Harper didn't help the understanding of what a country is by corrupting the usual meaning of the word 'nation' - now it means country to some of us and ethnic group to others. Politically, it was a good stalling tactic, but I dislike the disingenuiousness of this use of language as a way to avoid discussing the real issue. In my opinion, it would be far clearer to simply state that aboriginal people have traceable ownership of land within Canada due to inheritance, just as other people do, but they are otherwise the same as other Canadians. Of course  then we would need to add property rights to our Constitution - something that a guy named Trudeau shamefully avoided.


either we are all equal under the constitution, or as you prefer, not equal as it stands today.
people chose where they live, and no one should be disenfranchised because of where they
live in our country.  congress is where the "smaller" states voice is heard, and that is the
"check and balance".
either you have the votes or you do not. that is how democracy is supposed to work.
people chose to live in less populated areas, for a reason, and that would be to avoid
the congestion of populated areas.  your vote = my vote, and when you say other wise, you
are the problem.


Which father wouldn't do something similar for their child, if they had the means at hand?  There is no news in what PET did.  However, it is shameful that PM Trudeau would use this anecdote about his deceased brother in such an inappropriate way.  Perhaps he meant well but Thomas Mulcair is right: it came off sounding like crass hypocrisy.


So very true!


Paupers.


Elise,
As a female, I wouldn't waste my time with guns if I wanted to kill a lot of people fast. I'd use Kool-Aid and poison--like Mr. Jones, or any carrier solvent and poison in spray or pour form, or bacteria, in a pinch, sprayed on the vegetables in the supermarket.

Back in the day, before Independence, the world was so much safer, except for in the cities. Back then, sovereignty ruled the day and if someone was overstepping their bounds, they got what they were asking for and it was okay. Today, the cities are nothing more than nested victims paying for someone else to kill and die for them, when the paid for killers are around. It's very dangerous in the cities.

You are afraid of your own self and what you really are, so you want to buy the responsibility of protection instead of own it. You want to stop me from packing a fully automatic weapon of any sort, when I understand it as a tool with specific purposes of tending to my responsibilities of birth for self-protection.


And watch, you all will vote for these "Independets" aand actually expect to see major changes for the better. Not going to happen, sorry......next.


If Representative Tulsi Gabbard refuses to meet or interact with anybody and any issue OUTSIDE the "D" box and arena, I would find her too immature and unfit to occupy the honorable office of the House of Congress.


The same feminists who barred prolife women from carrying prolife signs on the feminist march.    Preach on sisters.


We have never had a bigot and racist for a president. Respect is earned no matter who you are.


The Choice Program needs to be changed!!! What most people don't know is the hidden truth about the Choice Program...
If you live within 40 miles of any VA facility you do not qualify for the program even if the VA facility doesn't have the capability of caring for the veterans needs.
Example: I need physical therapy for my hip and because I live about 10 miles from a small VA clinic I can't use the Choice Program because I live within 40 miles of that clinic even though the clinic has no capability of doing PT.
I have to drive over 50 miles one way to a VA hospital to receive PT. By the time I'm done with PT I'm in a lot of pain driving home the other 50+ miles that takes approximately 2 hours due to construction and traffic!!!
They need to change it to read if a veteran lives within 40 miles of a VA facility that isn't capable of treating the veteran, then the veteran qualifies to use the Choice Program!!!


I read  about the Mormon faith and its beginnings and it is remarkably like the start of Islam - Angels dictating special tablets, Angels dictating practices like polygamy, etc.


Hey! We now have a great place for a southcentral LIO!


Because the Clinton Foundation is one of the top rated charities  .............


You say that "No candidate and now elected president and supporters have ever been attacked, mocked and dismissed so crudely and in such a widespread manner. " Isn't this largely because no candidate has ever behaved "so crudely and in such a widespread manner"? Trump brought this on himself; he wanted the attention and it was given to him. Now it's time for performance, not posturing.


The DeVos, Koch, Heritage Foundation plan is anathema to public education.

This is nothing more than a DeVos style scheme to get tax money into private hands and Christianity into schools. Instead of tax dollars going to public schools, they will go to private management companies that will then give 10-15% to your kid's school.

 The professional teacher will all but disappear. In return, The Heritage Foundation, the DeVos family and the Kochs will have created generations of uneducated zealots.

This is corporate welfare at its worst.

Only the loud voices of educators and parents can stop this.

Start organizing and making your protests heard in hopes that it's not too late.


Butcher Baker, Israel Keys, and this new guy, oh my.


they said that about the reform and conservatives too.  the one most important common ground is defeating the ndp and getting alberta back on track. Such they can work


toast,, the government needs to get OUT of businesses pockets and let the market place work, that will change things for the better, not this bs 30% forced socialism bs


Public transit is going to provide a much larger share of daily commutes, for sure.

But for it to work, we should be building high density residential/mixed use hubs where bus/tram rides will be shorter than in our current mode, what I call "sprawl and drive," allows.

Seen in terms of the transportation needs of the 21st century,  the McDougal's plan is an anachronism. Worse, it will encourage driving with all the ecological damage and climate change this entails.


How can anyone say it would be unfair for Scots to vote without full information or any idea of what a post-union Scotland would look like, when the Brits were asked to make a similar vote about their relationship with the EU?

What's sauce for the goose...


Build a gas line that looses money so that we can save money on the build?

The gas line is not an investment in "ourselves" it is an investment in the Interior (Fairbanks area).  There is no gas line to FBX because it is not cost effective; too small population, too far away.

This discussion kind of reminds me of people in rural villages wanting government to build infrastructure.  If the costs are too high to live in FBX(or rural villages), there is lots of land within the web of existing gas lines.


Muzzled scientists?

Pray tell, once Harper left office did we see any earth shaking scientific reports released?

Fired 1000 scientists?  Source please, your spurious accusations hold zero weight without providing actual facts/sources.


So you are suggesting that the CRA would tax the "benefit" at 100%? More likely the $100 would be included as income and taxed at the individual's highest marginal rate which does not exceed about 50% unless one is so rich these tax shelters are meaningless.

My impression is that the article is looking forward, not backward. I understand that the CRA does not go after tax arrears older than around 7 years. Too much work for too little gain unless the person being investigated is a really big tax cheat, like Trump.

$100 in extra savings per year is not worth worrying about if your RRSP is worth more than $100K. As for a TFSA, the money you put into it is after tax income. The CRA has no case to apply an extra charge for a benefit since it is not losing any tax dollars.

I do not pay a fee on my RRSP nor on my TFSA. If I can get away with this so can others.


The Libs are sounding more and more like the government that they replaced. Interesting that all their complaints while in opposition and on the election trail are quickly disappearing.


keala is correct,  you are malicious and vindictive.  you screwed yourself and not you are blaming the mayor for your ineptness.


good for oak Harbor supporting our NAVY.  Coupeville commissioners are not speaking for all Coupeville I resent that they say they are.


I did not get any of the adjunct faculty jobs I applied for a UAA last year. Most of the jobs were taken off the job board. I knew I would love teaching and be good at it but I also was aware that by becoming an adjunct I was joining a system that no longer supported full time benefited employees. I would have the status of an independent contractor. I would be the "outsource" for courses which could have been taught by a professor with all the fixins.

 When non-profits depend on oil money to survive we are all working temporary jobs.   People vote with their emotions when their self respect has been challenged by the bottom line. Why not turn to Bernie Sanders who might provide a decent wage at a mental health job and better childcare benefits?    Anger is best used to fight for the good,  instead of raging against windmills and Mexicans.


Edo9- Even if you don't think Jews have a biblical claim to the land, in 1947/8 the UN declared two states-Palestine and Israel. The Jews accepted the partition plan; the Arabs refused. In 1967, Egypt & Jordan staged an attack & Israel won, taking East Jerusalem & the Sinai. In 1972, all of Israel's Arab neighbours attacked. Israel won & took the West Bank and Gaza. If keeping land you take in wars others provoke (when you wanted peace) is called occupation, then the world has much bigger fish to fry than Israel. When Egypt made peace in 1979, Israel immediately returned all of the Sinai. When Israel left Gaza in 2005, instead of building the nucleus of a sovereign state, Hamas torched the settlers houses and greenhouses left behind & launched rockets into Israel. Israel does not have an 'all or nothing' attitude. Every peace deal Israel accepted was rejected from Arafat to Abbas and Hamas promises to flood East Jerusalem with terrorists when Israel gives it up. Ain't gonna happen.


Is getting boring now.  There is not an agreement, project, trade deal that was ever negotiated by a previous administration that was not the worst thing that ever happened to the U.S. according to Trump.


Eugene PR is trying to talk residents into stack and pack housing while Springfield is annexing the available acreage.


Judicial activism is when we dislike a decision.
Judicial restraint is when we like a decision.
No more, no less.


Like legislation can't be repealed or replaced.

Sure thing, Gerald.  Whatever someone tells you is inevitable anyway so go along with whatever.

That's a real smart stance to take.


Subversion of verified news is Step One to dictatorship. One (initial) step for democracies (and real journalism) is to require LABELLING of the lie-peddlers and to force them, by law, to declare themselves. This involves making a content platform assess the veracity of what it "publishes" and to declare, in bold type, on each "page," that the reader is reading unverified and possibly malicious mis-information. Anything potentially violence-promoting, seditious, or libellous can easily be blocked. Vigorous prosecution must be made more available, but large media firms are legally liable for their content.  On the more "traditional" sites, the click-bait industry MUST be controlled. Incidentally, the authors are polite, to have avoided mentioning that Fox-Breitbart (and in Canada, the defunct SunNews) are/were unfiltered transmitters of fake news, given State sanction (through presence on an accredited medium), and occasionally dressed up as "opinion."


ah  thank you for that  now I know exactly where you are coming from .. you are a breed racist..you have rescued nothing if you only rescue what you choose to rescue and not what needs to be rescued  .. ok to kill those  based on their looks  is what you say..breed bigot and breed racist and probably a bigot and racist in other parts of your life as well.. meanwhile there are pit bull doing search and rescue, therapy work much more .. helping mankind much more than you ever will


Margaret Stock never fails to impress.  She is not beholden to anyone and has my vote!


If you live in Anchorage, Obomba, I sincerely challenge you to go visit the Wal Mart parking lot on A Street and Benson.  Right now there're a half dozen dumpy looking mini motorhomes that've been parked there since last summer.  These squatters aren't tourists.  I believe this is the group type that Jackson was referring to.  I've heard that APD is well aware that there's drug dealing going on amongst the squatters.  Go check it out and then come back and see if your criticism of Ms. Jackson is justified.


Yes, its a huge selling point.
Cuba is a lot nicer without Americans.

We were in Cuba in January and saw an American Airlines plane in Santa Clara.
Thankfully, no passengers got off.


We need to start a Go-ME-FUND to raise money to replace this dog. Since the state has no money, we need to come together as a community and raise the money. I would rather give my PFD for a cause like this then welfare people.


Karlsson really whines to the referees far too much.

He really needs to cut that out.  It's Bush League.

He'll probably mature though.

Great puck moving defenseman... reminds me of a young Andrei Markov.


"Today our left-wing politicians in particular are constantly insisting that their craven-hearted and obsequious foreign policy necessarily results from the disarmament of Germany, whereas the truth is that this is the policy of traitors..." (Mein Kampf)


I bought VTI (unhedged US) when the loonie was at or very near par in 2013 and sold much of that position at about 76 cents Can and most of the appreciation was in currency.  Who believes the loonie is going higher than 80 cents vs the US buck, not I. I'll keep my remaining unhedged VTI as it only dropped 10% or so.


That was the 90's. Today tech firms are firing every US resident/citizen they possibly can in favor of much cheaper foreign workers overseas. Want to stop cyber warfare? Just disconnect from the internet, problem solved. :-)


Oh joy, bunga, bunga.


Really, Wayne?

Really?


There are homeless people (or at least beggars) lying on the streets at King and York..among many other places.  There is still plenty of grit in Toronto.  I guess it all depends on what you find gritty.


Yup -- inherited a mess and left a mess.

That's a yuge "change."

Oh, well... dude lives in a $8 Million house now.

https://www.good.is/slideshows/obamas-new-house

Seems pretty economical and environmentally friendly, eh ?


His actions on the Board are a different issue than his actions off of it. The Board doesn't exist to do what any given group thinks is most convenient for them. That he has opposed, in his position as Board member, what you or I might consider "reasonable" regs does not equal not doing his job properly, nor is it a sign of a conflict of interest.


"Better" = more money?  We have a $20 trillion debt and we need to spend more money?


Really? What would call Chris Christie? But you're right. This isn't about politics. It's about cruelty and, frankly, evil. Those are non-partisan.


IRT Butinski...had to chuckle, I was thinking the same thing, WAIHEE (what Bumatai called him, squid wada...) but....Waihee knew where to get good beef stew. lose money.


General Robert E Lee, like General Benedict Arnold, betrayed the nation of his birth and the nation he had fought for to support the existential enemy of our nation. Lee is a hero to those who still long for the Old South of slavery and racial bigotry. Lee's statuary belongs in a national museum of America's defeated enemies, along with Benedict Arnold, King George V, Kaiser Bismarck, Adolph Hitler, and Osama bin Laden.


In other news, liberals continue to yell at clouds.


Buy a Tesla model 3....same price as a Honda Accord....its a no brainer


Oh Rthur, I knew we could count on you to maintain your Fox News Lapdog status.  I just love the most ignorant of voters (you and the MAGAphants) are so easily distracted by Hillary Clinton.  It's so much fun knowing that you can't move on from election day 2016.  Your heads are exploding and your hair is on fire from all of the baby-in-chief failures this week.  I've run out of words to describe how spectacular stupid you are, and yet you keep posting.  Not two weeks ago you predicted that the senate, with Trumps supreme deal making ability, would pass the repeal of the ACA.  What changed.  Better start keeping track of your stupid comments.  Oh wait, you MAGAphants are a reflection of your infantile leader - no brains, no memory.  I totally know why you like him, you're just like him and it in supporting him you are becoming a smaller and smaller minority reflecting the true morons in our society.  You're running neck-and-neck with sparkle,Ronin,and sarge as the stupidest MAGAphants.


Yes, globe and fail. It's been a year since he got elected and a year since you filled Lake Ontario with so much of your tears, it could power a hydroelectric dam for the next 100 years. Find a new hobby.


Mr. Invasive Species is at it again, and again sadly a reputable media outlet has provided a forum for his utter nonsense as if it were worthy of discussion. Syd Singer has defended and promoted the spread of coqui frogs, rats, fire ants, invasive mangrove, guava, and more. I suppose he also advocates for the fungus destroying our Ohia forests - his logic would lead us there.
    Only a complete lack of understanding of ecology can explain this. Healthy ecosystems are not made up of whatever shows up - they are intricate interdependent webs of species that evolved together. Hawaii is the extinction capital of the world already because of the high number of endemic species. The only way for our native birds, bugs and plants to thrive is in healthy native ecosystems which are fast disappearing.
    Tune out dangerous noise such as Sydney Ross Singer's irresponsible advocacy for environmental destruction. Please support real efforts to preserve Hawaii's native ecosystems.


24 if you go by Ravin.  I would imagine the Supreme Court ruling in a right to privacy case (read: constitution) trumps state law.


I am thoroughly upset they let JT go. I'd much rather see Booker go - not impressed with him at all and JT played great last nite. He hasn't had alot of opportunities to 'break out' given he's been no highter than the 3rd RB on the roster for most of his time with the Broncos. IMO I think this is a huge mistake to let him go like this given that Booker isn't back yet and I think we are still waiting to see how CJ and JC work out given their past injury issues.


Trump won because he lied and cheated. You know, his usual.


I have studied the situation and know we backed the killer terrorists along with your imagined good terrorists.  Prior to the civil war, the Syrian people were reasonably well off.  After years of media and US supported subversive activities in Syria, uncounted numbers are dead or refugees driven from their homes.  The US support of the subversion had enormous human cost.  The Russians stepped in wisely and stamped their feet on the terrorists.  Soon, through Russian wisdom, the Syrian people will be able to begin the healing process.  The media was completely wrong about freedom fighters.


Mr. Bauer,
When you quantify to a tenth of a percent you should cite the source. Unless you did the analysis yourself and can provide the documentation what is the source of your "99.9%" claim?


And now as the bill moves to the Senate, we will get to see how sausage is unmade.


This initiative is in shambles.Time for Minister Bennett to fall on her sword or for "Sunny Days"to do it for her.


made a comment earlier about how dangerous these things are, but it got censored.  guess i am on the bad guy list.


We do need all seven pipes.


It's so funny how you are emboldened to speak about this nonsense, but not the real stories of the day, banking deregulation, stripping the rights of animal farmers, and trampling the little guy. Of which you are one. You clearly stand for all that is emotional. Go melt.


Climate models are a joke.  There are far too many variables to predict accurately how much or how quickly temperature will rise.  You just cannot make educated guesses on umpteen variables and expect to get to the correct answer.  Not only that, but so many variables are not even known, or change over time.

And why don't they include the vast carbon sinks (forests, grasses) in Canada when they talk about our emissions?  That is the most glaring joke of this whole tax scheme. Canada actually is a net sink for carbon, not a net emitter so the gov't should be giving us money, instead of taking more.


We actually do need an elected sheriff who can tell the feds to get out when we don't want them interfering in our internal affairs.


The man that wants to lead our nation can't even manage a Twitter account.  Right...


Who would pay for the initial and reversed procedures?  What happens if the couple get divorced or the male becomes a widower?  Does the male have to go thru this process each time he becomes single?  Is it still paid for by someone else?  Or would this become an unfunded mandate (the male has to pay for it)?  What about gay men or transgenders?


Again,,, where's the surveillance footage???  we've all seen the cameras in all the hallways of all the casinos.  where's the footage??


and this just in "Report reveals leaked transcripts of phone call between US and Mexican presidents, in which Trump begs Peña Nieto not to tell press he won’t pay for wall"
“From an economic issue, it is the least important thing we were talking about, but psychologically, it means something,” Trump told Enrique Peña Nieto on 27 January in a phone call, a White House transcript of which was obtained and published by the Washington Post on Thursday.
Referring to the Mexican president’s insistence that he would not pay, Trump said: “You cannot say that to the press. The press is going to go with that and I cannot live with that. You cannot say that to the press because I cannot negotiate under those circumstances.”


rumour is he prefers a backpack but his handlers said no

"you must project the image of someone over 30"
"someone who Canadians trust to carry the secret codes"
"someone who looks as if they sort of know what they are doing"


yeah they love it when racism occurs, a chance to pin it on trump supporters.


Apparently not so well, or she wouldn't be preggers!


Which part are you denying exactly? My wife and I both max out CPP contributions and will in retirement both receive full payouts. If I die at 67 years old my contributions nearly fully evaporate instead of going to her.


Like every nation that has emerged with new money and power, China's ambition is to take over the world. (Written right into its Space Program 'Mission'.)
 Greece, Rome, Charlemagne, Ottoman Turks, Islam, Napoleon, Austro-Hungarian Empire, British Empire, Unification of Germany and finally, the U.S. Military-Industrial Complex, the story is the same.
Power wants more power.  IF they're lucky, our grandchildren will be servants to the Han Chinese.  The rest will be used for body parts.


Good to see the win, but the stats point to an ongoing problem with the Habs. Forty-three shots, two goals. That has happened to them a lot this season. It's not always because of a hot goalie. They need some scorers.


I went to Rotman almost 20 year ago. Since then the annual tuition has risen from $3,500 to $32,808 with no commensurate increase in average salary at graduation. So every time they asked me to talk to a prospective student, I questioned the student's business judgement... they stopped asking me to talk to prospective students.


Spent many a winter and a few summers in John.

Decent for a  northern town, but with $6 million I would recommend spending $1 million on a reasonable home there, $800 k on a nice twin engine Cessna or equal, and $3 million on a gorgeous home in Scottsdale, then bank the rest. Use that for fuel to get out of dodge, regularly.


Q1. Why are my energy bills so high?
Q2. What is a  carbon tax, and why is my government out to get me?
Q3. How do I make my business 'great again'?


I frequent Breitbart and don't find the site bigoted at all.  It doesn't promote identity politics or any of that nonsense but having political views you don't agree with doesn't make the site bigoted.  This is another prime example of liberals assuming an unearned moral high ground over people with ideas they don't agree with.  The jig is up.  Moral attacks on people don't win any debates anymore.
Sleeping Giants is just doing whatever it can to silence opposing viewpoints via trying to damage conservative news sites like Breitbart as much as it can.  You know, "bigoted" viewpoints like "equality of opportunity over equality of outcome", or "personal responsibility" or "we are the result of the choices we make."
Sleeping Giants is Exhibit A of why the left is losing.


Even better, give us all Constitutional Carry in DC...
And like Obamacare, exempt congress...


Criticism and disagreement does not constitute Islamophobia but the silencing of free speech related to intelligent opposition could fan the flames of it.


You know what Cory's problem is, He sells out, to the highest bidder. We have been trying to have a real in the face Town hall for months with Cory, no luck, Only by phone, One during mid week than turned and changes the time. No problem for Cory to met with his fellows card carrying members for private luncheons & dinners for a meet and greet. Cory sounds like Trump taking no Responsibilities, blames everyone else's for his lack of Leadership.


So Leah gets axed for a week
and Tabby has more space to squeak,
about matters quite gay
that she wont let go away
In a column that’s  typically weak.


You can buy test kits from Canada in the $20 range.  Just google Scotia Rapid Testing.


Expel sanctuary cities from the Union.


Was that -90F or -90C? Care to make any predictions about when that will happen? Be careful not to be too specific. Climate Deniers keep having to change the Century and Year in their "Global Warming ended in CCYY" predictions.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_Toronto#Severe_weather_and_records
"The coldest minimum temperature of −33 °C (−27 °F) was recorded on January 10, 1859. The coldest temperature recorded at Toronto Pearson International Airport was −31.3 °C (−24.3 °F) on January 4, 1981..."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_Toronto#Upward_temperature_trend

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottawa#Climate
"The coldest temperature ever recorded was −38.9 °C (−38 °F) on 29 December 1933."

Both record cold figures leave a long way to go to -90. Were you counting on the glaciation Cycle? The GHG effect is stronger.
http://ossfoundation.us/projects/environment/global-warming/milankovitch-cycles
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https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/a/abrahamlin109276.html


I dare say if Kim explodes a nuclear device over the Pacific ocean, he'll incur the wrath of more than the Americans. And I mean wrath. China, Russia, U.S., U.K. Australia, Japan. We'll send a post card and a selfie admonishing him.


Jesus said that He would be present whenever two or three gather in his name. There is no mention of or requirement of a priest.


Karma


davcon it seems to me that your comment is more appropriate for the Chump than me because I am not the POTUS. I think your comments describe your idi-t-in-chief perfectly.


Sorta like Algore in Florida, but that's different; Algore was a lefty.


Paranoid, much Koncerned?  They have medication to help with that, you know. But nothing works as well as the ability to actually perceive reality.


Well, I'm reading your comment just fine. I'm seeing a lot fewer comments calling posters "libturds" though, so maybe there is some censorship or self-censorship going on after all.


But in a tiny way, Trump's election would make the US hear in a large way..."George W. Bush, your guy,  was an incompetent nincompoop who totally destabilized the Middle East and got us enmeshed in a perpetual war that is costing us trillions of dollars and thousands of lives of our military people".
No, I won't be voting for Trump, but I really like that tiny part of his commentary. Pretty much the only one in the Republican lineage to have the guts to speak the truth about our past Presidents and stupidity of our foreign policy.
I love the idea of a woman being in the White House. I love the idea of the country rejecting Trump, mostly. But I am not all that stupid, I recognize that Hillary will stand as the Pentagon's Presidents and will probably never have what it takes to tell them to shut up and sit down and bring our troops home and let those in the Middle East work out their own destiny.
But I am no Middle East expert.
Hugh Massengill, Eugene


Guarantee that tracing this kid's life back to early childhood would uncover trauma and abuse. This is where violence is born.


Charlie Angus is a good man but old guard--the party needed new blood. Congratulations Mr. Singh.


The motivation to learn comes from the intrinsic pleasure of learning. Learning for the purpose of learning is a reward in it's own right. Kids who need to be bribed to learn will give up as soon as there is no extrinsic motivation to do so. The love of learning is what drives most kids in elementary school until the school system drums it out of them. Regardless of the assertions of those quoted in the article, most kids at the elementary level are not motivated to achieve by prospect of winning awards. In any case what awards at the elementary level (be they academic or athletic) primarily reward, is winning the genetic lottery.


Trump would say: Wait a Minute! Donald J.Trump is not softening anything! "No of course not. There is no reason that I would ever soften anything. There is nothing about Donald J. Trump that needs softening. Melania will tell you that Donald J. Trump is very firm and solid and absolutely needs no softening."


Kellyanne Conway is a soulless cretin and we're not obliged to have the slightest respect for her.
Kellyanne Conway seems to have only one role in the White House, to say stupid things on television.
Not everyday stupid things, but thunderingly stupid things, on whatever topic Donald Trump is currently being criticized on—the White House will eject her from the ducts like chaff and down she rains on the rest of us.
It's rare to see a garbage fire write its own press releases, but here we are.


If prisoners can get drugs, then we are not running our prisons properly.


Playing brinkmanship may still result in a apocalyptic miscalculation and WWIII with NK, China, and Russia combined, essentially the end of our world.  You may say it is unlikely, I say it is possible if things get out of hand.


Using a both sides are bad argument, well we are racists but so what they are muslim.

Are you kidding me. This is weak logic. This is calling out your brother because you both stole cookies from the cookie jar and you got caught.

Grow up and attempt to post something of some actual meaning and not just a defense of racism. Yes we know racism is a world wide problem, but still haven't figure out how you talking down Islam with your both sides are bad argument, is going to fix anything. If anything you are simply propagating the hate by attempting to rationalize the hate of the racists.

The nazis that marched and killed someone are christians. Do you really want us to start painting all christians by the atrocities that have been committed in that name or the current small band of followers? Because unless you do, you should probably stop trying to shift blame onto muslims.


The idea to move the rail to street level is one that has worked well in other cities; Salt Lake City's Trax system is a thing of beauty! Great article Rep. Thielen! I hope you are planning to run for another term, Honolulu needs well reasoned legislators.


Thank you.


It depends on what they're "progressing" toward.


We can dislike Trudeau, but that shouldn't blind us to Harper's faults. Harper did do away with the census, the basis of sound policy decisions based on reason rather than simply ideology.


That's it. Don't debate trivial tuff like morality. Trump can do this because he won the electoral college. Forget the popular vote. He has the power; that means he can use it however he wants to. Is that the essence of your "argument"? Pretty feeble, I say.


When you look at the numbers of Republicans, Democrats and Independents and then throw in the internal party rules on such things as 'SuperDelegates' and 'must have a majority in 8 States' all designed to help subsets of the two major parties, it is truly as undemocratic and unrepresentative as anyone could ask for.

Then you get to toss in the Electoral College where State by State popular votes may or may not reflect the ultimate Presidential 'winner'.  If it follows the Constitution and winds up with a decision in the House of Representatives, it's even further removed from that 'one person, one vote' thing many of us like.

 On four occasions, most recently in 2000, the Electoral College system has resulted in the election of a candidate who did not receive the most popular votes in the election.

Only once did the winner of the Popular vote and the most Electoral College votes fail to become President because of  the House of Representatives.  Andrew Jackson lost to John Q. Adams.


I wasn't thinking of any national figures, rather people right here on this thread. The notion seems to be if you can't get on the bandwagon of marriage equality, you don't deserve to be part of society.
No one has attempted to answer: 1) how anyone - gay or straight - is better off because the state gov has said your marriage rocks. 2) what is wrong with allowing a sub-set of society, call them old fashioned if you like, they won't mind, to define marriage the way it has been defined for thousands of years.
And why not keep fighting, this time for polyamorous marriage?


So how is this going to discourage more from coming? Might as well stand back and watch the parade. Justin will probably be leading it.


Some people are slow to learn.  You would think after having 4 speeding tickets in the last 4  years she would have learned something other than how to get out of paying the fines which added up to $624.
Sad thing is that seems to be the norm when you go on court view, you see fines have been adjusted to zero out the balance. The borough allows people to be behind on property taxes as well, and the funny thing here is some are borough employees. No wonder our PFD checks were only $1100.


Deregulation of the airline industry brought much improvements and yet overbooking could have deterred  such instances from occurring?


I am willing to give Miller a chance. Lisa lost my vote many years ago. I've been waiting for someone to give me an alternative I could live with.  Worst case scenario, we get rid of another Democrat six years from now should a Democrat win. It wouldn't be that far from what we have now with Lisa!


Before I get started there is a lot wrong with HPD. Lets hope they clean out their ranks quickly and keep it that way. Rape is a very serious and long lasting crime upon the victims. A person we rescued more than a year ago is still terrified that she doesn't want to testify even though we know who the people involved are and some of them are employed by hint hint. Granted we snagged about 5 people but there are more on this island that need to go.

Death penalty I believe in it. But there is nothing worse than putting an innocent person to death. I think these people who do these rapes should at least have their *things* removed not sure what to do about females who are involved though. Those who are serial rapists put to death. I've killed a lot of people it doesn't bother me putting scum down. Only one really bothers me but that is because I could see the fear in his eyes. He deserved it. But it left a scar on my soul as a human being.


What, me worry?

Donald J. Trump is President, so I'm not worried.

The Democrats should be worried. Bad numbers for them in the latest polls. 2018 is going to be a wipeout.  And Trudeau and his corporate masters should be worried.  The NAFTA renegotiations will not go well for them.


Well at least they forced a referendum - US never even went for that in Kosovo.


Thank you, Neko.  I forgot to say that sometimes I fall asleep praying the Rosary ... not a bad way to fade out <g>.


We have plenty of instances of indentured servitude here in Canada to show that we are only a handful of (often poorly enforced labour rules away from taking advantage of the less fortunate.


It's more a question of what Progressives would call "microaggressions"...


Maybe you could elaborate.


Ignorance:  to be unaware of or to not have true knowledge regarding a subject

Stupidity:  Having the knowledge but refusing to accept it.

As I read these postings, it is evident that there are 2 certainties regarding these postings:

1.  Most of you have no idea what scripture actually teaches, making your statements based on ignorance.
2.  Some of you have rejected the truth of Gods written word and refuse to accept or seek it.  That's your choice.  Why than, attack with growing malice, what you don't accept?  It makes little sense.

The whole of the Gospel is to love God and love people.  Remember, "Christians" are imperfect people.  True Faith is exactly this.  Work on yourself, love people, love God, share faith.

There are both good and bad in every "culture."  Why is it that all Christians are lumped as "bad?"  So.....under this logic...Mother Theresa was a racist, bigoted, homophobic bible toting hypocritical follower of Christ.  The logic doesn't add up.


Some of the most spectacular dunks I've ever seen from a high school player.  Cheers!


What Anchorage have you been living in? If you're saying Anchorage shouldn't be on this list because of property crime then I don't think there are very many places in the US that could be on the list. Property crime is up everywhere, more people, more drugs, this is the world we live in.


Bring a Straight Arrow in previous cases does not make him one now. The issue herein lies with the simple fact that he is in close ties with the primary individual in which is the basis of this investigation... Former  FBI DIR James Comey & admitted close friend of Mueller.  Not withstanding also ties to the Clintons as well as former US AG Loretta Lynch.
With that being said, as dictated by Law, Mr. Mueller should in fact Recuse himself from any investigation involving the aforementioned individuals.
It's blatantly apparent this will be another stacked Democratic witch hunt, looking to discredit the Republicans & POTUS DONALD TRUMP....
RECUSE,  RECUSE, RECUSE.
Time would better spent investigating The Nobama administration & All parties connected to Hillary Rodham Clinton and the DMV Murders..


Sounds like the Trudeau government doesn't trust our security services. That's not too healthy.


Catch them, eat them and then petition government to stop the stupidity of farmed Atlantic salmon in the Pacific.

Really, how many warnings that this is insanity do we need?


The earliest women's marches and protests I participated in were as much, or more, concerned about employment/advancement, educational, compensation rights than abortion.  Some of those protests predated the 1973 Roe decision.


See, the villages know who are the problems on bringing in the dope and the illegal booze and dope and causing the child abuse and whatever but they do nothing but protect. They need some adult supervision out there.


Trumpsters buy and collect great works of art for their monetary re-sale value, not for their intrinsic beauty and truth. To them it's all about the 'QUANTITY of life', not the 'QUALITY of life'.


Oh Sue... Missing those early morning phone calls?


These are the authors of Responsibility to Protect, without the corresponding Ability to Protect. Without an army to invade Myanmar and a permanent commitment to enforce a Rohingy zone (an enthic / religious partition which the same liberals abhor), nothing can be done.

Sanctions? that has been done before, with little effect. Just a means to "do something" and reduce the guilt these R2P idealists generate. After watching the new Vietnam war series, it seems that the U.S. should simply have sanctioned North Vietnam into not invading South Vietnam. Laughable.


Regarding "...staying three months rent-free...."  I think that is inaccurate in that even if HB 2004 becomes law, landlords may still use 72/144 hour notices to terminate tenancies for non-payment of rent.  This usually means a tenant can stay about one month rent free while all of the notices and hearings wind through the process; assuming that the landlord does not make a clerical error on any of the paperwork.


Can't believe he won. Between Gianforte and all the white supremacists, Montana sounds like a pretty awful place.  A real shame cause it looks so beautiful.


Yeah.....I'm sure those two sites are completely factual and have zero bias (sarcasm).


and Hitler also controlled the media and de armed populace.......


There is somewhere locked in your mind that food production is locked to fossil fuel. Electric motors can replace all the fuel engines and and actually provide more torque per equivalent hp. A side note to other of your posts - Greenhouse gases, including water vapor, are like a greenhouse that holds heat in. They hold the earth's radiated heat in. Most people are unaware how relatively thin the crust is and under the crust is mantle consisting of molten rock (lava when it comes thru the crust). The solar is an additive heat (like coming coming thru the glass of the greenhouse)and not primary source. The gases and water vapor hold heat IN blocking radiation from going out into space. Detractors, like you have built this falsehood that solar fluctuation would negate this, but like "breathable wool coat" it keeps the radiating body warmer.

Your fossil fuel path leads to increased desert, rising seas, and people displacement and unrest - and that is what the military is looking at.


The economy is doing great, thanks to the efforts of the Obama administration.


There is no "wounding" anywhere but Hollywood.


I thought the deleted comment very witty, with hilariously gross (olfactory) implications turned around the other way.

For those mystified, it involved how often minority-elect President Trump changes his mind, among other things.


Rest in peace, Noelle. I only knew her from eating at Hot Mama's, but she was always a kind and friendly presence there. Our prayers go out to her family, friends, and coworkers.


"Hmmm, which country should we bomb next?"

US Government, 2017


You should study what happened at Bhopal.  Plant sabotage by a local employee is the most likely cause of the tragedy (not just UCC's claim but independent auditors, as well).  UCC's CEO went to India to be arrested, the company immediately sent medical aid and cash for immediate relief and a trust,  and later sent $470MM.  Dow Chemical (UCC's inheritor) continues to address remediation issues.


With regard to the global warming crisis, time is short.  The world is headed for a cliff in the dark.  Dealing with the crisis requires international cooperation.  We need U.S. government policies that cover the entire economy.  The EPA regulations do not go far enough to avoid the edge of the cliff, and are tied up in court.  The 2015 Paris accords are weak, because they are based on the EPA regulations; in other words, other countries will not promise to do more unless the U.S. promises to do more.   Congress must act!
                                                                                --Milton Takei


Loyalty to one's country is a requirement of the job. Trump never asked for personal loyalty and  only asked he halt a political witch hunt.


"Inquests are to provide transparency" - yes, the way it's set up, it's transparent that this process is use to cover up and otherwise validate police excessive use of force or personal and institutional criminality.
 “I am not surprised at the outcome of the inquest jury, said Police Chief Ken Thomas" - neither am I - it was a forgone conclusion as it always is when there's absolutely no one representing the dead and the jury is hamstrung by the rules they are forced to follow, the "evidence" they are allowed to see, and the "testimony" they are allowed to hear.
"King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office will review the information from the investigation, led by Auburn Police, and the findings of the inquest to make an independent determination" - absolute;y impossible and insulting to say this process is independent. Everyone involved, save the dead man, is playing for the same team and depend on each other's cooperation and "professional courtesy" to do their jobs on a daily basis.


Do the off-leash dogs have anything to do with the bear's bad mood?


You are either DELIBERATELY dodging the issue or missing the point entirely. The buildings and the doctors and the electricity and the facilities where these abortions are performed are largely paid for by FEDERAL AND STATE INSURANCE BILLING -PERIOD . THE ABORTIONS ARE PERFORMED IN THESE FACILITIES, SO THEY ARE, IN EFFECT, SUBSIDIZED BY FEDERAL MONEY. IF A PERSON HAD TO GO TO A DOCTORS OFFICE AND PAY FOR MINOR SURGERY THE COST WOULD BE A MINIMUM OF 2K, PERIOD. ABORTIONS COST $400, ANY WAY YOU SLICE IT THESE ABORTIONS ARE SUBSIDIZED WITH FEDERAL MONEY.


hahahahaa ... you racist PIG Republicans are at least predictable.  You really should change your mascot/symbol ... CHEETOLINI HAS AND ALWAYS WILL GET BY ON HIS FATHER'S MILLIONS GIVEN TO HIM ... along with all the monies he STOLE LIED ABOUT AND CHEATED HIS CREDITORS OVER THE DECADES.  THE LAWSUITS ARE BEING SETTLED AND CONTINUE TO BE PAID OUT ...


How would you know?


Well said!


Stop your lies Rep. Gara. Your platitudes have worn thin.

 This isn't about the "poor people" or "the children" of Alaska.

It's about MORE wealth redistribution than we ALREADY have.

It's about bloated and unsustainable ak.gov workforce compensation and the existing PERS/TRS $7 BILLION underfunded obligations.
Those gold-plated retirements and benefits are on the state credit card.  Many of the Tier 1 folks retired in their 50s with generous pensions and benefits far surpassing what can be found in the private sector.  Most will live well into their 80's.

Right or wrong, take the PFD and build your do-everything-for-everybody Bolshevist utopia.  When that fails (as it has in EVERY instance) have some dignity and place blame where it belongs.


That kind of stuff is for Trumpnuts like you. The whole survivalist thing.  Militia nuts, conspiracy nuts. Gun nuts. All the most obvious nuts. Like Trump and his snowflake supporters wanting to build a wall to keep the big, bad, scary immigrants out.


Here is a surprise for all  those who envision Nirvana after legalization.   The Province of BC presently loses over $500,000 per year on smuggled/illicit tobacco products.  Who is so naive as to think that organized crime will quit producing and selling weed?  If people are willing to buy cheap cigarettes to avoid the tax, do you think they will nobly agree to pay the government price for weed?


People have a Charter right to believe what they want, but the Charter does not actually protect their belief system from being challenged by facts.


If you find it so horrid, why have you been watching it in person for nearly 60 years??


Ever want to piss you pants laughing YouTube Freeland on the Bill Mayer show!

Truly, the only thing this gal from Rosdale should be doing is running a beaver tail stand partime!

She's a completely flake and has NO business in a high profile anything!!!!!!


Most_embryologists_(who_write_the_textbooks)_thing_gastrulation_is_a_much_more_imporant_marker.


Clear perhaps to you. Not to others. Trump said some racist things, such as his comments about Mexicans being rapists and drug dealers, coupled with his LIE that Muslims cheered the fall of the World Trade Center.

That you support a racist liar is your problem. But saying tjst Trump is a racist is not saying that all Trump supporters are racist. Only some of them are.


I was too cryptic. The basic economic argument for progressive taxation is as follows:

Taxation deprives the tax payer of the utility of the money they hand over. Diminishing marginal utility tells us that the utility of the marginal dollar is greater for the poor than for the rich. So if you care about fairness, then what you want is equal margin sacrifice.  That means that the rich must pay more.


The natural conclusion of the article leads to curtailment in social association. Women's club? Native Hawaiian club? Women's sports? There goes that "social cohesion."


Paying one's fair share is not government control.  It's common decency and moral requisite.  "To whom much has been given much is required."


My guess is they got set up because the dealer ran out of drugs and got a friend to rob them instead. Who sits and wait in their car after midnight in a parking lot?


Time for the State to put their feet down starting from the top.  That's what happens when you have an AG and a Federal Judge who condones sanctuaries. Get rid of all these illegal immigrants.


Obama didn't kill the coal industry you ignoramus . THE WORLD MARKET IS SATURATED WITH COAL, CAUSING A DECLINE IN EXPORTS.   Ditto for oil.   Look up supply and demand concepts before you type such nonsense.


It's a way for the evangelical Christian extremists who worship the Bible to pretend to be martyrs.


A large truck can't stop and maneuver as quickly as a vehicle. I'm not a truck driver, but I've seen some awful driving by regular drivers when they interact with trucks on the highway. Many of the drivers (cars) have little or no defensive driving skills. They put themselves, the truck driver (a professional) and others around them in danger.

To be honest, if the snowfall was predicted to be that bad, people should've been ordered to stay off the roads due to extreme conditions. It's not good enough for a Premier to suggest the emergency services weren't up to par.


cool


What started out as guidelines by the CDC has rapidly transpired into law across the nation & Hawaii has become no exception. What our legislature & mainstream media need to understand in this opioid debacle is that prescription (legal prescription) opioid use is not the problem; addiction is. When stats were used for the guidelines, they didn't even have a means to check for fentanyl from death certificates. The CDC has admitted, albeit quietly, that there has been a sharp increase in fentanyl & heroin over prescription opioids after they changed their methods of analyzing data. There is so much conflicting data out there that you can have 4 estimates at any one given time of how many Americans died of an overdose in a given year. Not all pain is the same & you can't have a one size fits all approach, so please let our physicians dictate what we should be taking and how much. Don't make pain patient's the collateral damage in this war where the problem lays with ILLICIT drug users.


You're right 5th grade, he's just at the age to move to a troop.


LesterP, Where's the data upon which claims are made that undocumented immigrants are "criminals and rapists" and only "some good people"?  There are no data to support it.

I may be living next to undocumented immigrants, as may you.  Typically, they don't broadcast their immigration status.  There are an estimated 21,000 to 45,000 of them living in Hawaii, and they are not all living in one place.


"In most of those situations, the lack of shelter is a symptom of a much more profound problem."

I disagree. The lack of shelter is the problem. Experience in various cities and a number of studies have shown that a "housing first" policy works, and it saves money. Do an Internet search on "housing first" and you will find a lot of material on this. Here is a link to one article:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/inspired-life/wp/2015/05/06/meet-the-outsider-who-accidentally-solved-chronic-homelessness/?tid=sm_fb&utm_campaign=buffer&utm_content=buffer4fc83&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com


The world have 8 nuclear weapon powers - U.S., Russia, China, UK, France, India, Pakistan, Israel. North Korea is not it. Far from it. So is Iran.

Of these there is only one madman with his finger tips on the Red Launch Nuke Button. Smiling, eager. He alone among leaders have this power, not requiring Congressional approval. All others require parliamentary approval for war, then approval for nuclear weapons use.

Donald Trump

This madman and his war machine is a danger to mankind. Not KimJ.


tRump is attempting to woe Sanders supporters?  Now that's funny.  I'll bet that Sanders supporters will, in kind, give tRump the middle finger salute that he has given everyone else including the Republicans.


This 'Civil' stuff is BS. My reply was to footy16.
I may even do the survey G&M keeps popping up.


Aloha Diver.  Are you not following the news?  You think the fears about Trump are unfounded?  Did you see his proposed budget?  Was that not cause for enormous alarm?  The budget that passed was put together in Congress.  The GOP fled from most of Trump's proposals because they are terrified of the reaction his tenure in the White House has ignited across the country and rightly fear being swept out of power in the mid-term elections next year.  In other words the alarm -or "hysteria" as you dismissively label it- produced the desired effect.  But the threat has not disappeared. Trump will try again with the next budget to do enormous damage to the fabric of our nation.  So the alarm bells will continue to sound.  Finally, what global warming hysteria?  The National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration is now predicting 5 to 8 feet of sea level rise by the end of the century.  I don't know if that is reason to be "hysterical," but it is cause for enormous alarm.


Perhaps Jesus should have asked His followers to appoint His Apostles. Instead, He spent a night praying alone to His Father before selecting them.


I personally think that this may be the beginning of a downward slope for NFL. Point is, it is obscenely rich league with obscenely expensive players and obscenely expensive tickets; a lot of people are looking for the way out, as evident by the decline of cable sports bundle, and this may be a convenient excuse for many people to stop caring about NFL, even if that's what they wanted to do for some time now.


So why did they imprison him and her in the first place ?


Patriotism surely is bipartisan, but when one party tries to expropriate it for themselves and uses it as a thin veneer for their chauvinism and exceptionalism, they make a mockery of true patriotism.

When the titular head of that party then starts calling whole groups of other people unpatriotic and saying they should be fired, hail fahr yes, that's partisan.


White collar theft of over $5,000,000 gets a slap on the wrist... while an irresponsible young person gets years served for taking $50 cash from a store.


That's because dating singles have realized that Donald Trump support is a Great new way to weed out abnormal clinical psychology. Who wants to date a sociopath?


Ruderman is a fighting progressive, of which there should be more in the Legislature. I hope he's able to win.


You have a problem with that, too?

Grow up.


It says that I was going out of my way not to use a term that denigrated all police, i.e., not just referring to his eyes.


Based only on the document the article mentions, they do not appear to be seeking "reforms of the Holy Father".


Add one gut shot. It is PAINFUL. Much worse than an appendicitis.


Whoops, somehow I forgot the mining industry and didn't mean to. They need to be at the table and get their due share.


We spend more on health care than any other nation on earth, yet have some of the worst health outcomes. Our infant mortality rate is higher than many third world countries. Some form of "single-payer" works for every other industrialized nation. 53% of every tax dollar goes to a blood-bloated military that couldn't even protect us from 19 guys with boxcutters. That's where the real burden on the taxpayers falls. If we reallocated just half of the military's wasteful spending we could defend our citizens from the real threat of untreated disease, homelessness, and provide free college for our citizens so they'd be better able to provide for themselves. The military can't even account for several trillion dollars they've spent. Why are you not outraged about Pentagon waste and theft? At least 24,000 Americans die every year from lack of health care. 3,000 died on 9/11 and we've spent ~$7 trillion fighting that threat. Why not spend proportionately on the greater threat that kills more?


You did buy the Liberal BS. It is merely a vehicle which people can use if possible. And  really well  off would not find a TFSA very useful. It is fully convertible at any time where as an RRSP isn't. Our governments are supposed to help us be more independent  not more dependent. Liberal doublespeak. You don't have to cry for those who can afford this just don't hinder them. The less they cost society the better.


Still awaiting the TV series that shows the golden north is no longer a resource extraction colony. Who knows: perhaps one day Alaska will have a Princeton to be proud of.


I don't believe he addressed you as 'Susan', Boy-Roy.  Is this a flash-back to the 'High-Security Hotel' days?


I'd love to see how "school choice" proponents would react if a taxpayer funded Muslim school sprung up in Douglas County. Would they be ok with their tax dollars going to a school of a different religion than their own? What about a school for Scientologists? Freedom of religion is a cornerstone of American democracy, but there's a reason it is separated from government. I'm all for religious or Christian schools - as long as you're paying for it. This "school choice" argument is a giant facade for taxpayer funded, religious education, and it is flat out unconstitutional. The school playground issue has little to do with vouchers for schools - very different cases.


The Obama freebies are disappearing and the freebie beneficiaries are throwing Obstructionists tantrums.


I agree Steve.....
I think you are confused....
Keep the dividend, raise the minimum production tax, pass the income tax.
I think it is way past time to quit rewarding people and companies that are simply "working Alaska."


A rumour  is a story  or report of uncertain or doubtful truth.


If only if were that easy for these people, they may have done it.


fine , you put up your money etc, just leave tax dollars out , we are broke and can not afford it


I seriously doubt if these deductions make a critical difference for people with incomes over $250k. The ability of the state to fully fund programs for lower income people to get and stay in their homes, on the other hand, would no doubt make a huge difference to their ability to be homeowners.


Interesting stat..."National security and warfare are big business. The U.S. government spent $598.5 billion, over half of its discretionary budget, on military and weapons technology in 2015. The 100 largest arms-producing and military services companies across the globe sold an estimated $370.7 billion worth of arms that year."
"U.S.-based companies continue to dominate the defense market, a trend that is unlikely to change meaningfully any time soon. Virginia-based Lockheed Martin's arms sales totaled $36.44 billion in 2015, by far the most of any company. Booz Allen Hamilton rounds out the list of 20, with $3.9 billion in military-related sales that year. U.S.- and Western Europe-based companies account for 82.4% of arms sales by the 100 largest military procurement companies."
and we'll spend more.....just hope we stop buy $400.00 hammers and toilet seats.


This person is upset because he/she must have just realized that there are not as many PC people in this country as they thought. It must be very disappointing to see their lifes work to destroy all the hard work generation's of American's have built fought for and many died for.  All their efforts to indoctrinate kids into their socialist utopia are on the verge of failure. Their efforts to overwhelm American's with mass immigration. All their PC bs is about to be dumped in the trash. Bet it is a real shock when they realize more American's still know how to think and hopefully this is the start of the change. In thousands of years humans have not learned to behave and a few years of forced PC will not change that. So what is left to them but name calling but it is not over yet there is still the danger their mind set is so warped they would rather Hillary rule from prison than admitting failure.


Yep, we finally hit number one in the nation.  Not a good thing.
Meanwhile, our four principal private sector industries in Alaska continue to hire more non-residents than residents.  Oil and gas, mining, tourism and commercial fishing.


Assange did the Americans a favour exposing the seamy side of Hillary and her gang...... By Obama jumping in with his less than honest spin - the Democratic Party will suffer in the future....


Yes but the alt left controls the media and believes it's still relevant. It knows it's running out of road and desperately hopes by stomping its feet loud enough  it will self correct prior to the last election.
Truly  if it wasn't so amusing it would be sad.


Actually, it doesn't matter whether or not he served them before.  What matters is that he's refusing to offer them a service based upon a sexual orientation.  The fact that he followed the law before doesn't mitigate the fact that he didn't follow the law this time.

He refused to do a service based upon sexual orientation of the customers, a service that he usually does for straight customers.  That's discrimination, plain and simple.  The fact that he was willing to do a different service for these customers does not negate the discrimination on the one service.


Molinar is NOT a "good person and didn't think."   His exhibited behavior is that of a clinical sociopath who decided the risk of serial red light-running was worth it and even tried hard to escape the consequences  when it came time to show his hand.   As a serial cheater whose methodology resulted in the taking of an innocent life,  he deserves to spend the rest of his life paying dearly while thinking hard about what he did.


He looks like he is high on something.  Why put his picture?  I almost got scared.  Should have put make up and did his hair before putting him in the newspaper.  He all over the world now.  Lose money.


I can read sensationalistic nonsense right here, on Globe & Mail, which makes Pravda look very tame, by comparison.
Actually, I can't see what you think would be sensational on Pravda. It looks like they're covering all the stories the USA MSM is making, and covering, and that a lot of MSM around the world is covering.
Did you actually look at the English version of Pravda? It isn't the 80s and USSR times anymore, and Pravda, their sci-fi stuff aside (I see the same click-bait stuff on the Daily Mail), looks less sensationalist than a lot of USA and British MSM.


Well, he does have the right not to do so....

but that being said

We have every right for calling him out for it and that is exactly what is happening to that low class failed quarterback.


Montreal had 8 regulars out too, and they still bet the Leafs for the 13th time in a row.


A quick google search shows that if you are a graduate of a non-accredited veterinary school, and there are no veterinary school's in Syria that are accredited in Canada, you have to pass a three part test from the Canadian Veterinary Association. Once you  pass those tests you can then apply to to get a license to practice veterinary medicine for any of the provincial licensing boards.  Did this guy think we were just going to take his word that he was a vet and give him a license to practice? Maybe we should just waive the licensing rules for Syrians. And all of a sudden they'll all be dentists, doctors, engineers.....................


Check out The Daily Wire article: "NYT Columnist Stephens Says There Are Still Questions About Global Warming Predictions. The Left Loses Its Mind. Here's Why...." The Ben Shapiro Report May 2, 2017


You mistake "opinions" for  "lies".  Again if you don't agree with someone's opinion because it doesn't align with your view of the world, call it a "lie".   Easier to do than offer up an alternate, educated. well thought out opinion!


Competition is the solution. But it may never come because the government employee unions have control. They are not really connected to the cost of health care.


Frank and Ang, thanks for your replies.  I apologize, Frank when I misread your post.


What evidence can you provide that animal control does nothing? You are probably the first to complain about taxes and the first to complain about lack of services.


maybe the rest of the world can laugh and ignore stupid sheep like you!! , while i plan to spend my dollars in the usa supporting them as well as us often! GO TRUMP GO


It's that closemindedness that led 199 players to go before Tom brady, too. Although I'm sure there is a much bigger gap than what was on display last night. But VJ just laughing it off like it was an idiotic question is annoying. Why would you ever tell a kid he has zero shot? How is that going to make him better?


The Restriction is very limited, when verifying identity. They are free to put it back on once that has been done.


It's impractical and patently unsafe to demand some sort of limiter or governor installed that restricts a vehicle's top speed to 60 mph so long as a human being is required to control the vehicle.  The reason has mostly to do with the surplus of power required to safely accelerate and merge with faster-flowing traffic, especially here on Oahu with its many short onramps (as compared to the mainland).  Indeed, it's often the case too, that a driver may have to quickly accelerate beyond the posted speed limit to AVOID a collision.  I speak from much personal experience.


The rest of the story and from the liberal rag the Washington bird cage liner.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1997/05/16/miss-universe-sizing-up-her-reign/4b76f45c-aaa9-4b44-8acf-39f2d4af7598/


I'm not sure that is true.  I think that they don't even consider that.  I think that way too many people have been taught or conditioned to have a knee-jerk negative response to taxes.  From my perspective it's kind of silly, but ....


The Washington Post is basically the media arm of Amazon. It's hilarious that anyone could expect an unbiased article on the topic from them.


Actually what originally caused this "nastiness"was that Muslim students were caught citing prayers full of hate speech. The concerned parents that you label anti-Islam bigots didn't like the fact that prayers calling for the deaths of unbelievers were being said.


If you sell a house and give a paint or carpet credit dont you just lower the price to purchase by the amount?  Why is there money going out in DOLLARS.


Trump's fans are mindless sheep.


Will we get tort reform with that?


how tragic for the nevills family.  again.  the mom has passed away, as well.   i hope they are a tight family and can give some comfort to one another.


Chris in Ottawa...you are obviously not one of those "happy Canadians" Ibby is on about.....grumble grumble bitch bitch but I get it, I spent a few winters in Ottawa...


I think we are doing the right thing given where we are now-- keeping pressure on NK. We have a good redline--  which Kim gave us-- his firing Missiles at an area off of Guam. If he does so, Trump is clear that we will strike and the message is clear from all on our side. There is some reported intelligence that this pressure is causing some internal issues in NK which could result in changes or internal moves against Kim. Like a Chess match, we have seen generals (they sent the message) have a relatively "weak" position-- shooting missiles off of Guam with no threat of nuclear. This lets Trump respond after what they and not have to back up his words now. This gives at least a week for anyone in North Korea with a chance to takeout or contain Kim to do so (if there is truth to intelligence of sudden instability in N. Korea) or we either counter an attack on Guam after it happens (per Trump's promise) or we are in position of standing up while NK backed down.


I believe the strategy the article is referring to, the one that needs a reality check, is Trump's strategy of hyperbole and bluster, bluff and double-dog-dare-ya's.

Stuff like that won't work with Kim Jong Un. No way. Would it work the other way around trying to out-bluster Trump? No way, either. So the US strategy has to stay what it has been, and they have to continue being patient.

And we all have skin in the game, by the way. If the two lunatics with the questionable haircuts actually decide to nuke it out, our skin will blister and boil with the fallout and freeze in the nuclear winter just the same as yours will.


AK_Viking, the assertions you list here are nothing but pure lunacy. It is common knowledge the MatSu Valley is much more conservative than Alaska on the whole. MatSu residents voted for Donald Trump over Hillary Clinton 70% to 19%. Knowing this, It is likely that most of the suspects in this case come from Republican-leaning homes, but this fact is beside the point.


So, Obama only paid 19% taxes last year, and Bernie boy only paid 13%.
Trump paid that year 24%, and of course employed thousands.
Once again the Dems should get busy on the business of government, not the business of slander!


People seem to have lost the fact that the only way to speak your mind in todays republicon party is to first quit trying to get elected? What does that say about the republicon party, and our supposed democracy?

"Freedom" isn't free. It's a slogan.


The true concern should not be some sort of political retaliation from the Trump Administration if we have a major disaster.  The real concern and lesson to be learned as illustrated by the Puerto Rico disaster is that Oahu under our below average government management could find ourselves in the same shape should a CAT III or larger storm directly hits us.

As a State and County we are woefully unprepared.  We do not have enough or adequate shelters, many of our homes and buildings are old and not to current codes.  Most egregiously we do not have a valid plan or credible leadership that has defined the problems and developed solid mitigation strategies for when the big one hits.  Who, what, and when will the Calvary from the mainland come in to rescue us?  Power, communications, water will be out for months...rebuilding will take years.


good to see this. keep developers and oha away from Kakaako Makai. Lease it open space and low rise.


Do you and your ilk want the "liberals" to "love" your racism? Do you want us to smile at your homophobia? Do you want us to smile and wink nicely at your Islamophobia and zenophobia?  Actually, the liberals really should avoid responding to your vitriol with vitriol, but nobody's perfect, eh?


Oh, Horse Pucky. Comey only cares about himself and his party. What he did was not only cowardly, but intentionally disruptive and intended to adversely affect the Clinton campaign. And in order to accomplish his purpose, Comey deviated about as much as it is possible to do from established practices and norms of the FBI. Shame on him. He should be fired.


His best accomplishment is leaving the TUMPDY DUMPTY supporting state of Alaska and getting an education in California.

I bet he is never coming back, I also bet he voted for Hillary


Absolute insanity. Creation of huge bureaucracy that will do nothing for climate change and totally destroy our standard of living to the advantage of the Chinese who will do nothing. Please stop funding our liberal arts universities if this is their thinking.


The applicable salary for the job was established and known in advance.

It takes a lot of nerve to apply for a job with a salary range you have no intention to accept, and won't accept unless it is almost doubled.

Unless, of course, he never applied in the first place....in which case the government has a lot of nerve appointing a political crony without competition and at almost twice the going rate for the job.

As John_ so aptly noted, Trudeau promised to do things different in Ottawa, but this looks like yet another case of more of the same.  #baitandswitch


You mean white Americans. right?


Consider myself "Progressive" and am voting for Clark. Experience in government and elective office is an issue for me. Like Clark's stance on looking into the feasibility of using the old EWEB complex as the new City Hall.  He seems pretty grounded in the reality of what City government can afford and is capable of doing. Not sure that is the case with Vinis. The majority of the Council (and Eugene) will still be "Progressive".  Lastly, I'm afraid the board of Lane County Commissioners does reflect the wishes of a majority of Lane County residents. That's who elected them.


"Take a breath" is a colloquialism based upon the common human habit of an  excited person speaking in a rush without taking time to catch a breath.  It has the same meaning as "calm down", and is therefore dismissive of the level of excitement that the other person is expressing, or that you are implying the other person is expressing.  In this context, it was clearly a denigrating statement.   As to your inference that Tom Davis  was putting forth a "blanket indictment of politics/politicians as something inherently bad":  I can't see that in what he wrote.   I read him as pointing out that Bailey isn't being straightforward about the political nature of the rally.   You actually seem to agree that it is a political event, and your inference does not seem justified by what is written.  Perhaps you know Tom Davis and that conditions your reading of his words, as I know Bailey Stover (as do many readers here)?  My "problem" is:  Your (now admitted) lack of interest in civility.


yet another egregious attack on the Canadian middle class and its  small business entrepreneurs  who were unfortunately born as males.

Higher taxes from elimination of income splitting, from reducing TFSA investment levels,  from Male small businesses, from useless carbon taxes,    and a host of other taxes are hollowing out the Canadian middle class at a rate never before seen.

Its as if Trudeau Senior is still at the helm of this feckless and profligate Govt.

This Govt is the best example of top down autocracy in the world, a world which is increasingly rejecting  this oligarchic  rule by the wealthy 1 % .

It will not end well  for canadians outside the Laurentian  establishment.


It only requires a PR flack on salary with a cellphone.


Just think we could have elected Ben Cayetano and had NO RAIL AND NO NEW TAXES!!!!! for those of you who voted for Cladwell Bachi to you


Troopers could care less about law enforcement in the villages. Especially where a majority of the inhabitants are native. They show up days later and sometimes not at all.


Art,

Please tell me that you really don't intend to say that the rise of incidents like that described in the article is Canada's fault because we haven't adopted sufficiently xenophobic immigration, border-entry and aggressive deportation policies and practices to match those assumed to apply in the US (I say assumed because there are many appeals to the courts in the US regarding the new, post-election measures in question).


You are correct. Nothing frustrates a Eugene criminal like being told they are being transported to Springfield due to overcrowding. So Springfield is doing something right.


I have learned a lot from this
Everybody suddenly is an expert on where lot lines are, whereas the day before they were not
Everybody must have been there because we have several thousand first hand accounts with expert dog behavior testimony
Everybody"s dog is perfect and never known to be aggressive even though police reports show otherwise
The shooter should receive death threats on facebook from internet tough guys who would never confront anybody in person
Obviously the shooter parked" in the dog owners yard" when was the last time somebody drove up in front of your house and pulled up on the grass?apparently these psychic witnesses saw all this
Labs are never aggressive!!  Guess what clueless dog owners. Dogs behave incredibly different absent owners. Get over it.
All these silly comments convince me you dog experts are anything but that


And yet a mere few months ago the largest slaughter of Muslims in North America occurred in Canada. I don't get the non-stop criticism of the U.S. rather than the reflection of Canadians on what has gone wrong.
Since you hold the record of the largest mass slaughter of Muslims on our continent, why aren't there articles after articles in the U.S. media smugly condemning Canada?
What gives?


Before joining the Trump administration, Price was in Congress where the judicious use of tax payers' money is a fantasy.


Legalizing marijuana is likely to be a topic for Pennsylvania after the deaths of four young men lured by the promise of selling them marijuana.
It seems Sessions uses the federal government whenever it comes to his own personal interests.  No federal action (or as he called it a "state issue") when it comes to LGBT but he wants to bring federal action on medical marijuana?


Did you read the article? Do those people holding those placards look like rednecks?


When you say, "native-born", you're not really talking about Native Americans are you? Hardly likely with the racist rant you posted.


I bet they work on a contingency fee like Jeff Anderson.


None of which is criminal.  Try to keep on topic


Wow, and it was reported the other day Elton John played for Putin!  And Trump hasn't even DONE anything yet!   However,  I'd be interested to know if there was a party after Bush' second win.   If you'll go to a party for a war criminal who started two wars and killed perhaps millions, I personally don't take your 'values' with much seriousness.


There are serious potential causes behind Trump's behaviour - here's just one.

Trump has taken Propecia (finasteride) - to help prevent male pattern baldness - for many years, according to a report released by his doctor. The side effects of this drug are legion, and serious. The term post-finasteride syndrome (PFS) has been coined and hundreds of lawsuits have been brought in regard to its sexual side effects, (shrinking penis, poor sexual function) and the drug's effects on cognition, mood and mental states have been documented in the scientific literature. Many users noted a "disconnection between the mental and physical aspects of sexual function," and changes in mental abilities, sleeping patterns, and/or depressive symptoms. Sound familiar?

Trump must be particularly insecure to take this drug. Not a good quality in a world leader with the means to kill billions at his fingertips. For those interested see ... http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jsm.12269/abstract


Sounds good. Until then, take care.


Ask yourself why you don't know all the Facts, "In April 2016, Uchiyama took over at Island Air after it was sold by billionaire Larry Ellison to local investors. Uchiyama has a long track record in the local visitor industry, including serving as VP for brand management at the Hawaii Tourism Authority (HTA)."   You need to figure out who (whom) the "Local Investors" are, let us just say they have a "Conflict Of Interest".   If I were a Friend and Financial Advisor to Billionaire Larry Ellison, I would have told him not to invest any money, not even a penny ($0.01) at the Democrat's Democratic  Republic of Hawaii aka North Korea, then I would read off a list of reasons mostly those U.S. Laws, and Democrat State of Hawaii Laws  that Hawaii's Corrupt Democrat Politicians (so that they can become Multi Millionaires at Hawaii Citizens Expense)  and Hawaii Democrats (because of ignorance) Fully Endorse and Completely Support.


For instance, OD reintroduced the Index and self-flagelation for their own use -- it's a bit like going to the supermarket and chosing a polishing chemical product instead of bread and wine.


I don't find either Clinton or Trump to ever have been of "working class " understandings based on either of their life experiences. However, the record will show  Clinton - regardless of your personal likes or dislikes for her -has long been an advocate for "some" policies that would support the traditional and the new  members of the "working class".
 I'm not certain how many merit badges she would deserve if she were in the Girl Scouts, but I am pretty sure that Trump would not only fail to earn merit badges, but would nevet be allowed to join the scouts, or would be expelled  by any civilized scout leader.
Actual  public policy participation and performance - and results -should count for something. Clinton has been effective  in these arenas, according to all colleagues - whether Republican or Democratic- over her  decades in public life.
 She has made mistakes certainly, and has supported the 1% far too often over the traditional Democratic base. But Trump? Seriously?


Unfortunately there is no photo of the car's "butt", but the front isn't exactly adorable, IMHO.


Thank you.  I've already had one thoroughly innocuous, entirely "civil" comment censored.  It was absolutely one of the least controversial things I've ever said!


"And since the ice was already floating, the breakup won’t raise sea levels in the short term".
Not in the long term either as sea levels would actually drop when this piece melts as the expansion effect of water in its solid state would displace a little less water in its liquid state. Simple physical science.


No, rogue is when people expect other people to do their job for them because they're too lazy and incompetent to do it themselves.


that's just retarded the news is all over the place left wing cultural marxist thugs are attacking free speech, attacking people, destroying property. THEY are the Brownshirts 100%. Go read the accounts of the woman and others with direct experience in Nazi Germany, they all say the rioters shutting down speeches are exactly what Hitler and his supporters were doing.
Your smug little put down is exactly that of an adolescent, attempting to deflect from reality in order to continue to be smug and lazy.
One day we may have to kill these people as they are trying to destroy us and we will be killing Nazis when we do.


LOL. This too hilarious.

After the last election cycle when all the republican could come up with to debate their democratic challengers was, "Did you vote for Obama!? OMG, how could you! Present faux outrage.

Now they can't even stomach their own party's leader, before the election.

Reap what you sow. All the hate is coming back to bite the republicans in their collective behinds.


Or unless you're making stuff up, since Obama admin never wiretapped Trump.


Sitting on your ignorant butt watching conjecture on the internet isn't proof of murder. Your intellectual bar is set dangerously low.


No, Carl- no one thinks Obama is "classy" except for his most partisan-drenched supporters. Obamacare will forever make us poorer- something that ONLY he and Democrats supported: history will only look kindly on the unanimous solidarity Republicans showed in their opposition of the costliest law ever to plague our great country. His vile speeches are not his own and are drenched in hubris and platitudes, his wife's social programs are the laughing stock of the western world, and his social justice, political correctness is a bane to our military men and women.


We have also "fired" clients who consistently paid late. I have no interest in working for clients who do not respect us enough to meet our payment terms.


"My guess is that only Liberals were polled"

--

You'd be guessing wrong.

No need to guess.

All the details of the poll are posted online.

Try google next time and you won't have to put up any foolish "guesses".


Me too Annie, and once again I am determining when to bail out just like I did under GW.  I'm thinking before Spring of 2018.


All addicts are users but not all users are addicts.


There is no difference, CO2 is CO2, "a rose by any other name....."

Get an education!


Unable to agree on any particular method for selecting presidential electors, the Founding Fathers left the choice of method exclusively to the states in Article II, Section 1
“Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors….”
The U.S. Supreme Court has repeatedly characterized the authority of the state legislatures over the manner of awarding their electoral votes as "plenary" and "exclusive."

The constitutional wording does not encourage, discourage, require, or prohibit the use of any particular method for awarding a state's electoral votes.

States have the responsibility and constitutional power to make all of their voters relevant in every presidential election and beyond.  Now, 38 states, of all sizes, and their voters, because they vote predictably, are politically irrelevant in presidential elections.


Did Jr.'s attempt to collude with Russia break a law, or was it just a reckless and foolhardy act?


Do we?  Or are you so comfortable with the media taking your side that you don't recognize the bias.  And do you really believe that all on the left are free thinkers?


Um, no.  I lived in that area for over 25 years.  That is a road where speeding is particularly dangerous and not many places to get out of the way.  It's more rural and not a San Francisco-type populace.


I'm not surprised that the City was supposed to do something about this issue two decades ago and did nothing.  It's pretty easy to put up a new gate. Did the City really think just because the gate was gone that it would never be erected again?  Regarding the current issue, legally it seems like the gate shouldn't be there but I totally understand the owner's frustration at the inconsiderate beach goers who trash the property. Hard to show respect if you feel like you're being disrespected, albeit by a small minority of beach goers.


"State Bureau of Investigations is leading the investigation. "
In other words Troopers are investigating a Trooper Shooting. Do you trust Troopers ? Google Casey Porter Shooting. 29 seconds to Death.


The last refuge of the scoundrel is to call others names. You asked what I I disagree with in the motion and it is  the use of the word Islamaphobia. It is not defined and too broad. Were it to say Muslim people, I would have no issue with it. There- I've addressed you comment in the manner that you asked.  And yes, it is sufficient to disagree with a motion predicated on a single word. To suggest otherwise is quite surprising-- suppose the motion had said Canadians support the tactics of Hitler. The use of a single word is indeed sufficient to express extreme disagreement with a motion. To suggest otherwise is belays a lack of understanding of the importance of language and nuance.

What I find troubling from your approach is your conclusion that whenever someone disagrees with your position they are "patently false" and therefore there is an "inevitable conclusion" that those persons are "simply prejudiced bigots".  People who call others bigots usually are the most bigoted.


I like the last photograph.  I think the plane has a tag on it somewhere that says "Made in America"


Gender equality better get in line. The Liberals have already piled indigenous rights and global warming onto their NAFTA agenda.  I suspect transborder-washroom rights, continent wide apologies to victim groups, and cross border legal ganja weed won't be far behind.
Likely window dressing to get Justin some kudos from some of the Liberals excitable but low voltage progressive supporters.
Once the doors on the negotiation room close to the cameras the topic will be largely trade.


Learn to read financial statements before you spew libtard narrative!


Whatever tariff the US imposes will be reciprocated with a similar tariff on US imports to Canada. Trump will thus destroy jobs on both sides of the border. On the other hand, with fewer US imports Canada will, on average, have better cars.


Is CPP fair? Certainly Not !
Fare is what you use to take the bus.


Ballot initiatives mean diddly squat, AKfox.  In 2002, well over 60% of voters approved the initiative to build the gasline and we even created an oil and gas commission.  The commission is hauling in millions in income, but it's 14 years later and we still don't have a gasline because Big Oil and the Republican majority are blocking the 14-year-old initiative without a fight from the voters.

Secondly, voters also passed a ballot measure to tax the cruise ship passengers a $50 head tax, but when Parnell was voted into office, and in the first six months, he flew to Florida and met with the cruise ship CEOs and pledge to not only roll back the head tax, but water down Alaska's Clean Water legislation.  Apparently governors can do what they want with citizens' initiatives without a voter fight.  And don't forget that it was the Republican majority that passed legislation years ago upping the ante on making it more difficult for voters to collect signatures.


Mrs. Wagner was and is not the pick of Conservatives/Tea Partiers, Trump Supporters, or the Old-Guard of the GOP.  Josh Hawley was the favorite of Conservatives/Tea Partiers and the Old-Guard.  A Trump-like candidate may now emerge.  The reporter gets this wrong in saying that the GOP is upset about losing a potentially good candidate.  This is a boon for the MO GOP since it could stop another divisive primary campaign.  Claire McCaskill is as good as any fake moderate the Democrats have and she is a great campaigner.  She is chameleon like in her deceptiveness.  She takes on meaningless conservative or moderate stances but votes with the hard left every time it matters.


Complementarity is still abstract concept. Let's remember that the issue here is not about sexuality. It is about marriage rights. Gays have them. Merlino is suffering from a bad case of sour grapes and is venting. Interestingly, none of his thoughts were directive, only suggestive, but I assume people will be watching and reporting back to him. To not acknowledge a spouse, however much you disagree with their gender, at a funeral is beyond tacky, as is worrying about whether the spouse and the celebrant are mentioned on the prayer card. Merlino's indignation is not enough to reverse the trend, which will ultimately include priests blessing gay marriages privately and families demanding formal recognition of such unions at a Wedding Mass. Rear guard actions involving inocmplete natural law arguments or scriptures meant to differentiate Jewish exiles from their Babylonian captors will not stop this. God will not rescue the Church from this nor female ordination.


Sooooooooo how do you explain the Broncos winning SB50 with a stellar defense and considerably less-than-stellar offense?


I personally love this, it would mean Clinton would be afraid to dip her toe in the water and if she did she would be required to only be VP. Easily beaten either way. If Biden were to be smart and pick Warren that could be an unbeatable ticket.


"but by focusing solely on a single year's budget for the last six days, a crisis was averted."   And this took the collective legislature only four and a half months?  Job NOT well done.


Wow, that didn't take long!

We hardly learn the guy's name and he's gone.  Since new chief of staff John Kelly is one of perhaps only two grown-ups in this administration (and Trump is NOT the other one), my guess is that he and "da Mooch" locked horns early and Kelly won.

No loss.


I think if they are willing to breathe the same air as a Democrat, some of these folks would call them RINOs


Only_for_human_reasons_is_it_so._Those_humans_are_dying_off.


That's what I heard today too. Not read on tweets, but listened to live.  When Comey goes down, bet he takes a few notable people down with him-pre Trump that is.


Doesn't meet all of our electrical needs since we now have an electric car but it is worth it.  May add more panels at some point with batteries.  Then can say aloha to HECO.


I have another question.

Will Trudeau and journalists find a way to address that Burma is still under FULL control by the military and its Generals?


No doubt about it,  this is a very clever Israeli plot!  It has Mossad written all over it.


Now the Basque are going to request indenpandance !!!!not only on the Spanish also on the French side !!!!


It’s not enough to just report on headlines we can get for free on the CBC. You have to now have an editorial voice, with younger diverse columnists, and a focus on in-depth reporting and special features. Not to mention a clean premium website design. What you report has to have value for people to pay for it.


He will be dead in less than 6 months.


Naming a Supreme Court judge when you're president is not an accomplishment - it's part of the job.
Lifting regulations has yet to be determined, but if it comes out like it did with the 2008 market meltdown then no thanks.
Mining jobs, oh please. You know they have Tar Sands in Utah, but don't expect them to strip mine in a Republican stronghold.
And what's not mainstream about Fox and The Wallstreet Journal.
Your selective examples are bogus.


Canadians elected Stephen Harper as leader for a decade--were you not here for that?


The Chinese are the most resilient people in the world.  They have survived centuries of famine, floods and death. Remember the Eight Foreign Powers that wanted to carve China up like a pie. Where are they now? you must understand that the most corrupt government on the face of the earth is the American government.  No, China is not in deep trouble.


Actually, more nails as he commits more Constitutional criminality by his decisions.  Scalia is dead so he can't drive any more.  Gorsuch is likely even worse as his entire history is based on decisions allowing religion to prevail over all other aspects of human rights.  He is a pure theocrat and agent for Corporate over worker or individual rights.  He will expand the worst of Scalia even more.  Christian terrorists now occupying a majority of federal governing positions in all branches of government.  The perfect means to install anti-human laws.  The worst is yet to come.


I agree with John on this.  And I would like to see the study that says only 5% of released fish actually live.  Imagine someone having you on a rope that you had to frantically fight against at the top of your ability for 10 minutes.  then as you are gasping for breath they force you to breathe several glasses of water into your lungs.  (this is the equivalent of taking a fish out of water to breathe pure air)  How do you think you would do?  I bet fish mortality is more like 50%.  I catch them, kill them and eat them with a minimum of suffering.  If conservation is the issue, cut back the quota or season.  Any true sportsman would support these conservation measures.


you know the lead general of operation blue star was himself Sikh.
it was a politically bad decision, and thousands of innocents died, but to imply that it itself was an act of genocide is inappropriate. Sikh extremists militarized a holy place.
However, after Gandhi was assassinated the Congress government did not do enough to stop and even encouraged violent reproach of the Sikh community leading to pogrom/genocide (the former probably more accurate). So Indria's main role in initiating this was getting assassinated.

Sikh extremists are responsible for the worst terrorist attack in Canadian history, we deserve a balanced view of these important events, and I don't think we will get it from J Singh unfortunately.


I'll say again.  There is no definitive word on how the Last Supper was arranged.  This is fact.  Even the authors you put forth are offering a perspective and not a definitive word.

You weren't there.  You don't know.  Neither do I.  But you are the only one speaking dogmatically (as you often do).

I don't find you compelling in your beliefs.


Thank God he didn't pea on anything.


Very bad idea.   The DOE already receives the biggest portion of funding from the state budget but with little or no significant  positive measure in terms of test results and other measure of  learning.
The DOE needs to be audited and steps taken to eliminate the huge bureaucracy that is only interested in justifying their  own continued existence and high salaries.  Not much gets down to the school and
teacher level other than salary increases for teachers, school personnel.  Throwing more money at the DOE is not going to do any good.  If this was the solution, we would already have a good educational system.
I suppose  there is no need to educate the kids all that well, as you do not need to know much to work in the service sector, you know hotels, restaurants, fast food joints etc.
If you need those with more education, skills, you can always get them from the mainland or elsewhere.


We would just rob them in that schenario