanted to let you know I've lost my pet; he's a 17-foot python named Squeeze. Gentle as a hamster; oh, I forgot -- he eats hamsters!  But not to worry; if you see him, please give me a call.  Have a nice day!


No citation issued - for flipping a rig in a 30 or 40 mph zone? No VBR? I would assume this (assumption) kid was (assumption) looking at his cell phone, and or speeding, and or talking, and or considering the plight of downtown Eugene while driving. No citations issued. That'll learn em.


We allow legitimate refugees and ones that do not increase our chances of being victims of terrorist attacks. Your argument is equal parts factually inaccurate and reliant on soppy emotionalism.

It should have struck you as odd when the ISIS invasion of Iraq created hundreds of thousands of Christian refugees nearly zero who were taken in by the Obama administration in favor of these "Syrians."


My limited experience with comments on Civil Beat indicate to me that the freedom to speak either anonymously or using what you say is your real name - it's working!

I like the system in place whereby before posting, one must evaluate other posts to see if they are helpful and most importantly, civil. I makes one stop and think.

I also find that everyday civilness comes from one's upbringing and innate character, as opposed to a mandated law.

This is a constructive conversation, thanks.


Considering the continued bad publicity for UAL, it would be in the company's best interest to end this situation with at least a $500,000 payment to Mrs. Yamauchi.  Any thing less than that makes UAL look like a racist, Asian hating bunch of rednecks in my view.  (Sorry if comparing UAL to rednecks is disparaging to all those rednecks out there!)  Conin, Fried where are you when someone really needs you.


And, what is your point?


Glad you won, In my view a silver lining of a low turnout election is at least most of the voters are invested and aren't just picking which name sounds the most familiar. Also, it was interesting that most of the argument against you was trying to play off of irrational antipathy towards unions. Good luck I know you'll do a great job


Over the years, I have kept hearing locally that we should model the United States social services and laws after Europe.  Now that Britain and France and Germany are rejecting unlimited immigration fostered by the European Union, especially after the Paris and Nice attacks and the German Muslim New Years' rapes, should we emulate that as well?


Who:  There is nothing that makes one look more foolish than trying to defend the indefensible.  Every Presidential candidate for decades has released income tax returns.  Mr. Trump refuses and offers a very lame "no one cares" as his excuse.  People do care, voters do care, and Trump supporters such as you should care too.

If you link to any reasonably objective site you will find that the Clinton Charity has a very impressive record regarding all aspects of charity work.....from a long list of recipients to the percentage of contributions which reach targets.  Your contentions of corruption are simply the parroting of long-debunked right-wing accusations.....anyone with "an ability for objective discernment" would recognize those attacks as the rantings of anti-Clinton zealots.

Let's see those Trump tax returns.  I'm guessing they must be very interesting for him to be willing to
take such heat in order to keep hiding them.

Your efforts to defend Trump are really rather sad.


Trudeau enjoys High popularity?  How high can you count Mr.Lawrence? 16% is not high popularity LOL.
Seems to me this shuffle has more to do with anti-Trump(a suicidal economic stance) than Pro Canada, I suspect the Israel lobby had something to do with it.
Our New top diplomat is pure Communist and not a loyal Canadian IMO, nobody Rhodes trained is loyal, add to that an illegal alien MP that should be deported sitting with the Liberals in Parliament and this government is disgusting and disloyal to Canada.
Mr. Lawrence is still a punk propagandist for the left IMO, not a journalist but a Fake News professional.
Next election can't get here soon enough, don't care who wins that just so long as it remove these traitors.


Obviously this researcher never read the actual VACCINE INSERT!!!!!! Not the handout they give you at the Drugstore!!!!


The Catholic University of America allows itself to be cowed by the likes of scam artist "Fr." Z and the loony toons at Church Militant? That is shameful.


Perhaps someone born less recently than I has already pointed out that Star Wars debuted in 1977, not 1983.

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


You're quoting someone in "ripped off the election" but not anyone on these pages. You are the only one here making that claim.
The votes were tallied correctly. Its the Right that says 3 million illegal votes happened, that voting machines switched a Trump vote for Hillary and ballots were stuffed.
The leak of information about the Clinton campaign (again, many on the Right believe the Assange and not the CIA) helped Trump by confirming existing beliefs about Clinton. I believe the crude strategizing of their staffers is typical of all campaigns.
Then we had Comy open the investigation again, with no new findings. More influence on the voters.
Add to that 9 investigations of Benghazi, claims that the Clintons murdered opponents, that Hillary was a lesbian that had raped a woman in college, and frankly, that she was a weak candidate, and so, she lost.
My first choice never had a chance.


Nope, global warming is neither systemic nor practically investigated.  GW is not proved through consensus or shutting down those who disagree. 20 years of no global warming is called a "pause".  It really is a cult driven by vested interests and spreading fear.  The notion that you can change nature is silly, the demand that electricity must be expensive is foolish and damages the poor.


About time.


Typical conservative 'sluff off' of history. I've been over hearing it from individuals in the public since the Reagan years; "we don't need no history in our schools." Sometimes I picture Cal with his ultra conservative Wig Party hat on. Maybe they should make a movie about that, and highlight their tradition of justifying the starving to death of tens of thousands of Irish during the second blight. But that would just be too depressing wouldn't Cal.


Sorry honey.

We in the rest of the world are enjoying the show.  Americans earned it and deserved it for their behaviour.  Yes, the Trump Train is destined for disaster, but the world wants it to crash at full speed, not slow down and realize that the crash is imminent.

In just a few years, the beginning of the downfall of the American empire will be fully realised, but America's 1% will be immensely more wealthy, which has been Trumps singular goal all along.

Nothing if not good entertainment.


Shred the Constitution??? Are you serious? You really need to find another utopia to live in. Your a disgraceful human.


I realize that this will sound cold but I feel sorry only for the families of the deceased and for the front line first responders who have to deal with the whole mess.

I feel nothing but contempt for the people who have died from overdoses. They chose their poison and didn't think twice about the pain they left behind.


And you take your orders from the left so obediently it's kind of funny you saying that!


Did you not read the part where it says that defence delays don't count? It is excessive crown/court delay that causes a breach of the right to a speedy trial.


I've been saying for months now that as soon as NK perfects their nuclear weapon capabilities they ARE going to launch. KJU is crazy enough to do it. I know they'd prefer to launch a missile(s) against the US but since SK is their closest ally that will be the likely first target. NK has no intentions of denuclearizing, so regardless of who launches a pre-emptive strike it's only a matter of when, not if, it's going to happen.


Quietly? Although I agree that he needs to leave nothing to do with Trump will be done quietly. When he goes down he will try to take as many and as much down with him as he can. Keep that suitcase with the nuke codes away from this unstable man.


She can stand in the hole of stupidity she chose to dig.
She should be thanking America for being allowed to be part of the team.
She a poor sportsmen and a perfect example of why Islam and Western culture don't blend.


The appointed lawyer for him also states that it sounds as though he has some
mental issues. I believe he's correct on his first assessment of Ikaika.  Possibly
PTSD could be an issue aside of being bi-polar.  He may have tipped towards the
deep end after all those years. Who knows.  I would have thought that a Psychological evaluation is necessary for the type of position he's in.


What a fraud you are, Motley! Those people merely commented that the hacking didn't change any votes ONCE THEY WERE CAST.

You've hit a new low in dishonesty. I wonder when you'll bottom out.


These power hungry road agents know the political writing is on the wall and have waited until the 11th hour
to show a phony conversion on the road to Queens Park complete with the predictable hollow bleating. Four terms of these clods and the electorate is left holding a bag of empty promises, odious scandals, perpetual taxes and a mountain of debt.


There is one big difference, in only one instance does the employee pay via union support, their employer.  This is similar to payola. Public employee unions contribute and support their boss, their employer which makes the employer beholding.


The Conservatives are in left field with their criticism. They are basically saying they support Trump. We should all be thankful that they are no longer in power.


The word for servant in Greek was 'diakonos', there was no feminine word so the word 'diaconissa' was coined to distinguish between the different roles of deacons and deaconesses.


Isn't awesome how the left always regresses to communist dictatorship?  Fascism, Socialism and communism are all spawned from the left. All total failures and idiots keep going there.  Leftism is a disgusting ideology that serves no purpose to a country or its countrymen. I wonder if Trudeau is going to send troops down there to help his commie brothers keep power?  I wouldn't put it past him.


Thanks for asking.  Trump will collapse the markets by being his ignorant and corrupt self.


Instead he is in jail in Nevada for a crime he did commit!

Of course, a different jury took away every dime he had or ever would have based on the exact same facts which the criminal jury said didn't prove his guilt 'beyond a reasonable doubt'!


Great news for Maxime Bernier and supporters of his classical liberal approach to governance.


You are missing more than that.


Selective outrage.

Precious.


The "I got here first" argument went away in fourth grade. Some Native Americans came after the first Native Americans. The first ones didn't hand over their hunting  territory and their culture in the name of multiculturalism.
The history of mankind has been one of more dominant cultures displacing weaker cultures. Not always a good thing, but that's the way it has worked. Survival of the fittest, unfortunately.
Earlier immigrants did not have the massive welfare state and bilingual education waiting for them when they got here. Nowadays we have a manufactured migration brought to you by the political class, for their own political reasons.
The homegrown population is being forced to fund their own displacement through the education establishment and the welfare state. Low income minorities are most affected.
If you dare question the holy tenet of multiculturalism then you are called a hater by the enlightened ones. 300+ million already here and we haven't even met all of their needs.


Correction....a plurality of voters selected Hilliary with tRump coming in second, I'm sure that hurts tRump.


He obviously doesn't trust Robert Fife to quote him accurately.

Pretty insulting to Mr Fife.


If your broker has a stable of clients that are paying the same fees as you, then I can assure you he's not going to be employed long.  The truth is his other clients are probably subsidizing you and it's only a matter of time before you get the phone call to chat about fees.


So let me see if I understand this, because he served in the Army he gets treatment different then I would for the exact same crime had I committed it? Why? Simply because I never signed up? Plea bargains for domestic violence?

What does serving in the armed forces give you the right to break the law? Where is the logic in that? Track Palin went into the service to avoid legal trouble, what about that?

Instead of trying to actually fix problems and make people pay for their crimes, why are we always looking for an excuse as to WHY they did it?


When you put on the uniform, you swear to uphold the Constitution, not the political party of your choice.  For a proposed Commander and Chief of this country to openly ask an unfriendly foreign power to hack the private emails of an opposing political party or a private US citizen is treason. Trump is openly brazenly asking to have the Constitutional rights of Americans violated by Russia, how can anyone support this treasonous dangerous  fool?


Are you talking about the President because it seems like you are?


I was born in Kakaako in 1937.  Moved to Kalihi when I was about 8.  My memory is a community of diverse cultures, household heads being grandparents. Pidgin the 3rd. Language of the children who played together.  No sidewalks, just good, old dirt to play marbles. Mixed in, a candy factory on the corner of the block.  Naval supply depot (use to be a race track), barbed wire fencing about 2feet from the house we used to hang the wash.  Ice truck came by once a week, and the Manapua man selling his  buns and dim sum.  An rooms-to-let apartment complex owned by a Russian man. Kodak's big building where I use to slide down its smooth, concrete ramps.  This was a neighborhood, a village, a wonderful place to call home.


Now,this might come as a shock to you but every university or college has their own point of view. Evidently you feel that the U of O doesn't do a good enough job for you. Name one university or college that would make you happy, please!
I have to disagree with you on the tax money, you can call it whatever you like but it is listed as a tax. You can call it Girl Scout Cookies if it makes you feel better. If you consider it your money and feel that it is being wasted, get involved.
Btw, gender identity is very real. One in ten people suffer from it. It is in everyone's family. Some hide it in shame but it is very real.


Trump should tell this idiot that he has two choices:
1.  Talk with us and China about re-unification with the South Koreans, and about standing down on all sides for the good of us all.
Or
2.  THE NEXT MISSILES HE SHOOTS IN THE AIR WILL BE THE LAST ONE HE ever shoots.

Are there any grassy knolls in NKorea?


Murkowski might--MIGHT--be able to think this way.  Sullivan can't think at all.  He has to do what the outside money that bought his seat tells him to do.  Which, presumably, will be to say little, smile a lot, and vote as he's told.


Forget Walker, put Brena in charge of the state.

Robin Brena for Governor!


. . . dangerously, I think, at significant international accords.  Paris, NATO, NAFTA, TPP, and now, the Iran Nuclear deal.

Kim Jong Un is viewed as dangerous because he has a relatively small number of nascently developed nuclear weapons.

But, how is Trump viewed, when he thumbs his nose so blatantly at the rest of the world, demanding that the US get all the goodies, while the real or perceived interests of the rest of the world are openly insisted to be subordinated?

How long before all the people in the room come to consensus to send the US a stern message (perhaps about the wisdom of putting Trump into the POTUS seat)?

How many countries can Trump "destroy" in response?

What are Putin and Xi doing right now?  Theyre not at the UN.  Who are they talking to?  What deals may they be cutting?

How do you deal with a bully?

We need to worry when the World starts talking ABOUT us, rather than with us.


I flew SouthWorst one time, one time. I guess it's not too bad if you're poor, and it's the only way you can get somewhere. I would rather take a bus in Beijing than get crammed into that little plane for 5 or 6 hours.


Yeah, ask the Faccio family how they feel about that.


That's why people need to understand this whole left/right system of political division is just a scam to keep us divided! We aren't that different that the entire country should be so polarized that we can't come to a general consensus about right and wrong.


Climate Change is just an excuse for insurance companies who have gouged everybody for so  long. If storms ever do intensify, look out, their 'profits' have left them woefully unprepared. If we ever do see hurricanes as deadly as Galveston 1900 or powerful as Labor Day 1935 we are in big trouble with the way things have built up now.


I don't actually see a problem with that- most of the Chinese people I know are really decent people, kind of like just about every person I get to meet on this journey. Give it a rest amigo- they like to invest here because we have a pretty (totally even) enviable society in which to live. Unless you're intent on keeping it all for ourselves (which would kind of selfish and even un-Canadian), what's the problem?


Love your comment.  Then again, I don't think Ms. Southey claims to be a journalist.  She just works from home and writes these pieces based on what she consumes fake news from the left wing media which just reinforce her close-minded already-formed opinions.


"Recall that a president’s primary duty, in addition to defending the country, is to protect the Constitution."

Bannon and Trump intend to "Deconstruct the Administrative State".

The Constitution has long been the foundation of our administrative state.  When they have enough votes nationwide for a Constitutional Convention (they are close to having that already) -- the 1st thing they'll amend or remove, will be the 1st Amendment.  It's the one constant that Trump rails against with his "fake news" comments.

For those who think the Trump "deconstruction" will leave the 2nd amendment intact:  think again.  We are headed into a military state -- not a constitutional one.


Bla, bla, bla.... Time to grow up and act like a big girl.


Why not approach it like a condo or time-share? The major issue is finding a place to park it year-round and then connecting it to utilities; that is where the real costs come in.


Not just the headline.  The first paragraph of the article contains the same falsehood.


And remind me again why any contractor would vote for Trudeau in 2019?


That's what insurance is for. Besides, the fact that he crash landed in an area densely packed with homes and businesses, causing minor injuries to no one other than himself, is something we should probably praise him for. Don't you agree? I would say the same even if it was my house that was damaged, by the way.


Since it was a witch hunt to begin with, there is no doubt they were going for that. Arpaio was convicted of doing his job, what a backward world we live in. The pardon was the only sensible action Trump could take.


rightee oo lester clown


Anticipating a shortage of Officials should've been a high priority for the OIA leadership with regard to recruitment and retention. To resort to a Plan B and penalize students in the process with unfair scheduling and the creation of logistical nightmares to those affected, the OIA administrators need to take a look in the mirror and resign. This situation could've been avoided with proper planning and execution. Instead, it's just a colossal embarrassment.


To a more just society.


'I have a little list, I have a little list. Let none of the be missed'  in the words of the Lord High Executioner from Gilbert and Sullivan's  Mikado operetta.


Don't be silly.


This story:  The Chinese claim they seized the drone  “In order to prevent this device from posing a danger to the safe navigation of passing ships and personnel..".

See the Chinese have been following Western news media and they are trying to use the same kind of "spin" that Western politicians use to justify their actions.

But maybe they should have said that they were "Championing the safety of the middle class people who operate fishing boats in that area" ???   (Just like the olden days of knights and chivalry ---- okay, forget the chivalry part).


Oh sure, take away the Trump haters, accusations and narrative. What a kill joy!!


"Mostly, the insane, ungrounded opposition from the likes of Wyden and Merkley, now, is making Trump and Republicans stronger. Sad for Oregon. Not at the table."

Absolutely the truth, right on the mark with yor points!


With the number of injuries and falls at this spot, it's a wonder to me that it hasn't been closed "for safety reasons"...


How would you feel if your job was dependent on someone else taking a test to prove your worth?  This is like saying a salesman shouldn't be evaluated on their sales, but rather how much people tweet about the product, or policeman shouldn't be evaluated on how many arrests and convictions they get, but how the criminal rated their arrest.


You are quite right. It is a 'clerical' way of putting it. But that's the expression that is used: 'Reduced'! That's why he whole system of dividing Christians into those who are 'clerics' and those who are 'mere laity' and non-cleric is so harmful.

'Clerics' end up thinking they are special and privileged and 'above' 'mere laity'

It is just long standing custom. It is not a necessity. There is no reason why those who hold offices in the Church - whether Deacon, Priest, Bishop, Cardinal, or Pope – cannot be part of 'the laity', just as they were in the beginning.

If we really are serious about eliminating 'clericalism', the only way is to first eliminate the system of dividing the people of the Church into those who are 'clerics' and those who are 'not clerics'. All the offices could remain the same. They could be held by 'lay' people, not reserved for those who are 'clerics'.


That extra capacity is not needed.
Moving lots of cars out of the city as fast as possible is not the goal, nor should it be.
There are hundreds of homes and businesses along that street, it's not a freeway exclusively for commuters fleeing to Douglas County.

There is no need to give that space to car traffic. All that does is encourage people to drive faster, making the street unsafe for everyone.


Turkey HAS to remain in NATO. NATO needs Turkish bases to fly their missions from.  Meanwhile, the EU needs to humor Turkey or else it unleashes another 3 million migrants into Europe.

Whether making Turkey part of the EU is helpful or not is speculation.


More nonsense from the Polynesian grievance industry.
"Hawaii is not part of the U.S."
"The U.S. stole our land."
"the prisoners have been kidnapped"
Such silliness.


Wynne should admit that she has no clue how to fix the economy she broke and call an election.

Considering that she was a failure at every portfolio she was involved with before becoming Premier, it's a wonder she was elected at all. I suppose liberal supporters are more concerned with celebrity and name recognition than with past successful achievements - isn't that how we wound up with JT as PM?


They done did that  to themselves, I suspect.


Keep it civil, motley.


If typical, they'll spend $8M to save $2M.


You want history rewrites? Look no further than Hollywood...and not just "cowboy and Indian movies," either. Thomas Edison, Abraham Lincoln--name it.  Americans think they know their history--what they know are the myths, old and new.


Feminism is essentially a hate group in this day and age. Women have priveledge and power far beyond any average male. Preferential hiring, the ability to imprison any man merely by pointing a finger and crying "sexual assault", it is a purely Orwellian present we are living in where men are second class citizens. And the true facts back this up.


The key word "Think", you did not.  Don't speak for others or Think what others would think, especially when it comes to God.


And that was $1.2 billion of waste. The whole green energy disaster is at least 100 times worse.


I stalked you all day?  What the heck are you talking about?   I commented to you maybe twice in the last few days -

Please don't flatter yourself.  And it is the height of cowardice to post comments disparaging posters behind their back.  If you have something to say about me - have the decency to say it TO me.

And Kurgan does stalk me...but I have been advised it's being taken care of.   And I don't burst out crying.  I defend myself from silly attacks like yours.


More lobbyist drivel for whoever pays them.  Could one also conclude that crime rate decline is not directly proportional to an armed citizenry? I offer Chicago as an example.  The best she can offer is that "public safety is not compromised". That is a zero sum argument which  shows no public harm or benefit and therefore the status quo is adequate.


That is right Luke and they could have changed that when they partiated the constitution but chose not to.

You see our founding fathers were all white and Christian and so was the the population at the time so my theory is that was specifically put in place to protect future generations. They probably foresaw the likes of Pierre Trudeau and said, "We have to protect our Christian values and ensure that future generations keep the faith."


Maybe on some level, LOL doesn't really believe women are created in God's image.....


I seem to recall Harper taking government jets to fly to hockey games.


This is laughable. The good news is that by refusing the fiduciary responsibility it is clear where they stand on who first at the dinner table. I ask my friends to ask if their potential advisor has a written fiduciary responsibility to his/ her clients and advise them to keep moving if they do not.


Don't attribute your own juvenile cynicism and moral relativism to others. Pretending to look down from a great height and pronouncing "they're all the same" is just another kind of cheap self-aggrandizement of the kind in which the Ignoramus-In-Chief is currently indulging. Being able to draw meaningful distinctions is quite the opposite of a "blind eye."


Looks like unicorns and fairy tales. So cars aren’t allowed. Good luck with that .
The transit system in this city isn’t conducive to leaving your car at home, especially if you are driving in from outside of the city.
More pie in the sky. And oh, buy google ads.


Interesting how the same campaign finance lawbreakers (Andy George and Michael Fortney, among others) keep popping back up, despite being successfully prosecuted for multiple violations of the law.
Both of those shady characters, for example, were involved in the "Both-Ways Bob" organization (so-called "Colorado Pioneer Action" recently found guilty of breaking Colorado campaign finance laws:
http://campaignintegritywatchdog.org/?p=201

CIW has demonstrated, again and again, that it's not impossible to hold these lawbreakers accountable - but it can take quite a bit of time, talent, and other resources to succeed.


The reality of political pet projects is far stranger, and more asinine than the financial forethought my 7 years old imparts on me.

Let me get this straight... the borough applied for, and received, a $12,000,000 grant.  They built a ship, that subsequently they decided to sell for $1,750,000.  But in order to sell it, they had to spend $3,000,000.   Now they still have to repay the $12,000,000 grant money. So the borough just donated $12,000,000 to a shipwright and paid to refurbish someone else's boat for them.

If they would have just scuttled the damn thing they would have saved $1,250,000.  Seriously, a million dollars would have been made by just blowing up the boat. They could have done it this coming Monday as part of the valley's version of a fireworks display - allowing, of course, people to shoot at it while it burns for funsies.

What ever happened to that 4:20 song they used to play on the radio "Ooout in Wasilla!"?


I saw a brief reference in one of these previous posts that bike riders were supposed to get off their bikes if they are riding on sidewalks & walk across the intersection. I have not researched this question, but I will. Do you know the answer to this question?


What are you celebrating #Canada150?
#Colonization, #Genocide of #Indigenous people. A slap on the face to #Reconciliation.
TRUE reconciliation requires us to rewrite history and NOT the French version, not the Anglo version, not the settler immigrant version.
It is the INDIGENOUS history that needs to be told and written, THAT IS OUR HISTORY, THAT IS CANADIAN HISTORY, not the settler immigrant history we've been force-fed for more than 150 years.
Now you want to celebrate 365 days of a FALSE history?! SHAME SHAME on us all.
GREAT shame on us all if we continue this farce.


Hahah...What a bozo...check his smirk...fresh meat for OCCC...pack his schute.


We need half of your PFD to pay the $750,000,000 in oil tax credits we owe for this year because of SB 21.
$550,000 is chump change in comparison.


Well we survived 8 years of the Muslim brotherhood ... and Obama put them in his administration


No, flinging his feces about:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WdEiCGyLlGk


In fact, Tesla is fine with dropping it.
It is the gop leadership backed by Ford, gm, Chrysler, etc who are pushing for extensions on these.


So let's see... you have uber-derogatory, heavy-derogatory, medium-degogatory, medium-light-derogatory, light-derogatory, and just plain hardly-doesn't-mean-anything-at-all-derogatory all on the very same,identical insult depending upon the skin tone of the person who is the target, and it has nothing to do with the person who issued the statement.

Got it. Any other snowflake instructional guidelines I need to know about?


Going to start calling you Jake the Snake if you keep changing facts.


Good morning to you !  A new day , but the same old , same old with you . The only one in denial of the facts is you .  It takes two seconds to see you don't know what your talking about.  IF O'Reilly lied all the time , it would be national news . There is zero doubt you have never watched his show because if you did , you'd know your comments are as phony as a three dollar bill.   If you want to hate O'Reilly , that's your choice , but at least know the facts before calling them lies.


Prison? Should have been the gallows.


Another example of a white male who cannot recognize his own entitlements but feels threatened when challenged. A person so deluded that he thinks men do all the dirty jobs, that women do not fight crime, and seems to be unaware of all the brave women in the military. Delusional and sad.


Why would I be bitter, O Great Malumba et al.?


Well, let's see how many rounds a year of conventional ammo they'd go through if each round cost $10.  OK, we'll give them a quantity discount- $5 apiece for purchases of 1000 or more.  Cash only.


Wrong. The US 1% who pay most of the taxes there are way, way richer than the Canadian 1% here.
They generate billions more in tax revenue for the government.


Being a violent person is no impediment to election as a republican in Montana.


Trudeau was right, the Meech Lake accord would have rendered Canada impotent. Take for instance Immigration Canada. How can we control immigration when Quebec has its own control over immigration? Seriously, what a joke of a "country" we are.


They are sharing their feelings and believes not that if it ever happened. Dan Coats is a career politician, why should we believe in him when he refuse to answer if anybody from the white house ever asked him about the investigation, alleging classified info! He even when further to say that he cannot answer even in a close hearing before hearing from the Whitehouse! Puppets in very tight skirts!


Ewe...


That is precisely the issue, there is no indication that "vetting", in the US or Canada,  involves any screening for such beliefs, that would most likely be deemed "against freedom of religion".


Seeing a few comments talking about the declining quality of education in Douglas County. Here is your reminder that Douglas County voters have a terrible habit of voting against ballot issues that would give more taxpayer money to the school district which desperately needs it. So for a while now, teachers have been flocking from the district, getting laid off, and all of their pay seriously sucks. This all leads to the classes being all enormous and all the teachers that are left are working less hours than they were before because the school district needed to allow students to take less classes in order to save money. Seems to me like all those people who voted for the voucher program and relentlessly cutting taxes that would go to schools brought this upon themselves.


AMEN!  I have always voted for republicans, sometimes holding my nose, but I will never vote for Trump.  If Sanders wins, despite disagreeing with him on nearly every policy issue, he will get my vote because he is honest, has not been bought and paid for, and has a warm heart and smile too (these things matter in politics).  I think one could make an agreement with Bernie, shake hands, and sleep well knowing that you had a deal.  This is not true of Hillary.  But if the Dems push Bernie aside and choose the preordained Hillary then I will vote for any reasonable third party candidate and if there is none then I have agreed to write in my neighbors dog.


Wow, the Mayor sure has a lot of power and influence to get the legislature jumping.


"Colorado needs... a new newspaper."
Instant solution to your need: stop reading this one.


Fiscal Conservative is a buzz word to rouse the rubes into voting for someone who intends on stealing everything that isn't nailed down for them and their friends.


agree


" ...(like being the puppet of a foreign power).."

That statement is absolutely hilarious !


you have all the character and credibility of a skid mark.


Maybe they're waiting for a Good Gun Guy to stop the mass shooter before the mass shooting.


About hybrid bears, and the possible re-occurrence of similar happening over time, can show how there are several kinds of bears and the fact they can interbreed to create fertile offspring show they do in fact share a history and a fair amount of DNA.

{re: AKexpat}

Some credible findings from a simple search; among other results, appear here:

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=history+of+bear+hybrid+polar+grizzly+in+DNA&t=ffsb&ia=web

For those who haven't had scientific interests as a lifelong hobby, the learning curve can be steep. ;)


Trying again. If you don't agree with me why don't you write a rebuttal instead of getting me deleted.
Rebel Media is merely the official propaganda arm of the far right in Canada. Ezra Levant solicits crowdfunding donations supposedly to promote free speech, but apparently it's only free speech if it represents the ultra right point of view. It's censorship if you disagree with him or if he gets his wrist slapped for stepping outside the rules.
What should one expect from someone who at various stages of his "journalism" career, has been a fracking pimp, a tobacco pimp, a liar, a purveyor of selective value systems and most of all a hypocrite?


Our rights are being threatened by people like Bloomberg, Clinton etc. While we do have a 4 year reprieve. If the left gains power again they will once again try to take away our 2nd amendment rights and likely if Berkley is an any indication of things to come our 1st amendment rights as well.


What will you do if it looks like it's over for his presidency? Wish he would start a war, incite a constitutional crisis, start a presidential smear campaign against his perceived enemies, provoke street violence?  It's what you are hoping for so you can hate him all the more.


Yeah I don't want to look at these losers either although it could be quite possible that I will end up in just the same position. Clean them up a little, put a suit on them and they could make the same phony living like the rest of society does. The key is that you have to be able to constantly talk all the time and tell your employer what a great guy you are. (Or current president appears to be good role model) Or you could be a policeman.


Refreshing to read someone who basically admits he hasn't a clue where this is going.


It seems to me - as a male one might say I shouldn't - that contraception is more than a religious or a woman's health issue, it is also a woman right to decide regardless of religion or health. But that's beside the point. The very fact that health is a valid element within the overall choice it remains for the employer to abstain from moral or religious judgment about a person's purpose. Freedom from religion is equally important, maybe more so.
If every possible application of the nations public funds, whether through taxation or through "premiums", are subject to the exclusion by a religious sect claims that it has a "dog in the fight" it makes public administration chaotic and unmanageable. Take for example the application of tax revenue to military. If a legitimate exclusion,  every possible use of premium or tax charge must be scrutinized for its "potential" application towards funding some sect's "religious" exclusion.


Disappear? President Donald Trump is ubiquity incarnate.


Harmless? The CFAA says otherwise:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_Fraud_and_Abuse_Act


$12,000 for an electric tricycle only good in Oregon during the summer that can't even carry all my groceries is just a little too spendy.


With all due respect to the former US Senator and Anchorage mayor - I tend to feel that this legislature has in fact faced and made the difficult compromise decision to fund this next year's budget with major draw down of savings and moderate spending decreases.

The votes simply were not there to do anything else at this point. In my opinion the legislature is sitting exactly where Alaskan people are sitting on this - not only extremely divided but also very split on any of the alternatives going forward.

This issue is not about the legislature anymore - it's about the people. We have spent so much money for so long - that never had to come from our pockets - that Alaskans have no idea how much government they want to have or how much it should cost.
If the CBR was a savings account funded from personal taxes - maybe we wouldn't be spending it now. But like all our oil wealth of the past 40 years - the CBR might as well be someone eles's money. We are certainly spending it that way.


Funny that you should mention "reality" seeing as this was also the name of a NSA contractor now facing a 10-year sentence in the first Espionage Act charge under Trump for leaking details of alleged Russian interference in the last US election to the media.

The Five Eyes partners will meet in secrecy in Canada at the end of June.  Suspect that they will hand our Government their marching orders after this meeting.  Wonder just how much influence does someone like Freeland really have ?

Seems to be a whole lot of censorship going on here tonight.


Jim...unless I misunderstand what you're saying, once you've signed up and are logged in, you can read without hoops.  The hoops are only invoked when you're adding a comment, in my experience.  (Hope you're doing well!)


Speak for yourself..... D....... - I personally draw the line at an Islamic Terrorist Whose family has treated Canada as nothing more than a Door Mat.....


This is supposedly a newspaper and articles like this are not news just political garbage. No wonder the paper is failing.


Meet him face to face and you'll smell sulphur. I did.


Yes. Full stop. (Period.)


.

The similarities between the personalities of Putin and Trump are striking.

Same self-focus, the same need to be aggrandized, the same lack of empathy.

Classic psychopathy symptoms.

The biggest difference between the two is that Putin is about 30 IQ points smarter than Trump.

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The pretense that the all new concept of independent senators is valid is more than a moot point for discussion. It is blatantly obvious that you do not have to be a card carrying Liberal to be named a so-called independent senator by the Prime Minister but without a doubt you have a much better chance of becoming an alleged independent by being of liberal persuasion. The list of fifteen senators appointed in the past few weeks just happen to be sprinkled "liberally" with human rights activists, women's issues experts and social workers. No one is saying that these are not people of integrity and honesty, but their affiliations are most decidedly liberal and not diverse political opinions. Trudeau has found a convenient vehicle to drive the focus of a Senate based on strictly political appointments to one that maintains the Liberal bias. Let the public be reminded that some 2500 or more applicants were screened before the Liberal PM made his "independent choice".


One wonders if this guy is so oblivious to that little thingy on his ankle and what it does, or if the reported crimes were done on purpose with that thingy on his ankle as proof to make his bones.  You just can't figure some folks thought processes.........or lack thereof.


She would make a great council member, if every other member wasn't just like her. I haven't decided on a mayoral candidate, but I'm deciding between Durkan and Farrell. They both seem like the most likely to accomplish something. And the least "one-issue" of all the candidates. We are so lucky in Seattle. Unlike most of the country we really don't have to worry about any stealth born-again candidates who are going to get in office then push legislation mandating the teaching of creationism, or eliminating birth control. We get a nice spread of liberal candidates to choose from, and have the leisure to pick the ones who might be the most effective.  Oliver sounds awesome, but she is a firebrand. If we learn one thing from the election of 2016 it should be that we don't want another firebrand. 2016 was dominated by firebrands, one from the left, one from the right. Combined they did this country great harm, and I blame them both. Bernie made Trump possible.  Just say no to firebrands!


"Trump said some of the components included doubling the standard deduction used by families and increasing the child care tax credit. He said the majority of Americans would be able to file their taxes on a single page."


Does anyone know if he gets a living allowance above his salary?


Our system of government has built in safeguards against such a popular "mistake" by our citizens; some were built in to our Constitution by the Federalists so long ago, and party leaders had generally made their selections with just a few indicator primaries until 1968.  Constitutionally the Electoral College can overturn the popular vote, its never been done but occasionally an elector has voted their own mind and ignored the popular vote of their state.  As far as political parties are concerned the much discussed "super delegates" are the remnants of the system both parties had until 1968.  Prior to that all/most delegates made their decisions in "smoke filled back rooms" where the ability to win was the determining factor.  This archaic system had its successes, most notable was the selection of Franklin Roosevelt, John Kennedy, Dwight Eisenhower, and Theodore Roosevelt (as VP).


Word salad.


As long as there is a need, and I mean a real need (after smart cuts), pay no PFD before you come looking for more  tax money. It makes no sense for the state to pay residents with one hand then take it with the other.  Stop the PFD! And while you're at it...kill that stupid gas pipeline once and for all; it's nothing more than a further waste of money we don't have.


Somebody needs to take Trump's phone and Twitter account away.  It is a sad state of affairs when you have to treat the leader of the free world like your teenage daughter.


The Catholic Church has never needed permission to pick and choose for whom it would perform any ceremony.

That has not changed because the *states* are now required to issue marriage licenses to same sex couples.  There is no relationship between the two.  Obergefell does not require any church to do a single damn thing.  And everyone with an IQ above room temperature knows that or is capable of reading the decision and figuring that out.

The Catholics used to be focused on things like orphanages and priceless artifacts and poisoning each other at the Vatican.  They should stick to that, and stop trying to gin up more false grist for the propaganda machine that is rapidly destroying our democracy and turning the U.S. into ungovernable factions where every problem has to be solved in federal court. Sorry, boys (and it is boys, because the nuns *do not care*) we aren't going back to any of the centuries you would like to return to.  Go back to arguing about angels and pinheads.


Popolos sure making headlines lately....
And it ain't about scoring a touchdown.


Epicenter - the center of something, typically an unpleasant situation.
(…your problem seems to be that you don't know what epicenter means. …carry on.)


If it's behind the line of scrimmage is it PI? I have forgotten.


Congrats on being a criminal-cop enabler. You're delusional in thinking that you are any better than his mom. And what does his mom have to do with it? Nothing. You're a simpleton.


sorta yes.. sorta no.. what does civil bot want.. yes yes or no no only//


The Left is ONLY tolerant of those who have the same views.To say the Left is tolerant of the right is absolutely ludicrous.Some of the most intolerant, parochial people I know have leftist views.


Trump realizes his election rhetoric was hot air. China is the future.


I think the statement made by Alan Wong: “The dining landscape has changed, and we’ve amicably decided with Macy’s to move on from this concept.” tells a lot of what went into this decision. The Pineapple Room was out of favour the second Nordstrom's Mariposa restaurant opened in the first Nordstrom's place. When Bloomingdales came along and opened their own fancy pants restaurant, the Pineapple Room was done. Of course they could have continued on with operations. But to be the "place to go" for restauranting at Ala Moana for the higher end, the Pineapple Room would have had to really revamp - in which this move does already without Alan Wong.


At least Italians showed some grit, unlike 53% of Austrians, helped by hysteria from mass media,, financed by the likes of Soros. Austrians prefer to be led by the nose by Merkel and Martin Schulz, who as  the President of the European Parliament, had hard time to finish even high school   ;)


Until Alaska stops the big oil monopoly and opens Alaska to Alaskans nothing good will happen! Stop using Government power to allow the majors to own Alaska's oil and gas wealth by unfair abuse toward Alaskans and other smaller competitors!


Dr. Demento, The argument you make is European colonial argument and is incorrect.

The Canadian court system was not established by the indigenous people, it was by the colonizers of Indigenous territories. It serves a purpose of supporting colonial interests, through the colonial laws it uses to seek judgements. The court system played a massive role in the dispossession of Indigenous lands and waters by colonizers, and continues this role by refuting Indigenous claims to their lands and waters.

Please note, the many treaties (written documents) that are not lived up to by the colonizers and ignored by courts.

The indigenous cultures of Turtle Island are oral cultures. Histories are handed over from generation to generation, the accuracy secured by, internalizing through repetition, number of keepers, and public reciting. It is simply a different way of recording history. To suggest that only 'written documents' have legal value, suggests Western European arrogance and ignorance.


In one of my phone calls to DNR DOG, a public relations person (of all people) shot me down in flames.  So impolite, so hostile, that I haven't been able to work up the nerve to call back since.  I'm guessing that the staff meeting that she had just come out of hadn't been pleasant?  Is that an example of their attitude towards, and treatment of all of the small (under one-billion cap) developers?
Any company can drill almost anywhere else in the world with a lot less flack!  Cheaper also, for less environmental difficulties!  Only thing that makes Alaska competitive, is America's political stability, with no "tickalunar revolutionaries" blowing installations to blazes during every full moon.


In Utqiagvik there are also some foreign students (from Africa I believe) attending Ilisagvik College there (at America's only community college that needs safety patrols to protect the campus from polar bears).


Bad college referees still keep calling charging fouls when the defender is still moving their feet.


Canada won't have them.


You nailed it, Mark.


CJAD news in Montreal just reported that Swedes confirm this as a terrorist attack.


Because ACA did NOT raise costs on the middle class, or even on the upper class.
What it did was actually LOWER costs by not having to deal with so many not paying, and then shifted costs increases on over to small amounts of taxes.

IOW, it is trump that just caused MAJOR increases in our health care costs, not ACA.

Im not convinced that ACA is the best approach, but it was a LOT cheaper than what we had and what we now have.


"What utter rubbish"
YAAWWWNNN. Oh I forgot - Obama DID something. Obviously you are appeased by the phony, hollow words that accomplished absolutely nothing. The resulting Assault Weapons Ban of 2013 flopped and even 5 Dems voted against it.
Your hatred is showing.


Fact: Trump surrogate Michael 'Lock Her Up!' Flynn secretively did work for Turkey, and reported it after the fact.
Fact: Trump surrogate Paul Manafort secretively did work for Ukraine, and reported it after the fact.
Empty Accusation: The above are not facts.


Well, to be fair, it may not be a conspiracy.  trump has surrounded himself with staffers who are overwhelmed by the job and are just not very good at what they do.  Perhaps this is just the result of gross incompetence!  Either scenario is in play.


If the valuation of the wine, on the commercial invoice, for Chinese Customs was incorrect, then, in my opinion, the company committed fraud. Whether that is justification to arrest the owners, I do not know.


There are Alaskans hurting financially.  Reading this makes me I'll.


"Alaska's new law is going to be overruled by Trump."
I doubt it.  America is a nation with divided power, not just between the two branches but also between the state and federal governments.  State governments have general police powers but it is limited to the borders (not including "long arm" statutes) of the state.  The federal government has limited police powers which extends, arguably, around the world.  When state and federal laws conflict, thanks to the Supremacy Clause, federal law wins.  But that doesn't mean that they can violate federalism such as enforcing federal law beyond their limited police power, ie. the federal government an enforce federal substance control laws on federal lands but not state lands if the state doesn't have the same or some corroborating law.


Maybe the FEC should spend its time investigating the 46 times that the USA attempted to interfere with legitimately elected governments of other countries. Right now we are attempting to overthrow the government of Syria which is recognized by the UN as the legitimate government of a sovereign country. Much of our aid ends up in the hands of ISIS and al Qaeda who would very likely end up controlling the country. Fortunately, Russia is saving us from our own stupidity in this case.


Ms. Khan always contributes to our understanding of difficult issues.


Competing head-on with a big company who is willing (and able) to change the rules and move the goalposts in order to maintain their monopoly is even harder.
Its all good and well when people fight fair but you know as well as I do that it is now very unfashionable for corporate entities to have a conscience. They will happily pillage and plunder themselves and the rest of us into oblivion if left unchecked.


Why is the denaturing of love so much on the Catholic agenda?


The shipping rates from Seattle to Alaska are the most expensive routes in the world, bar none. The Seattle longshoreman and the barge companies should pay for the port since they profit the most and have had a special law that has protected their business and jobs for too many years.  Ironically it was Sheffield that shut down the construction of the grain export facility leaving Delta farmers with full silos and broke. Then the State shut down the meat processing facility in Fairbanks so the chicken, hog and cattle farmers lost everything.  What this State needed to do a long time ago and still needs is a rail line to the lower 48. Then we will have some competition in shipping. Screw Seattle. The Chinese and other cargo ships can land here (not necessarily Anchorage either) and we can train (back haul) the goods to the mid-west easy enough. Sheffield's plan failed because it never was about benefiting Alaska but about enriching a contractor friend or a kick back. Why no train?


Parade of losers...


And the airport thought this was a good idea to allow this? Something is very off here.


The war Obama promised to end if he was elected?


After what he went through to get the job , it's a shame Price did something so stupid over and over again.  Price shouldn't have resigned under pressure from Trump---Trump should have fired him the second he heard about what was going on.  What liberals don't get is us conservatives know the difference between right and wrong and that's why we can say Price should have been fired---with the same conviction as we KNOW Hillary should have been indicted or at the very least her case taken before a grand jury .  Conservatives KNOW what Price did was wrong and are fine with him being removed for what he did. Liberals on the other hand feel Hillary did nothing wrong by destroying emails / evidence .  Oh, and no Russian paid me to write this .


35,000 people in Canada experience some form of homelessness every day, 235,000 a year.  Another 1.5 million people pay more than they can afford on housing.  When will Mr Trudeau quit grand-standing on the international stage and stop spending billions on UN initiatives and foreign aid, and start spending that money at home where it is needed?


Well, WOW.  I can only watch a few minutes of that kind of advertisement before I realize I would not relate to whatever product they think they are selling.

I have to hope that the Sydney U Catholic Society also has worship and fellowship that would appeal to someone not quite so into ....um... all the fancy stuff.

It takes all kinds, Red.  I don't "get it" about processions and Medieval golden garbed royalty parading through the streets with fancy formed gold vessels protected by canopies held by solemn faced acolytes. That appeals to some people.

I hope there are other videos somewhere of them working on building or repairing housing for a desperate family, or showing their commitment in a food kitchen.  You know, the real encounter with Jesus kind of event that would appeal to other kinds of Catholics.  Those "other kinds of Catholics" do still count, don't they, at places like Sydney U?


Most good baserunners will tell you that they steal bases on the pitcher more than on the catcher, even I the catcher's arm strength is diminishing.


Do we have any troops left?


There was no mention of privacy in the entire article. How would the individuals for a CVE program be selected or identified while still protecting their privacy. Not every person who is apparently radicalized or is suspected of having violent thoughts commits a crime. Are we to have our very own Canadian Stasi?


We Canadians have right to know why it's 10.5m, why not 20.5m, why not 1.05m.


We are cursed by so called experts, elitists all, whether from the left or the right. They are those who rationalize everything for their own  narcissistic  aggrandizement. Ontario's minimum wage increase is too far and too fast. It will destroy jobs. Unless a hike in minimum wages is tied to a robust earned employment income plan, poverty will not be alleviated. Why these self-proclaimed experts cannot see this for what it is, a desperate move, by an extremely unpopular Premier to curry favor with the electorate, is beyond me. Perhaps they are blinded by their own self-importance.


Ha! Ha! Keep wishin'.

Bernie has made clear he's going to help defeat Trump by voting for Clinton.

-- Paul


Blinded by self-righteousness is no excuse for bad choices.


People have always killed, including often non-combatants, due to differences in religion, skin colour, nationality, tribe, etc.  USA dropped atomic bombs on civilians to end the war with the Japanese people, the Allies bombed the civilian population of Dresden, just to give two examples.  You would have to expand your definition of "psychopath" beyond ISIS if it applies to people who kill others because they belong to another group.  (P.S. It's "checkered".)


Shawn, you're shooting your own argument in the foot: (they're not), but let's say everything you say above is true:  That is all going to quickly and abruptly change when the oil revenue dries up, yes?  So why would the state not want to trim excess mandate and spending NOW instead of bloat up an already-gargantuan government enterprise, funded almost exclusively by the Fed and Oil?  You can't honesty be so obtuse as to declare "everything's fine, just gouge the potential tax payer for it," can you?


Isn't health care a provincial responsibility as are stock markets, yet the feds try to regulate them, as by the Canada Health Act where they provide money to have some say in that area.  B.C. could theoretically pay protestors to block pipeline construction and we'd have essentially the same theoretically unconstitutional situation that would function fine in practice.


He was elected with a majority government. Harper was trashed for good reason.


It's not that the media doesn't "understand" that.  They understand it perfectly well, but that truth is of no use in their objectives.


I work in distribution. Many products are made in China and shipped over as components, then assembled in the US to qualify for having less income be stolen by Congress through taxes. Example: Every LED light you see is assembled with components from Asia, no exceptions. Seems manufacturing diodes creates pollution, and we've exported our pollution along with our jobs.


Don't throw the baby out  with the bathwater.   Flint has problems, no one can deny that.  But to hold decent progress hostage is utter folly.


I sold off pretty much all my Canadian and U.S. equities near the start of the year.  Hindsight being 20-20 I made the right call in selling Canadian equities but should have held on to my U.S. equities.  Even with the rising dollar I would have been in the black on those if I had held them while the Canadian equities would have lost me money.

I'm still not particularly confident in either market though.


Weird column. Essentially, this prof thinks academia is like a medieval cloister, and only those PhD holders who have never worked in the outside world, and have followed the high school - BA -MA- PhD -Postdoc - tenure track - tenure career route are true academics. Potter was qualified for his job. He holds a PhD. He has been published in the academic press.  He has also managed a large group of people in a very high-profile job.


Hi, Baroness -- glad you made it here safely!

Text formatting is using bold, italics, strikethroughs to enhance the "voice" in a message.  Disqus used HTML formatting but we've been assured that Civil will be looking into it in the future.  I guess CAPS will have to suffice for now.  :-)


ALERT:  this is a linked story about a priest who is self-admittedly attracted to post-pubescent males.

It's entirely relevant to the conversation, overall milieu on this topic, it's true, and it's current.

My point is this sort of story is going to undercut Fr Martin's message, also a reasonable assertion on my point.

One thing does affect another.  And to point this out is not untrue or uncivil.

Enough with the lack of dialog and spring loaded censorship, anytime some reasonable connection is made.


Are you daft?
The baker has said all along that his Christian conscience is what caused him to make the decision he did. His attorneys have argued "freedom of conscience" from day one.
My opinion of what the Bible says is irrelevant.
But it was a great way to deflect from my comment.
You want freedom of conscience for Christians but not against them.


Every cut proposed by the Walker Administration, and none of them have been consequential economically, has been calculated to incite some noisy constituency.   Anchorage to Seward or Kenai/Homer is probably the most popular drive in the State.  Lots of movers and shakers live in or visit Girdwood.   Lots of Anchorageites keep their boat in Whittier and use the ferry from there as well.   The only thing DPS is saving is the rent and utilities and maybe some administrative staff, though any admin staff will likely just be transferred elsewhere.   This post closing  is nothing more than propaganda; they want to be able to point to the objections of the people to the closing.   It is win-win for the State, either they get some funding or the MOA ponies up funding.   It's the same nasty game they've played with other service cuts, notably ferry service cuts to locations with no other access.   It is simply a game as this union-owned administration is not going to cut the operating budget.


I have many hundreds of pictures hosted and shared on forums. It's a whole history of things with a lot of write-ups to help others. I'm bummed by the way this was handled. A good company would have explain their case and offer solutions to help unwanted users migrate elsewhere their precious historical collection, that had taken hundreds of hours to set in the first place. A bad company just acts without any understanding of the implication thinking it will be fine in the end. It's okay to change your objectives. There is nothing wrong in wanting to be more profitable. But when you have so many users you have a certain responsibility to be considerate. Well, I don't wish bad things to people too often, but I hope they fail, because they deserve it.


Wrong, Trump is laughing. You are too blind to see it.


You are 1 of the cheerleaders, though.....

But, on sober 2nd thought, will re-phrase, the 3 guys that followed Happ failed to protect the lead, the 4th guy put out the fire.

Note that you do not disagree that Martin no longer has the arm to throw out base runners stealing 2nd, that Hamilton was Your Js player of the game, and that Your Js, whadda they gonna do when they stop hitting all those HRs?


No... I don't think that is a particular moment where they need your identity.


Denver will become Detroit 2.0

You get what you focus on.  Denver city government focuses on making life less accountable for the bottom 10% by legalizing crime, providing lawyers, and subsidizing their living expenses.  Accountability is for tax payers, whom are dying off due to the voracious appetite of government parasites.  We have become Mecca for the never do goods of America.


Wanna bet?


In the mid- to late 2000s, according to this article, "doctors were dispensing Oxycontin and other narcotic opiates for aches and injuries of all kinds at a feverish pace, they say, and pain pills became something of a high school subculture."

Will those doctors be held accountable for their CARE-LESS-ness???


Unconscious? Foul Odor?


you lunatics never get it , the usa is the country they all want to get to, sell to, be protected from etc,, they covet the usa, the usa does not covet them!,, the backlash will be empty rhetoric as they all cry for access to the usa markets .


"...I think that he'd ramp it up..."

He might, but it'd matter much less and likely be publicized less.  Can't believe the guy's only been in office for 10 months.  Seems like years.


As they're finding out in England, the conditions of Kabul are being "happily" imported into many countries.


I am sorry you find it inappropriate ? Maybe he should of stopped . His other actions that night show guilt ! Like I said sorry YOU feel its inappropriate !


Hey Carter post it in Affidavit form send it to the Committee


The lesson of Comey's testimony is do not ever under-estimate Republican senators.
By the end of it, they had Comey:
-admitting a personal bias against Trump before he took office,
-admitting to felony leaking,
-calling out the New York Times for fake news,
-inculpating Loretta Lynch in obstruction, and possibly Bill Clinton too, and
-admitting that the FBI never verified the Dem's claims about Russian hacking.

Masterful.


The left was against Comey, before they were for him.


It is high time that we as a people have a serious conversation about dogs in the home.  I for one, suggest we confiscate all dogs, safety first...its for the children.  Dogs are a disease vector.


He seems to think he can return the economy back to the 1960's, so hell, why not the environmental regulations too? Who cares about mercury in your drinking water when you can have a sweet assembly-line job.


I think you have the Clinton Foundation confused with the Trump Foundation.


Oh no. Sad to see that. She really tried to put sanity back into government.


I'm not sure what you are saying. Would you say more?


True, but remember Eugene is after all in reality a Sanctuary City in a designate by law Sanctuary State.


So then, you think all of the hotel workers, housekeeping staff, anyone that makes under lets say $30,000 a year should pack up and move to the mainland someplace ?

http://www1.salary.com/HI/Honolulu/Housekeeper-salary.html
http://www1.salary.com/HI/Honolulu/Line-Cook-salary.html

So are you going to go work in the hotels or some restaurants then to support the visitor industry after all the low income employees are gone ?  If all of the low income people left, the economy of the state would collapse in a few weeks. No one thinks about this but we rely on the low income to be our indentured servants.


Thanks for the question. The State funding protocol you mentioned is no longer in place. It hasn't been for a few years. Because the FY18 grants can't be approved without a budget, even if that system was still in place, the Department can't provide advances because technically they don't have an approved budget or any authorized grants to work from.

You are correct that providers typically receive funds from a variety of sources. In some cases, state grants are a small portion of the overall funding the provider has to work with. In other cases, it accounts for nearly 100% of the funding (it depends largely on exactly what the provider does).

Providers are planning for contingencies right now. Some of these contingencies are frightening. Hopefully, we won't have to enact them.


Georgia An says:
"If he had obtained any advice from the immigration department, ......The President ddn't give this any thought."

And you know he didn't - how?  That's the trouble with political partisanship, It causes one to fabricate information to fit their narrative and  nonchalantly pass it off as factual.


It's easy to google voter suppression.  Try it.  Here'a a quotation from the Wikepedia article re: voter fraud and voter suppression...

"Often, voter fraud is cited as a justification for such laws even when the incidence of voter fraud is low. In Iowa, lawmakers passed a strict voter ID law with the potential to disenfranchise 260,000 voters. Out of 1.6 million votes cast in Iowa in 2016, there were only 10 allegations of voter fraud; none were cases of impersonation that a voter ID law could have prevented. Only one person, a Republican voter, was convicted. Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate, the architect of the bill, admitted, "We've not experienced widespread voter fraud in Iowa."[30]"  So really, bill, let's not be silly here...Voter fraud is NOT a problem, voter suppression IS.
regards, Gary Crum


Servers make $25+ an hour in wages and tips. They are doing just fine. Moreover most of that income is untaxed as it is not reported to the CRA. Servers do NOT live on your subsidies.


Poor you.  Nothing but vitriol to contribute.


Bet you never even researched or interviewed any of PP staff to confirm your bias did you?


Your kidding right? Or are you simply that unable to connect the dots from the quote? "unity in necessary things; liberty in doubtful things; charity in all things" plus the links I proved. WOW [?]
Here is a clue. There is only ONE TRUE Christian faith, not multiple or some [secular humanism versions] as you like to suggest.


A very short list of some of Springsteen's fans (as evidenced by their covers of his songs): Johnny Cash, Patti Smith, Emmylou Harris, Billy Bragg, Raul Malo, Elvis Costello, Joe Ely, Patty Griffin. Call me crazy, but I'm going to respect their taste-making over Martin's.