Languages are supposed to be elective courses for students.
For non-English speaking, one year English only immersion classes should be the standard practice, not multilingual. Current practice harms American students from receiving a proper education in public schools.


I probably worded it badly, but I would consider the people that wanted to hold onto the status quo as the "conservatives" of the time and place.  Also, if you consider the civil rights movement ongoing,  conservatives get called racist and worse if they push a color blind society and try to end affirmative action.


Yes, Anne, the crime was horrific.  But, did killing Gray make it any less horrific or did it add to the horror?  We have no need to kill people, no matter who they are or what they have done, in order to protect society against them.  Christ instructed us to forgive in order to be forgiven.  Next time you say the Lord's Prayer, pay attention to what you are asking God.


fine, but me and 200,000 other voters will be voting for Caldwell.  sayonara djou.


They may be pretty, but Jared and Ivanka are every bit as evil and corrupt as Trump. A nest of vipers!!


Carlos, I remember the 2013 shutdown cost taxpayers something like fifty to sixty billion, 800,000 federal employees furloughed and 1.3 million worked without knowing if they were going to get paid.

Cruz, Bachman and their Tea Party ilk may have been happy, but it was not a good thing.


we need a motion against discrimination for a persons religious non-belief


Not only is this another photo op from our selfie-taking PM, but the article will not help our relations with the U.S. Our PM would rather retain his celebrity-like status than help our country/do a good job. Being popular and being a good PM don't go hand in hand, and can often be mutually exclusive as some of the toughest and best decisions are the unpopular ones.


No prime minister, until Stephen Harper, offered an apology for the residential schools, so obviously we should rename a number of facilities perhaps beginning with Trudeau and Pearson airports.


Love how these Reformaclowns keep wistfully bringing up Harpo's name when he departed the scene defeated long ago without having achieved any significant lasting political accomplishments.

Afraid to now even reveal his true whereabouts.

Probably off hiding in a closet somewhere or at Sheldon Adelson's casino in Lost Wages with his other loser Repugnican buddies.

He's not coming back, clowns.

Time to get over your man crush, methinks.


As I understand it, Baseball players are only paid during the season, so by the trading deadline the Rox will have already paid more than half of Cargo's salary for 2017. I think they could absolutely be able to move him to a contender willing to essentially rent him for the rest of the season in exchange for a couple of mid-tier minor leaguers.

I could easily see Cargo landing in Cleveland, KC, Washington or Tampa; each of whom could use outfield help. Maybe even with the Yankees in a DH platoon with Holiday.


Don't anyone blame this on marijuana!


I agree the union's rules and actions should not be allowed. Although I wonder if Caledon is willing to pay their escalating fines, why doesn't it just give them full time paid jobs.


And to recover the huge investment the Canadian taxpayer has made in training these people?


Trump has the biggest hurricanes. They're yuge!


In 1970 and in 1971 as well, John Kerry arranged for and attended unauthorized secret meetings with the Viet Cong and NVA Communists in Paris, France while still a reserve US naval officer in violation of the UCMJ. This is all in the Congressional record under oath by John Kerry himself. For this he received a less than honorable discharge in 1973 when his six year obligation was up. Many suspect it may even have been a dishonorable discharge.  In 1977, then President Jimmy Carter authorized a special Naval Review Board to address former Lt. John Kerry's military discharge and other issues during his commission as a US naval officer. The results of the Naval Review Board were sealed along with John Kerry's entire military record. John Kerry was the only the second man in US history running for president of the United States that did not sign the Form 180 releasing his military records to the public.  The first was John Songbird McCain.  They both get a pass but Trump somehow  doesn't?


overprcied garbage


Even a sheep like you must be able to see some B.S. Here. Or not! I do hope you are paid well.


Nice to have someone from Saskatchewan where common sense rules.


If this were effected, nobody would ever move. Already the cost of moving can be close to 100k in costs, so if you then get taxed at 50% capital gains on your primary residence, moving house would imply that you would lose a huge chunk of personal wealth. Mobility of labour is an important factor in dynamic economies, which would be wiped out with measures such as these. Why not just appropriate all property by the state and dole out houses according to need? With measures like this, you'd be effectively taking the open market out behind the shed and shooting it.


What does Meyer care?  He's making $550,000 a year for pushing this project, whether it goes or not.


The ones hiding in the back of the store?


Pro tip, men: If your sexual partner is or becomes unconscious, and you continue having sexual activity with her, YOU ARE A RAPIST.


Why assume the risks  when the rewards are minor


Given that pharmaceutical lobbied for legal immunity caused by harming their victems and received it, that when autism cases have gone to court the injured have proved vaccines do cause autism and that some vaccines contain warnings that vaccines are linked to autism. The writer is obviously a hack journalist who has done zero genuine research other than  regurgitating big pharma and big government lies. The above article is public relations dodo.


Eight more something.  Months maybe even weeks.  Why fire Comey now?  Why haven't the tax returns been released?  Trump knows that the political fallout for firing Comey mid-investigation would be severe.   Clearly he'd rather suffer that than whatever result is pending from the investigation.  But it will all come out anyway.  Trump has no respect for process; he thinks he can master it, but it will soon master him.


I don't know if Trump cares or not, but this has been a known problem for more than a couple of years. I'm not defending Trump here but the problem has been known and not solved for longer than he has been in office. I think this problem is bigger than the office of the president.

Sadly, congress won't go against  Big Pharma either.


no,_rape_is_the_sin._BTW,_the_sin_of_sodom_was_inhospitality_to_God_(by_wanting_to_rape_him).


Then why does the rest of the country agree w/ me, and not w/ you?  Even if it was 50% of the country, the bottom line is....you will never succeed in taking away my firearms.  Never ever.

Your argument using Australia is wrong, btw.  Gun violence tripled after the aussies rolled over and let the govt do all the protecting.

https://www.fraserinstitute.org/sites/default/files/FailedExperimentGunControl.pdf


Eric Bjerregaard, For the sake of fairness, the challenge is amended.  You drink one cup of Roundup, and I drink one cup of coffee.


You show your racism by immediately thinking that.


Not for one moment am I defending the current federal government, but the threat from a housing bubble and high personal debt levels has been a significant issue for successive federal governments.


One of my favorite stories.....
Years ago, Barbra Streisand was interviewed, and the talk veered off to her support for cars guzzling less gas.  She was harping on the fact the people shouldn't be driving SUV's....
The interviewer reminded her that her coterie arrived at the studio with a fleet of SUV's.  Without missing a beat, she said "I wasn't talking about me."


Defend your smiling prince all you want, this was a doosh-play.


Hey Peter (aka Boots), you are truly a joker, period.


that means.. payroll taxes need to be cut and regulations need to be rolled back.


Trump's Infrastructure 'Plan' Is Another Tax Giveaway For The Rich

http://crooksandliars.com/2017/01/whats-going-infrastructure


If Fabrice Taylor has a finger in it...


When President Bannon gets a little too deep in his cups, Stephen "Baby Putin" Miller should put his Magic Marker in the gulag for the weekend.


I heard from one engineer a couple years ago who was working on rail and he said that rail wouldn't be finished FOR 15 MORE YEARS. He laughed at the timetable set by the city. I also saw awhile ago a presentation by Panos where they talked about the city's ridership projections - they were so ridiculous, with Hawaii expecting larger ridership than major U.S. cities with millions of more people - that the audience LAUGHED OUT LOUD AT THE CITY'S PROJECTIONS. Remember Cadwell bringing in the consultant from San Fran?  He issued a couple of reports highly critical of the way HART was running things - then we never heard from that dude again after that. The feds don't believe what the city is saying that's why they are withholding a half billion in funds. The city auditor blasted HART and Grabby. Lingle's study showed the city didn't know what it was talking about. And now this peer review shows the city is lost in space. And Cadwell now wants a blank check to keep on keeping on. INSANITY.


Well, everyone is well aware of Scott and your "underlying motives."

See how easy that was? Now I don't have to actually think about the issues.


Well see if CB has the humility to return after the game, & admit he was, most likely, wrong (or if he's right, share good naturedly). Easier to post & run & boast, than to dialog civilly.


They'll need gas masks and ear plugs for sure, but they'll also need to dress in layers and wear waterproof clothes.  It's sub zero and the police are using water cannons and mixing in pepper spray to the water.  Frostbite, hypothermia, and skin irritation are problems there.

 Tulsi not only stands up for what is right, she shows up for doing what is right - whether it is popular or not.  That shows political courage and personal integrity.


😁😁😁
Wow.

The "discussions" had mostly degenerated into this type....which is no longer discussion.  Points had been made.

There may have been one I intended to return to, but did not as other conversations took over, and it was lost.  And there was one with John David I wanted to...and still do...but somehow I missed the opportunity.  He doesn't seem to post here anymore - his voice of reason is well missed.

You're right - I don't lie.  It's too much trouble.

I think it's time to stop this back and forth also. There is nothing to be gained by prolonged accusation from you and defense by me.


Ummmmm....
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I was told The War On Coal (TM) was over and that we would now have coal jobs falling out of our bungholes. The irony, of course, being that we don't NEED anymore jobs as SB21 has us all employed in the oil and gas sector.


I see people protesting but what are the refugees doing holding signs "resist"...... That's the problem - attitude...... People want to enter the States and think it's their "God given right" and soon, it's they "demand"..... As I mentioned the attitude is unbelievable.......


we cant take care of our own John ... jack up the rent grind down the pay

quote below  from today's Globe and Mail.... oh the irony ...
Almost one-quarter of the generation of young adults born between 1981 and 2000 are working temporary or contract jobs, nearly double the rate for the entire job market. Almost one-third are not working in their field of education, 21 per cent are working more than one job, and close to half are looking for a new job.


That is a great idea but these are homesteaders whose families already "paid" property taxes to the City and County of Honolulu http://www.honolulu.gov/cms-bfs-menu/site-bfs-sitearticles/6418-property-tax-payments.html
https://dhhl.hawaii.gov/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Lessee-Handbook.pdf

They already paid. Why should they pay again and pay more for service? Would people expect those in my Hood o Wai'alae-Kāhala to overpay? Why should the people of Waimānalo pay more?


You miss the point. Whether a charge of sexual assault proceeds by way of indictment or summary conviction, it's still a criminal offence. Either way it may bring very significant social and legal penalties. Hence the courts do all they can not to convict the innocent. And the innocent and guilty alike do everything they can not to be convicted.

I brought up the allegation of Gomeshi pulling a woman's hair to point out that a 'zero-tolerance policy' towards sexual assault, in conjunction with the law's heavy penalties, is unlikely to bring us closer to justice in these matters.

The law already recognizes that there are degrees of sexual assault. There is the charge of aggravated sexual assault when grave violence is involved. Perhaps the law should likewise recognize that some lesser sexual offences do not warrant a criminal charge.


I suppose WHO's next move will be to send the victims on a world tour.


Between the meth heads and heroin addicts, that makes the rest all  possible.


Country after country have come to a choice point.
When the people realize that their country is headed by someone who may not be compas mentis Definition of compos mentis :  of sound mind, memory, and understanding.

non compas mentis = not of sound mind, not of sound memory, not of sound understanding.

There are a litany of individual instances in a variety of contexts that can find a fit under the following headings.

Range of responses=
There are those who will want to exploit that vulnerability for their own gain.
There are those who will seek to 'contain' the damage possible.
There are those who will remain in deep denial because the ramifications are too onerous to even speculate about.
There are those who will engage in relative -izing the degree of compromised faculties ie he's not as bad as ___ so we have a ways to go before action is necessary, action by ___?
There are those who have no idea whose job it is to clean up such a mess so their deer in the headlights response.


Even though Beijing always claim that Taiwan is one of its territory, majority of Taiwanese would not want to live under communist rule. Hong Kong is an example, erosion of rule of law and  rampant government corruption after the Chinese took over scare the daylight out of the Taiwanese population. Currently, Taiwan is regarded as an independent island state with democracy by the rest of the world; peaceful and minding their own business with no fight with anybody. If China use violence against them, the whole civilized world is going to turn against its communist regime.


"borne out in recent opinion polls, and in parallels made to the Cuban missile crisis "

No one is making 'parallels'. If the Cuban missile crisis is mentioned at all it's to point out that the two situations are different.
And you left out the biggest difference. The Russian and U.S. confrontation could have resulted in the end of civilization as each side had thousands of warheads.
If today's conflict is limited to the U.S. and North Korea there's no contest.
If China were to get involved then it's time to worry but they have hundreds of warheads to America's thousands. And they probably wouldn't sacrifice their entire country for the sake of North Korea.


Poor little price crying on the bench. Lol


make some plays, make the playoffs, beat the Pats for the AFC title and then share the motivating influence of "The Great Dis in 2016."before all that transpires, might keep a lid on it.


We need audits of politicians to find out where this immigration strategy comes from?
You can bet the books are loaded with special interest groups funding.

Ask your political leaders for an accounting. Lets find out where this strategy is born.

Better yet G@M show some leadership fro once.


I read the title of this article and thought that we had just witnessed "the good cop' speaking after we, presumably, had been unsettled by "the bad cop" (you know who) in some Manhattan real estate negotiation.


I agree, no govt. should contribute to any religion. They either are funded by their congregation or they wither, dry up and blow away like dust.

Like so many before them...
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" without introducing a new one (endless immigration)"
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Yeah, right.
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Because immigration is totally new to Canada.  We've never had immigration before...
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Just asking:  Did you actually bother to think before posting your comment?  Guess not, eh?


You also forgot when he got beat up at Outback a few years back


"President Donald Trump opened his first meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday by raising U.S. concerns about Moscow’s meddling in the 2016 presidential election, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said. He said Putin denied being involved."
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It is absolutely outrageous for Russia to interfere in the US elections - how dare they??!  Only Anglo-American countries are allowed to interfere in other countries' elections, overthrow the incumbent government and help the people elect leaders that America chooses.  And don't you forget that!


I found that out, too.  So I called to ask about losing hotel reservations and was told I'd be compensated.  At least I never saw such rough treatment of a passenger.  Anyway, I made my reservation before the incident because Hawaiian had a much better route for my needs  that didn't require a red-eyed flight.  United had such an indirect connection to San Luis Obispo that I couldn't even buy a round trip ticket, only multiple-city which made it so much more expensive than Hawaiian.  So all in all, Hawaiian provided a much better route service.


I'm absolutely shocked to see this viewpoint in this column and elsewhere. To see high-level white journalists and editors  expressing these views in public  as if the last several hundred years never happened,  is shocking to me. Is this elite group of privileged people no longer able to write their own material, that they have to take over the experience of an abused people?  I suppose white writers in Canada assume they are culturally appropriate just because they are Canadian. Read Drew Hayden Taylor's article in this newspaper.  This is shameful.


Alexandra the article is about Trump being crazy, so I assume that's where your second paragraph is directed.

Ever had a contractor work on your house, do poor work or not finish the job?  Then want more money than they had bid on the job because of "unforeseen problems?"  We should all have the guts to stiff contractors.


I believe there is a comparison.  How we make personal choices provide a format of how we make professional choices.  The money I spent for my kid's education was a significant portion of my resources and there were many sleepless nights.  But, it wasn't just providing money.  It meant fully supporting my kids through their tough and good times even when the grades gave me a headache.  I firmly believe that once we make a decision to do something, everyone needs to unhitch their horses from their own wagons and hitch them all to that one wagon and pull like heck.  Through ruts in the road and broken wagon wheels, we all need to keep pulling and get the job done.  I also look forward to the completion of the forensic audit, and I hope there will be situations identified in the project where the cost could have been significantly reduced if everyone involved with the project had worked together.


I don't mind the Globe running this piece. Both Putin and his "nation" are among the slimiest people in the world today. Thugs. Like "bikers" who have control of everything in their country - and elsewhere too. Corruption spread far from the Communist Party when it disintegrated way back when. Now it spreads from the top-to-the bottom of their society. From rich to poor. Lots of Russians have left the country and I'm sure millions more would like to do so themselves.


Unfair is a strong word.

"It is also a reminder they are independent contractors, not state employees."

If I, as an independent contractor in, say, IT, incorporate and match business expenses to income and pay myself dividends (after sprinkling half my income on my children) despite the fact that I have only one customer (the guy who pays and says what I get to bill) the CRA would probably have me in court faster than I could write this comment.  I guess doctors are special. As the tax revisions say, I don't see why doctors (or anybody else, for that matter) should get extra tax help in saving for retirement, help that isn't available for someone earning the same income in a different way.

The accurate way to characterize the proposed tax changes would be that those who unfairly use the tax rules to obtain tax relief that is unavailable to people who can't incorporate are going to take a hit as they are brought to the standard that everybody else lives under.


At least I am not in the running for the Hitlery prize!!! Socialism and dictatorship... denied!!!


Wow - not liking Bear-baiting makes me a liar and a fraud?  Who knew?  I didn't say I didn't like hunting, I said I didn't like BEAR- BAITING.  I also don't like gut wounding animals and leaving them overnight to die a slow agonizing death.  But maybe that's just me.


"Metrolinx, responsible for overseeing the construction of the station, wrote in a statement that it “is disappointed with this contractor’s (Bondfield) performance to date. We share the public’s frustration and apologize for the delays and appreciate their patience.”
But, added Metrolinx, they won’t be cancelling the contract with the Ontario-based construction company, Bondfield Construction."
BTW, the price has gone up by over $6 million and Metrolinx agreed to pay it.
This is why public private partnerships, now called alternative financing arrangements, work.  The contractor shoulders all the risk of cost overruns and shoddy construction.
The Oakville Hospital (1,500,000 sq. ft. compared to Burlington GO Station at 20,000 sq. ft.) was built faster, on time and on budget.
Metrolinx couldn't manage a dunk-up in a brewery.


As a biologist myself, I object to the ADN calling Ted Spraker, Jim Lieb and now this guy "wildlife biologists."  Biologists study nature.  People like Spraker, Lieb and this guy who run or work in programs designed to manipulate predator and prey populations based on human politics are not biologists, they are "game managers."


Yes, and direct democracy has worked out so well in the past. I myself am very thankful that we have a Bill of Rights that in theory at least protects all of us from the political correctness of the day. Whatever that might be.


The Constitution prevents us from telling people where they can or cannot live.


O: "It is not clear whether or not Lincoln committed war crimes by brushing the south's right of self-determination aside and enslaving them to the north's wishes."

Your statement concerning the "south's right of self-determination" was only for the whites of the south. Did you know that there were slaves there as well.

And your statement that Lincoln "enslaved" the south would have - had you written it in history class - earned you an F.


It will be interesting to learn what standing  Gretchen Rachel Hammond has to bring any case along these lines to court!  And it's also quite late in her game to be claiming unjust discharge.  She sounds a bit like a mole planted by the USCCB, which is and has been demonstrably anti-SNAP and anti-victim as well!


He doesn’t believe that. His hobby is posting outrageous pro-rail lies.


Perhaps he'd prefer 'Heil Trumpf'.
Might as well get the language right.


Maybe he can cry himself to sleep on his 200k salary.  Or maybe retire with his gold plated pension and sleep beside a pine tree.

This was one of the most pathetic things I have ever read.


You can park for $10 at 18th and Market then walk 3 blocks to the ballpark.  That makes it even easier to drive then take light rail. RTD used to offer up RockiesRide via light rail. It was like $3 round trip and the trains used to be packed.  So RTD got rid of it and guess what...the train is empty.


End the war? Swell, start by ending the lies:

"In 2010, one side of the political aisle in Congress, the Democrats, chose to "fix" health care unilaterally, without bipartisan support"

The Ds held over 150 hearings and accepted over a 100 amendments from Rs  and Ds alike. Sen Grassly (R) started by working with the Ds, then the word came down from Mitch's office: no R votes for allowed.

The Rs walked away.


Can look at portraits of any Canadians that one finds admirable online for free at home or at the public library (if yours hasn't been closed down yet like the ones in Newfoundland and Labrador.)

No national portrait gallery required.


There are no facts in the mainstream media - not even alternative ones.


A brave man! We need more like him.


Hello Matt,

I am having a vey hard time picturing your proposed scenario.

I mean, in the first place, where are you proposing this fundamentalist siege begins? Houston? Salt Lake City? Tampa? I mean, as sure as water is wet it AIN'T gonna start in New York State or California.

And so what, some splinter uprising swarms the courthouses and state buildings in Tampa and Houston. Um, hello? Then what? I mean, that loud roaring sound you hear sounds to me a lot like 200 attack helicopters, 400 tanks and 200,000 uniformed personnel of the US Army, Marines and National Guard showing up to make 2023 Houston look like 1971 Montreal (War Measures Act a la Pierre).

And by the way, that does not even touch the fact that, before the soldiers arrive to down the rabid animal, every third household of civilians contains multiple handguns ready to blow away the gahd squad you somehow envision "taking over" their neighbourhoods. Laugh out loud, I think M13 and a few other gangs might end it in days.


The time for hand wringing is over, Oscar.

It is time for action.

Time to take to the streets, like the Brazilians and Venezuelans.


How do you get triple verification when the leaker was one dude who loathed Nixon?????


Its a WONDERFUL comeback.  Couldn't care less that you don't like it.

He was stupid for violating the law he did. But the law is silly and capricious  and petty.  Dinesh could have legally paid 33K to the RNC who could have legally paid that exact sum to the same candidate.   He paid the price for his stupidity, so what? I am unmoved.  I thought it was the left that wanted felons to vote, so now suddenly this felon is bad? You'd of hated Dinesh even if he didn't pull this stupidity.

I'm sure you were all over the foreign campaign donates made to bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton right?  You're all over the pay for play that Hillary is using with her Foundation, right?  But since she wasn't "convicted" She's a stellar candidate that you intend to vote for right?  The difference between Dinesh and the Clintons, Dinesh got caught. For a lot

When it comes to concern over criminal behavior and corruptness, I'll take Dinesh over Hillary anyday
Dinesh is felon, (yawns) cry me a river.


Hi Helgard,

You ask: "I wonder if Mr Muller would concede that the same apply to academics and analyst of the libertarian, classic liberal and conservative bend (broadly in a popular sense - the right) in 99% of the rest of social sciences and humanities?"

If you mean in relation to not calling people who are otherwise reasonably well-qualified 'bogus economists' just because you disagree with their views, then yes: it should apply across the spectrum. As a matter of principle, I think the correct approach in academia has to be a 'pluralist' one, which means not trying to purge people just because they disagree with you.

Regards,

Sean


Get a life


Incredible. A story about Anchorage literature education class in today's news got four (4) comments, while this one about pot got 68 so far. Wow. This says a lot about our community...


that's right the 97% are wrong because all the money and media were backing them up and brainwashing the American people for more than 30 years same as the 100% scientist who believe the earth was flat and everybody believe them until it was proven wrong so lets give some money to the 3% and they could prove that global climate change warming is a hoax and not made by man.


An illegal immigrant is a criminal.


Cultural appropriation is everywhere. If these critics could take off their rose coloured shades and examine the details of life around them, they'd faint at the ubiquity of cultural appropriation. Of course, with their shades on, they only see instances of cultural appropriation with a handle big enough to drag around and harass.

Asian restaurant owners profiting from running French cuisine restaurants. Not appropriation.

Chinese and Korean owners of Sushi joints (Japanese culture) in Vancouver (most sushi joints in Vancouver are owned by people of Japanese decent). Not appropriation.

Lady Gaga features burqas in a music video. Not appropriation because it's perceived to be empowering burqa wearing women.

White guy writes about aboriginal culture? Somehow that's considered cultural appropriation. Because white men are not allowed to do so.


Amen!
We can't have FTA with countries that are not on the same employment level as us. Wages in Mexico are lower from China.


Great comic comment! Satire still lives!

Thanks for the laugh!


Well hard to see what is gong o when you are at Bingo a lot!  Ive seen her there


Quite the response from a person who "serves" in local government (then they wonder why they are under so much criticism from the pubic): http://www.hacsa.org/content/hacsa-board-commissioners


Won't happen here . Canadians are sheep that like to be lead around.


The Bay still has pages of Ivanka's Chinese junk on their web pages.  Set an example, get rid of all of it.


He's played with some of them, but there's also some new WRs and TEs in the mix. But moreover, it's getting the timing on the pass routes down, and that all changes with the new plays.  It's just getting the reps with the 1's to get it all running smoothly.


Dr. Pooks, aka the Canadian Medical lobby's commenting employee (his job is to bolster the Poor-Old-Doctor reputation on comment threads), is really tugging at my heart strings, trying to convince us how tough it is to live off $250,000 in the 'burbs.


Trump is the classic school yard bully - he can dish it out but he cannot take it.

He is notoriously thin-skinned and that is not a good trait for any politician let alone POTUS.


Do your homework, my friend.
There's more to life than links.
Citation was the eighth American Triple Crown winner, the first horse in history to win one million dollars.


This time machines are not only mechanical but intelligent.

Our challenge is sociological. How does society benefit from machines without the devastation and impoverishment that occumpanied the previous industrial revolution?

Machines doing the drudgery will permit humans to be human leading to a new renaissance.


Saskatchewan tried user fees in the 1970's.  It had no impact of doctor's billing, which was the goal.  Doctors simply saw fee paying patient more often and the poor, especially children did without care.  Glen Back published this research in 1980  See Beck. R. G. & Horne, J. (1980) Utilization of Publicly Insured Health Services in Saskatchewan Before, During and After Co-payment.  Medical Care 18 787-806.


Love this story!


You said it all.  Thanks.


Got called out didn't you. lol


Back pedaling coward. Clearly Murkowski would kill him.


Never ascribe to conspiracy that which can be explained by ignorance; ignorance is much more common.  I agree with Rick, below.


Crispina -- you forgot to add "Who grabs women's p*ssy." Fine guy, he is.


If one is in any way going to finance tax cuts for the super rich there are only like three pots of money to do it:

1) hiking taxes on the moderately well off (401k reductions are a way to do this, as is the mortgage interest ).
2) raiding Social Security benefits.
3) finding it in the defense budget.


The bigger question is why is the comments section open ?  The CBC and Globe censor for the Liberal parties.  I guess the number of terrorist attacks is making it commonplace news.


There is NO end to the toll that these miscreants visit upon society.  They have been liabilities to the rest of society and will continue to be so for the foreseeable future.  The danger, inconvenience, and enormous costs they have created for the rest of us is almost incalculable.  And to think that there are millions more of these liabilities running the streets of America.  What a comforting thought for the taxpayers.


it doesn't take an expert to see what sex a person is, just a pair of eyes and some common sense.  if male plumbing then male, if female then female.   all the wishful thinking in the world won't change that.

if it was that easy then i could walk, talk and act like a pro football player or a ballerina or a person of a certain color and believe it in my mind so much i was willing to die for it but its still not real.   it would be in my mind and make believe.

simple as that, the experts are sometimes confused themselves, so having a title doesn't mean you actually know anything.

yes i know all those who believe in participation trophies and other feel good kumbaya liberal philosophies aren't going to like this truth being spoken, but too bad.  someone has to speak up against the nonsense.


Again, we are NOT a 'democracy'. Which is one of the forms of government most despised by the founders. One of the main purposes of the Constitution was to CONTROL the effects of the tyranny of the majority.

   “Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide.”– John Adams, April 15, 1814 letter to John Taylor.


Any time you invest when you have outstanding debt, you are in essence indirectly performing leveraged investing. This is the case because the alternative use of the funds could be deleveraging.


This could be the bankers/speculators attempt to assert control over immigration, it won't work. What Trump did was fine, everything else is media fantasy created to try to discredit him and these policies. Markets are manipulated, its public knowledge so who cares, if you are still in the casino its your fault if you lose your money.  Borders have to be secured for economic purposes and globalist companies like Apple are going to lose money in the long run since they will have to pay actual wages.


See what all this pandering to and pampering of Indigenous demands has led to
Blame the progressive left for all this Guilt
.
first, we are living on "stolen" land
then all the token statements
"Let us remember we are on aboriginal land blah blah"
.
Immigrants should be warned that they are immigrating to Stolen land
and they will work hard and pay taxes
to pay billions in compensation to First Nations
to sooth the guilt of progressive leftists


Never was a truer statement uttered than when Trump made the comment about the kids in the inaugural speech.


The biggest factor contributing to unaffordable housing (rent and buy) according to investment bank, UBS's report yesterday are the rock bottom interest rates imposed by the world's major reserve banks (Fed, BoE, BoJ, ECB, BoC, SNB). This policy has transformed housing's tradition role as a place to raise family to that of another speculative trading asset.

To be clear housing unaffortability as stated in the UBS report is not confined to Vancouver, Toronto only. Amsterdam, Hong Kong, Munich, Stockholm, Sydney are all on top of their list.


In my opinion, buying a gun should be like buying a car.  First...educational training about the history, safety, and proper use of a gun. Second...passing a test of gun safety and use, just like a driving test, whether you own a car or not. Third...purchase a gun license. Fourth...purchase the gun with registration.  I used to be a member of the NRA, when they were oriented towards hunter rights, education, safety, and conservation; now they are a political arm of the gun companies, and a major contributor to the Republican Party. The NRA does more harm than good IMHO.

Owning a gun is a major responsibility not to be taken lightly.  Training is absolutely essential for the good of the owner, his/her family, and society in general.


My favorite part of Honolulu is wherever palani is.


No need for ban then.  Just need to introduce the 132 step E-Z vetting program for people of this region.


They ARE banging away accusing Quebec of  bigotry, racism, etc.


He did it. Tillerson and McMasters are playing word games. And why haven't we heard that they were at the meeting until now?


If white folks want to show people-of-color that they oppose racism, they need to realize that being in the ranks of anti-racist activists involves negotiating 200+ years of white privilege and racial insularity.  White folk can't expect these negotiations to be stress free and easy, or expect to somehow become icons of struggle just for showing up in that white skin.

Want  to leave no doubt about where you stand? Put your body on the line in a place where white power is normal and natural. Blood, bruises and arrest do a lot to assuage suspicion and ease the habit of insularity. I suspect that the AntiFa--I loathe the idea that anti-fascism is a fringe thing and not just a normal everyday American attitude--see themselves as doing exactly this.

They assume that fascists have the upper hand anywhere the state allows them to mass and demonstrate. And, to be frank, they're not exactly wrong, as Heather Heyer's death makes abundantly clear.


Looks like you changed the subject, thank God.


I have a hard time believing that Sessions is this ignorant of history that he sincerely believes less oversight will equal better law enforcement.  We have over a hundred of years of history that demonstrates how unreliable states are at self-regulating civil rights violations particularly in the area of law enforcement.  This doesn't even begin to go into the amount of video proof via smartphones of "deficient training"/excessive force that's brought proof to light about systemic failures.
I wonder if this means the federal government will stop providing for body cams.


Hey Mr. President, what are you waiting for...Send in the Special Decapitation Unit or at least do some missile testing of our own.  Right on Kim JongUn's big, fat head.


How many more "we're sorry's" can you conjure up Ibbotson - apologies have become meaningless now that every Tom, Dick and Harry offers them up for every perceived slight.


No money for rino dampers and their Marxist buddies.  Sorry miss graham, time to retire.


I have a question for the evangelicals. You all advocate violence toward abortion doctors and clinics, yet you all advocate pulling the funding that will support the youngsters that you force women to carry to term. You support pulling funding for programs that support young women and older, who have medical issues or want to have birth control so they will not get pregnant, yet you all froth at the mouth to invade and occupy foreign countries, who had nothing to do with the terrorist attacks against America. You support violence against people of color who are protesting for basic human rights and protections of lands and waters, yet you claim to have the right hand of your jesus. All the things that you evangelicals support, are exactly opposite of what your jesus supposedly lived and breathed to do, as in defunding the health and social programs that prevent the deaths of over 50,000 Americans yearly.


The reason why Flynn had to go was because he lost the confidence of Donald Trump, not because of his communication with the Russians (as Obama did the same thing), but because he didn't tell the truth when asked about it. I agree with his removal. But the real damage of this incident is the fact that someone in the intelligence community is leaking classified top secret information to the media. This is unacceptable and Donald Trump needs to initiate an investigation as to who these people are and their motives for committing these treasonous actions.


What is a completely foreign concept is that people like you believe that people like Warren Buffett are keeping every dollar in this country. They are not. But the question is where is the government going to get the taxes from the 1%ers if they leave the country? Or the 10%ers if they leave as well?


And 8 years of that social experiment was an absolute failure....for both blacks and whites.


To go with his silky underwear.


Rachael your comments are perpetual wedges, meant to separate and distract. I'm trying to see how you, personally, answer for the extreme level of corruption we are witnessing from within the highest ranks of this administration. I don't need a petty anti-liberal jab, I want to know how this impacts you as a citizen.


Not as much as your loser comments are.

Please keep them to yourself in the future.


The only accurate way is what our president says. He knows things that you or me don't know. So if he say that 95% of American's are support him, we know its real. That don't cost nothing.


Meaning?


What do you expect from a newspaper that has less than 100 real subscribers? LOL


Why is it that Americans have such difficulty taking the perspective of the other when it comes to foreign policy? This trip is billed, among other things, as a peace mission among world religions in the ME, with a view to unifying everyone against ISIS. Why is the US media not pointing out the insanity of talking unity to Muslims by supporting Sunni (Saudi Arabia, et el) against Shia (Iran)?

Trump continues to support Saudi Arabia, even as it continues to export Wahhabism, the religious foundation of the ISIS ideology of hate and terror; and he condemns Iran, the Islamic country most vigorously fighting ISIS. Intensifying the Sunni/Shia fault line in Islam is a self-defeating policy.

Obama had it right--one must nurture mutual respect with Shia Iran as well as Sunni Suadi Arabia, even though they are at one another's throats.

That Trump has this wrong too is no surprise. My concern is the media doesn't seem to give a damn. And in this forum???


My opinion differs from Randall Wilson's. I see no practical or moral difference between knowingly overcharging someone, and attempting to steal from them. This is true regardless of the basis on which one is billing.

If my normal fee is $300 an hour but I knowingly present a bill for $600 an hour to an unsuspecting client, I'm trying to steal money. If I knowingly charge the client for services that I didn't perform, I'm trying to steal money. And if I knowingly overcharge for in-house services, photocopying, paralegals, consultations or anything else, I'm attempting to steal money.

The issue is pretty simple: was the overcharge an honest mistake, or a calculated attempt to induce the client to pay more than he should for services rendered. If the latter it's a form of stealing, just as fraud is a form of stealing.


It's less a case of "head-up-&-locked" than one of myopic obsession to moving that gas. This is not the time, not the market, & a Pipeline is not the method. When the market makes it profitable, move the gas from the N.Slope to Japan via tanker. Clearly the most sane way .... when the time comes.


There is a big difference between inviting Trump to a working meeting and inviting Trump to a state visit, which would just feed Trump's desire for attention.


You realize the irony of your statement, right?


Why is our former governor an elector?


You can't blame the Scouts who erupted with displeasure at the mention of Barack Obama, who has dissed the Boy Scouts in the past.


"These increased costs for employers and employees alike may seem steep—up around 50% over the past eight years—but they could have risen far higher had the Affordable Care Act never passed.

That is you idea of proof?
OR they could have risen less if Obamacare hadn't become the law of the land, or maybe even remained the same.


If you have tattoo's flowing up your neck, and or down your arms, I'm not hiring you.


The typing produced words which were combined with other words producing sentences.  The sentences were organized in patterns which ultimately produced paragraphs.  Within all this organized structure of symbols was a coherent thought representation.  Your non counter-argument seems a bit lacking.  Your disgust for the Republican plan is a very encouraging sign America is on the right track again.


Groucho, are you sure you've covered all the possibilities:   he "might have, even to skin color?

But (shocking) I agree that this is definitely against the First Amendment and no state has the to demand transcripts of sermons given in churches.  The church doors should be barred to any government intrusion.   If the Religious Liberty Dept. doesn't investigate this thoroughly, they are useless.

BTW:  Fulcrum has a more thorough assessment of this  situation.


It appears to me the drug dealers are being favoured over their victims. Our country really lacks political leadership on this killing spree that is taking place on our streets.


In the accompanying photograph the flags in front of LIO#1 appear to be flying at half-mast  - how appropriate.


and actually is was Reagan deregulating before Clinton.


Trudeau's comments were about Brazeau and Brazeau has said he's not fussed.  Throwing an internet outrage tantrum in response to alleged offenses to others has become a bad habit.
It was interesting however that Trudeau's comments took so long to come to light.  Too many people swooning over the cover and not enough reading the article.  (With its cogent insights into "The Liberty Party" and the "Royal Canadian Mountain Police" Rolling Stone would seem to be a good fit for the people I know who read it.)


I love anecdotal evidence. It's the most reliable evidence.


Case in point.  They don't have a carbon tax and don't need one to spur innovation.  Market forces will prevail.  Canada will tax itself out of the game.


I guess our discussion was too much for some to handle as my previous comments were removed for civility standards, I suppose being censored is the least of my worries if Canada's version of the Cairo Declaration becomes law but it's nonetheless disconcerting as we were engaged in a spirited debate that was hardly uncivilized. Perhaps I should have known better, it's 2017...


I have nothing against soldiers.  Thank one sometime when you realize how we are free.


Here's another example of why the BCLibs and clark had to go... http://thenelsondaily.com/news/editorial-parting-shot-christy-clarks-government-shocking-not-surprising-45074#.WW5YYGWwZgo

Donations to BCLibs get you anywhere, anytime, anyhow - if the donation is big enough.


The solution--call it the "Grapes of Wrath" solutio--is simple: the Municipality provides three campgrounds for the homeless.  No camping allowed anywhere else in the municipality.  The campgrounds have toilets, showers, picnic tables.  Basic rules for safety and sanitation are posted.  A security guard patrols each campground.  Violators get evicted immediately.  The campgrounds close down on October 1 and reopen on April 1.

Would there be a cost?  Of course.  But there's already a cost to our current helplessness over this issue.

How about NIMBY?  Well,  I didn't exactly want a Quik Stop in my neighborhood, but it happened anyway.  The Municipality has the legal authority it needs to decide what locations best provide for the public good.


Why would those receiving be qualified to decide how to fix it?  Truth be known the damage has been done, the educational system has failed many students because of Pers, that damage cannot be repaired.  Stop spending money and time, nothing will come of it.  Accept the fact that the system failed, take the blame and enjoy the windfall that is received, and feel good about it.


It distorts the market and starves the poor due to it's regressive nature.


The only way you got your vile and despicable term "ITMFA" post through Civil Comments was to turn your ugly words into an acronym- got it.
.
Antifa won't stop at one person-- their postmodern Neo-Marxist Fascism and book-burning will continue long after they violently depose any idea, any elected official, or freethinker with whom they subjectively and violently disagree.


Well, when you group all non profits into opportunities for "greed to happen"...then I'm just afraid you're bitter and unnecessarily cynical. Generalization happens.
Look, perhaps the truth slides along the scale at various points, depending on the actions of those individuals involved.
I believe wholeheartedly in the Shedd's mission, and the Ralph's vision for it. I have personal experience on the value of the service they provide, as both a consumer (concerts) and a provider (classes, lessons).


This receiver, who is sucking $14Million/year from the team, IS a problem.

He is not worth half of that salary.


Playing the racist card is all you have? Really?


The judge must take into account all facts to decide on a sentence, including inappropriate influence by the president.  I was in the JAG Corps.  The president gives gifts to defense counsel every day.  Trump is a loathsome imbecile.


I dont know why Trudeau is campaigning, he won last time and still hasn't figured out what his job is, and that he actually should be sitting in parliament doing his job.    What is he trying for next time?   More trips, celebrities, magazine covers, rock concerts, parades,billionaire holidaying and hobnobbing,  apologies and endless selfies, while blowing money like a kindergarten kid with a handful of coins in front of a gumball machine.


When and if these people are apprehended for a hit and run murder, I hope all that were in the vehicle get the judicial book thrown at them for murder and leaving the scene of a deliberate hit and run.  I suspect that the people in the vehicle were drunk.  Shame on all of them.


I did miss something in you statement..  did you say people are calling her at home to harass her?  how do you know this?


The trustee is a "N"ative Hawaiian, not a native Hawaiian. And he is a "Hawaiian", meaning someone who is a member of the public able to claim a native Hawaiian ancestor or a Chinese Hawaiian or a Caucasian ancestor who was a citizen of the Royal Kingdom. He cannot resettle any ancestral land in trust to the United States.  He can administer the lands taken from the original owners by the thug Kamehameha the First using Western warfare weapons.


Looking forward to seeing the RG's minority conservative hires...

And the U of O's...


It's nice to see someone in the White House trying to act accordingly.


A massive deficit would be $100B.  $20-$30B is NOTHING for a country with a GDP the size of Canada.

Look at the rest of the world or the G7 if you prefer.  We're the envy of all of them in terms of debt.


Lame and lamer. This swine already endorsed Trump after he had already laid a strong foundation of hate comments aimed at any Muslims the world over and any Mexicans...I forgot who else he spews venom at. Better to shut up and hope that Alaskans forgot you endorsed Trump.

You already endorsed his hate- did he somehow cross a line for your racist mind just now with the judge attacks- or is it what you're supposed to do now that the speaker of the house criticized Trump? Lame....just like Murkowski and Young (that fools continue to elect).


"To be sure, some Republican voters would prefer that Trump calm his Twitter habit..." while other Republican voters would like him to attack more often and more forcefully.


this is dr. shane rhoton, owner of four corners dental group in Fairbanks.  while it is true that four corners dental group sustained a fire from an unknown cause early this a.m., we have crews working already on restoring the office so as to cause as little delay in patient care as possible.  we appreciate all the support we have received and hope to be operational by monday the 29th of august in our existing building and will continue with our addition plans.  stay tuned to our Facebook page Four Corners Dental Group: Fairbanks for the latest updates and progression of the cleanup.  from the staff and doctors, we look forward to seeing you.


No, everyone's been taking the Berlin attacks seriously, you simply live in a ridiculous fantasyland. Does that help?


"Senate Republican leader Chris Holbert, dismissed the court’s ruling  “I did not swear an oath to uphold the opinion of a court,” he said, adding that his constituents’ interpretation of the constitution is more important.

What a great example. The oath swears to support the laws yet this yahoo ignores that courts are the final determinate of what laws mean.  If he thinks court opinions don't matter then he is advocating anarchy where each of his constituents can interpret what laws mean.  That is the very definition of anarchy and an elected official is defying the concept that we are a society of laws; not a society of anarchy or of despots alone determining what law to obey this week.  He is actually advocating lawlessness based on what the 'mob'(his constituents) wants.


The walls are closing in...


Mustang? Mustangs are as Oregonian as is kiwi fruit. Mustangs are descendants of Spanish horses.


'Trudeau's real problem: Pretending he's above money grubbing'  No, not that. Junior's real problem is the need to take selfies and to think that this is leadership.


How flexible are political principles? Democracy is the overall and greatest of principles, except when a one-party totalitarian system is capable of “turning on a dime” to reduce carbon emissions.

First-past-the-post is a valid principle practically everywhere, but it is invalid it helps a right-of centre political party. If it benefits a left-of-centre political party, then it is valid, legitimate, well-founded and defensible.

And then politicians ask themselves why in every election between 4 and 5 voters could care less and stay home. It’s revolting.


The stupid just keep getting stupider.


"the wrong path to being the next San Francisco"

But San Francisco has had rent control for years, yet this is the same policy people are advocating.  If you don't want to become the next San Francisco, why on earth would you rely on the same policies that turned San Francisco into what it is today?

What San Francisco has in spades is an anti-development zoning code and general mentality, which prevents new housing (including affordable housing) from being built.

Inclusionary zoning combined with easing zoning restrictions (e.g., parking requirements) for certain types of residential construction could go a long way towards increasing affordable housing *and* creating the density/walkability that promotes sustainable living practices, and is the best place to start at this point in Portland's transformation.

Starting with rent control and anti-displacement measures will just get you to San Francisco status sooner.


Rambler, knowing the Cow Creeks as I do, I'm aware they are very diversified, as they, with their tax advantages and casino profits, have bought up a great number of businesses in Douglas County. They are one of the county's major employers.
 They've shown no particular ability as forest managers, however, and the Elliot Forest is far from their  historic  land along the South Umpqua River and Cow Creek.
With the recent death of their long-time tribal leader Sue Shaffer, I fear they care more about business profits than their traditional culture from the Miwaleta.
I write this sadly as one of their original restoration  supporters from the 1970s and 80s.


Despite your immense wisdom, the world doesn't split along the lines of your description of left and right.


Well, thank heavens for that, eh?  Now Marcus Gee's child doesn't have to worry.

Yes, we need for community-minded columnists like Mr. Gee who cares only about his children and the heck with everybody else's....


The NEA is whining but most private sector union members (not the bosses) have an open mind on vouchers.  There is nothing stopping teachers from unionizing in any workplace public or private.


What a terrible thing.  It seems the Dallas police have done there job of protecting the citizens.  Unfortunately its clear that the police were the targets.  I hope the shooters and their accomplices are brought to justice.  I hope the government helps the families of those officers killed or wounded.
Suspect the big news folks will never sort out the realities and real stories of what happened.  Will be interesting to see if the FBI takes over custody of the "suspects" to assure their civil rights aren't violated.  Could this be an act of domestic terrorism?  Where is homeland security in all this?  Will this news cycle be all done before Obama returns and comments on the shooting in Dallas?


Alaskans are already being taxed, because we are losing the $1000 in the PF dividend. We need a progressive surcharge on the excessive profits of the oil corporations and we need to start taxing the oil corporations, because Alaskans own the oil.


A conflict which has been going on since 632 is not going to be 'solved' by any US President, although President Obama's denial of ISIS' capabilities as the being the "JV", ignoring the 'red line' he supposedly drew and then ignored regarding Assad certainly hasn't helped the situation.  His most positive action was helping get rid of the large amounts of chemical warfare stocks in Syria.  Of course, Putin was the one who got that done; maybe he had already decided to send Russian troops and planes to Syria and was just planning ahead?  That concept seems to be lost on US intelligence and military forces going back for a couple of decades.


I understand that.  You also wait until all the evidence is in before reacting.  See how that works?

Tell us......how long did it take for Trump to acknowledge that Russia was behind the hacking?  Long after all of our intelligence agencies came to that conclusion.

Also....tell us what Trump is doing to make sure it doesn't happen again (or, does he not care since he benefitted)?


There is certainly no question that there is one standard for Hillary and one for most everyone else. She is treated very differently. The rest of us would be in jail for what she has done.  She slipped up and told the truth for once. Just sayin......


This one issue is so glaring it's unbelievable. The only good thing about Scaramucci is that Bannon went off the deep end because once again Trump has opted for greed over saving the world for straight white males.


Maybe the Trudeau government should turn the tables quickly and give notice to the US of our intent to withdraw from NAFTA.  Trump cannot be trusted and what possessed Trudeau to think he could be is a mystery to me.


You mentioned government interference, so lets go there. Look at the deed to your house. The grants you that land for $1 plus additional considerations and you pay annual rent in taxes for government wealth (paid to contrcution companies who build wealth by doing so) in the form of roads and water and sewage systems. You buy stuff because inventors have patents from the goverment so they can enforce their ownership rights. You have life saving drugs because drug makers used research funded by the government. This Internet thing? The web was originally a project called DARPANET. I saw it when I was a AF civil servant before the graphics, back in 86. Look at your money. Government scrip. The fact that you can accumulate wealth comes in part because your parents have or had government retirement. Every fly? Odds are the jet you flew was first developed as an AF tanker. Like eating? Goverment price floors make sure there is a surplus of basic staples.


You say, they are disappearing in our lifetime because of our dependence on oil. No one knows that. It is just an hypothesis.


Pipernyl Butoxide is used in pyrethrin/pyrethroid insecticides. Pyrethrins/pyrethroids are a neurotoxin.
Why is it okay to apply a neurotoxin on medicinal Cannabis?


There is no grounds for a lawsuit against the Vatican, what is the grounds?  Anything that happened was perpetrated by the Canadian Government in the name of religion.  Canadians did this not the Vatican.  This is just a misguided attempt to lay blame as far and wide as possible.  The whine that will never end.....


natalie, you bring up a good point about maintenance. if we get housing for the working poor, people making less than $20K a year, and there are a whole lot of them, into housing at 20% of their take home pay, they would have enough to maintain the home. it could actually be part of the lease agreement. maintenance on a two bedroom apartment is less than most people realize, even considering repainting every three years. forget 50% or 60% or any other percent. we need housing for minimum wage earners and we need them now. the rich aren't interested in helping, at all.


Somebody needs to start finding out pretty soon why it is that there are so many lunatics around these days. If they all become intent on driving cars into groups of innocent people then the world is going to be a miserable place to live.


I am certain he would hire the appropriate protection for his children.


Well the article doesn't mention that at all.... quite a major mistake and puts a very different perspective...

......to quote the article 'White people could be compared to bullies'............ Maralise's error, deliberate or unintentional, who knows, but seemingly the former!.... .She really needs to smarten up or ship off!

I have never listened to this Radio Jacaranda or the individual, I only reacted to the article as portrayed.


Listen to yiyrself. is there is no sewer of rationalization into which Liberal boot kickers will not crawl?


I'm sure peace and prosperity in Afghanistan is only 6,000 GIs away.


The state is down to three commercial refineries after Flint Hills’ North Pole refinery ceased operations in 2014: Petro Star’s refineries in Fairbanks and Valdez and Tesoro’s refinery in Nikiski. Petro Star mostly produces jet fuel while the Tesoro refinery mostly produces gasoline and exports the remaining heavy oil to other markets.

Posted February 20, 2016 09:14 pm - Updated February 20, 2016 09:17 pm
By ELIZABETH EARL Peninsula Clarion


My condolences to the family of Roy Halladay. Roy will always be in the hearts of Canadian baseball fans.


I blame Obama. Or, Clinton. Or, Radical Islam. Whatever Fox News says.


The Romans were early users of non-sugar sweeteners. They delivered water in lead-lined aqueducts, fermented grapes in lead-lined vats and added sugar-of-lead (lead acetate) to wine to further sweeten it. No adverse effects were attributed to the lead. Such everyday affliction as insanity, anemia, and an average lifespan in this group of 24 years were most probably caused by the gods or God. We don't seem to have changed much in two millennia. Artificial sweeteners (including sugar-of-lead) taste horrible to a subset of todays population. That should also indicate something about the safety of the "sweeteners".


I think these five states, Florida, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin are stolen by the Trump with the help of his son in law Jared Kushner , the Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahoo and infamous kingpin of Jewish mafia and racketeer Sheldon Adelson and bunch of other Zionist Jews.

Actually, Florida went to Trump by less than 113K votes and ironically with heavy votes in favor of Trump were from counties where Bernie won against Clinton in Democratic Primaries.  How could these counties be so fanatically anti-Clinton?

Jill should see if she can get a recount in Florida or at least in those so called anti-Clinton counties.


Death and pain are natural realities.  And as such can be sanctified, made good, holy.  They can help us move closer to God, not just at the 'moment' after death.

Death (and all events leading up to our death or the death of our loved ones) can become a "way" of growing closer to God and our loved ones, drawing out of us thousands of acts of charity, acts of reconciliation, and an ever greater trust in God's provident actions.

Deep and lively intimacy with Jesus Christ is the purpose of death and all its surrounding events.

Some believe that they can construct - and that society should construct - and that Church should sanction - a different set of realities.

These people will still die, but it won't be a holy and good death.  It will be one of denial and avoidance, filled with either great bitterness or lonely indifference.

Our work is to help them understand a far more beautiful way.


August 17, 2016:
Not even the worst natural disaster since Superstorm Sandy could pry President Obama away from the golf course Wednesday.
With 11 people dead and 40,000 homes damaged by floods in Louisiana, Mr. Obama did speak with Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Craig Fugate Wednesday from his vacation spot in Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts.
The White House said Mr. Fugate “briefed the president on the resources that have been provided to support the response and recovery.” Mr. Obama directed FEMA to use “all resources available” to help in the recovery.
But there were no changes in travel plans announced for the president, who is scheduled to stay on the island until Sunday.
Instead, Mr. Obama headed out later Wednesday to play more golf, his eighth round on the links since arriving on the island on Aug. 6.


The voting public doesn't need to be "equipped" to understand that any tax breaks to a private entity come out of their pockets, and lead to either increased taxes or cuts to public services they're already paying taxes to receive.

That may not be your "larger picture", but it's the one that those of us not in the "developer" class see clearly and understand.


So, let us begin by annoiting you the King of all who feel victimized and "abused".  In your kingdom there is no right or wrong, laws are bypassed and any penalty translates to the abuser claiming poor me. This kingdom is surely magical in a twisted way. Choose a risky behavior, cry about being a victim of your own foolish choice. Really?

In the real world, every family and individual who did  NOT follow the rules are not privy to the same  life as those that DID follow the rules. This is the core principle of fairness and acceptable social behavior - based on choices have consequences-taught to children to learn how the World works.   If you personally don't understand nor grasp this universally shared value of not breeding pathology, read, "Lord Of The Flies" which illustrates how pathological thought and behavior escalates when these principles not yet ingrained in children.

Illegal aliens came as adults or with adults and must accept the consequence of their free choice.


First O'Leary has to win the Conservative leadership, and then he either has to run or find someone to give up their seat, and then he has to win the election. At this juncture he is zero threat and yet the left are all up in arms over his announcement. If the is as bad as some indicate, then the left should be celebrating and hoping that he wins, because he should pose no challenge to Trudeau.


We manage parks for people across the entire state. That's what I mean by taking a system-level view. We're not cutting trees down -- they have fallen in storms on their own, and that could continue -- but what we're doing is facing facts. Some parks have a lifecycle. They're born, serve, and then decline, and eventually end. It doesn't happen often, and it's affected by many external factors: character of the property, level of use, funding, and other things. All parks have costs, even if they aren't functioning as originally intended, and as hard as it can be to admit, we do have to decide whether we keep a piece of property for an eternity even if it's not really working very well anymore. In this case, we decided to try and sell rather than allow it to continue to decline (yes, "try" ... this may not work). As far as people who need a piece of pavement to park for a short time, Junction City is 5 miles south, Monroe is 3.5 miles north, and Corvallis is another 16 miles past that.


Try as I might I simply can't recall , 'The IMF Party', being on the Ballot in
the last election.


Illegal aliens.


Outsider:  Actually, I understand your position.  I'm quite familiar with the concept of "cognitive dissonance"..the discomfort of have two conflicting bits of information in your mind".  When presented with CD., we seek to resolve the dissonance.  IMO, as you read  information (regardless of how documented) which conflicts with your ideas, you must either change your ideas or dismiss the information.  You choose to NOT change your views or ideas and, instead, to dismiss the information conflicting with those views.  Therefore the source of that information must be denigrated:  the "leftist media"...the purveyor of distortions and "fake news," the "leftist slant" and the dozens of other epithets your hurl at the media.

You state:  " I wish for the welfare of all people, perhaps more than you."  Breaking news, sir, It's possible for two individuals to have very different views on issues and both be decent people; concerned with the welfare of others. please spare me the insults GCrum


So anything not favoring a Toyota product is a lemon or junk. Nice to know ill informed people still exist in the world.


Medicare is more than what you are limiting it to.

It is also a Universal Single Payer Health Care System, and as such, it does provide health care with a 2% administrative overhead.

Private insurance provides health care with a 35% administrative overhead.

we must stop over paying for private health insurance overhead.

We must also repeal Medicare Part D, so that we can drop the price of prescription medicine by at least 50%.

Standardizing all medical fees in a simple, transparent billing system will further lower costs and make fraud much harder to hide.

this lowers the cost of health care, which lowers the cost of business.  it is both an economic stimulus of massive size, and it saves lives.

www.fixithealthcare.com
www.pnhp.org
https://www.counterpunch.org/2017/07/14/the-cost-of-not-having-single-payer-1-4-trillion-per-year/


With Mr. Cramer's mural, which I admit is pretty impressive, it seems like there also may be an issue with it being created (in 1989) before the effective date of VARA (1991). One part of VARA says a work "incorporated in or made part of a building in such a way that removing the work from the building will cause the destruction, distortion, mutilation, or other modification of the work" does not have the core VARA protections if the artist "consented to the installation of the work in the building" before the effective date of the Act. See 17 United States Code Section 113(d)(1) (https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/113).


1. The Michelson-Morely experiment was to measure aether, not earth's movement. It "failed" because there is no aether, not because the earth doesn't move.
2. Airy was also looking for a fictitious aether.
3. Sagnac was another victim of the "aether."

It's pretty clear you've never taken a physics class in your life and know nothing of relativity. I suggest you read some books on the subject. It will help you recognize bunk.


I'm concerned about an authoritarian force in our society, for sure (but it's not "the media" at the top of my list right now) ...


In 1990, President George H. W. Bush signed the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (NAHA), which furthered the use of HOME funds for rental assistance. In his address upon its passage, Bush said, "Although the Federal Government currently serves about 4.3 million low-income families, there are about 4 million additional families, most of them very low income, whose housing needs have not been met. We should not divert assistance from those who need it most." But yeah, it's totally a liberal myth!  Ignorance at it's finest.  I can see why Rs think higher education causes "liberals."


Mr. Justin Trudeau You are a financial   disaster with OUR tax dollars the grand standing in in the UN and other foreign countries has don zero for the our hard working Canadians now you pile another major carbon tax  on us and will be paid mainly by the middle class (remember the Liberals will help the middle class) is like
PM Chretien the GST will be cone no more
   You the apprentice and your party is reckless with the Canadian economy the approval of the TM pipeline was just a political statement and it will not be build and you know this too much opposition from the lower mainland eco terrorist
 Buying carbon credits from other countries wake up Canada won’t have the money (printing)


All taken together, I have to agree with our President.  Thank you sir.


If politics follow religion, Mr TRump's behavior exposes a religion of total self-idolatry.
What does that say about the state of religion in America?


Well what do you expect, when the assessed value of almost every block of land  is based on how many condos can be built on it. The conversion of gas stations to condos is apropos considering Vancouver's desire to get people out of their cars and on transit anyways.


DT:  Fun fact:  What does your comment have to do with this article?


Emily has been steadfast on all the issues from the beginning of the primary.  Skov has just been too been vague and wishy-washy.  I never heard anybody say so much, yet mean so little.


aa poor lefty cant stand the good work trump is doing as obama's bs comes to an end!


So much for no Spam with the new comment system.


Losing over 4 billion from the economy and we only lose 6% of jobs?  I don't believe that.  In 1986 we had a population around 450,000.  There are now fewer jobs in oil, fishing, mining and logging than 1985.  There are more jobs in tourism, but few of those can support households. What has expanded over the last 30+ years to support another 180,000 people in this state?  Government, unfortunately is the answer. Get rid of the pfd and cut state subsidy programs 20% and we would lose well over 100,000 people.  The fact is losing over 4 billion of false economy will cause a depression, no matter what is done.  Cut the state budget, things like all grant and aid, all revenue sharing, energy equalization along w/giving state employees $2500 a year for them to buy their own health insurance plan.

Alaska the welfare  state is over.  We have to pay for our own gvt finally.  Cut the budget accordingly.  There should never be a sales or income tax if the pfd exists.


I worked with Dan during his 18 years with Alaska Housing.  He always did what was best for the corporation as well as the employees.  He took time to greet me by name every time we passed in the hallways and he truly cared about how I was doing.  He was a loving and caring individual that I am very proud to say I worked for.   Prayers to his family and friends, he will be greatly missed.  XXOO


STOP IT. IF you felt the need to ASK, you already KNEW! Listen, I'm 63, I was married to the same man for 33  years and HE decided to talk to an old girl friend "privately" which made me VERY uncomfortable and I over heard  one of those conversations where he referred to her as Darlin. Oh no. Not doing that. I put my foot down. Don't do this anymore! You are asking for trouble and the ruination of your wonderful marriage! STOP IT!


Start working at home with Google! It’s by-far the best job I’ve had. Last Wednesday I got a brand new BMW since getting a check for $6474 this – 4 weeks past. I began this 8-months ago and immediately was bringing home at least $77 per hour. I work through this link, go to tech tab for work detail.
+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+ http://www.jobs.factoryofincome.com


Lisa, I hear you! There much to the Desmond Doss story that can be gleaned from the documentary available on Youtube - The documentary focus is on the Desmond Doss, his faith, the person... his family, the people he served with and the people he saved. Yes you can tell the story without yuck. I believe the story is actually better told in this instance because it celebrates faith with nonviolence as a fruit of his faith. Ok... spoiler alert... the family had a copy of the 10 Commandments on the wall. Wee lad Desmond learning to read on the commandments etches --- Thou shalt not kill in his heart. The rest of his life is about him staying obedient to the Commandments and not putting anyone ahead of the Lord.... yeah, its ok to do the documentary. No flash back footage at all. Its the guys that he served with telling how hard they made it for him and -- how his faith changed them... even today.


Take some of this money and divert it to Mercy Ships...

<p>www.mercyships.org


Hey, Mr. Mason, WHAT TOOK YOU SO LONG?

It was not many years ago Mr. Mason was busy shining a spotlight on racism, racism, racism as the key feature to cover on high home prices.

And so, not many years ago, he drew to readers' attention that, in Vancouver, "the monster-house squabble has often been fueled by jealousy and RACISM".

And, not many years ago, he gave voice to the concerned real estate agent who was welcoming the waves of money, arriving from China, by quoting the agent talking about conversations with Vancouverites: “I got a lot of, you know, how are my children ever going to be able to afford a home, here was an undercurrent of RACISM in A LOT of them."

And, BACK THEN, this was Mr. Mason on rich foreigners buying homes "for their kids to stay in while they attended school here... To which I say: WHAT IS THE PROBLEM?".

What is the PROBLEM? Well, you FINALLY pointed at it today! OVERSEAS MONEY flooding in and pricing out local workers!

WHAT TOOK YOU SO LONG?!?


You seem to be implying that African-Americans are not rational, civilized people who understand the concepts of free speech and rule of law. If so, don't be coy. Spit it out.

By the way, the Jewish Defense League seems to have not gotten the memo about how they're supposed to eschew violence. I'm sure they'd welcome some guidance on the matter.


Alceste,

When she placed the charges she was considered as the victim of the crime, that's why its fine to call her that.  Nobody knew at the outset what the eventual verdict would be.

And he's not arguing that victims should get to call the shots, just that they need to be treated with more respect and to be involved more in the court system in decisions that impact them.

If the court system is not seen as fair, its going to cause a lot of trouble in the long run.


Shucks, winner outbid me by 1-cent.  Gotta try again next year...


This seems kind of arbitrary.

Doctors living in different parts of the province have different expenses. A doctor in Toronto or Ottawa has much higher rental and office expenses than a doctor in a rural community so why the cut off.

The liberals are trying to punish the doctors who don't vote for them and buy pizzas for the teachers who do.


"SeniorDriving.AAA.com/SmartFeatures"

Kinda useless. I came up with just about every car on the list.


You just love playing the victim card.
Responsible gun owners will report lost/stolen guns so that they can be traced.
Responsible gun owners report lost/stolen guns to authorities soon enough that they do not become suspects when their guns tune up at crime scenes.
Irresponsible gun owners hide the fact that they have had guns go lost/stolen because they are probably in violation of some law or regulation.
Your dance and dodge indicates that you are not a responsible gun owner.


I don't get the "appears to show" part. He's not identifiable from the video, apparently. Why did he quit?


'
yeah, no,

….only a small minority percentage of Americans voted for Trump.
.


The break even point is $1,560,000 in gross revenue. If you gross more than that, you pay slightly more. If you gross less, you pay less tax.


If the "livestream media boycotts, the alt-right media wins.


it may save some lives but it could ruin others as well, where you do draw the line?  anyone with reasonable intelligence knows that there are always two sides to any argument and sometimes more; to make a misguided conclusion using just one side of the argument is not sensible.


You have no clue what you're talking about. He didn't break the law, so why the fuss? Obizzle's cabinet appointees? Another story... Guess you forgot about those tax cheats.


MIGHT ALSO LOOK AT MRG.UN, 69% SOUTH OF THE MASON-DIXON LINE.


Seasonal sales tax.  Especially on lodging, rental cars, tourist excursions, etc.


Is this seriously a problem needing to be addressed? Are sex offenders just waltzing into schools like it’s the Country Buffet? Schools already feel like prisons with security doors, electronic remote locks, high fences.  Now having your papers checked at the door...🙄


And that's the point that needed to be made!


I'm done here.  It seems to me I don't want or need "peer review", don't like "peer" reviewing others comments, and I don't have the ability to block the Kathleen Kearon comments like I used to have.  Asta la pasta.  Peace.


Trump...lying? And his cult believes him?

I'm shocked, I say. Shocked!


"We’re talking about a single-payer universal system that would cover every resident of his state, regardless of the condition of his or her health, and with no insurance companies jockeying for profits in the mix.  Such a simple system is the one used by all the Scandinavian countries.

"If Maryland and other states adopted it, they would be delivering at the state level what most developed nations already provide for their citizens.  Isn’t it worth a try?

"American politicians who refuse to learn lessons from Scandinavia usually dismiss those countries as too “small” to be relevant to America’s exceptionally grand experience.

"And they do have a point: it’s surely easier to implement a big plan on a smaller scale.

"If that’s true, however, then applying 'Medicare for All' at the state level should be easier.

"And of all the US states, only eight have a population greater than that of Scandinavia’s biggest country, Sweden (nine million), while 30 states have fewer residents.


@ MichaelG
Deflect you say..we're talking about LIARS..you folks talking about tapes...I'm talking about OBAMAcare ...the WORST piece of ...law that is in a death spiral. YUUUUGE diff..get it yet?


Mr Bindner - agree.....he has also used some of the links posted here in his usual, daily follow up posting interesting articles, links, etc.


I would "do" Bam from Alaskan Bush People in a heart beat!!


Actually, Clinton got the most votes.  Only our antiquated electoral system that was originally designed to preserve slavery got Trump in.


David Wilson was on the City Counsel for the last two years of my time as Mayor. Good man, thoughtful and articulate. Met him when I first campaigned, at his door on a Sunday afternoon in '08. I do wish him all the best.


60 Lyrica capsules -a one month supply

$160.00

TODAY, AFTER MEDICARE D INSURANCE .

IT'S A BLATANT RIPOFF


Cat:
Well once again, you lose your bet----do you ever actually look for factual information before you make a comment? One would think that if you really wanted to make a convincing argument, you would at the very least have the facts on your side instead of always finding out what you posted was incorrect. That should be a simple concept to understand.
BMO closing prices for July 2007 by day:
03---$69.49
05---$69.29
06---$69.00
07---$69.37
10---$69.10
11---$68.72
12---$69.32
13---$69.55
16---$69.15
17---$69.87
18---$70.00
19---$70.14
20---$70.15
23---$69.90
24---$68.81
25---$69,25
26---$67.85
27---$67.73
30---$67.09
31---$66.59

As Rick S. said, these are facts not your fantasy.

I am more than willing to bet you that BMO is not $80 or less by the time July 2017 rolls around.

Are you?

I'll even let you pick the dollar amount of the bet but it has to be worthwhile.

So far it's been all talk but nothing to back up that talk.

SFI


This is not a "gold rush." It is a single, very expensive-to-finance development project to extract ore from an existing mine on private property and transport the ore to a proposed mill in lower Willow so the mineral(s) can be separated.


Thank you troopers job well done.


The battle of the cellar dwellers. At least we won this as NCAA rules will not allow for a tie.


Take that Anna MacKinnon! It does not make economic sense for the state to invest in a road to benefit a private corporation!


Iditarod veterinarians can get high legally. They're not banned from taking drugs. And, the Iditarod doesn't drug test their veterinarians. Learn more: http://helpsleddogs.org/the-harsh-reality/poor-veterinary-care/


They simply want to export cash and raw materials. The raw materials will be used back home to increaae profits on manufacturing. Of course the one thing Trudeau supporters don't realize is that any increased manufacturing we give or lose to China will produce a Carbon footprint far exceeding our own. In essence this Justin lead free trade initiative will increase carbon production world wide and will give a strong message this government will turn a blind eye to human rights. He is selling us out on his two main initiatives. ..... the environment and human rights.  He is the worst sort of hypocrite.


There are a lot of "slow" boys should they be disqualified from participating in team sports because they are?   In Homer we have a young lady who is famous for making and being on the Olympic rowing team. I was proud of her as she was in high school the same time as my daughter. In high school sports no one could beat her, male or female. Do we need to be so rigid and stereotype anyone including those children in this state who play team sports? TEAM means working together with all the players strengths and weakness's leading to a victory or being able to handle defeat graciously. It is not about all the players being of equal skills and abilities.  Playing on a team is about building skills for their future that our children need for getting along and working with all kinds of people.


Why not chuck the "Stuck-Fast-Ferry" in there as fill?


The road to hell is paved with good intentions.


I’m grateful to the WHIDBEY NEWS-TIMES providing coverage of my study, and would like to add some further commentary on the article and the comments.

With respect to the article:
* I didn’t contact Mike Welding about the benefits of the Naval Air Station Whidbey Island (NASWI) because his information is, as he notes, “well known.”  It’s also obsolete.  The 2004 study he cites attributing 85% of Whidbey Island’s economy to the military was probably wrong in 2004, but it’s certainly wrong today.  The Navy is responsible for 20% of the jobs on the Island, not 85%.
* I also give these studies their due in my report.  What’s odd about these studies, however, is that they focused 100% on benefits of the NASWI and did no analysis whatsoever of the costs.  A cost-benefit analysis without the “cost” side of the picture misinforms public policy—and that was what my study sought to remedy.
-MORE-


An inditement on the current ANC Leadership with few exceptions!


All those folks had ample warning, time after time, that they must evacuate the Keys before the storm hit.  Yet they were stubborn and stayed.  Now they are complaining about service while first responders are trying to open roads. No sympathy whatsoever for your stupidity.  Let the rotting bodies be discovered one by one as a reminder.


Yeah that's the part that is tricky good point - plus pitching gets depleted somewhat for the prevailing WC -


You know perfectly well that that is not what I am telling you. You are attributing words and statements to me which I never wrote. That is unworthy of you.
The basic form of the Mass is described in the Gospel accounts of the Last Supper and in St Paul's First Epistle to the  Corinthians. I also gave you Justin Martyr's account of the Mass in the Second Century AD. The same basic structure is found in the Mass today as existed in apostolic and post-apostolic times: taking bread and wine, giving thanks, blessing/consecrating the elements, anamnesis and communion/eating and drinking the Body and Blood of Our Lord.
You say Modern Catholic scholarship as though all modern Catholic scholars supported the Protestant "once and for all time" 'tenet'. I bet if you named them they would be no more than a handful of progressives and/or dissidents as well.
You need not take "Rome's" word for anything if you don't wish to, orthodox Catholics most certainly do.


Why did you choose to mock the name of the writer? That seems not so mature of you, or maybe you just made a mistake.

Was that an assumption that all who are residing in the country without legal status are also burglars or murderers? Those were pretty closely linked in your comment.

And, why would it be so bad if Mr. Suchman did comfort the child of someone who had committed a crime? Are you suggesting that the child of someone who commits crime does not deserve kindness and compassion in school?

Finally, I'm not entirely sure how someone looks "Mexican as opposed to Peruvian or Costa Rican", as you've asked,  but since Mr. Suchman was quoting a student, who is Mexican American, it seems plausible that the student was asking about someone who looks like himself. And it's no secret that there has been plenty of animosity directed at people of Mexican descent lately.  Including your comment.


No.   -  Knowledge evolves and accumulates, of course.  -  Speaking of trust, you are making the assumption that marijuana consumers are not trustworthy.  -  That is a wholly baseless and bigoted assumption.

SAMHSA research determined more than 100 million Americans have consumed marijuana. That's near HALF the of-age population. There are an estimated 30 to 50 million current consumers. The vast majority consume moderately - on the weekends or less, and are successful, hard-working, respected members of their communities.  They are from all walks of life and loved by the families they support.

Since we now know marijuana is less "addictive" than coffee, is not a significant cause of auto accidents, does not fuel violence like alcohol, and is far less harmful than alcohol, this is no surprise.

Every person who switches from Budweiser to buds improves their health tremendously - as well as the lives of their family and community.


If their operating cost is $1 million, and they take in $1.2 million, they have profit of $200K. Write off my $200K surgery bill, aka charity of the poor and they're back to not for profit....whereas a for profit company like McKenzie Willamette writes it off for the same reason Walmart gives to charity and deducts it.


I'm white so there's no soup or Cadillac for me
I'm gonna sue the feds for 1 billion bucks I think.
Yup having to pay for winning the war against the natives 200 years ago is triggering me and giving me PTSD.
Also, I visited Ottawa last week and realized after an eagle &hit on me an told me I owned it that I really did own it after working 40 years and paying 50% of y salary to some douche who spent it on Cadillac for natives programs

I want it Ottawa back

My god
The only losers not on the take are the stupid taxpayers.
I guess the "WE OWN NEWFOUNDLAND BS IS NOT FAR BEHIND"


This has been exhaustively investigated. There is no evidence that Clinton was at fault or could have saved anyone. You already know that, though. Paranto is making his living selling this story and perhaps he believes it.


In other words you want a weak, sick, confused by progressive's nation with no borders, language and culture! or morals.  Thanks goose stepper!


Interesting how WP states it is holding back details to protect assets but is sharing code level intelligence which in and of itself puts assets at risk for the purpose of slandering Trump. Calls to question their intent. Especially if Trump made an egregious error in judgement.


I've used solar PV since 1990 and am typing this message with solar generated electricity.  It's great but it's not going to replace digging up a hundred million years of stored energy.  We are all going to have to learn to live differently whether we want to or not, which is far more important than modest improvements in energy efficiency that are ignored by most of the society anyway.  (How many buildings are built in Eugene with passive solar design -- almost none.)

If the resources have been extracted, more demand does not make them magically appear.

The Saudi government, like other "one crop" countries, has been badly damaged by the drop in oil prices that have wrecked their governmental budgets.  They're torn between wanting low prices to diminish drilling for expensive oil but wanting the revenue from selling their cheaper oil at high prices to fund their society.  Meanwhile, they produce almost no food, which is not good in the long run.


As a professional editor and writer I get annoyed at the typos in ADN. Today they overdid themselves. In the above article they refer to Trump as "the Republican president" rather than the Republican presidential candidate. Please try to do a better job.


Great article on a critical subject. Equally important is  the blatant discrimination at our DOE of visually impaired staff and students, as well as the hearing impaired.


No, Trump is an excuse to get out of it. It was part of the 'Canada is Back' PR campaign.
It made no sense from a tactical, logistical or any other point of view other than political.
Canada got the favorable press for it and then dragged it out so long that no one notices that is never happens.  This is done all the time.


Will ADN run the story of Hillarys poor health?? I want her medical records released to see if she's physically able to become president. We already know she's morally and legally corrupt. Let's see the records


The problem with so-called science is that it is corrupted by politics.  Any high school freshman should be able to understand that science is never "settled."  Not with climate change and not with the scientists who believed that the size of the universe was static until that theory was replaced with the big bang theory. Science is a continuous, changing quest for knowledge based on observation and inquiry.  But common sense tells me it is pretty darn likely that putting countless tons of poison in the atmosphere can't be good for the planet or those of us who inhabit it.  I do not know why this is a political issue.  Shed your alt-right/ctrl-left bias and realize we do not actually know for certain what we are doing to the planet.  That alone should prompt us to be careful about it.  But I'm no scientist.


There is no doubt that Mikey has been up to some dirty shenanigans.  To wit: Mikey was involved in lobbying to send a U.S. resident to face torture and death in Turkey while working as an undisclosed agent of the Turkish government.  Given the ongoing scandal hurricane unleashed by Trumpty Dumpty, this story has received very little attention.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/25/politics/james-woolsey-mike-flynn-cnntv/


Credible allegations have surfaced and even Republicans leadership agrees this needs to be looked into. If the Trump administration had any political know-how they would embrace an open bi-partisan look into the allegations that Russia influenced our elections. If they have nothing to hide then there is nothing to worry about and they can spin it to their advantage.


If used properly, OxyContin is a great drug...  I hear gun users say the same thing...  The gun doesn’t kill people, it’s the person using the gun that is responsible...  So in this care, it’s people that abuse the drug, not the drug maker...


Yes, there is historical evidence. The fewer people who vote, the more likely the Republicans are to win, especially when those denied are the disenfranchised (poor, Latino, Black,....)


I was not comparing the Orthodox Rites with the Tridentine Rite. The point I am making is that the Byzantine Rite is virtually unreformed. The Roman Rite also over the centuries has gradually evolved and has occasionally been tweaked rather than reformed.
After the second Vatican Council the Roman liturgy, the Mass and the Divine Office underwent a totally radical reform.


Seems like we agree that handouts are a problem, not an answer.


Exactly right Lynn only your reasons why don't go nearly far enough and take Hillary Clintons status as a serial killer and treasonous racist demon who has failed at very job she was ever given. She is a liar and a hypocrite and the most corrupt person in politics anywhere in the world today


Not at all, if in fact it were "abuse."


Uh...Soviet?  There is no Soviet anymore right?  He means Russian, right?


The reality is that 90 days isn't enough time to work on a $4Billion budget gap.  I would rather they do it right than do it fast


Don't be a misogynist bully by picking on a females looks!


Before asking for more money, collect what is owed in audits from the oil companies, sell the $12 million building they bought in Anchorage, take away per diem unless they travel OUT of Juneau since that is their job location and should not be paid extra for going to work each day, cut gov't more, no gas pipeline money.  When they do all that, talk to the people again.  The people cannot afford the gov't as it is now.


You know what? Unborn babies are as human as anyone else except for a technicality...they are in the inside of their mother's body. KILLING them (which seems a lot more extreme than mere deportation) would be cruel, no?

Please liberals, explain to me how you reconcile your DACA justification as stated above and yet still believe in abortion. Aborted babies - at one point - also represented an economic force that is especially needed because baby boomers are retiring blah blah blah. But we're cool with eliminating those humans and good with keeping others. I don't get it. Sorry.


The basic logic is that you have already paid taxes on that money, I.E. Income. Therefore taxing what you earn on your own after tax money is considered a double dip.


Reducing immigration is what will allow for increasing tax revenues to government, while at the same time decreasing tax rates.


It starts from the top down and is pervasive, but it is often seeming "little" things at the bottom of the chain that shed light on the pervasiveness of system-wide corruption.  This is why the work Civil Beat does is so valuable and why ThirdRock suggested that Nick "watch his six."  Investigative reporting requires not only a well-developed sense of what is right and what is wrong, but the intestinal fortitude to challenge the system.  Kudos to CB!