Tell me I haven' missed this aleady -- March 23, 10:15 AM CDT.


The state and city should get hot and fix this


It's the ' get the heck out' that is difficult.  Just like those with unruly children, they will aggresively refuse to leave.


Hear, hear! Good article.


If you want to, you can help. With or without this law, whether in Springfield, Eugene, or the environs, every grocery store I shop at has "food for Lane County" tickets to scan at the cash register, in amounts of $1, $2, $5, and $10. Takes a couple of seconds and helps people who need it get food.


It hasn't even become law yet, let alone survived a constitutional challenge.

This is just grandstanding.


When will the Ontario government step up to address the foreign investment in residential real estate with a tax similar to Vancouver and other international cities (HK)!?   Single family residential real estate in large urban centers (like GTA) should not be an asset class available to foreign investors in an already overheated market - it is having far too negative of an impact on those that actually live and work in these areas...


http://rabble.ca/columnists/hate-all-too-powerful-motivator
Hate is an all-too powerful motivator
The sad reality is that hate is a powerful motivator in politics, and there's no hotter button for social conservatives than same-sex marriage (which, in spite of evidence to the contrary, they equate with the downfall of civilization). Bigots are always going to exist, but a national leader really should be above pandering to them


Go ahead and stick your head in the sand.  We will watch.


I'd agree with that statement. Along with journalists, academics have lost an enormous amount of prestige and credibility with the general public and to a certain extent are responsible for the resurgence of the "alt-right". If you don't believe me go sit in on a sociology lecture sometime or read one of Saunder's opinion pieces...


A lot of times I just blow through these articles....worry we have no state of the art prison system or prevention programs or anti-recidivism programs, etc.   This time it just struck a pain in my heart....what about the children?  Who else are good caregivers for them?   Who will help address the damage from the mom's inconsistent parenting and poor role model skills?


That's a pretty long article to say it costs too much and elevates sports over academics.


Your favorite part of the pool to swim in I bet Hchef.?


Broomfieldonian, you first.


STO,
Hillary Clinton is still part of the 'drama' simply because she was too arrogant to accept defeat and go off into the sunset like most 'good' losers would.  I would say being a good loser is just  as important as being a good winner.   The only statement you made here, that is original, is concerning your personal view on Trump. I can handle that. Everything else is throwing  decoy's  out  and firing wild shots over the bow, hoping you might get lucky and hit something. I can handle a real debate, but the self-serving rants and deflections from you and Bubbles do not add anything to that debate. Rather than throwing  out  'links' for us to all click on and read, how about simply summarizing what you read and we'll all do our own research on the matter?   Reading another person's opinion, just because it's in a 'link' doesn't 'prove' your point. It only proves that one other person, other than you, supports your opinion. And I want to hear your opinion not a link to someone else's


"it doesn't provide a viable alternate strategy for negotiations ." That wasn't the purpose of the memo nor is it the purpose of anyone but the government to decide how they are going to negotiate. There has been lots of talk about the standard boiler plate that they the Liberals were open to advice about how to negotiate. In fact much was made of the former PM Brian Mulroney opening doors for them. Except no government wants to be seen as not knowing how to negotiate,and how much of that so-called advice is taken is debatable. They might listen but their minds were already made up as to how they were going to negotiate. The inclusion of aboriginal rights, gender rights and climate change in the talks didn't come from outside sources. Now if the talks were to fail I am sure there will no shortage of people to blame, and they won't be Liberals.


"namesake"?  Username, RD, username.  RD, you are too much.


Gee too bad you couldn't quote this article people are responding to:
"The Berkeley College Republicans and the Young America’s Foundation, a conservative group that had helped book Coulter’s campus speaking events, both pulled their support Tuesday citing fears of violence."
Of course that conflicts a bit with the narrative you are trying to put out.


Killing babies makes women and families healthy, eh? smh


Thank god it doesnt rain here or you might get wet in one.


Kaepernick definitely has a right to protest. There is no government agency that will prevent him from kneeling, squatting, sitting, talking, stretching or even picking his nose during the playing of the US anthem.

However, whilst Kaepernick is in the employ of a company, and during working hours, there is no law requiring the company owner to allow any action that might harm the reputation of the company. Any company has the right to fire or, in this case, not to hire, anyone they deem could be detrimental to the success of the team, regardless of the skill of the potential employee.

I dare say, the owners are doing Kaepernick a favour. By not hiring him, Kaepernick has more opportunity to visit inner-city neighborhoods and discuss key issues such as abiding by the law, family planning, community service and personal responsibility.

And by the way, Kaepernick should lose the socks...the ones with cops portrayed as pigs. Hard to dialogue when you're busy offending.


m:   According to the Merriam Webster dictionary:  viable - "capable of working successfully; synonyms:  feasible, workable, practicable, practical, usable, possible, realistic, achievable, attainable, realizable;";  any solution that includes an income tax does not meet the definition therefore Seaton/Foster have a plan but it is not viable.


It's always government that will be deciding what is fake if such a law passes.  Which is why we have the first amendment.  And why this proposal violates the legislator's oath of office.  Frankly, any proposal to restrict the freedom of speech, is cause to remove a legislator from office.  People like her are always free to publish their own news in response to fake news, but it's legislators like this that already create fake news.


Well R.A. , perhaps you could have someone read this to you, you know to help you with the big words and all?


http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_57ee5879e4b0c2407cdd4c92

Disturbing.


Semantics. A law is not being enforced.


I can't help but laugh at how right-wingers suddenly became huge fans of Russia because Donald Trump told them too. And they don't even realize that they were manipulated.
These same people were loudly cheering Stephen Harper a year ago for being belligerent towards Russia.
Lemmings leap while the rest of us can't help but ridicule them.


The Globe article at this point has said nothing about the  truck driver's relgion.  Get a grip.


Love the takedown of the hocus-pocus, mumbo-jumbo nonsense perpetuated by the new agers.  Unfortunately, there's always a market for snake oil.


Please elaborate what "affordable housing" means to you ? If the cost of housing is not "affordable" then perhaps the economic policies that have discouraged employers from creating jobs that would make housing "affordable" should change. Perhaps persons who are making $10 an hour should not be able to "afford" a house ? Perhaps not being able to "afford" a house would incentive these persons to better themselves by increasing their earning power so they can "afford" a house. I am dealing with this within my own extended family as well, kids who want to drop out of school and have a car, house etc...Well...That is not the way life works.


And make you stop growing corn. It seems like I read a story about a couple who were made to stop building a house or tear one down because part of the land it was on was a seasonal wet area.


The executive order Trump plans to sign is being sold as the fulfillment of his promise to allow insurers to sell plans across state lines. But here’s the catch:
The basic idea is that insurers would be able to sell policies in multiple states but only have to adhere to the regulations of their home state. So an insurer from a lightly regulated state, where policies may offer skimpier benefits and lower premiums, could start marketing its plans in a highly regulated state, where premiums tend to be higher…
…it would split the market so that healthier folks would flock to the skinnier plans, while the sick would stay in the more comprehensive plans, pushing up their rates even more.
Bypassing Obamacare regulations means that these plans would provide no protections for those with pre-existing conditions and so would basically turn the Obamacare exchanges into high-risk pools, which are financially unsustainable.
Trumpism.


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…I said hand holding isn't part of the deal.


What percentage of Muslims do you think are "Moderate"?
How many of these "Moderates" will ignore the worst part if their Imam tells that that they will be pariahs if they don't take it literally?


Interesting that Rencetti brings up Nigeria.

The ISIS killer Masood's real name was Ajao, which happens to be Nigerian.


Having a life outside work is both simpler and harder than severing means of communication: it requires being seriously interested in something other than one's job and career; and that's where too many supposedly successful people draw a huge, empty blank.

The problem is not your work or your phone.  It's the void within you.


@incepitfidelis & his ROC friends;
Québec (popup; 8m) is a French-speaking, democratic society that is enriched by its diversity and is based on the rule of law.
(Québec’s political system is based on the British model/ The foundation of democratic life lies in the balanced exercise of three distinct powers: Executive (government) Legislative (laws and regulations) Judicial (courts)
The Québec State and its institutions are secular.
(Secularism requires not the ban but the discretion of all religions in the public space as other citizens have the right to have another way of life.)
Same HIGH quality standard of living as in Sweden (popup; 9m), Norway (6m), Denmark (5m), Finland…n+
Québec has all the ingredients needed to be a prosperous country;
-A talented workforce;
-Top ranker universities;
-Advanced industries;
-Abundant natural resources (nickel, cobalt, zinc, iron ore, ilmenite, gold, diamond, apatite, lithium, vanadium, graphite, rare earths +);
(more to come)


Look bro , your the one offering all the personal hateful comments . I'm just pointing out the obvious....few Alaskan's and about 85 percent of U of A students don't support the sports teams.   Raising tuition rates for all students to pay for sports teams that 85 percent of the students don't care about makes no sense.  If you've spent 10 years boasting about UAA hockey , you must be blind. I'll bet you were especially proud when you found out the last coach hit a player with a stick.  There's a reason Alaska's best hockey players don't want to play for UAA .


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After spending his time campaigning telling all his marks he knows better than the generals,

…true to form, he hires them instead of what he promised his marks.

Trump is nothing but a con man and a buffoon.
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As the kids today say, Fooled ya, wouldn't want to be ya.
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The dysfunction in this White House is due to one man.


the ak mining association sure picked a gem of a token biologist.


The only place I can speak to first hand is Paris. I go relatively often, and there isn't one part of it that is unsafe to walk in by male or female, day or evening. My last trip, some time after that Fox News apology, I stayed in a hotel on the edge of one of the supposed 'no-go zones.' No problem whatsoever. Those articles are alarmist crap, written by a professional anti-muslim propagandist, in one case.


If you want to take your logic to it's conclusion The views of the of the majority of Americans is, in this case being represented by the US Senate.  Whom the American people elected to approve of any Supreme Court Justice nomination.  So in a left handed way, you are correct, Gorsuch is representing the views of the American People .... (by the same logic, Garland was rejected)
I can't wait to see the left's total meltdown if Kennedy or Ginsburg retire in the next couple years


This article appears out of date given the new disclosure rules effective Janfuary 1, 2017.  On an annual basis investors will know the fees, costs and performance of their investment accounts.  In addition, at the point of purchase, investors are given a Fact Sheet about what they are buying.  Let's rely on common sense rather than big brother to shepherd investors.  Less government, more common sense.


I thought this was going to be a close Bronco win.  I thought wrong.  The Broncos looked unstoppable against what was supposed to be a very good Cowboys. Zeke was stuffed due to a dominating defensive line that made the vaunted Dallas O-line leak like a sieve. Dak was pressured all night and if we hadn't played not to lose (not complaining - just saying) the spread would probably have been greater.  Siemian was really good.  Took a couple of sacks he shouldn't have but otherwise was stellar.  Probably should have held the ball on the broken play if he indeed realized it was broken.  He's still young and learning but I would rather have him than Dak.  116 QB rating- #7 for the week. He's still young and improving.  Watson did better but needs improvement.  I hope Bolles is not badly hurt but we will need a new tackle - not sure I trust Stephenson after last year.  Overall it looked like the Broncos toyed with the Cowboys.


No pun intended, but VX seems to be overkill. Why would North Korea put itself at risk? As we all know, accusations of harboring chemical weapons is a favorite pretext to invade a country. It might be that if this is indeed VX (which I doubt), the DRK goons might have set in motion a chain of events they will come to regret.


Pretty much the American consumer will bare the brunt of the increases with either. Doesn't matter what you call it when the prices go up at the till.


The threat to life posed by Antifa violence is not close to the threat posed by right-wing terrorism;

and historically, the KKK is the most prolifically violent terrorist group in United States history,

while the Nazis are among the most murderous regimes in Western history.

Folks on the right who don’t understand those who don’t see Antifa as equivalently dangerous might reflect on the body count as the reason for that viewpoint.

The threats are not close to being equivalent.


This is another stupid waste of money project by the City.  Just because there is money to spend doesn't mean you should actually spend it.


I suggest North Seattle.


If our courts don't protect everybody's rights, then they can't protect anybody's rights.


No. My Dad taught me to respect my elders even if they say and do stupid things.  But your ignorant rantings makes it very hard to do.  But I respect your right to say  it.  Now go and get a prescription for some happy pills from Dr. Klastri.


Art is art. no matter what the source. White straight males, or anyone else for that matter, do not have to consult with anyone when creating art. And there is no specific "purpose" to art.


Sounds like you work in tourism.


Kimmel is a substandard host. I heard Kimmel was antagonistic his crew too. But attacking our US president after he's been duly elected by a majority of us and in office, is comparable to me joking that his newborn should "quit" after he was born now  that he's having problems. I would never say that, just as Kimmel knows he should never have promoted the president quit. Both are evil.


Funny, I always thought the boxing match was to benefit charity. Never knew Justin had been so calculated in choosing his opponent.


This sums up your position pretty nicely I think:  http://tinyurl.com/zdqezjv


Lots of open space on the UO campus too.


I've not read Trump's announcement that FEMA can not help Florida or Texas forever.


Traditionally, Canadians are puzzled as o why Americans do not like spending on social programs...Many of those Americans, though, would point to horrendous wastage in some areas of their civil service (I am not commenting on some wastage is going to happen, think of the necessity versus the cost, etc.), and they would have a "good point"..

Funny, I was struck when I saw the "13 retired RCAF generals", and thought, really 13??? - for an air-force, that could not adequately stock as single air wing attached to a single US aircraft carrier (they have 10 or eleven, and that is not even their air force)...

Instead of staffing up, and funding like Australia (if Canada did so, on a proportional basis, Canada would have to spend over 2x what it currently does, and that would not even come close to making up for all the years of neglect, under-investment, etc.), disband the forces entirely, develop a strategy of what the country would truly like to keep and let others have the rest.


O'Leary was almost as committed to Canada as Michael Ignatieff.


The corruption has grown quite brazen. There's supposed to be zero influence by Mammon's spiritless cash over democratic matters such as people's destinies. This thing is wrongful, its agents are depraved. They violate all cosmic and social decency. What I fear is that the townspeople are not prepared to fight off an attack like this, and this industry has been subverting towns in this manner all across the countryside. They have a three-ring binder with all the evil moves they need to make. Will nobody stand up as a democratic hero and stop this wicked thing before it kills lives and nature again? You won't get a "re-do" you know, this is as existential as it is final.


When you engage in a controversial activity you have to expect some backlash.  You still have the right to hunt whales and your detractors have the right to air their criticism.  Old enough to kill a whale, old enough to take the flack.


21st century  High Ontario Establishment types like Ibbitson are very clever at ignoring the  pillaging of  resources of the  four Atlantic provinces by  carpetbaggers from Ontario and Quebec. Ask Newfoundlanders about the third world quality  hydro  contract that lets Quebec buy  Churchill Falls electricity at 5% of the market price and grow rich selling it to the Americans, on a contract that started in 1965 and runs out in 2041.


Anyone old enough to remember Green Stamps at grocery stores in the 60's?  They went the way of the dodo bird, but here we are 50 years later with programs like Air Miles.

I predict they will also go into oblivion, just like Green Stamps.  It is a nickle and dime program at best


No worries. Justin said the bill will take care of itself.


First we must realize that there is nothing that President Trump can say or do that will ever satisfy the Anti-Trumpers and the Trump Haters . Nothing.  It was suggested that if President Trump helicoptered down to Charleston, walked into the jail and shot the 20 year old driver of that car dead... they would say he used the wrong caliber gun.


The current incarnation of Roy Cohn, the criminal and lawyer, where Trump learned all of his life lessons on how to lie, cheat, and steal to enrich himself.  Refusing to obey laws was the lifetime mantra of Cohn and now reiterated by Cohen as he dares anyone to challenge him.  More connections to the old USSR and current up to his eyeballs in Trump business thievery and financial criminality throughout Europe.  The swamp has been found and its occupants are them.


I worked for her as an actor, at Holiday Theatre, Vancouver, while still in high school. Although much lesser people directed the shows I was in, I was directed by her in a couple of final rehearsals.  A great privilege.  One of the very few people in Canadian thetare who gained my ineffable respect.  By far, the only truly great head of the English acting section of the National Theatre School.


we clearly see that you are a kookaid drinking believer of the scam of the century , news flash lefty, there is NO PROOF that mans carbon is heating the climate, NONE! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyUDGfCNC-k


People of peace, rejoice.

The two greatest threats to humanity today are the Western Military Industrial Complex let by Trump, and the Islamic Militants financed by Saudis.

Let the two fight to the finish while the rest of us watch the show. Halleluya.


Let's be honest here, BOTH Trump and Hillary would be a disaster for Alaska, as well as for the nation as a whole.  Nice Hobson's choice the two-party duopoly has inflicted on us (once again).


You have a keyboard take the time to do the research yourself. Plenty of people waking up to this all over the world with alternative media sites. I'll  give you a head start,try some of the sites that the MSM CLAIM are fake news.Google ProporNot. There is a reason they want to take those sites down. Everyone fall in line, you know like it in China. Government tells you what's good for you,censorship,etc? it seems to be what people want. I was watching Mansbridge the other night and a report from Berlin interviewing an official. In so many words this official said." if there had have been a tank here protecting the people,this wouldn't have happened". And "Berlin doesn't have the camera's (surveillance) that London does". The goal seems to be militarisation and people are ok with it the more these attacks happen,hence why they happen. Now Trump wants to increase Nuclear arms!! No one else see's a problem here? We are OK with this?


How does an agreement between Russia and China to increase pressure on N. Korea rate as a "push back" against Pres. Trump? Isn't that what Trump has been pressuring China and Russia to do all along?  Please explain that Mr. Tritten.


How on earth did this outrageous and vile "comment" make it past peer evaluators?


Given his political bent and journalistic background,  Martin's tribute to the US liberal establishment (an Unholy Trinity of  Democrats, bureaucrats and media) in its effort to subvert the will of the American voters expressed just months ago is not surprising.

Martin applauds unethical traitors in the bureaucracy illegally leaking untruths, partial truths, unverifiable allegations and other anti-Trump garbage to bring down the new president, force a real constitutional crisis, and spit in the eye of their oath and of the ordinary people to selfishly maintain their privileges and power.

He waxes enthusiastically over an increasingly hysterical, dishonest and despicable media for their Pravda and Izvestia like propaganda to demonize Trump  and ensure a one party state of self serving liberals.

He is OK with Democrats abandoning even the pretence of seeking legislative compromises in the national interest.

Some of us are less sanguine about "deep government" aka "permanent serfdom".


"Yep, alternative medicine around $34 billion, Pharma around $15,000 billion, good comparison!"

And yet it is the Wakefield's and others chasing the $34 Billion that are falsifying the data.


Remarkable....yes....but just plain scary, too! There is historical precedent...but it's pretty ugly.

Think both the country and the US Church are in a world of hurt....with the most vulnerable amongst us the most impacted.


Just keep your hands off of ANWR.


RBC is extracting interest from poor and middle class Canadians and paying the rich in foreign countries who hold RBC shares. NYSE alone trade 40% of RBC shares that been traded at TSX. For this social injustice RBC directors and executive get Order of Canada

John and Jennifer from a cultured background was good for Toronto.  Yet they could not help the middle class.

  Jennifer got $ 5 million compensation that include $2 million stock option. RBC teller not even get 1% of that.   bank teller hourly rate paid through Adecco temporary agencies hasn’t increased by $ 2 over 20 years

RBC want to import annually 400,000 new immigrants ( client/employees)  and load them with 40 year debt bondage paying .05% interest GIC  and collecting 5% on mortgages. An act against humanity.


The_prosperity_gospel_is_make_the_pastor_rich_and_you_will_get_rich.


Part 3

In his first interview as pope, an interview Francis gave to the editors of several international Jesuit publications, Francis was asked about this in coded language that every Jesuit would have recognized as referring to these Rules. He replied that there Rules were non-problematic for him, and by implication for all Ignatians, provided one understands “Church” as defined by V2 in these Rules—that is, as the Holy People of God, clergy and laity. Effectively, therefore, one is invited by Ignatius in our modern world, to bend over backwards to think in harmony with the WHOLE CHURCH, and the episcopal magisterium is only one (very important) component of that whole. That dramatically transforms the meaning of these Rules in our age of complex theological controversy. Effectively, one must not only consider the magisterium, but must also attempt to discern the thrust of the Spirit in the modern Church, and be obedient to that.


Hilarious deal cooked up by a QUE's Bombardier.  Here Mr Airbus please take over ½ my company for ... FREE!  Pretty soon Airbus will realize the reality of doing business in socialist Canada and pull Bombardier out of Canada altogether.  Boeing did the same years ago when it bought DeHavilland and then quickly exited Canada and sold DeHavilland to ... guess who... Bombardier.


Noe: "Hawaii is one of the healthiest states because of longevity and early adoption of health insurance requirements (pre-Obama). Kanaka maoli do not share the 'good health' that other populations in our state have."

These health disparities occur mostly in rural and undeserved communities where Hawaiians are over-represented, where most are Medicaid beneficiaries and members of a MedQuest health plan, but where they still lack adequate access to health care.  Many can't find a participating plan doctor willing and able to care for them.

The lack of adequate provider networks violates both Federal law and MedQuest contracts, but state officials have turned a blind eye for years and years.

OHA and others concerned about health disparities should call for monitoring and enforcement of these basic Medicaid health plan network adequacy requirements.

In Hawaii,  these plans get over $2 billion a year and they need to step it up!


God help us if these are the best and brightest.


If nobody is hurt, push it off the damn road and send them a bill.


I never said that they didn't but the WHY matters. Oversimplification is the number one leftist tactic to demonize the things they wish to tear down. If Mexico still had that land how much different would it be today? It was a sparcely populated frontier that made up over half their land and less than 10% of their population...leftovers from French and Spanish imperial claims. The US made much better yet use of that land than Mexico ever would have so it's a good thing that is rightfully US territory. We won.


You mean beginning with the Treaty of Paris 1783?


Id recommend watching -'Peace Officer' a documentary on PBS.  Because the law is always 'justified'


what do you expect from that outfit


Even if you did roll back all of that domestic spending, we have so much debt to pay off that the difference wouldn't and likely shouldn't go back to tax payers.  Not to mention that the amount rolled back will never happen.


No movie deal for this guy.


@ nigelnigel:  You said, "They don't have a message, their only message is that they aren't the Republicans."

That is absolutely correct.  Democrats are simply incoherent.  Yes, the Republicans are all corrupt but it's impossible to counteract that with incoherence.


To celebrate being alive.   Try it!  Its even more fun with dogs.


Nor of the pronouncements of authority. Truth is truth, regardless of who says it. Truth: gays do not chose their sexuality, it is biologically determined in the womb by epigentetics. Truth: sex is a gift from God that rarely involves childbirth. Truth: God does not create people to impose huge burdens on them. He is testing our ability to love and accept them. Many on this board are failing in that.+Burke certainly is.


I full disclosure Bill Wielechowski is also employed by the IBEW.


It would certainly make his detractors work harder instead of simply grabbing the low hanging fruit.


Sure it is.  It's a key tactic in the Alt-Left's mission to dismantle our Republic as the Founders envisioned/established.


Hmmmm. Kinda nasty in tone and content, isn't it K?


You know the Trump line of overpriced shirts is manufactured in China and Bangladesh, right? I wonder why he never talks about bringing those jobs home.


Oh, FFS....


"It is the dust which becomes heated and inflamed, the entire galaxies burst in all consuming fire resulting in utter destruction..."
I have no difficulty reading this particular piece of nonsense.  If you meant something different you should have said it differently.  Kaku, in Big Think, confirms what I wrote; not that I needed the confirmation, but you surely did.  I'm not saying you are ignorant of actual science as a "TRAD" (whatever, in your mind, that may be), but as a practicing scientist.  I don't need science-summaries to understand science.  Krauss, Kaku, and Tyson are providing a service to the public in their encapsulations of current theories, but those should all be taken for what they are - making difficult topics accessible to a larger audience - not definitive statements.  Before pointing the "dishonest" finger at anyone, you should probably review how you address replies that point out your manifest errors.  Love to hear back on proof of the aliens at Fatima theory.


It sounds like you're talking about Clinton.


Canada doesn't need another Trump, stay in New York O'Leary.


Staying classy?!! Lol!

Ken Buck is a fine man. RINO'S, eh, not so much.


Sorry Margaret, usually I'm on your side but not this time. Your buddy Bill was caught with his his hands and feet in the cookie jar while the rest of us "tax cheats" are slugging it out. I wonder how much of a smug big shot Bill would be if his father wasn't born before him? He can roll up his sleeves all he wants (he picked that affectation up from Justin) but does he really think he's kidding anyone? Sorry Bill, back to the Riviera. You don't get it.


All of this is probably true. Having begun to read the parliamentary committee's report, there are seemingly other obstacles and challenges. First, the committee promises an ecological or systemic analysis, but fails to look first at the desired role of parliament in the 21st century as a first logical step in analyzing the question of how we might reform the process of choosing members of Parliament. Second, and likely most important, the Parliamentary committee is made up of members of political parties, and their work reflects their fundamental, and seemingly unquestioned, belief in the necessity and importance of political parties in Parliament. Third, there does not appear to be any analysis of the changing nature of Canada in the 21st century, and how this might lead to a changing Parliament, outcomes, functions, and people. Fourth, the two fairness issues (i.e. the local riding vote and the political national vote) become so intertwined that it is impossible to pull them apart.


Oh no, not a 0.001% addition to our population. However will we cope?


What he said is true. Quebec politicians are among the most corrupt on the planet. This has been proven in courts multiple times. Also the cash economy is huge in Quebec. The way he wrote it was sloppy, that is true and for that he should mocked. McGill, however, is pandering to its masters. Weak spineless bureaucrats.


Awesome 😆

I love The Satanic Temple folks. It's good to see someone trolling productively. It's also fun watching all the religious-freedom-for-MY-superstition folks' heads implode.


Parra was horrendous last season for many of the same reasons Desmond is struggling this season. No doubt Desmond has been a disappointment and was a question mark from the start, all fans can do at this point is hope Desmond has the same type of rebound next season as Parra has had this season.

Hand and calf injuries are a couple of the worst a hitter can have. The hand is obvious in terms of strength and bat speed and the calf could be hindering his base. The legs are just as important to hitting as any other part of the body, especially for power.


Grasp which numbers?  A president elected with historically low numbers and popularity.  Yup, I grasp those.  States with gerrymandered legislative districts and voter suppression.  I get how those affect elections.  Delusional Republicans thinking they have a mandate because they have control.  Get that too.  People who can't distinguish between belief and science, faith and facts.  Sadly, you're just one of the many who fit that description.


When there is a blatant error regarding a simple fact in an article, I doubt the veracity of the whole thing.  The limit for anonymous contributions is $20, not $200 as stated in this article.  As for the host who asked for $5000 for people to attend the event, he is a scammer and had "Linda" agreed to go, he would likely have asked for two cheques, one made out to him and one to the Liberal party.  If a donation for $5000 were made to the party, it would have been returned.


"Top that, Musk!"


had Jagr not played 3 prime seasons in the KHL, he would be well over 2,000 pts., the only one along w Gretzky


Many here assume that those who adhere to the Teachings of the One True, Unchanging, Inerrant Mother Church are engaging in satire.  They fail to recall that Jesus himself said unto Peter, you are the rock, upon which I will establish My Church and Magisterium, headquartered in Rome, clothed in Medieval Splendor, to Rule and Order the World, and the Laity shall do as they are Told.


Soros? In his 1998, 60-Minutes interview he said: "I am basically there to make money, I cannot and do not look at the social consequences." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXqty2rkUDY

He ruined whole countries' economies by his speculations, for which he will not take ANY responsibility but blames everything on circumstances, and on the inadequacies of those countries: "It would have happened without me anyway." When it comes to making money he is a predator with no conscience.

And after he plays Santa by dropping a few billions here and there. The problem is that why did he take the money to begin with? Someone else worked for every cent of that money, but because he could, he stole it!

This is the man you worship? :)) This is what you call justice? This is the man behind the Clinton Foundation that wants to change the world? Open Society, by robbing form the poor and playing Santa? Nice company you keep!


Prayers for Joshua and Abigail Osborne ~ And Family.


Why was it up to Cruz to meet Obama's demands? Point being Liberals always want to talk compromise when they are in the minority, but when they have the majority or the Presidency, than not so much.
One look at Obamacare and what the liberals are now talking about now, proves that statement to be true.


What Betari Prakoso says is 100% true. I work with new immigrants who had very successful careers back home. They put their careers in a very precarious position by leaving and coming to live here in Canada. It is not lack of work that brings them here but quality of life. You know life must be very difficult if they are leaving good jobs to come to an unknown land. We are fortunate to live in a wonderful country and to be one who welcomes those who wish to become a productive part of it.


Nazi scum


Maxime Bernier - Canada's version of Sarah Palin


I'll back you up Ollie!


SHOES! I have river booties with ankle straps to keep them on. A pair of Keds Hi-Tops is a cheap deal. Lace them up. There is crap in the river. Especially in-town where there is broken glass on the bottom. Distracted by a gashed foot, the risks multiply.


A big fan of Corbyn but I wouldn't compare Corbyn and Macron... A few articles I wrote on the topic for your perusal below;

http://www.abitleftandabitlost.com/posts/leo-varadkar-and-emmanuel-macron-socially-liberal-covers-for-a-fiscally-conservative-policy

http://www.abitleftandabitlost.com/posts/why-macrons-battle-with-the-code-du-travail-could-impact-all-of-europe


It's your ilk who throws race into the mixture, amigo!  You need not call others niggers or wetbacks!  You've cleaned up your rhetoric over the years so that you needn't spit hateful words;  your ilk (and the rest of us, unfortunately) recognizes the euphemisms that use to avoid being labeled racists.  But we know what you are!


Absolutely brilliant,
 most of these so called writers are all Zionist manipulators.


Devastation is what Republicans want ................

Remember the Bush/Cheney years ?


If you want o be able to drive a car you have to have a driver's license with your picture on it. If you want to go into a (BC government) liquor store you have to be prepared to show picture id. If you want to open a bank account you have to show picture id (at least I have always been asked for it). How is this any different? Answer: it isn't.


Wow what a strawman you've built for yourself.


People like you are why the handicap stay that way.  I would love to get an electric bike for my  husband so he could ride with me and I see no reason why he should not be allowed to ride it wherever bikes go.  Are you next going to stop the motorized wheelchairs from going on the trails and sidewalks?   We don't have enough police force now to control what happens on the highways, don't give them another stupid law to enforce.  We need to get the law changed.


loser


Allie, please know that although the content standards suggest certain concepts, good teachers do not limit their instruction to the content standards.


Per GIRM 43 for the universal church, one may receive either kneeling or standing   Communion standing and in the hand in the US is established by indult (special permission) and expressed in GIRM 160 as normative in the US and are   In my opinion this is a grave error.  Reception of communion standing and in the hand  smacks of protestanisim and was condemned by the great Saint Teresa of Calcutta as a sacrilege.  So I'll stick with the saints and hit the deck when it's time to receive.


$2000 for a "decent" counter top espresso machine? I had a $100 DeLonghi pump machine that made perfectly good espresso. I replaced it with a Gaggia Classic, because the DeLonghi died and I wanted something that would last, had replaceable parts, and was built by union workers making a living wage and good benefits. I bought the Gaggia, a burr grinder, stand, some cups, a frothing pitcher, and some descaler for $600 (it's about $100 more now). You can get one heck of an espresso machine for $2K.


#1. He sold all his belongings

i did not know that.  where is that information posted?  i am not being sarcastic; i just did not know about this detail.  or the one about McDonalds


So if you, in the industry, had so much foresight 50 years ago, why is there only 1 Oil line and no Gas line from the slope?  All of the permits were in place, all of the manpower was in place, all of the infrastructure was in place and the costs for a high pressure Gas line designed "for the future" would have been much less.  Perhaps 50 years ago you were a roust-a-bout just out of high school in Valdez?

Get real, The Inlet infrastructure is almost 50 years old and the actual location of the recent gas leak has a different bottom structure than that proposed under the current plan.


I believe Lisa Raitt and Denis Lebel had the same arrangement Morneau has. Kevin Sorenson, former Minister of State for Finance, was an "inactive partner" in some farming operation. It's pretty easy to throw mud around like this.


What I think - if I may step in and comment in Gary's thread - is that President Ray and Coach Casey responded after knowing all the facts of the case, whereas the Oregonian perhaps (and, no, I don't know for certain), assuming they investigated thoroughly enough to also know all the facts, chose to report only those that would make the story sensational enough to attract an audience. There are more unanswered questions in my mind than answered ones (such as to what degree did the girl's parents zealously pursue charges against a 15-year-old boy and did their zeal match the severity of the actual crime). In the meantime, the most injured party in this whole affair - who is just now entering her pubescent years - and her family are forced to vicariously suffer the experience all over again. While the girl's identity is withheld from publication, enough people around her either know or can guess who she is. This situation is unfortunate for all concerned.


Gold, Unca. Your comment is gold :-)


Government is NEVER the answer,  it is the PROBLEM!!!


The police were not willing to talk to the reporter about the incident at the time of the INVESTIGATION, because they wanted you to jump to conclusions and show your true colors and bias.


The point, which you missed completely, is that, by dragging our feet in dealing with AGW, we have already doomed ourselves to a certain degree of warming. By choosing not to address the problem now, we will doom future generations to even more warming.

Your "translation" claims to speak for climate scientists but it is a deliberate corruption of a very important message. As the article states, scientists have already considered natural causes of past warming and have found them missing this time. The only agent of change is man, by process of elimination.

What is it that makes you believe you are more qualified than the experts on this subject?


Mjmchale, what a snide comment. One can disagree with someone without putting that person down.


If you replace 'James Comey' with 'Donald Trump', everything that Donald Trump said was true.


Politicians ought certainly to be rebuked and refuted whenever they suggest that Christian or biblical values are somehow authoritative, and should be referred to for setting government policy.


You stated this without citation:
"The only way you arrive at that inflated 30-40K per year number is if you add in suicides and justifiable self-defense homicides. The real number is closer to 9,000 and that number mostly comes from gang-related violence in heavily gun-controlled places like Chicago, Baltimore and Washington, D.C."
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So it must be made up.


Bautista = MOTIVATED

Nine years as a Jay, numerous moments of winning home runs and chest thumping, and we still don't know that?


Statistics are made to be manipulated.  This doesn't count the people who have given up looking for a job.  It doesn't measure that many jobs are below minimum wage, part-time.
Its all smoke and mirrors.


Information is sorely lacking in this "blurb" about stalking. This is a real issue for Alaskans and it's not limited to just women. Men are stalked as much as women. Its generational, our children are repeating what they see. If stalking is going to be featured in ADN online or offline, it merits more than one mention or brief smattering here and there. Alaskan residents know just how real this issue is and integrity vs. drama. For the sake of journalistic integrity as well as accurate informative presentation, it should be an ADN feature for a determined amount of time with real victims and case documentation presented. Don't "hit and miss" this one.


I don't blame anyone for packing these days, people think anyone they don't know is "up to no good" and free game to harass and if they don't "like " your responses they get violent.afraid we're to the point we need cameras everywhere just to prove self defense.


The bottom line is that the DA has been lying to us, they have been claiming that they have plans in place, this was yesterday proven to be a lie when it was said that it would take 6 months to implement any new plans and thus our only hope was to prey for rain.
Further the DA Mayor should bare the brunt of the blame she and she alone is responsible for the crisis because she failed to act. LVL3 water restrictions should have been implemented 6 months ago, when she was advised that we would not make it to the next wet season.  Even now with the dams at 11% she is waiting till the end of the month before implementing lvl4 restrictions, these should have been in place when the lvl was 15%. Had she done her job we would have atleast 10% more water than we do now.
#CPTMAJORMUSTFALL


Yes, judges should be non-partisan, but that begs the definition of the term.  On certain issues the Canadian Supreme Court is particularly not, non-partisan.  First Nations issues area a prime example - when, for example, have they lost a case before the SCofC?  One could also note the member of the Supreme Court of the United States who openly spoke against Mr. Trump.  The U.S. media said very little.  Had she spoken out against HRC, the media would have been in a frenzy!


Imagine that.  Build a public place, and then neglect it, and all of a sudden people swoop in and use it.    People wouldn't be sitting in the fountains if the fountains were turned on.   A bicycle or walking police beat would be a welcome presence.

If you abandon something in the middle of a city where people are homeless, don't be surprised if they make use of it.


This is indeed good news. Thank goodness among the Republican Senators sit a few souls unwilling to blindly follow an ever-increasingly unreliable Mr. Trump and his frightened followers.


My disabled friend remarked,"No way would I make a fool of my self in front of city library waiting to get mugged by crazy, thief, or homeless  stealing any thing with wheels---and the big public library has BUGS and crime, its a joke!" I got  those remarks from disabled friends, they jeered this photo.---They think its a joke.


HI:I taught at a GTA college and had some exposure lecturing at a university.All through my career I was evaluated by the students and appreciated their feed back.
I had a habit(early on) of talking to the felt board(chalk board) more than to the students and this was pointed out.
There was a time that half the freshman class failed a math test that I authored and the students then realized that I didn't specifically say"this is going to be on the test" which they we used to in H.S.
In the evaluation questionnaire students said that they now realize that all that was covered was important as it was the base of their learning pyramid.
I met, by accident, a grad from 15 years ago that thanked me for teaching him.
He and another grad have a business that did 60 million last year.
That is the ultimate evaluation.


President Trump is recorded on tape admitting that he commits aggressive acts against women and that he enjoys the fact that he gets away with it because he is powerful.  He verified it himself.


I hadn't realized that Omar Kadr was responsible for 9/11.  If the 3,500 dead from 9/11 are rolling over in their graves, it's likely due to Trump kissing the rings of the Saudis.


If I was ignoring what you wrote, I wouldn't have responded. I just disagree with what you wrote.  It's not me who is trying to get I-1552 on the ballot - I'm not the one that needs luck


Nothing, aside from his pushing for the death penalty in the Oklahoma bombing case.  He was eminently qualified.


I think it might be easier to replace a cash grabbing Minister of Finance than it will be to replace a couple of well trained doctors.  This pack of money grubbers will not be missed but our medical professionals will.


Uh oh, looks like serial cheater Trump is looking for a new première dame.


"since its already as bad as it can get"
Be careful tempting the Universe that way.  Its response is usually to say "Challenge accepted!"


True.  And boy actors would fill all the female roles because, for some reason, back in those days it was felt a boy could do a better job playing a woman than a woman could.

Come to think of it, it wasn't that long ago that black roles in film were filled by white actors with black makeup, and for essentially the same reason as boys played women in Shakespeare's day.


Oh so you admit you Russians did selective leaking to help level the playing field for Trump.
Thanks for clearing that up!


LOL...awesome


Trump likes celebrities.  In the US press Trudeau is depicted in celebrity fashion. Ergo, Trump likes Trudeau - until he doesn't.


No, it wasn't.  Apparently even official North Korean translators have more class than that.


I'm sure all the advertising and propaganda won't fool anyone for long who actually deals with Justin. He's an empty bag. Jingles and photos.


Rompe, I've long ago learned not to argue with someone who isn't listening. I wouldn't expect you to be swayed by my or by anyone else's arguments. But no expert believes that your extrapolation of the data is correct.  From the highly questionable John Jay report up till today, the 81% is from access to boys and not from homosexual tendencies. The post pubescent remark is heinous. You are excusing sex between an adult and a 13-17 year old as somehow more marginal or acceptable or something.  And you accuse others of having an agenda while you set your own agenda, a nicely Trumpian move. You claim science while discounting those who study the science.

You'll reap what you sow.


"experts say choking off the black market – which is booming through online and illegal storefront sales – will be key to the long-term success of legalization."

LOL, well that will depend on many factors just two of which are cost and how far people are willing to travel to get to one of the "government pot shops". I have a feeling many will still be growing in their backyards and basements for a long while to come.


LOL that talk can't even scare Cuba ... come on, do you have more to make up? Like WW3?


Que the anti-gun , anti-USA ,Canadian whining .


Dan Sullivan? The same Dan Sullivan who gave us SAP which is at somewhere near 40Million and counting$$$$$$ The same Dan Sullivan who over saw the Port? The same Dan Sullivan who cos this city more money than any mayor like ever? The one who wanted to outsource city services but then wanted to build tennis courts in his neighborhood with PUBLIC MONEY! By the way can you read, the contract that Sullivan negotiated the one that the Union is forgoing cost the city MORE money. Yeah we need a conservative mayor like that back.


Wow your obviously not educated nor have children or grandchildren who are going to be impacted by all this. You giving "kudos" to a wolf just shows your LIBERAL agenda is showing Sir. This isn't just about the PFD ...this is about many many things. That is just one of the big issues. Statements like yours tell me the real problem in this state. NEWBIES coming in that have ZERO clue how this state is run!


You pay gas taxes to support the roads in Anchorage and elsewhere in the state, as well you should. Think of it as a user fee. Your local property taxes go for Anchorage street maintenance.

The Glenn Highway is used primarily by people in Anchorage and Mat-Su. Why should people in Southeast have to pay for it? Because people in Anchorage pay for roads in Juneau, Ketchikan, and Sitka. We're all in this together. People in other states also pay for our roads, they are 90% federal funded.


Yes, stay home, don't make trouble. Let them spout their hate. It's not me. Pretty much how Hitler came to power. No make trouble, it's your fault if something like this happened. If you didn't go there this would not have happened. The solution to dangerous rhetoric is to bury your head in the sand. Make believe you didn't hear it or see it.


So you're comfortable with your private information being consolidated in one place in DC by a president and Russian ally whose government is prone to leaks and hacking? Why not just post your personal info here instead - especially your SSN, DOB, military & voting history, address & all names used. I promise I'll respect your privacy, ok?


Scientific co-operation.


You left out Soupy Sales, Gidget, and the Lloyd Thaxton Show, but OK, I gotcha!


you're a real fun person to be around.


You're delusional if you think Alaska will vote for Hillary. Johnson will eat up she and Trumps votes. Either will be lucky to get 50%. Alaska hasn't voted democrat since 1964.


I went to the tiny-house festival this past weekend, and I noted that they are built more substantially than any home I've seen.  I suspect municipalities are just worried about having these in their midst.  Anything built new, other than a condo, seems to have to be huge.


People in the military and on bases need to be able to defend themselves just as much as anyone else.  That law needs to change as well.


Greta is great!  I know one of the channels will find her a place where she can draw viewers with her talented analysis and reporting.


Harry Kim on his worst day is better than the foul-mouthed dishonest drunk Billy Kenoi.


Ms. Moore's weekly uncivilized tirade is an embarrassment to this paper. It's sad that there are even 20 people that think her name calling is worthy of being considered political discourse. Her arguments are rarely based on facts. She calls people names, and stereotypes people whom she disagrees with. In short, she is a twat.


Are you trying to change the subject, R.D.? Say it ain't so.

The point is that according to Matthew Jesus had plenty to say about those who rejected him.


I'd be nervously watching in case he pops a tic tac <eyes wide - slowly covers crotch>.


Again, I have to differ.  A street check, as we call it in the West, does have a salutatory effect. If I check you and your crew hanging out in a park at 2 am, I know who you associate with.  Then, should I arrest you for a robbery (purse snatching), and the guy you were with matches the description of one of your friends I checked you with last week, I know the other suspect.

 Now, I fully support your position that you and your friends don't have to identify yourselves, unless I can articulate a reason to detain you.  But, that does not mean I don't have the right to at least stop and speak with you.  And, that is what I think Desmond Cole would like to change; the ability of the police to stop, and speak in a civil manner, to any person/groups that they feel may be of interest.

 Missing in Cole's analogy is the context of the neigbhourhoods, the crime patterns and the fact that street people are victimized by other street people.  Who looks after them, if not the police?


When you read a VA manual on how to deal with Toxic and radiated Veterans it's clear the workers within the system are shown how to use verbiage to their favor  Using other lifestyle choices to be reasons for different diseases such as drinking a beer a day a reason for  cancer any open door to place causation elsewhere seems to be taken               ( stories I've read from widows) . The Veteran just has to accept the diagnosis and has no real recourse that can happen in any real reasonable time frame. Homes are being lost men /women are dying while they wait ,all so some manager somewhere can meet their "bottom line"   This is not what the VA is for.


Until the chief of defence staff makes "Universality of Service" a thing of the past nothing real is going to change for current members. All military members are well aware that if you come forward with a medical issue there's a great chance of receiving a 3b discharge. So many delay seeking help from military doctors. Many go outside of the military and pay out of their own pockets for doctors fees, lab tests cost, medications and other services so they can keep their job..


Dude, he said no to the tax.


It wasnt about getting the name wrong, it was about refusing to try to get it right. Big difference.


People need somethign to hold on to and when they don't understand somethign that is much bigger than they can see, hear, touch, then it gets assigned to something religious.  Back when we didnt' know where fire came from, we had fire gods.  Same with water, air, wind, etc.  This is just another version of that process.  Meanwhile, we're are at the precipice of space travel for the masses.  What are these people going to say when average citizens get into space and see the earth for what is really is?

Seems to me these folks got some attention on you tube and they are excited.  Simply look into a telescope and "see" how fast our planets are moving relative to the earth and it goes a long way to opening up your mind to the realities of our solar system, let alone the possibilities in our galaxy and beyond.  But hey, lets still argue the earth is flat.  Enjoy the eclipse comign in August, I'm sure that's "fake" as well.


Thatcher has posted repeated support for Putin.  He's typing from Siberia.


@StraightShooter - I agree with you in part that Phil Knight's generosity and entrepreneurship is "Kind of genius, actually".


the main upside to Christy is she is a placeholder keeping the Campbell fiscal policies in place.  Because of these specific policies, BC has thrived and our unemployment the lowest in Canada.  The fact is, if the NDP gets in and jacks up taxes and spending as they promise, we will have to support an extra 200,000+ unemployed people on government support cheques within 4 years.  Fact is every time the NDP got in power in the past, the unemployment rate soared.  Bottom line: the people, our government and our social institutions are derived from the prosperity of private business alone, and BC is lucky we can best afford it due to the BCLiberal fiscal policies encouraging small business to thrive.


Might this not be originating from the largest land holders? Is Chenault promised a duchy of his own? Talk about fiefdom building.


Wish and wonder not, Trump will lose, fly into an orange rage, and unleash his flying monkeys to form a TV show. Guests will include Jimmy Swaggert, David Duke, and Rodrigo Duterte. <sarc off>


It sure is a study in a contrasts.  Trump, who has actually done things like create job, create businesses, negotiate deals, etc. versus Trudeau who was a ski instructor, teacher, and one of these pop start politicians.

America is lucky to have Trump rather than the the wonderboy Trudeau.


anti ga ate violent antitrumpers who use violence and intimidation to shut down any conservative voice. That they, like most of us, abhor nazis doesn't give their methods legitimacy.


It's racist if someone used his race or gender as even "a" criterion, one way or the other, and not his proven ability to do the job.


I wouldn't know - I'm just reading the reports before Twitter and memes took over.

Like this from CNN..
"While surveying the damage in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria, President Donald Trump visited with survivors and helped distribute supplies -- at one point throwing paper towels into the crowd.
Upon entering a multipurpose room at the Calvary Chapel in the Guaynabo neighborhood of the island, Trump was met with cheers and supportive signs welcoming his presence.
The President began to pick up cans of chicken to show to the crowd and then handed one man a pack of batteries. Next, he held up a flashlight and showed it off while shaking hands with the Puerto Rico residents there to obtain provisions....
Trump continued to raise different items up in the air for the patrons to see while shaking hands and passing out objects, before grabbing rolls of paper towels. Then Trump began to toss rolls of paper towels into the crowd. "

"Met with cheers..."


…all accept that the color of a person's skin tells us nothing about his or her intellect or character for we are all of the same species, and at the same time, no person should ridiculed or otherwise denigrated for his or her feelings of discomfort with other cultures for such feelings are a part of our human nature. We must also understand that small-minded idiots come in all colors and that there are a lot of people, again, in many colors, who profit handsomely by preventing any solution to this problem.


Murky was just hoping for any excuse to ditch Trump for the sicko broad on the Left.


You don't get to subtract miles traveled out of state or country or off road if you go by the odometer reading.  This is one of the tricks our benevolent politicians will use to push people over to GPS tracking.  And why would our benevolent want to push people to GPS tracking when they could make more from odometer tracking?  Because once our benevolent politicians tap into our movements via GPS tracking, they will be in heaven.  They will have struck gold.  With GPS tracking, our benevolent politicians will be able to add surcharges based on where we're driving and when we're driving.  This will make efforts like the 405 tolling look like a bunch of amateurs.


That's not how the math works. If the low population states like Alaska get included in a single pool with all the other 49 states, our rates may go down .... but somebody else's rates will go up.

The problem with our current situation was created by the passage of Obamacare - there is no incentive anywhere for anyone to save money. Insurance companies don't care, they pass their costs on to the customer or to the govt through 'risk corridors.' Hospitals certainly don't care, they are getting paid from either the insurance company, the govt or the consumer. The individual doesn't care about higher medical costs because insurance is paying. In fact, mandatory insurance does nothing but raise costs because consumers with insurance - surprise - use it more and that just increases demand for medical services and that drives up the costs.


Welp, this town is boned. Anytime the Assembly swings too far one way or the other, it inevitably hurts the city and our fiscal bottom line. You can certainly kiss the tax cap buh-bye. Sorry property owners, but I hope you're ready for the flogging that's coming.


It is hard to know what a compromise would look like. ACA needs tax money to subsidize poor people on plans. The Trump tax plan needs all the subsidies removed so it doesn't create a giant deficit in the budget. I guess go halfsies... kick off some people from health care and only cut taxes for the rich half as much? Right now, both sides feel like they lack incentive to compromise. The Democrats are seeing that attempt after attempt to repeal completely has failed, and the Republicans are sure that ACA will blow up over time, swinging public opinion back their way. If I were to judge, I'd say the Republicans are feeling more pressure--they can't wait too long or the next elections will be upon them and they can only do so much by the reconciliation process each year.


This article is fake news. The Mayor of Vancouver solved housing affordability 2 election campaigns ago. With that out of the way it's on to more bike lanes and banning pet stores. Triumph for the common folk!


Based upon the activities of the OHA I have always been of the opinion that being "cray cray" was a prerequisite for candidacy.  Apparently local voters prize the attribute.


Any word on PG Marcus Shaver Jr?


All 18 intelligence agencies, the house intelligence committee, the Senate intelligence committee all unamimously agree Russia interfered with our elections.

Everyone who has seen the classified evidence agrees it's irrefutable.


The basic principle there can be succinctly expressed as "no harm, no foul". A niqab wearer doesn't harm anybody except, arguably, herself. It would therefore be impossible to justify a niqab ban as a reasonable limit, demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society.

This is not to say that general requirements to check photo ID do not still apply. If a policeman wants to verify that the driver he is about to give a ticket to is the same person whose face is shown on the driver's licence he has been handed by that driver, then the driver will have to show her face. THAT is a reasonable limit.


Seriously, is anyone really surprised?
The marxist did all he could to kill America's ability to produce, wasted billions of taxpayer dollars, and for what?
Aside from lining crony supporters pockets, that is.


I'm grateful that you were at least honest enough to note that this article was "...taken from a Chick-fil-A press release." Perhaps its something in your name (Kirkland REPORTER) that makes me assume you'll actually REPORT. You might want to change your name to the Kirkland ADVERTISER because all this article does is give free advertising to this company. If you did any real reporting, you'd report on all the controversies with this company (giving millions to anti-LGBTQ causes). Maybe they've stopped? I don't know because YOU NEVER ADDRESS IT!


if you guys cared about facts at all then you wouldn't have nominated the most corrupt politician in the history of our republic as your standard bearer ...a career criminal who cheated (with your knowledge and acquiescence to obtain the nomination. a woman who will sign away american sovereignty with the TPP, a person who wants to open our borders and turn this country into another socialist ghetto...like Germany and Sweden are now


About time someone started suing the government.


G'bye


If Quebec has a right to stop Energy East then every other province has the right to stop transportation of another province's products. Mayors of some cities such as Montreal believe that they have the right to stop transportation from other parts of Canada. Many aboriginal groups believe that they have the right to stop transportation through their ancestral lands. BC succeeded in extorting a toll for transportation of Alberta products. If all of these prevail, Confederation will have been for nothing.  Canada will cease to exist and our country will degenerate into a multitude of petty squabbling jurisdictions and special interest groups. 2017 is 150th anniversary of Confederation.  Will our politicians have the courage to stand for Canada?


This letter is not about you, it is about renaming Deady Hall.  Your little problem is of your own making, and anyway, who cares?

Stop posting your selfish little problem all over the place.  I pay good money to read good commentary, not to listen to the whining of some little person who has broken the rules and finds himself cut off.


How are things at the COMINTERN?


You have a very important observation in the Australian system including sitting members who are not directly elected.  Everyone has to remember that "PR" does not represent only one model of alternative government.  There are at least 3 models of PR I can think of: MMR, Ranked Ballot and Assigned Proportional Representation.  There's not enough space in this comments forum to explain them all, so I'll leave it to readers to educate themselves on each.

What you're talking about is MMR, which I disagree with entirely.  MMR has got to be the least democratic form of PR ever conceived and has already been rejected in previous Canadian Provincial referenda.


The courts have not determined that the orders were unlawful.  The courts merely ordered that they not be enforced until other courts make a determination on the matter.


So if one cable snaps, the building falls over onto who knows what.  We could have a domino effect of the whole downtown collapsing.  Ok, probably wouldn't happen.


'Not since former president Richard Nixon – who said, of forces within the U.S. government, that the “sons of bitches are out to screw us”'

The only bright spot in the whole thing is that it is extremely unlikely we will have to sit through a speech about Melania’s good cloth coat and a dog named Checkers.

Seriously, though, I think Nixon suffered from an inferiority complex.  Donald’s problem is quite the opposite.


But now you are speaking about Christianity.  Islam is, essentially, a summation of early Christian heresies and myth and not, necessarily, situationally.
The OT has many more references to God analogously taking on traditional male and female characteristics.  It was through Jesus that God revealed Himself as Father, though this is not meant as a gender indicator but as an actor in the lives of His children.
This is not so for Islam, as I understand it, where, though masculine pronouns (which may have a neuter gender) are often used, the Surah I provided is, at least for those with whom I've spoken, a "proof text" that Allah is masculine.
Primarily, though, I just think Leo is the better character for the job of delivering the line.


Almost as pointless as Rimiller 101's, he seems to think that this is somehow still Harper's fault?


You know what that roof needs? Another satellite dish.


These idiots do not get it along with automation comes artificial intelligence which will do the same to almost every intellectual profession  that robotics is doing to manufacturing, distribution and transportation. No need for consultants, programmers, economists, doctors, lawyers or even accountants no job will go untouched. Some may be around for a decade or two but like robotics which took 40 years to be pushed through, sooner if the union's power had been wiped out earlier.

So who benefits from the advancements, certainly not the working class. No jobs to feed or house a population a military/police force using robotics. Manufacturing, farming, mining and every other need looked after by machines...why it sound like utopia. The reality is automation will create a society where the fewer people will be able to live on a world with a substantial population reduction.


Citizenship is a FEDERAL job - Sanctuary Toilet Cities cannot bestow citizenship - period end of story.  You are all going to run out of money fairly soon once the Federal teat is shut off


The Reasonable Person standard is used in cases of negligence. There's a good write-up at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reasonable_person It does not mean "the judge didn't rule in a way I find reasonable".


With so many imposters in the party, those that have no real loyalty to the platform, I think it's important that the OCC is staying on top of vetting members. I feel it's important to also say that I think very highly of Rich and am grateful that he will still be lending his talents to tech support. We need him!


Because the CBC "reporting" is so unbiased.

The entire newscast is one long opinion column.


The big question, he's been here all these years, "Why didn't he become a US Citizen?"  His he fighting deportation, the way the question was put to us, I would say 'NO', he isn't.  If I'm wrong correct me.  Bottom line, It's justified.


Good article and is essentially true. Most of the damage done in Calgary in 2013 was inflicted on expensive homes built on the floodplains of the Bow and Elbow rivers. There was a lot of comment from taxpayers that there should have been no building permits issued in the first place.


Yes, our freedom of conscience comes into play.   The freedom of conscience of the Catholic comes into play, and the freedom of conscience of the secular thinker comes into play.   Everyone has a conscience which informs their decisions on abortion and all kinds of things.

When we hold an opinion, formed by our conscience, it doesn't necessarily follow that our opinion is a violation of the rights of others.    Even if our opinions, our conscience, is informed by our religious beliefs, that doesn't necessarily mean our views are somehow illegitimate or an trespass on the rights of others who don't have our religious views.

What's the test to see if our conscience is violating others rights?   In the secular sphere, it's called American democracy.    Certain rights are set by law, some through voting, others through judicial decisions.   Every American then, whether religious or not, has the right to their views within this democratic system.   Not perfect, but nothing is.


Madonna is a high priestess in the practice of Kabala, an ancient mysticism. Hillary berated and abused the vicitms of Bill clinton's rapes. Hillary is known as the meanest first lady ever. Hillary lied to millions of women about Bosnia. Hillary attended cult worship and lied about who Chelsea's father is. Hillary lied about everything. How can so many women support her? Has anyone figured out that feminism seems to equal the worship of anything against God and life?


IRT Bob Karman,

There's a reason why the "rich get richer" and the "poor get poorer".  It's not always a lack of resources.  In fact I believe for many, it's a lack of delayed gratification or keeping up with the Joneses.

Even amongst some people I work with are constantly traveling while saving no money or buying cars with a 7 year loan when their current vehicle is running fine.

Or buying the latest version of the Iphone or other gadgets that really are not needed.   Or having all available cable stations.  Eating out instead of eating at home.  Many reasons.

Some people truly need the help and I have no problem helping them get a hand up.

But I believe too many just waste the resources they have instead of making the most of it.


lol


Everything being explored was explained by the last part of VJ's quote "I think it’s fair to evaluate the quarterback and all positions.” So "everything" means ALL positions... which is what they should be doing.


Our constitution is in force?
Tell that to black people and watch them take a knee.
History= jim crow and worse


Hi Allan. I wasn't responding to you, but the Mystery Bee.


Oh- they got rid of all those missile did they? Russia today may not be the threat that the USSR was, but Russia tomorrow could very easily be even more dangerous. The old adage- hope for the best, plan for the worst- was borne out of experience and is something that all of us should keep in mind.


In fact in the context of monuments to the old South, Ken Kesey can be called 'anti-slavery'.


You are so wrong, President Trump is absolutely right he is protecting American Citizens.  I'm so tired of left whining, crying, complaining, moaning, yelling, acting like babies just so tired of it.   If President Trump  succeeds in MAGA.........the left will benefit also.   Let me hear you whine, cry, complain, moan, yell when you have more jobs to choose from, your cities are safe, your air & water is clean, your roads & bridges are repaired, etc..     Give President Trump a chance for God sakes !


So you sit there, try to work on things, get ignored, and they try to put things in place anyway and say "hey you were a part of this process!".  No.


This is FAKE News!  Flynn is no idiot!  Fake news again!


Read the headline, buckaroo.


Boots>  Not as kinky as your idol WJC, in the Oval Office at that!!!!  Is it rubbing off on you, by chance????


The fines go up pretty fast.  I heard a mall cop explaining it to someone as he was giving a warning.  If memory serves, it is something like 1 warning, then the first ticket is $50, the next is a few hundred and on from there.  So, it is only saving if you start paying after the first ticket.


I was going through those numbers the other day ad thought they were really interesting


Really   150 Billion to Iran? And now would be a good time to think...then open your mouth


When my two professional daughters attended the University of California, tuition was only $3,000 a year.  Since these were land grant colleges, this low tuition is the way it had always been.  In fact it was nearly free until the time of Ronald Reagan.  Now in California there is a new law that will allow students to go to public Community Colleges free for the first 2 years.  The Republicans in California fought his for many years.  When my daughters attended college there was a parallel Catholic Education, charging tuition but flourishing.  There were many "low paid" nun and priest professors.  Perhaps a better choice for Catholic Education would be to get more money from the diocese, but then there is the problem of Episcopal interference with the  curriculum, but many schools already have that in the form of Bishops licensing theologians.  I think for Catholic Educators to fear more  free education will prove  self-defeating.  We must not allow the elite to dumb down people.


Thank you Sen Dunleavy for your action to introduce a bill that restores the full amount of this year's PFD's.

At last week's forum at UAA, it was clear the DEM legislators who were present are solid in their support to restructure the Permanent Fund and lower OUR PFD's, along with Homer's Paul Seaton (R).

As one of 60 people who can actually do something, your impending bill follows your actions from last special session to protect OUR PFD's when you and Sen. Bill Stoltze wisely voted against your senate party leaders who wanted to restructure OUR PF and lower OUR PFD's.

That your colleagues unwisely voted to follow the lead of conflicted senators Anna McKinnon and Lesil McGuire is on them.

Thank you in advance for your continued efforts to protect OUR Permanent Fund and PFD's, to challenge this out-of-control governor with his run-away spending habits, and to protect the rights of families to control their children's education when it goes beyond non-academics subjects.


I have to check my bible, first. Anyone has a chapter/ verse that could explain why God made homosexual animals?


Meanwhile thousands of people are dying every year of heroin and opioid overdoses across the country.


Really? Seems to me the one engaging in ad hominem attacks is you. Oh, and thanks for proving Norte's point.


I am 100% certain that they violated his constitutional rights for firing him for his beliefs. So your wrong.


Not convinced the FBI is up to investigating much of anything these days. The past eight years have led this organization into the abyss!


Democrats bemoaned "Big Banks" while holding their convention....at the Wells Fargo Arena.

Democrats gave 61 speeches on Day 1- NONE of them included mention of ISIS, extremism or support for our men and women in law enforcement or combat.

Democrats bemoaned Wall Street while cheering their candidate- the biggest payouts from corporations in American campaign history.

Conservatives had SEAL and hero Marcus Luttrell.
Leftists had......Lena Dunham.

Conservatives had American flags adorning their stage.
Leftists had....none. Not a single One.

With an 8 foot wall protecting them outside the convention center, locking out Bernie Sanders supporters, and another wall protecting them on their stage, the DNC bemoaned......wall-building.

Conservatives highlighted families.
Leftists paraded the mothers of criminals and the leaders of the hate group BLM.

The contrasts and irony become more stark every day.


"loose talk"????

I'll have you know, NP5491, that I chose those words very, very carefully.

I watched, I thought about it, and I came to the conclusion that Trump is an idiot.

Just because well foundationed, rational and justifiable description doesn't fit into your fantasies of a world actually ruled by Trump, doesn't mean they aren't well foundationed, rational and justifiable.

One defintion of idiot in the Merriam-Webster Dictionary is:

"a foolish or stupid person"

So, relative to firing Comey, Trump was both stupid and foolish.  Evidence?  Mueller, Bannon and general ongoing controversy.

Relative to new smear campaign against Comey?  Stupid and foolish.  The talkiing points miss the pint, but more importantly, they re-raise how stupid and foolish he was to fire Comey in the first place.  Lester Holt's interview gets more views on Youtube.

Plus, just overall, he's stupid and foolish.  So, idiot.  And, also idiotic.  For his idiotness (A word?  You can criticize if not).


Coach K lied, pure and simple. If a guy doesn't want to answer a question, he should just say, "it's between Brooks and me" and leave it at that. Repeatedly lying isn't a very good example of "leading by example."
But a casual look at K shows he has some personal issues: how much botox can the human face withstand? How much boot black does the guy put into his hair everyday?
A man who can't accept the reality of aging is a man with an ego that needs a bit of piercing.


First, no to your "You may be one of those people who compare the federal budget to a household one" -
Second, I was responding to the statement saying *Most children* treated at Children's Hospital are on Medicaid/CHIP.

Doubtful, very and here is why. I know children treated there, none are on public assistance Medicaid/CHIP. That is hands down the best Children's hospital in Colorado. Not for indigent specifically. For children specifically, who differ from adults completely in treatment as well as medical devices used.

PS Love your name btw-but I also think Ayn Rand (born Alisa Zinov'yevna Rosenbaum) is impressively intelligent and not a myth, but a real person really :)


But he fell short of making a motion to veto, so, as far as I'm concerned, he's just another incumbent who has to go. Voting no and then not overriding the veto is the same as voting yes.


"Comments must be submitted in writing on or before November 9, 2017."
there's your sign Uncle Sam is out of touch with reality


Powerful middle class, Good jobs, Save for retirement? Speaking for myself, I have never seen a powerful middle class. The beginning of the end started with Nixon. Lets see thats a long time ago, 1968. I personaly have never seen good jobs. Lucky to hold a job three years in this civilian work force. In the middle 70s through the 80s there were no jobs anywhere (recession) Unless you were a doctor, lawyer, teacher. All the factory, oil field, and construction jobs were disapearing. I was on the union list here never got hired. All this tech stuff did not happen until the 90s. Save for retirement? All my family on both sides lost most, if not all thier retirements to the several stock market crashes over the years (2000 era recessions) Good thing there is social security. That is all alot of people have to pay for thier retirement home fees. I paid into Social Security its my money. Its not pathetic. The government that stole it is legalized crime.


Canada does not have "blasphemy" laws, not because we are different, but because we are an advanced civilized country that champion universal ideas of human rights that have absolutely nothing to do with cultural relativism - it is simply a function of right and wrong. It's not like every single country in the world, without exception, "governed" by Islamic law is known for hostility to gender equality and freedom of expression. There are 57 members of the OIC at the UN, should Canada be emulating the cultural beliefs of societies that demand absolute submission from women under the guise of pious obligation? Sorry not sorry.


He's probably smart enough to not blow.  It'll get reduced to careless driving and allowed to retire with pension.


this is the same editorial board that went on record when Citizens United came up, lecturing corporations should never be allowed to influence elections. That's only the right of these staggering hypocrites.


New booze laws in Bethel probably are not helping the situation.


Well done on the rescue.

Love to see newspeople schedule interviews and update us on when was the last time the Port Angeles Border Patrol made an arrest of any kind.

https://oakbaystarfish.com/2013/03/12/news-tipstory-idea-2/


"Generally upholding your decisions."  For the people, by the people....   We will trust our own legal representation, thanks.  It's the GENERALLY that is not constitutional.   We can go to the Supreme Court if you like.  New judge coming soon.


Great article.  The problem is easy to fix.   Provinces can refuse funding to universities who do not have a free speech policy with teeth.  A University of Chicago doctrine or similar with penalties to people who violate it.    I don't think Canada would lose much if a few humanities departments closed down.


James Reeves - Fluoridation is based on 70 years of continuing science.  That is why the scientific consensus of experts that fluoridation is safe and effective has not changed.

You can’t get anything right, can you? You can’t even quote your own highly biased, un-reviewed source, the Case Against Fluoride, correctly. It is customary for scientists to count only individual, unique references, and not count duplicate referrals to the same reference – which is a good way to inflate the numbers. There are not “1,200 references (over 80 pages)” as anyone who reads the book can easily discover. The majority of those “references” are not to legitimate scientific research anyway.  This book of fiction was published in 2010, so it hardly qualifies as current work in any case.

If Connett's fiction is the best "CURRENT science" it is obvious why fluoridation opponents have been unable to change the consensus and why over 100 organizations continue to recognize the benefits of fluoridation.


Who cares? Lush Limpaugh, Bill O'Really, Sean Hanutty, Ann Coldher, ie.


This debate on limiting political campaign donations becomes a non-issue if we publicly fund all campaigns. We should also shorten the campaign season to 60 days before the election and make it easier to register and vote. The amount of money being spent on local, state, and national political campaigns is obscene, disgusting, and repugnant.


1)  It is not thrown equally at all.  Most, if not all, public schools are funded with property tax.  Ergo, wealthier districts have good schools.
2) I have yet to figure out how valid those international rankings are.  Nowhere have I ever read the means of comparison.  What test(s) or other criteria are used?
3)  If a test is used, who in our country and who in each of the other countries take said test?  I have never seen any person, be he/she a reporter, feature writer, or woman/man on the street explain how one can compare a USA secondary student with a secondary student in western Europe where the students there are already specializing in their chosen field of study, some as early as our Junior year of high school and where the non-college bound are out of the regular program by about the same time.
4) Re: "Education colleges"  Where do they exist anymore?  Did you ever ask a teacher in a successful school which courses helped him/her the most?  Did any legislator do so?


My choice is Caldwell


I'm confused by the comments. I thought we wanted more military to keep the state afloat?


I think you have it backwards


Gingrich: "People actually resent neighbors who are getting goodies they haven't worked for."
This will motivate children to be born into rich families. Shame on them for being born into poor families. They should choose better because those working from inherited wealth--well, that's the real work.


Canada needs to go into these negotiations with its own well-constructed and documented list of concessions that it will want as a quid pro quo for changes the US will ask for.  Otherwise, Canada's negotiating position will simply be 'please keep concessions ask of us to a minimum' and that is hardly a firm negotiating stance nor is it the case that Canada doesn't have some valid complaints of its own.

For example, the US subsidizes its Agricultural industries big time albeit not through supply management to the extent Canada does.  Canada should push back by insisting that the US either reduce its subsidies (hardly likely). or recognize to a greater extent the equivalence of US subsidies and Canadian supply management from the international trade perspective.

THen there's foftwood lumber...


So let me get this straight.  When your mother told you something like, "I wouldn't have done that if I were you" was a wish that you could turn back time and make a difference choice than advice that what you just did was not wise?  Okay...  You'll have to excuse me if I stop responding to your drivel as it seems you are determined to rewrite the common usage of the term "wish."


This all started with Obama. Trump will end up paying the price.


Melania, the following morning after the plagiarism flap, said she wrote her own speech.  Now who's the liar here?   Terrible liars the whole lot of them.


xox:  Only said because they are D's.  If they were R's the roof would be raised by the righteous indignation.


Good luck to all of the ski areas for a great opening day and season!


"Unlawful dental acts?"


No surprise here.  Comey did Trump a solid during the election campaign, and Trump repays his debts (at least debts of the non-monetary variety).  As an added bonus, the investigation into Comey's interference in the election campaign will help to draw some attention away from the investigations into the Trump team's connections to Russia.  Once again, Trump comes up aces!


There's the post of the day, folks.


Much like Hilary's repeated lies that cost her the election, time will tell.


Evan . true that Emily `s report is good, yesterday I picked up a gorgeous Chrysler sincee geting a check for $5036 this-last/5 weeks and-even more than, $10,000 this past month . this is certainly the most financialy rewarding Ive had . I started this seven months/ago and almost straight away began to earn over $82♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥.www.fb.jobss1.com


Perhaps we are silent because its none of our business, and we don't think so highly of our own myopic values we wish to push them on others. Canada has a long, long history or chastising the United States for interferring in foreign affairs yet somehow we are different due to our passive aggressive addiction to self congratulaton. We choose not to criticize China who has a long record of human rights abuses and misuses, but I guess we don't need Poland as much as we need China.


Trump hints ?
Why not,  "Trump doesn't have a clue" ?


Fun Fact:  When cells are 'progressive,'  that's called "cancer."
.
But Leftists don't care much for biology these days, what with thinking boys can magically turn into girls, and vice versa......


This is just another example of the unreported, undocumented, and officially denied 'crime problem' that is sweeping through Anchorage and the Mat-Su, fueled by drugs, ignored by lawmakers, aided & abetted by such as SB91, and routinely placed at the bottom of the Response List for higher-income producing responses. Low-level crime is the Base, and if you neglect it, it ratchets up the scale until it does indeed hit the level of Murder. Abandoned houses where the squatters have more rights than the public, Pawn Shops willing to take anything (again with more rights) , catch-and-release 'responding' by Police for serial shoplifters that now have impunity for anything they can get their hands on, homeless encampments here they can't be removed, it escalates until someone gets dead. Then they come pick up the pieces, and who does that help?

Base-level policing is what does the most good, not revenue-generating enforcement. And our so-called representatives have their priorities reversed.


Who do you plan on voting for if not being a liar is your key credential?


Michael - I love state employees, many of my friends are state employees.  I just do not think we need so many state employees, we simply cannot afford them.  I think the right number is the number of state employees we had 15 years ago (plus 15% for population increase).  They were able to deliver state services then.  The state is not an employment service, it is there to provide services for the people of Alaska.


If there is so much hunger for honesty and accountability, then why do the vast majority of them always bypass the criminal process and go straight to the civil process?


Heavy oil always sells at a discount to light. Having another export option other than the U.S. would narrow the price differential.


Kenneth Conklin: Your constant attack on EVERYTHING HAWAIIAN, has reached an all new low! Here, you have managed to denigrate & greatly offend a whole race of people! To suggest that Hawaiians have a better chance to be "cleansed" on the Continent is extremely offensive & racists.

If your AMERICA is so great, why not go back there? America the land of mass murders, lynchings, brutal slavery & rapes of slaves, bombings of Black Churches, where it's open season on Black's by Cops, & a country on the verge of a race war.

Yet, you hide in passive Hawaii, where it's safe for you to continue to spew your hate against everything Hawaiian. You know full well that the majority of our prisoners are Hawaiian. Maybe your family is toxic to you. For you to project your own familial deficiencies upon Hawaiians, is not only insensitive, but pathetic.

You don't like Hawaiians go back home!


That was pretty close to my prediction. Thanks for playing.

Anytime we can expose the syndrome is a good thing.


Well, Dick, you should have clarified that for us "literal" minded, Dick.


My father in law was dead and her husbands ex had adulterated their marriage. Whether you consider it right, it has been the practice for a while. Who was being sinned agaisnt by doing this? If you say God, your problem is not Francis, it is that you confuse superstition with faith.


We have at least one adult in this government. That's a good thing.


This video provides an alternate view to the information provided by the author of this article.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRPzkB5mr1U


If this were to come to Denver, we could easily be one of the centers of American commerce for the next century. Here's to hoping!


You are wrong, I fly all the time. The flight crew are fully trained to pick out passengers who demonstrate unruly behavior that could potentially interfere with the safety of the plane and all the passengers. The Flight Crew have 100% support to take anyone off a fight no questions asked and rightly so. In this case your pals may put up with your adolescent demonstration of the inability to control yourself when making sexist comments to the flight attendant giving a FAA required safety demo but unlike your mom or dad they won't put up with it. My advice for flying as much as I do on Alaska Airlines, if an asinine comment rises from your chest to your mouth when the flight attendant is giving a safety demo or any other time in fact edit yourself or you will find yourself grounded and yes the flight attendants are well trained with how to deal with obnoxious passengers and being polite is only one way to deal with you and then there is the other way, your grounded.


"Tax credits  – are worth about $100-billion a year in foregone federal revenue."

When politicians talk about "forgone revenue", they are presuming that your money and earnings actually belong to them.

By far the biggest credit is the one you get for being a person.  That credit eliminates tax on the first $11,474 you earn, and likely accounts for about $44 billion of "forgone" federal revenue.  Credits for being a senior, for having dependents, for paying EI or CPP, for being employed and for being disabled account for almost all of the rest of this supposedly "forgone revenue".

Thus "forgone revenue" in this context is a term that implies that you should be taxed on every dollar you earn, even if you are poor, disabled, aged, or have a family to feed from your meagre earnings.

The 'boutique tax credits' described in this article amount to peanut money tossed about to encourage certain desirable types of activity, kind of like creating HOV lanes for battery powered cars.


I can't believe you said that.


Obama had a Republican Congress.   It could have been engraved on stone tablets with Intro by a flaming bush and the Republicans would not have approved.

Trump has zero knowledge nor interest in, a topic that requires some scientific knowledge and real evidence.   That's fine, lots of us have blind spots.  The sad part is thinking his opinion is of equal value to scientific evidence. ( or evidence of any kind).

I'm sorry you continue to leverage your dislike of Obama/ Clinton to defend Trump.    Trump has few of your personal qualities or integrity.   I hope we both have at least one improved candidate in three years.


PET at least legalised homosexuality which was a far greater discriminator in the law.


It is only worse in the eyes of the big government nanny state supporters. For freedom loving, tax paying American citizens getting rid of Obamacare is step forward.


Reply to Ashton Kutcher: another ideological heir to Peter Singer and Herman Goering rears its empty head--and begins by admitting it values dog lives above people's.  However, I'll compare my biological acumen with A. K.'s any day, as I actually STUDIED biology.  Sitting teary-eyed through "Bambi" doesn't make one an "expert".


It's time for the Alaska Republican Assembly to change their name to reflect their true agenda:  "The Alaska Assembly for Theocratic Totalitarianism".  As difficult as it may be for these political evangelicals to accept, there is a separation between church and state and these people seem to thrive on blurring that line.  Religious freedom in the United States is constitutionally protected but so is freedom from religion.


This athlete in transition knew that s/he had an unfair advantage and should have sat out the matches as a matter of principle and good sportsmanship.  Is it "legal", yes, but is it "ethical"?  Hmmm.  Knowing that you have a clear advantage over your competition due to drugs (prescription or otherwise) , an ethical athlete would sit out.

Sad to see what society has become.


That's quite a pompous response. So, anyone who doesn't agree with you is a "poorly-educated wing-nut" to use your exact words?? Ha !


Hey Fox;
Get Mexico's bad hombres under control because there's a new sheriff in town and he has the backing of the greatest military on the planet.  Stop exporting your problems to America!


Christy Clark. She dipped into corporate donations in order to top up her salary. $195,000 just wasn't enough. Her top up was another $50,000. Not bad. She was happy and so were her corporate managers....in my humble opinion.


Hello denglish4, very true!  Shakespeare also had to employ young boys/men to play the female roles in his plays.  He certainly understood the political whims of his day in order to avoid rotting food being tossed at himself or the actors, incarceration or worse.  The issue that occurred in Edmonton was a blacklash...so to speak...of choosing a female, white skinned actress to play Othello...or perhaps it was a backlash for her time warp adjustment to the futuristic location of the Play.  Either way, it does seem to have been a simple Tempest in a Teapot.