Another "Band-Aid" patch by our great city. We gotta get actual employees who are not afraid to do their job instead of doing the mayors wishes. Frysztacki is made to appear less than competent by his statement.


Not sure what those huge consequences would have been. We could import oil from the US and Mexico for our refineries. It's surprising that while the US is moving towards energy independence, we are importing Saudi oil.

Also, it is important to understand that the ideological source of a certain type of religious fundamentalism is Saudi Arabia. If Liberals stand for progressive values, as they claim to do, Saudi Arabia should be near the bottom of the pile of countries we do business with.


Well axel asked how Columbus smoked the habs and took the numba 1 spot. From one lunch bucket team to another, leaf fans say well done. Hope to ride the bronco as well as them.


Blowing up US soldiers in Afghanistan (or Iraq, for that matter) is not terrorism, though; it's what your typical war looks like.

 The point would be valid if Khadr instead was killing the families of "pro-US" civilians, but US soldiers are fair game.


Rubbish. Woods can't move well because of his back and all the torque after 20 years of crushing golf balls. Nothing to do with weights. Jim Fixx was a runner not a weight lifter. Earl Campbell was pounded repeatedly over his career and his body broke down. Nothing to do with wright's. Read the article and stay focused. Your posts are becoming increasingly irrelevant and tiresome. You need to go for a long walk.


What a ludicrous remark.  Hateful and smug.  You think you own the high ground yet your tone, language and dismissiveness of others and due process are the hallmark gangs and hate groups the world over.


Someone else said something like this elsewhere: Pause, and think, before we hit "send".

Long ago, when I was in jr. high school, I told a girl I liked her. For a few days afterward, she and her friends mocked me. I felt like the whole school knew about it. But, it was a large school, and most of the school didn't know we existed.

Nowadays, with Twitter and Facebook and other social media and e-mail, the whole world "can" know about it.


The Democratic Party, the Far Left and the Beltway-Manhattan (BM) media is trying to overturn the November election with fake news, whisper campaigns and biased "reporting".  First they accused President Trump of racism and when that did not work they made up the story about Russian collision.  I wonder what they will come up with next?


““From what I’ve read, at that proximity, towers can cause harm to the body” because of electromagnetic radiation, Ankeny said.” So…at 1201 ft everything will be just fine.

I would guess that many people in Eugene opposed to cell towers use cell phones, and live within 1200 feet of a cell tower. - http://www.cellreception.com/towers/towers.php?city=eugene&state_abr=or

A circle with a 1200 foot radius (2400 foot diameter) is 4,521,600 sq ft, or 103.8 acres. Since the cell towers need to be where the cell phone users are, finding a 103 acre plot of unoccupied ground in an urban area is probably next to impossible.


No, you'll learn there's only one face. There, fixed it for you.
You're welcome.


After watching the Ducks' first two games and looking at Nebraska's numbers: It's possible that the Oregon linebackers will be the crux of this game. The talent seems to be there, but is there enough experience? Enough self-discipline to trust their training when it's critical? We'll see. Here's hoping that they rise to the occasion!


Rusty the hated screeching rail rears its ugly head again & again but now its gone to far or HAS IT- WAKE UP HONOLULU WE ARE GETTING THE SHAFT AGAIN


Go away, stay in your mom's basement and post on Alex Jones sight


Call the AK Dept of Fish and Game. Why wasn't this done before or if it was why weren't the bears tranquilized and relocated or something. WHY DID IT HAVE TO END LIKE THIS????


What do you mean "repealed"?  It's not a law.  It has no legal bearing.  It's been passed before.  There is nothing to repeal.


I'm going to tell you all how its going to go. You read it hear first.

Negotiations: MB PC Gov't asking for moon. Feds giving them a few million.

Outcome: MB PC Gov't says "Oh dear, this simply isn't enough", pivots to the camera and says, "times are tough...". Then he will decimate health care.

This is all timing. Politics and marketing. Just because I'm cynical doesn't mean bs isn't bs.


..envious as always..your the biggest fool I've seen on this site..


These Democrats by taxing medical marijuana are saying that they don't believe marijuana has an legitimate medical purpose.  They are WRONG and should not be taxing drugs.  If they tax this drug, next they will start taxing prescriptions at 15%. This is nuts!  If it's "medical", it shouldn't be taxed!


I was surprised what Obama said at that funeral.  There was a lot of talk about the cops shooting blacks, right in front of the families of the fallen.  Pretty brazen, in my opinion.


Regarding the poor clock management at the end of the first half, some of that is on Siemian as he ran out of bounds on a second down play when he should have slid feet first to keep the clock rolling or to force the Bills to use one of their timeouts.  At the time when he ran out of bounds I was sort of incredulous thinking like WTH is Trevor doing?


Your children have no right to hate you as they make up the Liberal's biggest fan club.  They have absolutely no idea that all the money Trudeau is giving away to other countries is going to come from their bank account, down to the last dollar via Revenue Canada.


Taxpayer-paid paycheque households love Trudeau & Liberals, nothing he does or says can change that.


There are conservatives in Alberta who point the finger at Ottawa and Quebec for the fiscal problems in Alberta.  There are even Alberta separatists who advocate for taking Alberta out of Canada.

If Alberta did manage to separate from Canada then everyone will finally see the reality that Alberta’s fiscal problems are self-imposed by politicians from Alberta.  By the PC governments in the past and by the NDP government in the present.

Alberta is the only province in Canada with no provincial sales tax.  The Albertans who insist that the provincial sales tax is a bad idea are responsible for the financial problems that Alberta faces.

The Alberta Heritage Fund is just peanuts compared to the sovereign wealth funds in other jurisdictions around the world.  It is even tiny compared to what Alaska has.

Alberta has behaved in an irresponsible manner with the provincial finances.  I think the last fiscally responsible premier that Alberta had was Peter Lougheed.


While I feel sorry for the guy, he's still a queue jumper and granting him refugee status - well that's just not fair to people that follow proper procedures.


There is NO passage in any of The Gospels where Jesus calls himself the son of God.  You had better go back and read your Gospels.


A rambling, chuckling " evil genius of ....a dotard" seems to be everywhere in these days, spreading seeds of conflict. That is his unifying strategy in these interesting times. Plus "evil genius" dream of absolute power is his febrile-chuckling focus. Let's not forget that "Evil genius'" base is less than 30% per cent of the electorate, but "they" vote in mass, unlike his opponents. But that might change since "evil genius' started to mess with the world of sports as well: The man despise forces that he cannot control: Irma, Harry, Maria, whatever rocks the boat he thinks that money alone is going to fix it all, the mess of allowing real estate speculation in flood plains, marshes included. What a game. But to mess with the world of sports  might be lethal to someone who is in the last years of his life, regardless of rejuvenation by Viagra .... There are tackles that "evil genius" cannot tackle on an  even field ... It is too rough a tackle for a "dotard."


Trump?!

The word 'Tower' fits...

Just sayin'
:)


Woe v. Raid?


Excellent review. I appreciate the attention Sr. Rose gave to the nuances of the film. What no one has ever dared to speculate on was how much Nancy's hovering was really to cover up Reagan's declining mental capacities. Like doffing the debate prep book as too overwhelming -- it would have also revealed that he could remember a script far better than facts.  A film on James Brady! now that would be a gift! Truly, a hero who went on to save countless lives by bearing witness in his own body to the need for legislation to stop the NRA's powerful lobby.


Probably should quit paying the crazy property taxes in Anchorage, and just drink my way into a nice uptown RuralCAP apartment.


You and your conspiracy theories! So funny.


So why would an under-18 child own a farm, exactly? Unless both their parents were dead, I can't think of why a minor would own a farm. When my father gave me a piece of the farm, he was taxed on it as if he'd sold it at fair market value. I'm not seeing what this change is doing to make it harder for farmers, specifically.
But they SHOULD change it to include family trusts, too. What's good for the goose, Mr. Trudeau...


He is both


" Do you tell your boss, forget the raise, I hate inflation and making more."

If my boss doubled my salary in the span of a decade then ya, I'd be more than happy to tell him to hold off on raises for a couple years.


The Wizard of Oz was another gray goose who ruled from under cover but only offered true insight and leadership when Toto pulled the curtain and made him speak. Speak, Wizard! Speak! David Ige can be described as quiet and effective or ineffective, as soft spoken or meek, as the opposite of Trump or the same. The same as Trump?
David Ige made great pomp and ceremony in support of the Paris Climate Accord but now waivers on the Hawaii Reef Accord under pressure from a DLNR that may be investigated for conflict of interest in violation of the Hawaii Consititution. What’s the difference between Nainoa Thompson speaking of our Blue Island Earth, and DAR Chief Bruce Anderson calling out a bunch of school kids in support of SB 1240 for being “wrong,” for not knowing that “we have no data to support?” It’s all the difference in the world, unless you compare the truth on one hand to political spin on the other. SB 1240 will become law, unless David Ige fails to override his mistake at DLNR.


Sure, hold that thought come May 7, and watch it not happen. They should vote for Le Pen, but they won't.


I agree, there are probably many women and married people who have been called to the priesthood, the Holy Spirit may be trying to show us this as well.


There are deceptive figures floating out there about Obama Care covering 20,000 million more Americans.  There are about  2-4 million more Americans with insurance,  if you go back to prior recession figures and 20,000 million more if you go to the low point of coverage after recession.   ACA does not save lives.  Covered procedures are limited and deductibles are higher.  Many doctors have quit.  There is now only one Pediatric Neurologist in Eugene  and when he is gone, there is no one available to care for your child and lives are put at risk.   Many of the people now covered are because of more reaching medicare age and less are now covered by employers.   At a cost of billions to the US tax payers,  small businesses and working families and the cost of inferior health care, maybe a few more Americans are covered because of ACA.   I am confident,  we are going to have an overwhelmingly more cost effective plan and better coverage once ACA is repealed.


Whazzuppp, your posts are becoming increasingly unhinged from reality. Even worse, you're obsessed by a single topic. Please, get some help and stop dumping your drivel on these posts.


Well speaking of Olympians, you might have heard of Michael Phelps right? He was fairly successful eh? Didn't he get caught toking? He sure did.


Add to the list excessive golfing, historic Secret Service expenditures for extended family members and multiple residences, requiring "on the job training", just a few more things that the deplorables seem to have a curious double-standard regarding.


9 lives!  That WOULD be cruel.

My position is that when you are criticizing someone who is charged with the unholy task of sending their fellow humans off to war you could at least have the decency to use clear and respectful language.  Obama didn't invent collateral damage, friendly fire, or fragging.  It's WAR, fer cryin' out loud!  Every once in a while things get out of hand.  He doesn't deserve to be accused of having a cavelier attitude toward loss of life.

Clearly, you disagree.


Combing two other stories in today's paper we have: “The party has tailored its nominating process specifically to prevent an upstart candidate such as Sanders from winning its nomination for president.”
“Most people who’d vote for Clinton would do so because they want to defeat Trump, not because they actually want to elect her,”
“The winner would wind up one of the least popular presidents” to take office in recent times
"Sanders’ more positive image, though, would make him the stronger Democrat in a general election, as he tops Trump 57 to 37 percent."

In this way we will pick the best candidate. The best candidate at being least liked.


Real integration would mean going to work.


Leave now, and take Donald Trump with you. Thanks.


What's with the no-bid process with this developer?  Another Public-Private Partnership?  With the city kicking in money to the developer?

One person's Public-Private Partnership is another person's Graft and Corruption.

The economy is humming better than during the history cited in the article.

Let's have a new, public bid process.


CEO? Tsoo funny!


Hi, I'm a straight white cisgender retired combat veteran who has a Gay Godfather, my son and daughter have "2" Gay Godfathers, my family waves the "FAMILY" flag in a neighborhood who doesn't agree and I have lost friends in the military due to my stance on gays in the military and then your A** goes and does this!! How the hell do you expect us "WHITE STRAIGHT MEN" to stand up with you when you are secretly shooting us down? I love my big gay family and it's "women" (yes I labeled you) that will make it harder for my "FAMILY" to be accepted.  I hope that you get all the non white non cisgender people for your department and get your ass hacked to the stone ages!  I'm sure you will go and find a safe place now and blog/tweet/skype/snap/facebook and your probably so hipster you still use myspace or BBS and say how this warpig hurt your feelings. Rome was not built in a day but you are damn set on seeing it burn in one to get your way! Have a Happy Thanksgiving and a MERRY Christmas!


The fairest analysis of Trump you'll ever read follows: Hitler but incompetent.

And thank goodness he is, in fact, utterly incompetent at everything.


You have ignored the key words in my post "publicly insist" regarding which your accurate theology is irrelevant


Most of your comments today make no sense. Are you trying to tell us it's because of your PTSD?


NPS got their bear! They decided to put it down instead of letting it starve to death. That’s a plus. They say it had a broken and infected front leg and a broken nose. Now how did that happen, from them shooting it with bean bags earlier? Probably. At least they put it out of its misery as opposed to what they did with the moose calves. Seems they have a pretty fluid non-intervention policy.
However, if NPS is telling the truth, it seems this was more a case of an injured, deformed, starving bear desperate for food than it was a bear conditioned to associate humans with food.


How about applying the highway-funding model to rail ... Dedicate taxes railroads pay on diesel fuel to rail, just as Oregon's gas tax is constitutionally restricted to highways.


Would conservatives endorse naming a stadium after someone with a legacy and reputation of drug & alcohol abuse, drunk driving, conflicts of interest, bigotry, spousal abuse...?  Are these characteristics that should be both tolerated and honoured?

We're all human and make mistakes but there are better choices when naming public buildings to honour and remember lives lived.


People like this idiot have been empowered by unknown factors in today's USA.  I wonder what it is?


The oil production reports are not as good as they want you to believe! Stop big oil monopoly and Allow Alaskans and smaller oil companies to profit in Alaska! Stop printing the Alaskans out so the majors can take most all the oil and gas wealth!


Naah, just helping terrorists


This comment was determined as uncivil "Crime and homelessness is on the rise along with our property taxes. Just another day in Berkowitz's Chicago-North" Sounds more like the lefty's can't handle truth.


I'm not surprised. 50 percent of the floor space in the AK stores was apparel. If I wanted sporting "goods", it was most often a better decision to go over to the Sportsman Warehouse. They always have better quality and wider ranging selection of every type of sporting product Alaskans use.


Sanctuary cities:  Seattle , Portland....marches and riots.....Hawaii, you're next.  What a total bunch of idiots who got elected this last time around.  Problems are just beginning so be careful what you wish for.  One question:  Is the major going to tell HPD to stand down when the riots begin?  Just curious.


1. It's news that the people profiting from insane real estate prices didn't like actions to cool the market?
2. Sob sobbb sobbbbbb poor developers oh woe is them...
.
Meanwhile elsewhere in this paper we find some of the many *actual* victims of the real estate insanity:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/high-rents-reduced-supports-pushing-bc-seniors-from-homes-advocate/article33314562/


Interesting. Had not heard that, but I know, since I have my own well, there is no mandatory chlorination of individual wells, at least in Ontario.


The one fact I can say she accomplished is that more children at that school know about pot.


Wish we had a police department with that courage in the Upper Kobuk villages.


gawd is she a piece of work or what? I have never seen anybody so obviously mentally disturbed as this woman. everybody I know who have ever seen her comments breaks out laughing or they are stunned at the stupidity. sheesh


no one will be moving here, that was the usual left wing bs ,,


A phobia is an irrational fear. Fear of Islam's  violent adherents is utterly rational.  Ergo Islamophobia does not exist.


Do any of those places have Section 2(a) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms in effect?


Sorry: there is nothing in some passengers Bill of Rights that gives him the right to physically resist both flight attendants and federal employees if he is asked to deplane and won't comply with federal regulation.  He thought he was above all that by virtue of nothing else expect his profession, and it was his hubris - to the point of him running BACK onto the aircraft after being removed the first time- that should be punished.  Ann- this guy and you are entitled, and clearly identifying that doesn't make me "pro-corporate."  It just means that normally don't have time for people like that-- but I'm willing to make an exception for you and your typist fingers.


Perfect justice_and mercy_are_compassion


Where did playing by the norms of the media get Bush (after Iraq), McCain and Romney? Now don't you think Trump who is following the same strategy that won him the GOP primary and POTUS is perhaps on to something in bypassing the media and essentially making the Washington Press Corps (some openly hostile and part of the #resistance) look silly? Whould he have gotten better than 93% negative coverage from CNN? What is a win here, 75% or 60% negative coverage?

It sure isn't "presidential" by traditional standards, but where has that ever gotten the GOP and conservatives. I think that is part of the appeal and strategy. He even said so in tweets about "modern presidential".

I doubt the average American are nearly as outraged as the media. After all they are trusted even less according to polls...

Trump largely continues to be effective in showing the media for what they are biased, out of touch, self-righteous and increasingly about them and their opinions - not news or reporting.


I have a question that some one might want to answer. A few years back the oil industry said they found the largest offshore lake of oil ever found but could not drill it because of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). Since then President Obama opened that offshore drilling in that area only if landbased directional drilling was used. I know with oil prices down it probably is not cost effective to directional drill until the price of oil goes back up. My concern is why are we paying oil companies billions for oil searching when they already know where one of the largest lakes of oil on earth is? Why isnt that "oil searching" money used to help pay for the directional drilling, and fill the pipeline back up. This is not a statement, Im asking because I would like to know? That would most likley solve most of the budget problem, wouldn't it?


Hotels charge 200-250 in Feb, 300-500 May through September in Juneau, and other tourist destinations such as Seward. I paid 400/taxes in July and as low as 250 in Feb. We have friends who own a sailboat in Seward, and they charge 275 before taxes and fees, August occupancy, stateroom/toilet no shower. Showers located at the harbormaster.
Kennedy's legislative experience is limited to the Anchorage School Board. The ASD budget is debt driven that relies on annual increases in property taxes to support dismal graduation rates. A prudent voter will vet the candidate of their choice. 948 is diminimus and not a concern except for those driven by delusions.


all reputable companies soon going to boycott from KPMG.


ISIS would still be alive and thriving if Obama was still in office.  Obama's "strong force" and "leadership" would amount to squat. A President who calls Berghdog a true hero doesn't have a clue.  Apparently, you don't either.


Instead of a "display", why not a competition?!


"Furthermore, there is the same kind of ideological divisions on tax issues within the GOP caucus that resulted in the death of the health care proposal last week. "

MSW, I believe you have put this matter too politely.  The talents of the Republicans in Congress are entirely destructive.  they were elected when Barack Obama was president to make the United States ungovernable.  In part, they succeeded.  Now they have control of the federal government they still are making this country ungovernable because they have no talent for government.


I think you don't understand that the revolution of the leftists leader, Trudeau, makes no distinction between evasion and avoidance.  It's about going after those with money to give to those without - look out.


Thank you. My daughter and I witnessed a hit and run once. We went and talked to our pastor. It helped us. Maybe talking to someone about how you feel or felt is good. I hope you have that someone to do this with. I sure got a lot of anger out. Thank you for calling the proper people.


Last years budget was based on $140 a barrel oil. Spend, Spend, Spend, Pad, Pad, Pad the Government Costs. Go back and look at the years oil was $40 a barrel, THAT is Alaska's budget. If ya can't afford to Drive to the Theatre and watch a movie in 3D eating $10 popcorn, $7 soda, and $5 a pack candies-stay home, make jiffy pop, n watch T.V. THATS how you balance a budget!!! All of US in the U.S. do this EVERY DAY!!!BUDGET!!! Cut the Fat get it to the bone where it was prior to $140 a barrel oil and GET REAL, DO NOT SPEND MY MONEY, I NEED IT, AND I WILL SPEND IT VERY WELL THANK YOU, AS I ALWAYS DO!!!Leave Alaskans Money alone!!! Its our PFD!!!


Haven't heard about the North American dream," Mr. Summers, until this.  As North America includes 3 countries including the so-called "developing nation" of Mexico, I suggest there is no overriding "dream."

Perhaps the author copped the phrase from "The American Dream" (but, as her piece pertains to Canada, this didn't fit, so...)

In any case, the "promise"--whatever that was--died some time ago.  Read more: Who Stole The American Dream; Requiem For the American Dream; The Betrayal of the American Dream. Given who is in the White House, we likely are now living "The American Nightmare."


Because for every one dollar in incentive they give amazon they will get 1-3 dollars back.  Would you give me one dollar if it meant I had to give you three dollars?

Here's some tax math for you.  Amazon says it plans to hire 50K workers with an average salary of 100K.  That works out to 5 billion dollars in payroll.  50,000 X $100,000 = 5,000,000,000.  Multiply that by the state income tax rate of 4.63% and the State of Colorado would receive 231,500,000 dollars every year in state income tax from the people working for Amazon.  Payroll taxes that Amazon will pay would also be 231,500,000 per year.  The State of Colorado is offering incentives of up to 100,000,000 over the a number of years.  I say give them 100,000,000 so the state can collect 463,000,000 every year once Amazon has hired everyone.  I know taxes aren't ever that simple but the math favors the State of Colorado if Amazon does move here.

And this doesn't even account for the extra property taxes and sales taxes.


The NAFTA renegotiation struggle between Canada & Mexico, on the one hand, & the Trump Administration, on the other, has been to (a) control the substance, nature & tone of the negotiation agenda, & (b) advance the economic & public policy objectives if their own countries respectively through that control.

Canada & Mexico have so far, given that they are the smaller players with the most to lose if negotiations fail,  done surprisingly well by (a) assembling strong research, diplomatic & negotiating teams that have placed useful reform proposals forward for negotiation & presentation (together with some proposals designed to be sacrificed during negotiations) to potential US domestic allies, & (b) maintained a positive but resolute tone so as to deprive the Trump Administration of a pretext to throw negotiations into crisis.


You should learn math. Or perhaps you are unaware of the existence of a third major party garnering 20% of the vote.


It seems to me that whether or not this judge was making a political statement or not is a red herring. His 'crime', if there was one, was contempt of court. The whole trappings of the courtroom - the robes, the respectful manner demanded of all participants including spectators - are there to ensure people know that serious matters are being considered. This judge foolishly decided to tamper with that image, but that is hardly a hanging offense.


I take your point, but someone needs to decide.  Parliament has been taking an ever lower road since the Liberal Rat Pack reinvented downside limits for childish antics in the House of Commons.  Behaviour is regularly so feckless and inane that it is offensive to watch.  The value and potential of our democracy is squandered by such conduct.
At least that is what my inner Price Charles believes!


Not to mention the countless vehicles this has happened to in the last week. Mine being one of them. Such a sensless and costly act of vandalism. I hope they catch them.


"As a rule, ethnic nationhood is a terrible idea..."
Okay Doug, remind me why NATO bombed and broke up Yugoslavia again.


no, bama/billary and typo on ukraine. ooops!


Keep your concern over Obama and let Trump deny it happened.  That is as logical as a soup sandwich.


"No one denies that education is important, and that schools need more support."

I, for one, deny that schools need more support, and I know many other taxpayers who feel the same.  What schools need is fewer labor unions.

Oregon schools spend 25% more per pupil than Utah with similar scholastic results.


MAGA


"You've repeated the above more-or-less word for word and maybe to excess."

Fair enough but, no. Each repetition of "the above" has been a response to an invocations of those gentlemen by commentators. It is only as repetitive and excessive as that which it addresses.

Of course, they're still relevant - but, far from the daily doses they were in the 90's. My intent was to point out that their names are not in the news often these days and - more to the point - to my knowledge the names Sharpton or Jackson have NEVER appeared in any of the stories under which they've been dropped. Never.

A challenge to back up statements with cites is also fair. I don't have the energy to go through months of archives and the comments under them so I'l retract that one for now. But, have you really not noticed differences in (or the absence of) commentary under stories about blacks vs whites?

That being said... No more cracks about my age, please. That hurt.


Yes, undoubtedly his boyhood marching fuels his imaginary feelings of association.


Its actually pretty easy. Don’t say a bunch of racist crap. Ever consider that?


There isn't a Scored under the age of 50. So you're saying all the under 50 members of the BC Liberals are really regular conservatives? Where did all the non-conservative under 50's go? Certainly not to the NDP so where? Did they leave the province?


Families with dependent children have NEVER "adjusted" to living in condos or apartment blocks. Anywhere. That is a HUGE assumption based on an urban myth.

Look at every major urban centre in the world and there are virtually no children in core urban areas. None. India's major 10 cities have birthrates and child habitation rates below most US cities. Almost all of Japan's children are in fare suburban peripheries of urban areas.

Our inability to adjust to that reality and design cities with a steady supply of low-rise, ground-oriented, family sized housing is what is driving this problem. Immigration is just a demand input. Family size and fertility issues are what drives the typology of housing demand, something we've known for over 200 years.

What is going on in housing and planning policy now is intergenerational criminal.


Did someone forget the MB E250 AWD diesel sedan?! Price not far of the Jag. Why wait for the C class?!


"selective forgivess" from God Almighty aka garycrum.


I get a daily dose of humor from Trudeau's brilliant political satire mr 64. His strip is as on point now as it was when he started way back in the '70s. Don't you think todays strip is brilliant. Comedy isn't funny if there's not some element of truth to it.


I love this false pretense that anyone who marches, rallies, protests, etc. is unemployed and suckling from the government / taxpayers' teat.


good


As his only political experience it's hardly an impressive qualifier for Premier of Ontario, is it?

And beyond that, what would his qualifications be?

Ask the people who put him into the PC Leader's office what they now think of him:

"Everything Patrick Brown has done to date leaves no doubt that if OntarioPC is elected under his leadership there will be no solutions implemented, corruption will continue, and Brown will make the party radioactive for years to come. Conservatives agree on very little, but we can agree on this: Brown deserves to lose more than Wynne deserves to win."

http://imout.ca/

"For the sake of our children Patrick Brown must step down and allow a principled, trustworthy person to lead the party."

http://conservativevalues.ca/cv/recallbrown/

Ask "Doctor" Charles McVety, the evangelical poobah, Who delivered the evangelical Christian vote to Brown, what he now thinks of Patrick Brown.


What if most people in society cannot afford housing? Maybe the government could step in for the sake of social stability. It seems to be where we are heading.


Impaired Driving:  Alcohol depresses inhibitions and provokes risk-taking behaviour.  Thousands are killed and injured each year by drivers under the influence of alcohol.  Whereas, cannabis tends to make the individual more focussed, careful and they want to drive slower, not faster.
Hundreds of thousands of people are killed by alcohol and tobacco every year.
There are no documented deaths caused directly or indirectly by marijuana.
But the fear campaign goes on... Why?  Because medical natural marijuana cannot be patented by the Big Drug companies and it will cut into their enormous profits from opioids which kill millions every year.


Jacobs Engineering is the project oversight consultant.  They're the ones that do the monthly PMOC reports.  (And even they had an error in one of their reports recently.)


Clinging to the dead past of closed-minded, male-arrogated church has no future. Purpose in life is the perpetual quest of human dialog, females and males together truthfully communicating.  Closed society, male-on-male talk, is fruitless - a truth, culture and Church are awakening to, in our time.
Trustful communication of female/ male personae accepts equality of persons, female and male. Vital signs of greening are appearing in the RCC, thanks to Pope Francis's metaphysics, his understanding of 'physics', the human kind, as essentially, NECESSARILY, female/ male.
Word, Light and Love are the metaphysics of rationality, of Truth-quest, the dynamic process of intelligence in search of Godlikeness.
"In God's image is humankind, female/ male."
"Man of the Cloth", INDEED! Been there, done that. Enough already.


Would be nice if the team respected the anthem.


Wow! This is a real stretch!

Using the phrase " Trump administration" and "organized" in the same article, much less the same sentence is truly bizarre!

They've been basically winging it ever since they found out Hillary lost!


Thank you but one is mentally disturb and need help and the other one is what you describe a social event unfortunately. The GOP need to review is policy.


Is like the part where you give yourself thumbs up maybe?


That's a very specialized faith "activity."


Probably not... A quick look at the COGCC GIS map will show lots of vertical wells in the area they are talking about that were drilled in the 80's and 90's (https://cogccmap.state.co.us/cogcc_gis_online/). Boulder field was first discovered in the early 1900's. Development, not exploration, has been going on in this area for quite some time.


Some of his policies and decisions are simply indefensible.  Little wonder Butts makes him inaccessible.


I wouldn't say I'm addicted, as I have no problems going without. Habituated is more accurate. This tendency is (I believe) a family thing. I come from a family of boozy Anglo-Saxons. Like I said, I'm dealing with it before it deals with me.


I didn't understand it and I don't care.  And who cares where the monstrance came from?
And xenophobic? Really? Nice-not.


The credibility of witnesses is an important factor in any criminal trial, either for or against the accused. Are you saying you want to take that feature out of our justice system? To do so would be a fundamental change, overturning centuries of legal precedence.

And you're forgetting how the justice system determines witness (or complainant) credibility in the first place: via corroborating evidence. Be it circumstantial or direct, evidence usually reinforces one testimony while eroding or even contradicting a different version. And there's almost always more evidence in criminal cases than simply the recollection of a witness.


No, Lee, I am not a Democrat.

But should a Democrat be within the stripe of JFK, I would vote for them, though the current Democrat Party would not even allow him within the party, as he would have been too far right, according to them...

You know, the whole "Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country" thing.....

That, and the tax issues and what not.

I would imagine that within today's Democrat party JFK would be considered a Right-Wing nut case.


I wonder if states could combine, with a common pool of regulation, enforcement and legal council so that consumers would benefit from competitive pricing.   Private insurance companies would have  a single regulation structure plus a larger patient market to serve.

My fear would be that 30 insurers becomes 3 insurers rapidly as large dominant companies emerge.


Why sell?  If it becomes illegal again then you can make even more money than with the legal sales, duh, it's not as if people are going to stop buying pot.


A comment made after he met his lawyer.


Yawn...anything about that Russian cleaning lady dusting quietly in the corner, in the meeting..she's KGB you know.


Bellemare says the same we hear all the time in all large corps: high salaries and bonuses are necessary to attract the best and brightest. He thinks we're clueless, and we cannot see that those collecting big bucks are actually the ones who sink companies in the long term and make sure the books look good in the short term so they can have their bonus. Not sure how these people's performance is good in 2016 when they had to beg for taxpayer money in the same year.

At the same time, those who actually do the work are eating on credit cards.


What are your thoughts on pumpkin spice latte?  And those new GPS satellites being deployed soon, cool huh?


Alaska is and has been "tough on criminals" and it's not working. You just enjoy punishing people who have godawful problems, like any good, self-righteous sadist.


This story and headline is such a lie, its disgusting! This effect is normal and has always happened. This is nothing special and glaciers have always changed to a degree that creates this effect. Pure sensationalism! I am disgusted with ADN's constant barrage of Global Warming scarecrow articles. I spend 14 years in a university learning, studying and teaching earth science and glaciers were my top topic. I am so sick and tired of "science" for political gain!


A very professional comment by Pete Kelly.

As he loots the state treasury by claiming thousands of dollars for "reimbursement" of losing and meals expenses in excess of his actual costs.

While he wants to cut PFD's in half to give $775,000,000 to the oil companies, and slaughtered the university budget.

I suspect he has only one pair of underwear.


If the founders were great and they kept their company growing they would not need the dual class share as the shareholders would have kept them at the helm. When you sell the majority of the equity in your company to the public but set up a dual class share structure to keep you in control and then you die leaving untrained and possibly qualified children in control is it fair to anyone.

If you want to keep control then only sell 49% of the outstanding shares. One share one vote.


I hope so but then I had great hopes and the belief that Trump wouldn't be elected.  His whole team is scary.... Giuliani, Christie, Gingrich, Ivanka, Eric, Melania, Donald Jr.  I think I've just about covered the team. Oh, I forgot, Tiffany.


Best of luck with plans for secession. I would gladly leave this cesspool known as Toronto and move to either SK or AB if they were independent. Many other Canadians would follow.


What if I murdered someone 40-50 years ago, and felt I shouldn't be arrested because it happened so long ago?


So- you are implying that every single business that advertises its goods, that entices and tempts, that target markets its products- are sociopaths?  Because they are ALL doing whatever they can- fear, seduction, necessity- to get you and everyone else, to part with their money.


If some kind of mitigation doesn't happen at the front end of all this.
It's going to be a litigation smorgasbord. There are multiple defendants here not just the Navy of course. And when one case finally is won the it will be a dogpile on whichever defendant got the short straw.

Also statuettes of limitations is often not hard and fast and with a new EIS it will move the ends.

Not to mention the upstream political ramifications of all of this.

Remember COER is a small part of a much larger group.
This is a group of people who are going to have businesses possibly hurt, property possibly devalued, are going to have to live with a lot of extreme noise and disruption they weren't counting on.
And most of them aren't to amused about it.

And to the point the only thing that has really come from the Navy, Rep Larson, and the Majority of the commissioners is Suck it up Buttercup.

And you wonder why folks are PO'd

This should give you a solid sitrep for now. Have a good one.


These questions have come up many times in courts across the country. Another not so hypothetical. Most of us agree that there were hundreds of thousands if not millions of Jews killed in Concentration Camps in Nazi Germany. So who was responsible? Was it only the person who pulled the lever to let the gas escape into the chambers. Was it only those who witnessed the gassing and the resulting death. Was it the German government and Hitler who gave the orders. Was it the German people, who knew what was going on and did nothing. I also believe in individual responsibility. But their is also a collective responsibility. Every pope since 1922 and probably before that knew that their was widespread child sexual abuse occurring. They chose to do nothing. Almost every Bishop in the world knew about the abuse and the cover up and chose to do nothing. Many, many  priests knew children were being abused in their own rectories and Churches. They chose to look the other way.


Fascinating! Hope to hear more after the 2018 trip. Alaska has more to offer than many folks realize.


Why to care? Those patients increasingly are from third-world countries-they are happy to any medical treatment.


way to go, hangman is obviously a Castro/Trudeau supporter!


I don't know if there are kinds of movies I like. I like well made stuff from any genre.


I agree both sides should get down to the business of coming together to solve our problems.  Had you been as generous with your condemnation of those on the right who grabbed the spotlight to place blame on the left as you were the other way around, I might even have agreed with your major premise - sadly you chose to focus on only those who are not of your party.  Hardly the way to bring people together.  Most of what I saw the day of/after the shooting was most people saying yes come together. Only a few went off the reservation - but it was on both sides, not just the left.


So good ole Roy was using the "Joseph and Mary" pickup line on high school girls...Sounds legit!


Lobbyists are lining up to pad their pockets, grifters are looking to get elected and Alaska has no alternative plan formulated to deal with Trumps undermining of the ACA.

Many other states are mobilizing to protect their citizens from the negative fallout of Trump's reckless irresponsibility.

Not Alaska.


I'm quite sure that you haven't answered my question. What has caused modern warming?

Just a reminder, it has been you who has consistently advocated for "debate". In too deep?


A fair question:  are Republicans OK with dirty water?  Just asking.


Oh golly gee Trump broke the rules, Lets see Communist Cruz has never signed his citizenship papers and he is running for President and was born in Canada 1970, must be Hillary's little Brother you don't have to play by the rules if you are a slut like Cruz.


The system is flawed and unfair but it is a fallacy to think that more women at work would bring in more revenue and at what cost -both to Inland revenue and to human lives.
 Firstly, by promoting both parents to work, leaving young children in care, there is a cost to quality of life to the entire family. Secondly, it is assumed that those extra jobs would be magically created or existing jobs re-distributed. Thirdly, it  ignores the fact that low skilled, low income workers may not have to pay tax. Yes, they may become consumers with that extra pocket money but would that make much difference to the economy and the public purse when the tax deduction or tax credit will be giving away its revenue?
There is another side to this coin and that is the fact that largely, child care is provided by immigrants. This is so particularly with regards to live-in nannies sponsored by middle and high income tax payers which means that the lower skilled immigration is increasing.


and it may have happened whether or not she crossed illegally.  Point is, he was intoxicated.


Texas has lethal injection and has led the nation in the most amount of executions.....bye bye cop killer..


Brand_purity._The_essence_of_the_Church_is_the_witness_to_the_resurrection._Natural_law_teaching_serves_the_interest_of_people,_not_the_organization.


I'm sure many of the critics would prefer the good old days where campaign financing came in envelopes that changed hands in Calgary boardrooms where the Oil Patch helpfully wrote British Columbia environmental legislation.  That seems to be Ms. Hunter's view also.


The bottom line Gary is that every single one of the bullet points I listed are provably true. They aren't salacious accusations of the very very far right ...they are provable facts that showcase just who and what Hillary Clinton is. Next time you want to attempt to address one of my comments please do so with more than a cheap smear attempt because everyone except you can see right thru it


Obama has been the most illegal acting President in the history of the USA. Now he and Eric Holder are acting even mored illegally by interfering instead of letting the next President have a chance to fulfill his promises and do his job. Obama needs to stop interfering and go retire some where and shut the heck up. Obama and Holder are writing one legal document after another to throw roadblocks into President Trumps path. Obama even is personally visiting Judges to insure they will over step their authorities and go against Presidential orders! They both hate the USA, they are both Muslim, they both are working and paid for by George Soros. They both are working for the collapse of the American government and the end of your freedoms as well as the US Dollar. Soros money is on this collapse and stands to make billions on the collapse. Obama and Holder want a Communistic style government not a free America. They will confiscate your money and then your property just like in Russia.


<<The second one will be a little harder going for you than the first.>>

lol!


Inspiring!


No, the Church, the People of God, needs to follow the Jesus of the Gospels.


Actually, sociopaths are driven by emotion.  The self-serving kind.  Obviously I must defer to your expertise in that regard.


The Bell System 2.0.

Sadly, I don't think the government gives a damn this time.


She does not. And every time you point out what an inappropriate comment she makes,   ADN deletes it. Rachael must work for the rag or has close ties to it.


Justin will exit the meeting will his tail between his legs, and when he gets to the doorway he will over-hear from the Donald, what the fudge was that?


Amazon will be inundated with returns. "uh, yeah, uh, we didn't use them."
Same thing happened after Y2K, people brought thousands of portable generators back for refunds when they found the electrical grid was OK.


The ADN should have gone digital only (except perhaps for a big Sunday paper with ad inserts) so it could be saved a few years ago.  The major costs are the newspaper carriers (80K per week!), the newsprint, and the press operation.  Really, the best thing (only thing really that matters) about the ADN is the reporting - i.e. the content, the stories, the journalism.  (And the comments!) We are in the digital age.  It is sad that it has come to this.  While I admire Rogoff for spending her own $ to prop up this biz, she could have made better biz decisions to save the ADN.


Not in Illinois!


Oh I wouldn't either, if I would feel that way, but I don't feel that way.
As time went by and the selection of print media shrank, it was the Globe & Mail that suited me best, not least because of style.  e.g they don't  regurgitate the same paragraph/sentence in three different forms to
a) dumb it down
b) fill extra space
and they have, by today's norm, very few typos.

Do I always agree with them?
No, sometimes they're way out in Right field, but they don't have wings.
LOL


Don't be a sore loser.


perhaps those who would not be stopped at the border

should do the gracious thing

and say "We won't go without you"

Make a sacrifice for the group

In the old days before the entitlement of this generation that is what would have been done


I notice the teacher is white.  Is this an example of white privilege?


tax is not a 4 letter word.  How else do you think all the goods and services we get including health care, RCMP, etc would get funded?  Custom duties?  No one likes taxes but everyone likes what they pay for.


So, ASD has a 3% drop in teachers, how much did the student population drop?


Nope, just stating the facts about hate which needs to be eliminated.


Do you know what gloves are?  Did you know that reaching is different than touching?


I get the King Cove thing but the rest of your dribble is typical RINO/corporate welfare double speak.


Very true. That is how the British and the French took over Buddhist ruled countries. With extreme violence.


This astute Alaskan has been using an airhorn for decades. Whether coming around a blind corner in the trail, high brush on either side, or coming to a water body, a blast lets everything know you're there. Just don't play with it. 3 steady blasts at intervals means SOS!


Small countries do not have the complexity of 50 states plus one over reaching national government, each with their own regulatory agencies and laws defining what should or should not be included in health care. And about that wealth thing, look at the GDP versus Debt of this nation, CIA Worldfact book notes that the ratio for the US is currently at 104.8 percent. The lower the ratio the better.


This is all in left wing BS- put a link up that actually has any of this in writing, talk or video from any right media outlet- not that Fox doesn't make mistakes but they correct the record ASAP- left blames things on FBI, fake News, Russians & god knows what it will be tomorrow. The left did everything they could to discredit Trump including directing CNN and the like to feed Clinton questions for the debate, approve their "news"- don't get the point anyway- has nothing to do with Hillary loosing. Wrong candidate at the wrong time.


If you look at her political history there is a whole lot wrong with Hillary Clinton, but Democrats aren't willing to see it. She's a corporate warmonger, and no friend of working-class people.


They're of no value or use.


What is ICE's role in this? Is this guy an illegal alien?


They are saying he was an officer; not an agent.


The starting point for many, many people in ROC land is ''My Canada doesn't include Quebec''. French is labeled a ''foreign language'' in universities across the country.  Couillard should be aware of this, it means his effort has a strong chance of failure. Also, the Trudeau Liberal  government is unlikely to adopt Harper's ''Quebec nation'' motion, or modify the constitution,. because they don't want to convert to conservative ideology, since they're Liberals, not Conservatives.

The Quebec Provincial Liberals are always the first to propose constitutional negotiations, while the Parti Québécois always benefits from the inevitable failure of the Quebec Provincial Liberals. It has happened many times before (think Meech, Charlottetown).

In Canadian constitutional debates, aboriginals and immigrants are typically used as ''props'' by ROC to ward off Quebec nationalists. It's pretty pathetic because First Nations and others deserve better than to be treated as props against Quebec.


I feel bad for the children.


Just the Neo-Nazi Republican propaganda machine getting the citizens' minds right to accept the destruction of all religious and ethnic minorities in order to re-establish absolute White-Only rule.


I've never heard anyone criticze Putin for selling weapons

Too much other stuff to criticize him for


The worst danger to our democracy is how corporate money distorts the political process. The Black Bloc anarchists are aligned with even the mildest and peaceful of  progressives on this issue.

Corporate power is inimical to democracy, hence the smashing of corporate franchises during the Battle in Seattle, and elsewhere. It's symbolic of a political program.

It's just too bad the courts won't protect us from the corporate takeover of our elections and political parties. Kind of like the way that the Charlottesville police couldn't protect Heather Heyer against the violence Richard Spenser, David Duke and company brought to the city.


you know making such predictions is as stupid as all the ones that said he would never be president never mind the nominee, perhaps you should park such bias and see what actually comes to be, that is called being intelligent not such a child as you are


Cruel but hilarious.  ;-}


Had the Americans treated Russia with a bit of respect at the end of the cold war, instead of boastful triumphalism and pushing NATO up against its borders, there might not be this push to re-assert Russia's status as a world power. There are other factors as well. The US defeated and ultimately destroyed the Soviet Union in their proxy war in Afghanistan and the Russians haven't forgotten that. Syria is their chance to turn the tables and humiliate America.


Trump himself rejects the "democratic process".  That was his appeal to people with legitimate grievances against the owners and operators of an economy rigged to impoverish the many for the enrichment of the few and to people with illegitimate hatreds and fears of other people.
Why wouldn't young people protest Trumps' election when their futures can be irreversibly harmed by the possibility that Trump will actually attempt to do what he promised to the gullible tools who voted for him.  I don't think there's much chance of it, frankly.  Trump is a greed ridden monster who won't make a move if it would adversely affect his own financial fortunes.


I seem to recall having read somewhere that Optimum's representative, George van der Merwe, is the brother of Gert van der Merwe, the Guptas' lawyer.
If so, a few more dots to join.


Liberal bigotry against the Jewish began a long time ago.

Out damned spot, out.


The level 5 setup doesn't allow people to scatter in all directions to escape, they're snaking zig-zag fashion through a rope line and unable to scatter. Those on the margin who can are funneled into confined passageways.


Scientists say we live in a matrix style universe and are funding our release. Climatology  (which is a spin off of biology btw) says the Earth is dying! I don't know who to believe! So either i see where this matrix scenario ends up or we awaken somewhere else...either way we are screwed. Make the best of it now i guess


This is exactly the argument gun control advocates make about guns as home security.


It probably explains why Singh and Molefe made such a good pair, both at Transnet and Eskom.


I'm not sure why the CFIA has reversed this decision since the West Bank is clearly not Israel. It's a shame that this government agency has caved in to lobbying.


Thanks for this.
From another music poet: "Because something is happening here, but you don't know what it is.  Do you, Mr. Jones?"

"I can get behind anything..."  Well, like others I suspect, I gave it a good shot. About the Hip, I'm a Jones.

Not for the first time, the phenomenon says more about the audience than the artist.

But, musical--and lyrical--tastes aside, I admire this: the man chose his life, lived it his way, did it relatively successfully (in that he did what he wanted AND was financially rewarded), was obviously very happy and made many others happy, too.

Doesn't get much better than that.


If SOB to an NFL player is offensive, then lets talk the words to the music they, black players, listen to before, and after the game. Like kill cops, women, are b i iches, f this f that, f f f f f. In the week since Trump used SOB whats happen with the protests? Oh and by the way Colin Kappernick said " he couldn't stand for a flag or an Anthem, while bodies lie in the streets." The original protest, was about the flag and the Anthem.


Thanks for this sensible and informative article. It remains to be worked out how we can best carry out the very general advice given.


hey hapaguy...you never answered my question before....which half of you is a guy?  top or bottom?


No the illegal suppliers are just lacing their pot with fentanyl. We have problems that should be dealt with in the legal supply chain.  But that does not mean the illegal options are safer.


Lol. How will this give us more choices in healthcare? The only way we will ever get a choice is if it is privatized as it should be


We make more at current oil prices under SB 21 than under ACES.  True or false?  We collect, in addition to production taxes, royalty taxes, corporate taxes, property taxes, lease payments, and a lot of contributions to local non-profits.  Every administration in power tries to re-draw districts in their favor.  Nothing to see here.


What "rule?"


I'm no big fan of the current federal governing party, but this affordability mess in the Lower Mainland (and in other parts of Canada) has been built out of policy decisions by successive governments at the federal, provincial, and municipal levels over a very long period of time.

It's a tale of buck-passing coupled with fear of 1) speaking truth to an electorate that might punish you at the ballot box if you don't say what it wants to hear and 2) alienating your largest donors.

Cowards, the lot of them.


doctor van ballenberghe became an 'activist' because of what he learned through his research, observation, and study.  are you similarly qualified?
he is known in your circle as 'peta vic' because none of you nimrods can dispute his conclusions.
are ad hominem attacks all you can muster?
have you seen the photos of uday and qusay trump posing with dead animals?  some deliberately and proudly mutilated?  are these your people?  brain dead rich pigs flying around the world slaughtering animals just because they can?
when it became clear to me that shooting animals was cowardly and indefensible, i gave it up and sold my guns.
one more thing...you do realize that 'activist' is not a dirty word, right?  'activist' could be applied to the bundys or any number of neo-con and/or teabag organizations.
activism is a sane reaction to 'hunters' (what a travesty!) like uday and qusay trump or 'heartless' dick cheney and his texas caged bird blasting farms.

thank you, doctor van ballenberghe.


Tsk tsk shame on her. Power corrupted her mind. No more kim chee for her.


In related news, the Liberals were attacked for breathing and walking on Friday.

The Conservative Party said they were "outraged."


The reason MacKinnon and Kelly did NOT ask for an analysis in 2013 is that it would have killed the prospects for the bill had the public had a clue what would happen if oil prices dropped dramatically.  The reason to gut the current system is that it puts far too much risk from market swings in price on the state and its people.  The oil industry itself is far better placed to grasp and manage market risk.  IF we want to subsidize energy prices, WE can cut checks (say) to Southcentral gas users when the cost of gas goes up - IF we can afford to.  Otherwise, the market will determine the price and consumers may consume without regard to it, may conserve to reduce their bills, or may switch to alternative sources of energy for the same reason.  We could also buy the gas fields and not make as large a profit as oil companies do.  There is NO reason to be subsidizing oil companies, UNLESS some specific benefit (e.g. development) is obtained by so doing.


Get outta here with your bigotry/racism.  Matter of fact, go back and keep adding to your Little Miss Muffet slush fund.


I'll try this again, since my original comment appears to have been killed by the trigger-happy thought police. What a world we live in!

My original point stands, which was that newspapers are losing readers because they've stopped sticking up for freedom of speech in favor of preaching political correctness. They've become just like another arm of government.

The latest example of this was the Globe's ban on the interesting word "fey" simply because some individual or group didn't like it.

I suggested that people really should stop taking offence, especially when none was intended.

I pointed out that I'm an "old" man, but might bristle if a Globe writer described me as such. Should that, though, be cause to ban all Globe scribblers from using the word "old" when writing about old people? Of course not.

The further we go down this PC road, of course, the less relevant newspapers will become. And the more readers they will lose. I may soon be one of them.


"Any conventional strike on North Korea would, at a minimum, turn most of Asia against the United States. "

It's the exact opposite Doug. Aren't you the European correspondent Doug? Have you ever been to Japan, Taiwan or S Korea Doug? Most people in Japan, S Korea and Taiwan are so fed up with N Korean threats and intimidation that they would welcome the elimination of the brutal N Korea political and military dictatorship. They would forever be indebted to the US and Trump.


What you predict doesn't matter at all TDW. So far your predictions are so far from reality it's not even funny anymore.


Years ago many private companies shifted policy from investment decisions on behalf of employee retirement accounts to a system of each employee received the funds slong with education and counsel, if desired, to learn about and make investment decisions on their own. There really is no way to consistently meet an anticipated "return"  ... conservative choices bring higher returns, etc., it all about risk/ reward...it's nothing more then the reality of retiree fund management. Why is the State dragging it's feet and still mucking about in the investing business....all of you, State Leadership and employee's alike need to accept the reality that investments must be in the controlling hand of the employee while at the same time withdrswing from the podsitiin that the state can predict and promise a return rate...which doesn't exist. Some combination of wacky tobacky - Houdini like antics - crooked politics or just simply mentally off the rails at play here.


Liberal scum will do anything it takes to make sure this muslim terrorist gets this money and not the widow of medic Speer. Wonder why we hate you and you politically correct garbage? Great example, reward the murderer and do everything you can to circumvent the victims rights.


This is exactly why I didn't return home this year. I've roughly taught 5 years in AK and 5 years in CA. I hope to return home soon for a job that meets my financial needs and provides my family with stability.

"We're saying, 'Hey come up to Alaska. By the way, we have huge fiscal uncertainty. We don't have a retirement system that's worth anything and every year we issue pink slips to everyone,' " he said. "It's not a situation that bodes well for the long run."


Thank goodness for Article 5, which lets us hold a Convention of the States and redefine the entire federal government and the Union itself.   We don't have to put up with each other.  On that note, let's all do all we can to help California secede.


BTW: Your criticism of Wielechowski's legal move doesn't play well when you diminish the PFD veto lawsuit.

Not only is it stellar on Wielechowski's part to challenge Walker's veto to snatch more than $1,000 from each Alaskan man, woman and child because it shows that when push comes to shove he consistently fights for the ordinary Alaskan.

It is a historic move in Alaska's long narrative of Outsiders who come here and exploit Alaska and Alaskans.

No matter which way you slice it, Halford, Tillion and Wielechowski took the fight of the PEOPLE to the courts to defend Alaska.

Why? No, it's not a re-election ploy. That's plain petty and Walker should be ashamed for saying so.

It's because Walker's agenda is now formulated by very rich, very powerful Outsiders and special interests. Walker implements THEIR plans. Those plans benefit THEM - not the ordinary Alaskan.

It would do you better to respect, commend and tip your hat to Wielechowski's historic fight rather than criticize it.


It is unfortunate that western countries are caught in a 'group think' bubble when looking at Iran (ie. Axis of Evil), without really analyzing Iran's actions versus US name-calling.
If one compares Iran's actions against those of Saudi Arabia (eg. 9/11 attackers, support for ISIS and other extremist groups, spread of Wahabist doctrine in Western and Middle East countries, leading the onslaught on Yeman, suppression of domestic and foreign Sunnis, etc.) one could easily make a case for friend versus foe. Yes, Iran has an abysmal record on human rights and religious intolerance. It also supports Hamas and Hezbollah. But those pale in comparison to what Saudi Arabia has done and is still doing.
Perhaps it is time for an in depth evaluation of the conflicts in the Middle East instead of merely following the path that Bush, Netanyahu and Blair staked out many years ago.


Margaret is very brave to admit to all of this while still working.  I have been retired fro 25 years and I can tell Margaret that it gets much worse or maybe better depending how you look at it.  Do any young people remember DOS on the computer when error meant you needed to control-alt-delete.  I made me laugh the other day when I heard that smart phones were going to be eliminated by Amazon's Alexa.  We are on the way to StarTrek's;  computer, make it so.


The first order of business surely must be to order a forensic audit. They must know the mess Christy has left them.


And if you're so concerned with your kids future, start thinking about the debt we're going to be leaving them - because you can't have it both ways.  Do you want responsible economic growth or do you want to shut our economy down and just borrow into the stratosphere.  Because I know you're not interested in giving up your standard of living......so what's it going to be???


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…not all of them.


Somehow, I think there are still a lot of U.S. voters who are with Trump, who are fearful, xenophobic, envious, etc., and would be horrified that Canada is led by a feminist.


Not at all as the clean water act didn't exist when ARGO was in its heyday, and Climax meets requirements under the clean water act. Arbitrary state standards are another matter, and clear creek is dead as a door nail due to the impacts of I70 and hundreds of other source points.


If Alyeska didn't have such a "monopoly" attitude, we'd certainly opt for a Staycation.


Read today that a large part of electricity generated by the company Hydro One is taking over in the US comes from coal fired power station.   Wynne shuts down coal fired in Ontario and put  Canadians out of work,  spends Billion on windmills etc and than buys coal fired plants in the US .  Will someone please explain the sense in this


You're free to give up your insurance and pay the fine. Go, do it, be free!


Get Comair to run SAA as a franchise. They already run the BA brand successfully, and make positive contributions to the fiscus at the same time.


"China hasn't threatened anyone in its post WWII history ever. "
Tibet?
The south sea island building program?
Korea?
Vietnam?
Any of that ring a bell for you?


If making up the term Alt-Right is allowed, then making up the term Alt-Left is allowed.


So, you really don't know if non-citizens can register to vote automatically through applying for a driver's license, with no proof of citizenship.  What I don't understand is, how someone so suspicious-minded can trust D. Trump so much, when he lies with every other breath?


Not forgetting some of the Eastern Catholic Churches permit married clergy.


Its a whale, not hillarys ass. Now that would be gruesome.


Amen to that.


??
Captive market, surely you meant to say...?
Seriously...could you expand on your original CMR2 comment ?
What am I missing ?


And your point is?


I'm getting up there too but a lot of the new stuff is just flashy bells and whistles toys. Daunting but actually pretty simple.


By your logic you'd write the same for German security that East Germans were more secure under the Stasi and the USSR. Yes the brutal military dictatorship of East Germany and the USSR sure was secure. You condescending Canadians always fail on logic and facts


Nobody said it was ok for black soldiers to be segregated.


You seem to misunderstand Jesus, and therefore Christianity.


Good job Globe on breaking out the story our "transparent" government didn't want out.


Is anyone actually going to the talk-backs at Cinema 21?


That is an astounding claim to make about the two most tested and fully accepted theories of modern science.  If quantum mechanics was wrong, you would not be able to post comments here.


I know if it being used more than twice. The keys to the gate are at the HPD substation btw. And while I agree it ought to be used more often, the point remains there was never a debate to just not build it. That is not how bridges in general are chosen, or other public projects.


I know, thanks for your service, now get the he77 out. Your horn is showing.


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thanks for the list.


I rejected Trump early, which is why I'm voting Libertarian, but I don't think your ideas are the answer. You say conservatives should define themselves as conservatives, but then you offer moderate positions that "conservatives" ought to take. I suppose that makes sense because "conservative" really means an adherence to the status quo.

The problem with that is that the country has been pulled so far to the left in the last 60 years that "conservative" now means the values of the Democratic Party in the Kennedy era. That's a collectivist - everybody-walk-in-lockstep-with-the-government value system that Goldwater tried to show was a major mistake.

If that's where the GOP should be now, then I won't be voting GOP ever again ... at least not on the national level. The America I want to live in would accept an individual's right to live their own life, not go along with the herd. That's not what you're describing. Reject my values & I reject yours. Bye-bye GOP.


How does one buy ENB at 49.21 when it trades over $50 currently?  I hope that we aren't using fictitious pricing to juice returns in the reference portfolio and improve the author's public image and income.


"Can I get a tax credit for suits and ties for work."

You already do.  It is called the Canada Employment Amount.

Teachers get that tax credit too, which brings up the obvious question of why do teachers get TWO tax credits for the exact same purpose.


shutting the door on Sloter may come back to haunt coach. He didnt have to say that even though he may feel that way. Some guys are gamers as opposed to practice freaks.Its been many many years since I was in football practice but I remember giving it in the drills but basically it was going through the motions. It took the real game kick off to really light the fire.


Ruben Reyes, You can add Fox News to your list of "anti-Trump network or Fake News Network responsible for brainwashing millions against Trump."  Fox News just came out with a scathing criticism of Trump.


The Elites just TOOK CONTROL.... you have a Billionaire President who is now appointing his other Billionaire friends into top Cabinet posts.  The CEO of Exxon in charge of the EPA???  That's like appointing Heinrich Himmler the head of your Synagogue.


One of the most egregious distortions the media made was implying he spammed all Google employees with his 'rant' out of the blue. In fact, he posted it to an internal Google forum where employees were encouraged to share their thoughts on the company's diversity training.


The August 2013 chemical attack in Syria's Ghouta — referred to now as if it was another example of the Syrian government's brutality — was shown not to have come from the Assad government, according to UN investigators as well as establishment journalists like Seymour Hersh. And yes, I read many news sources so I can understand that no Weapons of Mass Destruction  were found in Iraq. They were only the pretext to destroy a country and kill 4500 American soldiers and thousands upon thousands of Iraqis. Plus ca change!


no where near a bubble yet.There will be several legs up and consolidation of companies and also the market is so big ....lets talk bubble when it gets irrational in couple of years...until then lets make some money $$


The elephant in the room is that virtually all economic growth has gone to a smaller number at the top. Tax policy has imposed a burdon on lower income households with increased reliance on consumption taxes, payroll taxes and fees. People who have enough to meet expenses have various reistered accounts to lower their tax burdon. Any discussion about unfair tax policy should discuss the need to increase marginal tax rates by decreasing payroll taxes.


It takes a bulldog type strong man dictator to govern Syria and others mainly to keep them at least half ways secular so they don't tear themselves apart. Some Western powers stepped in to initiate regime change
based on the notion and recommendations of the  liberal (and some not so liberal) Middle Eastern  ex-pat community  that all it would take was to topple a few despots to cure societies ills in the region.  Remember the Arab Spring?
So it was done and now we have a complete humanitarian disaster and Western Governments are still supporting this failed policy.  The Russians are right this time.


A sad state of affairs repeated too many times in Iraq, Europe, the USA ... and there was an attack yesterday in Edmonton, Alberta's capital.  While the politicians rush to make statements about being 'shocked, but we stand together', it is time to review why it must seem so easy to commit these crimes in western nations where the rights of the 'alleged' attacker are paramount to the application of laws.  Do such attackers find the legal system weighted so much toward their 'rights', plus opportunities for media coverage, that it has become a 'sport'?  If any of these people do intend to become a 'martyr' for their cause, then they are NOT worrying about 'the law'.  How can such people be vetted, no matter where their radicalization occurred? There has to be a more appropriate penalty for disrupting and/or destroying innocent lives. Politicians need to be MUCH clearer about values that unite and underpin the fabric of THIS society. There are beliefs that cannot be accommodated here.


Hey, first I'm sorry about the pain your boy is feeling about his dog. It was just an accident. Anyways I was hoping you could clarify this for us... I'm not trying to be rude I swear, I know there are a lot of people out here that are wondering why the gofundme page that was set up had so many um, untrue statements on it? I just looked for it but can't find it. Has it been removed?


And I have no doubt you'd ban the Sun if you could...


Just so you know who writes these pieces: the author is the communication director of  National Council of Canadian Muslims. That's the new name, they used to be CAIR-CAN  - the Canadian arm of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, a organization found (by FBI) to have funded Hamas.
Mrs. Sheema Khan was the chair of CAIR-CAN.

Yesterday's two pieces are not "post truth" opinions but post-acts of terror perpetrated by jihadists (Berlin, Instanbul) meant to "sanitize" the image and pull a wool over your eyes. Innocent people get run over, shot or blow to bits NCCM says "look....Trump" or "blame islamophobia".


Do you bother to read the articles anymore, or are you in straight deflect mode ? The last line from the Immigration Minister said very clearly that the increase had nothing to do with the U.S. administration, and documents obtained show very clearly that Canada had always been the primary destination. This was first explained weeks ago. The increase has a lot to do with the statements from Trudeau, but of course you will never accept that. As they say in the entertainment business, your comments have now jumped the shark


I wondered when these ignoramuses were going to get their day in court.
If they think they got hammered by the releases which protected the integrity of the dam, imagine the sheer horror that would have been unleashed if the dam had been over-topped and washed out!
(Hint - had they lived through a dam breach, they'd still be in court trying to blame someone...)

For those who don't know - Lake Estes and its dam are not a flood control project - they are merely a 'faucet' in part of the water delivery system known as the Colorado-Big Thompson.  Even if Lake Estes had been totally empty prior to the rains, it could not have held all the water that came down, and the amount of water flowing down the Big Thompson would still have been catastrophic.


Great job, Ms. Earp! Alaska is blessed to have a cool head at your post. Thank you for your service!


Not scared, laughing at you snowflakes.


I could just imagine negotiations between Clinton and Putin if she had won, in light of the scandalous Uranium One deal that Hillary signed off on while she was SoS. Has the Canadian government investigated Canadian mining financier Frank Giustra, who allegedly brokered the deal and made the payments to the Clinton Foundation, for fraud and corruption yet?

Putin: "We would like economic and other sanctions dropped and recognition of Crimea as Russian territory."
Clinton: "Our Intel sources tell us you have over $40 billion in offshore accounts. You could still retire nicely on half of that..."
Putin: "I'll do better than that! If your Intel sources can identify the offshore accounts, you can have it all."


I lived in Ouagadougou from 1980 to 1982, and it was safe enough then to stroll around at night. I wouldn't chance it now. How the world has changed (for the worse).


Mr. Murphy's OpEd piece exposes today's toxic political environment and suggests the sources of that toxicity.  Your response is the all-too-predictable:  "Blame the messenger."

  OpEd pieces are, by definition, expressions of views and opinions.  Sometimes they reflect particular expertise and experience,  but often writers address issues "outside" their personal arena of expertise.  Mr. Murphy may be, by profession, a geographer, but that hardly negates the value of his perceptions regarding other issues.  I found his piece quite perceptive. I'm guessing you didn't.

If you disagree with his views, by all means, publish a rebuttal....perhaps an OpEd piece of your own, or, at least, some substantive rebuttal on this site.  If you feel Mr. Limbaugh and Mr. Hannity, for example, don't promote divisiveness, make that case.  If you feel Mr. Trump's campaign isn't founded on anger and resentment, make that case.  If you feel Mr. Trump will "make America great again"...tell us how...


This opens the door for Trump to increase fracking gas to ship to the far East, at huge profit to America.


Obama tried to frighten the British into voting against the EU. I didn't realise he had interfered in the Scottish vote as well.


BC is in for hard times. Can't wait to see the budget deficits and the GDP collapse.

Although, it will be fun watching socialists from BC and AB  fight to the death over a pipeline that already exists.

Good times ahead for this broken country.


Is it not curious, Bear, that I ask for a citation and what we get instead is an attempted tongue-lashing and reference to “a good number of Canon Lawyers?”  I gave you a citation Bear, a specific canon.  Where is your citation?

And of course, it is Jesus Christ Who saves us.  But then again, that is why He established His Church, why He gave her governance through St. Peter and his successors, why He entrusts the sacraments to her.  Part of the reason that she governs herself with ecclesiastical law is precisely to protect the pastoral care she gives.  It prevents clerics and others working in Christ’s name through the Church from becoming free-agents, doing things that are contrary both their salvation and the salvation of those receiving pastoral care or sacraments.  To that St. John Paul noted that the 1983 code was intended to be an “… efficacious means in order that the Church may … carry out its office of salvation in this world” (Sacræ Disciplinæ Leges, ¶ 26)


Miller is our race's version of Donald Trump.  Lisa is Jeb Bush.  Or Hillary, if you're less charitable.


Here we go.  Look for ban on travel from Korea and . . .


There is nothing stopping you from risking most of your money to start a business.    And if you become successful, BIG if, Trudeau and his socialists want you right back to a modest level to redistrubute YOUR hard earned money.    Sound fair?


What does his lack of military service have to do with the performance of his duties?


Maybe you misread the article, they are providing actual pro bono work.


Donald Trump is becoming the laughing stock of the world, one executive order at the time .... Someone should have told him that successfully running the U.S. requires dialogue, building alliances, negotiating, compromising... Those are areas where the Twitter-In-Chief could definitely use some help. If he persists in trying to run the country through executive orders, the ones he described as "so-called judges" will keep blocking those orders. Whether Trump likes it or not, there are still many differences between the U.S. and Putin's Russia, even with him as POTUS.


To a point.
I guess you are in support of the knee-takers then because you support freedom of speech?


The poll aggregator fivethirtyeight.com shows 55.5% of Americans disapprove of Trump, while 37.7% disapprove.

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/trump-approval-ratings/?ex_cid=rrpromo


This is the same site that wrote "Ted Cruz is now a Hillary Clinton campaign staffer" https://rawconservative.com/2016/05/ted-cruz-hillary-clinton-campaign/" - Reader Rep: Bret Oppegaard
Sorry.
"Cruz Now Works For Hillary Clinton Technically" is the title of the piece that explains how "Ted Cruz is now officially running a Republican campaign for Hillary Clinton."


We can start by disbanding the "fill in the ethnic/racial" student groups on school campuses.

Unless of course, we allow ALL groups to organize them (as several universities have shown, they will not allow all groups to form groups related to their culture/ethnicity/race), not just some groups..(and I prefer no groups be allowed to have them)


If a jackal yelps, you know the shot hit home...


Part human nature but more human error in handling technology, I think.  Very rarely is enough consideration (about both the positive and negative) and thorough understanding taken when we disseminate and adopt new powerful and potentially life-changing technology. With great power should always come great responsibility and we so often seem to focus only on the immediate benefit or convenience before it's become ubiquitous. Some examples: guns, medicine, fossil fuel extraction, fossil fuel burning engines, factory farming, fertilizer, pesticides, herbicide, plastic, media, TV, internet, pornography, automation, etc...  -- perhaps with the exception of nuclear and atomic energy and why I think human error is far more to blame than human nature.


On both sides there are those that "win" with having enemies. Most people just want to raise a family and  have a job. Maybe some of that 39 billion could be better used?


Everyone involved in this situation needs to grow up and dial it down. As possibly the first aboriginal graduate of the Royal Military College I can both appreciate and condemn various aspects of Cornwallis' conduct. Removing statues or attempting to sterilize our history in a nation where most already have an inexcusably inadequate knowledge of it will only serve to undermine a broader understanding by all Canadians.

In Latin America statues of controversial figures like Cortez, Pedro de Alvarado and Francisco Pizzaro are not far from aboriginal figures like Cuahetmoc, Tecun Uman and Montezuma. Let Cornwallis be accompanied by other meaningful historical figures whether Mi'kmaq or otherwise and let us know them all and both their achievments and failings.

Thin skinned over reaction by Haligonians, the military or the aboriginal community helps no one. Canada's history is rich, diverse and fraught with good and evil. Try and understand that, not condemn what cannot be changed.


Why are you mentioning "the Rocket"?
What do hockey heroes have to do with this article?


"The latest Rasmussen poll has Trump's approval rating at 50% and that doesn't sound too bad."

That's a bit misleading but it is superficially a fact. His disapproval index is -11 currently. His numbers are trending upward, I'll give you that as well.

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration/trump_approval_index_history


We politicians that were invited knew  nothing about Mr. Yoon or his past. With that said, his criminal life happened early in his life. He deserves a second chance like everyone, and I hope this effort will bear results for the needy and homeless. A former homeless family was present, and the wife did share her story.


And, there still aren't enough police to monitor and to charge the drivers who day-after-day continue to abuse the regular, simple and commonsense rules of the road thereby endangering the people that do comply.


" my OLF"?  Is it still United States Naval property?


Happy to see these people go.  Best line in article highlighted a man waiting deportation; "as a youth, Hadeel committed a gun crime and spent 10 years in a U.S. prison."  Time for him to go.


Time to throw the bums out and replace them with realists with basic math skills. We are after all some of the most under-taxed citizens in the entire developed world. Don't like taxes more than anybody else, but Tea is leaving a sour taste in my mouth these days. But...we had a really good deal going for a very long time. Time for a reality check.


And yours is plotting the destruction of Canada on Khan Island with Hillary and Soros.
At least with Trump we get all the facts...
You slippery slimy Liberals are taking our country by whispers


Good to see and I hope it continues. Anyone who tries to profit from being in the presidential office, doesn't deserve to be there. Everyday brings a new low for this presidency. Watch for the 3AM Twitter rant.


sure glad my tax dollars are being used wisely. i feel all fuzzy.


No, we have a gun problem.


LW2: Gifts, by definition, are never required, or they wouldn't be gifts. I disagree with Amy-- you don't need to explain anything or ask for permission to not bring gifts. Simply don't, and get a nice card or something instead.


What's the old saying? There are bold bear baiters and there are old bear baiters but there are no bold, old bear baiters.


why just the last year of Bush's administration?  Why not the last 2 years?  Democrat  majorities in BOTH houses, and Frank and Dodd responsible for oversight.  Easy to blame Bush, or any sitting president, but the finances of the nation are controlled by Congress.


Steve, I have no problem whatsoever with people taking what is rightfully theirs.  Working for a fair wage or turning an ethical profit is what makes the economy hum.

What bothers me is those who shamelessly exploit others and subscribe to the philosophy that the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must.  That was the mantra when I was at university in the early 80s, and it brought Reaganomics, junk bonds, and irresponsible cuts, which were the gestation of the decline of the middle class and the increasing gap between rich and poor.

I have a comfortable lifestyle by dint of hard work.  But I don’t object to society helping those who aren’t as fortunate as I am; we weren’t all blessed with good health and reasonable intellect.  I don’t grumble too much about the taxes I have to pay, either – while I deplore the waste I see in government, I also see people who would have neither food nor shelter if it weren’t for publicly funded programs.


No that's not what Native leaders are saying, SpenAK.  All too often Native felons wind up receiving HARSHER sentencing compared to Caucausians or other races.  A Native and a Caucasian can kill someone, but the judicial system will give the Native offender life in prison without the possibility of parole.  Remember the Caucasian man that ran over and killed two 15-year-old high school senior girls who were walking home from an afternoon of back to school shopping?  The guy was sentenced to thirty-years for killing two teenagers.  I can guarantee you that if it were a Native that drove drunk, he would've been looking at two life sentences.  And what about Alexandra Ellis?  She ran over, while drunk, and killed a marathon cyclist and received 90-days but was granted sixty of those days for being forced to serve a second go at treatment.  So tell me once again how Natives are getting a free pass other than a free lunch at Beans Cafe and a floor mattress at Brother Francis Shelter.


Please correct the spelling of the name of long-time local acting treasure G. Valmont Thomas. Thank you.


Tory should get a job, stop bilking the
people, same with all you lying thieving
politicians.


Lisa is neither a good person nor a good Senator. There is no excuse for any Senator to refuse to hold a hearing or vote yes or no on a Supreme Court nominee. None. Also voting down funding for Zika research by going along with the poison pills inserted into the bill was unconscionable. These actions have earned her no respect in either Congress or in Alaska. Alaskans actually have a chance to elect excellent representation this time around. Stock has already accomplished much in DC just a human being with integrity. Think what she could do with support of Alaskans as an Independent Senator. She can work with both parties for what is best for the country and for Alaska.


Most  of  the  issues  dealing  with  First  Nations  seems  to  revolve  around  the  question  of  who  controls  the  land  and  what  happens  on  it?

In  Canada  this  question  is  confused  by  the  very  different  status  of  treaties  in  different  areas.  In  most  of  BC  formal  treaties  were  never  signed  and  there  are  valid  questions  about  whether  aboriginal  rights  were  ever  surrendered.  This  is  further  confused  by  overlapping  land  claims  by  different  FN  groups.

East  of  the  Rockies  formal  treaties  were  signed  and  there  is  clear  delineation  of  FN  'reservation'  lands.

Amongst  some  activists  and  media  there  is  a  repudiation  of  this  fact  and  statements  that  FN  really  control  the  land,  especially  any  Crown  lands.

Any  claims  that  FN  have  a  veto  over  development  in  areas  defined  by  treaty  are  weak  and  I  think  ultimately  headed  to  failure.

In  BC no  one  knows  how  it  will  end.


The three great apes, orangs, chimps, and gorillas, have a similar policy. For the first four or five months of a baby's life it is in constant contact with its mother. Always being held or hanging on to mom's fur. Jane Goodall watched chimp mother's raising their offspring and when she had her first baby she followed the same practice.


I think I once heard something like "those who fail to know their history are condemned to repeat it".  I guess Alaska should just make the same mistakes the rest of the states have made.  At least, you will feel better.


Because you just knowledge the criminal doings since 1990s, that is why it is better to acknowledge them earlier so later generations would not have so much problem.


No argument with that last comment.

But please don't misunderstand; I don't expect you or anyone else to embrace, agree or follow my beliefs and opinions.  They're mine.  I'm happy enough just to say what I feel.

If someone agrees that's fine.  But I would hope that every person with a comment has a mind of their own.  That they shape their opinions based off their own research and not just based off the opinions of some.

 I don't fully agree with any comment that I like but usually there is enough there that I do or that the poster put time and consideration into the comment.

That should be enough for any of us I like to ask kids and adults to use their brain :)
B- brainstorm benefits
R - read for risks
A - alternatives
I - what's your intuition
N - what if you do nothing

Silly right? Yeah not so much.  These days someone will read something, agree with no research, and then copy n paste it without blinking an eye. That to me seems silly. Learning is my passion :)


I voted for Tory (because really, what other option did a sane voter have in the last election?), but he's been somewhat of a disappointment, especially on transit. Smarttrack was a poorly-thought-out boondoggle from the start. The Scarborough line is another. The Spadina line is being extended as we speak. All before the more important line: the relief line.

I'm hoping for better options next election. Please god let Trump-lite (and I'm definitely not talking about Tory) not run again. Our city deserves better.


...and why do we need an increasing population and labour force when we are just on the cusp of the next industrial revolution where robotics and automation will take over so many jobs?


Just read the results of the last study


A monkey could have given approval to both these pipelines. So it really isn't much to brag about. It will take real courage to aid the building of the pipeline. Will Trudeau have that courage?


Can't understand why he selected that Carson guy on his Cabinet?  Or is he just an 'Oreo'?

 I guess someone of color who becomes a neurosurgeon does present a problem for a racist such as yourself.

Denouncing Democratic policies in front of President Obama at the 2013 National Prayer Breakfast probably didn't help either, huh?


It was the widow's decision to put her phone on speaker for the people she was with to hear.

With all due respect to Gen. Kelly's own experience with loss and his tact in comparing to how Obama and other prior presidents handled notifications, I don't really think he has a case for bashing on the congresswoman here. The deceased soldier's mother also seems to have had some complaints about how the call was handled, after all - this isn't just an eavesdropper making things up for political hay.


Somehow, I just never find any of those to be good or civil.  Just coincidence of course.


I'm totally thrilled with this move by Disney!   Now a person can purchase Netflex and they do not need to also support Disney.  It makes it so much easier to boycott!


I am personally willing to pay an income tax or even better yet a sales tax.  I meet tourists all the time who are amazed they aren't helping pay for some of the services they use.  However, either of those would only raise about $200 million.  Restructuring the permanent fund is the only way to stabilize state government funding and to preserve the dividend.  If they get this done then they can go home.


Just say No! This is another needed invasion. Our government is getting too complicated. Lets keep it simple.


Of the many Trump voters I've talked to, most if not all have some wildly inaccurate and/or racially or gender biased reason for doing so:  One said he was going to raise the minimum wage to $12.50 the moment he was in office, or that he was going to have Hillary Clinton arrested and thrown in jail for murdering children, or because Obama had vowed to leave the country.  I've heard several assert that Trump is a devout Christian, that he's a self-made millionaire, that he's a genius who will "fix" everything.  I've even heard he's for universal health care.  The remainder, and unfortunately the majority, have to do with pejorative racist ideas of getting Obama out of the White House (even though he's leaving anyway).  As a "corollary" to these, I've listened, stunned, as young Trump supporters (and not rich ones) have argued that education shouldn't be "free"---that all schools should be private.

The indoctrination is strong with this crowd....


So explain how the 50+ year war on poverty has changed anything after trillions of tax $$ spent. Also, please explain what results have been achieved with billions of SIG tax $$ grants. Also, please, explain how one of the highest paid school districts, Chicago, has improved education for the poor. Also, explain why home schooling is on the rise. Throwing more $$$$ at the education system is not the answer. We as a society need to change and create a culter where education in valued vs warehousing kids, throwing more money at it. Teachers do a great job BUT they are not miracle workers if parents aren't involved.


It's moving along in red states as well.
Trump's endorsed it.
Newt Gingrich (Red) has endorsed it.
Bob Barr (Red) endorsed it.
It's been endorsed by 8 Former ALEC National Chairs (Red)
It's been endorsed by a bipartisan group of 31 Missouri (Red) Representatives
11 States with 165 Electoral Votes have enacted the bill — it only takes 105 more

They's do it and
they all say "No! Thank you!"


Thank you for correcting the figures in your other comments.  Good work.


The ACA (ObamaPelosiReidCare)was designed to fail on purpose.  This was so it would be easier to force single payer on the public.


How hard is it?  You carry it in and carry it out! Besides the cost of so many coolers and tents.  I remember being cash strapped when I was in college, I guess times have changed.  To be able to afford to buy coolers and tents over and over.  How embarrassing for the fraternity, this chapter should be closed, being a frat is a privilege, not to be abused!  They need to be held responsible and the forest service should send them the bill!


Maybe this is a sign of cutting costs and not just a blank check...who am I kidding these politicians will just continue to take more of our taxes to do things that will pad their pockets.


It is pretty easy to put down Trump but I want all you people to look at who he is surrounding himself with. Conway is a mouth piece for Trump and is pretty good at never dealing with facts. Sessions is a bigot. Tillerson is questionable, Education Sec. Has never been in a public school, Choe is McConnells wife and on and on. May God help us all and I mean all.