No, Skeexix, the early '80s did not have a big AIDS scare. The research team I worked with began working on HIV in late 1984, and at that time heterosexual transmission was considered to be quite the exception and AIDS was still largely known as the "gay plague". It didn't crack the heterosexual awareness bubble until the mid/late-80's (although the CDC had noted females with AIDS in 1983), and then only because a noticeable number of IV drug users and their partners became seropositive. Bear in mind that the ELISA blood screen, which gives many false positives, didn't get licensed until 1985 and the Western follow-up screen wasn't licensed until 1987.

Abstinence indoctrination has never worked. The kids who are put through that tend to become sexually active at earlier ages than the kids who get real sex education. The difference is the abstinence kids don't know how to properly use contraception, so they tend to get pregnant more often and also contract STI's at greater rates.


Japan has 3% unemployment and virtually no immigration. We have 6.5%, and the US has about half the per capita immigration we have and 4.3% unemployment.

Trudeau obviously doesn't care about unemployment but wants to please big business and those politically correct voters who are lucky enough to have a job.


If her husband has even a modicum of self-respect, there is very likely a divorce in Leah's future (in which, of course, she'll gouge him as much as the courts allow). I can't imagine what crimes he committed  in a previous life to warrant being married to her.


"They gather regularly to mourn what was..."? Please. What you mean by "what once was"  is the awful period of modernism and liturgical abuse so ripe since the end of Vatican II--at least until this parish finally got a priest who knew what the hell priests--and Catholics--are supposed to do and believe. The people who truly "mourn what once was" are those who are familiar with the 1900 years of traditional Catholicism that was swept aside by the Rahners, Kungs, and Ratzingers of Vatican II. Calling the "exiles" "cradle Catholics" is to wonder in whose cradle these liturgical scientists were raised. Sadly, most of them--at least those who grew up after VII anyway-- probably don't know any better. And this new priest, and those who truly know their faith, don't want to go nearly as far back as the "16th century"; October 9th, 1958 is far enough.


Actually maggots are good for you. If you have rotting flesh in your wound they will be introduced by doctors to help debride the dead tissue and clean it up. Then you throw them away or feed them to chickens. Need to ask where's the momma fly? Could be a dog dung fly. These things go from egg to flying adults in 24 hours. Amazing. As for the matter of getting good clean nursing care this emphasizes the need to buy good quality disability insurance on your own. Don't mooch of government care. They cover only cheap bottom of the barrel service. Better than nothing. Car accident 26 years ago. Mo beddah put him out of his misery. Poppa's, too.


Republican operative:
"I try in my communications, quite frankly, not to say anything that would be embarrassing if made public."
However, in my work any and all I say and do would be beyond embarrassing if it were made public.
It's just that we hide what we do from the public and they think we're the good guys.
They're real suckers.


This is the part I don't understand. Half of the people here were crying why Elway jumped the gun and got Lynch instead of Prescott and what did Prescott do today? He plays behind probably the best O line in the league and he laid an egg. He showed nothing until garbage time and I can bet that people here would still rather have him than Siemian. Incredible. What Siemian needs to do so that Broncos fans can be on board with him? 7 TD in 2 games is not enough?


Condos are not built for families. They are built for investors, and to maximize their returns. That's why any condo built in the last ten years are 1BR and 1BR + Den for the most part.


Thank you for this, as short on data as it is (no fault of yours and thanks for trying). I am reminded here of a visit I made to the Calgary office of the Export Development (Crown) Corporation in 2009. It was a relatively small office but had a prominent sign for the Bombardier Corporation on the door, as if EDC was simply a branch office for the disgraceful Beaudoin family kleptocracy that masquerades as a competitive business.

Grew up in the east, now live in Calgary, and I am disgusted by the snivelling enabling that taxpayers continue to provide to this company, especially when contrasted to all of the road blocks our new, "socially licensed" government has erected to obstruct the western energy industry and throw a hundred thousand out of work.

If GHGs are bad, then we shouldn't be building planes either.


How does that work? If you have a certain number of comments deemed not civil then you get a time-out? I got the temporary SPAM block on the disqus site at least once or twice per month. Either I've changed my attitude or this system just works better.


Noting the Church does not normally knowingly consecrate heretics as bishops and put them in charge of diocese is hardly “trying to stack a deck”.


Human intelligence in good faith is the starting point: the image and likeness of God.


Reefer madness lies, are just that lies, lies that have hurt our communities, our states our nations, our world,Those who adhere to this culture are hurting their communities, to the many benefits of cannabis. Mexico's  recent supreme court, said it is a human right to use cannabis recreationally, and this is true, as cannabis realigns our thinking into a truer operating system, an example of this cannabis helping Veterans overcome PTSD. Using cannabis always, always, always has positive health benefits. The world is adopting a new culture based on truth, the old culture, based on lies designed to lead the sheep, will disappear ,as the light of truth shines brighter, The people of Oregon voted in cannabis, so it should be grown, and sold everywhere.


Matthews for the Calder. I'm calling it now


Victor, Walk away...!  I know you guys,  and you are too smart to fall for this .


She was only reflected because the GCI's spent millions once she lost the primary and their breadwinner was in jeopardy.  www.fec.gov. Look her up.  Joe too.  :). Pretty clear who is paid for.


Get some RBIs tonight, CarGo!


I would think that the chances of two mature woman, with their child, in a small swinging gondola ,20 foot up in the air, standing up to try and change places, would be slim to none.


Wow. I can tell you hate the President, you don't have to bite my head off because I have an opinion.


Can't stand H Clinton, can stomach Trump so write in Bernie Sanders for president.


Something I just learned yesterday was that Trump's father was once arrested at a KKK rally while wearing the hooded uniform of the Klan. Donald comes by his racism honestly apparently.


Yes, people with government jobs and government retirement healthcare could care less about either the PPACA or the AHCA. Those from the private sector without the benefit of a union, that purchase individual insurance through the marketplace may have a different opinion. I know I do. I pay about $1500/mo now. I did rather it didn't go up due to Trumpcare.


Lame, Marty. In order to make this claim you must deny the entire communicative universe of symbolic and interpretive language. It happens to exist regardless of your opinion.


That's just a dangerous rationalization.  There's much more at stake here.  Oh, like the survival of humanity for one.  Trump's focus on isolationist concerns will impede any progress on all fronts.  He's a bad man.  Not very intelligent.


Didn't you know, tRump and Putin have the market on lipstick!


boots, do you think an open borders policy with countries where terrorists come from makes us safer?


Power outage? Delta doesn't have a dang generator?


The bail hearing set for 3/28 means they were refiled (not dropped).


When an 200+ LB, 30 year old white girl with a weak heart drops dead in the street after hearing a loud thud, thats not murder. Thats a health crisis.


I used those words to determine whether our understanding of redistribution is the same, which it apparently is not.  Spending taxpayer money on government services is not what I consider redistribution.  Redistribution as I understand it is to take from some to give to others.


More government duplication and restructuring costs? Little wonder we are about to run a $28 Billion deficit, despite one of the fastest growing economies in the G7.  Isn't this when we should be running a surplus?  Were the Coles Notes on Keynesian economics not clear enough for Gerry and Justin?  Or is it more fun to instill the fear of god into taxpayers as to what's coming next?


The bishops' claim that they are defending religious freedom is baseless. Christians, Jews and Catholics have been elected and appointed to serve in all branches of the government. They have passed legislation that governs civil not religious life. It is the non-Western, non-Judeo/Christian religions that are threatened.

The Church does not have to provide birth control instructions, contraceptives or abortions, nor does it have to officiate at civil unions or divorces, whether same or opposite sex. The Church does not have to accept or minister to alternate lifestyle individuals and communities.

The Church does have the option of condoning personal arms, capital punishment, armed conflicts, nuclear weapons and environmental disregard.

The bishops are not defending religious freedom. The bishops are promoting religious license. They hope that Church will trump State. It is more likely that it is they who will be Trumped.


Dear Byron,
       Polls mean not much.  Remember Obama had a very high approval rating, went out and campaigned for Hillary and she still lost.  Why?  Because polls are skewed and approval ratings mean nothing when it comes to the issues of this country.
  All the "millions" Democrats poured into the Georgia race and still lost.  What does that tell you?  Americans are tired of this manufactured Russian BS.  The American voter is not stupid Byron.  Money is pouring into the RNC because we support our President.  The MSM can spin all they want.  The polls can skew all they want.  The Deep State can investigate all they want but it doesn't matter.  Americans want change and we will get it.  I just bought a torch and a pitchfork and donated to the RNC.
  If Obamacare is not repealed we will vote out the Republicans who lied to us and replace them with Republicans who will.  Democrats will not win, they have no message and no leader.  They are Socialists.  We don't want to be Europe.


But they ARE syncophants!  Both of them lip-sync far-right Catholicism, always have and always will!  That's not healthy, for them, the Catholic church, or the Catholic right-wing!


The problem here is that such a test would probably find that many stone cold sober people should not be operating motor vehicles - that's why such a test has not been developed.  This is what we need, however - a way to determine if someone's reflexes and attention is sufficient to operate a motor vehicle safely, regardless of what may or may not be in their blood at the time.  It removes the "sinner" aspect and gets to the heart of the matter which should be safety.


we're taking the land back said fickle mbalula
once he'd sold it off to an offshore ruler


How will voting for either of them "blow up the system"?


This matches the facts much better. The PCEPI inflation rate was above 2% in the most recent month available when the inflation targeting regime was announced. However, after the first four months of 2012, which were all above 2.0%, the PCEPI inflation rate has stayed below 2.0%. For the first 11 months of 2015, inflation was below 1.5%, but otherwise the US Fed has also respected a 0.5% lower bound. There is no reason that the US Fed should have a 2.0% target rate.  Their PCEPI indicator, with its chain Fisher formula has much less upward substitution bias than, say, the Canadian CPI, so strictly on this basis a lower target inflation rate is appropriate.


Because they're feral animals, if we don't keep their numbers in check they will move to other areas as their numbers increase.  If they were, in their current form, indigenous to North America then they would have a natural role here and I would probably be actively trying to save them.


Certainly the malcontents get all the attention in the media.   Here are some nations that thrive ...
www.twnation.ca/en/Business.aspx

I always liked this story ... www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/rob-magazine/clarence-louie-feature/article18913980/


Please show me when, where and how she has stood up for the soldiers? Not the military, but the men and women who serve in the military?


That's not fake news....that 'not reporting'.  Different concepts, but I agree with you about the lack of reporting and journalism in this area.


Thank God the Fords are gone so Toronto can have intelligent planning and good governance that is so needed for that city. I do not live in TO and mostly fly through it and see it from a birds eye view- but even flying in at
6 :30 am  I am shocked by the long rows of cars coming into the city and what a mess that caused in gridlock and air pollution.  like the idea of user fees because  infrastructure costs money and providing housing, public transport and pedestrian car free zones  is what we need and certainly a  metro Toronto of  perhaps more than seven million by 2050.


Not to be defensive, but freedom of religion is a civil right.    We don't have religious rights, we only have civil rights, one of which is to hold religious views or not.    The supreme court may have supported the Quakers' civil right to practice their freedom of religion as it is applied to the pledge of allegiance, but the basis for that support lies in the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.


Elect Singh, and you probably get Avi and Naomi taking Butts' job pulling the puppet strings.  Scary.


"What if it was a child molester?"
Then you would be a priest and be covered?

However, the catholic church has harbored 1000s of these ppl


Reminiscent of the Jay Leno skit where then president George W. Bush sanctioned the United States for all of its UN violations.


230 years 2A didn't mean an individual right, but he's the one blithering?


Look at the low IQers thinking this is a good thing. The oil companies are proud.


Someone buy that moron a dictionary. He's embarrassing the USA on the world stage.


Men don't wear condoms for the fun of it, but because they are entering someone else's body and that person demands it. Their body, their right. The Pill was a milestone because it allowed women to have sex even when their partners would disregard their wishes on condom use, which today would be considered a form of rape. This is one of those reasons why men in dresses making these decisions on the morality of contraception is beyond the pale. Start ordaining women and we might get a rational teaching on birth control. If you can't see that making decisions on their sexuality and denying them priesthood is both connected and sexist, then the problem is you, not women or sex.


Elvin, "dude" went out of common parlance with the 70's; grow up and move on clown

Do we have to put up with your "stupid" for the next 4 years?

Boo hoo hoo go lookup parlance moron


Hi, Ews1.  Not sure of the motivation for your comment.  "Canada does not have a lack of talented First Nations..."  etc.  OK, I'll take your word for it. I think that is likely accurate.  I'm not sure I would recognize any of their names.  There are lots of authors I'm not acquainted with.

Now, about  "Canada Reads to be aired on CBC..." Some Canadians may decide to read  these authors' books because of it, too.

But what percentage of Canadians will actually HEAR this CBC program?  My guess: `very small.  A lot fewer people than the comparatively large number who have read and will continue to read Mr. Boyden's outstanding books, people who rarely, if ever, listen to the CBC.

What kind of fools would actually publicly, denigrate the author who's single-handedly done so much to effectively advance and espouse their cause?

Well, I guess we know the answer to that one.


Trump Impeachment Is Most Popular Solution Among Americans, Poll Says


Maybe its WiFi that's always attacking May's head when she speaks about carbon and praising Khadr in the HoC and Press Gallery dinners.

I certainly couldn't be the alcohol impairing her thoughts, LOL

On another note, this government stinks to high hell and Canadians should be furious


Really? You can make “alot” of money on solar and wind? If true where is “alot” of money hiding?

Sun Edison is bankrupt, Yingli Green Energy Holding is on SOE life support, Solar City has never made a profit and the solar yieldcos have all tanked as their dividends shriveled.

The real “news flash” is while alternative energy has great potential, profits are virtually nonexistent. If the Great Elon can’t make money at it who can?


I agree - it's ridiculous - DM's logarithm treats readers like idiots. And as for being lectured about what is "civil" and what not!


Look into Nestle’s history regarding water holdings/leases, particularly Arrowhead Springs...then see if you still want Nestle having access to Oregon’s springs or other groundwater.


This has nothing to do with comparing cars. Your man finished 46th out of 58. How is the data that was presented in the link flawed? You are dealing with elections and the data from the recent ones are very relevant. Unless, the reason that the reason the data is flawed is because it is not favorable to Trump?


Bring back the Chain Gang.


I'm sure that Trudeau has already spoken at length with Mulroney about this.

No point in building a relationship with Ivanka, she and her hubby will be tossed from the White House when Daddy gets impeached.


The golf courses embedded into lava deserts are green.


I wonder how many votes Trump has picked up just by being willing to talk to Schumer and Pelosi?

Does he lose more of his own base than he picks up from Independents or (Gasp?) non-ideological Democrats?

And how much should the Republican Establishment types inside the Beltway think about what that could mean in either 2018 or in 2020?


Hmmm........my own real portfolio contains 5 of the stocks that Heinzl holds in this phantom portfolio.


For all of you who love to throw out the "science denier" or "climate denier" for people who don't believe in your climate change religion, here are some other examples of "scientific consensus" that didn't exactly come true.

1. The world is flat
2. The earth was the center of the universe
3. Smoking is good for your.  9 out of 10 doctors recommend Camels.
4. Heart disease is caused by eating foods high in cholesterol

and many many more.


If you are struck by lightning, how do you carry on a conversation for a minute afterwards as if nothing is wrong, then suddenly fall unconscious and die? That is what the girlfriend who was riding with him said occurred.


"Ranting." That's a pretty funny way to describe my correcting your error. You continue to make the same error despite my having laid out the facts for you about the 287g program. The point here isn't whether "federalize" and "deputize" mean the same thing. They really don't but that's beside the point. When Kennedy federalized the Alabama guard, he did so under authority of federal law and the guardsmen did not have a choice. Here with ICE and 287g, the federal government isn't federalizing sheriffs and local LEOs. It is soliciting their voluntary cooperation. Nearly all jurisdictions decline to let their police and sheriffs become immigration agents too because, as experience has shown, that hampers local crime fighting.

Racist are conservatives. That's just a matter of fact you cannot escape. You're not doing very well here, perhaps it's time to stop and think a bit before instantly replying with more off-point diversions.


Trump smells weakness, Junior is worse than previously feared.
God help us.


Why are you so upset about it then ?

You wouldn't have commented if you really didn't care.

Maybe, it's because you know that your four times bankrupted Wall Street Billionaire lost the popular vote by a greater margin than any US Presidential candidate in history with Vladmir Putin's help.

That must bug you.


Yeah, they won't have to pay as much. As they have jobs and don't get a subsidy.
You see, they are the people paying for those who refuse to work and just take, take, take.


Trump is putting you in charge of the economy?


The Ship of Fools is heading downstream towards the rapids with captain Donald at the helm. His crew wants to do the right thing and head for shore, but he is yelling (tweeting) at them to continue on imagining a yuge crowd waiting for him downstream, in-fact the biggest crowd to ever meet a ship. He threatens them with "repercussions far greater than any of them understand" if they don't do as he says. The crew knows the captain is crazy and the ship will be destroyed if they go along with his demands. Most crew members are too wimpy to go against his threats, but three brave souls have the courage to throw out the anchor and prevent the ship from crumbling.


and they've got a record of the transaction ....( shooters pub on river rd got a safe stolen overnight many years ago.  they found a "friend's" car with the perfect impression of the bottom edges and contours of the safe still pressed  into his back seat....   )


I won't ascribe motive to Mr. Hammer.  However, I will say (and I'm a 73 year old guy), that over my lifetime, the stupidest things I've done have been when I was really, really angry.  I've learned to control such anger and can't remember the last really, really stupid thing I did......of course, perhaps being 73 makes it easier to "not remember"......


Full arrest of the Perm Fund if the governor and legislators can pry it from the voters cold dead fingers.


Good luck on pushing Clinton once she's elected, given her history and that of her party. The Clintons have always been supporters of the establishment. Party platforms and campaign promises mean nothing. The only clue to what a politician will do in office is what they've done in the past. Clinton has a terrible past, full of war and antagonism to poor people.


In my opinion, as a Canadian of Metis, Ojibway and European ancestry, with a PhD in Canadian history, I find Mr. Stewart's article to be reasonable, balanced and fair.  I understand that the EFTO recommendation was not considered by professional historians, therefore, it lacks any credibility. If this recommendation is to be proceed, then the removal of Pierre Elliott Trudeau's name from schools cannot be far behind....after all, he was suggesting the assimilation of Indigenous peoples with his 1969 White Paper on the future of Indian affairs.  Justin Trudeau, with his renaming of the Langevin block has opened up Pandora's Box.... this is simply pandering of the worst sort that will not improve the lives of Indigenous peoples in this country....Sensible Canadians need to stand up and be counted to counteract this nonsense.


In all my time away from the Catholic Church I did not try to deceive myself that I was a Catholic. My criticisms of Catholics who, rather than stay "and live out their Faith," as you put it, actually reject it yet cling on to the notion that they can do this and still remain members of the Church are perfectly legitimate. I am only applying the same criteria to them as I applied to myself.
Your analogy re: the Prodigal Son is way off the mark, my situation doesn't resemble that parable one iota.
Also your 'judgement' of me not having a "humble and contrite heart" is laughable when one looks at your 'humble and heartily contrite' comments on this website: knocking people's teeth out whom you perceive to have humiliated you, dragging Cardinal Burke around strapped to a commode, etc.
Nice try.


Again, AP and SA?  "Could be..."?  Why not "will be" or "will not be"?  Printing and spreading Fake News.  Auwe.


What are you banging on about?


The political price she needs to pay is to withdraw from the race and let Sanders take the helm.


Typical lying protestor. They exaggerate everything to gain support for their stupidity. Her arm is screwed up? Too bad let that be a lesson to dummys everywhere.


Buffet's move s something like a blood transfusion to a guy who just lost a leg in return for his house. Of course he'll sign it off, but he's bleeding from the artery and with Home Capital there re still no doctors close buy. So, Buffet just gave them a little bit of time before they bleed out.


Would you say that you never saw someone charged with a measure 11 crime for the purpose of offering a plea deal to avoid trial? Do you believe the facts always would have likely led to a conviction on the more serious charge?
I'm curious how often you though someone was guilty but you did not have a strong case, how often you thought someone not guilty but you had a strong enough case to convict - does that happen?


Behold, our Betters:
https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2017/10/12/behold-our-betters-n2393375


It does sound a bit ironic, given the tone of the editorial, but any message should have basic protection against snoops.


Thanks for the tip, Chuck! Based on a friend's recommendation, I've been using Topo Maps + (free, downloadable topo maps you can use offline). Directionality is the tiniest bit off, but about 99% of the way there. I'd be interested in comparing how it stacks up against MotionX-GPS — there are so many navigational apps out there, I only listed Gaia because it appears to be one of the most popular.


Colkoch...agree with your points want to add a couple more plausible titles to this article:

            Trump 9 Truth O

OR

             Trump 9 American people ?

OR

              Trump 9 Constitutional Rights "at risk"


. . . comes next.  The normal concepts of loyalty, principle, ideology, empathy (especially empaty, not sympathy, empathy) DO NOT APPLY to Trump.

Now he's completely undermining conservatives.  Just to get jollies and approval.  No loyalty, no principle, no ideological firmness on any level.

His shift, which is likely to go on awhile and progress (especially after the conservatives being to excoriate him in the brutal and loud fashion they are capable of), serves only one purpose.

We need to be really vigilant and continue to push Congress toward removing him.  He's dangerous.  We're all at risk.  Even the conservatives and GOP are about to feel that where it counts for them - when he starts doing things sympathetic toward minorites, such as pushing Congressional Republicans to provide DACA-like relief.


Trudeau vs Trudeau?

Let's hope they both lose the next election.


Manning whipped up anger and then exploited it through demagoguery and bigotry.That is what he has always done.

"Preston Manning has always been clear about both his political agenda and his preferred political vehicle for achieving it: it is a radical free-market agenda and it would be brought to fruition on a wave of popular anger. Harnessing these two forces together - the mass power of broad-based discontent and the financial power of those supporting an unfettered free-market philosophy - was Preston Manning's party-building task. "

"Like his father he built a network of corporate contacts who shared his vision of a corporate run government, from "... the powerful oil industry whose interests were almost exclusively tied up in a free-market economic policies. Preston Manning, who had worked on behalf of those interests for twenty years [through his consulting business], was the man who would bridge the gap."


In reply to: Most Canadian provinces also have a tupping wage, a minimum wage for servers several dollars below normal minimum wage.
Of course, should be more if you are tupping your server....


Not trying to be stubborn here but as a single parent, I'm scratching my head comparing my own parenting with the parenting of my mother and father, and not really seeing how I relate to my kid in "a woman way" or "a man way." I see myself doing things my mom did and my dad did because I inherited that particular mix of traits from them (there's more of my dad in me).

I don't know what you mean by parenting after the onset of puberty. Yes, it is complex but both genders need to find meaningful work to do for the rest of their lives and both need support in discerning who/what makes a good friend or lifelong partner (I think the list varies only slightly based on gender). It doesn't matter whether you are raising a son or a daughter--these things matter at this age.

When you say you have the inside track on the overwhelmingly common experience of male and female parents, are you sure or are you just repeating what you think is true?


doesn't change the fact that unemployment - by the same measure as under Bush - is way down and the US has created thousands of jobs for 73 straight months

If you want to pick on how its calculcated, you must apply it to Bush too, in which case Obama looks even better


By definition, executive orders are not legislation.

President Obama used executive action to implement his policies, in large part, because he had an absolutely intransigent GOP House and Senate to work with who refused to let him have a "win." Trump, on the other hand, has a House and Senate of the same party (for the time being, at least). That would usually be a time of significant legislative activity in Washington, but as we all know these are not usual times. The debacle of the failed AHCA demonstrated very clearly that while the GOP may have a majority in both Houses, by no means do they have a cohesive majority.


Isn't it great when corruption in government is exposed like it has been here.  Especially in democrat-controlled government where most of the corruption really is.  We the people.


That sounds familiar!!!


Yes...the Republicans war on women.
You should try reading American news....
'Republicans Increasingly Fret That Trump Escalates ‘War on Women’
http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/republicans-worry-trump-escalates-war-women-n548116


Proof implies he has something independent of "she said, he said". If so, it's incumbent on him to disclose it. So yes, put up, or shut up is correct.


I assure you real socialism includes a lot more including better vacations and even internet access is a right and negotiated by the state.  Their quality is years ahead of ours and even if we passed socialized healthcare next week we are still almost two decades behind them in quality of life.  They all go to college and get paid much better or have a real trade.  They don't have the employment issues either because their educated population can actually do a job.


Vector, are you really Mufi?


Yes, Flo - cells within the community committed to overthrowing the government and instituting their own law - definitely in the ballpark of conspiracy to commit treason.

Subscribing to an ISIS newsletter? Not so much.


Third time NDP= total ruination.  The world has gone hysterical enough this just may happen.  You too can pay outrageous hydro bills just like your comrades in Ontario.  Maybe, just like Germany in the 30's we have to go through total destruction in order for some level of sanity to rise from the ashes.  Watch the current collapse of Venezuela closely, very very closely.


I have noticed the same, often stories that could be embarressing to the LPC are not reported at all in the G&M and if they are the comments are almost always closed.


As a lifer Huskie fan (but huge Justin Herbert fan), I look forward to Saturday and simply hope for the best which would be a 1 point Husky win with JH starting and having a monster game to showcase what a quality young man he is.  That being said, 12-0 or 0-12 is meaningless.   If history correlates every future win, why play.  Just create a Football sim program and let the program determine the winners based on history which favors UW by a .560 winning %.


Sounds like someone I ran into at an Irish Fest.  I was wearing an Obama T-shirt.  A woman came up to me and said, "Obama is the worst president in American history!"  When I asked her to defend her statement, she merely repeated it and stomped off.


He must get a rabies shot before it is fatal.


If you remove yourself from being centred on making money, and look at things from the point of view of what you want to support in this world - it can make investment decisions easier and less stressful, unless you get stressed by loosing money.


I had no idea...he brought so much to the world. His untimely passing saddens me for we need
people like him who seek to unfurl the mysteries that surround us. Rest In Peace.


Why set up another committee to investigate an issue which the answers are too obvious?


The provincial government should buy condo towers, stock them with a cafeteria, addiction and mental health treatment professionals, job hunting support and basic first aid - no drugs or alcohol allowed.  The requirement for social assistance (welfare) is to live in one of these places.  No cheques, less overdoses in hospitals, less need for first responders, clean up the downtown eastside.

This would work in any community, not just the DTES, the only difference is that the number depending on the welfare rolls would dictate the size of the building the government set up.

Wouldn't this be cheaper and more humane?  Doling out cheques that are often used for drugs, alcohol and tobacco upon which there's not enough money to live on for even a responsible clean person and filling in the gap in police and first responder services plainly isn't working.

Time for a different approach.  This approach is nuts.

Rights?  Dont these people have a right to be well and be part of society?


It is however noteworthy when a leader of one country openly offers an opinion on the leader of another. And in this case an important strategic partner.


Wikileaks got there dirt from Russia...Amusing how Putin's poodles overlook the obvious.


There is no "false equivalency." Clearly your personal bias against guns and your dislike of them has gotten in the way of your ability to approach the issue logically. Guns ARE already regulated - much more heavily than any other product. That you fail to see their usefulness beyond "to kill things," is really irrelevant to the lawful purposes that millions of people use them for everyday: hunting, sport, protection, crime deterrence and most importantly self-defense.


If the Swedes have figured out how to incinerate trash without the emissions typically generated, then we as a country, should be paying attention to that technology, instead of pissin' around like this. No landfills also = cleaner aquifers.  Good grief.

http://midwestenergynews.com/2013/10/17/is-burning-garbage-green-in-sweden-theres-little-debate/


Are we supposed to view him as some kind of hero because he "almost" quit?  He has CHOSEN to stay with his Nazi boss.


It has been a privilege to watch Mr. Katcher in court, advocating and helping these families.  Thank you for using your passion and knowledge for the betterment of our community as a whole.  Kudos!


hmmmm I wonder what the Sahara desert does for air?


Start pinpointing where city officials live, by describing their homes as campsites with undesirables are camping out!


We are all on Obamacare because it affects everyone's health insurance premiums. They probably didn't get the ACA tax credit available through healthcare.gov. I think you mean that they didn't get the tax credit because they didn't qualify. The cost to people such as Drake and Lloyd is why people like them are dropping health insurance, which drives the costs still higher and forces more people to drop insurance, which...


RangerMC, I don't think you will find a more fervent defender of free speech than me. The antidote to hate speech (or speech you don't agree with) is more speech. ... Onward!


“We are aware that this industry increasingly gathers intelligence which sometimes can compromise national security . . .”

What absolute RUBBISH! Useless ANC being paranoid again.


This is a perfect geo-political storm.
One can understand why NK hates Japan and the US.  Japan raped (literally) Korea during their occupation from 1910-45 and now Japan is a close ally of the US which is strangling NK economically, bombed NK to oblivion from 1950-53, and continually engages in provocative military behavior: from destabilizing the Middle-East with vicious wars to war games directed against NK.
Russia & China support NK just as they did in 1950 because NK deflects US resources away from Russian threats in Europe and Chinese aggression in Asia.  Pakistan and Iran benefit in a similar manner.  Iran is proceeding with ICBM tests (withNK) and Pakistan freely gives sanctuary to terrorists who are making sure that the Afghanistan war drags on & on.
The US naturally feels threatened by a despotic rogue regime which daily threatens to "mercilessly annihilate" the US and her allies: the RoK, Japan, and Australia.
When this storm breaks it will result in a global catastrophe.


Sir Karl Popper (CH, FRS, FBA) might not agree with you.


Yes, we've known about this the whole time.


Once again...I thought so.

You could have said...
Morgan Rielly...for a D that was supposed to be eaten up by the Caps he is playing a very strong series with an average TOI of 27:35 and 4 points in 4 games.  Hes moving the puck well and is skating up the ice on rushes with it and causing a lot of problems for their D.
Gardiner...same reasons as Rielly with very few of his usual bone-headed moves and a TOI of 29:42.  Both very important for a weak D missing Polak.
Or you could of even said the usual suspects in Mathews, Marner, or Nyalnder especially so considering he is taking the right-handed faceoffs - all with at least 3 points in 4 games.  Not bad considering they are playing the team with the best regular season GAA.

Instead you said nothing...which pretty well reflects what you know about it.


There was another documentary about typerwriter enthusiasts at last years Denver International Film Festival. Both sound interesting.
I've gotton used to the erase key in digital word processors and use it several times a minute. Not having one drove me crazy returning to mechanicals. (Selectronics had erasureswith builtin white-out tape)


The original
http://www.bartcop.com/taxplan.htm


No, Roy, this is sick, flag this person and we can get back to conversation, instead of childish games!


It's you that's missing the point. The prevalence of hate crimes in Canada is dropping overall... except against one group of people: Muslims. Hate crimes against Muslims have risen two-fold in the last two years. This has recently culminated in the horrific murder of six Muslims in their house of worship by a hate-filled extremist.

Yet in the face of that disturbing evidence, you insist that only a generic description of the situation can be used. And that even though the motion explicitly speaks to all forms of hate and fear, as well as Islamophobia, that's not "balanced" enough for you.

I suppose that on 9/11 when the Canadian government condemned the attack, you were against that motion because it didn't mention America's home-grown terrorists. Gotta have that balance, hmm?


Well said.  It is incomprehensible to the rational mind how Canadians give our Clown Prince a pass for expressing admiration for and interest in a trade treaty with the world's largest and most lethal and predatory communist dictatorship while condemning the new president of our second longest ally and friend and our largest trading partner for trying to keep his promise to tighter US security against radical Islamic terrorists and to ultimately defeat ISIS and weaken other exporters of terrorism like Iran.


While I don't want any child to feel ostracized, I don't understand this Administration's apparent willingness to cut off federal funds that support the needs of poor children.


This is particularly true of the US form of democracy. There is a three part structure (think of a 3 legged stool).  There is executive branch, the Congress and the judiciary. Each serves to limit the power of the other two parts. This was due to the early drafters of the Constitution being almost paranoid of a dictatorship arising.

Maybe they foresaw a Trump.


Brightest thing you have ever said.


The ranks right up there with Animal House - Gag me with a fork.


There are many in Canada, many of them in position of power and influence , who believe Venezuela is a good example of the benefits of socialism,. Can you say LEAP !! ?


The US Supreme Court is the only entity that can ban abortions; and they chose not to decades ago.  If men can have an insurance-paid vasectomy, why can't women have the new Morning After Pill?


What are you referring to exactly? You seem to know much about U.S. law - exactly what law is pertinent in this instance? Yeah - that's what I thought.


I was wondering if any local media was going to note that Senator Mazie ran the floor debate of the overnight talkathon against Trumpcare in the Senate the day before she went in for surgery.  She should get credit for overtime and overnight work.  Mazie is inherently a fighter.   Those cat ladies are tough!  https://www.facebook.com/PetLoversForMazie/

As for Senator Schatz...I don't know if you want to let everyone know that you're finally going on your first social justice march during your 5th year in the Senate, but better late than never.


Big media likes to complain that it is being undermined by fake news and blowhard populism.  There's some truth to this, but it is doing a good job undermining itself through spineless self-censorship such as this (not to mention highly selective reporting).


Scoring "F"s?  In what universe is an "F" a grade?  A, B, C, D, E are the standard letters for grades and the only ones I have ever received or seen, not including F, G, H, I, J, etc.


Good thing the Representative Scalise has terrific healthcare provided for by the taxpayers of America.  Oh, that's something you fascists are against.  My bad.

Its also great that the right owns up to nothing of its own violence.  Say Timothy McVeigh killing 168 people, including children.  Hmm, must be collective lost of memory among you fascists scumbags.  I could go on but id rather  just tell you all to go fvck yourself.  Good Day a@@holes


This comment section is just an echo chamber for those who dislike Trudeau.


Due process ignored.  Held and tortured in an extra-judicial prison (Guantanamo will go down in history books as a dark stain on American history).  Subjected to interrogation tactics illegal in both Canada and the United States.  Furthermore, there is no precedent for charging individuals who kill soldiers in the line of battle.  Is every battle a crime scene?  No, there are rules of war.  In Afghanistan neither side followed them.  I empathize with those who are angry, but it's the Chretien/Martin Liberals and Harper Tories who completely dropped the ball on this.  Direct your rage at those who did not follow our own country's laws and are now paying for their politicking.  They should have repatriated him immediately and charged him here.


Being the son of a prominent conservative and big Trump supporter and going to C.U. could have put a lot of pressure on him. Of course, I know nothing of his politics, or if he even cared, but it wouldn't surprise me in the least if he wasn't subject to a certain amount of bullying and harassment. C.U. is no safe space for conservatives.

Anyway, condolences for your loss Eric and R.I.P. Chase.


Are you a cop? Have you ever been a cop?  Have you ever laid your life on the line at work?  Leaving everyday not knowing if you'll come home?  If not then you can't understand what goes through a cops head when faced with certain situations


North Korea will never have a nuclear weapon capable of hitting a major US city. Any US president would start a war first if necessary, which would bring to an end the evil experiment of the DPRK.


Yeah Mike quick your right Obama never had any scadals,at least none that the media would cover, comment on or bring to the attention of douchebags such as your self.so if you don't count solndra,fast and furious,the black panther voter suppression,failed stimulus,lying about hands up don't shoot and Trevon Martin, Benghazi slaughter that they sat and watched happening and never lifted a finger to send help and then lied to the families and all of us about some stupid vedio,the list goes on and on. But yeah I'm the idiot Mike.im the idiot because I still expect that kind of crap to matter to people like you,brainless sheep.


I simply cannot believe this ramping-up of the PC war against the English language and common sense.  Too many people are getting indignant over imaginary slights created only in their own minds.

If the (sensible) word "Oriental" is somehow 'offensive' in reference to those from the Orient, then is the word "European" offensive in reference to anybody from Europe?  Honestly, where does this insanity and hypocrisy stop?

(And by the way, for those geographically ignorant Americans --- which is most of them --- who for whatever PC reason prefer the word "Asian" to "Oriental", let me point out that the continent of Asia consists of MANY more lands, and more peoples, than simply those of the Orient.)

One more thing, why are we English speakers supposed to automatically bow to other language groups when using words in OUR language which refer to them, when THEY do not do the same for us?  Again, this artificial but purposely divisive non-issue is simply nonsense and hypocrisy run wild.


Khan was born here. Your comment is nonsense.


Try the General Welfare clause of the U.S. Constitution.  Not to mention the Constitutional language and many court precedents that lay out the trust responsibility the federal government has for tribes.


"First of all, Sen. Gardner is clearly representing his constituents by voting how those who elected him would prefer."
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You are conflating "constitutients" with "supporters". His constituents are ALL the voters of Colorado (including those who voted against him and those who didn't vote in that election).
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" Those on the right would obviously find, say, Sen. Michael Bennet to be "radical left" and that Sen. Gardner fits right into their view."
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Actually, a lot of those on the right are on record as finding Bennet to be "moderate left" rather than radical.


Interesting headline that assigns the blame of this catastrophic failure on Ryan and not on Trump!


Viva Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, Poplak just confirmed that you are the right person for our country, you took on the tobbaco industry and won, you also took on the pharmaceutical companies, trnsformed horror affairs to home affairs, and left the African Union with Agenda 2050, for the phase of RET are the right candidate, if a character like poplak praised you i would have worried that you were not good for black people, but the hubris he spewed against you shows you are good for black people and not a stooge like some puppets praised by white monopoly capital, through its agents in their media platforms.


Linden has no clue - I would fire him just for the Benning hire. We all thought Gillis was bad....(Wow, did it ever get worse)


Rest in peace to the lost canine.  Sad stuff.


I know there has always been crime in Anchorage and I remember Robert Hanson and Kirby Anthony and many of the other murders and crimes that happened over the years.   I also remember being shocked by them because it was "out of the ordinary".  There was time when when we were not reading about shootings, murders, and car thefts on a daily basis.   I suppose that it why it seems to me that there is more crime in Anchorage now.  I read about these crimes on a daily basis but am no longer shocked by them, just saddened.


Not sure where you're going with that comment, but it sure sounds like an ugly place.

There's under 100 spousal homicides every year, clear across the country, but just in my province (Alberta) alone, there was several thousand people who presented to the DV shelter system last year. You aren't seriously arguing that because 80% of that tiny subset that were killed were women that we should feel perfectly justified in cutting the THOUSANDS of men that make up at least 50% of our victim pool from services, wholesale, clear across the country ... are you?  It kind of sounds like that's where you're headed with this line of reasoning.

You also know that this stat still means 20% of those murdered by their spouses were men, right? Are we really in the business of telling those 20 they can't get a bed because there's likely 80 women also out there in their situation, somewhere in the country, that matter more? Are we really so blinkered by gender BS that we can't help all 100 stay alive?


If this article is fully accurate, the "CEO" could, end up in jail! You start a charity and claim 100% of the money goes to these people and then start taking money out under the table (without even tracking it?) to pay for your own stuff Bc you lost your money day trading? This is absolutely wrong in every way from a business or bookkeeping standpoint and of course he knows this yet he is still defending himself?  The quotes from him almost make it seem like he doesn't even think it's a problem "oh no big deal I'll just figure out how much money i took later". Maybe there is more to the story than meets the eye but if not then I would say this should be criminalized for false advertising and maybe embezzlement. No one is attacking his intentions which were clearly good, but intentions are not what the judge and jury is ruling on. Hopefully they can get it fixed and get back to their mission of helping these people. Denver Post please do a follow up in a few months on this story.


i think the dutch have had enough. at what point to you go from being a generous liberal host to having to defend yourself from foreign politicians stirring up immigrants, who are pretending to be dutch? but that is okay because:
a netherlander is a netherlander is a netherlander


"According to Ishikawa, the Hawaii site is still "first choice", and the process to reapply for the permit is already under way. The case for Hawaii was strengthened by the addition last month of the TMT International Observatory (TIO) to the TMT organization as an applicant for the permit. Formed in May 2014, the TIO consists of the California Institute of Technology, Japan's National Institutes of Natural Sciences, the National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Science, the regents of the University of California, as well as organizations from India and Canada."

- THE PERMITTING PROCESS - has not cleared the SUPREME COURT VIOLATIONS.
- They have the option of building INSIDE THE EXISTING TELESCOPE DISTRICT, if they remove older telescopes to make room - as a "SECOND CHOICE".
- The INTERNATIONAL PROJECT - has not yet identified the U.S. AGENCY to be held responsible and ACT AS HOST, a normal requirement for the partners to know.
- Is it a JAPAN - CHINA PROJECT?


Meant you and much of the country will feel it on the grocery shelves.


Interesting Happy Green Alaska Science Health and human rights


"Trump's Phoenix rally shows how his entire approach to politics is at odds with the approach church teaching calls for."

And you expect him to use the church approach why?


Funnily enough those poor Canadian "scientists" who bemoaned their fate under Harper now find that nothing has changed under their hero Trudeau - I would suppose that Trump will do a Harper or Trudeau also.


Budsie: "speedbumps" are inevitable in certain conditions, this was one of them. These kids just have to learn how to navigate around them, no excuse for Gardiner, no matter how exciting he looks.


Those examples of Clinton's perfidy seem pretty lame. In the interest of balance, how about a list of everyone who didn't donate to the Clinton Foundation who also got access to the State Department? And how about a list of all the campaign donors who got 'special access' to the politicians they donated to? (That would be a pretty long list).

Oh, and include the votes that the politicians cast in support of the interests of their donors.

Seems like there's a double standard in play.


ADN, the video does not play. Only the audio does.


Actually according to his speech in Arizona yesterday Trump has a problem with legal immigration and announced his desire to restrict it.  He stated that legal immigrants are just as big a threat the job market as the illegals he hires.


Desperate to change the channel from Slimy Bill.


And yet he beat Harper. And Mulcair. :-D


Where did you read he thought he was above the law? He stayed at the scene and accepted his ticket without trying to use his celebrity status to get off...

Sounds pretty normal to me.


Bring back consequences.  So you broke your leg.  One off. But you have students milking the system from broken nail, headache, stomach ache, sprained ankle, sprained wrist, sore back, hurting shoulder , they got all this from larking about and drinking too much and now they expect  a delay in their assignment or exam.     No responsibility.

I broke my ankle on a Saturday at 4:pm stepping of an uneven curb and wrote two exams on Monday.  Why , because of consequences!!!!  I am sure if my foot had a bone protruding it would be different or if I whined and whinged.,

How come today  so many people a feeble, snowflakey, wussy,  milky, whingy, whiney.  No intestinal fortitude.


wow how'd that get past the mods trying somebody on. thats pretty edgy for this space. make a tape and post it here see if you get any likes.


Well I'm sure people hate that too. But they also get infatuated with socialism. Still though the answer to the failings of a (government-supported) monopoly is not to create yet another monopoly (this one wholly run by the government) but to de-monopolize the first thing.


As a former Kalani Falcon football player, Texas Tech scholarship player, semi-pro player for years - FU allie, bitch.


Partisan politics is killing the best chance at fixing health care which is to fix the Obamacare exchanges and the insurance companies and experts have been pointing this out and have good suggestions that should be heard in some congressional hearings. Remember 49% of Americans are on national group discount plans they get through their employer and they and their employer are happy with the arrangement because costs for the employer are paid for by tax credits, and employees get the share paid for by the employer tax free. Only 17% at present are on individual plans on the exchanges and their position can be fixed. Democrats have not admitted to the faults of Obamacare and have not pushed a package to fix it. The majority of Republicans plus Democrats would support such an approach, but only a few conservative resisters in the Republican party and the Democrats who have been left out by the Republicans, but also have not pushed hard enough for their own fix, keep a fix from passing.


I have no idea what you're rambling on about.

But anyway, you have a good evening.  And I'd like to thank you for proving me correct so often in this thread.


Sorry to hear about the renewal of the copy-cat "Hawaii 5-0" series.
It wouldn't be so objectionable if they tweaked the show and named it "CSI Hawaii".


What the starry eyed southpaws didn't know that the rest of us who had to discover who Obama was by ourselves all knew is that he was raised a communist ...was endorsed by the communists and that this country wasn't founded upon a communist or even socialist ideology. He was unqualified, inexperienced, not a natural born citizen of this country and not fit to lead the free world. 8 years later it's so clear that Ray Charles can see it that all of our concerns were correct. Apples to Cheetos? is that a skin color joke from the party of racism?

Republicans haven't had it out for Obama since day one ...,they have had to diligently protect this country from grifters and pretenders like Barry Soetoro ...they weren't against Obama ...they are against every thing he really stands for (which is usually exactly the opposite of what he says he's all about) Oppose Trump all you want ...are you afraid you might accidentally end up on the same side as the United States?


And there's your sign, Don Young...another term!


Why not? I believe it's a perfectly good analogy, except maybe to people that think The Chump isn't a total idiot.


Eliminate waste and theft of tax dollars at the top for the best returns for your effort. The Pentagon can't or won't account for over $5 TRILLION. That money went somewhere -- likely into Swiss bank accounts of top generals. Find and retrieve that money and then I'll listen to complaints about poor people abusing the system. Those same generals get 53 cents of every tax dollar you pay, yet couldn't even protect us from 19 guys with box cutters. Now that's a far greater waste of money, and it doesn't even help Americans alleviate poverty. Meanwhile Trump (your guy, I suspect) is cutting money for drug dependency programs. You're a cruel and selfish person, Pcalde, and not even the fiscal conservative you apparently aspire to be. Cut the subsidies to the rich, like the oil & gas magnates, and then maybe I'll believe you're sincere. The present system is personified by welfare for the rich. and warfare for the poor. Veterans are a large part of the homeless you deride, e.g. drug users.


In Kansas, if you provide a suffering animal with painkillers (rather than killing it,) they send you to jail?

I guess all the beef that comes from Kansas is from cows that died of natural causes...


Nice idea, and returning it to the states where I believe it constitutionally belongs is also good.
If necessary, transfer payments can be used to assist poor states.


i still haven't seen an alternate plan put forth to deal with our fiscal situation that doesn't kick the can down the road.  the hour is getting late and we continue to flounder.  those who can't do need to get out of the way.


And you real believe that the PFD will be protected and the oil industry will pay its fair share and that SB21 will be reversed; if we put a GOP oil guy back in as Governor?


I'm still waiting for a Muslim-majority country that is a fully functioning constitutional democracy, with full rights and freedoms for its Islamic citizens and also its non-Islamic citizens.  1200 years, and still waiting.


We all know your kind of racist:  "I can't be racist, some of my best friends are (fill in the blank)"  Oh and you two guys are so close that you regularly keep in touch with him and his family, you share all your racist posts with him, you are godfather to his children, you worship at the same church.  I am impressed however that you had a military co worker who was African American.   And wow, no one knows what a subordinate really thinks of them.  You are delusional to think otherwise.  When you are in a position of authority, you are in a power position over them, they can't tell you what they really think.  ESPECIALLY IN THE MILITARY.    The truth hurts when you're exposed, Sukiyucky.  I clearly struck one of your racist nerves.  BTW, I've been sending yours and some other posts from the SA to some African American friends to show them how racist the white people are in Hawaii.  It's been fun.


"terrorist attack took place in Calgary yesterday."

That would be Edmonton, not Calgary.


University of Denver Pioneers....best hockey team in Denver.


Get over it, your African, OK?

*you're

Professional race baiters must make pretty good money.


What a nothing story let alone a journalist quoting the NY Times as source. LOL


Like I said. We Canadians are being PLAYED. Non-resident buyers should pay a 50% upfront non refundable penalty, or more....AND their property taxes should be 3x what a resident citizen pays. The funds should be collected and placed in a separate fund to assist first time homebuyers who are Canadian citizens. Why allow non residents to buy up our valuable real estate??  If they value Canada so much, they should apply for permanent residency and become citizens.


If the SC overturns Watson again, he and Chin should resign immediately. Both have allowed their personal beliefs and partisan ideology to affect their judgement and potentially put American lives at risk.
Their duty is to the American people first and foremost, not to those that wish to immigrate to America.


Ataturk would cry if he could see what has become of his beloved country.......


So sad, far too common, and perhaps worst of all, totally preventable.


MSW is omitting a salient fact. Professor Barrett had a paper she co-authored in 1998 with John Garvey, who is now president of Catholic University of America. Senator Feinstein suggested that the position Barrett took in her 1998 paper is tantamount to proposing that, for someone sitting on a court bench, religious faith should trump law when the two appear to be in conflict.

This attitude should certainly be questioned, since I would say that a judge's first allegiance should be to the law. His or her religious beliefs should certainly inform the judge's thinking, but the law should take precedence.

I would ask the conservatives who are likely to huff and puff about my belief a question. Suppose a Muslim became a judge. How would you feel if this judge applied Sharia to his or her rulings? What is the difference?


How to invest in a TV news network ?


Forecasted sub 2% GDP growth with steadily increasing deficits is not a recipe for economic health. Let's celebrate some positive news in the trend here but be mindful that fiscal policy is in the opposite direction. We might also want to be thankful that OPEC production deals seem to be holding, somewhat,  giving our oil+gas sector some sustained revenue potential.  Trudeau might want to open his mind to the importance of this situation


Cell phone? Texting?


"There is SO much hypocrisy these days" Like committing to meet someone, chickening out, and then blaming your cowardice on babysitting the grand kids?


Boyle is quoted as saying, 'shattered by their kidnappers" and said "they felt betrayed by their respective governments".

Ka-ching, do I hear the attempted ringing of the taxpayers till?


Don't let the door hit you in the ass. We won't miss you Alice.


Did he call ?


All civilized men in the world innately understand what's going on with these two male leaders. A collective nod amongst the brotherhood.
It's a thankless duty civilized men provide for the disenchanted in our societies. A platform it you will for the individuals amongst us to grieve their envy and discontent.


Bill, thank you for the thoughtful post.

Many of my comments do depart from the received liberal or dissenting Catholic party line. They're diverse and provide a bit more of a demanding personal perspective...what can each person do today/now, from where they stand (mainly within their family and close reach) vs. pointing to rome, pointing to a bishop, pointing to a politician, etc.

These reminders of our personal limits (and yet demanding personal obligations) upset some people here who seek "saviors" or surrogate decision makers around every turn, or fast, perfect answers.

And my comments aren't as "clerical" as most stories and comments here are, which seem to always focus on rome, clerics, sisters, "papa francesco".

We have to look for all manner of "walls", where people who are comfortable are exposed to diverse and challenging viewpoints, and want to reject the stranger.

No walls.  I love this site, and plan to spend more time here.


Wannabe Trump with longer digits.


Come to think of it, it was probably pacific cod


Nels in summary Alaska isn't getting that deal, Governor Tony Knowles fail to carry through on a law suit to correct the current rip off by the fed's. Please review that case!


So what I don’t understand is Aphria is getting all the bad press.....possible delisting from TSX and “illegal” behaviours because they are dealing with American business. But when Canopy allows an American business to buy nearly 10% of its company, everyone writes about Canopy doing such an amazing thing. I just don’t understand the difference.


What's the difference between an existing respiratory condition and a pre-existing respiratory condition?


Thank you EPD.  Great work.  Please continue and make Eugene a safe place for bicyclists and pedestrians alike.

My wife and I had our bikes stolen within two weeks of moving back to Eugene after 12 years away even though we had two U-locks on each bike.  Thieves merely took the bike apart and left the U-locks.  Amazing!

Please increase the sting operations to discourage bike theft.  And...it's obvious to me that Eugne needs a City Jail to deter theft and minor crimes with stays of one or two months together with hard labor to pay for their stay.  The county jail, with its revolving door for petty crimes, just doesn't do the job.


It does not matter how much “revolutionarese” verbosity Minstrel DJoker uses. His performance as a record spinner with dark glasses and a turned around cap at the ANC musical meetings, is far greater as his abject ability as a Minister in charge of a portfolio, and blesee of the current managers of this country….


6 months ago the article title would have been "U.S. admiral says he's ready to obey a Obama nuclear strike order".  This is absolutely terrible reporting and is all about attempting to sensationalize hypotheticals.  If Canada had nuclear weapons I suppose the general in charge would also say he is ready to obey a Trudeau nuclear strike order because that would be his job.  This is nothing to do with Trump and everything to do with a dishonest and sensational new media.


Are you kidding me?  This is appalling. Those poor girls.  I guess the state is too busy putting addicts in jail to consider the damage these two psychopaths have done and still can do.


Because my training and work experiences have left me with useful virtues for dealing with a wide range of people with DSM codes.   I try to put them to good use wherever I am.


typical lib trolling bs, blame the liberal tax on others


If the EPA wants to fine people they should go to the Kalapana Lava fields in Puna on the Big Island.  There are now over 170 illegal unpermited structures all pooping in the ground out their.


So what's so wrong with being a spot welder? At least it's an honest trade.

If you give a plug for Uber, why not also give one for Beck or Diamond or ... hmm, we do seem to be running out of the regulars, don't we? A pity.

Anyway, you are certain to be wrong about the future since you are not certified fortune-tellers. Let me recommend Mme Sosostris, famous clairvoyante. She and her Tarot Deck are what you you need before you can engage in successful auguries and prognostications. Yep, the Tarot Deck together with the Farmers' Almanac will stand us all in good stead in 2017.  That applies to investors also, with all due respect to Carrick and Dowty and Barlow.

Hold onto your hats, it will be a wild ride.

Good luck in the New Year, everyone. We'll need it.


The mortal sin was not the actual eating of meat on Friday, it was the disobedience of deliberately ignoring a Commandment of the Church that was the sin. The Church imposes certain Precepts upon the Faithful for the good of their souls. Unlike Divine Law they are imposed by the Church and as such they may be dispensed with by the Church.
After Vatican II the setting of these Precepts and their dispensation was put totally in the hands of local bishops' Conferences. That is when things began to unravel when Churches began to become more national than universal. Anyone who wants can ignore the bishops, they cannot force anyone to remain a Catholic.
People don't go to Confession mainly because they don't believe in sin or hell anymore probably due to the dearth of sound catechesis over the last half century.


''The City and County of Honolulu hasn’t been sued yet, because Caballero said, there are still shelter beds available''

those shelter beds are not available without paying monthly rent or working it off, as such they are not available at all to many, which eliminates the stand against suing. nor does Kimo Carvahlo of IHS mention that the 120+ around Ewilei aren't allowed into IHS for meals.


It's clear and provable that impaired driving is dangerous and increases the risk of accident. It's reasonable to infer from the data mentioned in this piece and others that legalization has increased the incidence of cannabis usage and as well as the incidence of impaired driving.

From a policy perspective though, the harms brought by increased usage and impaired driving, tragic as they may be, are outweighed in the aggregate by the benefits of regulated legalization and the reduced harms of prohibition. Stoned driving should be addressed in much the same way as drunk driving, through education and enforcement efforts.


Top down approach eh
Bullying starts from the President and goes all the way down to his subordinates
Finally American is exercising its bullying powers openly rather than in closed meetings


Too bad Balfour had to draw those lines. Pretty much downhill since then.


they spare every expense when it comes to this area. the barger and beltline interchange....  they couldn't pour concrete fast enough.  little flower islands like crescent ave? nah..... street trees like on crescent ave? nah....  anything to raise the attractiveness level? nah .....
 if i was better at math i would go negotiate how much tax burden i have compared to the services i receive.  $20 yr for the cops.... zilch for admin .... zilch for staff (sorry, but if there is nothing happening here, there is little paperwork associated with the neighborhood,.) Good amount goes to library, schools and fire protection.
 the money i save?  security system on the house.. beefing up where the locks are.     ?


I would not be surprised if Trumps stance on NAFTA, re Canada, will be harder/softer depending on how closely we align ourselves with his view on China. Perhaps he will save us from Trudeau's pandering.


The amount of funds held were 4 times the maximum limit required under guidelines and and twice the equivalent held in special assessments that some of which were levied over 5 years prior. The building envelope was current. Sometime excessive is just well excessive.


Repeal Free Parking in meter and Charging...Bad for Business


MickyG if you can't figure out who Trump is by now, you never will.  Think MickyG THINK.  You'll figure him out.


In our new Trumpian world where facts no longer matter, this is just another example of a debate that is probably pointless and/or futile.  It is nearly impossible to engage in a meaningful discussion with someone whose position is grounded in "certainty."

Having doubt is one of the most useful tools one can possess.  Not much of it around these days.


WADA publicly chastised this group in response, saying that their statement is not useful - and of course it isn't, since it comes just as WADA had dismissed 95 of 96 presented cases against Russian Olympic athletes for doping. The McLaren report is turning out to be a total dud, because WADA says that there isn't evidence to back up McLaren's allegations.
This makes clear that NADO do not base their judgments on facts, evidence, or well-considered information, but react impulsively, and out of prejudice and bias. NADO couldn't have merit to their statement, because virtually on the same day WADA announced it was dropping 98.96% of all cases presented so far, because there isn't evidence to back up the allegations.
I think that people will not take NADO very seriously from this point onwards, since it's now proven they act and speak without justification or evidence.


By your own words you advertise how little you know about guns.  But, hey, you're still doing a good job jumping to conclusions before all the facts are in.


If it was a muslim, they cannot disavow islamic jihad.

It is the duty of every muslim to support jihad against the infidels!


I don't use my name because when I did I had one person write that they "knew where I worked". The RG also publishes the letters in the Sunday paper that have a name. Mine was published and my employer asked if I was the same person.
Why does it matter? The argument stands on its merit or not.


Trump may be keeping his promise to his 37% of Fox news brainwashed supporters, but he is hardly what anyone can call an "honest" man.


Habitually typing before thinking must be terribly embarrassing.


Wait now that is a problem. Yet you guys did the same thing with the last president. Funny how every time you guys do something it's ok. But when you have it done to you, you don't like it.


Define "practical use."  If it's for protection I would assert that guns for protection tend to inflict more harm than good.  If it's for hunting, go to a supermarket. Guns are harmful to any society.


Let's all face it; t-Rump is a disaster.  He lied over and over again.  The one time global warming was brought up in the presidential debates- Hillary Clinton was the one to bring up the subject; not the moderator- t-Rump said it was untrue that he denies global warming- but we've heard his quote that is is a hoax by China- he is working to enrich himself and his billionaire family and friends- Putin and Tillerson being part of this group.  The entire biosphere will suffer because of him and the other greedy sociopaths like him-- and move us closer to mass extinction.  Remember, "fossil fools"; there are NO jobs on a DEAD PLANET! Can't we impeach him NOW????


Ding! Ding! Ding!


I reluctantly voted for legalization, and still think adults should be able to responsibly partake, but this narrative that it doesn't have negative effects or is just a plant are dishonest. Tobacco is also a plant. Alcohol is created from a natural fermentation process. Opiates and cocaine are also derived from plants. Hell, sugar and caffeine are also drugs that come from nature. And it is harmful on developing brains of adolescents and kids. I'm not saying it should be illegal for adults because of that, but let's be intellectually honest.

But it also isn't grandpa's pot. Marijuana is big business, and strains are artificially cultivated to increase THC content, to a level where addiction and overdose can happen and the effects can be similar to that of psychedelics. Maybe that's ok, but it isn't without risk, and as much as it pains me to agree with Rhyner, he is right that a lot of crime in Alaska, even violence, has been connected to marijuana (especially among young people).


Da comrade, keep posting.


What a mess.  Suing the governor just cost more money.


Justin also forgot about Article 19 in NAFTA- you know the one he wants to protect. It would allow Boeing to sue Canada directly.


you can babble all you want as is your right, but the fact remain liberals ran PR into the dirt, neglecting PR infrastructure., while lining their pockets to the point they bankrupted PR long before this hurricane hit. and no, your liberal dementia is wrong yet again, CMD stands for Christopher Michael Dunn. Simple facts always do confuse the dickens out of liberals like you, but I will always say in your defense you ca only work with the IQ you were born with and cannot help being a deluded fool.


Follow the money.


There are some non-aboriginal people who are not interested in Reconciliation.
There are some aboriginal people who are not interested in Reconciliation.
Reconciliation is a two way street.
Having said that, these sorts of stunts are more divisive and unhelpful - not the other way around.  Great for your staged media event, but not constructive.
Put the past in the past.
Move forward or get out of the way.


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They are cool little critters! We had one living in our retaining wall this last winter, and didn't have any issues with rodents on the trees. Hope it comes back this fall.


Congress made sure they got a cost of living increase. Who is in charge of Congress these days?


Nora,

Respectfully, you are illustrating my point. The protestant church has over a century of wrestling with this issue, but then we wrestle with everything, what with "the priesthood of all believers" and what not. We couldn't agree on a single doctrine. For many us converts, the draw was precisely that we find the Catholic Church with it's apostolic succession and direct line of authority to be the main draw that brought us in. I may not agree with every doctrine of the Church, but I gladly submit to her authority. Believe me the weight of deciding each doctrine for yourself is a heavy burden to bear. I say that with great love and affection for former colleagues. I am in no way fearful of the ordination of women, but am content to accept the position of the church until those God has placed in authority are guided by the Holy Spirit to do otherwise. Funnily enough the job passage from today's liturgy of the hours seems to address this very thing.


Our author never claimed that Shakespeare is overrated. Axe-grind much?


As the owner of a small manufacturing company, that sends a few million dollars a year in exports to the US, having the dollar above 75 cents is better, particularly as raw materials are all priced in US dollars these days. Parts and equipment too.

A dollar that is too low hinders manufacturing - unless of course you are a primary manufacturer working with crude resources. This is the kind of Canada that produced our failing branch plant economy, and does little to increase long term growth, stability and the social and financial security we need to develop and sustain an educated middle class.

Personally, I hope that they allow the dollar to rise, and I genuinely believe that we will benefit as a country. Whether Canadians are confident enough to believe in themselves and go for it, is another question entirely.


“We certainly understand that poverty is a main driver of poor health outcomes in our community,” County Health Officer Dr. Christopher Frank said in a Thursday interview."  You think Dr. Frank?

So, tell us, what has Clallam County, the EDC, the Chambers of Commerce, the Port Angeles Business Association or any other nonprofit or local non-governmental agency done in the past 30 years to provide job opportunities that would lower the poverty rate in Clallam County?  Tell us, I'll wait.

Maybe, just maybe, if all those involved in Clallam County Economics would concentrate less on "timber" and more on the basic infrastructure like our Port and transportation that would support new industry and living wage job opportunities we could begin to get a handle on the local poverty rate.

But, what we have here, is an entire class of people who have lost their jobs, been forced out with no real opportunities for re-employment, lost everything, no way out and some have just given up.


The dossier was such garbage that no major news organization - even the Trump hating ones - would publish it in 2016. It was only after Buzzfeed rag published it after the election with a big caveat that the information was completely unsubstantiated that it finally went public.


This response was...a bit of overkill.


You want this son of a ferret-faced Marxist (PET or Castro??), you got him!  Post Haste, please!


A dollar is not a dollar with a progressive tax system.  That is the problem.  A dollar made on a GIC is not a dollar made through dividends which is not a dollar made through a capital gain.  I agree.  Make it a 20% tax on income of any kind.


David,  You need to be up close and personal in Venezuela so you can see first hand how socialism works, rather, doesn't work.


Canadians would welcome a little bit of attention from our US friends for a change.  This would show that they actually know we exist.


In the August 25th podcast on BSN A.J. Haefele states that he asked Butcher if it was true that the Avs said they would never sign him and he said it never happened.


". . . 'there’s always communication' when a rail condemnation lawsuit is filed."  When Lewallen was asked who he communicates with at HART, he mentioned the right-of-way staff and even secretaries but not the CEO or any of the board members.

What else is going on at the staff level that the ED and/or board are not aware of?


Yes, I see it now, that was the genesis of everything.

That Harper sure did a number on everything.

Is that a cuckoo clock I hear?


I wonder if they would be debating this absurd motion if Macdonald was a Liberal PM?


FishOrSpoon/Little late here. I'm a gun owner and I see no epidemic of "gun violence" in America. However the left media whoop it up.
Are you prepared to give up everything since it could be used in a violent way?Why are guns picked on?Ever ask yourself that or do you take the media's word for it. Been to a movie lately or just watch one on TV? What do they all have in common? Oh that's right lot's of guns wielded by some of the biggest anti gun nuts out there. Where's the LEFTS OUTCRY over that?
"Curb the endemic problem of GUN violence" is a joke since guns aren't violent. Car,rope,knife,razor blade,prescription drug violence only to name a few.
Bet all the criminals and gang bangers will line up around the block to hand them in and make sure they are all nice and legal huh?


C'mon SA wheres the Donna Brazille Story? I posted earlier,but was taken down,omitted.Why is that?


with skin in game, note that +16.5 oregon indicates spread drop. wt may not be bluffing with qb. petersen as usual, doesn't care. at this juncture, no need to labor point, petersen may think he can deliver a bruising reminder. for fans, this is the game out out of each team's season that matters. you can argue all you wish.


YAWN!!!! Same ole comment from you!!!!!


So our state health insurance market needs a $55 million bailout..... and Dermot, the Governor and the Alaskan minority want to expand Medicaid...  Great idea!


Never used to be bad, now we have all these knucklehead transplants that are crazy drivers its no wonder.


Spare air for his head


You may be correct, but how would the cost compare to the $27million already estimated for re-alignment; a re-alignment that might not solve the problem. Given the amount of permafrost that Alaskan highways are built over, that global warming thing that some folks think is not an issue, I feel will become a major issue in Alaska.


Someone sent in the wit squad.  Spot on.


It has been reported that the state of Alaska DNR, AOGCC and other state and federal agencies have many leaders and workers sabotaging Alaska's oil and gas exploration and production because they hate fossil fuel, these people are causing massive unemployment, decline in oil prodcution, so the people have to choose oil haters or prosperity lovers in the 2018 election, that should decide the matter! It is time to report these abuses to the proper authorities so they can stop these people from killing the state's economy!


That's good news. It can prove problematic for people in their later years to move, so it's nice they've been grandfathered in.


OK, Bill:
1. If any American really believes that Obamacare is going to control costs, I've got some real estate in Whitewater, Arkansas I'd like to sell them.
2. Exploiting the stupidity of the American voter is fun and easy: kinda (sic) like squeezing a lemon.
3. The typical American voter is so stupid, his dog teaches him tricks.
4. P.T. Barnum said a sucker is born every minute, but his estimate was laughably low.
5. The stupidity of the American voter is exceeded only by its slovenliness.
Quotations from Jonathan Gruber, an expert "off the cuff" speaker.
Have a great day, Bill (no sarcasm, I mean it).
HJ


The NRA: "if only that 10 year old had had a gun this would never have happened."


Here's a suggestion. Classify "homeless" into groups. Those who have physical medical conditions need to removed from the street and treated. Those with mental disorders need to be removed from the streets and treated. Those with addictions need to removed from the streets and placed in drug rehab. Those who are financially strapped need to be given temporary shelter and enrolled in employment programs, which could include maintaining parks and homeless shelters, etc. We are not doing a service to those who have issues by allowing them to sleep on the streets because "it is their right". Eventually for many it will lead to their early demise. Obviously there is a huge cost to such an approach, but is less than the cost of constant ER visits, crime, and the rest. Plus, if the problem is not resolved, your just "kicking the can down the road" and encouraging more homeless from the mainland. I'm curious, what is the ACLU's position on a solution (and not simply their "rights").


The CONServatives can contract with the peabody coal company to remodel the museum when they are in DC dropping off their tribute check.


I think the point that women are trying to make is equality.   Your old fashion view has it that men need to protect women as though they are fragile and incapable of living in the world without men there to shield them from evil.   I realize that you think you are being pro women by offering to protect them but that's really part of the problem with this idea that they can't make it in the world without men.  And that is why your viewpoints are necessarily chauvinistic.   If you thought women were equal to men then you wouldn't spend your time trying to protect them.


Yes God knows Alaskans have some pretty crappy teeth already, lets make it worse and remove the fluoride as well so we can see even more problems.  I for one don't see any issue with it and all true science and almost every dentist will tell you fluoride is a good thing.  The only ones that don't want it are the ones that want the last two teeth they have to fall out as well.


It may well have to do with the seal of confession. In any case, it DOES have to do with the need for confidentiality in specific situations. Priests certainly talk about pastoral response in general terms.


Interesting, I've spoken to people on both ends of the discussion.


"Ottawa calls for overhaul of how sexual-assault cases are handled"
the orignal title, now changed to:
"Unfounded: How police and politicians have responded to The Globe’s investigation so far"
Quite a difference.


Maybe I should have been more specific in providing the above comments.  My intent was to convey that although the problem as was stated in the article above is an important one, this issue has been around since the islands were first populated.  With the incremental academic and scientific innovations being researched today, economies of scale will bring the costs for a solution down.  A good example was from the other day; I was discussing w/ a colleague the use of graphene oxide as a means to purify water and he came back w/ basic silver.  So...all your points are spot on.  It's just a matter of end state and then backtrack through the sustainable solutions.  Going surf one more session (I'm in Bali) and den catch da plane.  Hope the surf is up.  Sandys side look small.


In this case:
.
opening the constitution = opening our wallets.


Um, sure.  Citation?


You know, it looks like your right: he was just sued and the case was withdrawn after she got a settlement in a parallel case.

April 1997, Jill Harth Houraney filed a $125,000,000 lawsuit against Trump for sexual harassment in 1993, claiming he "'groped' her under her dress and told her he wanted to make her his 'sex slave'". Harth voluntarily withdrew the suit when her husband settled a parallel case. Trump has called the allegations "meritless".

Put into context with other contemporaneous claims, though, and an obvious pattern emerges. It may not all be true but you're fooling yourself if you think none of it is.

I'm glad, however, that we both seem to agree that Trump was bragging about things he has done (that's what exploits are). I've heard a lot of salty talk in my day, never once had someone talk about just grabbing women. Pretty weak and disgusting.


prince charles is to much of an 'obamma' to renounce being King of England, for any reason


Not disagreeing that Transgender individuals have higher suicide rates than the regular population.  Just saying this is a major problem that will not go away.  Just be thankful that you don't have this problem.

It would be nice to know more about this study such as did it include any reasons why this may be so?


Sure, but Jeffrey's monosyllabic grunts cannot be confused with intelligent manipulation.


Kim "s a whackodoodle , no question...
between the 2 ???
Trump is not only whacked,... but
stupid too,as wellaas, uneducated and clueless,
as in his "scum of the Earth" supporters.


Mission accomplished: bring people back to nature with all it's risks and deceases.
And the most fun and educational part for kids is the killing of Suzy Chicken for Sunday's dinner.
Back to nature indeed. The left's stupidity knows no boundaries.


but many more came to seek economic prosperity and are quite happy voting for parties that infringe their rights (a la Harper)


Some numbers stood out as i read this. Her mother passed away shortly after a hike when this lady was 2 yrs old and he is only 7 yrs younger then she was when she died. So if he is 68, her mother was 75 when she died, and she was around 2 yrs old?


I don't believe her. The only thing Canada is a world leader in is producing sanctimonious Liberals who proclaim Canada will become a world leader in something.


"Another prophet of disaster
Who says the ship is lost
Another prophet of disaster
Leaving you to count the cost
Taunting us with visions
Afflicting us with fear
Predicting war for millions
In the hope that one appears"

DICKINSON, BRUCE / HARRIS, STEPHEN PERCY / SMITH, ADRIAN FREDERICK


No one has argued that Aristotle was not a smart man.

The entire yadda-yadda about unmarried men is a five-decade-old non-sequitur, is unsupported by either logic or Catholic teaching, and I cannot imagine why you keep bringing it up with me.


as McCain says he wants the plan in front of everyone. We don't want follow in the Democrats footsteps voting for BarryCare just to get it approved without knowing what was in it.
McConnell needs to go to work


They're walking back the lone wolf theory.
The FBI is saying they are investigating leads in several countries.
This investigation remains fluid and nothing is definite.


Since it's track season I shall once again begin my rant that the athletes should be running the mile. It's a classic race and still a recognized distance in international competition. And it's 9.34 more meters. Pull out a tape and measure 9.34 meters past the 1600 mark and there you are!


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No Giessel


and THANK YOU DavidatMililani.


American Woman ......


Hahaha! The three stooges of the Star-Fishwrapper beating each other's drums. Where's Keoni?


Editorialize in the headline much?


It's good to see the second worst President in American history speaking out, indirectly, against the worst President in American history. There is tough competition for those two titles with the likes of another Republican, Richard M Nixon in the wings!


Other media has released his name and photo.  Nice looking young Hispanic.  Condolences to the young man's family and friends.  I hope they catch the murders.  They not only murdered him, they executed him because he likely knew who they were.  Nothing but cowards who deserve the death penalty and I don't support the death penalty easily.


sasa poor  liberal lefty troll hack chris, cant ever understand when you have the security and millitary run by those who know how to fight is a great thing, over sending blankets like you lib idiots do..


Pointless? How so?


"Maybe we Denver drivers can just blame bad roads."

And there it is, the shift of responsibility to something else.  Typical of this rag and the generation that makes up their target audience.


The real fake news from the likes of CNN all assured the world a Clinton win was in the bag!


PJM jeopardizes the safety of our plant far more than DJT with his inane Trump Derangement Syndrome bet wetting.


what a hysterical response, be careful your XX are showing


Elaine, your 401K was exploding during the Obama Administration. Were you willing to give credit to Obama for that explosion? It seems to me to be a severely distorted partisan analysis to just give credit to the less than 6 months of the Trump administration?


JimJohnson, I agree with you 100%.   LOTSA LIARS claiming they  just can not live without it.   Its just a shame that a lot of POT users are hiding behind the Medical  Marijuana Permit.  I believe there  are a few that actually  need and get medical problem relief from it.  But the masses of Pot Heads jumped on the Medical  Marijuana Permit trip.  From what I have read, Pot relieves Pain, kinda like  Morphine.  It fools the brain and blocks the pain, not a cure, just relief.   Unfortunately here in LAME County, the majority vote is carried out by the young and old Liberal  HIPPIES that are POT HEADS.  I believe the Federal Government should step in and make it ILLEGAL for ALL.


The credit reporting agencies just put the credit industry at risk.  I don't think you can prove any new debt after this breech.  I think they are going to need your photo ID and fingerprints to do anything now.  Not much else would hold up in court since this breach exposed everybodys credit everything.


RMC, with due respect, no matter how much you try to dress up your arguments with "logic" and "data," as I read more of your comments it becomes more obvious they all seem fundamentally based on blind faith in what Republican president George Bush Sr. called "voodoo economics"--combined with a presumption that your own personal life experience can be extrapolated to accurately explain the rest of "reality" for everyone else--past, present, and all possible future versions of it.

I know few humans willingly question their most fundamental beliefs about how they think the world does, or at least should, "work."  But I think your blanket explanation--that the world is dynamic, rather than static--for everything you do not know, or don't want to know, is an excuse for not knowing what you do not know, and justifies your belief you already know everything you need to know to justify expressing all of your opinions as facts--e.g. your certainty all will be well during Trump's second year.


You said in 3 parts that you disagree. To agree with the article you would have to acknowledge that all the abortion politics the coaltion does-is propoganda and a scam. The coalition describes has no interest in solving the issue, even in their favor. The figure you need to look to is Barnum.


Physician, heal thyself.


Aloha Gov., I agree with you that in fairness and justice all those accused of supporting non-Dems should receive the same sanction. If Kent is kicked out of the Party for her actions, then all Dems who did the same should be kicked out, and if higher level Dems receive a slap on the wrist then Kent should receive the same.

There's obviously a double standard being applied to Kent.

I just want Dems to stop helping Republicans get elected. I think everyone should receive a warning and we should just move on. This attack on Kent is just belaboring an issue that virtually no one is concerned with expect for a small number of Party insiders who are keeping it alive to exert additional punitive measures on her. Kent was already sanctioned for flipping the bird by being kicked out of the convention. That should have been the end of it. Continuing to attack her for the same offense hardly seems Pono.

PS: There's nothing personal in my complaint, I voted for you. This is about fairness.


I usually don't do empathy but will make an exception in your case.


How many adopted or foster children have died at the hands of their so-called adopted parents or foster parents?  We've read about these killings over the years and that's contributed to the black eye that OCS is saddle with.  Anyone can buy a house with a white picket fence and then turn around and murder their adopted or foster child.  At least the children that were murdered at the hands of their adopted or foster parents lived while they were in the care of their biological parent(s).


This mission to show Canada's 'back on the world stage' needs leadership from the very top. None other than PM Justin Trudeau should go to Mali and bring the wonderful multicultural society of Mali together. Trudeau could give a couple of 'diversity is our strength ' speeches to both sides of the conflict. As the whole world loves Trudeau I'm sure both sides would drop their weapons. What could ever go wrong?


Ige, Hanabusa, Caldwell........who cares.  They're all pro rail.


When I called Don Young's office to request assistance with a VA matter that was stagnating, Burton was the guy who took my call near the end of his business day and hung up on me at 5:00 sharp. He is not a good representative of Young or Alaskans. When I told Young what had happened with Burton, at a time I stood next to Young at the luggage carousel at the Juneau Airport, Young just walked away. I say both men should find work that does not involve representing Alaskans.


Keep it up gang.


So are you saying that closing loopholes that are outside the spirt of the law is "punishment?"


Jason Kenney will continue the politics & fiscal malfeasance (since Lougheed) that got Alberta into problems in the first place. He is not the answer to our problems.

Will he be the next premier?

Not if Albertans are awake.