I went to the site and read the essay.  I see why you have such bias if that is your literature.  It is one long whine about how badly he has been treated by females and society.  It is no surprise he has been married multiple times; he can't compromise with his partners.  Such trivia as he complains about would have gotten a horse laugh from my spouse; one of us liked to garden, the other to take care of the house.   In good marriages, people divide up chores according to what they like to do.  Honestly, complaining about a waiter taking a woman's food order before his?  Waiters generally take a woman's, or a child, or the oldest person at a table, as standard good manners, and most people don't stress about it.  If he wants to go first, he can certainly ask politely to do so.    All of that has nothing to do with the fact that nationally, women earn 79% of what men earn.  Your attitude about that, and opposition to a real remedy, says a lot about you.


"I believe that effort put into the matter of statue removal would be better spent working to achieve social justice."

I don't disagree but am not convinced it has to be an either/or situation. Part of social justice here is, in my opinion, the removal of offensive symbols.


Cleaning service $120; gifts, fundraisers $120; charitable $160;  music lessons $140;  holistic medicine $50;  vitamins, supplements $100.

That's $690 right there. Sharpen your pencil. Most of the above can be cut substantially or simply eliminated.


No, but if you know about those things there is a good chance that everyone else does too. After the speech concluded, nearly 7-in-10 of those who watched (69 percent) said they believe Trump’s proposed policies will lead the country in the right direction. I should also note that there are a lot of people who understand that Medicaid and SS need to be reworked and that AGW is problematic as well.


You haven't been to the South have you?


This is only a minor victory for the TMT. The fact remains there is only one road to the summit which makes it a choke point. The opposition will easily block it again and nobody has the will or desire to physically prevent them from doing so. I would like to see the TMT built here but everyone involved should know by now it isn't going to happen. TMT should shift construction to La Palma immediately as there are many discoveries waiting to be made.


Enjoy jail food & cement walls for the rest of your days.


We have cut enough for now Charlie.  And with the budget this young state needs to grow it`s energy infrastructure and spread it`s tax base away from oil, and get out of the boom-bust cycle of oil price swings, we need educated and healthy kids.  Even if there ARE more cuts to be argued it`s enough at this point.
  It`s time to pay our way like other states in this union with taxes and fees, and a sustainable draw on part of the earnings of the permanent fund while leaving the dividends, and inflation proofing of some kind.  I don`t want Alaska to be under the boot heel of a feckless and dishonest industry claiming to be our "partner" but needing subsidies that we cannot even audit for effectiveness. No thanks. I support this governor`s efforts because it`s a well thought-out plan.   Until a sensible other plan is presented MONDAY, we need to stick with the Governor`s plan, which is still written in pencil like he said.  But jiminy christmas, let`s get to it.  Just my two cents.


Time to clean house this Jan.  #draintheswamp #trump2016


Exactly right. And even in the case of buildings with paid-off mortgages, they are a depreciating asset requiring progressively more upkeep as time goes on to maintain market value for rents.


It will happen if the clinton losers get in. Heil hillary!!


I'm very thankful they have been found and are safe now. So often this type of story has a different outcome in our state. It's very heartwarming knowing another family is crying tears of joy this time.


Yes. And we shouldn't be selling groundwater in the first place.


My question wasn't intended to be confrontational toward you. It was inteneded to be informational to me.  I see that in my absence Lynn has presented you with some information. I hope you take it under consideration.
The reason I asked about your experience with homelessness is because you seem to be taking this personally. This is an ongoing crisis that is expanding in direct proportion to technological progress. Asking me to knock that chip off your shoulder with some kind of proof that one particular method of addressing the issue is superior to another isn't very productive. But giving up a cigerette habit isn't prevention.
Those of us who are old enough have heard it all before. The corporate lobbyist who petitioned the government to allow the MNCs to ship our jobs to blahblahblah.  The CEOs did it. The government did it.
But aren't WE the government? We are well beyond the point of placing blame.
If housing the homeless is the least we can do, let's do it.
Shelter for all.


The Pharisees were obsessed with personal holiness rather than with a moral code that made life more livable.  Their personal scrupulosity and lack of charity was what Christ mocked. They cared more for the truth as they understood it than the people they served.  Starting to see the parallels?


"The article you linked to describes how insurance companies take steps to avoid adverse selection:" --  Are you serious?  Duh: Of COURSE they do!  That's the point: Because they may try- and then fail- at fully knowing someone real risks, they spread that cost around their entire pool of policy holders, knowing full well they can't!  It incentivizes healthy people to get coverage as young and healthy as possible, and opens the pool of applicants and risk to be as large as possible-- it drives prices DOWN for everyone!!  "Whoops!" is right!


Peggy, never send to know for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for thee. John Donne.  We need to know because it affects us all. We are all at risk, so it appropriate to wonder what went wrong. That attitude of "the masses don't need to know" is what allows wrongdoing to exist.


When you have a glaring weakness on the offensive line you don't draft just one offensive lineman, you draft three of them.  Out of the two receivers, the tight end, the running back, and the defensive back Elway drafted, at least two of them should have been offensive lineman.  You win with stout offensive and defensive lines.  Thats the surest route to solid teams.


More lift, wider longer wheel base with a heavier suspension bigger displacement engine and a more aggressive 4x4 system and we might be getting somewhere.  Perhaps an 8 foot bed as well.


I dunno, I've always thought that The Queen had more savvy than to make an early invitation to President Trump, even though through  PM May.

Her visit to the US seemed so eager and hopeful....nauseating really......we have no idea at all of how far Pres. Trump will go in messing up the world and yet there was Britain's representative almost seeming to say:  "Let's be best buddies, we're in a real pickle in Britain and we could use all the help the US could give us!"

 Doesn't she realize that under Trump's leadership, such a friendship could be nothing but a curse?


The same could be said of Islam, Hindu, et. al.  Any of the human constructed belief systems to understant and interpret the existence of the Universe.  The fact is the Constitution contains no declared religious creed; It is all secular.


If Trump weren't empathatic, his campaign rhetoric would not have demonized entire groups of people due to their skin color and religion.  At one time in history, a major world country was suffering severe economic strains.  Scapegoats were found - an entire nation of people were demonized (the Polish people), and all of those of a particular religion (the Jews, if that's not obvious).  The leader appealed to people's self-interest, casting blame on "the other".  As we know, "good" christians backed this leader wholeheartedly, millions died to further his agenda.  Millions also died in gas chambers, and working as slave labor.

 If Trump were not empathatic to the alt-right, he would not have used some of their symbols  in his tweets. But the most damning evidence is this - if he were not empathatic, he would not have Bannon as his chief strategist, hidden away in the shadows now, with the press officially banned from access to him.  Please open your eyes to the danger.


No, you are wrong. Chugach Electric and Carlos Tree Service are particularly concerned about coming onto your property and doing whatever they please.


Nancy, You need to talk to your City Council, Lane County has no authority to establish land use rules for pot inside city limits.


I thought that marijuana made people mellow and non violent?

This is the second case in a Month of extreme violence centered around a group smoking pot..   The wonder weed that is going to save the State because of all the taxes raised by the legal sales.  The mind altering drug which idiots legalized because it was 'non harmful' and in fact even good for some!

Of course I wasn't there and the truth is always somewhere between the victim and the assailaint's stories but it is sure an interesting coincidence that we have a 16 year old teen murdered by pot smokers and now an unnamed 'victim' being beaten and tortured by more laid back pot smokers.

These two cases suggest that the 'non violence' of pot is BS!   Now all of you pot heads can flame over this but the evidence is pretty strong against you.


The fake news controversy is fake news.

"Several weeks ago, I received a phone call from legendary investigative reporter Seymour Hersh who had seen one of my recent stories about Syria and wanted to commiserate over the state of modern journalism. Hersh’s primary question regarding reporters and editors at major news outlets these days was: “Do they care what the facts are?
My experience was similar at The Associated Press. Among the older editors, there was still a pride in getting the facts right – and not getting misled by some politician or spun by some government flack.
That journalistic code, however, no longer exists – at least not on foreign policy and national security issues. The major newspapers and TV networks are staffed largely by careerists who uncritically accept what they are fed by U.S. government officials or what they get from think-tank experts who are essentially in the pay of special interests."
https://consortiumnews.com/2016/04/07/a-media-unmoored-from-facts/


you are giving up too easily...a few weeks back, you were all over everyone even suggesting she wasn't the next gland slam champ - guaranteed. Take a look at your comments...

https://beta.theglobeandmail.com/sports/tennis/eugenie-bouchard-battling-low-confidence-amid-prolonged-slump/article35930077/

Come on, all she needs is another decade to work on her game, and build up her confidence...

She will be ranked #1, by 2025 - no question...I am betting on it.


Maybe they do, but it's a hard case to make.

Protestants don't believe in the Eucharist
Don't believe in Sacred Tradition
Don't believe in the Pope
Don't believe in the same Bible
Don't believe in exegesis / Magisterium
Don't believe in the same Sacraments
Most have a different understanding of grace.
Don't understand the Mass.
Don't understand how Redemption in the same way.
Have a hard time with "space and time" of Jesus's salvific work (they try to put Jesus in a time box)
They don't believe in the Catholic understanding of suffering
Most Protestants have a defective understanding of the temporal world.

They do believe in reading and knowing the Word of God;  but they believe in private interpretation.

Increasing they do share things with some strains of Catholics
Church hopping
The homily/sermon is all
Making up their own moral criteria (contraception, abortion, divorce)

So in a SMALL sense this article has a point.


If comparing the Donald to a seven year old makes you feel better, I'm happy for you but, the guy "WON" the election so please try and get over yourself already!


The 'dark order' already left office south of the border. Now that Uncle Tom is off the stage and eight year 'talking' tour, we only have to contend with our own Communist China selfie stick sellout.A rotten little potato, that has done so much to alienate us with the Republican administration! Dark days indeed....for Canada that is!


Most workable solution:  Make it "guide required" like the others. Experienced users can opt for a "certified" course that allows them to bypass the requirement.  That'll cut down on route traffic (especially inexperienced users which raise the potential for accidents for everyone) and also generate additional guide jobs in the valley.


C.S.  I'm not suggesting they're illegal...certainly not in Oregon.  I am suggesting limiting them might be a little bit helpful, although there are so many present now that a limitation on new sales would just create a lucrative black market.......


I enjoy legal fireworks and legally use them.


Idiot? Is that what was missing?


I have noticed your confusion several times EG. I'll help you out, clear things up for you anytime. Some are unwilling to admit it but I appreciate you asking questions to help you make an informed opinion or decision.


The so-called "Civil Comments" police deemed this to be below "civility"

How do you like American democracy now, boys?


Did you read the article? Where does it specify how it is pronounced?


Thank you for writing this article. I look forward to a time when the rodeo and animals in general are no longer a part of the Calgary Stampede and we can go and enjoy everything else the Stampede has to offer.  We currently don't go as a family because of the use of animals.


you have no clue as to the great lakes. none. read up on it - watch a  documentary   - watch the one on the edmund fitzgerald. it's comprehensive enough.  really - if you want to say something with some understanding - check it out.
truly you wouldn't say what you say if you knew what you were talking about. not being a b, just calling it.


Free speach stifled in Oregon's largest community?! What a shame.


Plenty familiar, I just think Autzen or Matt Knight would be more easily secured and in friendlier territory.  Near the U of O, bus lines, parking etc.


This guy is an absolute (well known) nuisance where I am from and has been for years, one example: http://hawaiitribune-herald.com/news/local-news/circus-fined-more-50k-illegal-structures


Karen's point is that the fur industry is horrendously cruel and barbaric. It's nothing to be proud of or to carry on simply because it's tradition. This isn't a subsistence issue either because nearly all fur is farmed where animals are electrocuted or drowned. If people knew the truth and source of their fur, they wouldn't be wearing it with pride.


Trump's escalating intimidation of industry comes as Congress moves to disband its ethical oversight.

I notice that GM shares went down with Trump's tweet, as did Beoing's. Now what's to stop someone from finding out in advance who Trump is going to target next, and shorting their stock? All one has to do is look at which billionaire is visiting him at one of his luxury resorts to lobby and talk mutual benefits. Then a shrewd investor would short the visitor's competitor and wait for the 2:00 garbled Tweet.

This could seriously enrich a lot of WH and Congress insiders, and they seem to be removing the oversight body that would limit their insider trading. Just saying.


Does the Mexican government communicate with English speakers living in Mexico ?
Are voting ballots also in English ?
Do Americans who sneak across the border receive food-stamps, free housing, free medical, etc. etc. etc. ?


Lumping together communities is rather useless. For those with easy access to the GO system, commute time could be lower, and there is less stress in having someone else drive. So part of southern Oakville and Mississauga could be a lot more desirable.


Dare you to step onto the streets of the motor city with a megafone and try to get that message out.


Well that settles it no more Disney Frontierland or Colonial Williamsburg. And we all need to write the Dept of Ed demanding all reference to Colonial America be removed from textbooks. If we can erase the Confederacy we can erase Colonial America as well!


So many "holes" where to begin?

1. Supporters of cities actually live in them...So tell  me about Murray Edwards again?

2. The airport tunnel is a non- analogy a: usage is open to everyone, and unlimited, even if people who never fly do not ever use it; b: the cost even if a toll would be low, and there would be no restrictions on the number of uses sold. Not so with any event held at an arena. The number of admissions tops out at 20,000 and the price is high, and thus restrictive. As well, there are no season ticket passes (in effect a closed membership) that does not exist with a road tunnel...

3. He says that the Flames owners should pay, but only if they get all the benefits. Actually, every proposal from their side states exactly that - they get all the revenue (from all events), and pay a nominal rent...

Sorry, nothing this guy says moves the needle even a single degree...

Sports club owners offer benefits that ephemeral, while running opaque businesses.


Loblaw has an obligation to share holders to disclose issues that will affect profitability, and did this on the first conference call after government announcement.  That's called proper communication, not sabotage.

The only province that has their budget in order is Quebec.  They raised the basic exemption limit from about $9000 to $15000.  Now an employee making $25000 a year will only pay taxes on $10000 of their earnings, instead of $16000 of their earnings.  That lowers their taxes and gives them more spending power.  Compare that to Wynne's solution.  In Ontario they chose to increase the amount of taxes EVERYONE pays (including the lowest income earners) so that they can increase government revenues.  Within a year or two, inflation will remove the benefits of the minimum wage increase, and everything will cost more for everyone.  People making between $12 - $15 will only get up to $15, meaning some will be reduced to minimum wage.  Another failure by Wynne.


That was a great series. My hat is off to the Cleveland Indians and the competition they brought to bear. "Do they still sing the blues in Chicago when baseball season rolls around?" (Steve Goodman)
Not anymore Steve, not anymore :)


Keep your window open tonight.  When you see someone looking in, then tell us if you give a sh* t what they are called.


Well Doug, if you’d provided some of this context in your initial post, I wouldn’t have responded as I did.
You get a C- for your original mini-essay!
By the way, was the mill you worked in a union gig? Non union teachers don’t do very well regarding retirement.


GIW. Worked there from 79 to 85. It closed for the reasons many a lot of these old shops closed. We did it this way for 50 years and no reason to change now. Pay was good at the time. wok was hard and dirty. A lot of cast iron. I worked on thing that weighted 60 tons down to a few pounds. Many great people worked there.
 Good luck with the new town homes.


A liar is a liar is a liar.


I'd beat up on any chick who slept with my husband. This just makes Hillary more of a badass in my book.


In fact, a clear majority of Canadians - over 60% - did not want Trudeau as PM, and voted for either the Conservatives or NDP.


Last I checked, people eat bear, moose, beaver, muskrat, rabbit, and squirrel. All furbearers, all edible. No facts on linx, wolf, coyote, or mink though. can't make a statement on them. I'd be wary of wolf steak, myself. I DO believe I read somewhere about chinchillas being good for soup and stew. So, need to check your reference books again.


I guess someone must have tried to push in front of him in line or bumped him with their cart!


The question is also what happened to Hillary. At least I believe that Bernie is the most honest one of the bunch. That being said, I cannot support any of his policies. While trump is not really my cup of tea either, his policy proposals are what I think this country needs.


While I honestly think that something went on, I tend to believe that Trump knew little if anything of it.  My bet is that his people did collude with the Russians, but that they kept him in the dark.  That would explain his behavior to this point.  He is lashing out, because he feels he has been falsely accused.  Unfortunately, it is probably the most likely scenario.  If for no other reason, I just don't think Trump is smart enough to pull off that type of collusion, and he to date has shown that he has so little impulse control, that he would have let something slip by now.

All that being said, some of what he has done in reaction to this could be seen as obstruction of justice and I could see him still being impeached, not for collusion, but for trying to sway the investigation.  And in the end, wouldn't that be the kicker, he did nothing wrong to begin with, but his reactions to an investigation created an impeachable offense.


The British and French outlawed slavery before we did and didn't need to fight a civil war to make that happen.  The British outlawed slavery in 1833, the French in 1848, and in neither case did it take a war with something in the neighborhood of 1.25 million dead to make it happen.  So, you might want to take that out of your list.


While true that the relative performance of active and passive is cyclical, that doesn't matter. What does matter is the performance over the long term, as that time is the only one that matters. On that time frame the data is clear.


Who do we believe?


My last payment was $8482 working 11 hours a week online. My sisters friend has been averaging 17k for months now and she works about 21 hours a week. I can't believe how easy it was once I tried it out.

This is what I do...........   www.review80.com


BLM is a terrorist organization.


Drain the swamp...... Figures - an Obama appointment.....


By intention? Be honest.


Logically speaking, people should stop trying to blame others for the consequences of a path they have freely chosen


FYI... Gracee is from Canada


Not if you own Hop Valley. They have been making beer and now they are also making some dough.


And for the last 5 years, the taxes on this land have been stagnant.

If it is permitted o resume any operations, more taxes will be paid to support all those 'planners'.


Supply-side economics and a reference to the Laffer Curve won't "get it."  Didn't work for Reagan and was derided as a "boondoggle" by all but the most ardent supply-siders at the time.....and, sure enough, it was a massive failure and the deficit markedly increased.  To be fair.., those tax cuts for the wealthiest work out very well..........................for the wealthiest.   Everyone else, sorry folks, not quite so well.  Trump made specific promises to each right-wing special interest group in the country.  He also promised those working-class folks who lost jobs to outsourcing that he'd "bring those jobs back."  Right.....that's going to happen.....maybe the week after Mexico pays for a fifty billion dollar wall.  Mr. Trump, IMO, is full of hot air, empty promises and.....oh, well, never mind, that would be uncivil.  Regards, Gary Crum


The Trump administration is an inbred collection of billionaires who think they will reshape the world in their own interests.

Since when has the US respected the ruling of an international court? Despite the failure of the UN to find evidence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, the Bush administration invaded Iraq in 2003.

The US mined Nicaraguan harbors in the 1980s, they engineered an incident in the Gulf of Tomken to invade Vietnam in the 60s, not to mention the string of government overthrows engineered by US intelligence. Even under Obama there was a coups in Honduras and Egypt that were basically enabled via US military support.

How has China interfered with shipping in the area, and who are the US to dictate sovereignty issues in the south China sea. Let's remember that the Philippines was a colony of the US less than 100 years ago. I'd say their right to determine sovereignty in the area is questionable at best.

The bellicose language of Tillerson will lead to war.


Clean fuels is a worthless relic of Al Gore's failed climate scam. It is promoted by idiots that still believe that CO2 controls climate after years of evidence that man emits only 5% of the annual CO2 emissions; CO2 levels follow temperature and they are too stupid to realize that a cause cannot follow the effect.


Great to read about a successful student who is not an athlete.  No disrespect but academic excellence rarely receives the attention it deserves.  This young man and his family should feel very proud of his accomplishments.  Well done young man.


Yes, an off shore company soon to be a US based company bringing 20 billion of annual revenue to the US.   Malcolm that is a positive for u s economy.


McLachlin's position on first nations rights is no secret.  She wrote the Tsilqotin decision where she eloquently expressed how the court views first nations rights.  She was also one of 9 justices who agreed with the appeals court on this decision.  Even if she had disagreed it would have been 8 to 1.


"The Republican civil war is real"  Correction:  The civil war in the USA is real.


The term "right sized" is nothing more than a euphemism for only the people I want in government. Just look at how Tammie Wilson funnels state money away to her friends.


As noted in opinion pieces in other newspapers the fear that the paranoid rhetoric uttered by the naive in our society would lead to "a lone wolf screwball" being pushed over the edge and doing just what young Bissonette did. This was a young, mentally disturbed man, with an intense dislike of muslims who upon Trudeau's pronunciation of increasing immigration was driven to what he did. More thought needs to be given to mental illness in this country with much emphasis placed upon detecting the problem; and placing fences around mosques will do nought to help.


I thought about leaving the party several times this year for the same reason.  Then I figured they would blame Trump for people leaving, and say he's losing his base.  They still don't get it.


rick2000, Very hard for me to believe that you are not trawling or wanting to. Birds on a long liner are nothing compared to a factory trawler. Bait fisheries are much friendlier. So if you choose longlining then you have my support. Happy fishing.


Arse-kissing is an acquired skill. Universities do attempt to teach it though, judging by some of the students. Also "relations" with the TA-101, and creative clothing techniques for grade enhancement usually work.


we millennials are perky and insightful.


although Mr Pickard maintains that the goal of COER is to close the OLF in all reality if it were to be shut down the base would be sure to follow, one good thing there has been millions spent on upgrades and the P-8's arrival will definitely help to keep NAS Whidbey right where it belongs.


Actually, there is an easy solution...enforce the existing Law and get Trudeau to stop inviting these people to break it...


I attended the Boy Scout National Jamboree in Colorado Springs and heard President Eisenhower speak.  What a gentleman he was!  It is very saddening to have such rubbish come from a President's mouth as we heard from Mr. Trump.  Yes the corporate news is twisted on all the stations but the Presidential TWITS are "very very" ignorant and are often just pure lies...


Ding! You got it


Mussolini know it's common on both sides, but when is it OK to have bad behavior just because somebody else did it?     We're talking common sense conservatism here Motley.   "Would you jump off a cliff just because Johnny did it?"

Are you seriously trying to tell us that Putin's interference in our election process is OK?   I don't want to believe that's what you meant.

Now if you mean that Russian release of selected documents did not decide the election, that there were plenty of people that would not have voted for Hillary under any circumstance, then I will  agree with you on that.   I think Clinton and the Democrats lost the election for many reasons.

Besides, if Trump would be removed, (the most extreme possibility), another conservative Republican would rise to the office anyway and the Democrats would face the same minority position that they have today.


There is no after life. You're in the one you get.


Bubble.


There are over 45 studies asking the question, and 3 of 4 find effects. One example is: DNA and Chromosomal Damage in Residents Near a Mobile Phone Base Station. Int J Hum Genet, 14(3,4): 107-118 (2014).


Ed is so unappealing which results in bigger problems with the Republican based than the Democrats have with their base.  A good Republican candidate could have won this easily.  I don't think Ed wins. The base is not going to turn out for him - the only way would to have a Trump rally in some area like Lynchburg but Ed doesn't want Trump anywhere near him.


Guantanamo Bay is a ridiculously false equivalency. It is a POW camp more than anything else.

So no presumption of innocence or standard of reasonable doubt for just this one category of criminal charges? I hope others can see the glaringly obvious logical fallacy with your proposal.

What you're really proposing is pitching out a key tenet of highly evolved western jurisprudence, one that underpins civil society. So what other offences should the state then lock people up for with a weak threshold of evidence? Ill-considered posting about legal principles perhaps.
Not inspired by deep thinking.


Good thing you did not ask me for any citation as 'support', for my answer will be yours when I requested a  citation from you. Your answer (and I quote) "no citation needed for common knowledge." ~ Amber Collins ~

See, that is how that works.


Itʻs a little funny that when we report on something positive, that is in many respects a win-win-win scenario, nobody posts any comments.  Everyone likes the confrontational stuff that allows us each to make our opinions heard.  But from what Iʻve heard this has been a good solution on Kauai, and I hope it succeeds and shows some alternative solutions for other places in the state with large, outdated diversions (particularly Maui!).


Sad but True.
How else can you explain the Election of Wynn?
I cry for Canada.
Politicians now basically Pander to the Public Sector or Immigrants, not necessarily in that order.


My final post. Here are a few glaring examples of what kind of foreign shipowners are out there in the world today. Admittedly it does not represent them all. But to those who believe the answer to our problems is to simply open the floodgates and allow our economy and our lives here to be entirely dependent upon a business owned by somebody in another country half-way around the world, I would ask you to consider these short stories:

https://maritime-executive.com/article/hegh-autoliners-pleads-guilty-to-price-fixing

http://splash247.com/shanghai-maritime-court-arrests-hit-run-boxship/

http://www.maritime-executive.com/editorials/its-not-the-day-of-the-seafarer-anymore

There are countless more examples. But the picture isn't as rosy as you might believe. The Jones Act isn't perfect, nothing is. But I'd rather invest in making things right by modifying it for the benefit of US business and workers, than to simply repeal and allow any foreigner in to Hawaii's trade-lane.


Where are you silly people getting the idea your guns possession rights are being threatened? SO UNINFORMED! STOP, already! NO ONE'S taking your guns away.


Christie's Lietenant Governor (for both his terms), who is now running as a GOP candidate for NJ Governor, openly opposes the Blue Cross Blue Shield legislation.  Is the GOP the "resistence party" (e.g. "drain the swamp", "repeal federal legislation", "undo previous President's Executive Orders", etc.) you're talking about?


The leadership of federal agencies, the management, guidance and focus for the millions who work directly. Or indirectly for our gevernment comes from 600 or so middle managers...it's a huge and important part of our country! Of these the approximately 650 that need confirmation, the last I heard the Trump's team had nominated 12. Now one idea is that he will run the country into the ground, take over as the CEO with no oversight and become 'Emperor Donald.' The other idea is that he is a micromanager is the worst sense, knows nothing and wants to control it all. We need to find a graceful way to get him, and the whole team, out of there ASAP before we have a external crisis. So how and whom? It's not a joke, nor partisan. Bernie would do more in a week than Trump has in 1/3 of a year...really! We need responsible, thoughtful, humane leadership and we need it know! Waiting for the GOP to lead is a false hope...ain't happening. Even if 3-4 senators became independents he has to go! Now!


"She rented out two of the units and lived in the third. Colebrook refinanced her mortgage in order to renovate the property and help buy additional homes to generate rental income."

Maybe OneWest was overly aggressive and incompetent. But the fact remains that she was aggressive in her investments and overleveraged, and she was over her head once her tenants lost their jobs. With her only living in 1/3 of her "home", it might not be possible to get on the federal program, which in turn was not well administered.


Yup... just another 'excuse' to raise taxes yet again.


Whatever you say, nameless one. You obviously know all about me. Know this too, then: pseudonyms are gutless, which is absolutely appropriate for liberals.


Your remarks surprise me for one reason. They have not been removed by the moderator.


Rent a car!!! Trust me this will put the nose out of joint for the self entitled. Come and get him just once and tell him he owes you for the fuel.


"And why did they vote for him? Because this alt-Reich saw a Trump presidency as the best way for them to pursue their goals. That’s the reality, which is probably why a Trump White House can be counted on to give only lukewarm, pseudo-neutral criticisms of the Charlottesville march. He knows that is a big part of his base on the move."

Of course they voted for Trump. Do you seriously think that they would have voted for Hillary?! And do you think that they would just sit out the election?

But fortunately, they are actually a  very small portion of Trump's base.


not only is my adopted daughter a teacher in Eugene, my 3 grandkids take these tests. They've aced them every time. and yes, it is about tests because every time we go to take tests it's the same parents and teachers screaming bloody murder it's not fair their gross incompetence is exposed yet again.


Greed and corruption are not racially specific


Oddly, so far these voters who are becoming disillusioned report that they would still vote for Trump.   The lesson learned is that it's not enough to dislike Trump.  People need something compelling and relatable as an alternative.  I hope the Dems don't overlook that fact, or they may well have another surprise loss on their hands next time around.


Yeah, the guy in Nice, France killed 84 people with his rented box truck last year. Yet I didn't see anybody calling for outlawing trucks despite the amount of slaughter they can cause.


Interesting campaign and election. Typical incumbent election with support waning; with many folks looking for a change just for change sake and maybe a new face in the mayors chair.  Neshi has a somewhat folksy persona which in Calgary wins over the staid more conservative persona of Smith the lawyer. Lotsa people don't trust lawyers (and probably for good reason) especially when said lawyer has no firm plans for many key issues. To be elected you gotta have a platform you can realistically keep. So for many voters it's better to go with the devil you know than one you don't. Calgary will survive just fine with a little fiscal conservatism, and the Flames will still be playing hockey even if it isn't in a glitzy new arena.  Now Calgary, get busy and make a serious pitch for that new Amazon distribution center.


And yet, even with the mafia running towing in Montreal it's still more honest than towing in Ontario. I mean $400 for a tow? Phhht. Try $3000.


Indeed, abusing priests have been overwhelmingly from a tiny, distinct cohort of society. To say it is a Catholic generalized Catholic problem is a ludicrous waste of time.


Hitting .333, with a hr and 3 walks..sounds like he's ok to me. Bring 'em up


Yah, LOL, it the same troll Another Commentator / chinaknews / di_mondzsz - now, under the new comment system he has to create a new profile for every like he manipulates - let's see him create hundreds of nicknames now.  smirk.


It doesn't need a point... it's about the environment... at least it mentions the environment and that's enough.  And kids.  The environment and kids and that's enough.  And she's a minister. The environment and kids mentioned by a woman minister and that's enough.


Why do you automatically assume women aren't meritorious?


I'll give you credit for paying attention. Maybe exposing HRC for the vile, evil, conniving, foul-mouthed piece of trash will finally sink in.


For the G&M to place an advertisement for scotch whisky right in the middle of an article about road deaths seems to me to be at the very least extremely bad taste.


I'm not so sure that the future of "religious" life is the conversation that needs to be had. I'd be much more interested in expanding the discussion to include what it means to live a consecrated life in this day and age. That would include various emerging models of Church like small faith communities, the developing relationship between the laity and clergy, living out healthy sexuality, etc.

I have deep respect for the religious men and women I know today and those who helped shape my life in the past. But that doesn't mean we should perpetually work out of a paradigm that developed in the middle ages. Contrary to what some seem to believe, in every age the Church has adapted to meet the needs of the times and it must again if it is to stay relevant.


Trump plainly and clearly said on the campaign trail and his Leninist white supremacist chief advisor has called for a banning of Muslims to America. If you are Muslim and you leave it will be extremely difficult to return. Don't want to quibble about the comparison of the inhuman brutality of the Holocaust to the illegal EO that trump signed only to point out that all evil starts somewhere. In this case I think the comparison to the good Germans who stood by as evil took hold is totally appropriate to the paraphrasing of the Niebold quote that I will repeat now and many more times. "First they came for the Muslims and we said "Not this time Motherfuck$rs!"


Sadly...I think you are right! Trump is fascist....closer to Germany in the early 30s....

The question is how can we have gotten to a place where around 50% of a major political party sticks to him like glue to the refrain of "lock her up"...

Not 50% of the total pop or ALL the reps....(there still are some sane ones) but dear God....Germany in the early 30s started out with just a partial horror...too.

I think post election, an awful lot of attention by both parties needs to be focused on these issues....and on the congressional gridlock issues which this situation provides and account for all that non legislative progress so often recently blamed on Hillary...

We really really as a country need to work on these issues before it gets any worse....


depends. I saw a chiro and they adjusted my upper back and then gave me therepies. not all chiros are crazy "oh your leg is .5% out of alignment come to me twice a week for 100$ a visit" types


Don't use big words like risible.


What is sad is that you have no understanding of Roe v. Wade.  As I said earlier, that case was not grounded in the Equal Protection Clause.  Now, by apparent inadvertence, you agree, as you say:  "Roe v. Wade grounds constitutional protections for women’s decision whether to end a pregnancy in the Due Process Clauses."  DUE PROCESS, not EQUAL PROTECTION.

Notably, the rest of your post is taken word for word, and without attribution, from a UCLA law review article.  A cut-and-paste job.  Aside from that, law review articles, unless they are written by top-notch, noted scholars, usually occupy the lowest rung of legal authority.  If there is federal court precedent squarely holding that the right to abortion is grounded in the Equal Protection Clause, please cite it.


OK noodle arms.


Trident, even when you do post words they do fail you.


President Trump won't divest from his business interests or set up a blind trust, won't reveal his taxes, appoints lobbyists as regulators, appoints his family to positions in the white house, lied under oath in civil lawsuits, ad nauseum...  This is the guy that is going to teach scientists something about ethics?


Yup, the situation just snuck up on us.  We have seen totalitarian regimes in the past.  Its hard to understand how people can allow them to happen.  But in our own country and time we see thought control alive and well.  So it goes and develops.


You can't actually believe this tripe?


It’s just a weird series of coincidences based on his not knowing any better that he hired a bunch of Nazis to his staff, won’t distance himself from the Klan, hired Kobach and Hans von Spakovsky and Jeff Sessions and his only governing principle is overturning everything President Black Man did.
Really, it’s sad because he just means well and is in over his head.


Not S Corps - but thank you for playing.


I'd like to see less people like you, spreading the liberal disappointment because Hillary lost!


This is not right. Do you know him? How can you know what he feels in his heart.


I provided the information which Symantec provided when I attempted to access the website without particular comment.


Add "tough love" as another strategy that's been tried and continues to fail for much of our homeless population.  Makes a lovely plank in the campaign platform but does nothing to solve the underlying problem.

I'm not talking about letting true criminal acts slide, but busting homeless on bike and pet registrations and similar "quality of life" violations is simply manini harassment and has been amply demonstrated not to work in city after city.


The better and more accurate headline is likely "Liberals Controversial Omar Khadr Payout Could Impact NAFTA Talks"....... was that so difficult?


So the "disenfranchised"  have to show photo ID to collect their welfare, get their food stamps, at the DMV....
But god forbid they need to show photo ID to vote.
Which can be obtained for FREE by the way.


"He will help craft economic policies that will grow wages for our workers…" sez Trump.

But isn't another one of his key appointments - the CEO of Carl's Jr. hamburger chain - arguing that the minimum wage shouldn't be raised because it is actually bad for workers?

Would love to sit in on a Trump cabinet meeting as all of the over-size egos clash.


NOT IN MY BACK YARD is less important than SAVING LIVES and EASING CONGESTION.


Comey proved to be a bitter little weasel...he has no evidence Trump committed any crime but cannot let his time in the spotlight die...he did however prove that Loretta Lynch interfered with the Clinton investigation and should be brought up on charges of obstruction


You are disrespecting a veteran who sacrificed for our great country?  Congratulations, 1/3 of the country will now boycott you and your business.


Oh that HIRA is the absolute worst.  Those people actually expect Republican politicians to be different from Democrat politicians.  Auwe!


Go Charlie, Go!
.... and let the lyrics fly!


How about making the GET tax mandatory for all islands not only Oahu. The outer islands donkeys are crying about the hotel tax cause it affects them also. They probably got tons of calls from their hotel execs about the increase. Well too bad!!


Looks like Sarah will be losing some like minded friends.


I don't have a feral in this fight but perhaps Curtis needs to take a deep breath and calm down.
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On 10 July he posted the below comments in the thread on the article curiously entitled "Is This Kahala Man’s Pitch To Help The Homeless For Real?"  With and even more curious lede "Some people are skeptical of a man with a criminal past who says he wants to sell his multimillion-dollar Kahala home and give $200,000 to a foundation to help working homeless families.".
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A direct quote from Curtis Kropar is as follows:
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"I am on the board for Habitat for Humanity, Leeward. We were offered the event, but only a few weeks to prepare. There was simply not enough time to do anything with it on our side."  ***    "Dude, we were just Fn BUSY.  Thats the whole answer."
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Curtis is correct there are laws against libel and slander. One wonders if Blake Tek Yoon may wish to use them to discover the identity of "some people".


Of course Russia isn't going to fuss. They're already pushing out the Samis there. Good for Norway. Good luck!


Since when is a referendum undemocratic? Britain's Brexit happened as a result of the majority agreeing on the referendum. Dutch are in the wrong here as they may very well have acted like fascists this time. Same for the Germans.


Those folks who blame the women or the people who tried to stop the verbal assault being made on them are enabling the crazies who think it is okay to use violence against those when they don't like. With the aroma of racial and religious hatred coming from Washington DC there is sure to be more of this behavior. There ought to be a survival course for folks living in large cities with large populations of people who would have been in state hospitals for the violently mentally ill if they were still being funded. One of the first things to learn is to dial 911 when you see a person who appears to the deranged viciously confront someone else. Attempting to intervene has its risks, as we see from these deaths.


I believe they fabricated stealing mailbox story as this would be a federal offense (stealing mailbox) subject to harsher punishments.  Now look who's being punished.  All these troubles for family money, shame !


Bingo!


What is it they say about stupid?


“My hope and wish is that someday we'll pay this much attention to our own politicians


Leave it to the close minded, greedy male conservatives who want to do away with womens health, due to their bastardized interpretrations of their bibles, with their good ole male run contraceptive and womens health hearings. I believe it is to put women in their places as second class citizens. As a man, I think all men should stand up and vocally advocate for a common sense womens family planning and womens health program, to help catch  cancer and prevent womens health problems, as it affects their wives, girlfriends, daughters and other members of their extended families. If enough men and women speak up, in defense of womens health, maybe we can drive the conservative, corrupt, greedy, racist, pea brained male homophobes back into the gutters they crawled out of.


This is what happens when people resort to blogs and forums for sources of news. Nobody bothers to challenge the source.


Please!!! Let each and every reader of the Daily Maverick (that includes Max du Preez) now finally see that Afriforum is NOT "for whites only", Not apartheid in disguise, not Die Nuwe Broederbond. This is NOT an act of opportunism. This is the application of the law in South Africa as each citizen would like it to be. NOT politically inspired.


Layla, I was refuting Duke Charles claims in the Telegram article he sited. In that article it mentioned that the co-driver was Polish. We now know otherwise. My response to Chris was simply to inform him that the actual driver who apparently hijacked the truck has not been identified in any way; unlike many of the commentators here.
I suggest you go to my retort to Dukey and hit the link I provided as prove of his false claims.


This comment implies that you approve of the President of the United States pushing a fake story into a major news station to distract from serious investigations of his collusion with Russia. Would you like to clarify your position on this? ...


To an extent. The distinction is you enter into a contract with an insurance company. You know up front what it will or won’t pay.

And I don’t love insurance companies. They are a fine hedge to protect one’s personal assets from liability, but the preference in medicine would be for patients to contract individually with providers, the same you would any other professional. I’m not expert enough to currently see a way to get back to that.


That was easy, the Leafs will gat er dun!


I think you are doing something wonderful, and I would like to say simply, God bless and Godspeed!


Bureaucracy... Isn't Finland like a lot of European systems - a national education system? A larger system compared to Hawaii in terms of bureaucracy. IIRC there was a SA article about their system.

To me the big difference is that the Finns weigh parental satisfaction very heavily.  In our system, classroom problems go to the principal as a disciplinary problem and the parents and the principal fight it out. Sometimes the problem actually gets solved or teachers on their own and with their own personal resources will solve it.

With Finns the teacher spends a lot of time dealing directly with parental satisfaction and they deal with the problem as an educational problem which does get solved to the satisfaction of the parents. In that environment, teachers get the respect from parents and students that they deserve as well as the cooperation and respect from the administrator of the school.

I've also seen this in a Dutch IIRC movie on their secondary students.


What's wrong with you?


what military presence in bush Alaska ???only time we see the Natl Guard is in cases of civil emergencies--and it takes hours/days sometimes for the Natl Guard to respond !!!==push to expand the rural guard--no more draftees and no more experienced military vets !!!


Wow a president that follows through on his campaign promises. America First.


Yes ...............
A black guy more than tripled those markets in only 8 years
............. and all you saw was negative this, that and the other


Let me guess Miller. You were always the last kid picked and are a blast at a party.


Unfortunately, that is the modern understanding of "mystery" and not what the New Testament and early Church meant by it ...


Trump's Impeachment or removal from office by other means cannot happen soon enough.  Trump is dangerously incompetent and unstable.


Keep wearing a sign that you are a straight married man. Are you oftentimes thought to be otherwise? Hmmmm. Maybe you need to butch it up a bit more?


Agreed. I hope that concept catches on.


What did the borough think would happen?


How can the Everett School District claim building a new high school will cost $220 million? The people voted down twice a bond asking for  $150 million in 2014, Marysville Getchell opened in 2010 costing $118 million for 193,000 sq ft to accommodate 1600 students and the Stanwood bond asked for $147 million for 181,000 sq ft. and 1200 students. If Everett has already purchased the land it makes a bond of $220 million sound even more outrageous.
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If the Everett School District doesn't have a better numbers, I vote no.


duali
Virtually every product and service we have, except health care, is produced privately and run for profit. It works.
I believe that the problem with the US health care system is that government did not make the connection between the excellent medical system and the 15% of the US population which did not have health insurance.


Yours was the cowardice. Walking away without an apology. We've already been here.


Liberal strategy, in order:

1.  recommend legalizing pot,

2.  scramble to figure out how to get a handle on the road safety implications of 1.

Who's worried?


You could go to their country to visit. They don't have to come see you in the US.  Guess we gotta pay Chin's expenses for the appeal to the Supreme Court.


Wow, my comment about censorship has been censored!
The Globe is like Pravda.


"Interestingly, your comment garnered two 'Likes' from commenters who routinely mock climate science."

With my like it's three. And BTW Shore - I'm still waiting for you to tell us what academic credentials you have on "global warming".


First off, in my form of Christianity, we are not supposed to fear God the way you mean.  Respect, yes.  Fear, no.  Remember, I have said it is about relationship.
Now as far as the rest, I know a black pastor of a storefront church that freely admits that if you had lighter colored skin, you did not want to be in his part of town after dark when he was growing up.   As far as current events go, every time a white person is excluded from anything based on their skin color, they are demeaned.   Or is this just true for minorities?   Promotion of other races is inherent in affirmative action.  Spitting I am sure occurred a number of times but I will have to get back with you about a specific time and place.   One spot I would believe it happened would be against a police officer at one of many liberal "protests" that tend to get out of hand.


I'm pretty sure this is absolutely not true. 2017 Florida budget was $79.3B, and with a population of 20.6M, that's $3,850 per capita. Gov. Walkers' proposed Dept. of Education budget for AK was $1.6B; with out pop of 740,000, that's $2,170 per capita.

So unless you have and can link to a source for this claim, I'm gonna call BS.

Furthermore, comparing our State budget to much more populous states is kind of nonsensical. No other state has the geographical reach we do, and the challenges that brings.


Beyond the fact that I haven't found Mr Trump's election to be especially "agonizing," I'd say that this article gets it right.  Truth be told, this is how we should respond to _any_ leader, whether we approve of them or not, whether we get along with them or not.

Don't react in haste, comment and act on the merits of any proposal.

It's a little surprising to me that anyone might need to be told to act this way.


You gotta admit Doyle, he's got you there


Their collective hesitation and silence actually speaks volumes.


When has the argument "We will probably loose, so why even try" ever justified not fighting?

You are right: getting Roe overturned is an extreme uphill battle.  Eradicating abortion from this country is, right now, a dream that will be extremely difficult, if not impossible to achieve.

First: so what?  Sometimes the end result does not matter. What matters is the choice to go down swinging.  We pro-lifers will keep fighting.  Second, and more importantly: with God all things are possible.  When God is for us, who can be against us?  We have God on our side.


You're probably right. As long as the yokels keep gulping down the swill he pours in their trough he keeps his advertisers and hence the millions he makes lying to Trump's base. He's cut of the same cloth as Limbaugh, Ailes, and O'Reilly and eventually it will unravel for him, too.


Oh, my!!   Hutchison? *lol*

"Fodder for the conspiracy theorists, fueled by Hutchison’s incendiary allegations and characterizations"
https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/robert-hutchison/their-kingdom-come/

"Given the superficiality of the research, the narrative's fixation on conspiracy theories, and the absurdity of many of the allegations, it is clear that this is not a book to be taken as a reliable work of reference."
http://www.todosloslibros.info/index.php/respuestas/39-their-kingdom-come

I think I'd try for a different reference to attempt to support your position....


It was Harper that destroyed the economy.


Roundabouts are great for cars but terrible for people walking.


That just means the Tesla will just add extra to Canadian orders.


Baloney


Many Canadians would agree that at least  one american should be kept as far away as possible - trump.


> How do you know it isnt natural?

Because there is 49,933 years worth of data which shows otherwise.

Listen, I'm about the most rational person out there when it comes to the climate change debate -- 90% of these comments are either from deniers or from snowflakes who are picking and choosing from sources to make their (not so good) point.  But in the face of the indisputable CO2 data on hand, to call me hysterical is completely asinine.


joanp: Fantasizing is not a sin. To NOT fantasize can be sinful.  A world without fantasy is a world without poetry, music, dreams, literature, art, and so many other things. Trust folks to fantasize. And to fantasize fully.

One of the most damaging and unhealthy things I remember about Catholic school was the repeated stern admonition: "Boys, put a brake on those fantasies." The "take a cold shower" doctrine often was then cited.

The Big Error:

The beauty of fantasy and the sickness of lust were homogenized as equal evils on the slippery slope to Hell, and maybe, just maybe, that approach was sinful and unhealthy in and of itself.  To repress fantasy is to live life with the brakes on.


What these govt types do is "budget" 30% more than the previous year and then, with tears in their eyes, "cut" that budget by 50% resulting in a net increase in spending of 15%.   But they make it sound like they "cut" the budget when they really didn't.  A common govt shell game.  (Schill game?)


They were honest when leaking the Hillary stuff though right?


You don't understand. Land in this context is not meant literally.


Stephenson is choosing radical Republican politics over the best interests of the Boy Scouts of America and its young and impressionable members. Shame!


The F-35 credit should largely go to former Senator Begich, who Congressman Young gave credit for saving the postal subsidies for Alaska, where Senator Murkowski couldn't bother showing up.


How can there be uncertainty if there is no official situation at the border, and the numbers refused have been pretty much the same as they have always been. If no students have been blocked how can you make the leap that that kids could be blocked ? What do you base your evidence on, the two stories that appeared on C.B.C. ?


I think Andrew might want to move the Halifax agenda up a bit.  August 2018 will be a bit late in the game to come up with something convincing, especially since he will have to mop up the mess Harper left behind – that party was united in appearance only.  Ruffled feathers need to be smoothed, and Andrew will have to pay his debt to the socons without alienating the fiscons.

The con platform thus far seems to have consisted almost entirely of cheap shots against Justin.  If they want to attract more than the core 30% that votes conservative no matter who is at the helm or what he stands for, a viable alternative must be presented – not platitudes about balancing the budget and lowering taxes.


Thank you for your letter.  I very much agree with you.  I know here in Issaquah City Staff refused to acknowledge that we have wildlife in the area even though some of the older City goals and vision state the City wants to project wildlife and preserve open space and wildlife corridor. Most of our staff does not live here so have no real idea as to what wild life exist here or where they live or roam. Our SEPA process and comments when new development is being reviewed is ignored when anyone mentions wildlife corridors and grazing area on a property to be scalped of trees, bushy areas leveled and creek buffers reduce to allow more development and roadways or parking.  Deers seem wondering lost on the roadways more and more trying to access the creeks and more are getting hit by vehicles.  The owls that use to hoot and eagles that use to soar over my development are no longer present. Bears are roaming more and more to find food in places that use to provide them with nourishment.


the steel was purchased years ago and has been stacked waiting to go in the ground. This is a good decision otherwise it would have cost millions for new pipe which may have  killed the project.


One question that those against vouchers ignore is "Why, in 2008, were vouchers killed in Washington D.C. by Democrats when it was popular among low income black parents?


It was interesting to count the GCI badges attached onto people's belts, backpacks, etc. at the Anchorage LIO yesterday as they testified in support of SB 128.

They're sure to get pats on the back along with some good attaboy's and attagirl's.


A corporate lawyer , who has her own corporation , is going to continue to be a corporate shill and corporate puppet and nothing will change for the better,  just get worse, that's for sure.  Woman , man , or android in office,  the corporations are winning.


This is so sad. Seventeen and life is just beginning. Carmella was one of my daughter's friends. May she and Theresa rest in peace and may their loved ones be comforted and held in God's loving hands. Sad.


Trump may get re-elected because the so-called family values Christians, so-called fiscal conservatives, and the so-called "party of ideas" have sold out their ideals to cape for a thrice married racist perpetually bankrupt fraudulent segregationist p- grabber who barged into dressing rooms at the Miss TEEN USA pageant to ogle underage girls. How quickly Republican values have morphed when the lecherous racist elitist Manhattan cum Hollywood TV star with the R next to his name has absolutely NO values. It's as if the entire Republican party has enrolled at the fraudulent Trump University.


Or they're pitching a tantrum like a four old because the adults wouldn't allow them to keep the Taj MaHawker.


Im all for Alaska changing its state product. It is the oil corporations who will be cutting off their nose to spite their face. We have plenty of resources to choose from, which is why we need Canadian corporations to get out along with the foreign oil. We can figure it out, and do not need corruption to help us. Fire them all, liquidate and re appropriate.


In talking to many even in my senior circle and certainly those younger they have never experienced a
high interest rate environment or have forgotten.    YA BUT THIS TIME IS DIFFERENT, mentality.

Many if not most cannot make the distinction between NEED and WANT.   They need a roof over their heads but not 5000 sq ft,  three car garage, swank neighborhood.     Then they get into this home and then proceed to do umpteen thousands of dollars of renos.

In an financial show yesterday the talk was that while interest rates in the US Will be raised shortly as their economy seems to be doing ok for now, here in Canada they will not raise the rates as our economy is declining.  Non energy exports are dropping according to the latest figures which does not bode well.

In reading some time ago about who was buying these expensive homes my group (the seniors) were a significant part of it.

Woe unto those who cannot or have not often used their brains.


Being an experienced career criminal himself and also because he probably does not know what email is, it is unlikely to find any email to or from Zuma himself.


Probably it will be up to the general populace to decide. Fans/others will either support or not support the team. Capitalism at its best. So far the movement to force a change doesn't seem to be getting much traction. You have repeatedly commented about objecting to your tax dollars being used to support that decision. Just because you think it is a racial slur doesn't make it so, any more than my disgust at the "ladies" in the anti Trump pink (I don't want to get censored) made their demonstrations "right" or "wrong".  It irritated me that "I" had to pay for government services to support those marches as I suppose you are irritated at the Tea Party type marches.  We can't always have everything our way.


"If both sides can't agree on something even with the pressure of a deadline approaching, then we're back to where we were before 2010."

So, millions of people less with healthcare, people being denied coverage due to pre existing conditions, and a system that profits off of peoples health.  I mean, thats EXACTLY what is going to happen - so its not an option.  Moderate Republicans who hate the ACA wont even vote for a full repeal without at least something on the table as a replacement.  Its way to risky to think that in 2 years, this do nothing congress will be able to get any closer to coming up with anything better if they have not been able to do it now after trying twice and complaing for 7+ years.

All this time and effort by Republicans to repeal this when if they would have tried just fixing certain aspects of the law, they probably would have gotten a lot further.  But its clear from the GOP proposals they ONLY care about profits, and not people.


Trump seems to be a sore winner.


DD:  Mr. Butt has, in my opinion as a member of the Junction City community, chosen wisely in choosing Springfield rather than Junction City.  We have five auto parts stores, a DariMart, a DairyQueen, two Mexican restaurants, three banks, a St. Vinnies, a Goodwill, Guaranty Chevrolet and Motor Homes, and four stop lights.  In my opinion, we're doing fine without a "gentlemen's club".  But thank you for the offer.


A headline that overstates the obvious.
All the mea culpas and reversal of policies along with a few crumbs scattered to the masses with the intention that checkbook politics will save day is the strategy of 20th century back room eggheads.  Too much water has gone over the dam and people these days will not (or should not) be convinced of moon-eyed politicos and their shallow sympathies.


I am saddened by this.  But not surprised at the lack of empathy by children without a father figure in their lives.  Their punishment should be severe and very public.


How do niqab wearers suggest that they be ID'd?  For example, would they agree to a microchip?  An aside, most Muslim women do not wear niqabs.


The idea that newcomers are aiming to change the United States is paranoia, though, no different than when people feared the same of Catholics and Jews migrating to the US in past ages. That paranoia is fed by propaganda machines like Fox and Breitbart, who continually exaggerate the risks that immigrants and refugees pose, lacking any kind of reasonable perspective.

In reality, the US has strong institutional structures that make it quite resilient to the kind of change that people fear. There is really no risk, for instance, of Muslims breaking down the separation of church and state that effectively prevent most of what people seem to be afraid of. On the other hand, the risk posed to US government institutions is much greater when you consider those that claim to be defending them -- which is why it is very alarming when the US president employs rhetoric that challenges the independence of the judiciary.


Cole Dermont, what an incredibly racist comment.


I too look forward to a female PM...one who is competent, qualified and the best candidate.  Not one of Trudeau's quota ministers though.


"It harms the church to talk about these things in public". Not so.
It harms the church to hide talk about these things from the public.


McCain is an embarrassment to real Republicans.  He might as well have a (D) after his name.


Agreed.  A humanely treated food source is the way to go.

You'll find most hunters hold a deep respect for the animals they have killed to feed themselves and their families.

Hunters are some of the most involved and engaged conservationists I know.  They actually do something as opposed to telling other people how to live their lives.


They can't guarantee there will not be a spill. There are so many oil spills in Alberta right now and the American company can't keep it clean.


What would you do Geoff. The DA is finally making inroads into the black electorate. Yes, Black Twitter elevated Zille's tweets to a national issue and no, I do not think she is a racist. Her history speaks for itself. However, her tweets have become an issue and I think she should step aside. Currently, her presence serve as a distraction in the fight to save South Africa. She has done well for her country. She built a viable opposition, but a grown-up should stay away from that medium. It served its purpose when she led the DA. She should have stepped away form it once she relinquished the leadership. As a  seasoned, competent and savvy politician, she should have shown more maturity, but once an addict....

Would you leave the DA for sacrificing Zille. Would you go to.. where would you go? I see some commentators think Maimane should ac,t because they have reached their ceiling in white votes. They are currently losing white voters, because of other issues, but again: quo vadis?


Is anyone familiar with digital sound waves?  The sine wave?

A digital sound wave can be appended to rather easily.


Then........why is it needing to be fixed? Why has this law turned the congress over to republicans. Why aren't the democrats yelling to the mountains how great it is? Vox is not a source sorry.....This is not up for debate.


Driving is a privilege, hence the test and license.
Gun ownership is a right thus not dependent on any test or license.


This is as much a story about mental health as it is about a possible suicide.  It is terribly unfortunate that there is still a stigma associated with appropriate treatment for all types of mental illness.  There are many people in our society (no matter the social strata) that attempt to self-treat their illness with either alcohol or illegal drugs.  Education remains the best resource to reach these individuals.  Regardless of all of that, my condolences to Ada and family on the loss of a treasured member of that family,


Wikileaks - helping terrorists around the globe avoid surveillance.


"In a sane and sensible city, authorities at all levels would be pulling together (...)"
For me it seems that they are pulling together... in different directions


So in order to avoid further embarrassment to the American public, blame the election results on Putin.  Way to go.  We'll believe that.


Your the one misleading people Hanker.  If SB21 is good why are we giving them more in credits than we`re collecting in SEVERENCE?  You know what SEVERENCE is don`t you Hank?  It`s what the landowners in Texas get while the state gets the taxes. In Alaska we are the landowner like the Texas sheep farmers.
The Alaska STATE severance tax is a "whole nother` type of tax, separate from the sheep farmers/landowners just like it is in Texas Hank.
So it appears YOU are the one continuously misleading Alaskans with your phony SB21 praise while you help extort subsidies from the people of Alaska with SB21. along with the Conoco caucus in the Senate in Juneau. Stop misleading people Hank.


“Giving China preferential access to the Canadian market would threaten the jobs of workers and businesses in this country,” Mr. Scheer said."
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The Harper government's Decade of Deceit gleefully tossed away middle class Canadian jobs in order to grow the wealth of corporations.  So now we have Andrew Scheer in an abrupt left turn...it's impossible to trust politicians who change their stripes - and so quickly!


Shall I post a link to your sorely needed "Jump to Conclusions Mat" or would you rather google it for yourself? While for comedy's sake, I appreciate that you ascribe all manner of positions to me which I did not take ... I'll assure you that "conspiracy" is not my mode of operation. I merely recognize that public manipulation is a big part of the game. Setting expectations with convenient statistics and information (along with mis- and dys- variants) is SOP.

Lastly, Police officers in this country are in the 15th most dangerous profession. Farmers and Construction workers are killed at a much higher rate than police.


Well it's the liberals' standard practice to just mention it for the statement to be true. Now it's incumbent upon Republicans to prove it isn't so.


So the recent studies that show pot helps with Alzhiemers are wrong?

The fact that pot was a medicinal only drug before being opened for recreational usage completely demolishes any of the claims you make about it not being beneficial.

If is harmful then prove it. Show me where it nearly as harmful as alcohol or cars or even bathtubs.


You need to take a 120 sabbatical and visit the Legislature every day of the session. These days it is a joke where it is common for both the House and Senate to break their own rules to pass......or not pass a bill(s). After 120 days you would realize how impossible your idea would be to implement. A perfect example of the bovine this past session was the amended CORA bill that a group of distinguished business leaders worked on for 6 months previous to the session. Their purpose was to make sure that the information given by the government could be easily disseminated. But once it got into the legislature and amendment was added that took away the misdemeanor  charge  [read "teeth" ]for not complying with the CORA request.So now, there is nothing to stop a Colorado government agency from not responding.Again, the legislature has turned into a Country club where elites wield their power to get what they want.


I wish abortion was legal before these phony hypocrites came along.


Gotta ask why the sudden interest in Naspers? Could it be that the Guptas wants to claw into the competition, we've seen what they did with WMC this looks suspiciously like a repeat of the Pottinger methodology.


Once again, millionaires and billionaires filling key positions...THIS is the way he was going to "clean up" Wall Street....the Wall Street he said Hillary was too close to?  Fraud, and phony, is what this "so called" President is.


Yes we get it Bernie, you don't like Muslims and you use these comments to advertise your personal website. You're conveniently avoiding the fact that violence against women in Canada happens in all religions, cultures, and economic classes. Nice work missing the point.


President Trump's attacks on the judiciary show a lack of respect for the constitutional checks and balances that define our democracy.  It is a tactic unworthy of our president and is more in keeping with an authoritarian regime.


Good to see that Trumps decision to get the criminals out of our country is working. They are fleeing on their own!


Helles Belles, even the so called presidents new hotel in Las Vegas was built with Chinese imported steel. The cat is all mouth and no action.


June 15th 1215 at Runnymede probably means nothing to the brain dead.


Like the Clinton Foundation, Trudeau foundation seems to have no problem swallowing large sums of foreign cash. Which is exactly what the Globe says they got from Zhang Bin, president of the China Cultural Industry Association, an authorized organ of the Chinese state that lobbies abroad for Beijing’s interests. Zhang apparently spearheaded a $200,000 donation to the Trudeau foundation shortly after attending a Liberal Party fundraiser last May, which included a who’s-who of the globalist Chinese elite. In addition, $50,000 was donated to pay for a statue of Pierre Trudeau, another $750,000 will go to fund University of Montreal Faculty of Law. The Globe reports the fundraiser in question also featured the attendance of Shenglin Xian, boss of something called Wealth One Bank, which aims to help Canada’s “Chinese community” with their evidently distinctive banking needs. In July it received authorization from the Trudeau government to opened its first branches in Vancouver and Toronto.


Having been caught willfully polluting in Alaska waters and knowing that they were going to face head taxes, the cruise lines got Don Young to put a rider into a transportation bill to ensure that they had say on how the head taxes are spent.

Don Young didn't go to the communities and the state and ask how the cruise industry rider would work for them. There was no public notice at all that I could find (it has been quite a few years since I spent time researching this), just a few words slipped into a massive transportation bill.


Can't you lazy bums do anything ???  We send you there and you don't do diddly


Amazing job by Trudeau and the PMO yesterday - well done


Kid looks like he's got the devil in him


Right, it's not a rejection of our rights but it is a restriction which is how politicians work these days.  They say "We didn't take away your rights  we just put in place some common sense restrictions " which of course won't work and then they will say " It's a first good step but clearly need more restrictions  to REALLY stop gun crime" and so on. It's the slow lose of our rights at the hands of the Democrats one "Common sense " law at a time.


Or that the leap year in 2020 will suddenly disappear.


Yes. It should be bread and the fruit of the vine--either grape juice or wine. But rice wine is used in Japan. There may be other local variants. Whatever fits the culture.   It's not a Passover meal so I don't see the importance of it being unleavened bread.  And bread can be made from many kinds of flour.  The importance is the sharing of the bread and the cup and of course the words of consecration.


Trump thanks Afghans who helped troops by halting the special immigrant visa program


Maybe you didn't notice "publicly" possess up to 30 grams. That means that you can carry 30 grams around with you. Marijuana you have at home is not "publicly" possessed.


Because, in large part, Trump is using EOs to undo some of the stupid, evil, and unDemocratic policies which Barry tried to accomplish when he could not do so otherwise than by using Executive Orders. Simple explanation, Eidolon.


That's odd, I could have sworn that it was Obama's administration that got bin Laden and killed a lot of top-level terror commanders.


Its not history, its the world according to SHER !!!!


Da Bears ~ !


What exactly has the Trump administration done to back your comments?? All you stated was what Trump quoted time after time in his bid for the Presidency and has yet to deliver! IMUA


Yeah, I don't like you either.
Why don't you educate yourself on your own time, preferably before you and your buddies open your ignorant mouths and spew the malicious excrement that riddles this comment section?  You're  the ones who've decided to be judge, jury and executioner. And the fact that you find my comments objectionable, but the vitriolic rants of those that want to tear the limbs off the accused, subject them and their families and friends to anal rape, hanging, death and other forms of unspeakable violence tells me just how hypocritical you are.  You are the one perpetuating a criminal subculture as well as mob mentality, vigilantism and murder from high atop your self-righteous, self-serving soap box.


What a fantastic idea. I simply do not understand why anyone would be against providing affordable, easily accessed healthcare to kids. The SBHC will operate according to state law, as all other healthcare centers in the community are. The difference is that kids with parents who can't or won't seek medical care for them will be able to get it for themselves if they have permission on file. In addition, as the parent of a high school athlete I absolutely love the idea of her being able to get her annual physical at school, what a great convenience. Of course the bigger priority is providing care to kids who probably otherwise won't get it, or at least not until it develops into an emergency situation. The statistics speak for themselves. School Based Health Centers are a proven boost to graduation rates and student success, which is better for the entire community. Also, operations will be cost-nuetral to the school district. This is a no-brainer.


And it doesn't exactly help that Anchorage has virtually no sidewalks outside of downtown and a very few neighborhoods.


As I just said, I find it problematic and extreme, and his church is indeed considered extreme, yet it is not as extreme as other beliefs and practices we are now supposed to respect.

I'll start worrying when he starts refusing to interact socially with unrelated females, or  proposing to organise society so that men aren't tempted by women in social situations.


As soon as Donald Trump releases his tax returns for the Trump Foundation we can talk about the Clinton Foundation. Until then, not so much.


Sabrina:   I'm sorry darling... didn't you get the liberal talking points....?   Illegals pay taxes and are a positive on our society and its social programs, not a cash burden.


Ellen White covered all the bases; consequently, those accepting scientific explanations for various artifacts in the natural world must either reject her plain testimony or allow faith to transcend reason i.e., "you've either got faith or unbelief, there's no middle ground."

We can enjoy big tent Adventism or split, as did the Lutherans. Those who reject YEC can be viewed in the same light as those who wouldn't eat meat sacrificed to idols viz., we can be considerate of one another.


For better or worse, at least Harper did stuff. Our current Prime Minster is useless.


Who would ever have thought American billionaires would be allowed to come into Canada and start a taxi service denied to Canadian citizens.. It seems Canadians have become second class citizens in their own country.


The once a year dividend, which is a return on investment of the Permanent Fund principal is a direct infusion of funds into the economy of Alaska by Alaskans.  Alaskans do not need the State to confiscate and redistribute the funds that are rightfully each individuals.  Exemptions, incentives, are always a good idea if there is a net gain for the State.  The State offers exemptions to keep people living and investing in the State.  Without those,  investment does not happen in Alaska but moves to a more favorable location.


We are becoming "hardcore consumers".
We couldn't care less about the environment.
We DEMAND convenience at ANY cost.
Filling up garbage bags is fairly easy. Sorting  recycle is not fun, and slightly more difficult than filling garbage bags.
That's not necessarily where I stand, just a "general observation".
However, I don't recycle ever, and never will.
When I purchase something, I also purchase the right to do whatever I want with it. If I feel like throwing it away I will, if I feel like turning it into heat, I'll toss it in the wood stove.
Charge an initial deposit on recyclables and more ppl might be willing to play along.


I imagine Siberia isn't just next door either, but we're looking at the broad scope of the Arctic and Subarctic.

All the arguments at the faulty climate talks in Paris and before warned of a +2 C warming above normal as very serious, setting off positive feedback loops.  And in Arctic Alaska, Siberia and Canada we're already experiencing +20 C above historically normal temperatures.


The Russian this is a made up story according to Trump.  More deflecting by the Donald. Too bad the six leaders of US intelligence don't feel the say way with what the have to say.
This will be like Nixon where the cover-up is the real crime leading to resignations.


Their employer is okay with it, soooo...?


Excellent lecture -- thank you for the link.  It is truly and literally unbelievable that this current translation was imposed on the American church given its violations of standards (per Bishop Trautman's analysis).  It was lovely to read again the snippets of prayerful and meaningful phrases we lost when the grammar and style imps prevailed in 2011.  I hope reason and grace will prevail soon.


Nope.  Not making excuses, unlke others like yourself, for anyone.


We did not need a study to learn that minimum wage hikes leads to job automation. That's pretty much been known for at least 300 years. When did Adam Smith write "The Wealth of Nations"? Aw, gee, 1776. That's at least how long we've known what this study found.


How do you figure? Vermont didn't implement their single payer plan because what they were planning didn't pencil out. A significant part of why it didn't pencil out was that there were significant exemptions in terms of who had to pay in.

It seems to me that Vermont's experience says that their plan was flawed, but is not  a comment on the concept of single payer at all.


SR:  In today's world it is also wise to be careful what you say and to whom you say it.


That because stupid ignorant people listen to nonsense like this.


Obama goes out as the greatest appeaser since Neville Chamberlain.  8 years of doing nothing except turning over the healthcare industry to the insurance companies.  Bailed out the greed merchants of Wall Street with government funding instead of sending them all to jail.  After they received the bailouts, the CEOs awarded themselves with millions in bonuses.  The same criminals now being installed in Il Duce Trump's cabinet in charge of the Treasury and every other financial aspect of government.  More licenses to loot and pillage the economy with the paper hangers of the priveate Federal Reserve established by the former Robber Barons of the 19th Century.  Obama refused to fight in any meaningful way as the Republicans and treasonous democrats, i.e., farmer Jon Tester, Mt., DINO gridlocked the legislative functions except for military bloat with anti-environmental riders attached.  Obama operated as a house slave to the Corporate Oligarchy to ensure their overthrow of the nation.


So you write for ADN, but live in Homer?


The Rocky Mountain News was a little-more centrist back then.  But also meant for those at a lower reading level.  Was actually quaint at times.  But Brian has no idea of what we speak.


What about the anti female commenters, who are obsessed & cannot resist the urge to post on any article with a female issue or pov?


I will be careful, in case the secret police are listening.  I'm studying Cyrillic. Usually Rule of Law wins the day.

     Just in case I have to add the following:  I love the government! 😉.  And the party, lol.


We know where every ship, and craft is. But, unlike President Obama, Trump doesn't tell our sworn enemies.


Begg is a British citizen who lived in Afghanistan in 2001, and was a supporter/admirer of the Taliban.

From Wikipedia: "He wrote in his autobiography that by 2001 the Taliban had made "some modest progress — in social justice and upholding pure, old Islamic values forgotten in many Islamic countries."  Oh, and  "Since his release, Begg has stated he is against attacks such as 9/11 but that he supported those fighting against British soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan"

In short, a British traitor supports a Canadian traitor.

The Globe and Mail shouldn't sink so low in trying to influence its readers opinions.


FrankA, Cardinal Muller is just as much a politician as any in a civil context.  Notice I called him a politician.  He's not a statesman.  He lies, twists information, and people's responses to suit his position.  And yes, he's not used to dealing with strong women who don't shrink before him like so many of the hierarchy think they should.


I'd question the rationale of purchasing the 1.7 million dollar mcmansion in the suburbs.  Their housing costs run about $5k/month while they are out working their multiple jobs to keep the lights on.  Also unexplained is how they have almost a million dollars of home equity while having very little in the way of liquid investments.  I imagine that one or both sets of inlaws did them a "favor" by providing the down payment on the money pit of a house.


Yes, that is the review process we go through to comment. The three comments we see are determined by random chance, not by topic, author of the comment, or social psychology. The idea is you take a step back, look at some other random comment in another thread (with a click available to catch context), and rate that one as civil, or not.

I don't know about social engineering, that may be a bit too grandiose. I think of it as all of us pitching in to moderate, instead of depending on one person, or some software to screen words and phrases. We each spend our 10 second, and the system works better. I hope.


Well; at least you are a consistent jerk. I think i will just mute you.


I won't buy cars that use a CVT


In 1961--when the commercial fishing industry came to GOLOVIN--it was the ONLY source of income--then came Golovins spurt of growth till now--and Construction became important--Commercial fishing value declined due to LOW fish prices-and fishing permits were sold-at loss mostly so now there is very limited interest--and market prices ARE making it worth it--AND I AM RETIRED---too bad for ME --!!!!


This woman needs a Glock.


May the best orange-faced whiner - I mean winner - whine, I mean win.


Yes, because those 11 million illegal aliens had no effect on the economy, standard of living for poor Americans, crime, or drug influx, and there is no such thing as Islamic terrorism.


Cranston, the answers are too simple for most people to even consider, but since you don't know, I will answer. Question 1... conventional. How could you not know that? Note that no one responded, despite the clear military superiority of the US and NATO.
Question 2... No. Not unless there is a full-scale war that it is losing. That's the point. No side will lose a conventional war.
Question 3. Because they are self-evident to anyone who can read above a grade three level.


May God bless him.  This kind of thing happens way too much though.


The refugees are political not religiously dislocated. The Syrian civil war is a battle of regime against democracy which has turned into a proxy war of allegiances. There are christians, muslims, sunni and others on both sides of the war.


How about looking at it this way: the government has no business even talking about what women want to do with their bodies or what men and women want to smoke and drink.
Their job is to defend our nation, build schools and hospitals, make sure we have clean drinking water; things like that.


Trump laughs at how stupid his white base is and how easily he hoodwinked them,.


I don't feel his preachings are religious, therefore I don't feel it was a bigoted comment.  Maybe you should publish a book so everyone that lives here can know what has a place in our society!


Sounds like a brothel.


He's only a Sophomore this year, he got 2 more years to play after this year.  He has also been a little injured this year as well.  He did start as a true freshman at UCLA before deciding to come back to Hawaii.


baited you in pretty quickly...teeheee


As I have said before, most violations of immigration law are not crimes.


bs


Sad, but I still have my craftsman tools from 40 years ago.


I had that figured out in the first hundred days.


Hi Todd Simmons, you are correct. Just because people want to defeat a candidate is not grounds to prosecute. Benghazi was just one of the mishaps. The one of concern is the email server issue and the possibility of classified documents. Who knows what was in those emails. My guess would be communications regarding the Clinton Foundation. However, there were government emails as she was the Sec. of State at the time. I don't know what was in the emails but those are all government property and are required to be returned upon leaving office. Instead they were deleted. Another question is whether her servers were hacked and someone else has the documents. These could affect or threaten people's lives. In any case, there appears to be a lot of people involved in covering this up. There is also speculation that two of the major players (FBI Director Comey and the Attorney General Loretta Lynch) will be appointed justices in the Supreme Court should Hillary be elected.
Will watch the video


Perhaps you should call or write your county commissioner, Jay Bozievich.  Or he might even respond to your letter here.


Let him have the money ,the munitions factories are always looking for new customers.


Attitudes in the North have been hardening, as the shut-out of the Alliance, SDLP, and UUP parties in the last election shows. As the DUP refuses to carry out the terms of the Good Friday Agreement, both the Loyalist and the dissident Nationalist paramilitaries are growing stronger. Refusal to compromise, combined with the RHI scandal, undermines people's confidence in a political solution to NI's problems.

Even before the Tories allied with the DUP, they did little to resolve the Stormont impasse; most of the parties have complained that May's NI Secretary Brokenshire has not yet brought all parties together to discuss the problem even though Stormont collapsed in January. Now that the Tories have allied with the DUP, how can any of Nationalists trust a Tory mediator? It is time for an independent mediator--perhaps George Mitchell, John Kerry, or one of the Clintons, who have all served that function in the past and know the situation--to be named before the Troubles break out again.


The most disturbing part of reading an idiot's comment.  Is when a LIE has been exposed for what it is and some fool still runs with the lie.  That is disturbing on a whole new level, makes you wonder what they are teaching their kids if the have any.


Quite simple.
99.99% of Canadians have no effective voice in modern government.
Every new trade deal provides more and more ownership rights to fewer and fewer people.
Younger Canadians are becoming economically insecure and are headed towards being a nation of renters in their own country.
It is so bad that almost the only thing left is to charge people for is the right to breath and drink water.
Myself and my boomer generation has made out like bandits under this system (how could someone with half a brain not) but I fear for the coming generations.


Bingo!!


That was what was said during  the Reagan Amnesty in the 1980's.


So let me get this straight. If somebody shows a flag which represents severe oppression that's freedom of speech.
But if somebody else says 'I think it should be burned' that is not freedom of speech.

You didn't think this through did you?
He may have the right to hang that disgusting flag. But I for damn sure have the right to call it disgusting and suggest the only thing it is good for is getting the braai started.
You really need to read the article properly and stop skimming it. That's the whole point of the article. That no concept of freedom involves freedom from criticism. No right you may or may not have entities you to exercise it without the risk of society disapproving.
You may or may not have the right to fly this flag. But you have no right to stop people calling you an unevolved, racist, throwback if you do.


As pointed out on Stephen Quinn's CBC show yesterday afternoon, the discussion so far resembles that surrounding the construction of the dual diagnosis treatment centre at 37th/Fraser ten years ago. Excessive public outrage? Plenty. Impact? Nil.
Similarly, I was initially sceptical about the conversion of the Biltmore Hotel to transitional housing but this is seemingly working out.
The key is the provision of support services and the screening of potential residents to avoid future negative impacts.


Not Greece! Too good of a life! They don't deserve it!


Hi Angelo! No, I won't be joining the dark side, lol.

The BoC is sensibly holding monetary policy at a stimulus level. This is a cue to the government to continue complementing monetary policy with expansionary fiscal policy.

If we compare the prudence, foresight, competence, and economic wherewithal of the current Liberal government, to the Harper government, we can observe a stark difference.

Where the monetary policy then was expansionary, Harper's fiscal policy was one of austerity. In fact, he was the master of pro-cyclical economics. His policies offset any good the monetary policy was doing. Setting himself at odds with the BoC out of a combination of stubborness and partisan ideology was incredibly counter-productive, and our economic growth, our well-being, and our standard of living suffered for his ego and his intractable nature.

Thankfully, Canadians recognized this, and turfed him from office. The Liberals are doing exactly what we elected them to do. Hooray for them!


What is not mentioned in this article is that somehow, VanFun was and perhaps still is, posting new MLS listings two days prior to their public release in Canada.

Was this ever properly investigated or addressed?

Hello Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver?


Get rid of the invasive bees!  NO


This case makes a strong argument for Hawaii adopting a three strikes law.


Of course they are.  So what?  Are you suggesting that there ought to only be one single taxing entity that pays for it all?

Otherwise what's your point in calling it a SINGLE transportation system?


The association set up under Bills 63 and 64 is mandated to be a 501(c)(3) charitable organization with the mayor and councilmember of the district as voting members of the board.  (The director of BFS is also a voting member.)  As board members, they have a fiduciary duty to the organization, which may conflict with their fiduciary duties to residents and taxpayers of Oahu.

For example, the organization may apply for city grants.  The mayor appoints people to the grants-in-aid advisory commission, and council selects the awardees.  While requiring the mayor and councilmember to be voting members may meet the letter of the law, it is not good policy.

A better option would have been to set up a 501(c)(4) organization or make these members nonvoting.