This, the group, is NOT hate ->
 "Among those assaulted was Joey Gibson, the leader of the Patriot Prayer group...Gibson has denounced racism ...After the anarchists spotted Gibson at the Berkeley park, they pepper-sprayed him and chased him out as he backed away with his hands held in the air. Gibson rushed behind a line of police wearing riot gear, who set off a smoke bomb to drive away the anarchists." [Bullets make a bigger impact-]

But this, from the same news report IS! ->
 "Separately, groups of hooded, black-clad protesters attacked at least four other men in or near the park, kicking and punching them until the assaults were stopped by police. The assaults were witnessed by an Associated Press reporter..." http://www.denverpost.com/2017/08/27/anarchists-storm-berkeley-protest/

The great news is this though- "Trump prepares to lift [Obama's] limits on military gear for police"

** God Bless our law enforcement and Godspeed and blessings Mr. President. Real weapons again!


Kim is obese? Have you seen your Dear Leader in his tennis whites?


"I am very sorry for this woman who should have been granted amnesty years ago."

You when amnesty like this:

In 1986 Senator Kennedy said, ‘This amnesty will give citizenship to only 1.1 to 1.3 million illegal aliens.  We will secure the borders henceforth.  We will never again bring forward another amnesty bill like this.’

Of course Ted Kennedy, like all progressives/liberals was lying. As for the rest of your drivel, I clean my own toilets. Why don't you try illegally moving to Mexico and see how "humanely" they treat you!


That all she knows, it's what she does.


They can't raid the principle because this is not general funds it's permanent funds.

Please do some research before commenting so you don't make yourself sound completely ignorant on the subject.

The reason it is called a permanent fund is because the principle cannot be touched which is why certain political movements have shifted money into the principle where it can no longer be used as a revenue for spending.

The saying that we will be without a AK permanent fund in 4yrs is a lie; it's likelier that we would be without a dividend check for a few years because the earnings would be used up on services.


It might have looked less hypocritical if the Harper Government had shown even a fraction of that interest  in the families of  injured vets, instead he cut back on their  benefits withheld funds and closed offices No calls to the windows in those days. . i fact they were more likely to get the back of his hand.

http://ipolitics.ca/2014/11/11/unfriendly-fire-the-casualty-of-war-ottawa-would-rather-forget/

https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2015/08/19/Conservative-Attacks-Canadian-Veterans/

However a soldier who did support vets especially those with PTSD does approve the settlement, General Romeo Dallaire
.
Also Scott Taylor from Esprit de Corps"

http://espritdecorps.ca/on-target-4/on-target-khadr-was-a-victim-not-a-terrorist
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What concerns Republicans most about the Green agenda is the social engineering/manipulation.  The Bullitt Center touts the ability of the smart building to monitor and report on the energy usage of each individual user.  Imagine that scenario at a hotel.  At checkout.  When you are presented with your bill.  With extra service fees for energy overuses. By whose definition is the appropriate hot water, temperature, or TV usage for a per night stay?  But I guess its just that old black magic of a false dichotomy again.


In rare unity, hospitals, doctors and insurers criticize health bill ... "This bill will no longer force Americans to pay exorbitant amounts for health care costs.  We DO NOT like that because we might make less money.  Not a good bill.  No, no, no!"


Clinton campaign spokesman Glen Caplin said. "We are not going to confirm the authenticity of stolen documents released by Julian Assange, who has made no secret of his desire to damage Hillary Clinton." My point is Assange doesn't play favorites, which this guy Caplin implies.


Rip Gabe an keep on logging we are going to miss you very much there ppl in this world I wish I could have met an ur one of the strong at heart an strong at work u where hard on ur guys but to me that's y regard was king of the mountains for meany years an my prayers go out to ur family an friends from vero beach fl


Having worked in the aquarium industry I personally experienced an internal progression from "yay we're keeping dolphins in tanks where I can play with them" to "wow I agree with activists this is just wrong, I can't do this."

I agree that more press coverage is needed. The rapid turnover of executives I guess is them quickly seeing there was no way to be successful.  Who wants to sign up to be captain of a sinking ship?

On my last visit to the zoo, my niece and I were terrorized by a duck flying into a monkey enclosure initiating a violent and relentless hunt by the monkeys to try and catch and kill the duck; the majestic tiger was completely bored out of his mind and doing very sad repetitive  behaviors common in caged animals.  I didn't leave with a lot of enthusiasm to return soon.

The city needs to really survey the population and decide if a zoo is the best public use of this spectacular parcel.


"Why have one if you are not going to take it to the limit?"

I'll answer that as a landowner:  ruts!  If anybody puts a rut in my property he/she has to fill it in by hand before leaving said property.

Most conclude it's more fun to hoon in a golf cart, leaving little by way of tracks, than to tear up the turf with a 4X4, occasioning much labour.


Yes, health care is a provincial responsibility but funding it has been a joint responsibility since the implementation of universal medicare under the Canada Health Act.  Further to this point, equalization payments are a federal constitutional responsibility to ensure more or less equivalent services across the various jurisdictions.

I hope both levels of government understand that which ever of them provides funding they are spending our money...not theirs.


I did not say your beliefs are silly, only that your analogy logically would require you to admit that for the analogy to work. Your other options are to abandon the analogy or show me where my logic fails.

Citing empiracle evidence suggests you are attempting to use scientific method to determine factually whether God exists or not. Science is good at examining the physical universe, but useless at examining that which is conceptually outside the physical universe. How is that logical?

On the other hand, over 500 people witnessed Jesus alive during the 40 days after he was killed, a few wrote about it, at least one of whom was an eye witness to all of those events, the writings were widely circulated and spoken of contemporaneously so those who were written about could have refuted it, but none did. We accept eyewitness testimony all the time to determine the truth of things we ourselves have not seen (including in science), and billions have agreed and believed. How is that silly?


If we ignore that corporations have some ability to control employee behavior during office hours, and just assume that the NFL players have a right to political statements even during their paid hours, then Trump's message to his base that they have political power by not buying tickets to an NFL game, or otherwise paying for a game in ESPN is also a valid political statement.

It is basically a potus asking his supporters to boycott NFL games until they make a decision on whether to allow politics during paid hours.   Is it divisive?  Sure it is.

It is valid to discuss  if the flag  is or is not sacred and whether people can exercise political and economic power by withholding their purchasing.   Some people are just angry that Trump is pointing out that his groups of supporters also can organize the same boycotts of NFL teams.

The actual impact in coastal towns where very few voted for trump is at best 10% lower revenue.  In Trump states, it could be 50% of revenue.


Blue Jays fans, it is time to sit back and relax and enjoy the game.  No more swearing at the TV screen. They needed to win this series.  They tied it.  They need to win about 70% of their remaining games.  It is not going to happen.  The death knell was the 19-1 loss against the Asros.  Their play has been sloppy and they present as not enjoying the game.  The post game commentators stated that the Jays will be a selling team and the pitchers are going to be on the market.  It will be a completely different team next season.  The dreaded re-build phase.


Yes this petty.  And yes this undermines the will of the people.  But that doesn't make it "not regulation".  Perhaps we can agree that it is "bad regulation".  But it is regulation nonetheless. Just remember that regulation is done by politicians and bureaucrats.  And now they are just doing what they always do.  They use up valuable time and engage in the inevitable free exercise of stupidity (that's the part you're seeing now).  I'm just surprised that so many who voted for this are surprised by it.  It's fascinating to me and ironic. Be wary of anyone who says, "I"m from the government, I'm here to help." By the way, I also voted for this.  But I'm getting exactly what I expected.  A circus.


I grew up in Galt with Dr McLean as my family doctor.
If you knew him you'd understand.


In Canada we do not have a democracy, Regardless of anything else Trudeau has said his "basic dictatorship" is what we do have.


Off we go lads,..
Such brave souls, the crews of the early ships must have been. Full of dreams as they worked the sails and wondered at the power of a steam powered engine, and about the good times they would have when they got back home with saved money, from years aboard a modern well provisioned ship. What could possibly go wrong...


that too, but the lion's share of the good jobs going to seemingly illegals:  H1B Visa program.


I don't always see eye to eye with Joan Chittister (although, more frequently than not)' I do think she was right on the money, when she said that pro-life was much more than pro-birth.


Chops, you make me laugh out loud!


I want to know how this airhead Pelosi was elected as head of house minority.  Her belief that Hillary's crimes are "almost a waste of time" is like saying that no crime perpetrated against the American citizenry beyond 5 minutes ago is worth investigating and prosecuting.  We owe fair elections to ourselves and future generations.   Get your bejeweled head out of the Clinton-infested dirt, Leader Pelosi.


Death is too good for him. Leave him in a jail cell with the biggest, baddest black m.....f!


Unfortunately BC's response to these projects is acting as a bit of a proxy for "Canada".  So foreign investment will flee from all over.  I suppose Trudeau adding layers and layers of red tape to any pipeline approvals or greenfield development has probably been just as big a red flag for foreign investment.  I worry that Canada will be in the "penalty box" regarding foreign investment for some time.  Playing into the hands of the anti-everything eco terrorists I guess.  If I had foreign capital, I would definitely be looking outside Canada as I am sure we are the most development unfriendly Country in the developed world.


Junior is going to get a rough ride from the democrats when HRC is in the White House. His sunny ways and days will be challenged as she is tough as Putin who is placing military surveillance stations in the arctic while Trudeau doesn't object.


So, our choices are another Clinton White House, or Donald Trump---Because the only reason anyone is voting for either, is to keep the other from becoming president:  The manipulative magic of the two-party system.

A lot of money changed hands this election:  Where did it go?  One of the questions the electorate should be asking itself as we head into another election cycle...


It's so sad. This is what makes Alaska so different and they were probably all visitors. I bet they wouldn't have done that if it was a BEAR. But because itwasn't an aggresive  animal it died. Please people that are visiting Alaska respect what we all appreciat and that includes that one little goat. SHAME ON ALL OF YOU. Give out tickets that might help.


somewhat dubious credentials given he was asleep while on the board of SNC...no telling what other things he missed with his other board or managerial responsibilities, but SNC was a big one.


Merely mocking your point. Even when guns have nothing at all to do with anything the anti-gun nuts come out of the wood work. Laughable. Early reports say the perpetrator pulled a fire alarm to lure kids out of class and attacked with a vehicle reminiscent of Nice France, then followed up with a machete. Perhaps we should discuss Truck Control and a ban on "Assault Knives". I suspect given the similarities to the isis inspired attacks in France that this guy's favorite book motivated him to do with this, all we know is he wasn't a white guy in a Make America Great Again hat because they'd have reported that within 3 minutes of the attack, time will tell


Do you really know what the results will be or are you just guessing or repeating what the donkey is saying?


They should've kicked his butt out if they knew that he was still committing crimes, they failed to report crimes to police.


I think you are getting the solid gold toilets mixed up, it is the African leaders of countries that Trudeau sends our Tax money to that have those.....thanks to us.   I really don't care if Trump's behind sits on solid gold....I didn't pay for it.  Whine on buddy, whine on.


Obama hesitated about gay marriage

then realized for votes he had to approve
is his heart there or just being opportunistic

there was NO persecution of gays under Bush, was there ?


Yeah sure, keep blaming the wrong guy... Chicago under Obama. Baltimore under Obama. St. Louis under Obama. New Orleans under Obama. Call it like it is... under Obama, crime in many cities increased, especially murders. 🙄


The COSATU Strike Is Meant To Defend Its White Bosses, Cosatu is against Radical Economic Transformation (RET). That’s why they have anointed the man who called the police to murder the workers of Marikana as the next President of the country.


I'm not, no (beyond the fact that both use our platform, Civil Comments!) I'm a co-founder of Civil Co.


Well, the current Pope is at least more open minded and willing to make his Church to progress a little bit. Which, in the case of the RCC is much more complicated because of it's size and the traditions of ca 2,000 years. But the man appears to be willing to catch up with the times we live in.

Our "Pope" is the opposite, he is trying to make us go backwards. All we can expect now is pure manipulations and votes based on politics. If they are reviving the issue, as it appears to be the case, it will be another chaos triggered by the GC. They don't stop, do they?

In trying to figure it out, I often wonder, "What is this bug that makes so many males so needy to discriminate against women?" I just don't get it!


The railroad existed decades before the road was built.


Trudeau has bungled it again by not legalizing pot soon enough for our poor jobless youth. Liberals like Trudeau and Wynne clearly don't have the brains, background or attitude to encourage meaningful jobs to come to their jurisdictions for young people, in fact, good jobs are leaving Canada in droves thanks to higher taxes, hydro rates and payroll costs, so the pot thingy was the perfect substitute to fluff it all up for the next election.


Everyone knows bank executives always have the best interests' of working and middle class families at heart...


UH Manoa's Richardson Law School is in the top tercile nationwide.  It's also the most diverse and one of the least expensive.  I'm not sure why you thought otherwise.


Fifty national security advisers and experts who served in Republican administrations from Richard Nixon to George W. Bush have come out with a new letter expressing dismay, concern and outright fear about Donald Trump's ability to lead the nation and keep the country safe.

"None of us will vote for Donald Trump," it said although it says later that not voting for Trump did not necessarily mean everyone would be supporting Clinton.

The letter goes on to say that Trump "lacks the character, values and experience to be president," that he "weakens U.S. moral authority," "appears to lack the basic knowledge about and belief in the U.S. Constitution, U.S. laws and U.S. institutions including religious tolerance, freedom of the press, and an independent judiciary."

Trump, the letter accuses has "alarmed" American allies with his "erratic behavior."

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/50-national-security-advisers-say-trump-cannot-be-president


Bruce is unique among jerks and it has NOTHING to do with TABOR. Through this entire process, (if you've followed this joker you'd know), Bruce did nothing that the law required him to do. Instead, 'tough guy' Bruce decided he's a victim. A stance suppposedly abhorrent to conservatives who support Bruce. Now, here's a string of posts by people, who know nothing about this situation, defending Bruce or attacking Bruce based on TABOR because it suits some political position. STOP MAKING NON-POLITICAL THINGS POLITICAL and enabling Bruce, or without good basis attacking Bruce, via TABOR. Bruce made his bed and now gets to lie in it and it has nothing to do with TABOR.


This is one long news story. Are you sure it wasn't written for the Anchorage Press? Or did the Washington Post fire all its copy editors? I admit I didn't read the whole thing. I did read War and Peace though!


I sure hope it works.


The masses need to open up their eyes.  Trump is highlighting for you the crippling diseases within   US governance. The Democrats and their leftist ideology has created a monster which continues to grow four new heads for every head he tries to chop off.  The mess just gets messier...the Democrats have intentionally built that mechanism into the government with zero regard for where it ends up...massive implosion.


You're straying off topic again....try to keep up and stay on topic....I know its difficult for you but if you try you can do it....


The sicko made threats. Sickos that abuse kids are highly manipulative. They have to be to maintain their creepy sicko desires. They know they are sicko and have to be manipulative to get what they want.

Good on the victims of this sicko. They told. No matter how long it took to say it, they said it.


How's your 401K doing?  Mine is doing really great!  Unemployment claims?  The lowest they've been in 44 years.  Isis in Raqqa?  Done!


Maybe Mr Morneau-McCain feels he should chase a new project as he seems to have given up on his;
a) deep dive into real estate or
b) chasing the Barbados tax dollars where former clients of his transfer money outside of Canada tax free.

He is turning our to be completely useless and I wonder if his success in business with the family firms was because he was carried by the rest  of the family?


"Because of the cattle industry’s obstructive efforts, it took six years before a bill aimed at assisting ranchers could become law."

Sounds more like a religion than any objective perception of business realities and livelihood. Or have Oregon ranchers eschewed the special status of receiving subsidies so prominent in other western states?


Bob McDermott holds a rare distinction of being one of the very few politicians in America who's lost an election to someone who was deceased.


Perhaps but at least he doesn't wear camo fatigues and genuflect before an autographed posted of Ted Nugent.


Chaplin, give it up. You admit he built them, to use against our soldiers. Good enough, hang the bastard


Actually, the delegates said no because there wasn't enough money to hire a chaplain.  http://teachingamericanhistory.org/convention/debates/0628-2/


THE GUY CAN HANDLE CAKE , LOOK AT HIS WAISTE
 BEYOND THAT
   A GROPE , A COCKTAIL, 9 HOLES
ITS A DAY


There are free - market economies without democracy.

There are/have been no examples of democracies without a free market.


And Jews help people in Denver.
And I bet even atheists contribute to programs that help people in Denver.
And numerous religions help people all over the world.
Charity. It's not just for Christians!


Lisa has made a great career out of dithering and evading.


"...even as officials within the State Department and National Security Council urge more restraint, according to a current and a former administration official..."   Another sourceless article spawned by Obama Administration holdovers in the State Department or NSA.

At least Trump will not be caught off-mike promising Vladimir his services:

 “On all these issues, but particularly missile defense, this, this can be solved but it's important for him to give me space,” Obama told Medvedev.
“Yeah, I understand. I understand your message about space,” Medvedev replied.
"This is my last election," Obama said. "After my election I have more flexibility."
"I understand. I will transmit this information to Vladimir," Medvedev said, referring to incoming President Vladimir Putin.
http://whitehouse.blogs.cnn.com/2012/03/26/open-mic-catches-obama-asking-russian-president-for-space-on-missile-defense/

After Obama, these "experts" are worried about Trump. What a bad joke.


I think it's strange how so many ignore the elephant in the room that the Pulse shooter was inspired by Islam. To hear the bishops quoted, you'd think the killer was inspired by the Catholic faith.


Andrew,

Exactly.


There's as many Tory tax cheats as there are Liberals.  Or do you have evidence that there's a Liberal monopoly?


He just voted for people to die that have the same condition he has. All republicans are sociopaths.


Keep in mind that most insurance policies pay out a cash payment well below replacement value.


Weekend jail, solitary, no means of communication, might be an encouragement for these SASSA people and the Minister to reflect very deeply.....actually, forget the weekend, from next week until they start to tell the truth!


When Opie came home smelling of pot I did not tell Barney to call the state police up in Charlotte to fetch their drug sniffing hound.  I should not have called Chief Kerns a dork but if his reaction to learning after the fact that his 20 year old is human is to call the cops. - golly as my pal Gomer would say.


North American  indigenous people gave the world  deadly cancer causing tobacco and the plague of syphilis.  All  white man guilt is absolved


WRONG.
The intelligence world as a WHOLE are saying that Russia cracked us, interfered with our elections and most of the intel world says that trump was involved.
THis is a FACT.
What IS a lie, are the far righties that are claiming that the intelligence world is wrong. For example, when trump is claiming that the intelligence world lead us to iraq, he is a liar. W's admin was investigated specifically because cheney, rover,and others lied  and forced the intel world to tell lies to the rest of the world.
Now, trump/GOP are lying AGAIN. Worst yet, the GOP followers are no different than many germans post WWII. SO many of them had to be shown facts and they STILL deny it. U and other GOPs continue to ignore what the intel world is saying.


Regarding the contractor problem, I have a question --- Have you asked your doctor, your grocery clerk, your auto mechanic, your family members, your restaurant server and everyone else you cross paths with their political feelings?  Stop gauging every aspect of who you interact with based on politics and start based on job satisfaction and good service. Lots of nice people didn't vote like you did.


This is another: don't bother to read the article, but say something negative post.


Never has "More Money" ever helped the ever worsening Alaskan students improve on national testing.


One wonders if the station will be placed in an area compatible under AICUZ... hey listen, I'm not trolling, I got a legit concern here.


I prefer eating reef fish to ahi. Shoreline fisher people like me have a far greater impact on fish and shellfish life than aquarium collectors. My guess is that oxybenzone has a far greater impact on reef life than the collectors. I would guess that the recreational and tourist boat industries are far more distructive of ocean life that aquarium fishers.

So rather than bully a small identifiable group no matter how disagreeable their practices, let's step back and control all us culprits.


Do some research. That report was based on stats compiled by a Muslim organization in Canada. They have a site where Muslims can just click to report they've been discriminated against. Hardly a reliable barometer of Islamophobia. Canada doesn't do nearly as many studies as the US as we don't have a highly developed victim/lawyer industry they way you do in the states. We also don't include the value of lawsuits in GDP stats. Did you see the report on the treatment of blacks in the US? Debunks the US.


Great job making it OK to crap in the street. Saw some bum pee on larimer square at noon 1/2 block from a porta potty. Thanks Handcock,  let's decriminalize beatings for people shooting dope in plain sight. (Nevermind, just public urination/defecating cause cherry creek smells better now)


Except for the comment about Nixon and the Bushes, Work Farce's comment is actually surprisingly accurate.
.
Nixon was not a fascist, although he was sufficiently dislikeable to be called many unpleasant things.
.
GHW Bush was absolutely not a fascist.  On the contrary, he has a distinguished record of WWII service where he put his life on the line in very dangerous circumstances in the service of his country defending democracy.  To call him a fascist is to do a disservice to an under-rated president.
.
GW Bush may have been a tool of the oil companies, but fell a long way short of being a fascist.  On that ground, there were others in his administration who might more fairly be criticised.


Will Ed get a consolation lake house like Crazy Bernie did?


Trump cares more about the next  apprentice host.


By your measure ,I would have to argue,  there is not a single person in world qualified to be President.
Certainly no politicians.  Sour grapes is what it is.  If you are incapable of distinguishing between braggadocio and maybe a bit of knife twisting to delicate, perfected souls such as yourself, and the kind of lying where people in power answer direct questions on their actions falsely as a matter of self preservation  your soul is lost.


OMG. This is hack journalism though. It's a hit piece. It's not neutral. This is Gawker material.


It is worse than just that, it's to help Chinese currency take over Canada as many MLA's in BC pitched via the Asia Pacific Foundation in 2014 and stated they will lobby federal government for it.


All I want to know is where the hell is the good pot that WW raves about?  Once again, I just payed way too much  for CRAP dispensary pot that is too weak, effects don't last long enough,  and requires using MORE AND MORE   pot to get the acceptable effects (i.e. loaded) .   I have sampled several Portland dispensaries and have come to the unfortunate conclusion that dispensary pot is overall pretty bad.  And why the hell are ANY OF US allowing the clueless bureaucrats that "run" the state's pot department to ADD a 25% tax?  Yeah right, like that is going to be "temporary"!


The woman always has the choice to abort. No one can force a woman to become a mother. Other than the rare case of rape the basis for requiring abortion be legal is that it isn't seen as reasonable to require a woman to give up sex unless she wants to accept the risk of having a child. It is unreasonable to expect that men give up sex.
There is a huge difference between the odds he thought he was accepting and the odds he actually got because of her misrepresentation.
If a doctor lied to a patient about the chances of serious adverse effects of a medication and those effects then occurred I bet you wouldn't be arguing in favour of the doctor.


Dale, you missed the part where you are to believe what the government is telling you!

Why are you asking questions?

Math is not important in the climate sciences.


I WAS TRAINED WITH the   M-14---30 CAL---OLD FASHIONED-was raised on the  30-06 s---in the  day --so I vouch for--theHITTING power of the 160---180 grain whumper bullet----KNOCK EM DOWN---sure


"One positive thing that can come from this election is the death of the notion that the president is our national surrogate parent."

Our national policies are intimately linked with the moral state of our leaders.  How can that have escaped you?


Actually that will be cheaper then what the Republicans plan.


I agree. I just wish there were more people like her. Maybe we could get people off public assistance. They may never be rich but they can be happy.


The trade thing is pure demagoguery other than the TPP thing which was unfortunate.  These are treaties.  As much as the clown might want to withdraw from treaties, he cannot because they were ratified by Congress.


I believe his kind of thinking is due to WW2 and of the many Japanese that made it to better jobs. Even today, I hear it's still about the Japanese in the Public Edumacation system. Even the new head of the DOE has a Japanese last name but she doesn't look Japanese to me, who knows maybe she married a Japanese guy(Yikes! or gal). Somehow the Japanese still comes out on top in Hawaii doing a good or bad job of it.
No Hawaiians on the DOE list. but again who knows if some are not part Hawaiian. hmmm, HaiLama should give the ACLU a call and claim the Japanese stole his Haw'n Lands and the StateofHawaii/DOE hiring practices.
Man, if Japan won WW2, he'd have a case living in Hawaii under Japan's rule.


Agreed! Those poor folks who share a name with a hurricane must be sooooo traumatized! Jeeeez...get a grip, John!!


time will tell...forever we've heard you and your kind say "gubbmint" should be run like a business, well here goes, we all get a front row seat to this philosophy in action. I personally think it will be a dismal failure but sincerely hope that maybe this radical change might work out. Whatever the outcome it will once and for all silence the right wings on this subject and that alone is worth the ride..stay tuned.


I've worked in  restaurant / bar / hospitality businesses, usually in the LGBT scene. And let me tell you. Every day there would be high drama of a female staff  crying becasue somebody had broken her heart. The female staff members  would then split into two antagonistic groups  for the rest of the day, gossiping and angry.  Then the next day somebody else was crying about a broken heart and the dynamics of group  support woudl switch.  Us guys just wanted to do our work, but had to bear with all the theatrics that wasted time and energy.


You could have paid me a dollar to tell you this five years ago.


Have you been in a grocery store lately?  Those little 4" round black things and those great big flat mirrors aren't just decorations.

How about a bank?

A gas station?

Smile!


These comments make me chuckle.  You folks remind me of Don Quixote.  Except he fought a windmill thinking it was a giant, and you think you're fighting a windmill, but Don Young is a giant.
Please realize I think his time has past and a new Rep. in congress would be great, but he is still a Giant and you are a crazy old man riding a donkey.


I call them uninformed bigots and islamophobes.  It's Rise Canada, an anti-muslim hate group.


Let me reiterate. You feel the need to boost your ego on these forums by pretending to be an expert, but you go and cut/paste from legitimate websites and pass that information off as though it was your own. That's so dishonest. You clearly do not know what you are talking about, but you compound your mistake with more bad judgment. You should have ended your commentary with your modestly ludicrous comment about having solar panels on the roof of your house being a meaningful response to climate change. Or, you could have given a more honest, albeit non-technical, answers to my questions about other areas where fossil fuels and products are used everyday, but you chose not to. I was testing your range of knowledge and commitment to the issue of climate change and this country's dependence on fossil fuels, but instead you chose to engage in deceit. Change your tactics or I will continue to call you out on it.


You are woefully incorrect. The federal government already had authority over arms in the hands of the militia in the original Constitution. Amendment II was demanded in order to make sure that the government understood. That the authority and power delegated to them did NOT extend to arms in the hands of We The People.

   “Also, the conditions and circumstances of the period require a finding that while the stated purpose of the right to arms was to secure a well-regulated militia, the right to self-defense was assumed by the Framers.”–Chief Justice Marshall, U.S. Supreme Court. [As quoted in Nunn v. State, 1 Ga. 243, 251 (1846); State v. Dawson, 272 N.C. 535, 159 S.E.2d 1, 9 (1968).]


I see it took you a few times to get that written correctly. How long have you been waiting for someone to say "professional" so you can use that comment?


Might be nice to be able to confirm the authenticity of people who claim to be veterans!


The author obviously hasn't been to Vancouver when she makes a statement like, "what few residential towers there are"!....what on earth is she talking about?  The city of Vancouver (not to mention Burnaby) has more residential high rises per capita than any other city in North America! (source Emporis) She goes on to say many of them are not occupied which of course is ridiculous to anyone who lives here. The downtown peninsula of Vancouver which is barely 2 sq miles in size has a population of over 100,000 people and is expected to double in the next 30 years. It is one of the few cities in North America where the streets are full of people even during the evening when offices have closed. Not sure where she gets her facts from other than perhaps some left leaning professor at UBC who probably lives in Maple Ridge! Please G&M, stop hiring people to write nonsense articles about subjects they're clearly not familiar with!  Note to readers: google Vancouver Skyline and you be the judge


factcheck . org is a hoax.   http://www.floppingaces.net/2016/03/25/concrete-proof-that-politifact-and-factcheck-org-are-biased-liars/

According to you, the science is closed on climate change. Right?  If so, why continue researching it?  Why waste more research $$$ on something that's already confirmed?


Yikes, this PRASA have swiped enough cash to build 30,000 homes for the poor.


No discussion in the article about tank regulation changes and their impacts on tank safety.


"We're not talking ice cream here, were' talking about injecting foreign products into infants and children with zero studies on the safety of the accumulative effects of the ingredients."

Actually there have been lots of studies to that effect - strangely non-support your hysteria.

Perhaps you ought to actually do some research.


The author is the problem.  Peterson had his research grants pulled by the politically correct bureaucrats.  The money Peterson makes is to fund his research.

I'm happy he can successfully fund his own research instead of being told that you can have funds as long as you do as we say


Amazing that even the Liberals' favourite pollsters have finally figured out that Canadians have had enough... way more than enough... Anyone who read readers' comments here and in the few other places where such are permitted would have known that long ago. But will Mr Selfie and his foreign-born "Minister of Refugees" pay any attention? Hah!


"You can accommodate them by getting rid of the Canadian holidays of Christmas and Easter"????

I am product of post war immigration and bristle every time I hear prejudice against immigrants. However your comments are total nonsense.

Immigrants should not expect an accepting country to reset its laws, traditions and customs with every wave of immigration.Sadly, just like the Taliban tried to wipe out its culture and history, you too are advocating the same concept but perhaps in not so violent a manner.

Unless you can find harmony with your new found country, perhaps the sterility of the Moon is a more welcome place.


The legal framework that allowed this Ten Commandments monument on public grounds also excludes symbology and iconography of other religions (they are not "approved"). This monument is a violation of the Establishment Clause of the Constitution and is an affront to to people of other faiths and non-believers. It is time that we stop the practice of Christian entitlement and exceptionalism by allowing them to usurp the power of the State to promote their religion over and to the exclusion of other religions. We need to protect and defend the the Constitutional principle of Separation of Church and State for the religious liberty of all of us.


Amen .... and Awomen!


"Corporate America unnerved by Trump’s unpredictable style", so says the Washington Post.

The Dow Jones jumped to record highs once a businessman won the US presidential election.  Apparently corporate American is not unnerved by Trump, so says reality.


The Indian Act is inherently racist and unworkable in a modern, democratic world.
The original intention was that Natives would remain on their reserves, and have no citizenship and take no part in the running of the country.
The courts and government rightly threw this out, but refused to look at the other half of the equation.
If the have the full rights of all other citizens plus special rights granted by their racial status they become "citizens plus"...privileged due to their ancestors.
A new aristocracy...


http://nationalpost.com/news/politics/canada-wont-be-rushed-into-peacekeeping-mission-sajjan

It would seem from this article that military decisions are now being made by Butts and Chrystia Freeland, and that the architect has been squeezed out.


The streets don't want you.  If you want to make some changes I would advise you consider full-time employment.


"The question isn't that hurricanes preexisted humans but that their increased intensity is likely due to the greater energy found in todays' oceans. The water is warmer and feeds that energy to developing hurricanes. Without the effects of climate change hurricanes would likely be weaker and would certainly cause less flooding(warmer air can carry more moisture)."
I often agree with you, but not this time. I believe in global warming, but Texas has a long history of being destroyed by hurricanes:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/25/us/texas-hurricanes-history.html?mcubz=0


Trump will complete Keystone XL and gladly take our oil over OPEC's as it's a needed raw commodity that only strengthens the USA's existing refining and petrochemical industry.

More fearmongering


States are prohibited from declaring bankruptcy. Instead, states default on their debt obligations. With Alaska's considerable investment assets that seems highly unlikely.

Liquidating fund assets to pay billions in "oil tax credits" is about as draconian as it gets. I can't imagine any scenario where voters hold public officials accountable for defunding basic public services in favor pumping up the shareholder value of global oil companies. The oil cheerleaders use emotionally abusive rhetoric to convince residents to continually vote against their own best interests.


While I sympatize with your sentiments I respecfully request you use more paragraphs.  Besides,  the "progressive" era is ending more quickly and more comprehensively then I ever expected.

I believe we need to manage our own "Republicans" in the near term.  Progressives have not much in the way of a long term anyway.  Next year we will know more.  Its all great fun. Lets all rumble!


You're not the best at photographic analysis... what else was he doing with his hand down there? Writing a To Do List on her tailbone?


Please do NOT waste our money on this. Hyperloop is coming. Far far better to have something much faster than cars and as cheap, or cheaper, than cars.
Regular train tracks should remain for cargo.


Had the thought occurred to you that the call came from the building? Hate crime hoax. Educate yourself.


But federal government funded and controlled healthcare is currently about 67% of national healthcare, leaving private insurance at about 33%. So how will wringing "ridiculous deductibles and premiums to the for-profit insurance companies" of a small percent of national healthcare result in enough funding for Medicare-for-all. The math doesn't add up unless income and payroll taxes are increased significantly.

And remember not all private insurance is for profit, Kaiser-Permante and other private providers are non-profit.


YEs, Treaty 8 and Treaty 9 are basically the same and say that natives get to do what they did for 10000 years. But now they want to ignore part about being peaceful and  loyal subjects of the Crown.


It doesn’t look overly crowded.


Both of you, thank you for not offering anything to the conversation.


They'll probably install 10 parking spaces with meters charging $3 every 10 minutes but offer 1,000 free unlimited EV charging stations. LOL


did you actually read it? - there are good chunks of if it that are theoretically rigorous and empirically substantiated by a body of research

hardly flimsy


A 737 can take off and land with about 5,000 ft of runway. Most midsized corporate and cargo airplanes commonly in use need no more than 5,000 ft. To take off and to land.


Back in my misspent youth, I was a Marxist. I have actually read Capital, which is Marx's major work. I took an historiography class in graduate school, and wrote my paper on The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Napoleon, in which Marx set out his ideas about history. (Engel's The German Peasant's War expanded on Marx's ideas.) I suspect that, if you are like most American conservatives, you may have heard of Capital, but you have never read it, and you are probably unaware of the other two.

I am indebted to my religious history professor, Dr Bense, for showing me the good points and the bad points of Marx (basically, Marx explained very well how Europe went from merchantilism to capitalism, and what the problems of capitalism were. He failed when it came to "so what do we do about these problems?" -- As Marx's Eleventh Thesis on Feuerbach says, "Philosophers have hitherto only interpreted the world in various ways; the point is to change it.")

No, TC, I know Marx. I doubt that you do.


Okay, some serious consideration of the road we must follow to make health care affordable to all.  Obamacare does not control prices and they must be controlled in order to afford health care for all.  Great to get off the Trump bashing for a while and deal with real issues.


Peter Park I think karma will come to you.


Apples to oranges, positivity is one thing. Wish in one hand, the other is nasty if at all.


Just a note or two to my neighbors down south (I live in Casper).
1. If you have fuel cans, bring them. Make sure you fuel up in Cheyenne, as the next fuel stop north of Cheyenne is Wheatland. Unless they have tanker trucks there ready to put fuel in the ground, they probably only have 50,000 gallons or so of capacity (5000 10 gallon vehicles and it's gone!). Next stop with reasonable amounts of fuel is Douglas. Once you are in Casper, if the fuel trucks can get around, we have a refinery and virtually unlimited fuel. For those coming up through Laramie, fuel there, and be prepared for no services 'til Casper.

2. The rest areas will be overloaded, and so will the out-of town fuel stops to the point their septic systems may back up. Bring a shovel, and toilet paper, as you may have to improvise a latrine.

3. Pack some MREs, or other travel food, and water, as I do not believe you have a decent chance at food until Casper, as the small stores on the road will empty out soon.

God Bless


I too have flown on many airlines in the past 20 years.  And in my experience, Alaska Airlines is just like the rest.  No better, no worse.  The employees are great, just like pretty much any other airline. But the rules have been crafted without any consideration for the passenger.  Employee kindness and poor business practices are two separate issues to me.


Watch the National News.

When they show up at the meeting with red "Disagree" and Green "Agree" placards on which you can almost see the Union Label,

"J'accuse"!


Jeezus, I just got suckered AGAIN into reading another worthless Goldnutz piece...


Good one, Christopher.


Ah, he meant it in a  'wealthy man of the street' way, not a politician's way.  I see.

Not sure that helps.  Sort of has an 'offer you can't refuse' ring to it.


That is now a done deal isn't it?


Some, not all, media reporters probably lie more than politicians!


Janet,
In principle, I agree with Dave's advice, but in this case it sounds like the two women in question must be fully aware of the situation, and are going along with it.  I think the letter writer should express her objections to her ex's behaviour, proceed to distance herself from him (assuming they don't share custody of dependent children), and leave her ex and his sequential partners to their own devices.  Why those women would put up with such disrespectful treatment, I simply can't understand.


What is the problem?  In the beginning there were three of us: the aboriginals who arrived here before Europeans, the French and the English.

- for better or worse the English fact has tended to dominate in Canada
- we are now consumed with and spending $billions to recognize the standing of aboriginals in Canada
- why would we try to deny rather than celebrate the third leg of our history?

We are who we are, and one military battle centuries ago doesn't change that.


OMG-and I've NEVER typed that before!   This is the FUNNIEST thing I've read in years:

"After all, governments – if they are truly democratic – must listen to the views of their citizenry. Various levels of government often say they aspire to consultative models of governance."

     I didn't read anything after that because its so preposterous.   Gosh yes, heaven forbid our citizenry make decisions (which they never do, in fact are never even seriously 'consulted') about say, muslims.   Because some woman made a comment so outlandish that its used in meetings!   Meanwhile, the feds bring in thousands of refugees during an economic downturn who now will be on provincial welfare rolls.  Oh, the 'post truth'!


That would be four times.


The evidence is contained in an email that has been released by WikiLeaks. Yes, there is. John Podesta, Hillary's campaign manager, had an email exchange with an aide about conversations with Ambassadors from Qatar, Brazil, Peru, Malawi and Rwanda while in the nation's capital. Qatar would like to see WJC for five minutes in NYC to present $1 million check that Qatar promised for WJC's birthday in 2011. These are included in several documents released by WikiLeaks that come on the heels of an ABC News story about the special attention Mrs. Clinton's State Dept. gave to emails identifying "FOB's", Friends of Bill Clinton, after the 2010 Haiti earthquake. Since no one is challenging the accuracy of the documents being released, I would say that is evidence right from the horses mouth. You might want to check with the Haitians about how well they think of the Clintons now?


When I was 12, one of my uncles was drunk and began pushing my mother around. I knocked him out with my Little-League bat. He was so nice to my mom after that, no matter how drunk he became.
Town gossip made the city police aware of what I had done, but they figured that my solution caused no lasting harm, effectively deterred further domestic violence, and saved court resources and paperwork.


Work place safety is a big deal.  Condolences to his family.


Add the gas line to that list since you don't have any waiting/committed customers.


Its not a free speech issue unless the GOVERNMENT is the party trying to shut Anne Coulter down.

Free speech rights are rights you have as a citizen v.s. the state. They are not rights you have vs an angry mob of other citizens.


Well Cassandra, your posts are always interesting reads, I love fiction.
Oh, and  Trudeau who called the LAVs jeeps when the exports were approved.


Public unions have a stranglehold over Hawaii and have been much responsible for the monopoly party staying in power in spite of being useless for many decades.


Arkansas is rushing eight -- count 'em, eight -- executions for no better reason than that the lethal injection drugs are about to expire. You can't make this stuff up, folks. Governor Hutchinson, apparently, wants his legacy to be that of a serial executioner.

It's good to hear stories like this because they illustrate the absurdity and obscenity of the death penalty. When will the U.S. join the company of civilized nations and finally abolish this barbaric practice?


The average person would take a media agency with the name Catholic in its title to be pro-Catholic. The vast majority of opinion pieces, blogs, news stories, features, and comments here are  profoundly anti-Catholic. The contributors, laity, clergy, theologians and sisters are almost invariably dissidents from the Catholic Faith seeking to persuade their readers to reject the Magisterium as they have done.
Several bishops have asked it to drop the word 'Catholic' from its title because it is misleading to no avail yet Church Militant when asked to remove the word Catholic from its original title by the local bishop did so gracefully: like NCReporter CM is not a house organ either but it complied.
The KoC is a Catholic organisation which supports the Church and its teaching. It would be hypocritical of it to donate to an organ which in the main rejects that teaching and judging by the articles here rejects the KoC, too.


We can easily curb this by stopping lawyers from doing Medicaid planning and raising the look back period to at least 10+ years.  Pay the lawyers money and they show you how to legally qualify for Medicaid.


'ae, 'oia mau no...but only in my dreams, nuff.


Just to further your civics education, the president and vice president are the Secretary of Defenses bosses and can override and cancel any order he makes.


Maybe. Labour may decide to sack him in favour of a more electable leader.


Zimbabwe.


Terrorists only have to be successful once in a while. Law enforcement has to be successful every time.


The slippery slope is my favorite logical fallacy.

So why is it dangerous to post salary information?


The majority of all foo in Canada is Kosher? Huhhh????


Thanks so very much!


Is it zoned business or residential? This property should loose value along with most real-estate in Anchorage as the State runs out of money. Tourism is the bright spot on the horizon so maybe hotels. Why is this property not going to be sold to the highest bidder? As a tax payer in Anchorage I don't want to own this property that is  not taxed as city property.


Yes equalization is broken.
Ask yourself why aren't hydro revenues used in the calculation but energy revenues are? Why do some regions protest against oil & gas... ie refuse pipelines but gladly accept the money generated from "dirty oil"? Why do some provinces refuse to develop their own natural resources? Lastly, why do some areas consistently receive more than they put in with no impetus to get off this welfare?
Doesn't make sense does it?


For sure! Had to spend about 7 years there. NEVER going back. Literally the only thing to do is buy a boat and spend your time at the lake.


It's what happens when Donald's comb over climbs over the top to the other side when it's hungry.


Excrement like Paul Manafort and Rick Gates just as a beginning. Trump will go down with all of his supporters.


Let's not forget that land lords have a huge investment in the property that they would like to make even 1% back on in rents.  Factor in non paying tenants and destruction of the unit well above the deposit and quite often you make nothing.  What no one has mentioned here but Natalie I know you know is that the renters tax credit is probably less than 10% of the amount the landlord has to pay (4.5%) on the rental "income" to the state.  So for a $2000 per month rental the landlord is paying GET of $90 per month to the state.  Does the renter get $1080 back from the state as a renters credit?
so the state and federal are once again making unearned money from the landlords investment in money and time.


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Ontario's economy has been eviscerated as a consequence of NAFTA in much the same way as many American states have...

Washing machines, Dryers, Stoves, Fridges, TV's, and dozens of other categories of home and commercial appliances all used to be made in "Canada's economic engine"- the Province of Ontario... with many exported to the US and overseas...

Now, after nearly 25-years over grossly unfair "free trade" with Mexico, Ontario and much of Canada's other previously heavily industrialized Provinces- are hollowed out economically, running huge, repetitive and worsening annual budget deficits...

NAFTA SHOULD BE CANCELLED ASAP!!

Unlike Mexico's government & politicians, Canada's govt & politicians never have

- actively encouraged Canada's residents & citizens to illegally trespass- & illegally work in- the United States...

- openly criticized the US govt or enforcing the US's entirely reasonable & very much needed immigration & border-control laws...


Well, Susan, if we can't trust our own...who can we trust?  I guess the gatekeepers are lining their own pockets with favors from these foreign investors.   OK, everybody involved here, let me see your tax returns.


Good point. A lot of blubbering by Diane and academic mind examination by Dutzik of Boston but what do you do? If high taxes are the answer then Boston is a terrible failure. Besides, Massachusetts is the size of a postage stamp compared to Colorado.


9 million viewers a week.  Nobody cares if you think the show is a joke, lol.


You're right of course,  Tom. It's just that, what with us not having a CURRENT President and all....Well, you can understand our confusion.


So we just help those who want it. It's quite simple.


What about the WhatsApp communications? They said Masood sent or received messages on WhatsApp two minutes before he carried out his attack. They said the message(s) are encrypted and can't be read. Who knows who he was communicating with two minutes before the attack?


You must be a scientist! Can you provide a link to your peer-reviewed paper that backs up the claims in your comment! I'd love to read your work!


Easier solution, no deferrals or rescheduling for any reason.  Students are forced to abide and respect the academic calendar and take responsibility for their lives.


agree..I was there.  Interesting to note how many in the crowd were tourists from all over, especially the mainland USA.    I was surprised that more Hawaiians did not attend.


"better yet" McCleod, why don`t you offer up a plan if the Governor`s is so bad?...or do you just spew your baloney to support the corruption in the legislature?   Anybody can bitch and complain.  The Governor talked to a lot of Alaskans before offering the plan and the tools needed.
  You offer....  n-a-d-a,.....  like the rest of the do-nothing freeloaders and carpetbaggers in the Conoco caucus in the lazyslature.

http://www.adn.com/politics/article/series-conoco-employees-help-ease-oil-tax-bill-through-legislature/2013/03/28/


I am not sure who really still teaches the lay to mortify in the way you describe. It's certainly not Opus Dei.

It's so rarely mentioned, much less taught in parishes. I was taught about mortification through my association with Opus Dei, and I above communicate what/how it was taught.

Passive mortifications are the best, and are "always available".  And what's more important aren't the active mortifications (e.g., fasting, the cold showers, etc) but the passive ones and the "spirit of mortification", being ever ready to deny oneself in order to love God or love someone else.

And what I lieft out (owing to typing space) is that mortification should be done joyfully because we are getting closer to Christ.

This mode is often turned into a "caricature" by people who don't understand mortification in the first place.

A properly mortified soul is a very joyful person, not a "hair-shirted dour person".

Such a person has more freedom to love, no longer ensared by their senses


Personally I buy as much of my food as I can at the big grocery stores.  It's cheaper, I'm healthy as a horse, and I look for every opportunity to send my business to poor farmers in 3rd world countries.  Sort of like my version of foreign aid, caring for my fellow humans even though they might live far from me on this planet.


So you're saying that 75% of people who have service dogs are faking? What orifice did you pull that stat out of?


You do know Kurgan is the Prince of Satire, right?


Why are not CSIS and RCMP members not put on trial for not supporting the Canadian constitution.? It is not about Omar but how Canadian laws and values are undermined by the establishment.


The issue of abortion (which is what this discussion is about) is a moral issue of right or wrong, the authors point is to speak to women who want to murder their children by pointing out adopted children can and do "thrive", because many use the cop-out argument that babies should not be born into poverty etc. And the question about "what if it is a woman" I was referring the the "women's rights" crowd and asking them then why are they advocating killing female children ? Don't those females have rights ?


You sound like you're in denial that Conservatives were previously out of power for more than ten years, not just four. You also appear not to acknowledge that the Liberals remained in opposition for almost ten years because it didn't acknowledge its problems or do anything about them, and that the CPC has yet to examine how it needs to change.


"Department officials say the grant is for up to $40 million, but the final amount is subject to appropriation, the Corvallis Gazette-Times reported."

I wouldn't count on this being appropriated.
There's a new sheriff in town.


I agree with you. The whole drug is abusive to people with different (religious) beliefs. You can say that drug heads follow a type of religion based on popular culture and mysticism. You can say a bible is type of dope too or repeating any mantra.


fake news


I have a great deal more faith in people's adaptability and resourcefulness than those who predict 90% deaths in a year.  Hunger induces rapid learning.  But you would see differences between various parts of the country just as you saw interesting differences in reactions to the recent hurricanes.


Pete is never going to change.
Either accept it, or get a divorce and move on with your life.


No, anyone "born after the 1970s" is considered a millennial. Only about 40% of those born after 1982 identify as such (to be popular with the younguns, I'd imagine). Just more blather from you. Also, I know because everything you post is pointless and poorly worded until you are called out.


As always, thanks Shannyn


Finally, something we can agree upon! REAL tomatoes, those luscious, pulpy fruits that demand warmth and sun, are a gift from heaven. The closest that we seem to come to them here in the stores are the cherry and grape tomatoes, but even those  only serve to remind us of what we sacrifice by living so far north.

Of course, tomatoes are fruits, specifically berries, being the mature ovaries of flowering plants. Other fruits include types of nuts, pea and bean pods, the berries of the eggplant, dandelion "fluff", the winged fruits of maple and ash, and many other forms that most people would not associate the the term "fruit".

One suggestion, Mr. Jenkins. Those who incorporate proper scientific (species) names into their articles should also conform to the protocols of scientific nomenclature.

Or just call a tomato a tomato.


Just another swamp creature that needs draining.


And praise be to Allah!!!


If there ever existed an industry that needed more oversight and more regulations than Wall Street then show me.


Tom Burke's editorials are a waste of time and effort.


Although I am not in favour of a two tier healthcare system, you chose some spectacularly inappropriate patients.
Rosalie Guthrie wanted a medicolegal opinion to pursue a legal case- she SHOULD be paying for this herself.
Paul Dalton would have ready access to a publicly funded colonoscopy had it been medically necessary (one month or less is the average wait time.)
Carolyn Carpan did not even need a CT- that is about 500 chest X-Ray equivalents of radiation by the way.A stroke does not cause headaches- her doctor should have known that.
Petar Glavascic is why our health care system is going broke. He wanted an unnecessary full physical "executive health assessment"(the public system is not supposed to cover these by the way) and then the doctor requests $440 worth of unnecessary tests.paid for by you and me And still, he's complaining that he did not get a written report.
Nancy Cochrane wanted a private medicolegal assessment and failed to show.
I could give you many real examples btw


Let us know next time you're going to sell a stock!


"...his reflections summoned me to think about what was happening in the world of my times and to take the risk of thinking about this world, albeit in a provisional and fragmentary way."

In ecological worldview context: we, the "unrighteous" must retrace the road of violent rejection by The Righteous, for the discovery of righteousness is a process, not a preclusion of presumed final righteousness.
In many ways, 'holocaust' continues even in, and especially, in 'righteous' wasting of natural life/ Sacrament. 'Righteousness' relates to the survival test of evolution, as in 'The Evolution of Symbiosis'.


Fake President


You have pretty low standards for toilet paper.


According to the article, to receive and continue the tax write-off, the company is required to produce 150% of $39,382.  150% of $39,382 is $59,070. Those are average figures.  Doesn't matter if 10 supervisors get $250,000 each and hundreds more get minimum wage.  The average is what counts.

Will Eugene or Lane County make them meet that standard?  Look at Mr. Ruiz' administration and at our County Commissioners and see if you think they will hold their feet to the fire?

$7 million per year extra to the governing bodies if they don't meet the standard.  County and Eugene City greed tells me they will hold their feet to the fire.


Rumor has it that Russia supplied one of the most advanced toxins in its arsenal to North Korea, under the assumption that Kim Jong Un would use it discretely so that no traces of foul play would be found. That same rumor has that Kim Jong Un decided to go for big publicity instead to show that he's a big shot with long arms - but, at the same time, exposed the said Russian toxin, which normally would be undetectable.

 That same rumor has it that as a result a number of deaths of natural causes of people with ties to Russia now look terribly suspicious, as all of a sudden medics around the world know what to look for.


brother in faith? omg , get over it freddy. you're the biggest racist in town , only out done by your weird hatred for pets.


Greetings....  sorry but I have no tears for Cardinal Pell!   My concern is with the abused!  Looks like Bernard Law will be renting out a room to Pell at Mary Major Basilica soon....birds of a feather flock together⚠


Forget renting, now is the time to purchase an actual home.  As the market begins to tank and the recession grows longer people can grab homes at bargain basement prices.

We bought ours and a couple others at the end of the last recession literally for 1/4 of what they were assessed prior to the economy bottoming out.  Nice homes most needed no work and in 5 years they were back to their pre-economy-tanking value.

The mortgage on 4 was what a pre-crash single mortgage was, so keep an eye on the market and when the bargain basement foreclosures start to show up, buy more than a few and sit on them until the economy returns in 5 years or so.  Great retirement plan :-)


"we're not sure if it's suspicious"

apparently not to the cops


Oil companies really run our government.  We have no say over what risks they create to our aquifers, our land, our history.  Any benefit of these pipelines to the US are temporary at best.  And when they leak, which they eventually will....who will pay to clean it up?  But then our new President is definitely under the influence if not actually financially benefitting from oil company money.  Until our government finds  the guts to stand up to big oil our environment will be at the mercy of oil company greed.


No wonder I wondered why I was the only one who didn't mind her letter at all.    Actually,  I liked and appreciated it.  I didn't find it arrogant, either.    Shows how much the coasts differ...


You're aware that the International Military Tribunal for the Far East found Japan's military leadership guilty of war crimes.    Eg:  Tojo was executed for these crimes.

Thurlow was 13 years old when the bombs dropped.   If you're implying that she was somehow responsible for the actions of Japan's military leaders then maybe your moniker is more accurate than you think.


it seems they know about the same because both the lawyer and the judge came to the same conclusion


This is the most truthful comment I have read in 2 years or more on any media site.  You are 100% right.  She's not who she said she was.  She's self centered and only cares about one thing, and you nailed it, herself.


First week in office and Trump has already fixed global warming.  Next week, peace in Middle East., and the next will either be universal free health care or bringing Wall Street to heel - he hasn't decided yet.


Wonderful story!


Big surprise. What was that you Trumpnuts were ranting about how Clinton wanted war, and Trump not only doesn't want war, but would keep us from war?  Let's see now, how many countries has he angered so much that peace  is imperiled? Nice job, Trumpnuts. Are you getting a clue now that President of the United States is not a job just anyone can do, particularly someone with zero experience and low wattage brain power?


What a pathetic and cynical attempt at deflection. Shameful, bordering on gratuitously hateful really, in light of our recent experience. You should wash your brain out with soap.


Same here.


Interesting how Battley uses the same justifications as every Globe and Mail article for gifting cannabis to corporations: the corporate model will keep it out of the hands of youth, and it will keep profits out of the hands of gangsters. Both are fallacious.

See the 29 Dec. 2016 Washington Post article on peer-reviewed research that shows legalization did NOT result in increased consumption of cannabis by youth (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/12/29/what-happened-in-washington-state-after-voters-legalized-recreational-weed). See Boyd & Carter's Killer Weed (2014), also peer-reviewed, that PROVES cannabis production in Canada is NOT in the hands of gun-toting, neighbourhood-wrecking gangsters.

REAL RISKS of corporate cannabis include two key features: bottom lines only increase for corporate investors when new users are recruited (e.g. youth) and if current users increase consumption. So, we're about to see the feds climb aboard another cigarette industry project.


Uhhh, because they ARE law-abiding?   Why not just punish those that break the laws?  This has worked well.  Being "safe" before "crime" is not really logical or reasonable in a free country.  But "punishment" has become a PC bad word, so the current situation is the harvest for errors in liberal thinking.


I agree with you that air travel is bad for the climate--I wish more business could be done by Skype, for instance, but that culture is slow to change.

I don't think Eugene having a nicer airport plays a part in most people's decision to fly or not fly. It just changes if they are going to drive to Portland or not. Which is worse for emissions--driving to Portland then flying to San Francisco or flying a shorter distance and not driving by flying out of EUG?


You need to catch up on your history before making remarks such as these otherwise you risk making a mockery of yourself.  There are many good books on the history of islam.  I suggest reading one that was published before 1950 so as to quell any concern you might have over who attacked who first, which with islam does not matter.  You may find it interesting that in 1786 Muslim ships were harassing American ships off what is now the US Seaboard.  At that time the US Navy had just three ships.  The American Government decided it best to pay them a bribe to avoid having their colonists abducted and returned to Africa to be sold as slaves, which is what these muslims were interested in doing.  So a bribe was paid and the Barbary Corsairs returned to the Mediterranean.  Does this constitute a first attack?  If so then muslims attacked the USA first.


It is commendable that this candidate has taken a clear stand on this issue.


That is not what I asked. I asked you whether the Law of the Land took precedence over the Law of God when they came into conflict.
If I, as a Catholic asked a Protestant baker to decorate a cake with the inscription, 'The Catholic Church is the One, True Church of Christ on Earth' which is what the Catholic Church claims, what if the baker finds that offensive? Would he be entitled to refuse on the grounds that he regarded that statement as untrue and his conscience forbade him from publishing a lie?


Read the post in the context of those days' events.  Bleep-bleep grabbing had entered our political-cultural vocabulary and the news cycle.  I found that repulsive.  Tulsi has never been shy about her ambitions on national tv or her surfing photo shoot which some of my friends delight in.  The news of the day had to do with Trump's presidential appointments, not meetings of minds or policies between two wishy-washy popular celebrities who claim an appointment wasn't discussed.  So whoever said I didn't think this up is right.  It was just all there.


The Democratic party is not free of racial bias, nor are third parties, nor are independents.

I've never been one to brand the Republican party as racist, homophobic, or mysogynistic.    I don't mind stating the fact that some of Trumps supports does belong to those extreme position and they are welcomed more in the Trump circle than they have ever been in the more traditional Republican party.

*You have the in between who don't see themselve as having racist attitudes because they have never had those attitudes challenged.   Small town white America doesn't often have to face their bias, it goes untested.

Then, you have  people that carry a racial bias, but do not discriminate against others based on race.  The terminology is not specific enough to have a common understanding of what racism means.

The only attitude that we can change is our own.


I just want to take this one last chance to slander everyone reading this post. For starters, you all can [REMAINDER OF COMMENT DELETED]


The word "gay" in reference to homosexuals, was actually coined by the French many years ago when they observed how-happy were the folks living on the Left Bank at the time, most of whom were homosexuals.  "Gay Paris, monsieur."


The way to get government off our backs is to implement direct Democracy, i.e. the buck stops with citizens via referenda.  Democracy can't be delegated, and our Constitution is anti-democratic.  Ex-Senator Mike Gravel was onto this, to his credit.  I attempted to give Mr. Miller food for thought, as his "patriot" website got me going, but my letter was returned unopened.  He wants to join the coyote chorus of government and get rich quick while the gettin's good.  Somebody has to do it.


Thanks for asking.  Here is part of my letter from May 23rd that explains that. "Studies by ISER and the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy show that an income tax would hurt Alaska families the least.  In an email my senator claimed she was concerned about how an income tax would affect small business owners, but who do you think are the customers for small business?  Alaska families!   "
Have YOU ever been discouraged from work because of an income tax?  I haven't.  Who would, really, at the low levels we in the USA are taxed.  Do we want to be like Kansas?  Really?


Bee: You keep posting over and over that Khalid has received thousand of vile comments and death threats, but you have not provided us with a shred of evidence that what she says is true.

If she was receiving thousands of death threats, wouldn't the police be all over this?


I think cuts should start with Poor Paul's health insurance that he gets from his wife being a lifetime government employee.

What you think, Poor Paul?


Good points, but your 'car or plumbing' won't ruin your future!

Your advice on index funds still requires knowledge to make such a choice, hence my original comment. If a person isn't prepared to make the effort to become the controller of their destiny, then they must give that control to someone else and hope for the best!


Competition is needed. Allow us to buy across state lines. Obsmacare might have worked as a pure government extension of Medicare. But they made it private with no competition that is just crazy.


I'll flag all you posts from now on.

Happily.

Just like I flag all other racist posts.


I do not know of any and would appreciate if you could point me to a motion "Singling out Islamophobia".


Illiterate post on your part, Mr. C.


Hey Joey, give me $9 billion and I'll give you $1 billion. What a deal right? That's exactly the same scam you are trying to pull on us.


This article is just red meat to hungry dogs..........nothing will change unless you hit Trump over his head with this article.....good luck with that!


Hoping that the legacy media would learn their lessons means that you still think their intentions are honest.  They are not.  We have now left the arena of biased news, since it did not succeed in defeating Trump in the election,  and have entered the arena of completely fake news, in a concerted and coordinated attempt by the media to bring down the President any way they can.  Next: "The President isn't well", meaning sane.  This is to set up an attempt to remove him according to the provisions laid out by the 25th ammendment.


A single desertion doesn't mean much to me, but the growing total does.  If and when that total includes GOP leadership then we are mostly insulated from major damage in the remainder of his term.  2020 will then be the stage for a reset with citizens/voters more aware, informed, active.


There are SO many facets to the immigration mess in the US.  I believe the blame lies primarily on the Congresses over recent decades, as by NOT acting, they have allowed an unsustainable momentum to be generated.    I'll leave it to conspiracy theorists as to whether or not this kind of inaction was intentional.

The press is not helping, as it focuses almost exclusively on sad stories and perceived injustices.  They ignore the question of what all of this immigration has done to our country, what messages it sends to the young, etc.

I don't have answers, but I thimk  Trump was elected in no small part because of his emphasis on securing the borders.  Implicit in that is one THAT problem is solved, THEN we can talk seriously about immigration.   Take that one out, and he doesn't get elected, IMHO.

The rule of law needs to mean something to us.  IF the law is flawed, we need to fix it, not ignore it.  If it's ok to ignore the law here, how many other areas can we ignore?


A: Majority are homeless natives with drug/alcohhol/mental issues.
Wrong. They represent a plurality of about 45%. Whites represent 38%. The rest is other "races."

B: The Native Corporations own 40% of the state.
Maybe. But you obviously are unaware of the programs available by the Native Corporations or the decades-old efforts they have mede in this regard. And obviously, money doesn't fix everything.

C: Multiple no-bid contracts
Huh? What does this have to do with anything?

D: The most modern hospital in Alaska, fully funded by tax payers, for natives only.
Wikipedia: "The largest hospital in United States Public Health Service history, the center was built with 168 million in federal funds secured by Senator Ted Stevens of Alaska after a thirty-year congressional battle" After the old native hospital was finally condemned, Uncle Ted (You know... that "corrupt" Senator) finally got a place where Alaska Natives would not be treated like cattle.

AND anyone with insurance can go.


Isn't that magnanimous of him. Slaughter hundreds of thousands of people, including men women and children, gas them to death, barrel bomb them, and commit untold atrocities, and now he wants to make nice....and it makes me sick to know IF he stays in power, which is likely, Syria through him will be sitting on the UN Council and condemning other nations....sheesh.


Great, more organ donors.


I must be incompetent as I can't see the headline problem.


"A third suspect - - - was described as about 5 feet 9 inches tall and wearing dark pants and a light-colored sweatshirt." ADN, that's the best you can do describing a criminal?  That description fits about a thousand males in Anchorage.  Are you so politically correct that you refuse to give a better description?


Jesus loving attitude transforms people like the Samaritan women to become his disciples.


I can see how one would think that if he believes everything the leftwing media is feeding him.


Fox had a reputation for being spotless which is why he wasn't part of the PRI


SOOOooo much more could have been reported.  Kind of a "fluff" piece and not what I'm used to from Civil Beat, and it just ended abruptly.


The Liberals are back at their smoke and mirrors game of saying what they will spend over many years or so. Nobody knows what even next year will be like, so to say that you can plan for 12 is unrealistic. The reality is that we are a resource exporting economy, we can not compete for most manufacturing jobs. The good jobs are in oil and related industries, but the govt is not helping to get us those jobs. They prefer that Eastern Canada continue to buy their oil from Saudi Arabia.
Getting Foreign investment also means "selling" our resources to Foreign Sovereign Funds who will control them. And now, they want to sell our Airports to the same funds, such as the Saudi Arabia or other Sunni Muslim countries. How are you going to maintain security?
That is a very bad idea to give away even some control of our national security entities. Plus, who knows how much corruption/bribery will take place in the forthcoming sale/deal. And we are losing long term income that belongs to us.


Fall, 1966: a just-enrolled broadcast student walks through the BCIT library and somehow (did he heard or read about this book?  Stumbled over it by accident?) comes across a new copy of Understanding Media, by this Canadian theorist named Marshall McLuhan.

And by page 10, his concept of the world has hugely expanded.  He doesn't get it all, but keeps on reading, thinking, reading, thinking...  Wow! The book is already three years old.  Where's he been?  Where's everybody been??  Well, doesn't matter, because when he tries to renew the book he borrowed two weeks before without any trouble so he can keep (and read) it longer...he can't.  The line-up of students waiting to read the library's only copy that  is...HUGE.

Before opening that book, he had a pretty good idea of what a radio station was--and a TV station, too--strictly from his career point-of-view. But that book altered his perception forever.  Big world out there!

Thanks for bringing it all back to me.


Yes, before colonization.


It was years and years ago that the upper-tier scientists began using trackers that are merely straddling around the dorsal, water friction keeps them in place. I hunt/fish for what i need, but i would have a hard time morally with spearing an animal to track it.
Barbaric is a strong term, i would use negligent given the advances of science and multitude of other methods to track sealife.


Chriz, nice to see you. A footnote to your comment about ordination and fatherhood. Did you know that a Roman Catholic priest can adopt children? All he needs is the consent of his bishop. I only learned this recently and was surprised, given the Church's take on these things and their disapproval of same-sex couple adoptions. I mean, where's the compulsory Mommy and Daddy fairy dust?

A priest living in a very lavish house in Okemos, Michigan, has three adopted sons.


I hope you are being sincere about this allie.  The military and HPD is absolutely necessary to our well being in a cruel world.


China has been selling off it's US holding for about 18 months to hold the RMB up, they are more likely to let the currency depreciate  10% or so


As evident by what is happening South of our border there is positive
correlation between being involved in Politics and a IQ slightly higher than your
shoe size! Quebec politics are not exempt on the simple basis of Humans being
involved. Dino the Dinosaur walked this Planet for 165 Million years. Is there
hope for us to get anywhere close to this crossbar?


He's busy concocting a potion that brainwashes everyone into trusting him and to improve his ratings and golf scores.. lol


Clueless II, return of Ms Prettyshoes


Myer Hutchinson the smokescreensman for Anchorage Mayor Berkowitz


I was enjoying an excellent Pink Floyd tribute band concert last year, until they played "Money" and I was overwhelmed with despair over JT running a $30 billion deficit and the impact it will have on my children.


It's far too clear from his rantings that someone in this forum has no clue of what or how Public Health works, how the body functions, how mass medication is interpreted in a court of law, how fluoride works, or what substances are natural or man-made.  Here's something he might understand-  Port Angeles has a poverty level of +20.5% (https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/community_facts.xhtml?src=bkmk) and the school system has a free and reduced school lunch program of 28% of it's entire enrollment--these are facts.  How many of these children are you depriving of the only safety net available to them that protects their oral health?  Are YOU going to purchase their toothpaste, brushes and floss?  Will you then take them to the dentist or URGENT CARE when they are in so much pain that they can't stand it? They'll only provide opiates and antibiotics.  If you are so willing to take away the needed protections they have, you better be ready to provide alternative care.


It appears to me you never had the extreme honor of having to be forced to have a colonoscopy by your well meaning family doctor or you would have no need to ask that question. The "area" that is covered by this procedure and the way that it is performed has a considerable risk factor to it.  For me and I am sure thousands of countless others when an easier way to find the same information one can get from a colonoscopy is found sign us up.  LOL


The Rams have won multiple conference crowns in the past 50 years.  If you were to look at the recored book you will see 3 since they joined the MWC in 1999 and 3 more in the WAC between 1994 and 1997.  So, that is 6 in the past 23 years.


1. Make Texas spend their rainy fund. They have a lot.
2. Make Houston build smart with federal dollars. They've created a bathtub down there.
3. Make Ted Cruz and others apologize for politicizing the heck out of Sandy.


Yes! Sore muscles! Calluses! Maybe broken bones and open sores!  (drool)


Thank you, Ms. Lindsey. People protested the war for all sorts of reasons.


If you can not trust family who can you trust, it is definitely not the career politician.  Look what Hawaii has got , a bunch of lying, deceitful money hungry self absorbed incompetent officials who serve them selves instead of the people and govern on personal agenda.
Drain the Swamp. American People and Country first.


All the Trump bashing is getting old. Listen up, President Trump is in charge and although he is not perfect  he was elected to represent the USA.  Time to stop whining !

You LOST get over it.  Good luck taking back the White House with that CORRUPT DNC !!


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This guy's credibility factor is very high, as attested to by his resume and the evaluations of him by his colleagues.

Also note that he was hired by BY THE REPUBLICANS to put this information together.

Trump is done.

Impeached within two years, at most.

All the deflective blather here from the Putin and Trump apologists won't change anything.

Say goodbye, Mr. Drumpf.

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Very interesting that here you tout the ortho-line about the Holy Father and bishops having authority to define teachings, yet what if - hypothetically - the Holy Father were to (essentially) say to Burke Inc.,"With proper guidance from their pastors and careful examination of their own consciences, couples in irregular second unions may approach the Eucharistic Table."  Would you continue to assert the same?


Crossing borders for months - Unbelievable ... Canadians are on their way to repeating European's mistakes ... In such moments, I wish Trump was president of Canada too.


I was training a friend of mine this year...I told her, "Ride like every driver is out to kill you"...

Kind of an ominous statement for someone just starting riding...after a few rides, she said, "Ah, that makes sense now, thanks" :)


The concept of being given another chance is appealing, but less so in cases of willful, premeditated, serious criminal acts. I'd be more in support of "another chance" for less serious crimes, nevertheless- I hope this new attempt at dealing with misanthropic wrong doers is successful.


hahahahaha this is fake currency, what fools we are to believe in this fantasy


This is such a dire emergency scientists are still driving their cars and using coal powered electricity, though they want everyone else to stop right now.


Or Trump could be a real patriot and is draining the establishment swamp, while the minions are faithfully rallying for the status quo... Are you comfortable fighting for big government?


If there is a comment that is not civil yours takes the cake, these people are not "stupid".  Often desperate, or wanting to improve their or their family lives. It amazes me how your type can point and castigate the poor, the ones without power but completely absolve those that actually have power and exploit these people.
We as citizens do bear responsibility because we have not worked out fair and workable immigration laws.


We need to work on lowering medical costs, not how to fund the high prices we have now.  For those that can afford the elite medical assistance, go for it.  The rest of us need to look for ways to reduce costs. There is always a way.


More talk of regime change which has been proven ineffective in Libya, Iraq, Afghanistan and soon Syria. This approach simply leaves a black hole that drags in every odd ball faction that had been united against the common enemy and prolongs the destruction of lives and infrastructure while imposing a police state on survivors. We need to be more realistic about outcomes and more creative about solutions. Otherside it's the Africa model over and over again -- a succession of President's for life and a 24/7 extermination machine for those who seek lasting change.


From downtown Wasilla it sounded like army maneuvers going on until after midnight of the 4th and they weren't fireworks and I live close to the police station for whatever that's good for. I guess that's why there are automatic weapons, to make noise on the 4th for no better reason.


I rest my case.


Lawmakers use their positions as legislators and the legislature itself as their personal club to further their own interests. It's them first and the people, well the people will just have to hope we have time for their needs and concerns. Welcome to the world of politics


And you repeat the lie the Washington Post gave 3 Pinocchios

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/news/fact-checker/wp/2017/03/20/are-firearms-with-a-silencer-quiet/

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2017/06/19/the-hearing-protection-act-and-silencers/

Unless you don't think you can hear something as loud as a jackhammer that is.   That will 'surely' be 'undetectable'


Of all the things gov't might actually want to bother intervening in, it would be the base needs on Maslow's hierarchy.

I mean geez who needs a roof over their head anyhow?!?


Another "logical conclusion" from Reinhard's first point was that judges should be given more control in sentencing people. Prosecutors have the power to charge people with crimes that have mandatory minimum sentences. As Reinhard said, "People who are actually innocent face incredible pressure to take a plea deal, knowing that if a jury finds them guilty, a judge might be forced to send them to prison even if the facts speak to a far different outcome."
In regards to our grand jury system, Perlow stated that ,"It amazes me that there are people who believe we want to file cases where there isn’t sufficient evidence". She also said,"Fewer than 10 percent of criminal cases filed in Lane County go to trial", which means prosecutors only have to have sufficient evidence to scare the defendant into taking a plea deal. They really don't need enough evidence to prove guilt "beyond a reasonable doubt".
Running  out of space so will say more in another post.


On the contrary -- this is transparency at its most important level -- just because your dad is the city's "top cop," you don't get to skip off scot-free from something that any other person would be charged with if they did it!

Thumbs up to you, Chief Kerns!


No doubt Trudeau and Butts are breaking out the champagne and celebrating. Their dream of a high unemployment, low wage, no benefit economy is coming true.


There is an an enormous difference between helping to build a house and breaking into one that is already built.

And there is an enormous difference between immigrating to an undeveloped country and immigrating to a prosperous superpower.


Thank you.


Got it


Henri-Levi always seems to pop up when a justification to invade an oil-rich country is needed


Chuck only has one subject.


Targeted  by who???? The boogie man!!!!
 Ten year Harper  Sher, don't get too excited, Junior is going to have a rough go in 2019 even with his dangerous pandering.
Their will be NO Kathleen  and their will be NO NDP vote to hold his  delicate 39 percent.
People voted for change and they now feel betrayed, hence the conservatives are in a statistical tie with the Liberals in Ontario as per Nick Nanos
Just will only have  lies and broken promises with a hole lot of debt to campaign on.


Learn a bit.

https://www.thestar.com/business/2017/01/31/toronto-house-prices-not-fuelled-by-foreign-funds-treb.html


Ha ha ha that will burn the habbos.


It's a good thing Hillary didn't get elected POTUS. At least Trump has balls.


Thats whats great about pot...its a vacation from pain...its a vacation from lack of appetite..its a vacation from cancer..and its a vacation from small,closed minded people..great work Bryant...this is going to help so many people!!


I can only hoped that Scalia is still bouncing.


Thank God for Republicans.


Thank you, Dr. Webster.
Some people abuse opioids. Some people use them successfully to moderate their chronic pain.
There's a lot of players in the current opioid abuse problem, including people who don't ask enough questions and don't inform themselves of the risks. I think too many drug companies are downright greedy when they raise the price of existing, longstanding drugs by 5 or 10 times -- because they can. But I don't think they fiendishly plotted to deliberately create a market of consumer junkies.


I want to thank the 58,000+ Alaskans who live in the Kenai Peninsula Borough who had enough common sense to choose to not sign this ridiculous petition.  The Borough needs taxes for schools and running government. This petition would have kept marijuana run by the black market without any monitoring or age limitation.  Keeping marijuana legal will insure adequate regulation and monitoring that will guarantee that only  adults 21 and older can buy it.  The money generated will guarantee that at least $50.00 of every ounce sold will go into the Borough tax account to services in our community...


Agree with you on Health care, think it actually needs fixing not necessarily replacing so we can STOP calling it Obamacare - an extremely negative tag to most of us!

I'm still not on the 'climate change' band wagon... NOT going to make the mistake of quoting anything again for you but I have seen many posts pointing to the 'fact' that this 90% you are talking about does not represent as many as they imply.

We do see that the ice is melting in the Arctic BUT the ice sheet is getting BIGGER in the Antarctic.  Does one balance the other? Proof of either? I personally think we are attacking something that isn't clearly defined - out of induced panic, not reality or common sense...

My opinion...


Critical: I never criticized Trudeau for not having a negotiating strategy and I never criticized his negotiating strategy, unless tweeting  support to anti Trump demonstrators was part of his negotiating strategy.


Hopefully Denver realizes that they aren't as good as they keep telling everyone and can get back to the basics of football. Not at all consistent in any phase of the game these days. Blocking, tackling and hustling special teams play are what separates teams and they are turning it over to boot. I feel like they are in good shape right now being 2-0 in the division. It's amazing and it's to their credit. Excellent chance to stay in the race despite not playing their best at times.


Most of Oklahoma's frequent earthquakes, and they were few in 2010, are the result of petro industry wastewater injection, the responsibility for which they attempted to dodge. Most earthquakes in the world at large are due to geologic activity that has nothing to do with humans. Got it? And yes, Scott Pruitt is a moron.


And as long as 'homeless' trespass  and destroy private property  through their own slovenliness and entitlement attitudes they will be vulnerable and not safe from property owners.


you need to understand that each congress person represents his/her district/constituents and only deal with problems within their district.  asking another congress person from another state for help is not correct; that is why they did not respond to you.  if you don't follow the rules then you have only yourself to blame.


Well now, hang on, there...

Didn't the Senate repubs pass SB26, which limits the pfd to $1000? And didn't that include weasel language, that the legislature MAY appropriate a pfd from the earnings reserve?
And didn't Ms LeDoux do the will of her constituents, with a Committee Substitute in the House. .. by making it $1250? And by requiring that the legislature SHALL appropriate an annual pfd from the earnings reserve?

Seems to me, like she's doing the will of those constituents. Maybe Lance should give that a try?

And pray tell....how on earth do you know...what people like me, have wanted for so long? Have we met?


How does one ignorant comment by a CNN reporter make Brietbart into a good and credible source?  You need a logic course, Eddie.


No, it isn't heresy.  It's merely a recognition that the inbreeding that would result from a race breeding from two parents would be easily demonstrated by simple DNA analysis.  You are misinformed about the Church's position, which would require the Church engage in  fundamentalist ignorance of bible history and human history.


Brilliant article. Helen, what you are doing makes so much sense. Look for the success recipe and replicate it. It's not that complicated. The Asian work ethic is amazing. Unfortunately we had apartheid and one of the "marketing strategies" of the struggle against apartheid was to promise the undeliverable to everyone. As these "promises" were perpetuated for decades, they have created a culture of entitlement and dependence, rather than accountability and self respect. Our dear friend JuJu is still promising the world to everyone. The question is, how do we change the way our people think? Start in parliament. Bring in Fit & Proper requirements for MP's, cabinet ministers and the executive. Both in terms of qualifications and honesty & integrity. (They did it in the financial services sector so why not the public sector?) Once that is in place, initiatives like this will become possible, because the MP's will understand more about law, economics, and the effect of their actions.


Were the homeless there helping? I mean the ones from Dignity Village and the other City sanctioned rest stops?


I recall when Bush was seen as too slow off the mark during Katrina and New Orleans native and once DNC chair Donna Brazile (the one who later leaked debate questions to Hillary before her 2nd debate with Trump) went ballistic castigating Bush for every conceivable and inconceivable problem connected with the relief and reconstruction of New Orleans.

The usual left wing suspects were happy to pile on.  Some like Puff Daddy went so far as to accuse Bush of racism and not caring about New Orleans because it was majority black.  (How Puff Daddy squared this with Bush's billions in aid for Africa was never revealed.)

Years later, after Bush was out of office and Obama was in office, Donna Brazile apologized profusely to W. saying nobody was a stronger and more generous supporter of the reconstruction of New Orleans than George W. who "kept every promise he made to us".

Brazile, you see, already had her political advantage from Katrina so it was now OK to actually tell the truth.


Trump shouldn't have asked-- or paid-- the Russians to do it.