Pure virtue signaling. We already have hate crime laws. This is just an exercise in seeking attention. Take a page from the Left's playbook since it's winning them so many elections lately... just kidding they aren't winning any elections lately.


How ironic is it that Chenault skates along collecting big money and benefits for years on our dime, playing the big guy, fat cat role and all of a sudden the pressure starts building and he might actually have to DO something, like make a decision that his oil company puppet masters won't like and he tucks his tail and runs. Who didn't see this coming? What happened to those elephant size gonads he had when he was flapping his gums about "We are the legislature, we can do anything we want"?


More like a "pout" Layla me thinks


Oh?  You must not have been reading the comments to the story last week on the WalMart shooter.


How come we didn't get the brother's age and when his birthday is? And do the boys also share this residence with Mom? I have an inquiring mind...


Duterte is indeed a murderous thug.  But that won't prevent me from appreciating a decent (albeit stale) slam against Chelsea.


Good. Denver needs to continue to enforce the "no urban camping" ordinance. If they some like it go somewhere where the laws are different.


What statements would those be?


As usual, the truth is likely somewhere in the middle. If some smaller generic manufacturers and distributors leave the market, that won't be a tragedy because many others remain. The government may need to target tendering to certain products to ensure that non-tendered products contribute sufficient margins to keep drug manufacturers profitable. And don't forget that QC sits in a national market and it will take time for other provinces to observe and perhaps join. That gives the industry time to adjust and retains other markets for them (some international) with higher margins, at least for the short term.

There's a lot of rhetoric from both sides in these early days. It will shake out in time and hopefully Quebec and then Canada will be paying much lower prices.


Leviticus in the Old Testament also excludes menstruating women from prayers, but Christians and Jews don't follow that now.


“We're going to win so much. You're going to get tired of winning."

It seems that time has arrived.


Hmmm....the petition requests that women and girls maintain their right to privacy and bakers and photographers not be forced to participate in gay ceremonies. Restaurant services and the like are not included. What is the problem? It sounds like a common sense petition. Sop the invalid and untrue accusations to further deceive people and push your agenda.


Fans of Miranda believe that you can only understand what he believes when you use the "special translations" that support him, that our current "Christianity" was created as a tool of the Roman Empire circa 313, that only the cognoscenti are familiar with the hidden teachings of Jesus, and so on. It's the typical Gnostic cum Jesus Seminar stuff.

Known as "el Jesucristo Hombre" ("the man Jesus Christ"), his followers gave him the title of Melchizedek on his death.

Just another cult.


You are not going to get away with this one as your original  point is meaningless.  Rich people of any color don't have to bother with immigration. But to answer your meaningless point, I would absolutely prefer rich people of any color had to immigrate in order to participate in the American economy because as it is now Murdoch can pollute the American politic from Australia because he owns Fox News and the Saudi Royal Family can become one of the biggest property owners in the US.  I actually find this situation a big threat to our National Security, and that is not meaningless.


If teen pot use is down, why do we need more nurses to educate and prevent anything?  Teen use is not down


Don needs to go on a diet, like Chris Christie, both losers in a sense, and should be physically.


Taxation, eh? Is that an axe grinding in the background... With a silencer on it?


it's happens a lot in colorado because life here is desperate. there are no towns, just zones. youth are tortured in their overcrowded schools and sports practices. it's station to station living, no public square, no walking. state gov't has allowed companies to build generic and crowded communities. there is no life and they know it.


3A Girls Golf Results ?


Bull.


But not - unless you have some information you haven't shared with the FBI - WHILE they were in office.  There is a difference.


Say no more.


A twenty percent flat income tax would help a long way, even those who only work here and not live here will be taxed the same amount.  No Sales Tax at all. Make Big Oil pay a full share of taxes.  Governor Walker is a good guy and we don't always agree with him but he still is good. Senator Bill Wielechowski is also very good. What the problem is that the Republicans will not try and work with the Governor or the Democrats. Those who don't want to work with each other have to go.


HBC and Sears are dinosaurs gasping for air in their final hour.....investors are leaving ship in droves.


You are absolutely right, Bro.  :-)


I remember all the complaining some years ago about Gerrymandering in Colorado. Then? When the other side came into power they did the exact same thing. Some people call for term limits as a solution. Well..? Term limits did clean out quite a few misandry based bigots here in Colorado like Gwen Green, as one example. But after a few election cycles we ran out of experienced legislators that knew how to get things done. I myself am not sure what the best solution is. But Colorado as a whole is falling apart politically with the front range population centers Lairding it over the rural portions of the state. Hopefully some very bright person will come along and figure out a method of actually fixing these messes.


Who are these people and what are they doing to Alaska!!???  They will be paying $825MM in oil credits and want to take $50MM from the university!  This is just wrong!!!!


Rh:  Maybe in your house but not in mine.


Junior must be ahhh, ummm relieved because ahhh, ummmm ahhhhh, she would have cleaned his uhhhhh clock in a ummmm, ahhhhhh, arrrrrrrr, election.


Sir, you yourself said it: "Fund the state school system in accordance with the law"  What law?  Theirs obviously.  Is any of this getting through?


Let's roll out the false outrage!


This article was carefully selected for publication by the G&M.


That's a bit harsh but this lawsuit is ridiculous. Can you imagine if victim families sued the military members? If it's good one way, it's good the other way too. This woman needs to accept her husband died in the line of duty. As have scores of others through the years....


Trump is a poooooooooooooop


The columnist pretends that the massive changes in Canada had NOTHING to do with government policies.

Wow.

I mean WOW.

Does he have a twin over in Japan or India, by chance? I mean, are there columnists in Japan and India saying to readers: "Oh, well, the reason in 2017 we have a citizenry that is 99 percent ethnic Japanese in Japan and following Japanese cultural traditions, well, that has NOTHING to do with government policies related to immigration and culture", and, oh, "well, the reason in 2017 we have a citizenry that is 99 percent ethnic Indian in India and following Indian cultural traditions, well, that has NOTHING to do with government policies related to immigration and culture".

I mean, it is every bit as RIDICULOUS to pretend that the Japanese and Indian populations are what they are in those countries for reasons that have NOTHING to do with government policy, as it is to ridiculously pretend that Canada's trajectory also has nothing to do with government policies.


Having a woman needlessly die is, according to you, an act of love. With lovers like you, who needs haters?


Mr. Kelly....a question?

"...Assembly...authorized...a sewage treatment rate increase of up to 9.5 percent..."
"Abbott said a typical AWWU customer pays slightly more than $90 a month..."
"He said the rate change would bring an average customer's bill up to $94 a month."

Does anybody check their math? Or are there a bunch of spreadsheets involved in the background and in the interests of time, and because it's assumed we're too stupid to understand anyway, they just make generalizations? And they just don't want it in black and white that soon they're going to bust the $100 mark? That $5 they're glossing over? by rounding down?...in short order becomes $25, then $50, etc etc until $999 becomes "Slightly more than $500"
And here we are, we've arrived yet again in the financial morass of unsustainable budgets.

I know it seems like such a small thing to gripe about, but.....
For want of a nail?


They are overseen by the "Bureau of Indian Affairs". So yes, they are called Indians, and there are different "Tribes".


If you didn't watch the Duck ladies play Cal,  you missed the most odds defying last 12 seconds of a basketball game ever.  And I mean ever.  Mind boggling.  Out of this world.  You can't make this stuff up,  even for grade school or junior high fiction books.  Beyond belief.


That was 15 seconds of my life the g&M owes me.
Dumb article and dumb G&M for accepting it. I could just as easily write that there is a split between those who use their right hand most or their left and those with light-coloured hair and those with dark.  All very sinister, I'm sure.
The article was just word salad.


Okay, what fact have you posted?  What is your overall point?


Gee Ferd,  this is the first nice thing you've had to say about Coach Ganot.  Had a deadline to meet? Whatever the reason, I'm glad you recognize that he is a great coach and the future of UH basketball is certainly very bright.


I don't know too much about Scheer, but his platform has some very good points, particularly enshrining property rights in the Canadian Constitution.

I fear that his support by social conservatives will be a millstone around his neck.  I'm glad he's standing up to them by being clear - he will not re-open the abortion debate.

We need a fiscally conservative, bright, economically grounded, socially liberal leader for the Conservative Party.  We've suffered under Trudeau's unicorn and rainbow approach to governing . . . it isn't going to suddenly start working.  We need to get rid of Trudeau and the Liberals, and get the country on back on a sound financial base.  The Conservatives are the party Canadians trust to do that.


Nice of you to repeat the comment for those of us that missed seeing it before it was deleted.


Most western presses and news outlets are biased ...the most objective are likely : Wikinews, Reuters, The Times, The Financial Times, The Wall Strret Journal.

Communist China, like all Communist countries , have state controlled media outlets and newspapers.

Russia had relatively free media outlets, unfortunately those that work for the free ones  keep on getting assassinated.


Let's hope this one proves not to be true!


Senate is only thing standing between Alaskans and anyone that wants the oil and gas industry to be tax out of the state and ruin the state's economy!


Your first two sentences are spot on regarding the Republican Freedom Caucus and some conservatives.
It's Ayn Rand's philosophy: I've got mine, you go to Hell.
But the rugged individualists almost always ignore that their achievements were NOT solely their own. They had help from others along the way. And, yes, those rugged capitalists who built businesses did not do it by themselves. They relied on others, including government.
Insurance is quintessentially a socialistic enterprise. My premiums help pay for your health care, your premiums pay for mine. My premiums pay for your car accident repairs. Your premiums pay for mine.
Societies have never been about exclusively rugged individuals.
It DOES take a village.


Trump has no jurisdiction over Canadian citizens.


Which is why they need to put their brain before their impulses.  Of course, many of them don't even think about the consequences before they do it--because they know they have the US taxpayer on the hook for the expenses.
If they need the assistance of the taxpayer, then the taxpayer should have a choice in the type of birth control.  My choice is sterilization.


At this point I'm completely over caring why Halls was fired - That doesn't mean I don't care THAT he was fired - I'm furious about that.  Now my ire turns to the ineptitude of how OBF and UO are handling the situation.  No announcement of any realistic path forward, no consideration for the friends, patrons, AND donors.  Just hunkering down and hoping all this will somehow go away.  How does the OBF staff think they can get replacements for next summer at this late stage?  I doubt Portland Baroque Orchestra's Monica Huggett will want to step in, given what was done to her colleague and friend Halls.  Or anyone else for that matter.  RIP OBF.


"We have laws against hate speech, we accept those limitations on individual rights that are reasonable in a democratic society." -I couldn't agree more.

What would it take to slap the leaders of these hate groups in Canada with hefty fines, or put them behind bars, as we did to Ernst Zundel?

I don't know the answer, but at this point, I think it's a fair question to ask.


Despite their protestations to the contrary politicians approach every decision they make with a single, question? Will this get me more or less votes?

This sociopathic focus in aggregate is tested every 4 years.  It's sad to see long term ideas for the greater good torpedoed by selfish politicians whom history will forget.

Being the first LGBT Premier is her legacy - she missed the opportunity to do better than just that.


I would not even look at an SUV without a Diesel engine. I took my sister in laws ROUGE to the store yesterday and it said the gas mileage since she bough it averaged 12.5 L/100km, with almost 100,000 km. It is about the same as my Lexis IS350. However my VW Touareg TDI is just 8.4 L per 100 L of fuel with over 80,000km on it. That is a big difference (close to 50% better for those inclined to do the math) and it is a beautiful handling SUV, stops on a dime, will drive 160 KM per hour no problem and hauls my boat to boot. In NB, the diesel is cheaper after the winter, always cheaper in Ontario  and out west, but we have a lot of oil burner stoves so the price goes up in the busy heating season. The bad news is when I went to look for a new one at VW two days ago the sales guy told me VW was not making the diesel for North America any more,. He did say that Mazda may bring one in with the CR9 latter in 2017 so I will have to wait, which is not a bad thing, just a change in plans.


the murderer behind this erosion of free speech (btw, this is a LEGAL   term which requires a LEGAL definition, not just what we all think ) - was well known to the police - why was he not taken seriously?    where were his health care providers?

why was he not treated as the domestic terrorist he is?    highly problematic, and with unacceptably tragic results.

 Wheeler succeeds in stifling free speech again, go figure.


The ultra rich, for example the Morneau, McCain, Irving, Weston, Pattison, Thomson families use Family Trusts,off shore accounts and very expensive and good tax attorneys to shelter their money. Yet Trudeau and Morneau  are focusing on the small fry. Time to revisit Family Trusts and off-shore accounts.


These so-called Watch Dogs are old, toothless mutts chained up with a short lead. They might bark from time to time, but really, what can they do?

The two major parties in Canada and the US are in agreement when it comes to spying on their own people: They're for it! They'll just quibble about the details. These watch dogs can bark and bark all they want, they don't have the power to change or create laws. Privacy is dead, dead and buried and its not coming back. The NSA has back doors into everything, and I mean *everything*. Google, Apple, Microsoft, Facebook - all in cahoots with the  government security apparatus, to say nothing of phone records or CCTV cameras.


Trump's team is in such disarray.  Even Huckabee Sanders' and Conway's acts are getting old.  They way they constantly bend the truth makes them look stupid.  Trump best move was probably to cut off the White House briefings, because the inconsistencies they create is making the briefings meaningless.   The bottom line is that the White House communication team lacks any credibility.


It only took a short time for offshore buyers to figure out ways around the tax.

And Deep Dive Morneau, he is looking to turn out a paper NEXT YEAR on this urgent matter, what a joke.


He hasn't gotten away with it. People can see what he just did. Donald does not have the capacity and intelligence to speak in complete sentences for an hour. He was basically just reading from the teleprompter. Everyone knows that. Nobody was fooled.  Keep following the Russian story. Don't let that story go. This will be his downfall and the downfall of his administration.


After 8 years of using political correctness to limit free speech, Left-wing Globalists are completely ill-equipped to carry on rational conversations. All they have left is hate.


JT is out of his element. Trust him? Why? Perhaps blind faith would be more accurate.


Checked bags are subject to more scrutiny than carry ons....advanced electronic scanning  and explosives testing.


Investigate as domestic terrorism?  With as open an investigation as is possible and still protect the accused.  Though, perhaps, it might be best to seal the investigation completly and insure that any trial is open for review.

Yes, that would be a good place to start.


His wife embezzled almost $400,000 and he is running for office? I am betting he knew his wife was doing this the whole time. If elected he very well could be like the criminal Brower. No whining if you see him committing a crime. Why would anyone vote for someone who had knowledge of this criminal act and did nothing? Greed does not just go away.


Too bad there is no "question mark" as an option for a reaction to a post, as yours would most certain rate one..

As in, "whaaaaa???" or "Huhhhh?"


"First tell the truth, then give your opinion." - Dennis Prager.


Let's see how many dummies show up, soup kitchen will be open after the big protest! Hammers and baseball bats will not be allowed at the soup table, please check them at the front soup kitchen door, thank you!


-Chickens with their heads cut off.
Please!! Let's not savings-deplete or budget-cut ourselves into a deep recession or depression!!
This is an opportunity to start doing things right..
First - To restructure the PFD in the successful direction Norway and Saudi are taking with their oil wealth savings (sovereign funds) - to gradually (10 years?) replace sole-source oil as the public revenue engine with an investment interest income engine.

We will not be able to totally rely on that, and we will need to take several currently controversial PFD fund and revenue steps, over 2-3 years - to get to a sovereign wealth PFD system - but we need to start this year with a Walker-like plan that (a) is revenue stable year after year
(b) maintains a PFD wealth distribution, and
(c) taxes in-and-out of State workers incomes - with the level of a resident's individual PFD distribution linked to that individual's State income tax paid.

Second- Do NOT budget-cut us into a depression!


Rolo for mayor


There was no coup in Ukraine in 2014. There was a Revolution of Dignity that toppled Moscow's satrap. He now lap dances for the KGB clown in the Kremlin. Perhaps you Russkies should have a real Russian Revolution and get rid of the neo-fascist regime in Moscow and that war criminal  Putin?


A whole boring column to connect Leitch to a white supremacist.

Leah,
Leave political commentary to the pundits , I am sure there is something trendy you can write about.


Your stats make sense...seems the great majority of mankind start life from a liberal posture, niaeve and not yet underdtanding how the World works. This view remains for some all their live, they don't grow nor age away from it. For others, reality and a growing understanding of how the World actually works happens at about age 40. The life view formula seems to  pencil out in the direction of ..." the older one get's the less (nieve)Liberal, the (more realistic) the more Conservative."


What would we now know as the "USA" look like if Europeans had Not "invaded"the North American continent?
 A mess. Let's see... "Atzlan"and it's inhabitants waging war on it's neighbors and taking slaves; the other assorted "Indian" Tribes warring amongst themselves and taking slaves; etc. etc.


Sorry, it is exactly the opposite.

Mature democracies are those who have come through the test of facing a challenge to their democratic structures. That is why they recognise justifiable limits on hate speech precisely because it is a threat to democracy.


'2M less in fines & fees' The state shouldn't be paying this anyway.


Somehow he missed the Bill Clinton years.

Continuation of US Troops in Somalia until the death toll and political rules of engagement killed too many US soldiers.

Cruise Missile attack on Iraq in 1993.  Cruise Missile attack in the Sudan.  Navy, Cruise missile and B-52 attack on Iraq in 1996.  Clinton leadership in the NATO bombing  of Yugoslavia.

Clinton's 1998 State of the Union Address, he warned Congress of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's possible pursuit of nuclear weapons:

"Saddam Hussein has spent the better part of this decade, and much of his nation's wealth, not on providing for the Iraqi people, but on developing nuclear, chemical and biological weapons and the missiles to deliver them."

 Clinton signed the "Iraq Liberation Act" into law on October 31, 1998, which instituted a policy of "regime change" against Iraq."

George W. took him up on it and Hillary voted for it.

He did ignore the genocide in Rwanda, of course.


Vice Principals at the high school level deserves these raises.  principals are hardly at schools.  but overall i know they do lots for their school and take on lots of stress from teachers, parents, staff.
I commented in the teachers raise article and no one took me on about wanting to know what is an Academic coach position that one of the teachers who was interview is doing.  I also wanted to know what is an curriculum coordinator.  i mean don't they set the curriculum by the start of a school year, so why do you need a full time curriculum coordinator.  What does a academic coach do? is this position for students or teachers? if its for teachers i do not understand.  did all these teachers get a teaching degree? pass state lic exam, but they still need a academic coach?  come people help me understand this.  any academic coaches out there? please chime in. and let me know what you do everyday for 6 hrs.  i might want to apply


(continued)

The Party of Principle - No Johnson shouldn't.  The whole reason he was nominated and the fight for Weld to be his VP was to move the party from the extreme idealism of Libertarianism to a party that could accomplish its principles of minimum government and maximum individual freedom.  Like pure communism, pure democracy, and pure capitalism; pure Libertarianism will never exist.  I actually view myself as a Progressive more than a Libertarian but I also view the Libertarian Party as the closest party to being Progressive.

I agree, if you're comfortable with the way things are going and the way things are heading, vote democrat.  Voting and participating in the political life of our country is a very good thing.


I think that's a bit of a stretch. An isolated incident does not constitute a pattern.


If we are going to offer any incentives, it should be to local people to start local businesses.
Grow our own jobs, support our own communities, and build a strong local economy.
Depending on a few big employers makes a city very fragile. Especially when you pay them to stay, instead of them paying taxes for services like everybody else.


Touched a nerve did I, terminslcityman? The vilest PC offence pales compared to the wanton wreckage of the NDP.  Election 2019 and the majority of Albertans, two reasons for Notley and crew to tremble.


Most of these  'irregular migrants' are entering into a government process which advocates and Liberals will game, so as to avoid media exposure of the potential hardship or heartbreak caused to many as a result of Trudeau's tweet leading people on.


I don't think that will happen. The political spectrum in France is very fragmented. Difficult to make gov without coalitions. As you saw in the presidential election the whole establishment rallies against Nat Front...even the "anti-establishment" En Marche.


Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and Boeing are the 3 top arms-producing companies in the world. Reportedly, Boeing revenues for commercial air account for an estimated 60% of their total; arms sales bring in 39%.  It would be a much better world (for stockholders, taxpayers, countless and nameless victim recipients of their fine engineering, better known as targets) if Boeing would concentrate on producing airliners, space systems, and the like instead of products solely designed to kill and destroy. Until then, I suggest those with a smattering of a conscious conduct their own BDS of Boeing (and Lockheed Martin and Northrup Grumman).


Remember when George Galloway was barred from Canada for criticizing Israel.  Funny, it was the Conservatives.  Pathetic.


They shouldn't allow dogs in the passenger compartment at all, period.  I don't care if it's a support animal or not.  You can get assistance with seeing from an attendant who can guide you to your seat and to/from the restroom if needed to start and end the flight and your dog can be brought right to the gate by staff and you can be on your way.


No tears from 40,000,000 Syeds (progeny of Mohammed) today over this icon of anti-Mohammedan, anti-Koranic Kaliphate.

Between 2 Abubakrs (the first Kaliph and last) Kaliphate was a drag on civilization curtailing trade and human progress for 1,400 years no less.

Socrates was done in by big business and banker Demos. 1000 years later Mohammed, allied with Christians to rout his Meccan Demos, ushering a new era of peace, justice, women's emancipation, free entreprise, and free trade.

But upon his death the neocon moneyed Demos hijacked his progressive revolution morphing it into Kaliphate of gore, glory, conquest, and colonialism, picking needless fight with Christians, imposing Tariffs (Arabic word) on East-West trade, finally blocking it altogether thus starving Christian Europe into half, and forcing them to find new routes to Asia and new lands.

Let us bury the Kaliphate and its symbols forever. Divine Hand bombed this one; is Mosque of Umar, the second Kaliph next, god willing.


I think that McNamara is a good addition to this group ~


You will sacrafice you and your childrens future if you vote for Hillary Clinton.  Make no mistake. She has already sold this country out to the Saudi's and other foreign countries for the donations to her campaign.  She is but a puppet on a string and the Filthy Rich money donors are the Puppet Masters.  She will do as she is told.  Watch Clinton Cash ~ Follow the money.  She doesn't care about you or any other American citizen, she only cares about the money and power that position will bring her.  She just wants your vote.


This article describes the "square" as a "remnant of a failed downtown project"...absolutely correct in their description, and to think of all the hot air, hand wringing and consternation this remnant is garnering while Nero fiddles...


He could run a garden gnome in the Ottawa and Montreal ridings, but I sense that the Thornhill-Markham riding could be a harbinger of voter sentiment.  Budget 2.0 will be fresh in voters minds, along with the electoral reform flip flop, the corporate welfare to a scandalous company, and the leaky border.


The TDSB has a history of doing stupid things.

About 20 years ago it removed all the play equipment from school yards because it did not meet CSA (Canadian Standards Association) standards.

It did so because of a perceived risk of harm to children despite no reports of injuries from equipment that had been in place for years. It did not have the money at the time to replace the equipment which I recall  eventually cost a $million (probably $5 million today).

This was a complete waste of money and play equipment. The situation arose because the CSA changed its standards, which they occasionally do. However, such changes were minor and intended typically only apply to new installations, not retroactively.

Is it not wonderful how fools can spend other peoples money so easily and without any accountability?


Buster, your charges would be laughable if this issue were not so serious.  You have done nothing for resolution.  Like a certain person in the White House,  you divert blame to cover-up that you don't know what you are talking about.


Please attach the GPS coordinates of your rock so I can give a wide berth.


But that doesn't talk about the weighting of importance per immigration class or how it factors into a final decision. They have sensitive and good people in these roles, as good as or better than any other country, they know about refugees. Canada is good at helping refugees in other ways as well, we send aid where money can go further to help more people, people can do the same.


Whoooooo care, the women is done period - she can piss and moan all she wants strait out the door.
Patrick Brown is going to win a super majority and those publicly voting Liberal are going to look like fools !!!
Yes lefties back to the NDPeee with ya.


@ Tempmanoa
"As the GOP’s revised health care bill makes its way through Congress Thursday, Americans are looking for relief—fast—as the ObamaCare marketplace continues to unravel in states across the country. Ground Zero: Iowa, where the last statewide insurer, Medica, is threatening to drop coverage." FOX Business News 5-4-17.


Do you have a point?

The places where the wind blows most, KS, IA, NE, WY, the Dakotas, also have few people per square mile. So, there is little disruption.

And, what about the millions of acres of stripped and polluted land, and thousands of fouled streams thanks to coal? Not to speak of thousands of miners dead in unsafe mines, from black lung, silicosis, etc. Trump wants to make it even worse to line the pockets of coal mine owners.


The legislature's inability to reduce the bloated state spending will make it really hard to come up with a realistic fiscal plan.  What were they thinking?


I agree, that would not give her much time to let him get to know her enough to want to have intimate relations.  That's why I don't think this was about sex for either of them.


The odd fixation on Raymond Cardinal Burke's clothing is strange indeed.


British electrical/electronic systems are a fundamental and self contained oxymoron .......


Thank you for this information. I hadn't made up my mind yet on who I was voting for as my choice for Secretary of State but now I'm certain that it won't be for Val Hoyle. If she doesn't respect the lives of elephants or rhinos, how can she respect mine?


You are correct, but robotics is a large capital-intensive investment and more of a medium-term solution. Guest workers are a good short-term policy to ensure growth keeps occurring while those investments are realized. Keeping the unemployment rate as it is could great a supply-driven recession which would further push back automation investments.


Dr. Evil and Mini Me.


If this is true...all politically motivated appointees, NOTHING will change.  There will another Chief be holding to some political group who leans towards SHOPO to protect unnecessarily those who need discipline of some kind and pull off stuff that we will never find out that will benefit someone who is owed a political favor from the Chief.

NO way will there be a Chief that is independent from politics if this happens.


Trillions of tax dollars wasted!


Note I said many not all start ups need capital.  And the article I attached points to the sexist environment that exists in some areas of the venture capital industry.  And if you do not understand that environment, then you are naive.

The issue is not necessarily finding the funds in venture capital, it is THE ENVIRONMENT woman endure in order to find the funds.  And many woman Founders give up because they are either held to a different standard or are viewed as sex objects.

VC funding meets a specific need in the marketplace and it is not an equal playing field for men and women in select areas.  Some areas is blatant sexism / harassment.


LOL 1.5 million in renovations.

Bureaucrats try Business


And I am sure Mr. Kingwell that you think it is unfair that President Trump won the election by the tried (240 years) and true form of presidential voting.


Canada's gun laws are designed to protect us from the type of carnage that typically occurs in the U.S. There's nothing to complain about.


No one said to change the rules after the contest. They are calling to change the rules for future elections.

Please try to keep up.


The katsap posts.


If only they will stop crying and exaggerating every small incident!!!!!!! I read this news article the other day about Quebec Muslims crying that they have never felt this unsafe before, yea right, maybe you should move back to where you came from if you find this unsafe!


Sort of like this right:

Johann Zenger:

Trump is an imbecilic vacuous idiot.

In his case, open-minded means utterly empty headed.

…he's also a petulant and childish belligerent buffoon,

…and a petty con man.

The trumpery is watching his con game unfold before their eyes and denying what they see.

They still refuse to believe they've been played for the marks and patsies in Trump's hustles and cons.


He's going to need it.


Faked Liberal pollster results !


Yes, but not if its really 'I disapprove of your hate, but I will defend to the death your right to do it.'


Chinese government propaganda, of course.


Boots>  If you believe in what you say, then you are the bigger fool than I thought you to be!


By whom?


This has the potential to devastate health care in rural communities.  Today at my place of work, we held a forum for police and emergency service personnel from across Montana on de escalation techniques in dealing with mental health clients. This involved clients who have been involved in the criminal justice system.  Everyone of them stated the services they received had everything to do with their not recommitting felony offenses.  They talked about their treatment teams, specific staff, their PO officer who was part of our case management team and so forth.  What broke my heart is hearing from police in Eastern Montana whose communities did not invest in any kind of community mental health.  They wanted to know if they could send their folks our way where they could find the same kind of community support.  It was heartbreaking for me to hear their concerns because they deal with the same people over and over and over again and the community sees jail as the answer.  It's not.


Might be time to drop season tickets. Do not see any future the way this is going.


Looks like weather change to me. Maybe some of the climate Gomers can comment.


Can you imagine if Maitlin, with the wisdom of King Solomon, able to get ALL THREE, Rolo, Miano and JJ to all work TOGETHER to bring back UH football to real credibility.  At that point with UH performing at a consistent level like Boise State, there will be NO "brainwashing"; top Hawaii blue chip recruits, especially those w/ family from the Laie area will make UH their first choice.  So frustrating to read a story like this about Miano with his experiences, presence & leadership not just helping Hawaii kids prepare to play at the college, or even NFL level but also JJ helping to develop local public school high school quarterbacks and others for college football or beyond and not all of them working TOGETHER on putting UH football back on track.  Yes, JJ and Miano have made many enemies & serious attitudes but somehow get them AND some Koa backers who hate these two, to put differences aside and use the power of three together to lead UH football.  Rolo is okay but he needs help


He has been conservative in his investments over the last few years for sure , yes! However he has pledged to change that and set the bar lower for a 'stable' economy. So, the ship will right itself with a company like this . One interesting point is with FIH.U ( Fairfax- INDIA) he has led the pack with his bullish outlook. the little brother of FFH , but he took a different tac. Performance has been stellar !


They knew Antifa was coming, and if you watch the unedited video, they put up with rocks, concrete, bottles and pepper spray before fighting back.


Not necessary.


"If you build it, they will come."


and what about drama teachers?


Absolutely right on the mark. Too much money is being made off SNAP by large corporations for Congress to ever make significant changes to the program. An army of lobbyists in Washington, DC will ensure that.


Agree but there may more to this than you might think -- I have heard rumors that some ships are no longer are manning aft steering when they should be due to manning shortages and the overall reliability of the primary steering systems.  Just rumors -- no facts.


A spokeswoman for the Georgia secretary of state’s office said Wednesday that “we did not have anything to do with this decision." The spokeswoman then played a rerun of a classic Hogan Heroes' scene of Sargent Schultz saying, "I know nothing," to emphasize the point.


While the contract posts situations for firing, the devil in in the details. Sad to say as we have seen over and over and over, our educational bureaucracy is incapable of writing a contract to protect taxpayer's money. Fired baboozes leave with a huge golden parachute, laughing at the backwards Nei.

As for her bonus payments, she must be required at the start of each year to detail everything she will accomplish above what is already being done. Posted to the internet for everyone to see.

End of the year an impartial expert source outside the educational bureaucracy will vet her work. They will decide if she met or failed to meet her goals.

Sad to say so many educational bureaucrats willfully fail to understand like respect, bonus payments must be earned. Falsely thinking they are legends in their own mind.


How well (or rather, un-well) these immigrants assimilate into Western culture is a side of the issue that NCR doesn't explore.   But the problems are very real.

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=problems+muslims+europe


Why does the GM hate men and boys?


Mucky:  Well, you know "if the shoes fits.....". LOL


Gives me chicken skin hearing those words Go For Broke with our boys sacrificing their lives.  Yes, we have a lot to be proud of because of them.


North Korea, in essence, killed this young man.  I doubt anyone believes his condition was naturally acquired.  Of course, given what people are forced to eat there, I suppose it's possible.  I'm also pretty certain his captors did not allow him to take prescription medications.  Wouldn't it be wonderful if his angels brought about a miraculous recovery?


I think it's amazing that thousands of women have Breast Implant Illness and the manufacturers remain under full immunity. It isn't an accident that doctors are oblivious to the effects of the toxic implants. No long term independent research has been done, despite hundreds of thousands of reports of toxicity related illness and deaths. The FDA is corrupt, and what the Pharmaceutical Industry is doing to people via trusted doctors are crimes against humanity.


Figured his lawyer would pull out all the stumps to defend him this second go round.


Just get the hell out of the alliance, test your communist policy support by standing independently and be done with it.  I am tired of your waffle...


Wright's former boss is the one who should be investigated for this failed attempt to coverup and bribe.    It's pretty obvious that the culture of deceit came down from the top.


"Sadly there is no such thing as Portland any more."

I just checked Google Maps, and they still have Portland right there.  You should probably report the error - it's a doozy!


The words protesting racism and bigotry are fine but actions speak louder than words.  It is now time for Republicans, who control House and Senate, to take some action against Trump.  It is now time for senior cabinet members and political appointees to take action or resign.  And for Trump's own kids, if this is how you want to raise your children, God help you.  Otherwise, as difficult as it may be, stand up to your father.  We have seen parents disown their own kids for being racist.  There should be zero tolerance for people like Trump who hold values of racism and bigotry.  American is too great a country to let these despicable attitudes survive.


Our former PM is a criminal, who cares about defaming that incompetent and contemptuous fool.  The only thing is that Trudeau is just about as bad.  Canadians are truly fools.


Im sure your last concern is also your fellow citizens which is precisely the problem.


State workers watching Netflix and HULU on state computers. Haven't got time to do their jobs.


Please follow-up with COD - I'd like to know more about this suspicious death. As well, a timeline with times would be interesting.


Does anyone else watching feel that certain cultures are over represented at these ceremonies?


You know what would be great? Talking to some tourism outfitters and putting together packages that include transportation to our community from SeaTac instead of talking to the folks that are already here about how much they'd be willing to pay for the convenience of flying to SeaTac (and not having to sort out what to do with your car while you're gone).

Some of those folks in the picture should get together and organize this. We need to involve the lodgings folks, the National Parks, a rental car company, the kayak/skiing/fishing/biking people.

There is a reason we don't have an airline anymore. Lets use tourism to get this thing off the ground - THEN worry about what locals want and can afford.

Once we get it established, then we have a little easier time luring industry, et voila!


I agree. Addiction is a mental illness. Until addicts can be apprehended, treated and, if necessary, institutionalized, there will be no solution to this growing problem. Law makers and administrators must come to the realization that while most decent people would not begrudge the costs involved, they are not going to tolerate the wasteful, open-ended and ineffectual approach that is being taken currently. They must also realize that apprehension of the many addicts that are mentally incapable of caring for themselves is not a contravention of their human rights. The is no value to society in the right to live at large in a mentally incapable state and enslaved to drugs.


OK Stephen, I listened again as Sarah tied the "entrepreneurial spirit" to God, and made a plug for a "military second to none" to "defend our interests" everywhere, which has historically meant imperialism and ruthless interventionism for the benefit of multinational corporations---So no, not the anti-war message you got out of it.

She blamed the exodus of manufacturing jobs exclusively on the government, again letting multinationals completely off the hook, and greatly stretched the truth about immigration policy, including some outright lies in her various homey-sounding platitudes, which included lambasting NAFTA while railing against the feds for not enforcing it.

All in all I had a hard time figuring out exactly WHAT she was saying, and so did her audience.  They got her reference to Hillary, and I think they clapped in relief at finally understanding something.

I was left wondering:  What is "The Dill" and why is it so important to the Trump Campaign?


And every since, your life expectancies have more than doubled, mortality rates drastically reduced, certain death from infections is cured with antibiotics, insulated houses with heat and electricity, telecommunications, infrastructure, food, clothing, etc.


So we should just let him fire his missiles at us and do nothing....
ROTFLMAO!!!


Doesn't shock me at all. But with that mentality, you should not blame others for Trump becoming president - since winning is not the main goal in your political world.  You were ok with Trump becoming president as long as you didn't 'sell out' your values in your mind. Problem is, Bernie supporters believe this very same thing yet you castigate them for not voting Hillary.  Do you not see the hypocrisy?


How do his visa controls create wealth inequality?


One of the greatest liberal authorities of our time is testimony to a lifetime of probity in the face of assumed political loyalty courageously attacked. Conflating blatant bias in in the service of anger and hate is an attack on the constitutional values that lie at the heart of our great democracy.


I think that the main thing is the name. Every real estate of other companies should get catchy brand name
Recommend you read this article - https://www.cleveroad.com/blog/real-estate-business-name-generator-online-suggestions-or-tedious-naming-process called Real Estate Business Name Generator: Online Suggestions or Tedious Naming Process


Addendum: Conservative health-care guru and Obamacare critic Avik Roy bluntly criticizes “the bill’s stubborn desire to make health insurance unaffordable for millions of Americans, and trap millions more in poverty.” He notes the “critical” flaw in the bill, namely “its insistence on flat, non-means-tested tax credits. The flat credit will price many poor and vulnerable people out of the health insurance market.” The bill is far more generous to upper-income people than the ACA is, provided that the new tax credit does not phase out entirely for a single 40-something individual before $105,000 in earnings.

In other words, same old, same old Republican smoke and mirrors.


You  know historically speaking, it is odd how people worship the rich and powerful.  People could be sitting in their own waste but applauding when a potentate or celebrity whizzes by in their Rolls Royce.  People come to believe that the mandate from Heaven is true.  Unfortunately history works in cycles much like people's moods.  Then something terrible happens.


Stop with the SJW crap.


The infrastructure bank idea is a canard. Corporate money needs 10 to 15% rates of return on its capital to justify investment while Canada can borrow money for 3% on the open market or just have the Bank of Canada print it within inflation guidelines. In fact that was how the St Lawrence Seaway was financed.


>>...Hahahaha I never get tired of that

Don't be too harsh on infatuated Thommy - he 'flags'. A lot.


Mr. Chan, thank you! Best wishes!


"He noted that those who would see their deductions impacted by this change are likely upper-income earners, not the middle-class people and families. “Relatively speaking, this is not affecting Joe the plumber or Jane the teacher,” he said.

That's why I found the kneejerk reaction by the left so funny, since this is just the type of "stick it to wealthy people" measure they crave.


Judy Lee,

Was it wise to spend the equivalent of $10,000 to $20,000 for each resident on Oahu to benefit that 1% without seriously vetting every other possibility to relieve traffic before building a boondoggle?

Don't answer, it was a rhetorical question.


Dennis, it was Danny Williams, Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador,  who in 2010 had heart surgery in Florida.


'You don't get to go to jail' is a statement made by the woman I chose to use as a n example. It was a bald faced lie nonetheless and demonstrably so.


And they are free to celebrate whomever or whatever they want.  It is in poor taste to do so in such a public venue.  We just disagree here.


I have mixed feelings for LW1. On one hand, yes, I'm sure it would be nice to have the mother be able to attend and I'm sure it would be a lot to her too. But on the other hand, call me insensitive, but it's supposed to be a celebration of love primarily between the bride and groom. Yes, families are coming together too, blah, blah, but it's primarily the bride's day. I can see why a bride who's likely been thinking/dreaming about what her wedding would look like for years wouldn't want to do a quickie wedding and just to get it over with.

Personally, I don't think it's fair to call this woman selfish, unsupportive, bridezilla, etc...


“I have hit the ground running at 300km an hour”.😂

Razzmatazz 's word of the week: UNLEASHED.  Sic'em Mbaks! 😂


Are they counting unincorporated sole proprietors who obviously cannot issue dividends?  1 in 8 corporations seems very low.  I would think that more than 1 in 8 have spouses that either work for the company or do not but would still benefit from the income splitting option.

And besides, 'income sprinkling' is admittedly the least defensible of the three tax incentives that are targeted by Morneau.  He could have simply eliminated income sprinkling, left the other two incentives on retained earnings and capital gains alone, and have actually followed through on the promise to reduce the small business corporate tax rate.

But the optics of a broken promise, complexity, unintended consequences and limited consultation are terrible.  This may well be a wedge issue in the next election.


When these fire extinguishers were sold at Montgomery Ward, you know they're old.


Just like those on welfare, Medicaid, SS Disability, government radio, etc.?


Legislators made the right choice denying this nominee .


Agree this is a wonderful asset !


Assuming you're the average hearty Alaskan who doesn't mind a bit of exercise, you can avoid the drop off/parking fees by parking on the streets above and walking down to the beach with your gear. You're welcome. Or just stay home and leave more fish for me. Thank you.


That'll be what the leftists demand next, before they start mass burnings of offensive books.


Sounds like a bunch of rookie Ministers are being played on the world stage, their egos being fed, deluding them.


Paul Ryan is a rat . As is Romney , the Bush's and all those who signed a contract to support who ever won the republican nomination. They are all poor losers.  Murkowski has no idea how many votes she lost by becoming a turn coat.  And Sullivan will get his due in five years.  For months liberal writers begged Murkowski and Sullivan to turn on their own party.  Now they have .  How pathetic.   Let the first person who hasn't said something they regret in private stand up .   I'll bet if there was an open mic on Hillary's airplane every flight would contain trash talk .  We have terrorists killing American's and in Trump , a man who will end the madness. Instead , liberals want to talk about a tape from a non-politician . Some priority.


There are far, far more important things that involves people living and dying that need to be addressed while everyone pays too much attention to a sideshow and its barker.


With all due respect to an original member of the NFZ, this seems to me to be a straight up move to keep Jamaal Carter.  Ward was a badass, however i would much rather see Ward on another team for a year or two vs seeing Jamaal Carter on another team for a decade.

Jamaal Carter is 6'1, 215.  One of the problems last year was covering tight ends.  Carter may be much better covering larger tight ends than Ward, simply because hes bigger. Ward covering a tight end was a mismatch, and we know what happens when theres a mismatch in the NFL.

I will miss Ward terribly, however i understand the tactical nature of the move from the defensive coordinators point of view.

Enjoy your ring, thanks for everything Ward.


At one period of time in the 80's there was a sign there that said  (None Potable) water ,


I too think that MS/HS mimic parts of society, and in some way amplify the worst...for example, the measure of productivity in society is not how you socially succeed in HS. The socially most powerful students are not those with the best learning skills, the highest test scores...and while we have professional sports and celebrity, we over emphasis sports in schools. In part because few participate as players so other roles are created...rally squads, cheer leaders...hmm part of this is sex roles too. So how might we reconfigure school so that students who are thes best are honored, become role models? Perhaps real student governance...or removing sports from public school and making it a community endeavor. And how do we wean ourselves from child celebrity? And don;t get me started about maintaining social norms for student's behavior...


McCarthy has obviously never seen the Seward airport as he/she also stated it was completely surrounded by 6ft tall security fence.


So your suggestion is that we surround ourselves with dictators who don't represent our views and whose stated goals on a national level include locking up Alaska's resources so we can return to being the poorest state in the union? Cooperating is far more important than actually useful results. Brilliant!


Can the Libs get  a grip and just move on? Please?
This "Fishing Expedition" is becoming  tiresome and boring. It's like a Baby with a bad form of diaper rash,they constantly to whine and cry! This s a poor example of how to be an adult. Imagine if this was Obama? What would have happened? Nothing ! Not a peep! Liberals have let him slide on so many issues,but when a Republican gets into office,they go into Ballistic mode. Total bias!
The Resist, Obstruct, Delay, Russian Collusion mantra is a phobia created by Liberal Democrats. All it is, is   Democrats & The MSM acting childish,unable to accept they lost. Hysteria on Steroids!
In School we called these types of people "Poor Sport". Maybe? They fear Pres.Trump will succeed in all of his agendas. Hence the need for all this silliness of ............Resistance.
I say,c'mon Sore Losers Man-up,it's been 5 months,stop whining, & just let the President do his job. IMUA


I hadn't read Bob's but I believe him (and you)  when he said it was civil. It happens. And it happens equally.

Out of curiosity tho, did you vote me a disagree (the one Bob answered) because of disagreeing with the system itself? Or because I disagreed that it is only just one-sided?


They probably all did. It's like the way women gravitate to total cads. They all think they'll be the one to reform him.


Anderson said "noting that there have not been past problems with live Christmas trees in Honolulu Hale.". Okay, so if you have a frayed electrical wire in your living room, you do nothing because "there hasn't been any problems with it".   Until the house burns down!  No sprinkler system and HFD voicing opposition is not enough.  The council is out of touch with reality.  Geezh!


And neither one of you computer tough guys would say that to his face.


On diversity...
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"We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English."
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Winston Churchill

hahahaha


Such hatred and intolerance in the story.


People should read Barbara Tuchman's The Guns of August, before dismissing the folly of two nuclear armed egomaniacs rushing the world toward the abyss. It was such thinking that got us into the World Wars of the past--Pompous bluster of national leaders, goaded and enabled by generals itching to flex their military might. Tuchman wrote it was this false belief by leaders who felt " themselves superior in soul, strength, in energy, industry and national virtual," that led to the cataclysm to two world wars. So much easier to start them, than to end them.


"LGBT Catholics are called to treat those in power with respect, compassion, and sensitivity" - Well, in the words of SNL's "Church Lady":  "Isn't that special!"

Poor Martin, his book arrives just as news from the Vatican rocks the church that not since the days of the Borgia popes, high ranking members of the Roman curia are romping around in naked gay bacchanals in the private apartments of a cardinal!

James Martin's argument for compassion for the self-loathing, hypocritical hierarchs would have more punch and salience if most hierarchs and priests didn't have to lie every day about the fundamental truth of their lives.

I seem to remember that Jesus said: "You will know the Truth, and the Truth will set you free."  Apparently for Martin and for most priests and hierarchs, they need to understand that the "Truth" [will first make you miserable.]


I do not see a large presence of the Italian and Jewish families in Hawaii.  Let's not be naive.  You and I know exactly what kind of families I am talking about.


Inhaling a known carcinogen doesn't make the body safe or anything else for that matter.


And all of it smoke and mirrors obscuring the real issue - rampant human population growth. But not even Ivo, our brave iconoclast, dare confront the great taboo of our times.


When a person states clearly what their priorities are and you agree to them then get upset when they stick to them it seems to me you are the problem. What did this woman think? That she could change him I suppose. Isn't that the oldest complaint in the relationship book...I thought I could change him/her? Maybe she should find someone she likes, as is, and not try to change someone into who she needs them to be.


Amy has suffered more openly hostile bigotry due to her Christian faith than almost anyone I know. Having walked the walk, it seems to me she is a perfect candidate for this position on a Christian station.


". . . the managing director took away $6,000 to do mandatory ethics for all city employees . . . "  The other side of this is that the city council didn't put it in until third reading.


Where was the father during this time? He let his daughters be molested by some creep?


Autonomous cars? I rather wait for transporter device
so I can beam straight to Seward or Homer......no need to drive!!!


With the Republicans we have in D.C. now, a truly great bill would get maybe 8 or 9 of their votes, tops.


What is shameful is the gullibility of Democrats of this island to be brainwashed by the media as demonstrated by how they were all fooled and brainwashed by the media to support rail.
An example of how Democrats of this island absorbed rail media brainwashing is the media propaganda "Rail is cheaper to maintain and operate" that Democrats mouth against the anti-rail.
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There is no cause for anyone to speak up for Muslims, Latinos, women and so-called "healthcare cutbacks" simply because all of that are nothing more than based on anti-Trump media propaganda.


BTW Capital letters HAVE NO SOUND!
And when you READ them, they don't hurt your eyes.
Perhaps you can become more tolerant of people who are not IDENTICAL to you!


Lots of criticism about Trudeau watching the play in NYC rather than Toronto.  It is naive to think that Trudeau went to NYC to watch the play.  He went to NYC to engage with the US and other international players (via the UN) and the play was the excuse.  And his introduction was a way to engage in thoughtful dialogue with those players...dialogue around the importance of strong US Canada relations, highlighting the role of a local community in helping those in need, and reflecting on Canada's approach and priority on the International stage.  Well done Justin.  You did Canada proud.

And to those thinking that the play was a celebration of Canada letting the planes land.  That is not the point.  The point is how the community dealt with an influx of people that represented more than 50% of the town's population overnight...and the human interest stories that naturally result from that type of external event.  Very powerful play with highly positive reviews in every host city to date.


One would hope that these investigators will be diligent now as they were with the Harper crew.


I don't care that Conway is a woman, and I certainly don't care how she dresses.

Lies are lies. Stop defending them.


This week's illegal immigrant case from the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals is:

"Barajas-Romero came to the United States legally from Mexico as a little boy.  He grew up in San Pedro, California. His mother, brothers, children, and grandchildren are American citizens, but he never became naturalized, and he remains a citizen of Mexico.  Barajas-Romero was deported in 1998 because of  convictions for felony methamphetamine possession and receiving stolen property."

Filed January 18, 2017


LTD doesn't run at 2:30 am in the morning.


Premiums going up 35% next year, thanks oblahblah!


Anti-white racism courtesy of the G&M snowflakes


God's_justice_does_not_protect_the_ego_of_the_Roman_Curia,_particularly_the_CDF


Unlikely


Are you serious?  Gaia alt right?  Now I'm really laughing.  You know, I'm not affiliated with any one party - one wants to give the country away and the other wants to rape it.  Neither one fits into my sense of well-being so I refrain from such declarations. I try to share examples of information when someone asks, and I can't help it if it's also utilized by others.  Did you bother to read the American Thinker article or did you dismiss it because it was American Thinker (which apparently is considered alt right?).  Did you listen to the lecture on Gaia?  It's about the use of frequency to impress thoughts on the human brain.  It's not alt anything except some great science.  So unless you can pull yourself away from your lobotomy box aka TV and the fish wrappers, don't accuse anyone of being anything and stop feeding the hyperbole of this election crap designed to pull our country apart.  You're better than that.


Multi millionaire Morneau in charge of Canada's tax law

he who was born rich, achieved rich and had rich thrust upon him (by marriage)

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is like someone with a sweet tooth in charge of a candy store

or

a skunk in charge of a perfume factory

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bad choice for Finance Minister


All of these suffer from the range anxiety that a lack of infrastructure will continue to happen well past the mid century mark.


chen you idiot


During the second leaders' debate, the moderator asked each leader a composite question (based on emails received by viewers) for each candidate; The question to Clark asked her to justify her character in light of the questionable dealings that have marked the period as a Cabinet Minister and later as Premier.

Her response that BC voters wanted jobs spoke volumes.  It reflected badly on her understanding of the full scope of her responsibilities as a Minister and as Premier, strongly implied that BC residents could expect more of the same regarding ethical conduct of the BC Government if she remains Premier and is clear evidence that she and the Party she leads need a time in opposition to rethink their role in BC politics.


No penalties were called because two of the three Ketchikan players injured in the play actually ran into each other.


How dare she recognize an unqualified nominee and vote accordingly! Of course cabinet positions should be given to the biggest GOP donors regardless their skill levels.


the president is and was duly elected, they can march all they want the people of the usa have elected him and the gop in congress and majority of states, the usa moves forward regardless


"I had expected more sense and decency from this administration."
Am I reading this correctly?


Sadly,I could never believe a word he says.Im not impressed with his so called integrity.


Maybe it's time for a new paper, reflecting either just news with out a leftist bias or appeal to the majority who are much more conservative in Alaska,
who won the election.


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This is huge.

Flynn will have to resign.

He committed to change US government policy while the US government had a contrary policy in effect.

This could be interpreted as treason.

The Gong Show continues.

Every new day, a new scandal.

Two years maximum, until impeachment.

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So why can't ya just use your real name Ed? What are you afraid of? I get my great healthcare from the VA due to a disability from my service in Viet Nam. When I retired from 30 years working for Wilder Construction Company my COBRA was $850/month for a single healthy 55 year old. Jack Harris convinced me to get into the VA system and what do you know they gave me a 30% disability. Thanks Jack!


Men and women are not the same just as races are not the same: there are important differences in psychological traits.
Psychological differences that can be proven and shown time and time again to exist. Why ignore these differences?
>
Humans have lived communally for a million years on earth but now, in the time of Marxism and radical leftist philosophy we are told that those psychological differences are trivial and born out of some sort of hate. Communally and harmoniously people thrive within their same culture and race. Even in the darling of multiculturalism, Toronto, you will see these today, races and culture living separately, exposing the myth of multiculturalism.
>
Racism implies hate. It is not that Euro's are plotting against Africans or Asians. What is happening is, instinctively, people are reacting against multiculturalism in various ways - it is about survival. Humans have survived by living in tribes: it is the way it has always been.


He also turns 30 next month.  Two years to get up to speed with a new team and offense where he would be the most important cog on the wheel eats up to much of his remaining playing time.


The murderous hunting the murderous, hunting the murderous, hunting the murderous, hunting the murderous ....................................


Consumers have decided and oil is in and not going anywhere anytime soon.

In Canada our lives and livelihoods depend on oil and gas.

Like it or not.


Seems as if Concious Sense suddenly discovered that common sense is actually rare sense and withdrew its offensive comment. Go figure.


Maybe Notre Dame merely extrapolated the course of Trump's presidency and concluded that by the time their commencement arrives Pence will be President.


So it turns out she is either lying or uniformed, both of which make politicians undesirable to us deplorables. A simple search turned up that the US contributes, as a percentage of their GDP, 3.61%, Germany 1,19% and old liberal Canada, less than 1%. I guess we are too busy giving money away to Syrian refugees.


SPOT ON! Thank you.


I think you may be buying your health insurance from one of those other people in your head.


I would have thought that ski season would top the traffic flow. It turns out to be some non-holiday weekend in August.


The person who swore an Oath to "preserve, protect and defend" the Constitution was in the right for racist attacks against African American athletes exercising their First Amendment rights to protest inequality?

I think not.


Hopefully it wasn’t filled with the kind of sugary items which are no longer permitted in the vending machines in our high schools!


notley is nothing but another left wing hypocritical fascist dictator!

Funny how the left always has no problems attacking every religion except islam!

Does she know that Islamic schools teach students that homosexuality is evil and it is O.K. to kill homosexuals?

Does she know Islamic schools train women to be second class citizens?

Does she know Islamic schools teach regressive misogynistic practices?

Yea I forgot notley actually wore a hijab in one of her press releases this year!

I wonder who she is really working for?


This is the thing about State Championships, sports excellence, memorable performances.  They have to be good and they have to be legitimate.  There are Champions we just don't remember because they weren't that good.  There are Champions we know about and actually were good, but they fade in our memories because they inspire no sense of legitimacy.  It happens in the pros, college, high school and pop warner.   It's a tenuous balance.  This whole issue is being worked quite expertly by both the media and local forces (statewide) that are finally getting sick and tired of the OIA's machinations.  For the first time ever, OIA crab in the bucket is resented, officially it seems, more than the ILH's supposed "recruiting".   The OIA approach is being maneuvered into a place where, if it ends up getting its way, its next State Champion (if any) will be considered maybe not that good AND illegitimate.  Astoundingly, the OIA is managing to make the ILH a perceived sympathetic figure.


Again, assertions without any numbers to back 'em up.  And we're talking about the US, not majority Arab countries.  Deflect much?  And then there's your assumption that I'm a "liberal".  In the inimitable words of the great Sydney Poitier, "ASSUME just makes an @$$ of U, not ME."

Claiming cops kill more whites than blacks again ignores proportionality (except when you think--using the term in its broadest possible sense--you can make a 'point' by selective emphasis.  There are more white folks in the US than there are black folks.  As for the term "racist", that's become the favorite accusation of panicky white folks whenever someone who isn't talks back to 'em.  Why I eschew use of the term.  White supremacist is more accurate.


The most important gap that the idiot needs to fill is the one between his brain and tongue.


The one and only.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BrAg0ouxXk

 "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis: Dobie Versus the Machine (#2.21)" (1961)
Dobie Gillis: What I need now is somebody extra-wise, super-intelligent, a kind of combination of Einstein and Plato and Baruch and Shakespeare...
Maynard G. Krebs: [enters scene] You rang?
Herbert T. Gillis: No offense, Maynard, but if he rang, never was there such a wrong number.

Maynard was the first tv character that seemed to speak to me, a lost high school kid who really kind of doubted everything and everyone. He was able to hold his own against the powers at the time that wanted to "make something of him" by making him a clone of themselves. I so loved that early free thinker. Well, he and Tuesday Weld.
Hugh Massengill, eugene


Any Catholic, who is 'thrilled with the new POTUS' is not familiar with Catholic justice.


and it would not be the fault of the previous person having the flu


Are you fucking retarded? I mean seriously - are you?

Fucking United shill 101 right here.


... and Seamus.
His ahhh shall we say uhhh friend.


I agree that the GOP plan(s) are not the answer. I would just like single-payer or Medicare-for-all advocates to answer honestly and acknowledge how much payroll taxes and income taxes will need to be increased and who will pay beyond the "wealthy."

In 2013, the ACA raised the Medicare tax on the "wealthy," in this case "wealthy" was anyone earning above $125,000 annually. I would be happy to earn $125k per year but I do not consider someone earning that much "wealthy."

Honest and straight-forward if you advocate for Medicare-for-all say how much taxes will increase and who will pay. The ACA was thousands of pages with tax increases and Medicaid expansion included but not straight-forward or transparent.


Nra, gun lovers buying ads to attach to this article. Get your carry map here.


If it was such terrible strategy, why didn t the current gov t of the past 15 years make the necessary changes?


Why call him Canada's top doctor.
Public health is the least respected branch of Medicine amongst Medical Graduates.


"Bergstrom took issue with Yamaki’s suggestion that paper is less biodegradable than some plastic bags. “Plastic does not biodegrade; their chemical makeup does not allow it,” he said"
From what I have read
i) paper bags are harder on the environment than plastic bags when you take into account the manufacturing process.
ii) the plastic bags that we use to have do completely grade, in about 20 years.  I don't know about the thicker ones.


pretty silly article, someone could sell their vancouver shack for $2 million when they retire, move to mexico, and live like a king for 40 years if they wanted to.


Yeh! But its name isn't . . . you know . . . Walmart


Called lying through yer teeth.


Adultery involves exercising marital privileges with someone other than your spouse. It has nothing at all to do with "honoring the vows of her first marriage" nor "the abuser ... being victimized be her infidelity".

Amoris Laetitia adds nothing to any pastor's "flexibility to deal with such situations" since the internal forum belongs to the individual in question rather than the pastor. The pastor is external to the individual's internal forum.

Nor does it advocate, nor can the Church permit if its constant teaching is to be believed, dismantling of the consideration of marriage validity in favor of "nudge, nudge, wink, wink".


"Hitting the road for seven months is definitely not for everybody".

Whatever else one may say about the author of this article, it's clear he has mastered understatement.


Afraid I don't agree, Rocky. The Church has claimed autonomy from public scrutiny for 1500 years and now wants to lecture the rest of us? No, thanks. Wrong messenger.


Watch out for the land sharks!


Author totally and I mean totally missed the point!

Trump is supported strongly by about 85% of registered Republicans and his base is rock solid. It goes reason that if Trump has this sort of support then his policies are agreed with.

Trump's America First agenda is specifically about three things. Immigration (stopping illegals), fair trade and national security. I seriously doubt ANY American is opposed to this president's goals.


How are they "lying"?  How?
They build buildings.  Green roofs cost more to build.  Fairly simple concept as to why they opposed the measure, so where's the "lie"?


Don't be too quick to mock.

Spending $25 Billion on a wall with the best part of a billion in annual operating costs will create a lot of construction jobs. That's a lot of F150s that are going to be bought. About 20% of the construction work force in the boarder zone is made up of undocumented workers, so they will have to bring in workers from elsewhere to make up for that, so lots of hostels and temporary accommodation will have to be build, even if they are all just on workfare...

Obviously it isn't a project that is economically useful, more like one of Mao's make work projects rather than say the TVA, but at least  those workers whose jobs are export dependent will have something to do once the trade barriers go up.

And all that for a 20% import tax paid by US citizens.

They might even find a nice snappy name for it all. Has anyone though of "Social Infrastructure"?


Firstly, he basically was the LEAST size donor to it, secondly, the horse is out of the barn already of how he misused it...so.....


Canadian and many north American banks are far behind on automation, so this kind a news we will likely see more often. Technology and efficiency wise they are about 20 years or more behind, but charge an arm and a leg to their customers, fattening up the executives bonusses. Most of my business banking I do abroad, I save on average 3% on a transaction of 1 million CAD, and I do not need all kind of accountants etc. as it is completely automized and linked to my ERP system ( implemented in europe for a third of the price btw)


The analytical engine I believe it was called.


Oh, please! The purpose of any political party is to organize support for candidates who espouse the same fundamental beliefs and philosophy of governance. If DeeCee Rose wants to support a Republican, fine. But it's just amateurish to sulk and pout if people working hard for his Democrat opponent take offense.


It wasn't clear from the article but I assume the guides have to be USCG licensed to carry passengers for hire?


"Officials in Colorado met the study with skepticism Monday."
Of course they did. Most politicians and heads of state departments were against recreational marijuana, so why would they agree with anything that contradicts their agenda and discredited stereotypes?


"Donley said he absolutely plans to support Trump as the party's nominee. 'I"m going to do anything I can to get Donald Trump elected.'"
And there you have it. That's all you need to know about Dave Donley.


Quote: "And as distinguished as all these people are it is a shame that none of them have any business experience at all. Who exactly is going to create employment in this country??".
Businesses also lay off people, they do not employ any more than necessary. Many pay as little as possible and lobby to keep the minimum wage as low as possible.


Maybe one day natives need to start a race war for people to see it then the race of each ethnicity will matter


You do realize that just because someone is Hispanic and an immigrant it doesn't mean they're in this country illegally, right?


Any approach that evaluates sports or sports personalities based on net earnings or online following is, by the very nature of the analysis, going to be biased towards wealthier, technologically advanced societies. However, in terms of fan base, you have soccer, cricket, basketball, tennis generally in the top four and then an assortment of more regionally popular sports like US football, golf, volleyball, boxing, auto racing, athletics, etc.

India's population is better than four times bigger than the US.  China's is even larger.  If you want to know the most famous athletes on Earth, you should start with the two countries that together compromise almost 40% of the planet's population.  I guarantee you Drew Brees doesn't make that list.


Social media is the opium of the people.


Re. your second paragraph: Better walk that back, don't ya think?


Governor Jay Hammond?  The guy he talks about it the beginning.

Remember last week when you told me Hammond would approve of the legislature taking our PFDs?

And I told you to read "Diapering the Devil" because you seem confused.

All those comments you write about how much you just know tapping our PFD is the right thing to do, you were celebrating when the Senate passed legislation to steal our PFDs....

...you seem so interested but couldn't be bothered to read "Diapering the Devil" eh?

You can read it for free
https://www.cgdev.org/doc/books/GovernorsSolution/Ch2_GovernorsSolution.pdf

If you want to keep posting all these comments about how you know everything, maybe you should know something.

One more thing "highest production costs in the world" ??

Conoco earned $233M in Alaska 2016, a global highlight for the company
https://www.adn.com/business-economy/energy/2017/02/02/conocophillips-earned-233-million-in-alaska-in-2016-a-global-bright-spot-for-the-company/


we were getting screwed by cons obstructing everything they could while profiteering on the failing health of all Americans and enjoying awesome healthcare for life off our tax $$ yet whining about Socialism for others to benefit from. but, this is Hawaii, and we're better than that.


7-8-8 for a total score of 23


Yep all part and parcel of the "women are always victims" meme... the same meme so heavily promoted by Trudeau and certain media outlets.


Premier Notley, we get it: Alberta has cleaned up its act. But Ottawa hasn't. Let's see: Industry gets greater efficiency and pipeline throughput; governments get increased revenue from higher exports; politicians currying favour with corporate exporters get party contributions; ratepayers and ordinary Canadians get higher taxes and the chance to enjoy winter more.

So gains from efficiency accrue primarily to the 1%. Private gain; shared sacrifice. Your scheme is from Ontario, not Valleyview. You're at 14% in the polls for one reason alone: You've gone full Toronto YorkU and have sold out  Canadians to corporate shills. Shame. I liked your dad.


Changing the financing rules is something that can be done first without much delay - merely copy what some other provinces have done.

When it comes to electoral reform, the big question is if yet another referendum is necessary - the Liberals will say "yes" and will drag it out - maybe until after thenext election. The federal nDP sided with the Conservatives - oops...

There is also ranked ballot which is easy to implement - but note that FVC only pushes for PR systems and BC has rejected STV - which leaves MMP and a quick fix would be to add a few extra MPPs and leave the number of ridings at 87.

If the Liberals don't pick up a seat on the recounts to get to 44, it is still possible for a Green NDP coalition - the Greens could go with the highest bidder!


This is an ideological issue:  1) Allow the free market to continue to decide, disregard protectionist approaches, disregard mechanisms to temper speculative behaviour, treat housing as any other commodity. Neo-Liberal/Conservative Approach: Solution -> Offer more supply
2) Use policy mechanisms to reduce foreign investment, reduce speculative investment, treat housing as unique good for locals living and working here.  Social Democratic Approach: Solution -> Temper speculative demand


Not really.  Canadians ARE Americans, and North Americans too, as are Mexicans.  Time to broaden your horizons, even though that takes a good dose of humility which is rare in the Catholic ultra-right-wing.


Encouraged by the likes of Cal Thomas, the fuel that has driven for decades the modern republican party is the rage drunk, unhinged conspiracy mongering of right wing talk radio and Fox news. Tune into any right-wing radio talk show of the last 25 years and you've heard an endless stream of vile, hate-filled, rage-drunk driven venom directed at the liberal boogeyman of the day. But it's not just callers "Bob" from Mobile or "Chuck" from Tallahassee; this vile, hate-filled, rage-drunk driven venom is coming directly from the leaders of the modern conservative movement: the Limbaughs, Hannitys, Becks, Hewitts, Coulters Medveds and Ingrahams.

But Thomas has false equivalency to push so he appoints Kathy Griffin and Saul Alinsky as the Left's equal to the frauds and liars of right wing talk radio. Cal could have done better by choosing people that the "Left" listens to or actually heard of ...but whatever.

Cal Thomas is what a stupid person thinks a smart person sounds like.


At least they're being innovative by targeting new economy businesses for taxation.
They should throw in air BnB while they're at it.


That legal fund idea was stolen from Clinton, too!  That's how he was able to pay off one of his adulterous mistresses.


How about removing the root cause of anxiety? People are anxious for a good reason and these methods just like pain killers only make things worse. The sooner you find solution to an issue the sooner your worry goes away. So focus on finding and eliminating the root cause instead of working on masking it.


1st I don't believe the tax is nothing more than additional tax on people. It won't be offset by property tax reductions (neither will a gas tax). 2nd it might be dedicated for a little while but then some politician will have his/he eye on it and it will start going to some pet projector other.  Politicians love to get their hands on YOUR money and neverr let go.


Bullying and intimidation by union thugs is a given........I recall working in a Construction office and the union members were going to the homes of those not wanting to unionize and bullying them.....of course they travel in 3 or more, so they can all say it didn't happen.   Good for the Senate.


And that line item veto by Governor Walker is allowing the draw on the Earnings Reserve which can be accomplished now with a simple majority vote and leave the CBR untouched..  They will not give up that leverage


better load up that crack pipe again!


I didn't realize that by expecting a standard that should apply to all would hurt the tender feelings of snowflakes.


Washington State is already predicted to have a nursing shortage.  Baby boomers need increasing health care (more nursing care) and baby boomer nurses are retiring in droves.
 Undercutting the health system's financial structure will increase the shortage as health systems struggle to identify fair compensation for staff and, seeing the financial picture, fewer nurses enter the pool.
Health care is not like making widgets. Unless a sound financial structure is identified, we will all experience problems in accessing health care when we need it.
Obama care is flawed for sure, but it was the closest we had gotten to creating financial sustainability for our healthcare.  Undercutting the compromises that created it won't solve the underlying issues.


Yeah, he'll say it was the greatest reception ever for a visiting president. Millions of people cheered me on! I'm more popular than the Queen!


Amir Taheri said it? This guy? "He has been the subject of many controversies involving fabrications in his writings, most notable of which was the 2006 Iranian sumptuary law controversy. He's the current Chairman of Gatestone Institute in Europe." Wikipedia https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amir_Taheri


I've heard of acid rain, about raining cats and dogs and raining buckets. I've even heard about how it's raining men.

I draw the line at raining whale guts.

(I've seen those videos...blech.)


Good post 4:20,   'Just the fact's' - Joe Friday

Interesting set of synonyms!   I notice partisanship makes the list!

big·ot
ˈbiɡət/
noun
a person who is intolerant toward those holding different opinions.
"don't let a few small-minded bigots destroy the good image of the city"
synonyms:	chauvinist, partisan, sectarian;


Pebble will be built....safe and managed expertly 24/7 365 get use to it...Alaska is a rich resource State
It is not a private play ground for liberals...


I believe he was on the phone with his mental health counselor right before the cops got there.


If Zucker needs someone to blame, he need only look in the mirror. People are responding to CNN's obviously biased, slanted reporting of the "news", usually designed to portray the Trump administration in the most unfavorable light possible. While Trump often says and does things to make this easy for them, they've no doubt become even more biased than Fox news in their reporting, I understand Fox gets a lot of threats too.


You and Pandora know all about hatred of love, forgiveness and mercy, Trid. How many times have you read me out of the Church? I have lost count.


I agree with you that it is a double standard, a male superintendent would be long gone.


The Americans got the president they were promised.  Many may not agree with what he is doing but he is doing exactly what he said he would do.  Refreshing indeed.


And the other customers in the store who weren't armed and who also weren't shot?  Absent any further evidence, the presence of armed individuals in the store was at best superfluous and at worst a hindrance to the investigation.


And you think it is alright for women to be allowed to kill their babies so you want the government to allow people to do what YOU think is right.


Thank god for the 6 Muslim countries.   Where would we be if not for them visiting our island.


The left wing nut comments on Trump's EO are wishful thinking.
Even serious left wing legal scholars have rejected them.

non-US-Persons do not have US constitutional rights.
Third party US persons do not have standing regarding, nor a personal claim regarding the non-infringement of the non-constitutional rights of non-US persons.

SCOTUS has previously decided that campaign statements are not evidence of intent.

Intent is not even relevant so long as the EO is constitutional on its face.

The lower courts have greatly exceeded their authority.
And Ginsberg is going to be under enormous pressure because of her political remarks to recuse herself from everything Trump.

Frankly I think you are going to get 9-0 decisions even if she does not, the lower courts are that far off base.

The key argument is ".... Trump!"

The left and media have been pushing the ".... Trump!" narative since before the election,

It is not flying and no substance is getting added.


I'm a conservative and I oppose animal cruelty. I have encountered many GTA lefty princesses who couldn't give a rat's behind about animal welfare. The Globe's Leah McLaren, for starters.

Not everything is so black and white.


Just do a teeny bit of research among our Protestant and orthodox churches. Sending a man (or woman) to pastor in a "siberian" portion of a diocese is clearly evil in intent if it is without the consent of the one appointed. Protestant congregations are usually led by and interim pastor until a replacement is recruited, vetted, and appointed. Most then serve for a long period of time without random reassignment by sometimes cruel and desperate bishops.


And you just outed yourself as a hypocrite. Why would you vote for a man who you thought was ineligible to be President in your reply to me, but tell Sue you voted for him? The "left" (as you put it) did not believe Obama's citizenship was questionable. They always believed he was born in Hawaii. So basically Cruz was good enough with a foreigner father and American Mother, but not Obama.  Okay, Got it!


I don't like the Liberals nor do I see anything positive with the NDP, that leaves the Conservatives and Independents, heck I might run as an Independent, if enough of us do and win wouldn't that be interesting.


Riiight, just like the oil spill and explosion from Nexen was lightning? Stop lying.


Sure - like demanding a death sentence for someone without bothering to hold a trial?  Makes sense if his role is to be a childlike social media commentator but he was elected to be POTUS.

That approach could fit in an unsupervised daycare or North Korea but he's an adult and I doubt America is OK with being controlled by a dictator who will get to wipe out basic tenants of justice.

Trump's approval rating is humiliatingly low for good reason and that's not 'fake news' (defined as a report failing to claim Trump is perfect).


Sessions' "recusal" sure is convenient for Mueller. Trump should demand the Attorney General's office force FBI compliance with the Congressional subpoena. Obey the damned law or resign.


Not so, The Liberals are way ahead of the Conservatives and ahead of where they were int he last election.  Conservatives are not surging.


Watch what the current president does, not what he says.


What if you are being served for a lawsuit? If you didn't order anything you get to shoot the FedEx guy?


is it really a surprise that idiots like Drsfreud are also idiots about climate change and every other lunatic bs left wing cause!!,, they live in a delusional world of hate


I  had to rent my can from the waste company. It was in Wasilla and all they had to do if they wanted was pick up the one I rented and then drop off the new one. Is it different in Anchorage? Does the customer own the container? Anyone know?


The Church is composed of sinful people who make mistakes. Repent. Turn to God. These must always be heard for the Church to be the Church.
Italy and Spain, dominantly Catholic countries, had allied with Germany during WWII. This could not have happened if large numbers of the Catholics in those 3 countries had not deserted Catholic ideals. The faith needed to be reasserted strongly, so that atrocities like that could not be repeated by Christians.
The mass exodus from the Church began much earlier, when the Church presented herself as socially stratified, with some more equal than others, and demanded unthinking obedience and lockstep behavior. Seing those same attitudes twisted by the Nazis demanded a change of heart, and a change of how the faith is presented.


Better get some advice on marketing in the USA.
CIBC means ZERO. RBC tried it with Centura and went belly up=toast.
At least the name Private Bank has some sound for the rich, CIBC
is really NOTHING in the States. Bad move.
Better get some advice from a TOP marketing US company.
Good luck.


An narcissistic, bombastic, crazy leader threatens the world. To make matters worse, Kim Jong Un is just as nuts.


"“These players, with all the assets they have, can express their political views without in effect denigrating the symbols of our nation, a nation that has provided our freedom to speak,” Sessions said during a question-and-answer period."
.
These players denigrate the symbols of our nation only when the original cause for protest is ignored, especially so if the symbols have come to mean more than the U.S. Constitution in the mind of the observer.  Sessions is full of dogma.
PS.  I believe Sessions is fine with the have-nots protesting any old way they want because they can be more easily ignored or jailed.


Yo.... O'Dreary....

NA, NA, NA, NA

NA, NA, NA, NA

GOOOOOD-BYE, Mr. "Nothing burger" !

Better go try and finish off Mattel Toys again.


He didn't escape, he was on work release to sell vacuum cleaners at Sears, he chose to commit theft and 4 murders instead.


Yeah, darn those people who actually listened to what Trump said and are now daring to compare that with what he's doing. How dare they!


Did Mr. Acosta go to J school?  If so, does he recall learning anything about the First Amendment?  My recollection as to its purpose was to protect folks when they told the truth and somebody in power did not like it.  It was never intended to allow  -- let alone encourage -- folks to lie and escape the consequences.


You forgot to use the word facist.


Danco Royalty Partnership Ltd.
Danco Alaska Partnership
Danco Exploration
Danco Oil & Gas Inc.
Danco OIl & Gas LLC
Through the many shell operations you've generated, it looks like you sold leases to many of the companies that got state subsidies and then went bankrupt.
Are you familiar with the term 'pump and dump'?
A multitude of failed business schemes isn't doing anything positive for Alaska.
Profiteers are looting our treasury under the guise of 'development', but that's not in Alaska's interests,
…that only benefits out of state profiteers and foreign opportunists,
…none of which has contributed any positives when judged against the corruption and the lost revenue never to be regained.


wow you really are on a roll today - linking every possible story about money to the plight of the poor.

The general thesis of the column applies to everyone regardless of the size of the estate.


I would guess skepticism over financial issues has a lot to do with it.  No one wants to do work when there is a high possibility that the whole project will implode and no one gets paid in full.


Sociologists need a new term  ... self-racialization.  File it under victimhood culture


That's a little broad, but I'll bite:

Ultimately, whether you wish to celebrate your skin tone, your tribal belief system, or your philosophical/political leanings, escaping diversity is an endless struggle.

Nature demands diversity, so it will prevail.

You can run, but you can't hide.


Sad story of one life that ended prematurely and another that has been derailed, probably forever.


It's funny. I disagree with Notley on nearly everything. But I admire the fact she doesn't get caught up in the "offense" game and media hysteria over every slight. She shrugged off the chants as a few losers. And she's right. We have bigger things to worry about in this country. Who cares about a few losers in the cheap seats. They're always there, and they come from both sides of the spectrum. It's best to let them just make fools of themselves.


I have not had the opportunity to meet you but I got to know your parents personally before my retirement and am proud to say they were both my dear friends. Looks like they raised a fine outstanding man. God bless.


In an otherwise good essay, a couple of things don't ring true:
<There is no evidence that the president harbors racist views.>
Except for a life-time of racist behavior, crowned by a presidential campaign rooted in the racist drivel of birtherism. Is MSW trying to distinguish between racist behavior, which we can observe, and private thoughts, which we cannot know? It's a useless distinction: behind racist rhetoric and behavior there lurks a racist.
<I did not see a man who was acting out of racist instincts. I saw a man acting out of reptilian instincts>
These two sets of  "instincts" - racist and reptilian - are not mutually exclusive; indeed, they are entirely congruent.
<He apparently did not hear the Charlottesville racists chanting, "Jew will not replace us.">
The only way he did not hear that chant is if he chose not to hear it. Or the guy who said we need a president just like Trump, except one who wouldn't "give his daughter to a Jew."
Trump needs to heed Gore: Resign.


why don't you show us with your left hand this time!


So you're saying they knew the charge wouldn't stick when they laid it so they didn't bother to lay the same charge on Nigel Wright?

You're saying it was a politically motivated witch hunt by the Harper government as Duffy alleges.


................. and Joe Dick is a funny name too


26 years to decide that we don't need to protect the homeland of a mythical spirit.  What a national embarrassment.

Although I guess it could have been worse.  We could have decided, after 26 years, that we did need to protect the homeland of the spirit.

But 26 years to litigate something that should be obvious to anyone and everyone.  That's nuts!!


I suppose I might be bitter too, in your shoes.


Localguy, don’t be quick to jump on United before reading the story.   United’s customer in this case was the rabbit’s breeder, Annette Edwards, in the United Kingdom, with whom United reached a satisfactory resolution. She turned down an offer of a post-mortem examination.  What was United then expected to do with the dead rabbit? Cremation was appropriate.


Hey, did you see the video where these "whiteness month" presenters defended black rapists and said that white females were privileged to be the victims? In their own words: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R224M6GcEaw


I read this article. Good writing. Can we have an alternative take on a nuclear attack scenario? Perhaps something that is broader in scope.


Words can be nasty. Yours must be because your comments seem to be disappearing. BTW why the name changes Tim. If the words aren't nasty why three different names here.


UgottaBKidding:  In a nutshell, one has to question whether or not a society values literacy or not.  Finally, in reference to your final sentence...FYI...the Alaska constitution does not specify only angelic parents of children are allowed into its public school system.


No, both Wright and Duffy broke the law, and we want them both punished.