Despite the ties the actions are still there. You just made my point.

Anyone who votes for the constant actionable lawlessness of Hillary Clinton while condoning the despicable actions of her husband places severe blots on their own character...


Lars, you aren't helping matters...


"She [Amy Demboski] suggested Assembly leadership reprimand Flynn."  Wow.  Really?  That'd be a great lawsuit to watch!  It sure would beat-out any reality show! ;)  I can't believe someone in public office would suggest, recommend, or otherwise imply  that someone be reprimanded for their right to protest! :o  I'm not taking sides, as these are two rightfully elected officials.   I'm just pointing out that one can't be reprimanded for peaceful protesting.  It is his legal right.  Do I agree with what he did?  That DOESN'T matter.  I agree with our rights as Americans.


It is the zealous religious leaders in the Mideast who don't want - and block peace attempts.
If you build an island in the middle of the ocean (as China is doing) and send only those religious leaders there - you will have exactly the same hatred and killing as in the Mideast.


You're making a big assumption.


If you get kidnapped you're on your own nickle.


We have more government than we can afford, its as simple as that. Start with this list of state agencies -- 2/3 of these could be shut down completely. http://alaska.gov/akdir1.html


Does Google, Facebook collect taxes on their advertising in Canada?


Of course, it's a false equivalency, you make the rules. Pathological lying is a tough diagnosis to make, even for trained psychologist like yourself but since it’s your opinion, it must be true. As for Conway, she's using your rules as well with her alternative facts comment. Did more people watch the Trumpster inauguration (in person, on TV, streaming, radio, DVR) in history?  Maybe, maybe not, there is NO WAY to prove it true or false. It is just a blowhard confident statement made by the Trumpster team to jack the main stream media. He's playing the main stream media like a finely tuned piano and they don't know what to chase. There is some kicking and screaming going on by some ill minded people but it ain't the Trumpster. What the media should do?  Here's a novel idea, quit playing games and go all Walter Cronkite and become an unbiased news reporter.  And that's the way it is.


Except it's not really an upgrade. It's preventing usage of capacity YOU ALREADY OWN.  And I kinda doubt most Tesla owners know that they really owned 75 kWh battery but were being disallowed from using the last 15 kWh of it.

They can get away with something like this (PR-wise) if few people know about it.  But it's a different matter when more people find out.  It's like giving you a back seat and 4 doors, but then locking the doors remotely so you can't open them unless you pay them 5 grand or something.  On your OWN CAR.


Come now.  Those two issues are incredibly dissimilar except for the name of the company involved.


Berkowitz and his supporters were the one's promising roses in every garden if he was elected.  Smith is merely calling on him to make good on his promises.  Perhaps you forgot how Sullivan took out a few tree's at the town square to try and make it safer and tried to get street people off our streets.  Liberals screamed bloody murder saying street people were welcome to be there . Even gardeners got in on the action saying they would boycott planting flowers because of the mayor taking out a few trees.  Liberals and gardeners put rights and trees ahead of public safety. History will record Sullivan as one of our greatest mayors. Taxpayers knew no better friend .


If America is not insane, then what are they doing?


Uh, they aren't.


What other crimes was he convicted of? They have been after him for more than eight years and all they came up with was contempt......a misdemeanor? This is a political witch hunt that accomplished nothing.


What does moving our tax dollars to religious organizations that are worse at educating our children, make government smaller?  It sure doesn't make my hard work to earn it any easier. DeVos is a inherited rich evangelical that has her own agenda (it is not America) and Trump gave her the position because she paid $200K for it. As for "Feelings" about the size of government. Here are the facts, you feelings are wrong...
http://www.businessinsider.com/how-big-is-our-government-2012-7?op=1/#eryone-hates-the-government-these-days-all-those-lazy-faceless-bureaucrats-taking-our-money-wasting-it-racking-up-huge-debts-we-cant-afford-to-pay-1


Even if we had to suffer down years we'd at least be paying ourselves instead of watching all that wealth transfer out of state.


What the Sam Hill are you talking about? The Chinaman is not the issue here, Dude. I'm talking about drawing a line in the sand, Dude. Across this line, you DO NOT... Also, Dude, Chinaman is not the preferred nomenclature. Asian-American, please.


Has not been agreed upon because of finality. It is not a retroactive re-sentencing. And does not apply to this case as they are being tried now. The SC decision gave inmates who were under 18 at the crime the OPPORTUNITY to be heard in court again. And if it was determined that were able to be rehabilitated then a sentencing change may occur. But seeing as how how these defendants are being charged now as adults, they can very well receive LWOP, and likely so. The decision merely removed MANDATORY sentences for heinous crimes.


No worries...

This will not be a problem when productive Alaskans are forced to pay sales taxes and income taxes in order to help Donny move his things.


I’m positing an ethical opinion, not a legal one. Entrapment means “the state of being caught in or as in a trap”. As well, “the action of tricking someone into committing a crime in order to secure their prosecution”. Both definitions apply here. It's the difference between law and order (courts and cops); and truth and justice (rational thought and honesty). If not for the deliberate actions by the KPD, there would have been no crime committed in these cases. They probably still would have committed the same offense elsewhere, just not with these cops. We can’t know for sure nor just how convincing the KPD posers were.  I agree with your last observation.


Why do you start with Askov? Mills was the first post-Charter decision on delay. It was a lot more balanced than Askov, which led to the release of thousands of criminals. Both have been overturned, of course. And now we're at the disaster that is Jordan.


The drama continues!


Good article


Toronto isn't a particularly friendly city. The people aren't as rude as in, say, London UK, but on average are colder and more distant than in American cities. On the other hand, Toronto is a city of neighbourhoods and many of us have pretty good neighbours. In general, people have to warm up to you here before they'll give you the time of day.


The taxation by LTD is done by LTD by assessing the employers.  They just voted to increase that tax.


1st is fine but yeah, the 2nd amendment can either go entirely or be severely curtailed.


Why don't you tell us your real name so we can research you? You're really good at slandering and libeling others while you hide behind a fake - and patently untrue - online id.


More great humour.  My biggest chuckle came when I read "in truth"...


There are survivors - the spouses, parents, children, siblings, friends who just lost loved ones.


Here we go again another lecture from a prominent south end Mother Earth storm trooper as to the well chewed potential  perils of climate change if  we the non- believers remain on the side of skepticism.

Mother Earth storm troopers primary climate change fix is taxation! A carbon tax or the mind bending concept of cap and trade theory of flight.

A fine is a tax for doing wrong
A tax is a fine for doing well

Taxation on everyone today to resolve a possible sky will be falling problem for  people of the future is the solution?

"Tis easy to see, but hard to forsee "....... Poor Richard ' s Almanack

Skepticism has it slowed the advancement  of science or pushed the the advancement of science?


Newsflash: Conservative women ARE misogynists.


All Canadians should rally behind this report.  I am biased because I work in a Research Institute but consider the following:

- Canadians are really good at scientific research.  Fundamental discoveries about stem cells were made and are being made in Canada.  We just got a Nobel Prize in Physics.  We developed an ebola vaccine in the midst of a crisis.

- The national budget for scientific research was essentially flat for a decade.

- Everyone looks at Scientific Research as something that might suddenly lead to a profitable invention.  It doesn't work that way and it doesn't matter -- scientific research is an economic engine in its own right.  The funds that the Naylor report asks for are not for the salary or personal gain of researchers.  Every independent scientist in Canada is surrounded by a cloud of people who are not PhDs or MDs and who make a solid productive living from scientific research as an industry in its own right: technicians, administrators, accountants, etc.


While some may like the concept of an income tax the reality may stink. I imagine that there would be a minimum income cut off to protect the poor. And while I have no problem with their lifestyle, I have to think that the many in the Bush who work subsistence will fall below the poverty line and that it will be the "city dwellers" who shoulder the burden of balancing the state budget even though a disproportionate amount is spent in the Bush. Is this fair?


Seems like a good solid evidence based investment decision to me - "Bombardier Inc will lose US$32M for each CSeries built in 2016-17: analysis"


Thanks Comrade.


It is the same PC policy of becoming tongue-tied in uttering Radical Islam, but fluent on White Supremacy.


He did.  On the campaign trail many, many times.


There is also massive bullying in the military and even if the person does not experience it themselves the observing of it is harmful to mental health. But the symptoms sound like something other than PTSD.


Given the mentality of  many Alberta voters, I think the NDP is going to be in trouble in the next election.*

Last time the price of oil tanked, it lasted for 14 years.  Adjusted for inflation, 12 of those years the price was below $40  until the year 2000.**

I wonder who is going to be scapegoated after the next Alberta election.

* Harper increased his vote by 3% to capture 60% of Alberta voters in 2015 despite a despicable campaign that blatantly dog-whistled to a particular type of voter [the only province where the CPC increased its vote while it collapsed in all other regions of the country].

**  http://www.macrotrends.net/1369/crude-oil-price-history-chart


Since the beginning of time people have been asking what's wrong with the world, what can we do to make things better and whether people want to admit it or not the root of the problem has always been the same, people don't trust God and people try to be in charge. God put His desire for Him in all of our hearts but we always make the mistake of running of on our own before letting God finish what He's saying to us. Assisted suicide is our failure to listen to God. To truly care for someone is to take care of them until God takes them and it's up to each of us to make the sacrifice not only to care for each other but also to be an example of faith and to endure all of life's hardship until God takes us. My mother is dealing with terminal sarcoma cancer and being that example for me and my family and we are doing our best to care for her until God takes her. Hopefully we will be as strong as her when we get close to our time. The goal of this life is to trust God to take care of us.


The dictator wannabe is in good form.


This is just a strategically orchestrated manipulative effort by politicians at the Municipal, Provincial and Federal Level, the Canadian Media (Globe, Financial Post, CBC) and the Big 5 Banks to create fear and anxiety among home owners to list their homes.  The underlying problem has ALWAYS been supply in the GTA - something that politicians at all levels accepted - and Wynne's housing affordability platform in April served its purpose of instilling anxiety in home owners/speculators to boost supply.

If one took a snapshot of all the inv. available for sale in late March, there was only 3 weeks of inventory available for sale across the GTA  - something the greedy banks undeniably would have known as eventually their mortgage business would have dried up completely.  Fundamentally nothing has changed and nothing will change as long as sellers don't buy into this doom and gloom apocalypse propagated by the aforementioned parties above and greedy agents don't push sellers to list.


Utterly ridiculous to expect a 70 year old is gonna change his MO.  Trumps so into himself nothing else matters.  Charges the US government to rent space in his DC, NYC and Florida properties so the Secret Service can protect him and his brood.
/
He's said he'll cut funding to sanctuary cities.  When he figures out where Hawaii is and that there's a naval base here he'll cut that funding too.


There was no insurance for healthcare when I was growing up. When insurance lobbyists approached the government the taxpayers were assured that insurance companies would not "interfere" with the care needed. They dictate your care now. If you don't see it, you are in denial!
I also remember the response from our compassionate healthcare industry. It went something like, "in order to make up for the cuts insurance companies are getting for our services we have to raise rates and increase incidental care".
Now you know why you have to be referred to a specialist. Because the insurance company created an obstacle and your doctor figured out a way to make a profit from that. Nobody cares about your health. You are a mark to be taken advantage of.
That all goes away if we socialize medicine and it will cost less than what you pay out of pocket now.
Cut out the middleman and bring back healthcare professionals who care!


I have no doubt some conservative policies will be created however I do doubt many (if any) of them will help the middle or low income classes.   I would love to be proven wrong though.


"It was Manafort who offered Yanukovych a strategy to play on artificially imposed … differences [and] deepened Ukraine's divides...."

Sounds like just the sort of strategy that would appeal to a real "winner" an ocean away.


The far left .... that's communism and frankly I don't see that anywhere in this country. What I see is a left leaning group that supports rights for women and all people. One that treats all people in society with dignity not just the well healed. I see a left that still has both poor and wealthy citizens but just not as extreme as what resides in the dreamscape of the American right like those of the Tea Party wacko's and most of the GOP.  That left also supports religious freedom from not only Christians but Muslims or Buddhists.

Only a narrow minded person would think there is some sort of far left movement here. You need to get outside of Breitbart news more often.


The key information that could provide some reflection on the cases not pursued would be to compare conviction rates too.  A low ratio of  'unfoundeds' with a low conviction rate would show police are not screening out weak cases adequately.


It's like this writer doesn't have the internet.

"Once the most heralded young golfer in the world, he had become the sport’s middle-aged punch line. He may not have been born a loser, but he’d worked up to it."

A loser with more than 30 wins worldwide, 10 on the PGA tour, including the Players Championship. A loser with $50 million in winnings. A loser with a 16-8-4 record in the Ryder Cup, as a member of five winning teams.

What a bizarre, off-base article.


Even if we all got lobotomies, we'd still be smarter than trump supporters!


Victim blaming.


We have a people problem, not a gun problem.  Folks more interested in consumption than their fellow human beings.  Explains why a good portion of the population is on anti-depressants due to the lie that consumption makes one happy.  Blaming the gun does not solve the problem.

After every tragedy we look to the idiots in Congress to save us, they pass unconstitutionally pass a law, take away our liberty, and everyone feels better and nothing gets solved.  Rinse and repeat.


...and her Facebook rant

"We are currently witnessing the largest forest fire in British Columbia's history, the Atlantic Ocean recording record temperatures, and the second flood of the century in 12 months in Windsor," McKenna wrote. "Climate change is real and environmental protection is essential. It is time for the conservatives to understand the message."


Resign?  He's planning a run for Governor.


Lay off the big bang theory and cnn you obvious hollywood loving pushover


Boy are we ever going to be sick of her within 4 years...


There is no firearm called a "magnum revolver", that's the point, there are magnum cartridges however.  I guess the reporter was ignorant of this fact and did not get all of the information.  As for your comment of "an armchair observer gets to make stuff up" I have no idea what you are referring to, I just hate to get partial facts, maybe you are satisfied with such, and if so fine.


A small levy? No. A tax is a tax is a tax. And paying 5% more on an already overpriced $100 high speed internet bill to support shows that I'm not interested in watching is not something I would support.


Warning sarcasm ahead: This is no big deal. Once our 20 billion dollar wall is complete and our economy is tax-free, we will fall into a global scale, climate change enhanced economic depression anyway, and these agriculture jobs will be available for us once middle class Americans. We'll be able to pick artichokes, pomegranates, and strawberries to feed the billionaires who are depression-proofed enough to buy and thereby keep us Americans employed with all-American jobs!


It is difficult to be in a position where you serve under a leader who you may not agree with. I think both Peter McKay (Supreme Court, prostitution laws) and Tony (census) did what the boss wanted. Happens in business life all the time. Problem in political life is you can't come back later and say you didn't agree, but did it anyway.


“I never intended to violate the ethics code and I accept responsibility for my errors,” Apo said. “I apologize to OHA beneficiaries and employees, and to my fellow OHA trustees, as well as to the Ethics Commission.”

Props man.  At least he accepts responsibility.  That's more than Hilary.  She just said she didn't "intend" to break the law so egregiously.  (Oops!  Sorry, Mr Dubrall may not agree w/ this last statement, so if you don't want to get a nasty gram, don't read this comment.  He doesn't want discourse; only his views.)


Good report.  ""While troopers were talking with him, the male charged at troopers with a knife in his hand," troopers wrote. "Two troopers fired their service weapons while one trooper attempted to utilize a Taser.""  They couldn't have tapered him?  He needed to be nearly killed?


They took down the wall of wood boards at Thomas Square. Although the park is supposedly closed, there's nice plush green grass beckoning the masses.


Waivers and exemptions for developers for "affordable" units that expire after 30 years! What a sham! If the politicians truly want to address Hawaii's affordable housing shortage these units would be "affordable" in perpetuity.


"And now we will blame everything on automation!"


I'm heading over to Twitter, this beats anything on TV tonight!


More phony wishful thinking and so called reporting by the New York Times.


This is the same Paul Jenkins who wrote one of the best pieces I read to come out of the infamous Palin Brawl, and he wrote that one without really talking about the Palins a whole lot.  And yet he got to the true heart of the matter.  So while I deeply appreciate today's column, I'm not surprised by it.  When Jenkins turns his attention on the human condition, he transcends politics, and he does so with honor.

Thanks for this one, Paul.

https://www.adn.com/commentary/article/palin-drama-small-potatoes-compared-violence-against-women-kids/2014/09/21/


Neither bishop-candidate for  the Chairmanship of the USCCB Committee for the Protection of Children and Young People appears to have reasonable credentials or experience to function effectively in that position.  Neither of their diocesan websites reports errant priests, employees or volunteers.  The Chairman's title could thus read "Chairman of the USCCB Committee to Protect Accused Priests."  That's precisely what most bishops have already been doing for years, and continue to do, to the detriment of those who have been abused.


Seems to me a third party independent audit needs to made of the organization as well as some changes in management at the top of the organization, particularly when it has happened more than once.


Please provide evidence Republicans are anti 1A, 4A, 5A, 6A, 7A?

BTW, it's the anti 2A crowd who wants to also violate 5A rights with a gun ban for those on an arbitrary, no fly list.  Even the ACLU disagrees with that but hard core Democrats don't.


This bridge could have been made locally. Sometimes low bid is not best.


The po-faced Tablet comment is quite useless.


Nothing wrong with that headline.  He has rocks and steel balls in his head!


J.Bob, you are showing more and more you don't understand the science. If the radiation does not leave the atmosphere, the earth warms. Less leaves than comes in, the earth is out of balance. That is warming and the only place that the earth can maintain its balance.

leaving the ocean is not cooling the earth, if it does not leave through the top of the atmosphere.


And note - carefully - the massive coverage the DP is giving the latest and new data on the US's uranium sale to Russia, now backed up as to Bill and Hill's role therein, by sources (see the usual DP's "some say", I know, I know) and you'll see what the DP editorial staff think what is worth screaming front-page, often editorial-type coverage...and what is NOT.


The kayak picture, which was front page in the Victoria Colonist, was headlined "Trudeau Makes a Splash."  Had Conservative leader Scheer had the same problem with a kayak, is their any doubt the headline would have been "Scheer Can't Kayak!"  It was a staged photo op by Trudeau's personal photographer, nothing more!


Great. Air Canada monetized its loyalty program, and is now starting another one? However, given how most points earned on Aeroplan are from purchases and not flights, AC may want a program that actually encourages people to pay money to fly. Currently, I only fly AC on points, since I have accumulated so many. I'll have to wait to see how Aeroplan responds to the AC announcement.


It looks like China's going to become the world leader in renewable energy then, while we get left behind.


Lord knows they could not have hired him in Vegas.


Massive socialism works well within communistic regimes . Socialism provides opportunity to individuals within the masses to advance themselves in their shift towards capitalism. As such the capitalism  movement within acts as a catalyst for movement towards democracy. Minor socialism within democracy is good provided those receiving it    use it as a catalyst  to improve themselves and their lot in life. Socialism which is perceived as an long term gift with no obligation to improve facilitates laziness/ dependence ....it is the drug of complacency. A drugged democracy ultimately erodes to communism . Capitalism funds socialism $ wise and socialism hopefully generates capitalists thereby increasing the consumers of materials. Well balanced, they are synergistic... unbalanced (as they are in Canada) causes the capitalists to withdraw their funding.


News tended to protect athletes more during the years you mention. That doesn't mean it happened as much as more recently, but it certainly was not nonexistent as you claim. But even if you are completely correct, that does not prove Nike is the cause of it all or even any of it. Individuals are responsible for their own behavior. Only liberals think that is not the case. I blame them, since they have instituted liberal policies on campus which discourage individual responsibility.

Note: The exact wording above was deemed "below the civility threshold" and was rejected by Civil Comments. There is nothing uncivil about it. Liberal readers did not like its content and voted it down in order to censor it. This is what liberals do, both here and on campus. Let's see if they do it again.


If it was phrased that way, it was rude.
If a woman is morbidly obese, you do not say to her, “You are morbidly obese.”
It may be factually correct, but it is not something you say.
Trump apparently did jot k ow the soldier’s name.
I really hope this is not true, but going by the past it seems more than likely.


Kiszla and his fascination with trying to kill the Nugs over this signing is comical.  This is a great move for the Nuggets and a great contract to not give him 4 years at the full max AND get a team option for the third year.  His points about Gallo are ridiculous, essentially they traded Gallo for Millsap and a draft pick which all 30 NBA teams do 100 times out of 100 and stayed under the tax to do it (which is WHY they only wanted a pick for Gallo).  Read any article from a national writer who covers the NBA exclusively and actually understands basketball and they are all praising this signing.  Finally, if he can't understand the difference between the Millsap contract/Nuggets situation and the Durant contract with Golden State, then there's no point in ever reading his nonsense again.


Yes, "peer review is a bad way to monitor the comment sections[,] Alaska Dispatch." Why I never reject any comments I'm supposed to "review." Don't read them...just check the boxes. Yes, I see where "The hate posts against the church are being put up on this comment section..." I'm sure you've included my previous comment in that category. However, I see no evidence that "the comment[s] taking up for the churches are being removed…" Your comment, Ms. Brown, and the comments of others making the complaint that "conservative" comments are being deleted or something...are actually posted rather routinely. I suspect that any comments "peer-reviewed" as "uncivil" are probably (I'm guessing here) reviewed by the rather chirpy representative from "Civil" for a final determination. My take is that Alaska Dispatch does not censor these online comments for content. I wouldn't like that. More "liberal" comments are being made. Or maybe the "conservative" comments are more "uncivil." I don't know.


PR:  Wrong, never was except in revisionist minds like yours.


I’m not all that familiar with Sinclair and the stations they own and run. Politico had a piece recently that said Sinclair would require their stations to regularly use a certain commentator, which is understandable. It helps brand the stations under a common identity. I think Sharyl Attkisson, who I remember from one of the big networks, hosts a Sunday “Meet the Press” type show. It makes sense for their stations to use her work as opposed to paying for someone else.

It’s business.


Interesting.." She cannot admit to being untrustworthy or deceitful."
Why do I feel that first and foremost about Trump as well?  The posturing is garnish.
BTW how do you tell if a politician is not narcissistic?


This guy is like the person who goes to the emergency department for a splinter or sprain--wasting resources, and endangering the lives of people who need urgent medical attention because the responders are occupied with his petty self centeredness.


I will add that if they pass the special tax proposed by HSTA, they are killing the golden goose (tourism).  Why should the tourists be on the hook for poor management and planning by DOE?

And I will add lastly, that these taxes are being raised while the state has been enjoying record tourism, record tax collections and 3-4 months ago, the governor announced a billion dollar budget surplus.   WTH??


I am compelled to recall the worker priest movement.
If only if the American RC church had allowed this form of ministry to exist.
Maybe the rust belt folks and others could have been listened to and the true message of the Gospels ignite a better way of  thinking about life and the changes that one must face in our times.


Send the telescope elsewhere.   And let them bleed


Would it not be possible to compromise and create a well-maintained ATV/snowgo trail?  Much less environmental impact, minimal commercial traffic, but could easily be used for personal travel and for evacs in a pinch.


It's not quite as simple as the kids just keeping the company and taking dividends until the money is gone. Without any planning that scenario results in double, and sometimes triple, tax.  Too hard to explain here but the government essentially gets all the inheritance.  However there are strategies that can be implemented to fix that problem and leave just the first tax you refer to. The governments proposals kill that planning even for people who died before July 18 and for whom the CRA had already given written approval.   This is the kind of stuff Morneau and Trudeau, and the public they are misleading, don't understand. And they won't accept help.


Portraying liberals as the antihesis of the Bible and Christianity is, in truth, just the opposite.  The liberals actually act on and believe in the basic premises of the religion of peace, human rights, civil rights, inclusion, diversity, human good, et. al.  Only the pseudo-christians of the fundamentalist ilk prefer war, fear, dictatorship, and every other evil plaguing humans and the entire planet.  The Jews created the One God religion of which Jesus belonged until he, supposedly, rebelled against the ruling classes.  The letter writer uses the typical blame mantra and scurrilous vocabular to attempt to denigrate those committed to the betterment of humans and all of the planet.  A completely warped view of the world aided and abetted by the Republican propaganda machines of the Billionaire Barons completely opposed to anything basically humane and moral.  A sad testament to a wasted life.


Any proof?


Gerondale did not shot the moose, and he was given the moose meat.  He did not hunt the moose.  Why should he have to know the game regulations.  Seriously, everyone "trades" fish and meat taken in state.  He was just not aware, and thus publicly advertised his meat for some wood for heat. "Meat for Heat".  Bill's ability to take on a case should not he held against him.  If Gerondale was on the board, then you would have something talk about.


Perhaps she could tell them that there are people who post anonymously online who are unable to tell the difference between radical fundamentalists and the ordinary Muslims living in Canada who pose no danger to anyone.

Happy now?


You can believe as you wish, Dave.  You have a closed mind and a liberal one, I expect.  So you think forcing Christian businesses in this country to violate their consciences is OK as long as the ones expecting them to cave in to their wishes are given their due?  Due to homosexuals in Oregon, the Kleins had to finally close their bakery for good.  These people are deliberately picking on Christians that they know will not do as they ask so they can sue them; it is nothing about hurt feelings.  And how about the Christians in the mid east?  You think they are treated well?  Well, they are not.  If you convert to Christianity, you can expect a very short life there.  Thanks to Obama and his Muslim agenda, we have more Muslims here now than ever, and they are not our friends.  They want to impose Sharia law here, which fortunately has been struck down.  They blow up our buildings and kill our people.  Finally, you don't know what I read, but I'll bet it's a lot broader than you.


His father was a man of character. Our current Trudeau seems different.
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Liberals don't care
they voted  for someone with the same NAME, they don't care about his character


I read John Ivison's column in the Post this morning and thought he was wrong. Trudeau's response via tweet was measured and took a stand in favour of accepting refugees - nothing essentially anti-Trump which it could have easily been considering the situation with the unstable US President. Bravo.


No, he actually did.  In fact, everything bad that's ever happened to this country is President Obama's fault.


Well I must say that is not illuminating, especially considering there was no "landslide", unless maybe you were talking about the one that buried Sanders. Even that is debatable as a landslide, since the final popular vote count was Hillary55%  Sanders 41%. Sanders did well for a candidate without broad appeal. If there was any manipulation, it was by the popular media which ignored Sanders and even Clinton, in favor of their focus on the drama of the Trump campaign.  As far as actual voter fraud, there was none.  That is most likely what Bev Harris meant, that, in fact, you can't steal a landslide.  But there was no landslide. Your comment makes no sense.


Oh, no, no, no! I would not eat that Fundido with your mouth! Fundido has house-made Chorizo, Poblanos, Olives, and three cheeses. THAT is fantastic Fundido! Your's does not even look good! Sorry, but I know my Fundido!


The evidence of Trump's pathology is mounting to the point where it is increasingly difficult for anyone to deny without sacrificing her or his own credibility.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/02/us/politics/those-calls-to-trump-white-house-admits-they-didnt-happen.html


Assume you saw the "jk" - just kidding, but in case others didn't. Of course I'm not suggesting laws prohibiting speech - they'd work about as well as the ones prohibiting exercise of the second amendment.


Just lock her up until her youngest child turns 18!


Inuit was going to happen sooner or later.


The C2 zoning was done over 50 years ago and it is right next to R1 zoning, single-family homes.
5-stories of apartments and businesses is too large, especially for being so close to the corner.   The
crosswalk over 30th from the Alder bike path, right next to the property, is used by children from 4
elementary schools.


I liked the video. I congratulate Mr. Irving on his balance and his success and his reaching out to help others. And I have to think that the fine values he exhibits say something about a good upbringing.


I don't agree with much of what Ken Buck stands for, but he is absolutely right on this issue!


This so-called pResident is a real piece of work. While the GOP in Congress fiddles.

I just hope this country can survive this jack*** as well as those that are #complicit.


"Duplicitous criminal?"
Sorry, friend, but one doesn't get to make up charges. I'm unaware of any charges, much less convictions, of our former Secretary of State.
I am also unaware of any grandiose promises she has made that are unreachable, assuming we don't have a continuance of our "No!" congressional Republican leadership.
As for that 1% thing: I applaud a person that is willing to sacrifice for the general good. You aren't envious of her wealth, are you?
Far more disturbing is a billionaire like Trump saying this country sucks and who wants to give himself and his cronies unprecedented MAJOR tax cuts.
Hillary may be a somewhat jelly-like centrist, but she's no hate-filled greed ball like Trump.


Parking at the stadium got worse because they build curbing along the perimeter of the stadium.    We used to be able to parallel park along the edges of the stadium but no more.   I wonder how many parking stalls got removed because of the "planning"?


Hey Empathy - Are we here to love and care for ISIS?


Oh. Then I support it! :)


Sarah, our deepest sympathies to your family.
This is Donald and Dawn from The Living-Room Ministry in Kodiak, now residing in Reedsport, Oregon. We are devistated over this tragedy. You are in our prayers. Your father was a stellar man.....he loved to ride and was very, very good. We stand with you in this hour of such grief. Lovingly, Donald and Dawn


This district is NOT heavily democratic as the article asserts.  Most recent registration data from the Secretary of State office (8/1/2017 data) is 147,968 Dems, 143,742 Reps, and 163,546 unaffiliated 'Active' voters. Perhaps a bit less hyperbole and a bit more act checking is in order.  Also - worth noting that Coffman has voted in line with Trump's position 95% of the time as noted by statistics compiled by fivethirtyeight.com. Again, hardly an "independent streak" as the article states.


You can't use food stamps to buy alcohol at bars. If that's happening it's as much on the bar accepting it as it is on the person using it


Because lying about consensual sex is so much worse than collusion with Russia, money laundering and all the other things that tRump is being investigated for.


So I can't say anything nice about a team unless I include others not related to the article? One thing about comment sections is that anyone can say something no matter how ridiculous.


I'm sure that is exactly what Round Table's attorneys will be arguing if this goes to trial and what they are telling their insurance company as we speak.


are you kidding? ontario is an economic toilet crashing down in debt, part time jobs, more government, corruption and squat for investment unless the taxpayers cough up millions in bribes. if we work with trump we can in deed benefit,, heck anything would be an improvement over the ontario mess now under the liberals.


Why do conservatives hate America?


Which speech did he condemn 'white supremacists and nazis'?


Intellectual cowards like you always resort to the Argument from Intimidation...if you don't agree with me you must be a racist.
The fact that you resort to ad hominem attacks show that you can't defend your views rationally...so you lash our with the "R" word.


They let the team down. Lose money as well since they flew up to Laramie. The team deserves an apology from these idiots.


It’s easy to get caught up in the deeply flawed character of Donald Trump. We also need to recognize the policy catastrophe of this presidency.
This past week Trump ordered an end to the Obama-era executive action that shielded around 800,000 young undocumented immigrants – often called Dreamers – from deportation under what’s been known as the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA.
Look at other of Trump’s recent policy decisions and you see the same arbitrary and unnecessary cruelty. What’s the point of banning transgender people from military service? Of siding in court with a businessman who doesn’t want to sell his services to gay couples? Of weakening the standard for responding to sexual violence in universities? Of banning Syrian refugees and reducing by half the number of refugees admitted to the United States?
There is no point, in terms of policy. None of these decisions makes America safer or economically stronger or fairer.


Trump said he'll let us know if there are tapes in the near future. Why do you suppose he can't simply say yes or no?

Is it like his once stating that Melania will "soon" hold a news conference to show her documentation, proving that she entered our country legally? Now when did that happen?

Or maybe the tax returns Trump promised to release when elected?

Or how about the info he couldn't believe was found when his investigators went to Hawaii to check on Obama's citizenship?

Yep, Trump, the drama queen, is full of something, but it's not anything remotely related to the truth.


Why doesn't Trudeau use the same strategy the Liberals in the audience used when Canada ratified the NAFTA agreement in 1992?

Start watching the video at the 9 minute mark.

https://www.c-span.org/video/?36249-1/north-american-free-trade-agreement


Am I dreaming?

This is the headline, reprinted precisely, word for word:

"Ian Brown: Factions and tears in the Arctic aboard the C3 as Southerners confront their own battles with reconciliation".

Are you kidding me, editor?

That is your headline?

Does it come with a translation guide?

Like maybe one that tells me what a C3 is, who Southerners are, and who Ian Brown is, and maybe a headline hint about why I should care about any of the above?


Hmmmm, 2 overweight, insecure, narcissistic, ignorant, power-hungry, image-fearing, self-centered men in a meeting.  What could possibly go wrong?


Are you invited to a New Years party at Tabatha's?

If so, I very well understand why you're so depressed.


"... what purpose is served by an effort to drive them out of business?"

Getting tax revenue.


I wasn’t sure about the Nevada name but didn't care.  If UH loses to San Diego State they will be 1- 4 in conference play & probably end up second to last.  Many will talk about firing Rolo but posting this story just before the game will hopefully set in people’s mind;  ‘We are getting a bargain so Rolo is not so bad after all’.  S A did the same thing with trying to artifically prop up Chow for as long as they could.  There are options but it involves JJ / Miano.  To save face Maitlin will NEVER explore this option.  The difference with JJ & Miano is that money is NOT everything to them at this point in their lives as they have strong ties to Hawaii.  I hope I am wrong & Rolo’s teams makes a miraculous turn around this season.   If that happens I got no problem people calling me stooopid & wrong but the success/failure of a football team as weak as UH will change as fast as a glacier moves.  All ducks need to be continuously lined up to succeed but all of Rolo’s ducks are scattered.


This morning.

The final numbers for the previous fiscal year (April 1, 2016 to March 31, 2017 in this case) always come out at around this time of year and they are pretty much always a little bit better than anything that was previously announced.


Some kind of size complex if I had to guess...


I would suggest that a Liberal Pledge is very similar to the Johnson and Johnson product.

It's simply used to provide a nice shine.


Didn't Hillary supporters want Comey fired? There is no pleasing these people.


Expand Federal Estate Recovery and Liens to all uninsured who are a non-payer when receiving medical care.
-
Medicaid's Power to Recoup Benefits Paid: Estate Recovery and Liens

Under Medicaid law, following the death of the Medicaid recipient a state must attempt to recover from his or her estate whatever long-term care benefits it paid for the recipient's care. States also have the option of recovering all Medicaid benefits from individuals over age 55, including costs for any medical care, not just long-term care benefits ...

...Once a lien is placed on the property, if the property is sold while the Medicaid beneficiary is living, not only will the beneficiary cease to be eligible for Medicaid due to the cash from the sale, but the beneficiary would have to satisfy the lien by paying back the state for its coverage of care to date...

Read more:
https://www.elderlawanswers.com/medicaids-power-to-recoup-benefits-paid-estate-recovery-and-liens-12018


SO TRUE. The sheeple just don't see it.


Actually, my thought was "which friend".  Logical lead for another arrest.


Humans lacking moral fibre do not need religion  to excuse the horrors they perpetrate (though it can come in handy)... Exhibit A : Hitler and  Fascistic Nationalism.  Exhibit B: Stalin and the Gulag in the name of  Atheistic and Fascistic Communism..... and on and on it goes.... So much for atheism as the  solution....


Personally, I don't think 'censure' quite addresses the guy's remarks - which were at times insulting to victims and witnesses and showed that he had not a clue as to the gravity of the events he was expected to rule on.  We can't be so short of qualified attorneys to need to put up with something like this sitting on the bench; Feb '17 isn't soon enough to give Nome a respectable Judge; they have needed one since before this clown was appointed.


Election eve 1980...... Ronald Reagan wins in a landslide....

8:15 PM EST - DAVID BRINKLEY:  "I'd like to ask a question of you folks.  We have here what I think reasonably could be called a landslide or certainly something approaching a landslide.  Where did it come from?  Nobody anticipated it.  No polls predicted it.  No one saw it coming.  How did that happen?  I don't want to knock the polls, because I believe in them, and they generally do very good work.  One thing I wondered.  Have a lot of people -- did a lot of people decide to vote for Reagan, but didn't want to say so?"

(Jimmy Carter had a 9 point lead the day before.)  heh heh heh

I might add that the surge of illegals at our southern border is working bigly in Trump's favor!


"The Gift of the Priestly Vocation" lacks a foundation in human sexuality as well as in the theology of the priesthood itself!  Sorry, but this document is the same pablum that has been forcefed to 500 or so years' worth of candidates for the priesthood.  It won't work in Ireland, which stands today on the verge of declaring clerical bankruptcy.  If this is Rome's final word, then the priesthood as we now know it is doomed, all over this world.


You DO know that the rule change was a Democrat ploy, right????


Actually, it's a single-provider system, like UK's National Health.  Single-payer is Medicare.


OK, thanks for the advice.  Pay attention to Your Leafs management, coach and players.

That's always worked so well  before, too, eh?


"Although the Knights of Columbus, the Catholic fraternal organization and a longtime ally of the Chaldeans, is circulating a letter on their behalf..."
That must have been a particularly painful line to publish.


"Building Industry Association C-E-O Gladys Marone says housing prices will increase and the BIA not only opposes the installation of sprinklers in new single family homes and duplexes but it’s also against any blanket condominium mandate."

http://hawaiipublicradio.org/post/fire-sprinkler-retrofit-mandate-will-hit-affordable-housing


What is always forgotten is that  15% of all the harvested or raised protein goes to feed pets.

This is simply waste

Most urban pets these days are appliances that the owner has long since list any reason for owning

Re : the still dressed in their work clothes (signifying the 8, 10, 12 hours. They spend away from their pet), walking it all the while engaged on a telephone call to make plans where to spend the next few hours....

Quality time indeed


I'm with you, bycatch.


Has anyone asked the Koch brothers if it ok for Dan to do this???


I agree, waste time and money, can't even take care of the homeless.


Get rid of all police commissioners (esp max sword)! with exception of Sheehan.  NEW BLOOD...not Mufi, old boy/girl network who enable same old poor standards & people.  Clean house and have police enforce laws. ACLU & shopo need to be onboard to support general public keeping honolulu clean & safe


The CBC is nothing but a Liberal Mouthpiece. Pay them no heed.


Go home. You're drunk. Either that, or just really, really stupid.
http://himawari8.nict.go.jp/


I hold parents and students responsible for their success. Not a school district. I do agree, money doesn't buy success.


Looks like potential white-out conditions in the area, by the picture.


Limited entry was and is a rip-off of the people of Alaska. As are taxi cab permits and liquor licenses and pot licenses. Anytime corrupt government imposes some type of protectionism they choose winners (usually themselves) at the expense of everyone else. The scammers are in charge.


Okay, they sign a "nominal" statement. Then, only teachers that hold a specific belief and that are described as Christian teachers lead the discussions. Nah, nothing to worry about there, right? Students wouldn't be intimidated at all to disagree with their teachers who, one must assume, grade them? I hardly would expect those in the business of indoctrination openly to admit it.
Well, if the rather obvious sexual organ question never occurred to you, I can understand your beliefs. Either man is in the image or not. So your god must have sexual and excretory organs. Or is the sacred text wrong about the design? How about that weekly creation time table? Until science a very few centuries ago rebutted it, unquestionably, penalties for doubting it were severe.
Yes, actually, I'd have to agree with you about Islam, to some extent, though they don't have services where they worship a man nailed to a cross and have services where they eat the body and drink the blood of their savior.


It was for drunk driving, he was probably convicted or pleaded NC but what was worst is that his kids might have been with him at the time.


Had Gratsy permitted the meeting in Harney County, perhaps no one would have died.

 We will never know and the voters over there get to select and remove their own politicians for their own reasons.


Yep. Dan Coffey would still call the victims "vultures".

From his letter to Judge Sedwick:

"Look at those who are now blaming Joe for all the bad things that happened to them.  If you do, I doubt you will find that any of them have made any contributions to our community. Joe has. He built a company which employs hundreds. These people who now point fingers at Joe, have never built anything. They are vultures who saw Joe's addiction as a way to get to his wealth and they were all over him with their drugs and the other inducements."


Passing judgment on comments is fundamentally different than passing judgment on people.


Grown men and women believing in fairy tales.  Ha!


As a "white guy" I am getting a bit tired of being blamed for the stupid actions of others, if by others I mean black people.  There is an old saying you don't s____ where you eat.  These guys started this protest and the fans reacted to it.  A cable host last night offered them a venue to air their concerns on his highly rated show, that is where they should go to preach about the concerns they have, not by disrespecting the flag, country and fans. As far as Kiszla saying the players are acting more as adults than the President, they started this childish protest, I personally stand with the President on this one, don't disrespect the country that gives people the opportunity to become rich playing a game.....


True enough.  Thought a CEO of a public company would be good, given those who want government run like a business.  Still prefer people with other experience than professional politicians like Scheer, who have not held any position of responsibility


So do civilians. That's what happens. The King David Hotel was being occupied by the British military and was the site of the British military command, clearly a military target. The British were forewarned but paid no heed. The British military setting up shop in a civilian area is like Hamas setting up military installations in hospitals, schools, and other civilian areas. Stupid. Undoubtedly wanting to create a tragic incident. And so they did.


"Recognizing, however, the plurality of religious and other convictions among its employees, it will not interfere with the provision of contraceptives that will be administered and funded independently of the University."

So they will graciously now allow what the ACA required them to do and they sued the government about?  and won!  Now, it is okay?

Excuse me if I find this two faced because guess what: that "plurality of religious and other convictions" existed when they sued the government.

And now that they have helped crash the most inclusive health insurance program this nation has ever tried, one that brought access to health care tens of millions formerly didn't have, now they will take the issue they fought against and allow it because they want to recognize a "plurality of religious and other convictions."

As if the plurality did not exist until today, as if their prior actions did not deny what they are now claiming.

We have all been hornswoggled, them included.


I believe L-4's last reply is what is commonly known as a cop-out.


Trump saving jobs is all smoke and mirrors. He has dwindled an inheritance of 112 billion dollars down to 13 billion. He has had 14 bankruptcies which put 86,000 people out of work over the past 12 years. You have been fooled as have many Americans....slow learners apparently. Read the FOI reports.


And yet we have hordes of morons who think Putin preferred Trump over Hillary.  You know the guy who loves fracking and increasing oil production, activities that just happens to be gutting Putin's dream of empire (for those who are slow, the Russian economy).  Lol, what idiots.


It's asked a lot, but I encourage you to speak from your heart Charles.    It's one of the few time some of these people get to hear a black voice.    People need to know the hurt and pain of racial discrimination at a personal level- at Charles level.   You don't represent all black opinion,(any more than I represent all white people),  but you offer a very real story of prejudice for a black person.   I hope you tell us just how it's affected your life in Eugene, use real personal experience.


Thanks Christine for these timely reminders on the many scam calls.    Too many of us forget the basic anti-fraud rules!  Mahalo!


I'm tired of hearing the apologists' mantra that there are only a few bad apples and that most police officers are good, upstanding members of the force,  That is patently false, which is proven by the actions or inaction of the so-called good officers.

If they were so good and honourable, they would call out those among them who are the bad actors and drum them out of the force.  They see what's going on but they do nothing, therefore they at best condone and in reality are often complicit after the fact (with such things as edited field notes).


Which is why we have the courts to balance the ego fed political branch.

The Court would not have to act,  if the spineless Congress had been doing their job over the last 30 years.      The stubborn ideological wars have destroyed the ability of Congress to find effective compromises that would at least dent intractable problems like infrastructure collapse, budget debt, health care Cost, ect.     Instead they push the really important issues to the side and blame 'the other guy' for being the problem.

Its gotten so bad that we elected the least qualified candidate in modern history, on the sad hopes that a 'star' would save us.    It didn't work for Obama, it won't work for Trump.

 Congress may have no choice but to be the adult in the next four years, I hope they step up, but I'm not betting on it.

It take two to fail, I'm not exclusively blaiming either party as the problem.


That's an interesting conversion for a full size truck. The 240 recharging is not at all common so that's a huge problem. It's a hybrid so it still burns gas and gives off emissions so while a step forward, still not the solution. A big problem with electric vehicles is the expense when you have to change out the batteries. They aren't environmentally friendly for disposal. Still, I'd consider an electric vehicle if they can get them to the point where they compare to gas vehicles equally.


Apparently so, given the absence of many men.


Now we'll hear from all the wrong-winger Hillary haters to come out in groves posting slimy comments that the Clintons' are hiding something and that they didn't pay any taxes.   Haha!  Haha!


As a former RCMP member, I must agree with you.  The Force is struggling to be too many things to too many people.  Recruiting is down, members are quitting in dismay over promotions, pay and personnel issues.   The demand from the Province of BC alone has outstripped their ability to supply new members.

It would be best if they were to give the provinces a 5 years 'heads-up' to allow them to plan the pull back from uniform policing.  They could then focus on federal matters, and work at attempting to regain some of the credibility they have lost.


"We want to welcome President Trump with open arms, but we don't wish to burden our taxpayers disproportionately for these visits".

Well, stiff sh.., you should not have voted for him.


College in Gunmerica.


I don't want his/her opinion,
I only want the facts. I'll form
my own opinion.


UH should sue OHA for dereliction of duty.


Stop the mindless flailing. Trump won…accept it and move on.


You've forgotten the two largest instigators and bringers of death and depraved destruction to all these - the US and NATO.

Why is that?


Good for you Jeannie...for being pro-active.  I have also have followed a natural
approach and am feeling so much better.

The tips below have helped me...
-Items with corn syrup don't satisfy the appetite and raise blood sugar.
-Eat lots of vegetables with some protein and add fermented foods for probiotics to
help with good gut bacteria (sauerkraut and cultured veggies are easy and inexpensive to
make)...many healthy, trim cultures live this way.
-Use a smaller, luncheon-styled plate.
-Get some type of water purifier and drink water instead of sodas.
-Move the body.


Only a fool would give out personal information to strangers .  What I have I earned over many , many years of hard work.  At least I use my real name when I comment. What are you hiding ?


An equally egregious way that PET stabbed Quebec in the back was his tireless work when no longer in power to sabotage the Meech Lake Accord.  He hooked up (in more ways than one) with Debra Coyne the constitutional adviser to Newfoundland premier Clyde Wells to develop a way to scuttle Meech and it worked.  PET's giant ego could not tolerate Mulroney coming up with a viable way to recruit Quebec back into the federal fold with honour and dignity.

As a result, we came within one sell out crowd (51000 votes) at Olympic Stadium of losing the second referendum!

Virtually all of the provisions of Meech Lake are now in force through a combination of legislation, regulation and tacit adherence.

As with pretty much everything he did and tried to do on the economic, environmental, international and unity files, Brian Mulroney has been proven right and Trudeau 1.0 has been relegated among those of us who can discern our anuses from holes in the ground to be nothing but a horrible nightmare.


I would agree on the anti-soccer comment if the writer was someone other than Mr. Kelly. His writing is hands down pro-soccer. For him to be against Canada co-hosting football's biggest event tells us all that there must be something that is quite "rotten" about the sport's World Cup.


Did you even BOTHER TO READ what I wrote???  I even mentioned the Tea Party doing the SAME THING 8 years ago!  Good grief, try reading the post first before you blindly start typing next time.


The presence of consulting engineers is in fact justification for the hiring of a civil engineer project manager.  Your "did not know how to manage the project" is justification for the need of a civil engineering project manager to manage this multi-billion dollar civil engineering project.


COST IS NO OBJECT.  Unless it's travel cost for a few EPA folks.


From your comments thus far, you venture your various opinions without any sort of substantiation or backing evidence. That is certainly your prerogative but if you're attempting to argue a point wouldn't it be more convincing if you had evidence to support your claims? When you assert that the vast majority go back to being gay and the exceptions are due to lack of sex drive what are you basing that on?


what is despicable are those like you who twist the policies around insinuating things that are not in them,  the wall is coming, the bad just like obama did is going to be restarted. amazes me hard core hateful people like you can not understand it


One thing we can do immediately to help coral reefs is to stop using sunscreen that contains oxybenzone, which has been proven to kill coral. There are alternative sunscreens that are safe for coral, such as those that have titanium dioxide or zinc oxide as their active ingredient.


James Reeves 198 - So, why are prescriptions not required for fluoridated bottled water?  Is it that hard to tell the difference between a tube of fluoridated toothpaste with over 1000 mg of fluoride ions and a liter of fluoridated water with 0.7 mg of fluoride ions?


Wilbur Ross said today Canada will need to provide concessions on trade. People with money want to move to here for opportunity, stability, rule of law, tolerance and pluralism. We should supply want they want. Canada is the product; careful 'immi-great-ion' is our comparative advantage.


RiNO Proud.  If YOU believe in unbelievable promises, that's your issue.  I worry that Trump WILL keep his promises.


It's very easy to sit back and play Monday morning quarterback.  The only people that desire abortion is the mother willing to consent to the procedure.  All other interested parties are either pro-choice (leaving it up to the woman and her doctor), or pro-life (only while the fetus is in the womb).  Wrong-wingers put up barriers toward organizations like Planned Parenthood who actually provides educational material to anyone that'll listen and prevent unwanted pregnancy, meaning the use of a contraceptive device.


The past belonged to one gender.  Now the future belongs to another.  Both concepts are sexist.


I presume you mean to "offer it up".......if that were the case  he got off lightly in my opinion.


Hey i'm for dropping it all the way down to D-. This state should not be borrowing money. It should be dependant on it's own revenue of which we have plenty. With $60+ billion in the bank it's insane to borrow money!


Wait a minute!! Are Democrats in Colorado still pretending that, "If you like your health plan, you can keep your health plan?"

Politifact's whopper of the year and Democrats are still peddling it. Wow.


active: "So, Guest said "Can't afford" because he's not rich?"

Musical posts now come with musical quotes?


It is the cash that is being targeted. It has always been the cash and not the results of private schools that has been the focus of privatizing schools. Examine the financial of the big four private education corporations and you find profits growing. If prifots were not the main goal of private school success there would be a standard set of criteria to evaluate both pubklic and private schools.


From the comments below it appears that we have our share of climate change deniers.  It's disheartening to read such gibberish especially when such human induced change is so transparent, happening outside our windows. Countering these arguments with the overwhelming facts of human induced climate change would be like talking truth to Republicans or our own Conservatives - facts and science don't matter. You would think we were in Alabama or some other red neck haven.


A town hall where the media was invited? How suspicious.


why not a statue of clint eastwood?  he logged out of springfield way back....Huey Lewis drove delivery truck  ...  heck... why not Ernest Hemingway? i'm sure he passed through oregon at some point.  how about go big or go home ?- Abraham Lincoln lived in Springfield !!! for $$$ sakes..
  heck,  people don't know history - bet eugene could make it fly... Eugene Oregon, Home of Abraham Lincoln.  yup.


I don't have to provide proof, the Repubicans have already done that.

Some of them have made a career out of it.

Tom Price.

Paul Ryan.

And Social Security isn't heading for any fiscal cliff.

Like I said, peddle your fantasies and lies to someone more gullible than you.


Fish:  I am beginning to LIKE YOU...........


I can't remember an LG race this crowded. Why is everyone so scared of gunning for the top job?


Do you have the skill-set needed to maintain turbines and the associated generators? and if so would you be willing to offer those skills at say a reduced wage? Do you have the skill to operate those machines under pressure, during outages and equipment or other system failures? it is not a mindless job that any dope can take on And before you ask, no i do not work for ML&P.  I will agree with you on one thing though, most management is grossly overpaid for the responsibility's that they are given.


Yes, of course the cost of Measure 97 will be passed on to consumers.  To think otherwise is delusional.  Some businesses fight the measure because it applies only to some and puts them at a disadvantage relative to the untaxed competing companies.

So to make an informed decision, we must assume that we consumers collectively will pay the bill.  The next question, given that we will pay the bill, is whether we want to give up our earned money to the state government for whatever purpose.

Keep in mind that this tax is extremely regressive.  The poor will pay a higher proportion of their income to this tax than the wealthy.  Other states have honest sales taxes that do not pretend to tax corporations.  These states often exclude necessities like food thereby mitigating the impact on the poor.  Measure 97 does not exclude necessities making its impact on the poor extreme.

In deciding, don't believe in the lie that we will not pay.


How's the weather in Florida?


Very sad for the family left behind no matter what the cause of the crash is.
I hope that the family of this couple will remember their love and can find some peace in knowing they were together in a place that meant something to them.


Direct Quote: And Spencer made it clear that white-only means Jews aren’t invited. They have their own identity, and it isn’t white-slash-European, and that’s that.

“Jews are Jews,” he said.


The Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan works for me. I saved my frequent flyer miles which gives me the opportunity to commute from Michigan to Alaska's first and only Tribal college, Ilisagvik College in Utqiagvik (Barrow) Alaska. We are blessed with both a great airline and an excellent college.


Mkhize is slightly more paletable than his fellow people from his province.... he does not appear to be as outwardly corrupt... but maybe I missed something!
There is of course Madonsela and Khoza, two ladies unlike most of Zuma's women, and men, especially those who come from KZN... they are honest and set examples to us all.


Again, typical liberal. Brings up irrelevant details as though they effect the substance of the point--they then proceed to debate those points.

1 Timothy is Scripture.  As such it is God Breathed and thus---is said by Jesus--through Paul.

We do know what Jesus actually said because we have his actual words recorded in the Gospels.  The Word of God, however, isn't limited to the Gospels.  The whole Bible is the Word of God and as such is inerrant.

In answer to your question: Jesus told me this at the same time he told you what you claim he told you.  You think you are the only one Jesus talks to?

If you are going to tell me God meant to condemn the rich--for no other reason than being rich, then that means Obama falls under God's judgement.  Last I checked, he is rich.


We have dualism all around us...what we need to teach is the concept of non-dualism...far too many adults cannot tolerate unknowing (so they accept any answer), paradox, both/and ....


Sophistry- the soldiers, sailors, marines and airmen who died are not the MIC.
They are among the MIC's  victims too.


Hi -

So the FBI rolls up to a Republican (Sessions) and then to another Republicam (Trump).

Why has sessions not ordered he information released? Is the FBI actively obstructing justice here?


You make a very good point.  I believe the city needs to slow down on this project and make certain we're getting all the bases covered.


Is this kind of travel budget out of line for the position?


It's quite irrational to refer to something as an "attack" when the nature and mechanism is completely unknown. It is certainly not in the interest of the gubmit of Cuba to launch such "attacks."


There is definitely a way to cut back on overtime. Leave the rubbish on the curb until they get around to picking it up, only respond to police calls they "think" are important and let some structures burn. How does that sound? On the other hand, they could start with fully staffing these departments, which never happens, and see how that helps. Before you throw out an inflammatory statement such as overtime "abuse", why not take into account that these "abusers" are your family, friends and neighbors who are giving up their freetime/family time/own time to help thier departments and the people of this state to enjoy the services they feel entitled to. Yes, there is financial compensation, but as we all know, money isn't everything. Let me ask Joey and Natanya, how often do you work full days on your DAYS OFF for free? How does your salary compare to these "abusers"?


Of COURSE they ate processed food!  I saw an example of the consequences!


You are taking the 50,000 foot view of this.  50+ people are dead--slaughtered.  And you want to talk about driving the democrats?


So, does the ban extend to classrooms or can she be rehired as a teacher?


This applies to anyone living the high life, not just boomers or wealthy.


In a league that is famous for asking what have you done for me lately, what has Elway done over the past two years...we all need to quit living on the laurels of Super Bowl 50. What has John done for us lately? Certainly nothing to correct a crappy quarterback situation.  To all of the apologists, I admit I do NOT know more about football than some, but I do know when someone is playing to and protecting his pride and ego.


Let's pray BOC is on slow and steady path of interest rate hike. Hopefully, one more by the year-end which will help contain this madness and turn the prices around.


Wrong indeed to the point where, were NCR an ordinary publication, the article would be retracted and an apology issued to the readers.


You would have to be a cold hearted jerk, like the author of this article, to not feel sorry for the more than 100,000 people who have been laid off.  Gary, also probably doesn't know, since he is sitting up in his ivory tower, that layoffs are continuing despite the 4.6% growth (I personally know over 20 people who have been let go over the last 3 months).

Albertans are not mad because of the world price of oil, which we all know is out of our control, but the price we get - which is the lowest in the world.  If other provinces and the federal government were actually supportive of the pipelines that would help increase the price we get, there wouldn't be so much anger.

Imagine if Harper had set downstream emission review on the auto industry as a part of the bail out or if the current PM said that the lumber industry does not need any protection from the US duties.  I bet people from Ontario and BC would be upset, and with good reason.


hey loser the gun laws are not a failure , this is the typical left wing stupidity spewed here so much, if anything the mental health system failed


This is typical Western thinking, focused only on numbers, percentages, data and also of people who have little experiece with the actual societies they are dictating terms to. First of all, one of the basic legal rights of a society is to be able to determine who is a part of that society and not have that imposed from the outside from those who don't even know them or are a legal part of that group.

Secondly, and more importantly, if you go to a rural community/society you will see that how you function, how you relate is way more than just your genetic makeup. I see people who, from physical appearance, have a lot of outside genetics but from how they interact with their familes and communities, the cultural values they hold, the life they live, the food they eat, the *function* they have in that community, the language they might speak you cannot ever say that they are not part of that society that they are not Native. Who are we to impose our numbers on them?


You make a good point.

It is interesting how Alaskans are so willing to use federal subsidies for any project no matter how wasteful, as though they aren't being subsidized by the rest of the country, while resenting every penny they must pay toward any collective good. It's also interesting the state was populated by Outside citizens through instruments of socialism, still using them in order to receive an annual PFD dividend as an entitlement, and in Anchorage at least, everyone pays the same for water regardless of household size and use, yet decry any moves to benefit the collective good.


Taxpayer giveaways.


I wouldn't buy anything from someone who invests in swamp land and old bridges.  Sorry buddy, but you bought them and now you're stuck with them.


Russia has been way more effective in this campaign than Obama and Nato could ever hope to be.

It seems really fishy that Palmyra falls to ISIS at the exact same time the Russians and Assad are cementing a huge victory in Aleppo. Guess Nato doesn't want to look like a total loser.

Just how are things going in Mosul anyways?


Actually Alexandra...think we institutionally agree....I am just a bit more resigned!

BUT where I'd love to see some emphasis and appreciation is on "where" the Spirit IS active.....which is not exactly in the religious  "institutional" realm..I think....right about now..I'd suggest it might well be in the "Resistence Movement" nationally...

I hope you are enjoying a well deserved rest this weekend....if anyone deserves it you do!

Warmest regards.....


Agree SACP the ultimate and perfect 'rent seekers'. Setting themselves up to gather rent from another source if/when the Zuma trough dries up.


Whole Foods problems really began with the failed Wild Oats merger.  They were so quick to convert stores from WO to WF they lost what it was to be Whole Foods (not that I particularly like Whole Paycheck, but it had a recognizable brand).  The two were not the same and simply slapping the Whole Foods name on a Wild Oats store just drove people away.  It was all downhill from there.


Thank you for your post.  It's always amazing to me that there are some who think that Communism is good.  We should learn from the very painful lessons of history.


Dirt bag without regard for anybody but themselves.


I still think I should have got a free fishing license when I renewed my drivers license this year. They should do something for us that went totally out of our way to register ourselves.


This reminds me of the old Barry Goldwater slogan from the democrats:  Goldwater for '64,  Fire water for '65,  No water for '66,  not a damn thing in ' 67.


Yes. Tillerson was one of Trump's cabinet members who lobbied Trump hard to stay in the accord. Mattis and McMaster and Kelly-- all former generals also reflected the military view on the importance of the standards set in the Paris Accords. Gary Cohn an ex Goldman guy said the same thing that the current Goldman head tweeted. All the CEO's who lobbied for staying in the accord also reflect what corporations are already doing. With all that, I think we continue to cut carbon emissions without the accord. In fact, the Paris Accord is becoming a standard that shareholders are pressing companies to adopt and will be the basis for lawsuits to be sure corporations do adhere to them-- at the least it forces companies to consider the issue carefully.


Um, we had another major party in our election. The NDP. That received 19.7%. Add that to the Liberals 39.5% and you get 59.2% (left and centre-left vote).


Not much of a billionaire with only $40mm in public equity.  Hmmmmm..........


I'll take a look.

These are standards for home safety that include human life and property.   I would expect different standards for uninhabited forrest......although people do argue the relative worth human life versus other living species 😀


Well, if you can't believe one cranky cop's Facebook page, what can you believe? And don't let the total lack of corroboration from anybody else in a position of authority bother you. It's on the internet so it gotta be true!

Let's cut to the chase here. People like you don't care about the plight of Muslim refugees. But it doesn't sound "Christian" to admit that, so you come up with all kinds of nonsense excuses for doing nothing to help them. And your go-to pitch these days is to demonize them by lumping all Muslims in with the minority who are terrorists. It isn't complicated.


I'll bet dollars to doughnuts (not sure if that is a bargain or not) they are out by a week from Sunday. They have skill, but lack character - The U of O in modern times only hires coaches that stoke ego's, and ego's do not win championships.


Better we simply remove all the originals, put them on display behind bullet-resistant glass, and then replace them with facsimiles.  At least then the original appearance of Iolani Palace can be preserved.  The big difference between a standalone painting or sculpture and the glass panes at Iolani Palace is that the latter form part of an architectural and aesthetic whole.  Sure, shielding the originals in situ with some sort of tough plastic or glass frame would work as far as protecting them from vandals, but then you'd now have introduced at the very least a visible reminder that Hawaii's own people can't be trusted with preserving them - for all the tourists to make note of and photograph.

In any case, the point of my earlier comment was to emphasize how much more intolerable this kind of wanton destruction is.  A glass store window on King Street can be shattered by a vandal too, but its loss isn't nearly comparable to the loss suffered again at Iolani Palace.


It's a deep dark hole that Donald Trump has led the Republican Party into.


Up is down, hot is cold. Sure. Whatever. How about that recession we've been in for the last eight years?


Another glassy-eyed Trump fan.


How is preventing drug abuse, in the form of pot, a bad thing Earlydog


NO IMMUNITY, NO GET OUT OF JAIL CARDS, NO FREE PASSES! Flynn's day coming soon!


This is fascinating.

Does anyone know the back story on  Hirayama and Ishiyama?

Are these guys just scam artists, or were they working with organizes crime?

Are they from Hawaii?

Does this company have shareholders?  If so, are they going to sue the incompetent management that allowed this to go on?


Oh sarge, sarge, sarge.  Is this your attempt at grade school humor?  Nothing funnier than a humorless person trying to tell a joke.


Russians, Russians everywhere, and the Trump supporters don't even care. They keep supporting an idiot, who praises health care in a nonexistent African country, and threatens nuclear war.


I apologize if I offended your sky daddy fantasy, but I'm not "the first to be so critical of name calling" as you claim. I believe in calling it what it is.

There is no end to what people will do to each other in the name of their god or gods. It's one of the biggest problems that has plagued humanity for several millennia.

I know, your god is the one god, the only god, the true god, blah blah, blah.


Hi a.ndy, I'm not sure what % of Christians do not view the creation story as literal truth.

I do know that the Christians who do believe in  a literal understanding are quite politically influential and have fought for a awhile over such things as plaques in the Grand Canyon contesting the time line of geologists and claiming god made the canyon.

I find that problematic, to say the least.


I pray to God for tRUMP daily, I will not tell you what I am asking from God in those prayers.


When moon self-censors his own post, it must have been even worse than usual.


That's the funniest thing I read all day - thanks for the humor.


Our economic system is, and always has been a mix of capitalism and socialism. That is why the fire department will save your house without asking for your credit card first, why you can drive on public roads and are protected 24/7 by a public military.  Not to mention the fact that every major scientific and technologic advance since WW2 has been largely based on publicly funded research. Weather satellites, the internet, DNA testing, GPS, even commercial air travel, were all largely started and developed by government funded scientists and engineers. If we ever cure cancer, it will be because of publicly funded research in publicly funded research hospitals. Almost no one is promoting pure socialism, but pretending that your life and business and livelihood aren't dependent also upon socialist programs is pure ignorance. Some things run better with capitalism, some (especially infrastructure and other long-term investments) work better through public funding.


And you are in which parade, voice-lover?

What about the news itself? Is news just entertainment for you? Or is it just a sexy voice making you feel good? The news concerns facts about real people and their joys and sorrows.

"The media is the message," as Marshall McLuhan said 40 years ago. You have bought into that observation. Apparently it doesn't matter to you if there are thousands suffering from wild-fires in BC as long as a mellifluous voice tells you so.


I think you're only partly correct, but at least partly.  What we should do is apply selective import tariffs on those goods that we already produce, or know we can produce.  In that way, it's not merely a case of trying to apply equal pain, but we shelter our own industries, allow them to grow and provide jobs, and continue to trade with the rest of the world.  It might even be a good thing.


As someone with Jewish heritage (though not matrilineal) is multi-racial and bisexual, this man offends me on multiple fronts. I will not stand by as though there is nothing wrong with him. Although it has been years since  I have taken part in anything with the intention of confronting nazi ideology, I remember the years that the ARA confronted the HF in Toronto.
Confronting such a person in a family-friendly environment need not be in your face but it can be within earshot, especially if I was there with my children. I would say in a voice loud enough to be heard that the tattoos that man wears (with pride?) are symbols of people who wish me and my family harm and that my children should remember that those symbols are an attempt to cower us into submission - I will tell my children to be wary of such people and be grateful that they show their ignorance and hatred so publicly so that we can recognize the enemy without the dog-whistle politics of those who use 'alt-right' as disguise


Great- bundle what are in effect subprime Chinese mortages to the unsuspecting public just before a real estate correction. What could possibly go wong?


I... I feel... strange.  I'm actually agreeing with a leftie?!  How did it come to this?


So it's not attacking someone when you find something "interesting" in what another says, but it is attacking when someone else finds something "interesting" in what you write.

Got it.   Probably a subclassification under 5 301.n-something, likely under Criterion A

1.The person will believe others are using, lying to, or harming them, without apparent evidence thereof.
2.They will have doubts about the loyalty and trustworthiness of others,
3.,They will not confide in others due to the belief that their confidence will be betrayed.
4.They will interpret ambiguous or benign remarks as hurtful or threatening, and
5. Hold grudges,
6. In the absence of objective evidence, believe their reputation or character are being assailed by others, and will retaliate in some manner and
7. Will be jealous and suspicious without cause that intimate partners are being unfaithful.


Oh yeah, Mississippi coast got slammed good.  I drove through on my way back.

I lived on N. Alexander, mid-city NOLA, right near City Park, Ralph's, Parkway Bakery.

I had a 2nd floor apt. on a mountain top (18" below sea level).  Didn't lose any property to speak of.  Red Cross came by couple times a day leaving meals on the corners of each block.  Lotta red beans and rice.

Had  friend in the Spoon (9' below sea level) lose his entire recording studio, 9' Yamaha Grand piano, bunch of old Hammond organs.

My iMac got fried from the heat, and I had left an onion in the fridge that terned black and stunk a bit.

Others had it w-a-y worse than me. Insurance crooks we're just evil.


Ambrose seems to forget that when Harper was leading the political party and the Conservatives were collecting the most donations? She did not whine about that!


Anytime someone uses the terms "hatred" and "bigoted" to make their point, they are saying they speak for everyone in their camp, their views are absolutely correct and impeccably moral,  and there can be no debate on the matter.

How much better would it be to instead say "I understand why you view the matter that way; however, this is my experience and the experience of many others, and therefore your position may not be completely true."


Lincoln was far from a saint....in fact, he was a consistent violator of the Constitution and the laws.  He could probably lay claim to the title of our first real Tyrant!!  He firmly believed in the end justified the means, & that put him closer to what we would call today "liberals" than "conservative."  And as far as RFK goes...he, like the rest of his family considered themselves as "elite", (I think they actually BELIEVED in that Camelot BS!)  I wonder if his anti-Vietnam stance was due more to his hatred of lbj (no secret) or if it really was politics.


Holy Moly, the really is grist for the mill of why the commission must be strengthened and the union weakened.  Superb article Mr. Grube. This is revolting - the police force has become (or perhaps always was) a rat's nest full of corrupted, corruptible and unlawful people from top to the bottom.  I certainly don't believe all Honolulu police are this way, but clearly the internal culture supports this atrocious behavior and recycling mechanism to lock the dirty system in place.  And for those calling on the mayor to stand up to this atrocity - that's a non-starter as the union no doubt is how he gained power to begin with.  Its the union's power lock that must be dismantled.


This is good too:
CLAIM
122 detainees released from confinement at Guantanamo Bay under President Obama have re-engaged in terrorist activities.
RATING MOSTLY FALSE
WHAT'S TRUE
A U.S. intelligence report cites 122 detainees released from confinement in Guantanamo Bay as having subsequently engaged in acts of terrorism.
WHAT'S FALSE
The majority of those detainees (113) were released under the administration of President George W. Bush, only 9 were transferred during the Obama administration

ORIGIN
On 7 March 2017, President Trump used his personal Twitter account to tweet a criticism of his predecessor, President Barack Obama, for supposedly releasing 122 “vicious” prisoner from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, who later “returned to the battlefield” and engaged in terrorist activities.

Snopes. com

Good old pathological liar President Trump. Ha ha! What a kidder!


JPZ.  My poiint exactly.

When one branch does not get its way ( can we say crybaby) they thwart the Constitution and push through their agenda by any means necessary. I do acquiesce that the system to get ones agneda law is quit burdensome. I also think the whole process is that which keeps the US so stable a Republic.

If you are hellbent on rapid change where you reside might I suggest moving to some land ruled by some iron fist who can both save the refuge and put you to the gallows at any whim they so choose.


Do leftists in Canada care?

Palestinian workers lose jobs if BDS

"SodaStream was singled out for operating a plant in the West Bank, where it manufactured do-it-yourself carbonated water kits, employing hundreds of Palestinians."

"Confronted with the virulence of the (BDS) campaign, the company concluded it had no choice but to relocate to Israel, costing about 500 jobs."

"SodaStream CEO Daniel Birnbaum said Monday that the last 74 Palestinian workers left this week ..."

"500 Palestinians have anti-Israel divestment movement to thank for their lost jobs" - John Robson - National Post - March 2, 2016


Privatize, privatize, privatize.....


So our diplomats got it wrong on Trump, how surprising. Maybe they think he is unpredictable (meaning that he did not agree with them) but they with their left bent ideals are very predictable.


Blatantly false and wrong.


Hello Jay--I guess none of these people had a St Joseph Missal back in the '50s--you know, the kind that had Latin on one side, and English on the other. Have a good day.


"The United Nations is a corrupt institution of dictators and demagogues." This paints a distorted picture. The UN General Assembly is the sum of the world's governments (more accurately, their executive branches), and so has corrupt members. But the UN itself operates by a kind of one-state-one-vote democracy. The institution is better than much of its membership and often does irreplaceable work. It also shines a light on its members and is a beneficial influence on them. It needs to be improved, for instance with a strengthened link to the world's citizens through a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly.


"There was no No. 13. No 12, either. No sign of the Broncos’ future."

That crowd could have been nothing but No. 13 and No. 12 jerseys, and it would still hold no sign of the Broncos' future. Not unless whatever QB they draft next year wants No. 12 or 13.


Oh really? Please elucidate.


Interesting.  I am civil with responses and I get callous and biased opinion as well as name calling in response (name calling, that were he not a political figure, would be libelous).


Thanks. You have shown what Anchorage is all about pretty much by yourself.


Armchair comment.  Any proof, furnished by an unbiased source?


The dumb thing is that these voting systems are even able to be reached via the internet.  If you want a secure system, it's easy.  Each center runs a complete system of voting systems and servers which are air gapped from anything else.  The voting systems store results on the redundant servers locally, with no connection to anything else.  Results are transferred to secure media which can be used to update a centralized system with results periodically.  Impossible to hack without physical access to the systems.


At least William Gates III wasn't mentioned.

Some folks have the peculiar idea that "Bill Gates" is some sort of Horatio Alger story hero.

"Trey" was a millionaire from trust funds when he graduated from the exclusive Lakeside School, where he met Paul Allen.

Gates likes to say that he didn't use his family money to found Microsoft.

That may be literally true, but "Harddrive" says that his Corporate Lawyer father had lunch at the Puget Sound club with the Venture Capitalists who later invested in Microsoft.

Gates mother just happened to be on the National Board of United Way with IBM CEO John Roberts Opel, at the time that Microsoft was chosen as the IBM PC software provider.

Gates family connections to the Republican party clouded the anti-trust case that had a lukewarm prosecution under Dubbya.

Small country, the USA. The land of opportunity, where a 3rd generation millionaire can end up as a billionaire.


Do you ever shut up?  This woman has nothing better to do than criticize the engines of this economy.  From GE to Home Depot, she will not be happy until we are living in teepees and Hillary is the great chief.


They got lucky. Now comes the part where big bucks come into play.  They need to tow their boat somewhere and fix it. If not they need to fly back here and come up with a salvage plan. Or stay there. Whatever it ain't going to be cheap. Also the dogs would have to come back here or they live there in Okinawa. Lot's of issues.


Thank you, John Doyle, for speaking truth to power. The reckless rhetoric of the neo-conservatives is beyond comprehension to me as someone who values social justice, safe spaces, and challenging micro-aggressions.

Everyone I know is thrilled with the CBC and its thoughtful programming. Once in a while, when I stop at a gas station to get my bicycle tires filled, I'll hear one of those deplorables denounce the CBC, and this hurtful experience only confirms that I really should save up for that portable bicycle pump, so I don't have to hear that anymore.


It's no wonder that your physical condition is as it became.


This is a serious matter and the four cardinals treat it as such.  You treat it as something comical.  You have ceded ( if you haven't already) any credibility on the issue.  Yes, Pope Francis can change certain things, but this is a serious issue which has its roots in the bible.  Pres. Bill Clinton once justified his pro-abortion stance by saying that "abortion" was never mentioned in the bible.  When it comes to the issue of Marriage, civil divorce and remarriage, how much more explicit could our Lord be?


And Alec Baldwin for that matter.


On All Saints Day in 1755, a massive earthquake struck Lisbon, Portugal  killing thousands,  including many of the worshippers in the Cathedral.  At this point in history, the Enlightenment was getting into high gear.  Voltaire, Rosseau, and many others openly mocked religion over this very question.  Faith, at least in the Western world, has never  quite recovered.

I have come to know that not only are earthquakes part of the natural order, caused by plate tectonics rather than "divine judgment", that very mechanism is necessary for life to exist at all by recycling carbon back into the earth's crust.

I don't need a "god" to explain earthquakes, nor to protect me from them (I can hire a structural engineer for that).

What I DO need is to be surrounded by (like the author) people who incarnate God’s love, and who take seriously their vocation of bearers of the divine image.


Agree, I often love driving, but not sitting around waiting for a charge to complete in Iowa or Indiana.


This was a public event, not City Hall.  And, although I can sympathize with our sister's frustration with city government, the Mayor was not there to accommodate her needs.  And this public event was not the place to stage your "quiet" protest.   The courts ruled in your favor, but the image you left behind will resonant in the memory of all those people, including your own, who were there.


You think these guys can poof 1k out of thin air? You're smoking more crack than the  thieves.


I had a colleague who was running a mortgage fraud scheme and somehow I ended up owning a $450,000 house. When I told the bank this was obviously a fraud and that they fell short in their due diligence to validate not only my identify but my income, the response I got was 'too bad' and that there was an expectation I pay the mortgage (2100 per month) until it was sorted out; which could take a year or more.  Failure to pay could be foreclosure and a big scar on my credit rating?! Adding insult to injury, when the fraudster was confronted and she somehow managed to get a new mortgage in a different name, the same bank charged me a 3 month interest penalty to get out of the mortgage! After a month of calling a dozen bank employees at all levels, it was under the threat of me taking it to the local paper that I got my money back. Needless to say, my already low opinion of banks bottomed out.


I think that is the lesson YOU want them to learn.


You somehow think that the UN is standing in the way of that?


You can really see why Pope Frances did not make him a Cardinal. What a poor shepherd of the flock.


It's already a fiasco.


wow you really have been fooled by the left wing bs,, china is building COAL plants, there carbon talk is just that talk, they dont give a dam pal,, we dont have to catch up to anyone, we are not the problem,, you have been drunk on the left wing kookaide pal, and again save the stupidity , justin is FORCING carbon taxes on everyone an every province, which will do real damage to our economy and more so now with trump cause our largest trading partner and competition is NOT


I wonder if he has exhausted efforts with her auto insurance carrier? Wouldn't the son (his attorney) go after both?


The public was conned, and they never voted to be bilked by a special interest boondoggle of this magnitude.


Articles like this is why the liberal media has no credibility with the majority of people. No worthwhile newspaper would print such an obviously negative and  bias article.


This idiot was close to being President.


It was an outlier only because it did not fit your narrative and I can pull number out of thin air to like the disapproval was 83.67% without providing a link to other poll results  to support my number.


Where there's a Laura Miller, there's deceit and dishonesty.


No, this is incorrect.

From the proposed ordinance:

"Not later than sixty (60) days after the clerk has determined that the initiative measure meets the requirements of section 1 (2)(d), Article IV, and section 10, Article VI of the Oregon Constitution pursuant to subsection (1) of this section, the Board of Commissioners shall  determine in writing whether the initiative measure is a matter of county concern and shall notify the clerk and county administrator of its determination. "

Thanks


Thank you for reading my comment; I'm only sorry that you've missed my point entirely.


She has a huge pair of shoes to fill. Ms Madonsela is the epitome of integrity, fairness and fearlessness - not afraid to take on the lion in his den. Her successor comes across as being a naive political appointee, a puppet dancing to Zuma's tune.


Why do I feel like it is grade 4, and the much larger than us (because he failed grade 2 - really) bully is on a recess rampage, and we have to line up against the wall (to avoid a random sneak attack from behind) in terror?


I also think this was a carefully timed leak and there is nothing there, making the tax return fomenters look bad. I think he has a limited set of years he is willing to leak, though! 2005 was a good year as he sold several properties and had gone through a bankruptcy in 2004 to clear debts. His next big bankruptcy was in 2009 and nothing of note occurred between 2005 and then on the positive side.


You're part right.
Yes "the union" is in on the scam, but it's a federal/provincial thing.
The public system is actually good for business because they don't have to pay as much for employee coverage. It comes from everyone's taxes instead.
But if you limit availability then you reduce costs because ... business doesn't like taxes of course.