Oh please. Trump didn't get the most votes, he got the right votes. Kudo's on your win. You are a WINNER, just like all the sports games you cheer out and live vicariously through.
So, when your team ends up a bunch of asshats that offend enough people that they vote him out next round, or maybe even shank him in the EC, you be sure to stand up and be counted for super trump. You should get bumper stickers and proudly proclaim all the things you have in common. Just don't park next to me.


Everything China has was invented by us. You're welcome.

China isn't cleaning anything up. Your country is an unmitigated environmental catastrophe. It is responsible for a full 1/3 of all GHG emissions.


It will be funded from the "General Fund" which will take away money for things like the library, police, fire, road maintenance, parks, and other hot topics that people actually care about. Then, they will yell "FIRE, FIRE, WE NEED MONEY!" and put a bond  measure out there to pay for the items people want, threatening to close the library, police, fire etc. if they don't get the money they ask for.


"Of course the entire intent of this article is to assert an appeal to popularity fallacy."
I assume you think this sentence means something.
Bigly words do not sense make.


Have the obtuse Trudeau bashers had their fun yet bashing him this morning?

I do not support the Liberals in any way, but a thinking person would understand that the way NAFTA will unfold is solely up to Trump and the US congress.
My  bet to save NAFTA lies with congress.

If NAFTA fails Canadians will pay an economic price. Utra conservatives stop cheering for Trump on this by bashing Junior. There is too much at stake for Canada.


Why bother? Pot smoking selfie snappers don't care about the cabinet.


When Kuparuk and Alpine were developed production was much higher, so we were making money on the sheer volume of oil being pumped. Production peaked at 2 million barrels a day in 1988, now it's 1/4 of that. There's also inflation to consider. $50 dollars today does not have the same buying power that it had 20, 30, or 40 years ago.


So the Mayor is scared the campers will have a class action lawsuit against them


You're evidently against the man because he's black. Thus, "I deem you racist!"


Bielski vs. Paglia?  I know who my money is on ...  Camille Paglia sounds like the kind of voice we need to hear more of here in Canada.  Obviously she'd never get a job as a professor at any school in Canada though; not with her politically incorrect views.


Why is the severance tax rate on fossil fuels only 2.5% in Colorado? It is twice that in North Dakota, and ten times that in Alaska. We are being played for suckers as our natural heritage is disappearing and the profits are mostly going to billionaires in Texas and Oklahoma. Wake up people.


Perhaps the PM should go to Wallonia and charm the Wallonian into signing the deal.


All you people(and Austin) commenting about "protecting the quarterback"...and exactly how do you do that?

I have seen QB's injured getting sacked, handing the ball off to an RB, after passing and running, standing in the pocket and having a lineman get blocked into him, bobble. the snap on a FG attempt as the holder(former Duck Nate Costa) and then try to run...the list is endless.

My complaint last week on this issue(Taggart's play calling) is Brooks-James, Benoit, Griffin each had ONE rushing attempt. Freeman had 15 and Herbert had 10...that is not protecting the QB. Trying to score a TD in the first quarter is not in the same category.

Protecting the QB or any star or starters is not having them in the game when the outcome is decided. Or not having them throw passes when none are needed(Alie against Wyoming in the waning seconds passsing into the end zone instead of taking knee...that is stupid). Criticism after an injury is easy.  Players are trying to win. GO DUCKS!


Not only should these overpaid athletes that kneel down during the National Anthem be fired, but their American Citizenship should be stripped away and given to one of these Dreamers that would never bow down during the National Anthem.


I wonder if Trudope pulled her aside to get some pointers on 'winning a Nobel Peace Prize'?

The guy is just dying to get one any which way he can....


This happened to a friend of ours. She left all the finances and bill-paying to her spouse, and found out too late that he had cashed in retirement accounts, drained their savings, and re-borrowed on the mortgage.  Divorce, and nothing left after the sale of the family home.

She wasn't even supported by her spouse, and had a good career and income. She just could not be bothered to attend to her personal, and family, finances.


Colleges are run by 1960 hippies, free speech is not allowed. Only liberal speech is allowed. They have become indoctrination centers not education institutions.


And what part of my comment, jimhale, suggested to you that I have "nativist attitudes"?  Or that I might believe immersion program students are failing at anything?
Are you suggesting that those students that struggle with reading, writing and math are struggling because they're not in a language immersion program?
Are you suggesting that Oregon's near bottom in the nation graduation rate is because most students are not in a language immersion program?
Our school systems owe all students, and we pay taxes so all students learn, the basics of reading, writing and math (along with history and civics), and get their high school diploma. So they can begin to compete in the international jobs race.
As our country is dragged, kicking and screaming, into a global society and economy, second languages (and third and fourth languages) will become vital for it's survival.
But it doesn't matter how many languages a student speaks; without a high school diploma, most are going nowhere.


Tearing down their statues doesn't expunge them from history.
It just removes their icon status.


OK, Fluetsch, I did part of your homework on identifying who the "handouts" population is:
http://dpaweb.hss.state.ak.us/files/reports/Csld&BeneSumm.pdf

How do you expect the elderly, children, and the disabled population to contribute to the state budget?  Last time I checked, child labor laws are in effect, and a lot of the elderly that rely on Public Assistance have paid their financial dues to society by making it possible for you to draw Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security when your eligible.  Than again, aren't t these services "handouts" that you'll one day be eligible for?


In the past, CDC leaders have stated they want to "ban guns".

Is the CDC truly an unbiased source of "scientific" information?


How are you going to get him to go? Offer asylum in Canada? With so many demanding that he be tried for war crimes / crimes against humanity, he needs someplace he can be immune from prosecution to get him to leave voluntarily.


Kudos to OlyCAP & the "Much Needed" sevices they provide, they touch lives in ways that are So Needed, especialy this time of year..... Thank You !


Yikes. Sambraillo was improving and graded out as highest rated tackle performance of all NFL in 2 preseason games
And Stephenson will remain 2nd to last in performance ,,,just as in all of last year.
So much for the best 53


I agree the church needs a new morality which needs to be based on solid foundations.  To give an example.  Two hundred years ago the world population was approximately 1 Billion.  At that time Malthus warned us prophetically and provided us with an explanation of exponential population growth (2 x 2= 4, 4 x4 = 16; 16 x 16 = 256; 256 x 256 =   etc. ) and warned us of the prophecy in Rev. of the 4 horses of the Apocalypse.  In 1930 the world population had doubled.  In the 1970s the world population had tripled.   At that time an ecologist--Garrett Hardin again warned us of the CARRYING CAPACITY OF THE EARTH and that we were nearing the tipping point at which the population growth would no longer be sustainable.  The world population is now over 7 Billion--and increase of over 5 Billion in 80 years.  He provided us with a PARABLE FROM NATURE--the Parable of St. Matthew Island.  One symptom of overpopulation is environmental degradation...no more words left here except..birth control.


In the current political environment the KKK aligns with the GOP, hence why David Duke ran last fall as a Republican.  Current parties look nothing like they did 100 years ago.  Remember Teddy R., the one who created the National Park system.  Imagine that happening now.  Hell, even Reagan wouldn't have made it out of primaries this past election given his support of an assault weapons ban.


You're poorly informed if you think any 6 month move of the stock market can be attributed to Trump policy.   It was moving in a positive direction for over 6 years.     The only way Trump policy can move the market at this point, is to promise more income through tax reduction to a small minority of American ownership.

See if you can follow this.  A corporation could make ZERO changes to process, marketing, sales... yet go up in Market value based only on short term gain due to lower tax's on realized gains.  NO value added.

This is the problem with American investment and is has been for years.   Stock prices are NOT a measure of productivity/value: they do NOT reflect the true value of a corporation at any particular point of time.   Market's are moved by investor sentiment and it can be very short term.*

*Do you know anything at all about superfast trading?  That has ZERO concern for value and is totally based on price movement for a period of milliseconds.


Just make up whatever drivel you like, your TDS pals will give you a 'like' and you can all feel special.


How do you figure?


The reality in this city is that we have developed into a culture type environment where guns, murder and violence are now a methodth of settling disputes. More police is not the answer to this new culture.
I wish I had the answers, be it better parenting, schools/teachers that work, a culture in that all of us understand violence is not a solution. But at present we don't have or can face the truth of what anchorage has now become.
The new reality is that we have an element(s) and must have the courage to identify these issues that have lead to this new problem.
The Mayor and the rest of the politicians are unable to do this and thus we will have an escalating problem....


Pope Francis has on several occasions scorned the media about how they report on his statements.  I sometimes wonder if Pope Francis understands how the North Atlantic world views things stated and done.  Also the philosophical and political prisms and priorities of even the most developed parts of Latin America, such as Argentina may be different from that of the more developed north.  So his problems with the media may be partly his to blame with his off  the cuff commenting on  airplanes.


"this comment did not meet civility standards"

Easily your best comment so far, friend!  LOL


Unfortunately it's not quite that simple.  There are lots of online calculators that will analyze rent vs. buy numbers for you:  http://www.getsmarteraboutmoney.ca/tools-and-calculators/buy-or-rent-calculator/buy-or-rent-calculator.aspx#.WLmEMG_ytpg
If renting was always a waste of money, then everyone would buy a place no matter how high the cost, and that's clearly not a good idea.  There is always a breaking point beyond which house prices are high enough that it makes more financial sense to rent.  $2500 on rent might be a waste if it costs $2500 a month to buy the same place and one plans on staying there in the long term, but it's rare in today's market that the rental cost would be anywhere close to the total costs of ownership of an equivalent property.   According to the Economist, Canada has one of the highest price/rent ratios in the world, meaning that renting is comparatively cheap: economist.com/blogs/dailychart/2011/11/global-house-prices


Big words have no less meaning than small words.


Not. Good.


That's the best we can do? Kesey?

Let's move on, for gods sake..


How can we tell when a piece on the Liberals is fluff, and essentially indefensible?

A noted absence of the "C's" and the 'Siren" posting away.....

Case(s) in point - the interview with Paul Martin when he admitted the Kadhr affair is largely the fault of his, and Chretiens' government. And the article where the minister admitted they would re-consider the sale of the vehicles to Saudi Arabia (which totally blows away the argument that the Conservative government made the sale - which the Liberals (Dion, no less) approved - was irreversible.

Crickets...love it...hopefully Kellyanne Conway doesn't hear about this, or she will revoke their certificates of passing the "Kellyanne course on alternative facts"...


You are aware that it was a civil suit and Hillary was under criminal investigation? There is a difference between the two? You don't get locked up in a civil suit and you do get locked up in a criminal investigation.


Best thing about Freedom is that you can occassionally get a deal from Public Mobile (better bandwidth, better coverage, lower cost).


Whatever success you enjoy today is the result of  the U.S.
Rather than write something that reads like it's from North Korea, the real accomplishment is that the U.S., as evil as it is considered in Canada, never in the past 150 years just spent a weekend taking what it wanted like Russia or China.

You've glossed over so much that is inconsistent with your Canadian values, from military sales to the worst human rights violator to covering up large numbers of war crimes in Afghanistan involving torture to not just discrimination but human rights violations to using the 40,000 carefully chosen Syrians as numbers in a political stunt would tone down the self praise of a lesser country.

It's a media like this that makes it unpatriotic to complain, thus a mediocre health care system and an Archie Bunker 1970's well mocked line of "if you don't like it here go someplace else", "my country love it or leave it".
This reads more like it's describing a cult than a country.


Yup, I can see cpc voters trying to decide if they should vote NDP to beat the Liberal.
Strategic voting worked last election but only because the Libs and NDP have some crossover.


"Impeachment is the equivalent of an indictment -- not conviction."
Yep. People don't get that. Because most of us call the entire process impeachment. A better name would be impeachment and removal.
Andrew Johnson was impeached. William Clinton was impeached. Neither was convicted and removed.


“We did not — repeat — did not trade weapons or anything else for hostages — nor will we.--Ronald Reagan, Nov. 13, 1986

"A few months ago, I told the American people I did not trade arms for hostages. My heart and my best intentions still tell me that's true, but the facts and evidence tell me it is not."--Ronald Reagan, March 3, 1987


Not surprising in the least Rick, seems to be the norm up here. Commit a crime and end up with a well paid position within Alaska's own and infamous CBC.


Only possible because of the exorbitant price Boeing gets for their military products from the US gov't in lieu of evil subsidies.


It would be insightful to Cook's argument if he would release the number of visa employees from the affected countries and how the temporary suspension of their visa's will impact the company.


This is the result of a "National Search" that we paid some firm in Idaho to conduct? The best two candidates out of 48 who applied just happen to be from Kenai and Mat-Su? This sounds very suspicious. Was one of the "National Search" criteria that they had taken a course in Alaskan Studies? How much did we pay the search firm for this.


I am not interested in what the media says.  Here is the link to that actual TRO.


I don't want to hear any more from or about Hillary C. It's time for the democrats to move on.


Two southeast helicopter crashes in one week and the tour season is on the brink of starting tours.  This is why I'll never fly on small float plans or helicopters.  I've turned them down even when the rides were free.  No way will I forfeit my life for a look of what I can see  from the ground.  Heartfelt condolences to the pilot's family and friends.  What caused the crash?


Blaming politicians for creating this massive mess, instead of blaming the Supreme Court judges...

... is a bit like blaming the passengers on the Titanic for deciding to speed so rapidly across the Atlantic and for designing a vessel with so few lifeboats...


The Groper in Chief has bragged about it. The Washington Post reported the complete denial after it happened at a press conference. I don't recall any lack of coverage of other recent scandals.

You would not want the Post to ignore the complete denial of these allegations would you? Here your man is given a platform to call out all those lying hussies and you're unhappy.


I did prove it. 19th Avenue and Downing is not downtown. OTOH, you claimed it is downtown because it's adjacent to downtown. You contradict yourself in your very assertion. If it's adjacent to, it's not in.


I'm guesing Spacey wishes he were back on K-PAX now.


The initial goal was to make sure 9/11 did not happen again. That the country was not a safe haven for terrorist operations against us.
Like I said earlier, the farmers have no say in what they grow. The average Afghan has next to no say in what happens in their world. There is always someone with a gun that does as they please. Slavery of one kind or another is rampant and abundant and we, we look the other way, because it is their culture.
So....to be honest, education to the entire populace and tighter hands on the purse strings as well as zero tolerance for Pakistani perfidy will go a long way to changing how things are. But the Russians got into the mess they did because they pushed cultural change. The drug running is just one of a multitude of issues. You know what? I'm tired and calling it a night. Maybe tomorrow, when I wake up, there will be an easily achievable outcome that we can all agree on. Probably not, but hope springs eternal.


If there is a more convoluted, inefficient, corrupt, expensive, least bang for the buck, saddle the tax payers, way to do things you can always count on the Liberals to find it.


I'm guessing that Bytown is male. In that case I agree with one of his points i.e. 'your partner can't force you to get an abortion'. My favourite example of a fair venue of women's rights is Austria. A woman has a right to terminate a pregnancy in the first trimester. Anyone attempting to interfere with that right is breaking the law. The disconnect between "the immoral ability  to kill your baby in the United States" and terminating a first trimester pregnancy is fitting for an anti-abortion troll and has nothing to do with an inadvertent pregnancy.


Here are a few facts to consider before making accusations of voting irregularities.

The laws that do not allow Independents to vote in party primaries were in state statute for decades. I have lived and voted in both AZ and NY. Anyone who wanted to vote in the primaries could readily have changed their party affiliation and done so. Don't blame the Democratic Parties in those states. The primaries have been closed for decades in order to prevent party bosses from registering the dead and voting on their behalf.

Most people in Arizona vote by mail-in ballot. Usually the polling places are close to empty. In Phoenix...a Republican stronghold...there were an inadequate number of polling places open. That may have impacted the results in the Republican primary, but almost certainly had little impact on the Democratic primary...which Clinton won by a large margin.

If people lost their chance to vote through ignorance of the rules who fault is it?


The intent of the justice system can be debated, but I'm pretty sure justice was not intended to serve the Pac-12.    You make a good point about the effects on any victim of a crime to see that person in a public position.  But that applies to any professional position that convicted person may take as an adult.    Can he not live a public life within range of the victim?

Athlete's should be treated as any citizen in the eye's of the law.    Sports administrators claiming that 'tough' rules for participation makes athletes role models for perfect behavior just makes the industry look that much more hypocritical when the truth is that they are and well always be, fallible human beings.


Lets have an opt out from police protection.
Create a no cops protection list. If someone on the list needs help they are on their own. As long as they only rob or whatever from other people on the no cops list they will be fine no trouble. But mess with someone not on the list all rules apply. This whole comment is ridicules but not half as ridiculous as Serge Protektor calling the cops shootings execution,s. If they want to call them execution,s I suggest they look up
Vietnam execution on YouTube or check out some of the isis video. Those are execution's not some guy fighting with cops. Maybe some will turn out to be murder but not execution.


The Pentagon has 53 of these top positions and, until this week when a new Air Force secretary was confirmed, the only position filled was that of the Defense Secretary.
Some 116 of 119 key State Department vacancies have yet to be filled, including both No. 2 slots, where one nominee is awaiting confirmation to hold both positions. All the ambassadorships, with the exception of those for the United Nations and Israel, are also unfilled.


Great question


Blankenyblank, you notice that my comment was removed?  Apparently, an opposing viewpoint to the liberal mindset is not allowed.  Golly, Stalin would have loved this system, as would Hitler, Pol Pot, Mao, etc.  Yeah, censorship under Alice is alive and well at the Dispatch.


I was getting a haircut a couple of weeks ago, and my barber mentioned that he had no Rx insurance and had to buy a very expensive script. Fortunately, he shopped around and found the locally owned pharmacy charged about a quarter what Fred Myers charged. So I went and checked on an Rx that I get, and I have insurance. Freddie's wanted $146 but a local Bi-Mart wanted $70. I've got great coverage, but it will be a cold day in hell before I go back to Freddie's again to fill my script. My plan doesn't need to pay all that extra. I think we should all spend our plan's money as if it were our own. The hell with the price gougers.


Well, that was not the case for the hundreds of Scot and Irish and German relatives I have in my family. I would like you to provide numbers and links and proof of your claim, because I know I have researched it and my information is as posted.

You know, one of the biggest obstacles for Americans, now and in the past, is the smug but erroneous belief that everyone in the world wants to go there.

You aren't really much different than the British, at heart. You have exactly the same tendencies to piss on, discriminate against and marginalize your immigrants. That is why they continue to this day to call it the Anglo-American empire. If you believe that your way of doing business is so great, then why is your country falling apart? It is corrupt from top to bottom. Your own people betrayed you in one of the biggest wealth transfer scams of all time.

If I were you, I wouldn't go trying to puff up something that is rotten to the core.


Since these 'representatives of The People ' are so arrogant that they see themselves as still needing 'special' accommodations, while they devise ways to get reelection funds from their special interest donors.   They should all be locked in the Bill Ray Center until they do their job!     Food delivered by Sky Chef or a high school kitchen.  No per diem because that should be paying for the center.  Not a group of business people and lobbyists with their hands out!

Walker should be living there with them!

As for Sen. Dennis Egan, D-Juneau, his statement represents part of the problem.  "I can guarantee you that when I move, I'm going to start taking the most per diem I can get."

No concern for the State Budget, only getting everything he can get personally in his quest for political notoriety!  They are all disgusting examples of politics gone bad!

They are not there to do "what Walker asked", they are there to do their Constitutionally mandated job!


No they have to be honest and somewhat impartial to be "Real" news, and admit when they're wrong.


Again, simply accurate when Atheist are less than 1% of organized "religious" entities.  Every single person in here has had people knock on their door and try to proselytize the bible.  Nobody has ever had an athiest going knocking on doors to talk religion and try to convert them.  That is simply disingenuous and out of touch with reality.


Indeed, has anyone every heard of resentment of Orthodox Christians, or Buddhists, or the Bahai, or Shintoists, or Hindus? All "foreign", minority religions, and yet not a peep about them...or from them.

Did Orthodox Christians complain because their Christmas and Easter isn't publicly recognized, only the mainstream Christian dates? Or Buddhists or Hindus or Shintoists about their religious holidays or customs? No, they just went ahead and celebrated their own privately. Did any young Christian Orthodox people, or Hindus, or Buddhists, etc.,  complain of feeling "alienated" because their holidays were not publicly celebrated and affirmed as equal to the mainstream culture's holidays, let alone get violent in response? Nope.

Maybe Sheena should reflect on that, too


Aloha Anita,   Thank you for your thoughtfulness and caring about our Homeless Veterans.   First, for the HUD Homeless Count in Oahu, again, there were many issues with the extreme shortage of people to count ! see>http://www.staradvertiser.com/hawaii-news/homeless-count-a-lack-of-volunteers-for-an-annual-census-could-threaten-the-states-bid-for-federal-dollars/    <so the Jan 2016 HUD count is only a Partial Sampling of Homeless in Hawaii, let alone Veterans.    Also See Comments on recent: http://www.civilbeat.org/2016/06/hawaiis-homeless-population-still-on-the-rise/  <Second, I was one of the very few Volunteers for Region 6 (  Kahalu’u- Ko’olau Loa- Turtle Bay) & half of Region 4 (Kaneohe-Kahalu'u)  both areas were way, way under-counted. Homelessness has boomed in Northern Windward. Many Homeless Veterans are on Windward-North Shore, they need the quiet to recover from PTSD.  We have been asking at our Neighborhood Boards for HELP & Services for our growing Homeless.


This was yesterday! Why are we just now hearing about it?


Or, just make the Air Force actually follow their own reporting procedures.


Outsider:  Indeed,the cost of keeping the Hospital open is astronomical.  A five employees to each patient ratio is simply unbelieveable.  The bond debt service on $130 million is huge.  As I've said so many times (some suggest too damn many times), the Hospital was a monumental blunder which continues to preclude providing the community-based services needed to provide the support, service and treatment so badly need by the thousands of mentally-ill Oregonians..many of them "out on the streets" on this cold, rainy morning.

I suggest we need to, and I suggest we can, find a compromise solution to a) close the hospital without "dumping dangerous patients on the street" as the fear-mongers warn, b) provide funding for those badly needed community-based services and c) still save millions of dollars.

Because you've made a mistake (building the hospital), doesn't mean you have to compound that mistake year after year by refusing to acknowledge that error and seeking ways to correct it.


explains why they were house hunting in DC.  Doesn't explain why he is negotiating with Anbang on a business deal at the same time.  So let me get this straight, which kids are going to run the Trump business and who is going to run the Kushner business?  And the American people get milked by both.


It's to late to turn back, that will be taken
as a weakling. Neither side will back down.
Now we have ww111 coming in hot, very hot.
now's the time to start knowing just what may
happen.


"Ironically Trump and Trudeau have the same solution to starting up the economy - infrastructure spending by running large deficits."

BINGO!

And does anyone thing Trump will be any more successful that JT in that regards?

I'll wager good money that Trump's budget produces higher deficits without any increase in infrastructure spending, just like JT's.


Be prepared.  Be prepared, but not for the hurricane. Be prepared for the onslaught of claims by global warming/climate change alarmists that climate change is the cause for this powerful hurricane.  Never mind that the U.S. has gone 142 months without a major hurricane hit.


Part of it depends on how the incident was articulated to the responding officer.  For all we know the man said "ah, no worry, no harm" and this was all the officer could come up with due to the male not cooperating.


Axel
unfortunately the bad guys also have university degrees.


But Obama giving Iran nuclear bombs was REAL intelligent diplomacy.

Or something.

LMAOOO


Never shake?  He never had it to begin with.  Neither here or in the US.  You're living in an echo chamber if you think otherwise.


Because we have to dumb down society to the lowest common denominator.


37emrob, it looks like they're blocking your posts again.  And while you and I frequently disagree, I've found your posts to be thoughtful and civil.

To answer your blocked reply:

"Definition of concentration camp
  —  :  a camp where persons (such as prisoners of war, political prisoners, or refugees) are detained or confined"
Merrian-Webster Dictionary

Regards


I do not understand how the college can throw away millions by firing a coach for having one loosing season.  They are trying to overcompensate by reaching the extremes of hiring a minority so this way if they have a loosing season they will not have people discontinue their financial support because of fear or being called a racist.  Not exactly higher education to figure this out. Go Ducks!


Canada doesn't have to deal with Tammie Wilson and friends.


Alaska has a mere 720,000 residents.  Norway 5,000,000.  The city of Oslo has about the same population as the entire State of Alaska.  In Norway people pay nearly 50% in taxes after factoring in value added taxes, payroll taxes, wealth taxes, SS and healthcare taxes, local city, town, municipal taxes, tolls, fees.   But,  assuming Alaska magically had an economic and social system just like Norway.  Nirvanna in America.  Would 5 million people move here from the lower 48?  Can the current 400,000 people actually earning in Alaska pay 50% of their earnings to Alaska?  Would Alaskan families happily hand over their children to the State to raise? How many people would the welfare State of Alaska be able to afford? If you think Alaska is expensive now,  wait till everything is free.


The “bow” occurred while Trump was being awarded the gold King Abdulaziz medal in a ceremony on Saturday. As Salman went to place the medal around Trump’s neck, the 6-foot-2-inch Trump leaned over, and before standing upright again, Trump seemed to hesitate and drop his body a bit.

You proved your point, Mr. Schwab - one can indeed make occurences appear to be anything they want!  And, apparently, you are a master "storyteller!"

Obama was a miserable example of everything this country has to offer.  He has caused a return to Americans making everything about "race" again!  Except, he added gender, etc. to the list!  Because of Obama we have Drag Queens reading story books to preschoolers in the NYC library!  And, the story books are all about the LBGTQRSTUVWXYXZ's etc.  Except they leave a basic mommy and daddy stories out!


Your statement is not true. 100 years ago we did not understand what powers the sun and the stars. Now we understand it in detail. The envelope of known science is constantly expanding and demystifying things that were previously considered mystical. In ancient times the sun was worshipped as Devine and human sacrifices were even made to the sun. Now the sun has been demystified

There are plenty of scientific hypotheses regarding what happened before the Big Bang (to the extent that time even has meaning outside of spacetime). Just type multiverse Wiki into Google. Since ancient times humanity has looked to deities to explain what is not currently understood. This is intellectually lazy.


What is Gomeshi up to these days?


This is a poorly maintained road, it needs to be widened. the 511 website is a joke


another ignorant alt left stupid post by as usual a liberal hack, while trump understands the need to end this nonsense for the sake of the millitary,, YOU are incompetent and full of sh$$


Set up a clay pigeon, shoot!
It is hardly contradictory to seek a fair tax nation and also be a successful person, financially. More than a few CEOs and billionaires have called for more taxation. What a bogus piece.


Alberta is toxic wasteland from spills.


For the next few days Trump is Europe’s problem.

Anyone want to place odds on which world leader he shoves out of the way first?


Wow that's original. You took that straight from  the baby-in-chief tweet. You MAGAphants are incapable of an original thought.


Congratulations on flying the flag today, Charles.  Well done!

Spitting on the flag, walking on it, or burning will incite many decent people to violence, especially those who have seen their good friends die to defend it.

Those currently fighting Daesh, the Taliban, and al-Qaeda are defending civilization against barbarians.

The Westboro Baptist Church's demonstrations at funerals may be protected speech, but it is extremely bad politics.  They alienate all decent people.  Similarly, when alt-Left creatures desecrate the flag it also alienates all decent people, including progressives like you & Peter.

Hence it is similar to yelling 'fire' in a crowded theatre because it is very likely to incite good people to violence.
Imagine if you had just returned from a deployment in Syria and saw a bunch of characters burning a flag, you would be incensed to the point where you might well cause them considerable harm.

Under those circumstances, a jury probably would not convict.


70% of the US population supported the war in Iraq, assuming all the 1%ers are in that number that still leaves 69% of the people.  The housing crisis was caused by giving loans to the masses that were not qualified, certainly the person filling out the loan application shares blame for the crash.  The notion that some big bad elite is holding the rest of us back is nonsense, we each have a great control over our situation.  This hippie will lose like Bernie is going to lose.


So the speed of light limitation is completely bogus at some levels.


Timmy Cartoon Ash strikes again.


So the rancher lost some product? That's the risk of running livestock, isn't it?


You don't have death in Southeast AK? Wow!


The fees for accountants and tax lawyers to set up these trusts and holdcos can run up to $25,000 or more.

Not an option available to most people as it wouldn't be worth their while.


Walker sucks.  From his illegal takings of the PFD from Alaska residents, to his quixotic pursuit of an economically impossible gas pipeline, to his penchant for hiring dozens of expensive consultants who get no results, he is almost as bad as Murkowski was.


This has been done in many studies. Female applicants consitently receive fewer job offers and, where salary or position levels are discussed, lower offers.


While the NRA may provide the definition of assault rifles as strictly those capable of of automatic fire, it's merely a matter of semantics. For the purposes of legislation, that definition is not accurate according to federal and state law definitions, in which the term assault weapon refers primarily to semi-automatic rifles, pistols, and shotguns that are able to accept detachable magazines and possess one or more other features.

Basically, in your world, an AR15 isn't an assault weapon. In the real world, it is.


I assume the poster noted that all three involve an objective disorder in the individual which, if acted, leads to certain behaviors. At one point all three were listed in the DSM and subject to criminal sanctions if acted on. Two of them still are, the third was removed from the DSM by a vote and the criminal sanctions voided by a court.


Chang is the obvious choice.
Because in so many ways ( most of them bad, sad ways), "we're all Chinese now."


If the reserves in the 60s are anything like they are today, drug abuse, alcoholism, domestic violence, and poverty must have been rampant.

For all the supposed suffering endured by these indigenous children in their adopted homes, you wonder how they would have faired had they remained on those reserve.


Are you talking to me? I'm originally from the UK and came here when I was 26. When I applied for OAS, I found that I needed 40 years work in Canada to get the full amount but luckily I either had that or close enough to make no real difference. The UK DID NOT top up my OAS. (My OAS then got clawed back because of how much I had earned two years previous!) I get about half a basic UK pension because of the time that I worked in the UK, by buying years of contributions back, and by paying a few years of contributions until I reached the year when I turned 65 after which contributions are not allowed. The Canadian government does not top that up and I have to pay Canadian taxes on it.


I can see some merit in the arguments made in the foregoing article if they can be backed up authoritatively. I do think the headline is unnecessarily inflammatory.  Unions are more typically on the side of safety and do generally try to protect the public from over aggressive cost cutting by senior executives who may not have the in depth industry experience to fully appreciate the risks they wish to run.


Amazing how rich, privileged people who play games for a living don't appreciate that when they choose not to take part in the very unifying act of standing and honoring and respecting our national symbol, and all of the good it stands for, they are, instead, demonstrating much more petulant childishness than Trump did. If you see a wrong, take constructive, positive action to correct it. Saying that you will not honor the symbol of what's good about America is a worthless solution.  The flag stands for freedom and justice, and it stands for a country that fought and passed laws to protect everyone's rights.  If the application of those laws hasn't been implemented perfectly, quit your shallow indignation and work positively to help our country get better. I will definitely stop watching the NFL. America has its problems, but because a minute handful of rogue policemen acted wrongly does not necessitate dishonoring our national symbol. Elway-get a backbone or lose supporters.


I've specifically asked for credible links and not Electronic Intifada garbage.

So all you have are just links to IloveJihad.org


So you subscribe to Nature?  If so you can read the actual research paper and get all the data. If not, well, information is not always free in a capitalist society.


1) Republicans did not commission the dossier - I suggest you get your news from someone other than CNN.
2) Trump should throw every worthless bastard in jail that does not comply with commission requests...someone gonna start singing pretty soon.


In all fairness, I can see your point. However, the 'preoccupation' is a result of this guy's very dangerous and irrational antics that will, at some point, have dire consequences for the US and beyond. The writing is most certainly on the wall.


Republican lawmakers are demanding financial proofs, financial spending records and source documents showing accountability with the AGDC in an effort to avoid overspending on a project that government shouldn't be in the business of doing in the first place -- so your "typical" comment? Hilarious.


It was seized in international waters by a Chinese warship shadowing the Bowditch which is unarmed. They are probably annoyed that the Americans are ignoring their claims to the whole South China Sea.  The US policy of containment - this time directed at China rather than the former Soviet Union -  begins again in earnest.


EN,  Your response and David's response is exactly why we need a tax system "that even a caveman can understand."  Both of you speak partial truths about both ends of the political/tax spectrum (Also I know that you now we don't have a socialist economic system but feel free to argue it is more socialist than capitalist.).  With our current tax system we leave ourselves open to these same perpetual arguments that go nowhere and all the while, the political class continues to exploit us with its spend and tax shell game.

Libertarian Party | Minimum Government. Maximum Freedom.
https://www.lp.org/


It is absolutely flabbergasting that anyone would advocate against the education and prevention of sexually transmitted diseases in this modern day and age.  This reckless and irresponsible endeavor is really something to be ashamed of.  Pure, unequivocal shame.


Doesn't make G&M much of a national paper does it.  Even the National Post does a better job in Quebec.


Too late for the GOP. Trump is their boy and have to get him in line. His opponent is not trustworthy by the way she handled sensitive information as Sec. of State. The only only person with any integrity who can lead our nation is Bernie Sanders and he can if we write in his name for President of the United States.


Good luck, guys. Take back your country.


Way back when ... yes, long ago, Tabbatha used to write about growing up in Guelph, Ont. Going to yard and garage sales and other such mundane stuff. Always with a bit of extra zing aimed at a certain segment of the population. Since I just kept on reading, I also just keep on grinning when she zings right to the mark.
For those with a more fragile psyche, I could recommend reading the more gentle column of Margaret Wente.  LOL


While I understand the sentiment, it makes no sense to anyone who understands how these things work.

The justice system has nothing to do with how the military and the health care system are funded.


Wow this is great for anybody who has a PV solar system.


In answer to Mz. Kendzior's question as to who is next we can hope that it might be her.


Actual goal in Iraq was to take over their oilfields and let Haliburton run them to finance the invasion and make scads of money, dirty dicks new version of colonialism. The excuse was WMD, Sadamm considered Iran a much more dangerous nation than the US and wanted them to think he had nukes. Al Qaeda and the Taliban are still active in Afghanistan as well as what, 50 to 75 other nations. If we took territory in Nam it  would be abandoned, it came down to the theory that if we killed enough of the VC's they would quit fighting, thus the importance of the body count game. It was much like an attack on a village of native Americans, yes Sir 450 warriors killed, when it was really 425 women and children and 25 adult males. Look at the krap they pulled on Tillman, and the story concocted about that gal that was later rescued from a hospital. We need to stop being a colonial bully and stop selling arms to all these folks that turn them on us. Many places are too corrupt to be a democracy.


"Jealous because she is loved?"  We would love to have a Representative that is loved if she used that "fame" to support her district with the values we hold dear.  It's painful watching her lack of support for the positions and platform of her party.


Causing a politician grief might be a good way to get him to cooperate if the Chinese are privy to more secrets.

I'm thinking that "over the barrel" is the explanation.


That wasn't the case with Clinton. Paula Jones, Whitewater, etc, was all before Clinton became President so I guess you're ok with that too then?


I've done a couple of permitted revisions to my place in the last 10 years.  If they knock on my door I'm telling them to get off my property and go check the permit records.


CBC, Toronto Star, all the rest completely ignore the almost unprecedented rebuke by the US, CSIS directors, top security analysts, etc. If there was an organized photo-op of Trudeau talking about equality somewhere, they would all cover that though.

When the media is biased and ignorant, the people are ignorant.


You should learn to get over it. We getting close to one year and you still stuck on November?


Wowie, that's pretty harsh! I happen to think its awesome; riding the trails at least 3 days a week throughout Anch. and the valley, I can say it really promotes a great community and gets more people outdoors. We're just doing this to promote more happiness, I'm sorry it's not having that affect on you :(


You must think Obama was a Republican or that he wasn't elected.


Well gee - Pete Bonner,  a blast from the dirty past.  And you are still at it, huh?  Poor taste and uncivil. same old, same old.


it was anonymous sources about Flynn that turned out to be right that led to him being fired.


Trump has likely paid many millions in taxes over the last 40 years, taxes that wrnt to supporting the military waste and veteran benefits of this country.  Unless you have paid more taxes than Trump  ... you are the "shirker".


This is a bald faced lie. Amazing the lengths that regressives will go to defy reason and logic.


Well, I think this will be a change from THE PARENTS negotiating marks for the students with the teacher.


I know all about Juliana after sheltering you all those years you were on th3 run from the long arm of the law.


The greatest show on earth!


Unsurprisingly, the Chinese have  no word  for Trudeau, but the name sounds close to the word for "potato", and as he is the son of Pierre Trudeau, he is sometimes called "little potato".  It's a matter of convenient language, and that's all.


Palestinians hold posts in the Israeli government ,doctors and professors also many Pals work in Israel.
Israeli children grow up watching Pals throwing rocks and Molotov cocktails so what should they think.
Educate yourself before making foolish comments.


Comey deserves whatever blowback he gets. He made a selfish decision.


The News-Minus had the spelling of McKay's name wrong. He has only six offenses, all minor traffic citations except for underage smoking. Three were for 4-9 over the speed limit.  Emily MacDonald was divorced from Brandon Gilbert in the past year and had to pay child support.


The hungry mouth of PERS will never be satisfied.


"Because the Third Amended Complaints do not contain sufficient facts to state claims for relief that are plausible on their face, the Complaints are dismissed with prejudice"

Okay, bottom line, McShane placed himself in the position of determiner of fact, a position reserved to a jury of peers.  Of course McShane spruced it up to say that facts "plausible on their face."  By this he means that facts presented taken as true fail to substantiate claims for relief.  But that is just an opinion and interpretation of the facts.  Bad judge.


All in all, good changes.  Monsef took the fall which is why she is not entirely booted.  Mihychuk was a mess, good riddance.  Freeland knows how to deal with both America and Russia - she gets the complexity so good.  Champagne is a strong perfumer and will be good on the file, so too Hadju.  Only three new faces I think, Champagne, Hussein and Gould,  due to gender goals.  Maybe a bigger change in summer.


martin is unfit to be a council chair or even a council member; he feels he can do things he wants to just because he is council chair and that he does not need to abide by the rules.  it would be a day to rejoice when he is not there.  and he won't ever by mayor.


Was that real? I did not know about that. Link please. If true...WOW!


I think there was an animated version done in the 80s by Ralph Baski, but it wasn't all that great.


Could be worse, man. See entry under "Tent, Portland bridges."


If Samantha's comedy is as overworked and unfunny as this story, she's not likely to be much of a "weapon" against anything.


I agree. Siemian's confidence is getting shot. Let Oz or Lynch be the punching bag for every defense that has a notion to rush the passer for awhile and we will see without a doubt where the blame really lies and then bring 13 back. Sometimes you just need a little time off to regroup.
The Little Guy


The Permanent Fund was created to keep the greedy politicians hands off of that money.

With Permanent in the title, it was meant to provide for future generations.

Hammond wanted us to have a PFD so that we would pay attention to state government.

When they come for your PFD that means corruption is out of control, time to drain the swamp.

The last thing he wanted in a situation where the government gives our oil revenue away to their employers and comes for our savings...is for us to roll over and give them our money.

We are meant to get angry and demand change.

We have such a corrupt legislature as to attempt to steal our money after lying to us about SB21, and you want to give them more money.

They keep telling us we have a budget crisis, but cut none of their pet projects, only positions important to Alaskans like public safety.

If we do give them our money they will spend it on $60 Million schools and $70 Million roads.

We must Stop the corruption, not enable criminals.


I dunno there SpenAK. I've taken a lot of contraband off a little old lady in a wheelchair while working Customs. Same for a pilot.


Better to die in hospital. If you're at home, family members might look through your bedside cabinet and find condoms. 😳


The same old rubbish just a different Zuma. The Zumas either think that we are all stupid or they Simpy don't care. Accountability does not apply to the Nkandla clan. They all are a curse on South Africa and are still busy wringing out the very lost drops to fill their gigantic piggy banks.


Yeah I see it there, I wasn't hanging on every word he said. The overall message I read from what he was writing appeared to coincide with my opinion above. Regardless, whether or not he shares my opinion, I think it still stands. Truth of the matter is, I could write the solution to all the worlds problems and you would be more worried about the words written than the message conveyed.


Oh quit spouting facts... lol
funny how they only quote one stat to suit their purposes.


Who does NOT benefit from road derived commerce?  Who will pay,  ultimately,  for commercial use fees?  Same person who pays for personal use.    The commercial use will be whatever a legislature levies.  Same with personal use.  But it will be the consumer who pays in the end.

So my city levies a 3% franchise fee on all utilities that use public and private property for their service lines.  3% of their revenue.  If they raise the price of natural gas,  electricity, water, garbage, sewer,   the city gets MORE money.  Just like if there are more public employees,  in our closed shop union state,  the Democrats get more political campaign money from the union dues.  So there is incentive to hire more workers,  because with every worker comes more money for political campaigns.  For cities,  more money to hire more people to do more which will cost more which will increase legacy costs and we never have enough money.

So no matter who you think should pay for roads,  it will be you.


What Cruz did was a filibuster. Senate rules allows this but what the little cry baby democraps did was an illegal sit down protest. In short a temper tantrum.


You're missing the point, rick, Pope and Stephen. When you go to e.g. www.canada.ca, the site loads components on the page directly from Google (googletagmanager.com, googleapis.com), etc. These components know which page they are being called from, and Google generally knows who is at a particular ip address thanks to all their other services, wifi data, Android devices, etc. That means that Google almost always knows who is looking at that EI, disability benefits, income tax, health, etc. government site, because the website is set up to call up those components directly from Google, something which is entirely unnecessary and is due to incompetence, laziness or lack of understanding.
This has nothing to do with cookies, the hosts file, or advertising.


Your Lee Garden was my Sai Woo, down on Dundas near Bay. Every Sunday for brunch. Huge portions. Years later I met the son of the proprietor, and we talked through the old dishes I had been addicted to.


Good ole Billy and Weiner can't wait to meet her when she flies out to Washington D.C. to meet the rest of the (D) family! LOL


It is a pity that there is so much regional jealousy in this country. At this point it would seem that we should be standing together to try to make sure that Canada is not adversely impacted. Instead, we are already bickering with each other.


I'll give you $600k for it.


Deforestation is certainly part of the driver, and a problem in lots of ways, but those actions pale compared to the magnitude of fossil carbon.  The physics are pretty simple.


This is a horrible review. To imply for one minute that the film is racist in any way is just wrong. All people ever complain about is that God is always portrayed as white and that is racist,then the minute God is portrayed as no white, that is racist? What? And the movie DOES in fact tell us why Mack and why ALL PEOPLE are deserving of God's love and attention. The answer: because God loves us all, unconditionally, and because of Jesus! And lastly, isn't every book better than the movie?


Equality is less important than trying to ensure that the less advantaged get a reasonable income in retirement. Your approach is not the Canadian approach and frankly is a bit selfish.


Hilarious...as if what we do makes any difference whatsoever...
"China’s response to coal scarcity shows how hard it will be to wean the country off coal. That makes it harder for China and the world to meet emissions targets, as Chinese coal is the world’s largest single source of carbon emissions from human activities."

"Despite Climate Change Vow, China Pushes to Dig More Coal":
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/29/business/energy-environment/china-coal-climate-change.html?_r=0


In years past, Si Se Puede had a different meaning and my reaction was different.

Now when i see people demanding their rights here, when legally they shouldn't be here, and they use that phrase it is outrageous. But after May 2006, I never forgot Si Se Puede. Nor, perhaps sadly, will I forget.


Brings you to tears when the most unfortunate of us are often the most giving.


The article talks about how these specific mammoths managed to live past the last ice age at what was the beginning of the period we are in now. It's not like there was another ice age after that.


What Civil Beat should do is investigate why Galera thought it would be ok to create the search process, have a hand in drafting the job description and then apply for the job. Do you think that was ethically ok? If Matayoshi's connections are as strong as you say to BOE members, wouldn't her contract have been renewed?


Comparing a confessed murderer and terrorist's $10.5 million tax dollars payoff, while your own servicemen are at war with ISIL and the Taliban, to the Census is rather rude and insulting to Canadians.


Don't always agree with your comments ,Gary, but congrats on this one. It is truer than I like.
(pssst)... please run for council:)


Really good article in Medical Daily linking low intelligence with prejudice.
Don't have the link but go to the site and search low intelligence-prejudice. It describes you perfectly.


"promote whiteness"?  Explain.  Claude Watson is anything but a "white" school.
"starting over a knew school"?  You sound very learned.
"Graduates from hair-brained programs no wonder do poorly in real life...and end up committing suicides"?  Besides being wrong, you are offensive.


Sample's simple salivating seeps senselessness.
Arrogantly claims, "While the church won't seek to replace a person's conscience, he added, it is important to know that consciences can err and need to be formed."
And the church hasn't erred?


I didn't mean to imply that a treaty cannot be broken, but I think it would be incredibly poor judgement to do it unilaterally.   It would create mistrust  with any nation that had wanted/needed the US as co-signer.   You and I are both in the 'reform' category, but it takes some real wisdom to pick and chose your battles.   I don't rate the administration as fully function, (more the gang that couldn't shoot straight), but maybe with more experience they develop some consistency.    I'm not optimistic with our ADD President who has trouble staying focused through a full sentence.    Rational conservative could overcome him but he's too vain to relinquish  his authority, or, to even trust subordinates.   "I know they took the strawberries, dangerous miutineers"


You're really comparing funding cuts to a failed sex ed program to STEM grants?

Wow.


Listen closely at 0:46-0:49  I had to listen to it a few times... 'I didn't do anything', 'I can prove it.'


Furthermore, “This is a core principle of my presidency: if you threaten America, you will find no safe haven.”  President Obama.  We need them Growlers to do just that.

So this talk about war against the People's Republic of China or the Russian Federation is reckless talk.


forced landing in a snow field


Time to change the headline to "Headed for Run-Off"


Remember that she met with Trump pre-inauguration. Did he know about this trip and want her to be a source of information for him? Did she carry any message from Trump to Assad (which would also be a message to Putin and the Iranian mullahs, all of whom are Assad allies)?


What century??


Fixed, sorry about that! :)


When I'm 64, ask your Doctor if Lipitor may work for you.
Warning: MAY CAUSE BLINDNESS.


All the Premiers but Quebec stayed in the same hotel where, as expected,   negotiations continued into the night.  The Quebec delegation  opted to cross over the river and stay in a Quebec hotel  so they went back to their hotel and took no part in the continued negotiations .  Then when they returned to Ottawa the next day a deal had been struck. .  Serves them right for being so small minded as to insist they  stay in a Quebec hotel and not an Ontario one.


It might be a good idea for Alberta to turn the sabre rattling down a notch or two. There isn't a great deal to be gained by exaggerating the 'national importance' of bitumen or threatening to retaliate against BC.

Even at its peak, the entire oil & gas economy contributes only 6% of Canada's Gross Domestic Product (GDP), about 112,000 jobs, and only about 4.2% of corporate tax revenues.

For BC, the prospect of jobs and tax revenues resulting from the Kinder Morgan Expansion project is entirely underwhelming. Two years of construction jobs (most going to non-residents according to KM) and maybe 50 permanent jobs is not a great incentive. Tax revenues are negligible.

Bottom line: a major spill or ongoing minor spills could cause enormous losses. It's just not worth the risk - to BC, or to Canada.

So go ahead - threaten us with rail/highway blockades, withdraw our gasoline supply (we already get it from Washington), stop vacationing here. We'll survive quite nicely without you.


No one ever said we were perfect, or that we always had the loftiest of motives, but if you don't "get" the difference between our liberal democracy and Putins brand of totalitarianism, well, I guess there isn't much to discuss.


Our present PM and government are a perfect example of the age old bait and switch. If it wasn't so pathetic it would be funny. I think the real issue here is an underperforming Cabinet minister overseeing the file. I wonder how many who voted Liberal are having buyers remorse. So many disappointments.


What about jobs for them?


Does any western country have a balanced trade relationship with China? I suspect the answer is no and furthermore China does not permit foreign companies to buy Chinese companies yet it's state owned enterprises freely buy western companies. Fair trade, let alone free trade, is not possible with China and that simple fact should guide the decisions millions of us make every day in buying cheap Chinese goods.


Very Hitleresque


The US EPA says otherwise.


Ayn Rand wrote fiction


This government has absolutely no ethical spine.

Does Dion really think that saying "tsk, tsk" will make a drop of difference?

Tomorrow, they'll be laughing all the way home to their never ending repression of their people, with the firm knowledge that our massive purchasing of their oil will continue unabated.

"Pathetic" is not a strong enough word.


Judge Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond of Saskatchewan and British Columbia, rumoured to have been in contention for the last nomination, would be a brilliant pick.

Here's a brief wiki description:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Ellen_Turpel-Lafond


"...Rethinking the approach in light of WHO values."

Really, so these values were ignored in making the previous decision then?  In that case, WHAT was the REAL reason behind this decision?

BTW, I've been wanting to work for the WHO, maybe I should apply for Ghebreyesus' job; I would make way better decisions than these.


That party passed the Civil Rights Act.  After which, the Republican party went south.


I wish I made that much... 100 grand is fantasy land


That is a really dumb argument. If you postulate that all humans come from a genetic ancestor who did you think it was going to be? And don't pretend the other guy was cuter...


Agreed, Bettman wanted parity and he has it.  The point system compounds the issue as even really good teams have a hard time pulling away from the pack.


Refugees from Obama's wars living off the poor of Greece.

War's ending, you can go home now!


Chaffetz resigns, the rats abandoning the toxic SS trump.  Mid life crisis? lol, more like Constitutuonal Crisis.


You mean as opposed to the repub platform of NO, NO, NO during the obama years?  And now that they're in full control of the government, what have they accomplished?  Nothing!


Ghomeshi being a good case in point.


I honestly don't understand why anyone should be opposed to this change, it is something that should have been done ages ago.

People with a blood alcohol level of something like 0.06 or 0.07 should *NOT* be on the road, they are badly impaired at that point!  This has been demonstrated time and time again that their ability to drive safely is badly reduced as compared to someone who is sober.

This isn't going to eliminate drunk driving by any means, but there are very good reasons why nearly every developed country in the world has already made this change.


"...consent must be on-going and that is obviously impossible when a person is unconscious.

OK.  But we don't know exactly WHEN this complainant lapsed into unconsciousness...nor do we know if she revived...and then lapsed again.  She's no help: she can't remember anything.  So...the Crown has failed to prove...etc.


Thanks for announcing it, asshats.


I had the very experience I cite.  As a young boy in Holland we learned about Zwarte Piet, or Black Peter, who carried away naughty young children in his sack.  I had quite a fear of Zwarte Piet as I was a very disobedient and unruly child as all children of that era were considered to be.
My first actual encounter with a black person was as a 5 year old seeing a black porter on the CP line as we journeyed across Canada to our new home in Alberta.  I somewhat overcome my fear given the character and humour of this individual and how he treated children like me, on the train.
Regardless of how you feel about the niqab ban, I feel this is a teaching moment.  There's a person inside that niqab who breathes and feels not a lot different from you or me, and who might also have very young children at home, just like this child, and this is what the child should be taught.  Love conquers fear, and the sooner we begin with that, the better, IMO.


I was in university during the first referendum. I cold not believe what the French nationalists were saying it was pure propaganda.
We are a race, they would say, No your not. In fact I would argue these people are the least distinct anywhere compared to the English. They were next door neigbours.
If only we won the Battle of the Plains of Abraham.  I would argue this is one of the most overrated battles in history. The French lost because of the English naval supremacy and the fact the British in North America had the highest birthrate in the world.  The French in 1760 had 65,000 people and the British 1.6 million. Yeah, that's sounds like a fair fight.


Haven't fired Duffy or Brazeau yet, and their actions are more directly related to the Senate. Firing Meredith would also be an after-the-fact lawmaking, since the new ethics code came in after the offenses.


It stands out that the one and maybe two people that actually did take action to derail Hillary's campaign are noticeable avoided in any discussion.

Her endless whining never includes “The Weiner”, Anthony Weiner and his last minute lap top toy and his wife Huma Abedin she was to be  discarded if Hillary won.

If it was not for the side investigation that found all those E-Mails sent by Abedin to Weiner's laptop  then the second last minute investigation would not have happened.

Now to beg the question. Why are Anthony and Huma never, ever, remotely mentioned any time any where?

My take is called “INSURANCE FILE”. There must be one whopper of a “get out of jail free card” hiding out there yet.


The article title was that they came on strong in Ontario, specifically.  There's nothing remotely surprising about Tory candidates doing well in Calgary ridings that were barely contested.

There isn't any need to "explain the results" there.  By-election voting percentages have no particular predictive track record; Yvonne Jones got 47% in a 2013 by-election in Labrador, and then got 71% running against the same guy in 2015.  A fluctuation of a few percent is noise.


Justice Scalia once said about flag burning, "that was the main kind of speech that tyrants would seek to suppress."  The very same Justice which Trump wrote, "a person whom I held in the highest regard and will always greatly respect his intelligence and conviction to uphold the Constitution of our country."


Rockies probably got more than their share of late-inning breaks early in the season. The past two games, things have evened out in a painful manner. But still, have to feel really good about Marquez - he may be leapfrogging his more heavily hyped fellow starters. I like Gray, Hoffman and Freeland a lot, but I'm not sure any of them are going to be better than this guy.

Also, I don't think Arenado and Rusin "miscommunicated" on that popup. Nolan saw the batter didn't run to first, and let it drop for a double play. The only reason it was even close at first is that he bobbled the ball before throwing to second. Heads up play by Arenado, and a lazy play by the hitter (and it was Zimmer, not Brantley - he was injured earlier in the game).


Akina is the most honest and dependable candidate negating self-promoting interests at that. He stopped Na'iaupuni from Hi-jacking non-voting kanaka maoli to their cause ... #1 instigator and totally corrupt is Puanani Danner & followers. They have their interest at hand which is public notice if we read and research what they would have accomplished. Examples: #1. Defunct the DHHL leasehold; #2. They would control the total millions of dollars (appropriated by the Dept. of Interior) which they continual met with them in Washington and using OHA's funds for those trips. Like they also did with using U.S. Senator Daniel Inouye grant appropriations for the Solar Hot Water systems FREE to seniors and low income lessee's low interest loans ... 'til today some of our seniors and lessee's still don't have their system thru CNHA, which is another long and sickening story. Many more stories untold about them that will surely be exposed ... no where to hide in Hawaii, no stones unturned.


Please, trump has done nothing, he's the worst President in American history and he's only been there for 9 months.  How much more damage does he have to do to the United States before you open your eyes?


Here is the answer to the RESP question, because Rob didn't answer it.

CESG calculation is based on calendar year. To get the maximum CESG of $500 for a calendar year, you must contribute $2500. Now, much like a TFSA, untapped CESG  carries over indefinitely if contributions to tap it aren't made. Unlike a TFSA, however, you can only "catch up" on one previous year for every calendar year.

So you have eligible CESG for 2016 and 2017 because the baby was born in 2016. You can put in $2500 in 2016 and $2500 in 2017 to secure the maximum CESG. Alternatively, if you skip a contribution in 2016, you can put in $5000 in 2017 and you will receive $1000 of CESG (for 2016 and 2017) and you will be caught up. If your baby had been in 2015, however, you would not be able to put in $7500 in 2017 to "catch up" on $1500 of CESG. Instead, you would have to put in $5000 in 2017 (getting $1k of CESG for 2015 and 2016) and then another $5000 in 2018 (for another $1k in 2017 and 2018). Get it?


The statements of Bishop Propocki can be construed as endorsement of a particular candidate, and thus leaves the Church open to having its tax-emept status revoked.


He's long gone. What matters is what Muslims today say and do, and the vast majority are not terrorists.


Okay motley, the situation is what it is.  Its horrible.  Trump should be impeached.  There is no way to improve things.  Nuclear response is 4 minutes (response to what never mind).  This great country has configured a system wherein a drunk President or one who has been slipped LSD can kill hundreds of millions with guaranteed retaliation that will kill most Americans and no one will intervene or stop it because it would be ludicrous to do so.  Let's move on as we are not making progress on illumination or improvement.


@Uberalles -- your reply to my original only makes sense if I had I written "plagiarism is no big deal, let him keep his PhD".  But I wrote nothing of the sort, nothing defending plagiarism.  Truth is, nobody knew this guy's name til the story broke, he isn't famous, and I would strongly contest that he provides any example "to young minds" as you assert.   My point is (always was) clear: he's a nobody, and will literally never affect the lives of anyone outside a tiny circle in  toronto, thus isn't worthy of national coverage.

Debate works well when we stay on topic: This thread is about newsworthiness.


John,  focus on your family. You'd had your oportunities.


Without spending control taxes will go down same hole as past. Compared to other resource rich countries with same big oil companies Alaska is being screwed for tax credits bargained against debts on oil elsewhere. Why is this acceptable when Alaska is in economic freefall?


One wonders what Justin was smoking when he took a picture of the sign he describes as "White with the business name in large black lettering, the sign...located in front of the building ..."


No, No, No!  Don't even imply that Hilo is a nice place to live.  Hilo people invented the myth that Hilo rains all the time in order to keep outsiders away -- especially those from Honolulu -- because they would destroy Hilo's slow-paced friendly atmosphere. Curses, the secret is out.  Hiloans should brace themselves for the Honolulu hordes.


Didn't say security details, Trump Bunny. Said with "personal security" as in a personal weapon.
You can't fix stupid, deliberate or not.


Nip, we have come so far as a society to rid ourselves of racial biases. Granted, we are not there yet, but the movement is moving. Or, am I wrong and we want to venture back to the 50's and 60's? Or, furthermore, the 19th century.
Yes, there are issues, but, if people are not happy, there is always other countries that are available.


Nitwit!

You seem to have swallowed the self-proclaimed non-mathematical corrector of Newton and Einstein and Bose and Raman right down the rabbit hole. Designer of India's first super-computer and flying carpet.

The intellectual challenge here is recognising snake oil peddled by a snake charmer.


Kudos to the government for taking on the issue which is contentious politically. Corporate tax rates were significantly reduced by previous conservatives, resulting in many individuals setting up CCPC's for "businesses" for tax benefits only. However, there needs to be a delicate scalpel approach and not the crude axe, as the lion's share of CCPC's are legitimate businesses who use the benefits for (arm's length) hiring, investing in plant & equipment, new tools, expanding revenue sources, etc. High earning professionals who already have high T4 income (ie. MP's, university professors, some IT employees) set up corporations for  "side" businesses (ie speaking engagements, contract work on the side). Where is the business risk in this?  These income streams should be reported as other income/sole proprietorship income on the T1 return. And their retirement investments
(registered and non-registered) should be subject to the same rules as employees and reported on the T1 return.


This is Emperor Worship - throwing money down a big rathole as a form of religious piety. A "tribute" to Dan Inouye, which all political insiders either worked for or kissed the hand and feet of, and very fittingly, all rammed through without any "democracy" - just good 'ole boy Hawaii insider backroom deals. Classic "d" Hawaii politics.


"The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, popularized the idea of “paradigm shift” in science, the way perception of the physical universe can be turned upside down by abrupt changes in world view...."  I know Dr. Kingwell is far better informed than I about philosophy, but I'm not sure he's doing Thomas Kuhn's book justice here, which I read more than once when I was younger and which actually to some extent informs my own world view.

 Kuhn said that paradigms shift when, after a long period of time anomalies pile up about things that are considered fact (the earth is flat, or the center of the solary system, etc.).   Finally so many anomalies accumulate, that the paradigm shifts.  The shift is not actually abrupt, but can appear so.

This kind of thing applies to social affairs and politics as well.  Revolutions when they break out may same sudden and shocking, but the build up may have been going on for a long long time.  Suddenly the world becomes  a secular place.  And so on.


Nope. The federal law applies to school money, too. Personally, I can't wait to see what happens to the whole state, with its sanctuary law. If people think Brown and the legislature dug them a hole, now, just wait.


I agree with the head tax but why does the state have to be involved? Let the communities collect the head tax themselves from the cruise ship companies. Cut out the state as the "middleman" and let each cruise ship port collect and use the tax how they feel it can be best put to use.
I also think that the State needs to allow the pot shops the ability to provide/offer a place for pot consumers to smoke it. Cruise ship passengers looking to get some pot can smoke it before re-boarding. The taxes collected, both state and local will help everyone out.
This is a great case for why we need a state-wide state sales tax!  Why tax income of Alaskans, especially those who only work seasonally when a sales tax would be better ?
Exclude from the state sales tax, resident seniors over 65, and no tax on food for all people.
Re-institute the old "school tax" where tax is deducted from every person's first pay check  by employer once a year. It use to be ten dollars so raise it up ten times.


The good news is that other Catholic news sites...those not on inner circle of this largely jesuit, high wall, bordered conference...have picked up on the narrow selectivity of this conference and have suggested it will have limited influence in the USCCB.

The actual movers and shakers in the USCCB may in fact react COUNTER to the crafted messages coming out of this jesuit conference in Boston.

Break down the walls.   No more bordered conferences.


A LOT of people angry with removing Tokuda who was defending the views of her district and the tax-payers of Oahu.
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DelaCruz is seen as an easy to buy former pusher of PLDC - Public Land Development Corporation which went down in flames. No one likes DelaCruz as chair of WAM. Time to remove the Senate President.
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Also time to Impeach and ReCall Caldwell and some of the City Council. Malfeasance, Misfeasance and non-feasance. Only takes a few thousand registered Oahu voters.
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Time also for a full Federal investigation into the Rail Mafia. This is a classic RICO case which should involve the US DOT Inspector General, US DOJ, Government Accountability Office and House Oversight Committee, just to name a few.


There is not such thing as a free lunch - unless you are a legislator...


The masquerade continues.. only in the new world of media allusion created largely by Obama and soon to followed by more of the Clinton corruption quagmire could a public sector union guy like Beltrami be even remotely considered as an independent in any sense of the word. The only question is whether the voters of Alaska will fall for this nonsense. Guys like Beltrami and Lindbeck run from the DEMOCRAT moniker because they know it's a looser with Alaskans. All the "do nothing" legislature did this past session was save us from a Tsunami of "revenue options", Slimy Vince's code word for taxes. That alone is enough for me for the time being. Each party can revise history and blame each other all they want but we didn't get into this mess overnight nor will we dig back out that soon.  A vote for Beltrami will guarantee a larger and more corrupt state government, count on it. Don't be fooled by this Independent sham.


There's a Tim's in Anchorage?


How are they going to stop the flow of unregulated, non taxed weed off the Reserve's?

I work in an industry that over fifty percent of the workers smoke and I would estimate that 90% of them purchase cigarettes from the local Reserves to avoid paying taxes.  I would bet that this would be similar for weed.


Good comparison, clearly showing the difference between the Founding Fathers of our nation, who worked for a United States with universal rights, and those who wanted to tear it apart for their own agenda.


He fell for the misinformed nonsense about lemmings,

…it leads from there that he's fallen for all kinds of other misinformed nonsense.


Defending someone you think is a creep makes you what you suggested Ms. Flowers; stupid.


Ask workers at downtown restaurants what happens when the AFN convention is in town. Large numbers of natives come in drunk, don't tip and they bitch about everything. They hate it more than PFD time. It's not racist or mean, it's a fact.


Well then just take a knee.


You forgot to mention that it's deductible on the federal income tax – which would roughly cut it in half.


Also think Renzetti's column would have been alot funnier if she had talked about this instead :

My daughter Ivanka has been treated so unfairly by @Nordstrom. She is a great person -- always pushing me to do the right thing! Terrible!
11:51 AM - 8 Feb 2017

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REALLY ?

Is this guy running a country or marketing womens' clothing ?

Just getting increasingly more and more bizarre.


HI, independently.  Your comment about "demands for relief" reminds me of what my grandmother told me.  In the 1930s, as a single mother of 3, she rented a large home in Vancouver.  Owners had returned to the UK.  She operated the place as a boarding house.  She went to the property management office and told the reps she couldn't pay the rent.  Sure the house was full, but most people were on "relief" and couldn't Pay her.

"Don't worry, Mrs. Thorne," the property managers told her. "Just take good care of the place and pay us when you can..."  Went on for years that way.


I'm certainly no fan of this DeVos billionaire, but I do not see the harm in having her come and getting a close look at Ontario's very successful public school system. If another American comes away impressed with the way we do things here, maybe we'll influence how the US evolves in the future. We won't change her mind, but her successor might do more. Teachers' unions are dumb to criticize the visit (and I'm talking as a union member). How close-minded are our educators anyway? It's troubling.


I quite agree. A little remorse from them for their ineffective governing and "oppositioning" would be welcome, but all we hear are things like "Alberta's NDP mistake."


Anyone who thinks that government selling pot will keep the revenue out of the hands of the black market and criminals is a fool.


Thanks Vic! It's such a crock I'm surprised they aren't ashamed of themselves, but I guess I shouldn't be.


Now is not the time for hyperbole and deflection in relation to a civil that al Assad started, nearly lost, and having had to sell out to the Russians and Iranians to keep him in power.  The war crimes against him, his family, and supporters, is factually documented and videotaped.  He will see his day in court at The Hague should he survive.


Easy: Marshawn Lynch. Power runners have a longer shelf life than speed guys.


KU'E, KU'E, KU'E, puffpuffpass the peace pipe to obama, the fake U.s. prez, WHO without annexation is NOT spose to be able to hold this office, as he is not now and NEVER has been a U.S. Citizen. HAwaiian by birth american by force


Funny, were you saying the same thing about Obama and his lack of experience eight years ago?? I assume not.  Hope and Change my ass.


The Nazis and Klansmen must exist; otherwise Hillary would have been elected President!

Well that and Putin's minions going into the voting booths singing "The Internationale"!

They are sort of like the Jews in Hitler's Germany; the scapegoats de jure!

"Stand up all victims of oppression
For the tyrants fear your might
Don't cling so hard to your possessions
For you have nothing if you have no rights"


Steve, I am talking about Russian military occupation of European states that the Soviet Union formerly occupied by force. We see Russia recapturing large areas of the former Soviet empire, and the states I named consider themselves at risk. The idea of Russia as a NATO member, as things stand today, is a misunderstanding of Russian aims and a misunderstanding of the purpose of NATO, which I would add, is no more a "millstone" than are Korea, Japan and Taiwan.

NATO members want US bases for military and economic reasons. They don't want Russian bases, they don't want Russian soldiers, they don't want Russian interference at all. "Comical"? Russia is moving warships, air forces, and tactical nuclear artillery into Kaliningrad as we speak. It is inside Ukraine, and it has usurped Crimea. You are the "comical" one.


There you go again. Is Milo a white supremacist? Have you listened to any of his talks?

Also, he was invited there by students, and allows people to ask him questions, no matter what political spectrum they are from. If people have a problem with him, then why don't they confront him in Q&A? All i see is a shutdown of free speech by the left.


You brought up the issue, and no one else seems to share your particular view of "partition".

It seems to be uniquely significant to you, but not to others.


Amazing how many low-to-no knowledge posters feel that being an (almost 16 year old) "child soldier" is a get out of jail free card!
 "International Criminal Court (ICC) Article 26 prevents the court from prosecuting anyone under the age of 18, but not because it believes children should be exempt from prosecution for international crimes, “but rather that the decision on whether to prosecute should be left to States,” says the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG)"
"The age of criminal responsibility varies from country to country, from 7-16, but the bar is most commonly set at 14."


Most Illegal Aliens strongly believe in Racist La Raza (The Race), M.E.Ch.A. and their written Statements that Mexicans  are Entitled to the U.S. States bought from the Spanish Colonists.  And have stated that either by Out Populating (Higher Birth Rates than U.S. Citizens) or by Paramilitary Force they will seize U.S. States to form their Racist Hispanics Only Nation of Aztlan.
The Majority of Illegal Aliens work for the Mexican Drug Cartels, many are still in Debt to the Mexican Drug Cartels.  At the U.S. the Illegal Alien Gangs as the Wholesalers of the Mexican Drug Cartels are also the Enforcers at the U.S. that make sure that the Illegal Aliens pay their Debts to the Mexican Drug Cartels, and Illegal Aliens do as Ordered. example the Illegal Aliens at the U.S. transported Iranian Oods Operatives from Southwestern U.S. to Washington D.C. to attempt to Assassinate the Saudi Arabian Envoy to the U.S..
There is an Alliance with the Mexican Drug Cartels and Muslim Nation of Iran.


"so, what are ya haulin'?"

"rocket fuel!"


People the Estate needs money.


I agree that alot of it is due to social media, I grew up when Myspace was huge and that caused alot of issues during my middle school and high school years. I cant imagine what the same age demographic deals with now with all these other options. But I wonder if its at the same time also not the top 40 hits and popular music that is played by everyone now days. Have you heard the lyrics to modern Hip Hop and even pop music now?? It sounds so angsty and depressive like what was popular with the "Emo" kids or the outcast kids when I was a teenager. Whenever I listen to the radio now It all sounds so cynical, miserable, somewhat suicidal(if not fully) and they talk about how they have serious issues non stop. I really cant listen to mainstream radio anymore because of this now and I still listen to "screamo" music a decade later but I cant stomach this new wave of pop music trying the same card.


I'm a big fan, Tom, but I disagree with this statement, "It's not because he's immoral, it's because he was never brought up properly." He may not have been brought up properly, but at some point, thinking (and moral) people realize they must rise above their poor upbringing, and start behaving in a moral way. He never made that mental leap. Maybe he's not teachable, or maybe incapable of learning or understanding on this level. Either way, he's clearly unable to make the mental leap to morality regardless of upbringing. If he is so damaged by his upbringing to behave this way, then he really shouldn't be POTUS. Don't excuse him by blaming his upbringing. Many of us had horrible upbringing, and have risen well above it and we take responsibility for our own actions. Trump isn't doing that and it is utterly unacceptable.


Actually what happens when pretrial is at capacity is they shift the unsentenced people to halfway houses and Goose Creek. And the prisons we do have aren't "guest houses with full bennies." And hard labor? This isn't North Korea, people still have rights. And those rights are protected because of people like you. The state told DOC they aren't getting another prison or another out of state contract. There has to be a shift in policy and that's what you're seeing.


so if you hate the DPO so much, why continue to torture yourself by keeping on reading it?

that makes no sense, does it?


Yup! Believe it or not the natives were here first and you stole their land and decided to call yourself a native which are not you are European settlers


That's a great read, and to think Perot was making these recommendations 30 years ago and we still have no answers today.  The high school sports fanaticism blew my family away when we moved from Detroit to Montana.  Finally came to the conclusion small towns have their identity wrapped up in high school sports, which made a certain amount of sense.  It had one major drawback.  For most folks, life was all downhill after their fleeting moments of high school fame.


Ah, got it.

Canada should punish its citizens for the crimes of their parents.

Sorry, I can't subscribe to that.

Are you sure your ancestors and family members haven't committed any crimes that you should be punished for?


Agreed!  Finally the baby is stepping in the right direction.  If he keeps this up, he might finally MAGA.  Mahalo and imua!!!


They're trying to convince the ridership they've made Phylis Diller look like Dolly Parton!


Martin jumped on the ice and challenged McQuaig to a fight because McQuaig had the nerve to body check Awesome Matthews. Doing stupid things like that is the only reason Martin is in the NHL. It's his sole reason to be on the team.


Those judges who are thwarting President Trump's efforts to protect the safety and security of American citizens and legal immigrants are endorsing criminality. It's a shame that they cannot be removed from their posts very easily.


What the hell!....can we help the homeless?


Most people are aware that where you are bitten plays a crucial role in your chances of surviving a Rattle Snake Bite. If you are bitten in the face, chest, and or near a vein, or Artery, the venom takes less time to reach the heart. In the past people would cut the area, suck out the venom, This certainly makes more sense then to try to (chill), or to chill the wound, after being bitten. Poor Guy, R.I.P.


He's got another good year in him


I have met Monsignor Pope and he is a very intelligent, kind, pastoral man.


IRT - Rev. Dr. Eric Hafner - If you were a reverend, the judgemental pejoratives about our sitting president would be offensive. If you were a doctor, the flippant psychological diagnosis would be obnoxious. Knowing you are a separatist, the conclusion is laughable...


"The United States of America, as we once knew her, is finished."  And good riddance!

The new, reborn, improved and positive USA could join the rest of the civilized world by embracing single payer health care for all, save lots of money by not starting pointless wars in the middle East, focus on clean, renewable energy, make it possible for intelligent and thoughtful people to run for office and debate actual issues, have an effective third or fourth party and a Congress that can actually function.

Stephen J. Remington


This is wonderful news they are so accepting of the poor and disadvantaged. We have made up flyers to help other downtrodden explore the warm and friendly town of Port Townsend. Thankfully there are some  people that care so much and made this a welcoming city for ALL! Flyers with Port Townsend route info will be distributed at the Gray Hound bus terminal in Seattle. Thank your Port Townsend for caring about people that really need help. For others that care please do the same to help Port Townsend welcome the newcomers.


It makes no difference whether the muni is self insured or gets its health insurance through a private company like Blue Cross or Aetna.  The TAX PAYER assumes the financial risk for providing health care benefits to employees.

There, I fixed it for you.


Trudeau isn't interested in anything that doesn't include a photo op.


In another news source,  the Federal Government  stated that there was a problem with provinces redirecting Health Care  funding  into general revenue.  This has also  been reported elsewhere recently.  Is this true? If so, this news source should have included the fact in this article.


you know the old saying,,,, if u ain't done nothing wrong, u ain't got nothing to worry about.  But then again, even if u ain't done nothing wrong, u just might get framed!


Everyone who lives in nature knows that dog meat is a cougar's favourite.  These animals MUST EAT to survive.  The cougar was scared off.  Why kill him?  Do we have Extermination Officers now?  He was just hungry.  Bring back Game Wardens.


https://youtu.be/AOOs8MaR1YM

Like lemmings jumping off a cliff.  Courageous big businessmen.  Last time I saw this courage it was for supporting Obamacare in 2010.  Gosh we need some leadership and brights in this country.  POTUS included.


It sounds like you are defending him Chris.  What would Justin say?


Like a legislator working for the oil industry while voting for mega tax credits and reduced tax rates?


Are you saying that this was the first recorded death by marijuana? And the only one, as so many insist has never happened, thereby making it a miracle?


In my view,  Alaska is run by the majors and the oil and gas rules & tax codes are written to complicate and price the smaller competitors and Alaskans out in favor of the major's Oil Monopoly!

Change it so Alaskans can drill and profit and then take all credits away then watch Alaska prosper! No Alaskan has drilled and sold oil for a profit, I hope that can be changed!

Alaska needs to rid of all the harsh and very costly oil and gas laws, like the C-Plan and harsh bonding rules used as roadblocks to keep Alaskans and others from competing with the majors and the major oil and gas markets!
Then I believe the state can do away with these credits that hides the fact Alaska is owned by the majors!!

Not one Alaskan or Alaskan oil and gas has been able to make a profit under the current corrupt set of laws, the credits are used by smaller oil companies to offset this until legislators make laws that enable Alaskans and other smaller oil companies to drill and sell oil for a profit!!


Innocent people have been doxxed-people who just stopped and looked  while passing by.

Is that why counter protesters cover their faces?


Trump is primarily a pragmatic American, a Constitutionalist, & a Nationalist. He emphasizes that party politics are divisive & self destructive.  All of that looks good to me.


That all sounds like a great argument for people to stop throwing obstacles in the path of this thing. It should be easy for a city to build systems like these. Why isn't it easier? Is it because we are not unified in our resolve to build these as a result of gaslighting the population in order to preserve as large a market as possible for automobiles?


I would have put McMahon at 3rd base and saved Valaika for the inevitable pinch hit.

I want an automated strike zone to be implemented.  Am I 5 years ahead of my time?????   lol.


Actually racists and right-wing hate should be actively opposed all the time. Democracy requires vigilance. We have it relatively good in Canada and need to protect that.

With that said, there is such a thing as too much publicity. A little bit of indifference kills. A lesson the media needs to learn from Herr* Trump's election.

*Merely a reference to Trump's father coming from Germany


Lets address the Bush tax cuts you referred to. The tax cuts stimulated the economy, in spite of a war and coming out of a recession. Deficits peaked at 408 billion in FY 2004, enacted prior to Oct. 2003. Deficits declined after that to 318 billion, 248 billion and 161 billion for FY's 2005, 2006 and 2007. Democrats took control of the house in Jan. 2007 and in Oct. enacted the FY 2008 budget which saw a huge increase, 400 billion in the annual deficit for that FY, to a total deficit of 458 billion. These too are facts. If you also care to attempt to refute these facts, give it your best shot.


Clalam Co Courthouse security IS JUST FINE and DOES NOT need to be "beefed up"!!!!!!!!!


Warmer is better and agricultural production continues to increase.


I know you abhor Walt, but Bud hasn't squeezed anything out of this talent beyond what Walt did with less.  Black was soaring early on but has landed back on earth with a giant thud.  It just goes to show that a manager's influence is less than advertised.  Talent and team chemistry are well over 90% of the equation.  The majority of the rest is execution, a skill that the Rox have failed to consistently hone under either manager.


And in other news the Dutch have proven Israel is now stealing natural gas along with a company from Texas from the Palestinian controlled Gaza.   The Palestinians are not being given permission to control their resources.   And of course the money is going to Israel and Texas...

In other news that msm ignores, the DNC has been sued over its role in manipulating the election of the Democrat leader.   Bernie Sanders supporters and more filed the suit a while ago but not a word about that election rigging in the press.  No Russians I guess for Ms. Freeland to comment on.

Wonder if they will delete the post to further the silence. ....


Puzzling that the R-G forgot to add President "Grab Em by Whatever" to the "list of men in powerful positions who have sexually exploited women".

Stephen J. Remington


By Canadian tradition the Liberals would be granted the opportunity to form government first.  If they prove unable to form a government the Lieutenant Governor has the option to either ask the NDP to form a government or to call an election.

Also of note the Speaker of the House does not vote on most matters unless there is a tie, so the Liberals will almost certainly not select any  of their own members opting instead to get an NDP or Green MP to be speaker.  That will result in 43 MPs for the liberals and 43 for the NDP and Greens combined with the Speaker (NDP or Green) being the tie-breaking vote.

.. of course most votes won't have every single MP available to vote.  So at the end of the day the Liberals will likely be able to govern as if they have a majority.

... of course a single by-election could change everything.


Yes, but remember: Approach Determines Response.


I can't believe how low Republicans will sink to defend this compulsive lying, racist, sexual predator.  He spits on the Military and they still haven't got the courage to stand up to him.  The Republican party is morally bankrupt.


Actually the judge opined that, but its was not framed as 'finding'.  The words he used indicated that is was not determined to the standard required in a criminal matter.


Translated, Oshiro really means, "He ain't doin' nuthin' to hurt hisself or anybody else.  So if he wants to root around in garbage like a hog, then it's his God-given right to do so."


Shame on the previous Canadian company that sells mediocre unhealthy food with passable coffee.


Trumpcare?  Ryancare?  I've heard it called...

Try-N-Care.


Well, it doesn't tell me that.