A good idea but seeing how Bush, Blair ignored UN WMD inspector, Hans Blix's comprehensive report concluding Saddam did not have WMDs the couple went ahead anyways using their own cooked up "intelligence". This has been well proven by various investigations including the Chilcot inquiry. This time will be no different. The United States have a long history of military aggression.


Trump won, now is the time to work together to rebuild not to destroy! Jeez, what Hollywood and the lunatics hope to disrupt is a sad commentary on their motives and thought processes


Rex - what do you mean?  Of course NAFTA has power if we file a legimate complaint - why wouldn't it?

It's the law.  Trump can't just break the law.  That's not how the world works.

Read "Exedus" post again - its the truth


I've always thought that especially younger, healthier government workers should have the option of a HSA. (This is not even an option for some employees from what I understand.) Could you imagine the savings to the system and the healthy employee who socked away their allotment every month? It's not a good fit for everyone, but a younger employee would stand to benefit.

Let's assume that this employee gets less than the average, say $10,000 per year, dumped into their own HSA. In a few short years he/she would have enough to cover most health care expenditures while reducing the overall cost to the taxpayer.

Again, not for everyone, but some would take advantage, likely to everyone's benefit.


I don't expect litigation to save anyone. I see it as a sadly plausible response if the state neglects to remove a bear that has attacked five people. How much more evidence is needed to determine that the bear is, in fact, aggressive? What's the magic number of people to be charged?

I think there is a lot of presumptions being made about the kids in the woods. Or the officers who had to discharge their fire arms in self defense. But the state only seems to take it seriously when their own employees are out at risk.


I think s/he means blancmange. It's a dessert made with cornstarch and gelatin. Has also become a synonym for bland.


In otherwords, their reasons for the "protest kneel" are fluid, inconsistent and immature. Next, they will be protesting the fans for protesting.


The 1% aren't paying now. See Trump, Donald.  You know, the guy who won't release his tax returns.


Jean is even more demented than Kenney. The two parties are like chalk and cheese. Having said that, so were Reform and the PCs and I'm still waiting for their acrimonious divorce.


paid administrative leave?  because you've been bad, are being disciplined for sneaking a bit of food debris home every day?  have you no shame?  think of the kids!


I highly doubt anyone made their recommendations lightly, or made decisions based on anything but what was put before them as evidence. Why is it poor reporting just because information you felt the need to know, didn't make it into the article. You do know it's public record, you can go research the case and get all the info you need, all by yourself.
As for the sentence .. the consequences aren't over the line. 7 1/2 years for emotionally & physically scarring a child - she got off reasonably in my book.
We must take this kind of behavior against our children very seriously! These acts can set the tone of a child's life .. THAT MATTERS!


Nope.

Popular vote total as of now:

Donald Trump
Republican Party
47%
60,072,551

Hillary Clinton
Democratic Party
48%
60,467,601

Also, there's no such thing as "trending." There's just counting.


Trump..... thought Obama was illegal!
Americans ..... of course we know that.
This is going...... exactly.
My point.....could be devastating for many.
Not a joke.


my bet is that no doctor leaves Ontario because of this issue.
 I have adjusted my business accordingly as required. When OHIP steals back 4.5% of my pay I reduced workers hours, stopped hiring summer students and I a trying to increase parking fees at my building. I no longer pay a fortune for stenography. I came out on top quite a by by changing things in my office. I also bill OHIP for everything I do now, whereas in the past I would let some things slip by. I a much more careful


I get paid £97 every hour from online jobs. I never thought I’d be able to do it but my friend AV is earning £10k /monthly by doing this job and she showed me how. Try it out on following website.N4...

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I'd say it's Trump's head that is currently exploding...


Hey. Hate to break it to you, but they aren't legalizing pot anytime soon, either. LOL


"For the seventh year in a row, Hawaii was named the worst state to make a living for its 67% higher cost of living than the national average." Thank you Auntie


garydubrall, you are right on target. All the problems we have in the Middle East are the product of meddling by American and British oil interests. The Iraq War was to recoup the oil fields that Saddam Hussein had nationalized on July 1, 1972. The Shah of Iran was placed in power after duly elected Mossadegh was deposed in 1953, only to bring down the Shah when he got too powerful. Look what we have in Iran now.


I think the LG should just send it back to the people (again) for an election unless she could step in and become the speaker in a NDP/Green coalition government.  We are likely going to be in the same situation in a fairly short period of time.  I believe other minority or coalition governments in the past have a slightly larger margin than the current situation we have in BC.  I know the appetite for another election is not really there and folks just want to get on with it.  All the cards are on the table now, the electorate can make a even more informed decision this time around and we'll live with the results.  I think the Greens are going to be done without the political reforms not too mention Weaver and Co. mortgaging his house to finance another campaign as his party has already banned corporate and non-profit donations - should have voted for the two Liberal bills. Big miscalculation, so let the game's begin.


you lunatics should get a room in a mental hospital together, harris took a 10 BILL deficit to balanced books for 4 years, created a net over 800,000 Private sector full time jobs, while since you libs have seen a net reduction of 250,000 full time private sector jobs adding 160 plus billion to our debt,,


This is exactly the kind of useful support government can provide on this file.  The premature discarding of very expensive assets, particularly given the lack of interest across the rest of the globe in doing this, is approaching economic malfeasance.  The ideology surrounding this file is unhelpful and will end in huge costs to the Canadian economy as well as individual pocketbooks.  Ontario has provided a useful window as to what lies ahead.  Paying neighbouring jurisdictions to take surplus power and then putting local businesses into receivership because of higher power bills....  Smart.  Very smart.


They've also punted long time suppliers in an effort to cut costs. That isn't a sound long term strategy either.


Your point is "larger" than mine? If you think so.
Can we compromise and agree that we each have a point:
Suffering is not a virtue and bearing suffering can be salutary?


Exactly!


I believe the Maui Mayor tried to address the rising sea phenomenon by proposing that construction on all coastline properties be discontinued.  All oceanside properties already developed to be bought up and maintained as public open land  All islands restore the "ala loa" as a safety zone...allowing for foot paths instead of roads.  Don't think this "rising sea" phenomenon is going anywhere.  Not believing it, is not going to make it so!


Worst idea ever - Canada is nothing like Mexico in terms employment and environmental standards.


She;s afraid she might get buried beside a Jew or homosexual.


Oh, I see Nancy.
Unlike "bend over Barrack" Obama's red lines that kept disappearing (and is why NK feels so safe to threaten us today) and "I didn't have sex with that woman" Clinton said that we would never be threatened by NK again after he gave in to their blackmail in the late 90's. Now that Trump said it straight, you are finally coming out of your coma.
And showing that, yes, you are insane.


The entire session needs to be held in Anchorage where people can keep an eye on them 24/7 . In Juneau they can fool around because no one there calls them out on it.  The people of Juneau live for special sessions so they can get their hands on more state money .  With sessions in Anchorage we have many TV stations and people watching their each and every move.  The capital needs to be moved out of Juneau as fast as possible. Many good people don't run for office in part because they don't want to have to go to that third rate city for months each year.  Moving the capital would give 600 thousand people greater access to their government which would bring about better results .


It'll be early x-mas shopping for TV's tonight.


The original criticism was aimed at Kellly for using the empty barrel phrase....which the critics Wilson and the media described as being " racist" ...most know that empty containers, barrels , make more noise when struck , I have never, ever, over the years  heard the phrase being linked to  racism.

Unfortunately, these days, almost everything said  can be interpreted as being racist....If one asked for one's eggs to be fried sunny side up, some crazy person will spit out the "racist" word.


User Deleted ..... the sure fire trademark of Edwin. Now when people see this they can laugh knowing only Edwin is childish enough to do this.


Good points, unfortunately western "progressives" are wilfully blind to the reality of the niqab all over the world - they see women submitting to male authority under the guise of "modesty" and piousness as cultural differences. In Canada the veil means "feminism" but in Iran, women who don't cover their hair are flogged by morality police. The Globe also purposefully ignores the fact that the veil is synonymous with a belief system that condones the death penalty for "apostasy", "blasphemy", and homosexuality - yet they accept the "feminism" narrative without question? Next week, the Globe interviews three guys dressed in KKK outfits just out for a community bonfire talking about how their cloaks represent "diversity"...


Your shouting fire analogy is inapt.  We have freedom of speech in this country, which also includes speaking with actions both privately and publicly. Get over it.


Entrkn, written like a true Hawaii Democrat.  You apparently missed my comments in a previous story in which I wished Senator Hirono great success fighting this horrible disease.  However, I am a realist and know from many years reading or hearing rosy or optimistic comments from cancer patients about their recovery do not happen in most cases. Mazie’s kidney cancer is classified as Stage 4. The five-year survival rate for people with stage 4 kidney cancer is 8%.  Did you get that?  Eight percent (8%).  https://www.cancer.org/cancer/kidney-cancer/detection-diagnosis-staging/survival-rates.html.  I stand by my comment.  I also disagree with your comment about Schatz’ elections prove Abercrombie made the right choice.  Schatz ran for election as the incumbent Senator, which, in Hawaii, is almost a guarantee for victory.  I believe the results would have been different if Schatz had competed in a primary election as a non-incumbent against several other candidates.


People in Houston are Drowning and Trump is Selling Hats.

There is a White House press release that went out that has a link to buy that hat Trump carries everywhere with him and uses as a product placement prop in all his photo ops.

So good news if you're in the hurricane zone, you can buy a hat for 40 dollars each.

The hats, which are sold by the Trump campaign, are pushed out by the Trump White House on an official White House statement.

We can add that to the long list of legal violations large and small perpetrated by this gang of crooks.

But that's not even the worst of it.

The fact that his team saw his official visit to Texas as an opportunity to leech yet more money -- while parts of Texas drown -- shows a stunning lack of empathy (not to mention moral clarity).

The sooner these grifters are gone, the better.

...


Well...you could be a "LEGAL" alien....as is anyone with a green card....(as long as it's not forged, or expired!)


I replied to that in my reply to my own post (just above this post).  I'm curious why, in 2016, Trump only got 8% of the black vote, but in the key Southern State of South Carolina, he carried 26% of the black vote.  Why did that happen?

Nikki Haley, a Tea Party Conservative, won her re-election in 2014 for Governor of South Carolina with 56% of the vote in a state that's 31% black.  How is that possible?


Your last sentence leaves me speechless.  Calling for excommunication isn't enough, you want a heavy dose of lysol as well?


I've long thought this thesis was valid.  It may play out in Canada too & the Liberals should be listening, but so far there's a string of broken promises.  Photo ops with the PM won't get them re-elected & they need to get serious on whether they represent the people who elected them - not the big banks, telcos etc.


Just because there are traffic fatalities sometimes doesn't mean we don't try to improve traffic safety with traffic safety laws.


Ollie: lovely metaphors!, I am with ya, if this one doesn't go to seven it will be disappointing!


Well, you posted your opinion. Now, tell us why you think other people should die.


Not merely willful.  Criminal.  Fraudulent.  Worthy of repudiation and cancellation.
Not an enforceable contract.


Well its good that they (HPD) are going to review other child injury cases, but it is sad that it took media attention to prompt them to do this.  This type of reactive (rather than proactive) management has got to improve.


What complete nonsense.  If not for this, they'd be selling snake oil.


Congress makes the laws and the President executes them. That is their job, not Follyfan's.


I would disagree but in reality, the voters will decide.

You do understand that the original complaint against Christy was that she was taking a percentage of all the money raised by her private pay to play functions.  When that became untenable, her "cut" merely became a "direct payment", and when that became untenable, her direct payment simply became "covering my expenses".

Contrary to your opinion, I myself am not allowed to take a second job in the same industry in which I am employed, out of caution for the perceived conflict of interests that are sure to arise, and I have to doubt that any politician should be even more wary of such perceived conflict of interests; real or not.

Christy, more than anyone, seems to be acting the part of the guilty politician as her handlers try a variety of damage control manoeuvres designed to remove her from her obvious conflicts yet while still paying her.

Simply, Christy doesn't pass the smell test.


It appears that Comey "forgot" to inform the US AG of the memo.


All you whiners just suck it up… I have lived in the valley with sales tax in Palmer and Wasilla at 3% for over 10 years now… Middle-class income and the lower-class income… We all are doing just fine!! Stop quivaling about pennies.....


oh hang on, u said smart people have left, sorry.


Lager would be Kim's and Trump's beer, alright.
A real leader would drink a porter or stout.


UH should step up its foreign student recruitment efforts in Asia.


Outsider77: As I understand  the "issue":

If you have an uncommon name, you're usually through in seconds after the app is typed and submitted. Let's put that scenario aside.

The delay goes to those people, usually with a relatively common name, that pops up a bunch of offenders. You don't get the automatic approval and now a human has to start digging. No big so far, expected. Unfortunately, you lived in another state previously, too. So a request is put out to that state to validate you're the one and same person. The PD that has the record see's an offense but it's not listed as a misdemeanor or felony version, they need to go look it up. It's not a priority for them. This is just another scenario.

All that being said, the firearm seller then has the final call once that delay is up. Three days pass, 10 days pass; they are now in the decision seat.

Will 7 extra days help or hinder? Who knows. IMO, this should wait for full session, not abbreviated "fix" session. It needs input.


well written article, ably exploring the subtleties of the schizoid and damned.


Marty E is very confused.
If you click on the icons at bottom left of the comments - you will find that he responds :
 BOTH - " Like " and " Disagree "  to each comment he reacts to !
Very confused....


I'm bleeding profusely in 10' of water after a tiger shark took my right leg off at the knee. I'm sure you can spin this reality to where it appears that I'm being awarded the Medal of Honor (not by Trump), after just winning $300 million in the lottery. Go ahead and give it a try.


I certainly agree with you, but Michael seems to be a one-issue opinion columnist.


Yet another item Trump will have to unwind.  Go have another cigarette, Barack Hussein.


It's just a number to these people - it's not real money.  I'll bet if they tied his performance bonus to his projects coming in on time and on budget then he'd know how well things are going.


RE: Pence technique
After 13 years together my better half knows about every after hours meeting I have, especially if it is with another woman.
I know this is reciprocated as well.
I can't imagine a long term relationship working any other way.

Maybe I am the dinosaur?


ND's tradition of inviting POTUS does not dictate that it be in his first year.  George HW Bush came at the end of his term.
I suggest that ND award this year's Laetare Medal (its highest honor) to Cardinal Joseph Tobin who challenged Pence on Syrian immigration.  Both would be on the same stage at commencement.


Stopping bullying in schools is certainly a desirable objective by the bishops.  Anger is a sin.  More importantly, though, from a religious perspective is how do we keep people from being lost to hell for all eternity?  Does the measure condone a behavior that is condemned by the Church as a mortal sin?


Usurp is exactly the right word, Gary. When the Constitution gives specific authority over immigration to the Congress, and Congress writes specific laws delegating that authority to the President, and multiple presidents have exercised that very power without judicial interference until now, the Judicial branch is usurping that power by asserting their right of review and nullification of the President's action until such time as they slow-walk their way through that review. Mr. Trump's action was not overreach, but the court's action certainly was. This is likely to continue throughout Mr. Trump's presidency, as the Democrats have no power available to them except for this, and they don't like it. So when the duly elected President and Congress are thwarted by the Judiciary which is supposed to uphold existing law, not question it with out end, "usurp" is exactly the right word. Think more clearly about the Constitutional role of each branch, rather than about a specific outcome.


To be clear, when you sedate a patient with moderate IV sedation you still use a needle intra-orally to anesthetize them locally. Unless he was performing general/deep sedation, which I highly doubt.


cement and mason's union wont let caldwell do it


Probably learned it from rednecks calling EV owners virtue-signalling SJWs.


Facebook can have a high-resolution picture of my anus.


I wish to add that I admire the history of the Jewish people and their struggles are many. I just fear for the future of the Palestinian people, and wish, against all rationality, for peace there. Ireland stopped the bombs, mostly, and South Africa stopped the apartheid, and though many died, peace finally came to Southeast Asia after we left. I recognize that many of the most fervent supporters of peace and the rights of the Palestinian people are Jewish and live in Israel, and goodness knows I wish them well to find that perhaps impossible to find path to long lasting peace.
My above writing was a little dark and hopeless, and probably doesn't serve those who fight for peace, may they be many.
Hugh Massengill, Eugene


Does anyone have an estimate of when the ill effects of the Tier 1 system that ended in 1997 will start to be less each year? That is, when Tier 1 beneficiaries die at a faster rate than start retirement?

Hmm, looking at http://www.oregon.gov/PERS/Documents/General-Information/PERS-by-the-Numbers.pdf
There are 45,000 active and inactive Tier 1 members. 23,000 are eligible to retire. That's a big percentage! But 6,000 retire (from all tiers) per year on average.

To me, then it sounds like in the next 5 years we may see most of the Tier 1 employees retire. At that point, the number of Tier 1 retirees will decrease. It may take a few years beyond that for the guaranteed deficits to not overcome the decreasing number of retirees, so within a decade the pain might start to ebb? That's a long time. Maybe we should all hope for Trump's growth stimulus on near-full employment to cause skyrocketing inflation and higher returns from investments.


Even I don't consider Amy "normal"...


Quit hiding behind the word opinions. I posted many facts. I have used logic and facts to back them up. You, not so much. You have failed to even once address a source I have posted. I know why. You do not want to learn that you are incorrect. Well get used to it. You will soon have no choice. I had to learn. Joan had to learn. You must decide. Join the flat earthers and anti-vaxxers or accept the truth that the claims I posted above are true.  All these scientists think your opinions are incorrect. The MSDS and the labels means the science is known. The risks or lack of are known.


Again, Google Image Search "starving mustangs". Those horses are going to die one way or another. Slowly starving or bullet to the head. These horses can't survive on our love for them. Sucks, but that's the way it is.


But that's all a pipe dream until we can get rid of the Liberal parasites who are sucking Canada dry.

The former bus driver and union activist Maduro has destroyed Venezuela, despite it sitting on the world's proven biggest oil reserves and having a once-vibrant agricultural sector. Its medical system is a terrible tragedy, and people are rooting through dumpsters for food. Then think of what Mugabe has done to Zimbabwe .

Socialism is a cancer, and as we're seeing with the sedition of the U.S. Democrats, removing the Trudeau Liberals will not be easy.


The Liberals believe indoctrination is a cure for reality...


Things will change on the 20th. Then we all get to see the little rats scurrying here and there trying to save their own skins.


Ah!….a tarantula……...


I believe that we can and must move beyond the darkness (uninformed fixations of belief) of the past.


Maybe they wont get the $10.5 million provided to the brother ?


I'm a working taxpayer and I agree with him.

Time to stop expansion of the Tar Sands, and begin the transition away from fossil fuels.

We'll always use oil, however burning it is one of those applications that will be drastically reduced in the future.


I hate to make it harder for you,

...but just so you know, Bureau SOP would be an early morning (600 am-ish) arrest.

So don’t oversleep.


Another useless city worker ( attorney ) failing to do his or her job. Hawaii the greatest weather were you can get a government job , Federal, State, or City, and make a lot of money to DO NOTHING !


idk, I don't think the Rep.'s are moving to the far Right with Steve. Steve's has a War going after the Rep.'s in office. They are part of the SWAMP! nothin getting done.
Fricken 8 years of Barry, 6 years or so of Rep. House majority and now with a Rep. President at hand to get their agenda done.

And what do us voters get, but Issac Hayes'd with Shaft.
Drain Da Swamp!

Bernie and Warren for the 2020 Presidential ticket, doesn't matter whose #1 or #2. lol They both will go down the benjo as it usually does


Luke 18:11


The national media cartel all support the federal Liberals,  including the Globe and Mail.


“ I saw a strange church being built against every rule… no Angels were supervising the building operations. In that church nothing came from high above, there was only division and chaos.
“Among the strangest things that I saw, were long processions of Bishops.  Their thoughts and utterances were made known to me through images issuing from their mouths. Their faults towards religion were shown by external deformities. A few had only a body, with a dark cloud or fog instead of a head. Others had only a head, their bodies and hearts were like thick vapors.  Some were lame, some were paralytics; others were asleep or staggering.
I saw that many pastors allowed themselves to be taken up with ideas that were dangerous to the Church.
Everyone was to be admitted in order to be united, Evangelists, Catholic sects of every description. Such was to be the new Church...But God had other designs.
 (April  22, 1823 from the Visions of  Anne Catherine Emmerich )(Mystic, Stigmatic, visionary)


I'm not a legal expert but I agree with the thrust of this article. The Catalan government seems to be disregarding the Spanish Constitution - and the basic principles of responsible democratic government - by claiming that 'people have the right to vote' on any question, whether or not the process is legal, and avoiding the question of whether the result would be used in a legally or morally acceptable fashion (i.e. a UDI). While it sounds good, if you think about it it's ludicrous.

Catalonia may have legitimate grievances, and the Catalonian people may want to secede, but this referendum is not a democratic or responsible way to deal with those issues. Both the Spanish and Catalonian governments have a responsibility to deal with the underlying issues in a civil and responsible manner.

As an aside, my guess is that the bots are out in force in this comment section, as they often are where the stability of the EU is concerned.


Many of us have far outlived our "best before" dates.  "Chipping" us, like we chip our dogs or cats would save our healthcare system billions, help our kids and grand kids and great grand kids much more than any environmental initiatives.  I remember reading "The Giver" many years ago...Lois Lowry...It had resonance then and is still true, in my humble opinion.


You hate the liberals. And you spew hatred against them. I guess the Civil War never really ended for you.


Were you so on top of it when Bush did the same thing with "Wide Receiver"?

If not, why not?


There are 11 candidates!


Yes Amber, a country that righted that wrong over 150 years ago, thanks only to Republicans standing up to the racist Democrats.

LMAOOO


NEWS FLASH. Drumpf is the Trump family name. What else do you pretend to really understand about him?


"Always better"? I'd say buying vs. renting is a personal choice.
Not to mention, most of the time I was renting, I was low-income. I doubt my subsidized rent payments would have made the payments on a residence bigger than a dog house.
Renting isn't all negatives. My wife and I have been fortunate enough, either before we met, or after, to have responsible landlords. If something broke, they fixed it. They were responsible for general maintenance, groundskeeping, snow shoveling, etc. In return, we gave them rent payments and they kept the property when we moved.
Short of having the cash on hand, buying a home means a decades-long financial commitment. Renting is generally year-to-year. In the case of our move to Englewood, we gave proper notice to our previous landlord, signed a new contract with our new landlord, arranged for movers, and we moved. No attorneys, no real estate brokers, no refinancing, etc.
So, like I said. Personal preference.


Republican In Name Only


"I feel sorry for them, feeding and clothing and sheltering their adult children" who are disabled and in wheel chairs. Showing your absolute insensitively to people with handicaps. That really is shameful on your part.


The true motto of the Liberal Party of Canada -

" Faites ce qu'on vous dit, pas ce qu'on fait" ("Do as we say, not as we do")


Thank God we don’t live in Chicago where they have gun control, Yep those criminals in Chicago ran to the gun collection sites to turn in their weapons. 450 killings in 2015 with 2500 shot and wounded. Thank god they've disarmed everyone. Guess what, 2016 is off to a roaring starting on a pace to reach 600. Good for the weenies that want to disarm law abiding citizens NEEDING to defend themselves and their families.  Gun control works but only for criminals.


ACLU is nothing but a political action group of the liberal fascist arms of the Democratic Party. They cares no more about the Constitutional rights of anyone unless that person is in support their political agenda. It been a long time since ACLU have actually stood for anyone who stood against their political agenda. When was the last time ACLU stood with the gun lobby for example, to protect your Second Amendment rights?? Do they even believe in such a thing? And where are they when free speech are being repressed in many of these neo-fascist college campuses?? What they once were, is nothing more then ancient history.


When you say "protecting free speech", are you talking about the thousands of very graphic and detailed death threats that were sent to Khalid for authoring a simple motion in Parliament?

I think free speech is protected pretty well if thousands of people feel comfortable enough to threaten the life of another human being and get away with it.  Personally, I'd put them all behind bars for issuing death threats but... you know... free speech and all... .gotta make sure you feel comfortable terrorizing others.


Just a friend with benefits, I guess.


Ripping on our president is getting really really old!!  Grow up and except the reality that exists and will for another seven and half years, ha ha ha!!!!


I see you've given up trying to give your aliases believable names...just Chinabot 7 to 12...


'White Supremacists'??? What has that got to do with anything? You have something to back up your statement?  Since when has Americans not been at 'severe risks' from our enemies? You must exist in an isolated environment .


"presuming innocence and proving guilt only through credible evidence"

How can one say The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada is wrong?

Prima Facie: A fact presumed to be true unless it is disproved.


Catastrophe for whom? The people abusing human rights? Because it's not welcome here.


The art of the deal. Do it my way or I'm taking my toys and going home.


The skilled trades are a driving part of the NDP?  If that is so, they are driving the bus over the cliff.  The Ironworkers Union, traditional supporters of the NDP have declared that they support the Liberals because NDP policy is against virtually every project that creates Ironworker Union jobs.


Jean, are you in the top .1% or even 1%? If not, you lose. The top 1% (incomes roughly above $700,000) get about 50% of the net tax cuts, or about $150,000 per year. The top 0.1% get about 30% or about $800,000 per year. That's right they get close to a million dollars per year every year. How much do you earn per year Jean? I hope you're not in the lowest bracket (10%) because their rate goes UP 20%. A married couple with kids making $48,000 gets a tax cut of $180. Woohoo! And nobody gets improved roads, bridges, schools, airports, electrical grid, etc. and the deficit grows by $10 trillion dollars over 10 years. It's a giveaway to the wealthiest in our country.


Medicare is a government program that works well, and that's why the right-wing extremists hate it. Fortunately senior citizens VOTE -- and they need to remind their elected representatives of that fact.


Whatever the details it is a Good Thing! It gives nanny-nanny-boo-boos an excuse to do a superiority dance


Time to start speaking of the US in past terms.

Nothing American as we know it - the Executive, the Judiciary, the Legislature, the Military, the Industry, the Entertainment, the Media will remain the same once Mr. Trump has done his thing over the 4-8 years.

With its role model gone, what model will Canada follow in future?


from your comment it is readily apparent that you do not understand the reason for government.  government exists to help the people with heath and safety, infrastructure, etc.  any services provided by government are not charged to make money.  they provide services because no one individual or business is able to provide that service to those in need.  it is not a waste of taxpayer's money if the overall goal is to provide valuable services and a better quality of life  to those in need.  yes, projects do have cost overruns and other problems, but don' forget the antis contributed to a 2 year delay and cost overrun of over $2B due to their frivolous lawsuits.


Nonsense! Gold Nugget RV Park is not "losing business" because RV'ers are parking in commercial lots. They are losing business because they won't "meter" their vacant spaces. And they have several unplowed vacant spaces they won't rent out because their electrical posts are in disrepair.
And Mr. Gray-Jackson... tell me again that people inside RV's are not "living and contributing to the community on a daily basis". How do you figure?


With the firing of the FBI Director this afternoon, we've turned a corner. It's now time to appoint an Independent Counsel (or special prosecutor) to pursue the investigation of Donald Trump.
Trump: cuff him, stuff him, lock him up.


I cannot, in good conscience , disagree with the illegal activity that these con artists perpetrated should be prosecuted , and penalized.
    Yet this is a GOLDEN opportunity to turn something meant to enrich the few into something that would benefit the many. MOVE   THE   CAPITAL  NOW.


Before or after the patient receives their bill?


They fixed horrible Conservative decisions that were based on blind ideology and would have inflicted major damage to our country.  Thank you PM Trudeau for that!


game was a joke hon.


The REAL tipping point;
Will NASA ever end this debate and finally say their CO2 END OF DAYS is more than just "real" and as real as they say the planet isn't flat and as real as they say smoking causes cancer? Are they also only 99% sure the planet isn't flat?
36 MORE years of debate and climate action failure and CO2 death threats to billions of innocent children will prove who the real rednecks are.
Climate blamers are modern day witch burners.


"Do you really think the media is interested in that citizens get better paying jobs as it's priority?"

Ummm, yes, I would imagine citizens with jobs would buy far more subscriptions to the media than those without. Or do you just get all your news from Facebook links?


Actually, it has everything to do with your post.  The UCMJ spells out what the troops can and can't do. Troops MUST abide by that document.  Forgiveness for "being human" and disobeying that document is unacceptable, for exactly the reasons I stated.


What we heard from the media for months was that the Russians hacked the election.  This was in spite of President Obama making it very clear that it is very difficult to hack these systems since they are not online!  Today, maybe yesterday, we learned that the Trump political organization was being "wiretapped" as the president elect claimed.  Paul Mannafort was in the Trump political organization and was being electronically monitored before being fired by the federal government.  Any retraction from the media about those false statements?


No, it wasn't Obama's fault there were so many hate crimes against Muslims.  It was the fault of the people who committed them.  By and large, they would have been Trump supporters - and all during his campaigns, his words encouraged them to commit more of them.


Standard clueless response from the out of touch Left.


This leaking is civil disobedience, which is  fine... But those engaging is this leaking need to be fully aware that they can go to prison for a long time for each infraction.

If I were in their shoes I would wait until something of substance (worthy of life in prison) required leaking.


Lets review some FACTS.  Even after spending over $10plus BILLION for the train to go from Hoopili to Ala Moana center, W Oahu commuters still need to take a commuter bus from Ewa Beach/Kapolei to the Hoopili station, all queue up simultaneously to the train station that can load/unload ONLY one train at a time, endure train stops every mile for 20 miles which will easily take close to 45 minutes, then all get off at Ala Moana Center and fight in town traffic to take a feeder bus to UH, all the private schools in the nearby area and Waikiki.  Such a bus/train/bus commute solution would easily DOUBLE the commute time for W Oahu commuters to take a SINGLE City Express! bus that picks them up in Kapolei/Ewa Beach and takes them directly to UH Manoa or Waikiki.  Also cost of electricty alone for the train can easily coast close to $100 MILLION per year as DOE and UH pay HECO that much for power.  Also HI taxpayers will be required to pay to build/maintain an NEW fossil fuel electric gen...


No, he traveled at all hours! I got trapped several times. Nothing against the ex President but he came and went how he pleases. It was very difficult taking kids to school, going to the beach or moving around. Sometimes the delays were over an hour.


There's a program called 'Rails to Trails' that converts abandoned rail lines into public walking and cycling trails, some running many miles.  I can see this being similar, existing long after the pipeline is gone.


ADN, what was the time of the incident? What street? Which direction was Jeep going? If police want help, give the public more details, please. Thank you.


You have a lot of built up anger in you. It will go away once your Chumpsters gone.... trust me!


What a wonderful vision of the future.  However, I still see too many women in Canada sitting at home popping out kids living on disability with child tax benefits while their husband works.  You need to address this epidemic of laziness, how do you get lazy people to go work?


My parents told me in the 1960's that there was no hope for my generation, we started not to trust people over 30. We took on social injustice issues that drove adults bananas. But decades later, I turned out more like my parents then they could have ever realized or hoped for at the time. LOL


Chinks?
Hmmm ... a fragile defense?
It's time to call on QB Trevor Siemian.
Time for the real McCoy, Mike McCoy, Denver's imaginative offensive coordinator.
Some ingenuity. Some home crowd magic.
Siemian's universe will only grow if he pulls it together and proves, once again, that he should be Denver's MVP.
Sorry, Von Miller, Denver's "Big Money" star, will play a secondary role but it will be Siemian and Denver's maligned offensive line, its overlooked running game and its resurgent tight ends that must produce.
DeMaryius Thomas dropped a pass that should have been caught and Emmanuel Sanders blew an end-zone reception. Not good. Redemption for Denver's supposed star receivers will have to wait.
Meanwhile, Denver runners CJ Anderson and Jamaal Charles were "The Juice," until someone squeezed Charles a bit too hard and out came some rancid, liquid lemon.
Nonetheless, Denver did roll up 140 yards via The Overland Express.
Time to double down and do it again.
Andale (come on) Trevor!


I think we all know how the Conservatives think,"GOD is watching you!"
Leary" GOD is watching and he wants your money!"
Harper"GOD is watching and he will punish you!"
The idea that Conservatives have anything to do with Libertarians is a joke. They want a smaller government because "GOD is watching you!"


There appears to be some confusion between mandating universal participation in religious events (the Lord's Prayer, Christmas and Easter events) for all students as opposed to simply accommodating specific students' needs for their religious practices (prayer rooms).

I would oppose any attempt to mandate religious participation by all students in any public school. On the other hand, I see no reason not to allow students (Muslim, Christian, Jewish, whatever) to use an unoccupied classroom as a place for prayer.

I don't see what is accomplished by screaming at others or throwing a temper tantrum. Religious accommodation has no impact on the greater student body and is largely unnoticed by people who do not participate. If Christian or Jewish students request an equally reasonable religious accommodation and it does not get approved, I will happily protest with you.

Up to now, I've seen no rational reason to oppose this accommodation except naked religious hatred.


"All lines are being slowed down because the government is broke and borrowing money as fast as it can"
really?  Bombardier is late with delivering their order (again) and this is because government is using borrowed money to pay them?
Please provide some source of this info that these delays are caused by money issues on government side.


truth is the key


Anchorage rental  property owners all over including myself are simultaneously printing up notices to our renters informing them that the rent is going up.

You can thank lil' Berkey and the Anchorage Assembly


"folks running a 'charity' to enrich themselves"

Great description of the RC hierarchy.  RD could not have done better.


No.. because crime in 2016 spikes as per all the articles is directly linked to the election... He started the hate mongering and dividing starting back in 2015 also... They even have multiple articles that link crimes in cities to the Trump Events ... it's not hard to see, when you place a person into leadership that demeans others and fosters retaliation,  then people follow suit.


“I am objective and impartial, but I’m not stupid and I’m not uninformed. And I’m not commenting on Canadian political issues,” she said.
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If you say you are objective and impartial you must be. That's all we need to know.

This also makes you, Mrs. Campbell, an authoritative voice despite the fact that you were not an elected PM, and you only had the helm for a little over 4 months.
Good to know you still judge people by their appearance: Chretien's facial paralysis then, Trump's weight now.

Trump is not the president Americans deserve, but we don't need revived relics from the dustbin of history to tell us that.

I guess a lightweight like Trudeau running the show will take any advice even from a crook like lyin' Brian and the has-been Campbell.


Again, that is different from exiting into car traffic...how?


How can you tell us the choo-choo will resolve Oahu's traffic problems when no one seems to know where it starts or where it will end nor do they know how much it'll cost. LOL


Calude a person who is going to commit fraud to vote is not going to go out of their way to have a second agency, the PFD reviewers, look at their voter application. Its far easier to fill out a voter registration form at some registration drive in a mall where the application is not being examined for validity at by the person collect the applications.


Please re-read my comment----It stated, "Children having unwanted children" that end up being neglected and raised by other family members and society in the form of monies from tax payers.  This has nothing to do with me----its about providing an environment of options----and safe sex is one of those options  We know abstinence is not for many teenagers living in the 21st century.


That's possible. I suppose it's also possible his friends living in the homeless camp could post his bail.
If we want to explore all the possibilities don't overlook that he could possibly be 100% innocent.
How many possibilities should we explore before we accept the more obvious ones as likely?


Doesn't that come out to 1/4-acre lots? That's not very small.

How are these "detached 4-plexes" contaminating groundwater more than traditional 4-plexes or triplexes or duplexes or townhomes or apartment buildings? The fact that each has its own septic system means each handles less waste than if one system handled multiple units, doesn't it?

The article should explain this issue.


Gotta keep moving those goal posts, what happened to collusion? That no longer matters? They'll have to try pretty hard for obstruction, which is a shot in the dark, which is made even more difficult with Comeys screw up. This is all great drama show, I'm looking forward to the other shoes that are going to drop.


Gudagook:  Mr. Trump openly displays "who" he is.  His entire business and personal history shows us both "who and what" he is.  He disgusting display during the GOP debates shows us "the kind of person he is."  Read his history, watch the hundreds of video clips of his comments and behavior.  I trust you watched the first Presidential debate.  If so, you saw how terribly uninformed he is.  You saw his nervousness and "lack of stamina".  Really, is this a man you wish to elevate to the most powerful position in the world?

 "Yet all crybaby leftists can do is blubber what a big meanie Donald Trump is."  To be sure he is mean and nasty....the man is an unrepentant bully.  He's clearly proud of being so.  He's also petulant and childishly insulting.  Confronting him and his followers with those facts (and they are easily confirmed as facts, not opinions....look at those videos), is not "blubbering".  It's openly confronting the bully and his sycophants..that's a very different thing...


A Minister of the Crown should be more careful using language.  Just pass the funds along to the appropriate agencies. Actions will speak louder than words.
I can think of using the word violence against many more inactions of the present gov't. Safe drinking water in native communities come to top of mind.


Many people believe that Zuma did rape Kwezi purely because Zuma is slippery as an eel. Here is a hypothetical question: would they have believed Kwezi if the accused was Mandela? A guess the number of the "believers" would have dwindled!
After reading the above statement you're probably suspecting that I'm a Zuma supporter. Hell no! While the legal truth is questionable, one wonders what is the actual truth in this matter. We will never know the truth, but if Zuma did indeed rape Kwezi, I'm certain that that shower didn't throw off HIV from his body; and I, therefore, wish him an early grave! "Would that serve justice"? You decide!


It's just the usual ad hominem, Pandora.


Because more than a few people are control freaks, like conservatives whose lives are so screwed up by their lack of intellect, that they need to take their prejudices out on others.


This would not work as most of the goods already go through the shorter and less expensive US route.


Pathetic fiction.


"Extreme vetting" are code words for "Assume all Muslims are terrorists. Be afraid of them. Xenophobia and bigotry are good things."


Well, it's true, as your failure to provide any "there" amply demonstrates. Baghdad Bob fits Sarah Huckabee and Kellyanne. You need to delve into some facts for a change and stop relying on propaganda.


Massive immigration without assimilation is an invasion!!!!!!


Boo boo lips


Is it cold in Berlin today? Has Merkel paid you well?


Your retirement plan is certainly possible, but be careful with words like "I will". Life catches us all by surprise. A plan is simply that, a plan. Unless you are able to invest entirely in cash equivalents, or stay out of investments and still reach your goal you are still to some degree at the mercy of the market. Used to be 10% was the minimum return you could expect, then it was be happy with 7%, now its 5%.  Bottom line however, I applaud you for your goal and if the plan goes as you intend enjoy your early retirement.


Wow. Calling for the assassination of John Roberts. Not cool.


So why, in the hundreds of times I have written "amend" and "amendment", have you never complimented my spelling, Motley? I think I know the answer to that question. I guess if you have nothing sensible to say, you can always find some little nit to pick.


Mind boggling temerity of the Bilderberg EU bureaucrats.

Where in the EU treaty does it say that parliament cannot be the agency to appoint judges?


Who said I'm "afraid" to eat Chipotle's burritos? If you like them, you should eat them to your heart's content. I don't eat at Chipotle for the same reason I don't eat at any of the other giant burrito chains - they don't offer anything I can't make at home with about $2 worth of ingredients and a minimal amount of effort. And frankly I just don't see a dime's worth of difference in the quality of Chipotle's food and any of their counterparts, cutesy cartoons notwithstanding.


Thank you for your explanation.
The other concern being that "hysterical" has two very different meanings in English.


If you’ve been paying attention to this story all along, the first thing that should grab your attention is that Flynn told White House Counsel Don McGahn that he was under federal investigation on January 4th.

 That was not only a full two weeks before Trump’s inauguration, it was three weeks before Sally Yates told him that Flynn could be compromised because of his lies about meetings with the Russian ambassador.

Pence knew.  Pence is complicit.


How about just some plain ordinary human intelligence for starters ?!
Missed that one too ....


NAFTA worked great for the lawyers who drafted it and the 0.1% who found cheaper labour sources elsewhere.

Otherwise, it did virtually NOTHING for the vast majority of Canadians.

Did Canada ever win a ruling under NAFTA ?  Did the US ever lose one ?

Brought to us originally by the same "Democratic" President who foolishly declared "the Glass–Steagall law is no longer appropriate."

Now, they want to renegotiate the terms to make it even more favorable for them ....BOO HOO.... Want nothing to do with these guys anymore.

Let's elect a Prime Minister in this country who actually has a pair that will, in fact, RIP IT UP !


Trump's Muslim travel ban EO was not "simply naming a post office."


Had to laugh when I heard astroturf Great Alaska Schools calls a grassroots organization.
Liza is between a rock and a hard place. NEA got her elected.


Why don't they arrest Kealoha?


'Lest 'ye not forget:  Hillary received more votes than Trump.  While Mr. Trump won the electoral college vote, he did not win the popular vote or receive anything like a "mandate of the people."  As I've said, the Democatic Party needs to redefine itself, and decide if the "old liberal/populist" values are going to be the backbone of the Party or not.

and, yes, I do believe your characterizations of Hillary Clinton and the Democratic Party as "without question anti-American, corrupt, divisive, deceitful, criminals "  is fanciful......


post @ "Tar Sand" = ignore

"Opponents of Albertas energy industry use the dirtier-sounding term  “tar sands.” But technically, the term “tar sands” is  inaccurate. The substance in question is actually bituminous sand, a mixture of sand, clay, water and an extremely viscous form of petroleum called bitumen, which itself contains a noxious combination of sulphur, nitrogen, salts, carcinogens, heavy metals and other toxins. A handful of bituminous sand is the hydrocarbon equivalent of a snowball: each grain of sand is covered by a thin layer of water, all of which is enveloped in the very viscous, tar-like bitumen. In its natural state, it has the consistency of a hockey puck.


We already refine enough to meet the majority of our own domestic needs so it's no different exporting our oil than shipping lumber, grain, coal, potash etc. to the US markets

Eastern Canada needs to stop buying OPEC oil and investing in a Canadian solution to their energy needs. There's your problem


"The biggest benefit from moving to Canada is a much safer environment, far less gun violence."

Most places in the U.S. are as safe as, or safer than Canada.  Your cold weather outweighs the "biggest benefit" by far. Your lack of understanding on the topic is by design of those people and entities that influence your thought.


It should, if you don't own land you have no "skin in there game" so to speak, when you vote,  so you just vote for more and more free stuff.


Sorry domestic murder is not the same as a refugee exploiting our immigration system to gain entry only to then commit an act of terror. This government should have better control over who it lets in its borders and who it kicks out.


Here we go again with the Center for Policy Alternatives annual nonsense.

Lets see
The salary of the CEO is of NO concern to anybody that is not a shareholder of the company.

If you take the top 100 of any occupation you are gong to get a misleading impression as to what the to people  are paid.What the median for all CEOs? Bet its a lot lower.

They fail to inform us that while they make about 193 times what the average worker makes , they pay about 400 times the tax.

And btw some of these CEO live in the US and probably pay little to no Canadian tax.

I would like to know the opinion of Canada's huge pension plans who own large chunks of these stocks?


The rest of us care about the victims, their families.


Wow, Obama was one POS!


Bud:  Lions, Tigers, Elephants and monkeys have been born here for successive generations, but we all know that none of them are "native" to North America.  Settlers fall into this same category....although I'm sure that -if lions, tigers, elephants and monkeys could talk- they would all say that they were now native.....and we'd still look at them with a raised eyebrow and say "yeah...rrrrrrrrrright".....


Seems to me that a protest that alienates more people than it attracts is not a very good protest.
As for the owners' motivation, I would think the players are motivated by money, too. "We love the game" is nice, but let's face it: if the players weren't making  big bucks, they'd be back home on the couch. They ain't gonna play for free. Therefore, doing something that causes their team to lose money goes against their own interests, too. Maybe these guys need some classes on economics.


Read:  Margaret Wente


I am curious if there was a discussion about whether the system would pay for itself or not. Is this price only for checking PFD applicants? Or can it be used for other departments such as Medicaid ect?


We better hope they don't conduct their sixth nuclear test.


Unless of course it's vilification of the group who are tired of sidestepping human feces and the trash who are tired of being accosted for handouts and who voice their opinion of being fed up with the never ending demand for more freebies and more resources to clean up the mess.....


Omg.  At least you got an A in drama


Unfortunately I no longer believe Trump will make it to the November election. He has made too many enemies, is too flawed of human being and has no real plan for anything. After Trump gets pummeled by Hillary in the first debate, he will step down in a shocking speech in which he was suppose to explain his reasoning for not releasing his taxes. Pence will then win the election and we will have a President hand picked by? Who? Did Trump pick him or was it the GOP that made this call knowing he would be the next President of USA? President Pence (nicknamed PP) is a climate change denier, Tea Partier and puppet of the Koch Brothers. He will work hard for the 1%, reducing their taxes and destabilize this country and our planet with pro big money, anti environmental and unrestrained capitalists policies... I really hope I am wrong...


You're right it's easier to shoot a gun than shoveling snow and there are alot of guns in Anchorage. We need more plows.


It will end up costing much much more than $10 billion.  Don't believe the Rail people they keep coming up with a new higher cost.


You make party proportional voting sound like a bad thing. But people absolutely vote for parties in this country despite a structure that appears to be centered on local individuals. If parties are bad, then ban them, and truly focus the vote on the local riding candidates. If you're not willing to do this, then the system needs to be changed.

MMP, it bears pointing out, focuses equally on party and local individual representation. As a system it helps remove some of the contradictions in our present system.


Not to mention possibly the worst offender, Department of Corrections.


We took it. Plain and simple. Let's move forward.


So equality only applies if you are poor, male, and uneducated.


The Beavers deserve an NCAA bid, though a win last night would have definitely helped their argument. As for Tres Tinkle being out, it hurts their depth, but isn't a big enough loss to justify leaving them out of the big dance. Last night, Derrick Bruce got a lot of minutes in Tinkle's absence and contributed far more than anyone would have expected from Tinkle.


The fact is that it's been no secret that the people who try to ban books from schools are, more often than not, religious zealots.   Who else does this?  They see "immorality" and "depravity" in nearly everything that is worth doing, having, or reading. They're the same tribe that endeavors to have comprehensive sex education removed from school curriculum, as well.    Perhaps you haven't been paying attention lately.  I don't hate them.  I just wish they'd keep their idiotic mythology-based moral code in church where it belongs.


US has elected what it praises and has become, a capitalist state. Corporations will now have the biggest money grab in history if Trump is to get his way.

We now get a glimpse of how foreigners sees the US, loud, obnoxious, spoiled, ignorant and full of ourselves.  This will be our President in 3 days.


Not as long as he has his dear old twitter. His twitter is to him as a sex toy is to a woman.


Sag I agree I am not better than everyone else . My Brother however is. He works harder than you and Harvard is not easy and like most Doctors he is known as a workhorse. It is very common for him to be in the hospital for at least 100 hours per week. You do not work that hard Sag.100 or more hours Sag .


There should be a list readily available by the public of every prisoner released.  It should include public disclosure of all prior convictions,  both misdemeanors and felonies.  Victims should receive personal notification.  Village and local law enforcement are trapped in another Merry Go Round of catch and release.  No sense risking life to catch,  everyone gets a demerit and a write up.  Please,   don't do that anymore.


Wavemaker you are a serious boob.
I was born here prior to statehood and other than some time serving Uncle Sam I have always been a resident of this state.


Honestly, I hope she wins. I know first hand the attitude many police officers have in regards to sexual assault, and its disgusting. Women find it hard enough to come forward, but when they muster the courage, they get treated like shit and victimized all over again.


"The New York Times reported that two White House officials — including an aide whose job was recently saved by President Donald Trump — secretly helped Nunes examine intelligence information last week."
"House Speaker Paul Ryan, in an interview with CBS’ “This Morning” that aired today, said Nunes told him a “whistleblower-type person” provided the information."
On one hand it's a 'leaker" then on the other hand it's a "whistleblower-type person".
Ryan, can you explain the difference to me? This is why congress will not be able to unite this country or get any good legislations passed that will benefit  all of our citizens.


It sounds like hard work and perseverance really paid off. I guess this means we should all do the same and should eventually each win it, right?


Old Soul doesn't use marijuana for the high; it's his medicine.

And I only buy Lottery Tickets for entertainment and because part of the money is for 'the childrun'.


Someone please education me - why would one spend R 300 000 just to know what the time is when a R500 or less cellphone can also accurately tell you the time?


Hanabusa is nothing more than Dan Inouye is a skirt.  She will rule.  There is no doubt.... she will rule.  She wants to help the smugglers already.  Goodness what a shame.  Thank goodness for Brian Schatz, Hirono and Gabbard.


Talking about my parents and the other sorts of abuse filled up our hour long sessions. When I recovered memories of the abuse, he was one of the first persons I called. Repressed memories needs a lot more study. The human brain is a fascinating organ. Memory is a complex part of that. There are those in the field who deny the existence of repressed memory. There is also a group who have studied it and find it to be valid. I find it to be like climate change. There are those of us who see evidence of it everyday. There are others who deny its existence. I used to get very upset about people like Buster who deny my reality. Most of those people were apologists for the Catholic Church. I  have been at this for some time now. My library is full of books on the subject. I have an e reader that is also full. I have not used a therapist in several years. Reading books has been very useful. I suspect that as more research is done, repressed memory will be more widely accepted.


Not necessarily. An alternative approach would be to remain in the ANC as reformists because the ANC, as it used to be, still commands respect in a large  part of our population whereas joining the opposition lead by the DA would have the opposite effect.


This is a test only to determine whether I am receiving replies.


She was caught breaking the law.  She was punished for breaking the law.  Simple story, no need to make a sob story about it.  She could have prevented everything by simply not breaking the law and living where she didn't belong.


And the evidence of this is ...? Yeah, I thought so.


The MICs don't pay income tax because 100% of the income flows to the investor. The investor is the one who pays the income tax either annually for non-registered accounts or if the investment is in an RRSP then when money is withdrawn from the RRSP.


Solution: Just stay in a Bud and Breakfast. It is safe and legal to smoke in a cannabis friendly accommodation;)


So the taxpayers are propping up the housing industry? Doesn't seem fair to those that don't own homes.


Apparently, you have never heard of the presumption of innocence. This translates into innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. I hope you are never arrested for a crime you did not commit.


Whoever wrote this story should be ashamed of themselves. The headline inflation measure for the UK Office of National Statistics became the CPIH with this February update, replacing the CPI. This is the first time this has happened since the UK CPI (previously designated the UK Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP)) replaced the Retail Prices Index in December 2003. It should not simply have been ignored. As it happened, the change could not have been more anticlimactic, as the CPI rate of inflation for February 2017 was the same as for the CPIH, but this won’t always the case. It was a terrible decision by the ONS, as argued by Shaun Richards in his blog yesterday, “Headline UK Inflation or CPIH is an example of official ‘Alternative News’”.


Of course we are, for the first shall be last.


"But the narrative that racism is a pervasive scourge just won't let go. Too many people have too much invested in it. The narrative is mercilessly flogged by the progressive left"

she was referring to people like you


She's a lawyer. Should she drive a Chevette? Yeah, THAT'LL help her fit in.


No, it was not acceptable, either.

What happened to "RealChangeTM"?


Matthews has up voted both of his own posts in this thread. And both are entirely sour grapes and statistics-twisting. He's also upvoted in both cases by an apparent friend, "OldSoul," who has admitted in the past to using copious amounts of brain-frying marijuana.


I used to get sick every year, whether I got a "flu shot" or not. Then a couple years ago I had a massive eruption form on my arm at the injection site. I began taking Cat's Claw (Uno de Gato) at the first sign of illness and haven't been sick since. (Or had any more ugly sores on my arm from toxic vaccinations.) Not all vaccines are toxic, but not all are benign, or even effective, either. Cat's Claw is cheap and even available in bulk at herb stores.


Ah yes.  An ad posted by a defense lawyer trumps the ORS.  Lol.


In the mosque, synagogue, church, temple yes. Faith is a good thing and it should be encouraged. In the home, of course. But not in public especially where services are provided. That is the way the majority of Quebec's population feels and they are a distinct society. The bottom line is we should accept that.


Don't forget Bloomberg who was mayor of a city who proudly bears the title of Sanctuary City.


What do you think Dief was going to say. He's supporting his kindred soul. One PC to another PC.

And you expect me to feel sorry for your because the media hovered over Pierre. How about the feeling sorry for the party that doesn't has all the corporate money to spend to get their message out. You worry about the media swooning, I worry about the money buying favors and elections. Try stopping that instead.


What about the numerous actual hate crimes being committed in Clinton's name?!?! Where is your outrage on those?!?! Trump has flat out told the extremists to stop. Can you quote Hillary doing the same?!?! (No.....you cannot.)


pssssst -
 any one here wanna buy  a weave?   how about a t shirt that says happy  3rd birthday Mr. KittyCat?  a leading edge technology motorcycle helmet? M & Ms?


I fear our prayers will go unanswered, just as the prayers for the souls of all the "nones" out there.  I am sure Tridentius agrees, the best thing to do is turn one's back on the nones and others and focus on preserving out ancient rituatls.


I read that Guantanamo had 775 detainee’s at one time or another.  Let’s see that’s almost 8 billion at 10 mil a crack.  Of course there is every conflict Canada participated in.  That has to be worth something to somebody.  It’s just sad that injustices to our own citizens within our own borders have to suck it up.  Don’t even get me started on how we treat our own Vets.


Move to wherever there's no income tax.  Your tax-free safe haven is over.  No more gravy train in Alaska.


No wonder I now am forced to hand over 1/2 of my salary to Justin and Kathleen, and with what's left over hand them another 13% in HST.  I make a dollar and they let me keep $0.35 cents to then buy necessities that are also loaded with taxes.

It's so unbalanced, it's criminal.


Lex! You have nothing to be jumping up and down about!  You guys got beat up buy a amatuer and a republican  and lost every dollar.. Kirk Caldwell is done he wont run for anything again not even dog catcher he will lose to any democrat..  Its like a ten year old kid with a broken hand beat the crap out a full grown adult with 6 million dollars.. and you bragging about that? I would be ashamed of yourself..  on the opposite anyone trying to be sneaky like the mayor or the council stooges for mayor wants to act up!!  They better be ready they saw what happenned to the mayor !!   The only thing people will know is dennis is a force to be wrecking with and I love that guy he is great.. so go back to stealing from the people lex !!


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If national policy is right and just, (as it should be),

..and the actions of leaders and officials is right, just and legal,

…why would Chief Justice Roberts be concerned there might be an avenue to challenge such policies?

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If our policy is not just, ...if our leaders actions, ...or the actions of our officials is not legal,
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…why shouldn't they be open to challenge?
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You can bet if a Canadian Mounted police shot an American that was on US soil,

…John Roberts would expect to be able to seek redress.
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We are not isolationists.  We aren't an island unto ourselves.
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John Roberts shouldn't be able to arbitrarily impel the nation to conform only to his wishes.
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Legislation can provide a check against the activist judge.
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Once this abomination is passed Trump will impose tariffs on all Canadian manufactured goods claiming they as subsidized by the Canadian health system.


By allowing him to stay ILLEGALLY ,is sending the wrong message. Let him go thru the channels and sort out this mess first. btw isn't Mazie (as seen on TV) and other Sanctuary Cities also breaking the Law? And aren't they putting at risk the lose of losing federal dollars?
 If those cities have the Money to Put-up fine,if not shut-up and follow the law! It is my "National interest"  for our elected officials to do the same & follow the Law. And further more when are our congressional members going to wake up and start getting along with Pres. Trump? They are in complete defiance at every turn,but when they want something?
They cry huge crocodile tears and act like the victim.
 Sure everyone has  compassion understanding,but there is going to be a time for People including Mazie Hirono and the 3 musketeers to simply follow the Law. As an  immigrant Born in Japan ,she  should know better ,at least her Mom, had the common sense to go thru the channels & come to the Unites States Legally.


Oh yay, I just realized we can comment on this poll! Dana Ralph is the best choice for Mayor without a doubt. She is involved, sincere, honest and so many other things. I’m hopeful that the people of Kent will vote the right way. Excited for our city!!!


and your name isn't wave maker either, so what was your point again besides being a bigot.


Predictable.  Mocking Obama is your only answer?  trump does nothing but beg the Chinese to help.


1st step is to arrest people who STEAL shopping carts. No Shopping Cart, means staying at the Mission or moving on.


Pot is easy to acquire on the black market today,,, and there are people working in the industry today,,, so the only real change is they will now be paying tax


This is so sad. She should have known that ANY kind of blackface would be unacceptable for a costume, but she may have been celebrating a person of color rather than trying to mock them. It seems like she could use some education, but losing her career over a poorly thought out costume is a little harsh.


If it is not Scottish - IT'S CRAP!

BTW, US can't have it both ways!


No:
A faithful Catholic follows the teaching of the church about the formation of conscience; gives the teaching of the church 'pride of place' in the formation of his/her conscience and the benefit of doubt; and follows the dictates of her/his conscience.
Like most Catholics, I think the teaching of the church is wrong on several matters -- among them human sexuality (birth control, masturbation and homosexuality) and the ordination of women.  I am a faithful Catholic, a daily communicant most of my life -- and your opinion about this is utterly meaningless.  You don't get a vote.
The official church has trapped itself, to some extent, by making the preposterous claim that it can't change its teachings.  The claim is ludicrous: indefensible historically and theologically.


There you go again.  The number of tattoos on a person's body has nothing to do with his or her criminality. It's an art form; a form of personal expression.  The fact that you're unable to appreciate that speaks to your ignorance and prejudice.


Fit has ABS and stability/traction control...I don't think there is a single new car available today without these features.


What makes you a liar are lies you've written, like:
"The point of atheism is to tear down churches"
"You can't even acknowledge that other people have the right to hold beliefs that differ from your own."
"In your mind, you know what is true and best for you and all others."

And muting me just shows that you're an intellectual coward.


It's not just the 9th. The 4th too...and just about every news person out there. Here's the text of the statute:

Whenever the President finds that the entry of any aliens or of any class of aliens into the United States would be detrimental to the interests of the United States, he may by proclamation, and for such period as he shall deem necessary, suspend the entry of all aliens or any class of aliens as immigrants or nonimmigrants, or impose on the entry of aliens any restrictions he may deem to be appropriate.

You don't get much more direct than that.


As an agnostic, your Christianity cant does nothing for me.  Try that hook on someone else.

Wizards in expensive robes paid for by the gullible who turn crackers into flesh and wine into blood are for other people.  It is total nonsense as far as I'm concerned.

Your people, on the other hand, were selling each other to Arabs long before those Europeans even managed to find West Africa!


Skinny repeal was made up by the author.....when will DP start reporting the news instead of creating it.


In that case, so are stocks and bonds.
A long-term chart of historical performance shows they always go up (in the long-run).


such ignorance, but that sums up the Trump administration, impeach Trump and all of his rich dishonest cronies, a local bruddah stated to me today "no aloha for him!". You are so right on!


Facebook.  Possibly Twitter.  Perhaps Moscow.  Or a similar credible source.


see like others we stood up to south africa years ago, did you not agree with it? if not shame


Come home, Allison! We love you.


Go visit an Antifa rally...but watch out for the cups of urine that get thrown overhead.


"All of us are equal but some ('the ontologically different'?) are more equal than others."


I feel that you are making rampant generalizations about hiring & promotions, and it makes me wonder how much experience you have had in the hiring process..?
Personally, I have been at many hiring and promotion meetings, and the only time that  this type of criteria comes up is when someone at the table has a political agenda to hire people based upon their skin color or gender. Otherwise it is always best person for the job, based upon the applicant pool.

On the other hand, I work closely with 2 marketing firms who have 90%+ female staff, which is clearly based upon a biased hiring practice... But guess what--> It doesn't matter because their lack of gender diversity harms no one. If I don't want to do business with them I don't have to.


So you are in favour of "isolating and disregarding' people who might otherwise "clog" things up?
It is good to hear that you have come round to the idea of a 'blocking facility'.
Necessary here too.


The majority of the influx to Germany isn't from Syria or any war zone. But the majority do bring along a supremacist ideology (not to be named) with them. So Mr Miller, how would you respond to being confronted by these gangs on your own street and see it become the third world in a matter of weeks?


I'm not a Christian Roy, and the issue is not the ancient past. Ben said ARE doing, not once did.


Dear mr.koleanui.  So being one that served, what are you thoughts on a rich spoiled brat that medically deferred 3 times to avoid Vietnam. Go ahead, tell the truth.


It should surprise no one that you think this federal service is responsible for flying just one passenger per day.


MSW did not miss the point.  You just don't 'get it'.

The consciences of individuals are formed at HOME in children from their infancy,  long before anything that the church can state to youngers. It is parents, family, friends, teachers, media, and  sports---that have had a major impact in forming the INTERNALIZATION of what is Right and Wrong.  It is essential that children and adults have a Relationship with the Divine, FIRST and FOREMOST.  Without that, any intellectual 'criteria' will have little, if any impact.

And sorry, but there is more to how the conscience operates than 'intellectual' action.  Kids as well as adults, see and hear about more crimes that are committed as emotional responses---on the spur of the moment, NO THINKING ABOUT IT, than ever before.

There is a 'subjective definition of Conscience' and it is formed through RELATIONSHIP with God [prayer/reflection].   It is this mystery of divine love that is the basis of understanding the primacy of conscience.


Cooper family,
Thank you so much for the pics. I live across Bird Creek from the trail and have a great view of it. I have been looking up there and praying for your peace and strength. I will climb Bird Ridge in Jack's honor when it reopens.


Wilders Party for Freedom went from 3rd to 2nd. The left-wing Labour party collapsed. Rutte now needs 5 other party's in a coalition to form a government. Odds on that Wilders leads the next Dutch government.


Nigel writes: "...they are 100% profit motivated..."

You got a problem with capitalism, Bub?


Lol, looks more like footage of Trump's mom giving birth to him!


The Church taught for centuries that torture, slavery and antisemitism were morally licit. Are these more objective moral truths?


Agreed.
The late Jim Flaherty was known to say businesses did not step up enough.


We're just about out of the first $50 million so lets have a "hard reset" (whatever the hell that means) and start again with another $50 million. Bennett needs to do something useful with her pathetic life such as stop pandering to these people. In general, they killed themselves, so let's get over it and get on with life.


"He’s not reading the reviews, not listening to the noise, not reading the comments that flow in by the minute"

He also doesn't read defenses or progressions.


A half hour of work, which someone charged a month for. Plus "regular updates." No doubt by a government employee who is maintained in an independent office, with no other responsibilities, like the special assessment office, each project, all year long, to cash 19 checks.


More than one moderator would mean more than one view of what's civil and what's not.


I was not born a Canadian , was proud to become a Canadian, and now embarrassed to be a Canadian.
How discourteous of us to disparage those fine Americans who voted for Trump rather than Clinton because they wanted the kind of change that improved their lot in life .

How embarrassing that 100% of our MSM media chose to dissuade our views that Americans had gotten a raw deal under Obama and wanted real change.

How embarrasing that Trump, recognizing that only national wealth creation  can improve our lot in life, will approve Keystone on his first week in Office, while the discriminatory ineptitude of the PMO here in Canada will delay Energy East for at least another year because the current NEP members are inept.

How embarrasing that the Americans have an elected and representative Senate while here in Canada it's virtually impossible as one Province holds a veto.

How embarrasing that 52% of Atlantic Canadians have no direct representative in Parliament .
No need to say more


The Eugene Police's auditor Mark Gissiner is part of these hate crimes against us minority groups!

He's the reason these crimes against us is not being prosecuted.

I had a very scary incident, three years ago.

I went to file a complaint against the police who was sent to me to take a report about what had happened to me.

The Police was interrogating me instead of taking a report of what had happened to me!!


good game


I remember that - the old Molson Brewery right by the highway.
Legend has it that the pants were grown in the brewery's massive tanks, and that the growers were able to use the controlled environment in the tanks to maximize lighting, increase CO2 levels and administer fertilizers to grow (what the cops said at the time) 'Super-Pot'. The whole thing fell apart when a disgruntled worker blew the whistle on the place.

A large, secure space with available industrial power, loading docks, and adjacent to a 400-series highway. Those guys were about 15 years ahead of their time!


What were the other items attached to Talia's law?  Weren't they also passed?


Have you noticed that Black Lives Matter only shows up when the police officer in question is white, but not when they're black? Most groups involved in identity politics care about no one else, and nothing else but their own agenda. Anything which goes against their desired narrative is either ignored or distorted. Anyone who disagrees with them is labelled a racist, sexist, xenophobe or deplorable. These social terrorists need to be destroyed.


Frequency can and has changed, upward. In Fort McMurray and Alberta and BC in general, the problem has been made wose by governments that failed to manage the forests properly. Forest came right up to Fort Mac which was a sitting target as soon as a fire started anywhere nearby.


It's not worth my time, Pandora. I'm familiar with these issues, the propaganda surrounding these issues, and the debunking of the propaganda. Of course I never said your cites were bunk. How would I know? I didn't read them.

And you've missed my point. But you know what. I just don't care.

I couldn't remember the poster's name. Esther. Sorry, Esther!


I agree with your statement completely. Whether one believes or not is moot, because EVERYONE dies we will all learn the truth of it. Let's assume the Christian viewpoint is correct, just for arguments sake. You have a good man who is an atheist, but gives to his community and is extremely charitable, humble, honest and honorable in every way. In the same town you have a 'Holy' man, who preaches love, charity, kindness and believes wholly in Jesus as his savior, but this man is corrupt, bigoted, commits sins, and does not truly love his neighbors, but uses them for money. Which of these two men will go to heaven?
Matthew 9: 12-13 is often interpreted incorrectly. Jesus said he came for the 'spiritually sick' as he spoke to 'righteous' men of his day. Often this passage is used to say that 'good' people cannot go to heaven just for being good. I disagree. I think he wasn't pointing out the 'good' who lack faith, but the self-righteous, who are clean on the outside but foul inside.


Kind of like Trudeau requesting loyalty with demanding all Liberals MPs are pro-choice or they can forget about being a Liberal MP.


Junior said why would Trump winning stop us fom stealing this money?


Distracted driving of some sort.


A such a lovely story. TY.


I stand corrected. The Habs do not have to protect Andrei Markov as one of their three protected defencemen for the expansion draft because he is a UFA. The Habs can leave him unprotected on the June 15th deadline, and then re-sign him. It does leave him exposed, true, but it is unlikely he jumps ship. He's 38, but having a very good year. He's better at 38 than Beaulieu, Petry, Benn, Emelin etc. Sign him at a slight discount: 2 yrs. $10 mil

Of note last night, Galchenyuk played 11:50 minutes as a winger, and not a peep from the rabid Habs crowd post game on their boards. If that had happened under a certain coach recently departed, viva la revolucion! It would seem that Mr. Julien is still in his honeymoon phase, turning the team around, tightening up the defence, Carey Price has come to life, playing smarter, secondary scoring. Of course, most of this is coincidental, except they are better on the PK.  Still not scoring much, guys like Pacioretty and Radulov not at all.


That sounds like a Democratic politician's promise:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpAOwJvTOio


If I wanted to read Ross Douthat, I wouldn't be coming here.


...So that all news is fake; there is nothing real to more than one person at a time drawn from their unmanaged emotions; and that person who gets the most media space.


Another example of why Democrats are going to lose this election. Rational people are tired of these kinds of irrational claims.


Here's an idea, set up a meeting with the Rocketman, give Tr(Ch)ump one of those ISIS vests to wear, have him give Rocketman a hug, and press the button.  We could solve to two problems.


The first man was cited and released. Everything was just fine until Walton wanted to act like an animal. He could have been cited and released as well, but he wanted to cause trouble, and he deserves to be beaten.


I walked around the block the other day. It gave me an astonishing level of insight into Canada and the way Canadians live.


The problem as I see it( I have been on both basic and disability) assistance the Employable Category, is flooded with older white men who are physically worn out and don't have soft( customer service) skills  are classed as Employable.


The fact is TomZ that, far from being protected from them, the United States protects you and your fellow Canadians and has for decades. You can thank us later.


If you are buying a car privately you should always get it inspected by a qualified mechanic. ALWAYS. If the seller balks at this you should start running.


Most paid a price for the utterly unnecessary and wretched Vietnam war; the Vietnamese and their lands and waters, US soldiers, Nixon .. the list is long.

Except of course for Kissinger who drags his sluggish body around like a sack of decaying August leaves and preaches war, war, war. In fact, he's in Trump's White House and Trump calls him a long time friend.

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/watch-kissinger-side-trump-delivers-first-person-response-comey-firing/

What's the blood drenched wizard of war counselling Trump?
We'll see what legacy these demons leave behind.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-7VoJEjmcI

(Who on earth so admires Kissinger they keep having this post deleted? Seriously - pony up about why this assessment is unacceptable.)


Google Pikes Peak, "Monster Tajima" or "Rhys Millen electric".

They're going uphill in electric race cars, but it's not like watching molasses.    I would challenge any car nut to be bored watching this (as well as the regular IC race cars).


haha. So it's ok for 15-16-17 year olds to commit treason? Good to know!

Also it's an abstract concept.


So the Thunder Bay police occupied Caledonia.


It is great that these stupid bills have a place to die.  The legislators should never have wasted time on either of these bills with the fiscal mess we are in.   If you think these bills are appropriate at this point in time,  then you are part of the problem with Alaska.


What are you smoking?
The Globe with a conservative bias???
The Star balanced???
Come on!!


You collude with a hostile foreign government to seize power, millions more Americans vote against you than vote for you, and yet you still claim the power to seize control of the judicial branch for the next 40 years?

The complete polticization and destruction of the legitimacy of the judicial branch will be one of the more damaging catastrophes to come from the modern Republican party.


Earth to George - simple solution,  Don't read Jonah's columns.  Krugman's columns are available online for those who have a high enough IQ to Google it. Yes, even for UO english professors.

https://www.nytimes.com/column/paul-krugman


That's one way to lessen human interaction with nature in the parks.


And IAC had to pay punitive damages, too.


I do not agree that his "coming out" was THE reason for his release.

Nor do I agree that his letter and actions were not those associated with resignation .

Nor do I agree that living a double life is honest.

And I do agree reading is important - I do read copiously, even things I don't agree.  Someday, perhaps, I will read it

I guess the only thing we will agree on is that we will continue to disagree on this. 😁


I honestly don't think it would have been.


Of course our ethically ambiguous mayor did the right thing in this case. This is CYA, damage control mode right before the election on something the public has been demanding for too long! As if Cadwell had a choice!

Wonder how Taketa will plan revenge?


Steve, best comment yet!


One hope I take is that the really seriously scary whack jobs of the alt right are coming out of the closet and can be identified by intelligence agencies.  This must be like a miracle event for intelligence folks responsible for internal national security.


Radical right!!  Are you kidding me? Lincoln was the poster-child for the Republican Party in his day and age. The south was full-on Democrat. Lincoln was killed by Democrats because of the war, not some half-baked need to get him out of the way because of reconstruction. This is what liberals do though. When the facts don't support the narrative they like, the try to rewrite the narrative. It wasn't radical right anything! It was the Democrats, just as it has been for just about every political assassination in this country's history, the school shootings, actually all of the mass shootings in our history and mostly all of the mass murders have been Democrats. Yeah, I know Tim McVeigh was put out there as  a conservative by the liberals, but he really wasn't. And he didn't really shoot anyone. When there are bodies being laid out and needless deaths in the U.S., it's a virtual certainty that the Democrats and liberals are behind it. Just look at Hillary.........


Let's see, James......I believe this idiotic concoction is  #26 on your list of verbatim copy/paste nonsense...right?

Steven D. Slott, DDS


Twenty to thirty articles today on how smart women are compared to dumb men.  Does anyone really believe this hasn't the level of all out propaganda?


yes anytime someone has a different view it doesn't meet civility standards. Grow up King Kong


Like to have confirmation, Bathabile Dlamini is the sister of Dlamini Zuma, if yes, what is going on?


If there is any time to fear monger this is it.  Your handle says it all.  Maybe this guy should be awarded $10.5 million as well?


Replace "song" with "people" and you're on point.


So do most real journalists like Seymour Hersch and Robert Parry.  Unfortunately, journalism in 2016 is mostly just fake news.  Real investigative journalists are confined to "alternative" media, which the mainstream media, primary sources of fake news, call "fake news."

Imagine that, a real investigative journalist like Robert Parry, who broke the Iran-Contra affair, branded by the Washington Post as "fake news."  You can't make this stuff up lol!  They must be projecting.

What's really happening is that mainstream publications are dying, being primarily staffed by fresh journalism graduates who don't really know what they're doing.  The real journalists are gravitating toward alternative media where they are still free to report the truth without corporate censorship.  The allure of political influence is too great for the fake journalists to resist, so they no longer care about reporting the truth.  That's why they produce fake news, and accuse everyone else of doing the same.


You must be a short-timer.  Most folks I know don't refer to that spot as "the corner of the Sterling Highway and Kenai Spur Highway", but rather as "the Soldotna Y", even though it hasn't been an actual "Y" in many years (you know, just like "the Talkeetna Y").


We could have paid a bunch of clerks with that $81mm.  Including any and all the lazy ones.  SAP is a system for big International oil companies, large military organizations and cities with over 1 million people.  With only 350k people in Anchorage, tax payers must ask where is their return on investment?  This technology has a 20 year life span at best.  So it's already time to start R&D on the next financial operating platform.


Consensus isn't fake.  It's consensus.


In my opinion what is important to Alaska is where do our elected Senators stand!  Trump will never change his vulgar bluster--no matter how much the GOP say he wants to "play nice".
Call Murkowski---she needs your vote so let's see how she wiggles out of this mess!


I did. No idea what you are talking about.


Don't reelect him!  He is pro development and prioritizes business over community.  City Hall needs new blood.  Kick the business owners out and give our city back to the people!


No, Pence is the Republican sanctimonious hypocrite we know.  Trump is bats##t crazy, the devil we don't know.  Plus, Pence isn't too bright and not popular even in his own state.


Where is the slobbering left?
Completely disappeared
Death death death everywhere today
And all they did was light candle for a chick in Virginia
cause their cheques from "you know who" were for anti trump rallies
Who is the sleaze
It sure as hell ain't trump
wow


EWEB allows for public comment in many ways, among them public meetings. The Board is an elected body. If anyone feels there is not enough chance for public involvement, they should run for a position on the board.


You have seriously got to be kidding me right


240 lbs for a 5 ft 4 in person is still a very high body mass index of 41.2.   According to the National Institute of Health, that is quite obese.  A BMI of over 30 is defined to be Obese.   She would have to get down to 174 lbs to no longer be considered obese, and become classified as being badly overweight.

At 340 lbs, she was at risk of suffering very early disability and even death.  She has indeed made great improvement.  But this amount of progress will only delay her getting heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and all of the other serious maladies associated with obesity.   She might be able to get through her 40's in relatively good heath, but by the time she reaches her 50's, it will catch up with her.

She really needs to get down to at the very least 160 lbs, if she wants to have any quality of life when she is older.   Let's hope that this trip allows her to do just that.

You can calculate your BMI here:

http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/educational/lose_wt/BMI/bmicalc.htm


Meh...I don't work for you...
I'll just let the feds brief you when they are ready.


The principal at this school is so pro-Kids, any Denver school would be fortunate to have her. Her work on behalf of students at South is outstanding.


what side made the mess?


A deep-seated homosexual tendency is a strong inclination to commit a sin that cries out to Heaven for vengeance.

A deep-seated healthy ("heterosexual") sexual tendency is a strong inclination to fulfill the very first commandment God gave mankind.


And then they wonder why people leave the Church when they replace preaching the Bible and the Gospel with leftist politics.


Then, Liberals meant the opposite of the liberals of today. Just as you are trying to change what the DOI means, you are trying to change the English language.


Do Canadians EVER get an explanation? I mean one that's believable.


What good prison has done. What do you expect when half of you clowns condone rape in prison. "HOPE YOU DONT DROP DA SOAP".How it would it make you feel knowing this man was the one doing the raping, while costing taxpayers 30k a year, then gets parole after his party behing bars just to shoot and kill another innocent victim. What a beautiful system.


Its the poor mans life insurance!

Come ride with me @ my video blog... Deep Thought Cycle Live @ China
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLjBrFdTXxU&t=1773s


Congrats to Bernie!  I really hope if he doesn't get it that all his supporters will go for Hillary rather than not voting and letting Trump win.


Queue up the Impeachments


What's wrong with "cuck"?  It's just short for 'cuckold'.


Best Tweet today and Trump didn't twit it.

https://mobile.twitter.com/jk_rowling?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailykos.com%2F


Or, why do those who argue we must believe in the science of climate change, discard it when it comes to gender?


Interesting how these journalists are decrying the media for focusing on Trump's latest flatulence, but then they spend a gallon of ink talking about it, and him.

The birther nonsense should have been reported on like this:

"The candidates rolled out more policy plans today.... On another note, Donald Trump finally figured out that President Obama is a United States citizen.  Now to other news."


Maybe Trump did listen a little bit in that whopping 15 minute long meeting with Trudeau in DC.


$574 million.  That's the AKDOT estimate?  When have you EVER heard of a state transportation project come in anywhere near their budget estimate?  Once they get into it and run short halfway through, will the Feds come swooping in with another giant bag of bail-out cash?  Or is the state left holding the bag?

If the Feds will backstop it at any price, then why not take their money?


These are terrible hours for all involved...I hope the weather clears and a signal is heard real soon...leading to a rescue of all on board...


Charles, I think it's far too late. If the world stopped burning fossil fuels today, the planet would continue to heat to a catastrophic level, possibly at the expense of most life on Earth. That's no excuse for not trying to do as much as we can, because doing the right thing for its own sake is good enough, and you are correct, it is a moral issue.

I've been following this subject for years, and humans have set in motion forces that we will not be able to undo, in the same way that we have no answers for the ongoing Fukushima disaster, which continues to dump 300 to 400 tons of radioactive water into the Pacific every day. In the 60s, when nuclear energy was unleashed on the world, engineers didn't have permanent answers for the radioactive waste. They assured everyone that by the time those spent fuel rods were a problem, engineers would find an answer. They haven't, and spent fuel rods and deteriorating storage is now a multi-thousand year problem.  Human hubris is a problem.


When is this going to end?  We live in Toronto, for goodness sake!  And I say this as a non-white woman.  If we want to talk about ending racism and discrimination, can we deal with REAL ISSUES?  Like the way the country has historically treated its Indigenous people?  Like giving people from disadvantaged communities better access education and healthcare?  And focus on socio-economic class rather than JUST ethnicity?  I grew up in a comfortable home in the suburbs (and two university degrees to boot) and I DO NOT feel disadvantaged because of my ethnic background.  In fact, to say that I'm MORE DISADVANTAGED than a white male high school drop-out who lives under poverty would make ZERO SENSE.


Thankfully, the courts are not bound by the wrath of the poorly-informed electorate.