I suggested a long time ago to sleep with one eye open when Wohlforth surrenders his version of the facts. He gave up on Clem Tillion some time ago and Rogoff nearly died trying to get Tillion to change his mind.
But curiosity stokes the fire. We know Rogoff has an eye on the 54 billion dollar Permanent Fund, but what's to make of the desperate Wohlforth? Is he really that hellbent on funding a bloated government or is he just plain stupid? Perhaps both....


France and UK produce fighter jets, do they not?  Perhaps in light of threats to NAFTA  the US withdrawal from the TPP, Canada should go shopping.


Not sure what story you are refering to, but I'm thinking it must be the Russian story that claimed it was the bombing of a nearby warehouse that had th chemicals.

When the initial reports of gas being used came out in i think Alepo, (Obama 'line' was crossed - or not), a significant group of conservative writers in this site said that it was the rebels that set off the chemicals and it was just a ploy to make Assad look bad.

Isn't it funny how the bad guys turn coats when the American administration changed.

I believe we are experiencing 'the fog of war'.     Lot's of second guessing, lot's of supposed reports and plots.    I'm not sure how one can say they have 'the truth' with a high level of confidence when it comes to information sources?


Keep crying. Your tears are delicious!


why, what has he exactly done?  Make a pass?  DId he threaten someone's lively hood with it, kill some one for saying no?
  Well Donny?  Even the girl who is suing Dony now went back to L.A. and called him for lunch when he visited L.A but  he refused to  go for lunch for whatever reason.  Someone's ego got trampled and now they sue?


"BOSCO"


I'd like to hear something more about why they cut Nixon. The guy they added has 14 tackles and 2 pass breakups in a five year career. He played in 33 games and those are his numbers? I have zero confidence in this guy - what's the story behind the story here?


Good point. White Supremacists, Nazis, and the White Nationalist and Supremacist branch of the Alt Right (not all of the Alt Right is racist) support Trump, but not every Trump supporter supports the racist views of these groups. A similar point applies to Black LIves Matter-- there may be members or supporters of that group who have racist views of whites, but not every supporter of Black Lives Matter is racist (for that matter, you see a lot of whites in the Black Lives Matter parade). Also, judging from the comments from politicians, not only liberals are opposed to racism-- conservatives are as well.  The Nazi's, KKK, and numerous white supremacist groups at the parade-- including some who attend these parades just to beat up protestors (like the "White Fight Club") are groups that very few people in the country support but events like this get them a lot of media exposure.


I for one remember when climate change was called global warming, but the name had to be changed because there is no evidence that the earth is unnaturally warming. We know the earth goes through extreme climate changes, and frequently freezes and warms. The problem with "climate change" is that technically the climate is always changing, and people have always moved or resettled as a result. While there is no doubt carbon monoxide emissions like what is happening in India and China is extremely bad for the envirement, in that it makes the air toxic to breathe, to simply say all emissions are detrimental to earth is blatantly false. Look at what happens every time a volcano erupts. Decades worth of "man made" pollution happens in an instant. This is an undeniable fact. The earth is always changing and it's up to people to adapt and survive. Also, the science isn't as concrete as you think, since the original ocean temp readings were taken on a wood boat and the new ones on a diesel.


Seems whether you're Gerald Butt's friend or his moving company you get way over paid. Canada is simply Gerry's ATM, what do you expect from a former lobbyist....c'mon Gerry, SHOW US THE MONEY !!!!


Your point? That what I saw was a drone? (This was many many years ago.) As I said, no doubt it was a man made object. However, my question was: what was it doing? What was it spraying? I would be concerned about an object that stopped above my residence, cloaked itself so it couldn't be seen, and then emitted a mist or spray of something onto the ground. All valid questions, not "kooks" running around screaming our reptilian overlords have arrived.


And they will decide to dump her most certainly.


Babcock's kind of right.  There are only 2 teams.  Them and us.  Amazing how they just can't see how disgusted the people are with pro-oil, anti-Alaskan partisan politics.


That was a waste apology and I think it was a tongue-in-cheek expression to sooth King Trump's little mind and oversized ego. Why is this wannabe dictator such an emotional infant
and intellectual dwarf.


Thanks Helmsworth, but I think I will follow the advice of my pediatrician (instead of you) who believes the current vaccination schedule is way too packed with too many unnecessary vaccinations and that most certainly the mercury contained in the flu vaccine should not be given to children or pregnant women.  Also, (instead of you) I think I'll listen to what Dr. Bernadine Patricia Healy said about vaccines and autism. Remember her? The first female director of the National Institute of Health? President of the American Red Cross? Professor of Medicine at John Hopkins University? Her article, "Fighting the Vaccine-Autism War" is something you should read.  And it speaks about Hannah Polling, a little girl whose "autistic behavior" and brain damage were finally conceded by the Court of Federal Claims to have been caused by the five vaccinations she received in one day...something not at all uncommon if you look at the vaccine schedule.  Try doing your research before advising parents.


Jesus was God.  He holds together all reality, supernatural and natural.

Saying love is love is called a tautology.  Meaningless.


But Trudeau hasn't done it.  He kept it at 65.  Nothing has changed, this is just 1 recommendation of many, for which the govt has no obligation to accept.


This very sad chapter of WWII points out the amazing odds the Poles faced as well as their incredible bravery. At the start of the war, two super powers attacked them from west and east, smashing their country and killing countless people. At the time when the Warsaw uprising was surpressed, vastly superior Soviet forces were in the vicinity and waited to act until the uprising was extinguished.  Again, the same super powers seemed to work together against the unfortunate Polish people. How awful!


Whining 'bout the officiating, that's something teams that lose, and their fans, run their mouths 'bout.

Childhood fans of a certain team, who for some reason still retain that infantile adoration of a certain team, they can't wait to get to the nearest keyboard to vent their spleens and other body organs as to how their team was robbed.

Right.  As if your guys never ever got a call go their way.  Ana had a disallowed goal in the 1st that mighta been good, but of course, Ana won, so none of their fans are whining now, are they.


You should gave mention to Bitcoin or Block-chain technology.  Now that would make a interesting read.


Short answer, He's worse.


Although I'm not much of a militarist, I do agree with this training mission to Ukraine. I heard a comment this morning on the CBC's The Current that the Russian-supported forces in the east of Ukraine have seen their possession of tanks go from about a dozen two years ago to 700 today. This is a massive commitment on the part of Russia. The uprising of the eastern provinces is a bloody provocation to the central government in Kiev regardless of Ukrainian politics and cannot go unchallenged.


Folks in many outlying areas would like to have any kind of fire protection, and I'm sure would gladly pay a private company to cover them.


One major company was caught out in London, when the plastic water they sold at inflated prices, was found to be just standard mains-piped water that had a few drops of scent added, and had then been given a light carbonation.


Drug infested NIMBYs...like you anti-pipeliners


God don't make mistakes/homosexual lobby/UN/(Common Core?!)  blah blah blah. This is the fundie line right off the shelf. Paging Fr. Spadaro.

Gays are born "that way" and homosexuality isn't a "mistake." Get real.


sheesh if people are dropping like flies trying to bag a 14er, imagine them doing everest. base camp is at 16 for chrissakes. me, i don't go above 7, i can't handle anything higher.


Correct, so they sell to criminals for pennies on the dollar and those criminals fly down and sell it. Dog on it, this is not rocket science.


PETROWS... who or what are you exactly?  You vote on just about everyone and everything in each article that's posted on G&M, but never I have read a single comment from you.

I await your "disagree" emoji.


A coworker recently told me about an outbreak of tularemia in dogs.  It is a bacterial infection also known as rabbit fever.  Humans can get it. These rabbits likely carry it.


Please explain how "God intended" that Alaska should have 4 time zones.  LOL!


What a load of total tripe. Blame Trump for everything.

It's similiar to the Conservative MPs scurrying down to America to complain about the Khadr settlement; another pathetic example of Canada not not being sufficiently responsible for ourselves.


THe fine brave officers would not do this. Shiny bald heads dont behave like that.


This is a emotional story and anyone who has seen the man and his family on television must feel as I do - very sad.  But we must follow the rule of law - or be lawless.  I feel for this man - and especially for his family.  I'm confident that because he has a wife and kids in Kona - he'll be back in no time at all.  I'm also aware of the hardship endured by all those around the world who are trying to follow our laws and immigrate to our country the right way - who have watch others cut in line by simply walking across our border.  Sir, I hope you come back soon......legally.


Maybe a Pushmi/Pullyu Act of Government at Several Levels. Legislate for Drugs/ Against Drugs; For Responsible Government vs The Unlegislative Government Unaccountability.

Maybe they have to be Popular as the Bottom Line, so they are just Feeding the Media Speculation! Locally, they have already sold off the Tacoma Narrows, which if you look at the History of the Defense of the Nation, these Northwest Waterways, Roads and Bridges were Key to our National Defense! In South Sound also, they "Puget Sound Energy" sold the Water Rights of Recreational Lake Tapps, without having any true legal rights to the water source, as it comes down from Rainier/Cascades through the Mud Mountain Dam ...https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Tapps_(Washington);https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_River_(Washington).

And Maybe, since the Boldt Decision, they fear that despite HISTORY in the Making, they still have NO LEGAL RIGHTS! http://wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/salmon/BoldtDecision8.5x11layoutforweb.pdf


"Watch: Chuck Schumer caught on hot mic saying Trump 'likes us'"

this may actually be trump's first experience with people who are trying to do what is right, instead of trying to screw everybody in sight


Someone once said that "you get the government you deserve"
I certainly hope they were misinformed.


Your post sounds like you spend a lot of time at Breibart.


Isn't Anderson a shill for right wing Republican politics?


Identity politics? Try human rights. The NDP days are not numbered either. The silent majority are centrists, not right wingers.


Mitchell Andrew: If I was ever accused of running someone over in an attempt to kill them...I would want you on the jury. However, I would not like to be standing in a roadway while you were behind the wheel of a vehicle and simply "attempting to escape."


Yes, violations of the Official Languages Act are non-issues.  Breaking the law is no problem.

Further evidence of the liberal 2-tired system of jusice and ethics.


Another nonsense, childish comment from ole hottubjoe.

Apparently the thin skinned Civil posters didn't like my first reply to anti gun Joe yesterday where I called his comments "disgustingly stupid".

Ignorance is bliss, huh Joe?


They won't pass anything. They want a clean up and down vote and they will NOT get it unless they give and give a lot. That's the only thing your correct on. The GOP don't need to make a deal. After 2018 midterms the Democrats will be on their Death Bed's. After 2020 get em a body bag.


If the editors had checked, they would see that the Canadian dollar has had very little fluctuation in months.    An easy place to check is Kitco, "All metal quotes"  which includes currencies and commodities. Oil has hovered around $48. USD, now a little lower,  Currency traders, for example "XE.com"  indicate that the CDN dollar is weakening.
Thankfully the NAFTA discussions will go on for many months, or years.


you have just bought yourself a california king bed frame headboard for sale made out of metal and you have to carry it for six flights of stairs all the way to your apartment and then set it up into the bedroom.https://cheapsupershop.net/cheap-california-king-bed-frame-headboard-for-sale-bedroom-furniture/


Does the State Auditor have daughters? If so, I fear for them.


Gosh, it's almost like WE THE PEOPLE have the delusional belief that this is OUR COUNTRY!


wow you live in an  ignorant world see lefty, the usa is where everyone desires to sell too, they dont need to export to us period,, and our cars are not 100% made in canada, try learning how things work


So, was it true that Sandy Hook was engineered by the Kenyan-born anti-American Muslim guy so he could manage to take everyone's guns away, then go for pizza and an eight year old at Comet Ping Pong, all the while chatting on his two-way wrist radio with George Bush about how he managed to get the Twin Towers to fall down?


Manua doesn't know what "lead" is. Apparently manua is busy following.


TDW,

Not everyone is frequently hauling firewood. For trips to the grocery store a lighter vehicle will do the trick. Lots of nice EVs out there. If you are in a hurry the NIO EP9 might be a good choice. Sticker shock is an issue here at $1.48 million (US) and I imagine that the insurance is not cheap. I don't know if these James Bond (?) type cars qualify for the Ontario EV rebate.

http://www.nio.io/ep9

Zero to 200 km/h in 7.1 seconds. Not sure where it could be safely driven.


they were the opposite of compassionate and they actually have zero information on whoever may or started some fires at some point somewhere along the river. their actions are actually illegal


This is very upsetting! I hope they catch the culprit quickly. It sounds as if this is a very disturbed person who could soon turn his wrath to people.


It's comical reading this, considering that men have been voting with their penises, and for other penises,  for years. You voted for men and men only because you think men are superior. But SUDDENLY you're all upset because people might want to vote for a woman because of her sex. But, the fun part is, you don't have a say in how or why people cast their vote.

Anyone can vote for Hillary for whatever reasons they want. Aggravates you, doesn't it?? Awwww.


H:  Yeah, that happens when you choose to live far from major distribution centers.


Yes! Drop dead dates! I love it!


Please, tell me how we can sort out history from the traditional native storytelling. The problem Mr. Carey describes presents a huge challenge to analyzing the undocumented past (although written stories and even professionally researched historical analysis are often greatly distorted).


To poll people on who dislikes our POTUS is not only reckless but also irresponsible.  CB is trying to be a respectable and distinguished media agency, and this is not how to do that.  Live by the rule : if you don't have anything nice to say about someone (especially our POTUS). Don't say anything, but pray for them.  Shane on you!!!!!
That is not how we should teach our youth, our future leaders.


The real billions in benefits are the jobs for working tax payers and the tax revenue that comes from there.  >The Suzuki Foundation is not nearly as lucrative.


I'm glad they got to the snake in time.  Thanks APD!


25 years as a public servant with a husband who has done nothing except held public office positions - all with pay scales generally below $150,000/year.  Doesn't it make you wonder how they end up as  multi-millionaires living the lifestyle of the 1%.  (Actually probably the .5%)


@Blueplanet .... "assign an entity or entities to monitor" on who's dime?  Taxpayer?


I'm not a jerk. I just object to having children that grow up in poverty. The more kids they have, the more chance those kids will end up spending their whole lives poor. Poverty begets poverty. If you grow up knowing only poverty...then that's all you know. It makes me sad.


Hear! Hear!


Oh, SB21 is also a culprit, but that has more to do with the state budget deficit.  The glut of oil on the market is what's currently causing the unemployment. The two combined are killing us.  And Trump and Co. are just compounding the problem.


The old Soviet Union fell apart because of central planning by out-of-touch bureaucrats.  Canada is falling apart because of central planning by out-of-touch elitists.


Research? Maybe the writer is deferring to the professionals.


The only legal way you can lose your Canadian citizenship is to accept a peerage in the British House of Lords, and even that is viewed as legally arcane.


"Into the 1980s, people from around the world studied Toronto transit. So what has gone wrong?"

Pro Tip:  An immigration quota that Canada's infrastructures can't sustain.


Cool. Who's next, Ivanka?


MLK broke unjust laws.

The Republican law forbidding local municipalities was unjust so protesters removed the statues without the approval of the good ol' boy status quo shilling for the white supremacist Confederacy.


Ginsing, your math is as much in error as your misplaced trust in foreign dentistry.  Assuming an Indian dentist saw 18 patients in a day for root canal treatment (way too many patients to do a good job), 365 days a year (highly unlikely), it would take over 15 years to get that PhD (assuming 100,000 patients only).  And my parents complained about the time it took me to get MY degree!


If a man leaves his wife for another woman, does that make him a "himbo"? Just curious.


Only claimed by the "right" wing politicians and media willing to lie at every turn to justify their own looting of the nation and the world with capitalist armies and financial dictatorship.  The current administration is the poster children for all of the worst of capitalism's billionaire barons willing to lie, cheat, steal, and murder to further their own ends.  Most of the "left" you disparage are buried in foreign cemeteries as they fought for human rights over capitalist tyranny.


Blink thine eyes and miss 'em.


If you get the Wind service in Egypt it costs 8 CAD/mo for
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Unlimited Data


Former Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson on Sunday said that Confederate monuments are becoming “symbols and rallying points for white nationalism,” neo-Nazis and the KKK.

“We fought a world war against Nazism. The KKK rained terror on African Americans for generations,” Johnson said. “And so a number of Americans rightly, Republican and Democrat, are very concerned and very alarmed, and I salute those in cities and states who are taking down a lot of these monuments for reasons of public safety and security.”


Wow, this is terrible reporting. WW continues to nibble at crumbs of misinformation, fills in the blanks with their raging bias, and calls it news. Also, to all those who are hiding behind pseudonyms, making lavish claims about what they think is truly going on and blanket assumptions regarding the "competency" of the leadership in the Native community (don't even get me started on how racist that sounds), grow a backbone and put your name to your comments and then maybe we can have a real discussion.


I'm curious, do the owners of these apartment complexes pay property taxes that would be the equivalent if it was a condo building? Has the defect law, which stymied condo buildings for years and gave rise to nearly all new multifamily buildings as apartments, impacted our property tax revenues? I can't find a definitive answer on that.


So you Nazi bait a guy who rightly points out that the media has a race fixation.


A sadly facile editorial.


" ... the disease whose outward blisters are Donald Trump, Marine Le Pen and Geert Wilders?"

On the contrary Mr Ash, those named in your typical Liberal hand-wringing article are the cure.

The disease is Liberalism, and it has infected Canada too.


Where do he and his family buy their clothes, and where does his daughter have her business products manufactured?   Also, I believe that there are a few US Supreme Court rulings that clearly place the onus on companies to do the best they can to ensure maximum profits for their investors.   Should be interesting if he runs up against that.


Actually, lots of people consider dignified behavior an important leadership quality.


You need to pay better attention Richard. That has already happened this session. Further, Fisheries participants already self assess themselves to pay for hatchery development, and operation. They also contribute heavily to ASMI. Extra taxes were brought forth. Unfortunately, the monies that it brought in weren't put back into what helps the fisheries stay sustainable. No, they were directed to ASMI, which already is well funded. No monies were directed to biologists. This is the wrong way to keep a fishery vital for the future. Oh, BTW, they receive little, if any tax credits.


Best idea yet...if they don't just tear it down.


Excellent article. Are you sure Steve Bannon's hand is not stirring the pot?


If you are going to further whine about 2017 MLB All Star snubs among closers, how about a plug for Chris Devenski of the Astros who has both a superior ERA and WHIP ?

Homers will be homers.


The leftist speech police are out in full force today, I see.


So, why was May in power in the first place.

Could gender have played a part in her getting that job in the first place.

If she did get to be PM because of her gender, was she ever competent to do that job, as well as a person who would have earned by merit..?


You can think of pensions plans as reverse life insurance. With a life insurance policy, the beneficiaries make money and the company loses money if you die young. With a pension, you make money and the pension fund loses money if you live to get old.

I stopped paying for life insurance when my youngest child left home, writing off all the premiums I had paid up to then to protect my children. if I die tomorrow, CPP gets to keep all my contributions. C'est la vie, or perhaps c'est la mort.


And the decline of the American empire continues....


Trump says he "has proof" that he didn't make this remark.  How often has he said he "has proof" of something, or  "big coming soon", yet nothing ever materializes?
What's more likely is that tomorrow he'll unleash a twitter storm on some unsuspecting target -- a restaurant that doesn't serve patriotic enough apple pie, a kneeling athlete, the French -- who knows -- and everyone will forget to ask them for the proof.


I think there is probably a reasonable middle ground between those two extremes. But you are right children are being raised with little in the way of discipline.


Huh?


To be fake, the numbers and percentage quoted have to be false. Do you have evidence that is so? I agree that numbers are still extremely low but that's different from saying that the article is fake - in fact the article itself states that the numbers are still very low! What's your problem?


You should here the recording I have of her after the brothers got out of jail, Fredmyers W11 attack last winter, and where issuing Death threats at me an my frinds, she is not helpful and antagonist . 🤔


Dude, you need a better line than, "lunatic liberals."  You're beginning to sound like a Facebook reject from the National Post comment section.


Just support Stock and ignore Ray..don't think he has the integrity to drop out...but maybe I'll be surprised..he hasn't raised any money..Stock has..It probably won't hurt to have Ray hitting Lisa hard with the anti-corruption message


What is really amusing about all of this is that none of this collusion stuff would have mattered if Hillary Clinton won the election. The bottom line is collusion or not, there is ZERO evidence that the Russians effected the outcome of the election. The democrats backed a flawed candidate and the American people made their choice.


Getting there from here:
Because his money defines the man, somehow challenge the sanctity of his personal treasure.
He portends to love his family so excise them from his government, leaving him bored and alone.
Contaminate his base's adoration with relentless spritzes of reality.
Rebuff Republicans in the mid term elections to castigate his agenda.
Rely on some future crisis to shed light on his ineptness and steal away his dignity.
Let the whole truth regarding he and the Russians be revealed.
Encourage his voraciously poor diet, insomnia and his distain for exercise letting nature take its course.
or
We just bide our time until 2020, chalk up his presidency as the biggest mistake in US history and leave it to future historians to confirm our concerns.


first of, i feel people are missing the common sense part off this whole matter. 1) if a law enforcement places in custody and order u to stop. you stop. 2) if you to evade and resist arrest police have the right to use force. 3) if person did manage to get away and hit some one or something else and hurt others in the progress the public would ask? why didn't you stop him before he got away? people who make dumb discussions get dumb rewards. No one is even thinking that the person broke the law, and their for made them self's be put in the situation.


This could be a tactic, to set in place a series of legal precedents that will remain after Trump is gone to constrain the range of activities for future presidents.


What- you mean 10,000 feet of pavement isn't 'capable'? Why do you think the pilot set down there? Sheesh.


Time for a National Guard presence after the DOJ takes the Berkeley  Admins to jail.


so far the anonymous sources have been dead on.


No Foster, Pfeffer & Co. went into the deal with the firm  assurance of Representative Hawker that everything was okay dokey.


Hey DB.

I thought you were still in the woods around Oregon?  The reason people like this brave young man stand up against criminals DB; So their families can live free and safe in their own neighborhoods.

They don't care about their "personal property", they care about their Wives and Children.

This young Man who took a bullet, understands if he doesn't help stop these lawless felons, they will control their lives and turn HIS Neighborhood into war zones.

He's fighting for his constitutional rights. You should be honoring this young man for trying to do the right thing. But It's weak people like you who are cowards and pacifist that will ridicule this victim instead of standing with him.

I suspect, you might stand to protect the bees and the trees, but you won't stand to protect your fellow Man.


Oh my side hurts from laughing.  In 20 years this area will be the same as the rest of the Waterfront...a mass of 60 to 70 floor postage stamp condos.  Remember the promises from 25 or 30 years ago about making the Toronto Waterfront more like Chicago?  Never happened.  The developers moved in and poured concrete boxes side by each.  What a waste of public funds.


I have no PhD; you are confusing me with one of your other targets.  I hadn't read McCleskey before now.

"To prevail under that Clause, petitioner must prove that the decisionmakers in his case acted with discriminatory purpose. Petitioner offered no evidence specific to his own case that would support an  inference that racial considerations played a part in his sentence, and the Baldus study is insufficient."

"For this claim to prevail, petitioner would have to prove that the Georgia Legislature enacted or maintained the death penalty statute because of an anticipated racially discriminatory effect."

There is no evidence that the legislature either enacted the statute to further a racially discriminatory purpose or maintained the statute because of the racially disproportionate impact suggested by the Baldus study."

There is no merit to the contention that the Baldus study shows that Georgia's capital punishment system is arbitrary and capricious in application.

Seems okay.


Which state taxes do you pay that cover the salaries of state workers? Serious question here.


The more I read of New York Times columnist like Brooks I seriously wonder what medications these poor mentally challenged people are on? The shear intolerance, divisiveness, hatred, bigotries espoused by the ultra liberal left is astounding!  But not necessarily that hard to understand why it plays well with the majority of liberal Ugreen.


The serious decline in the biomass of nearshore water is the result of more than the excessive harvesting of the aquarium trade.  The over harvesting of divers and fishermen have large impacts.  The DLNR needs to step up and get right and make some smart decisions for the future.  We need more protection for our natural resources.  We need more protected areas {MLCD], more enforcement and stricter deterrents, better laws that allow more fish to reproduce, and lots more education for adults and children.  Smart countries protect their natural resources and make lots of money for doing a good job.  We are not so motivated in Hawaii.  Why do we not have several Pupukea and Hanauma Bay MLCDs on Oahu?  The answer is related to leadership and priorities.


It's only balanced because Clark hides the debt in crown corporations. And guess what? That debt comes due after the election in the form of 28% increases in Hydro rates and 71% in ICBC rates.
https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2017/05/01/Rate-Increases-BC-Hydro-ICBC/


I'm always studying history, and you are indeed correct.
But while we have no problem identifying The British Empire or Soviet Empire, there's America hiding in plain sight.
And us unable to discuss their Provinces and buffer states out in the open and in plain language.


First World Problems!

Totally useless article.


I am sooooo happy that I will be paying the bill for a questionable mistake done 50 years ago. That is sooooo fair for this generation of tax payers. Someone give a medal to this judge.


RichMole:
In your partisan and optimistic perspective on the Syrian refugees, you miss the troubling point of a country where government imposed taxation and central bank fueled house price inflation work fiercely against natural population increase.  It it persists, that dynamic will affect the Syrian refugees in "years to come."  So, what then?  Another round of mass immigration via refugees from another war into which Canada sold weapons, and taxpayer funded resettlement programs that, by your own account, will have positive impact on only some of the refugees?


MG - how is that supposed toconvince anyone of anything?

I dont get CPC posters - they seem to go out of their way to alienate EVERYONE - how are you supposed to win an election like that?


K-12 education is the single biggest line item in the State budget. The University budget is the 4th biggest line item. 50% of the Anchorage City Budget and thus your property tax bill is K-12 education. Neglect? Really? Misuse of funds more likely. Gratuitous potshot at Republicans while lionizing Knowles: Priceless!

Also, the notion that the Dividend raises 1/4 of poverty persons out of poverty is a red herring. If this is a laudable goal then they need to be helped through existing social welfare programs instead of the dividend program.

In the future, there will be Wohlforth column writing machine to write his opinions. The Wohlforth Machine and other similar machines will send us all a check to subsist on while the machines do all the work. Then we will all be equal.


OK I'll try to be witty.

I guess all us Heinz 57's are out of luck.


You sound like a broken record. Bernie lost, just like Hillary lost.


Better stick to licking boots.


keith_moon: "out of touch with today's reality"
.
LOL. #1 in your link proved you wrong about Hyundai.


They think that zebra is gonna give them a force field againt those speeding Tacoma TuRDs...


The only reason to use an agent is if he/she can get a price you can't get onyour own....otherwis e the house wll sell itself - no need for staging or baking cookies or any of that crap...if the house if worth 750, the agent needs to get 1 million or more or why bother using an agent...


"Shew, I wish I could give up my Indian classification.”

As if you could…….

Don’t forget to mention that the zulu elite was keen in knowingly serving themselves large portions of that curry…..Not that they were innocently attracted by the aroma……..


If the author's point was to demonstrate that it's a big mistake to be emotional/angry when addressing important issues with children, I could agree.

Unfortunately, the author seems rather proud of it. That her outrage on the subject is more important than effective dialogue with her kids. Reading between the lines, it seems certain that that would extend beyond this one incident.

And, hearing of a (presumably decent) boy badgered about raping his unknown future-wife is infuriating. Further, later on he actually had to explain why he was angry. There is way too much of this garbage drowning out real discussion on this issue and it needs to be called out (as illustrated by the nearly unanimous approval here in the comments).


jimbo you trash, typical alt left lunatic, someone comes up with a suggested alternative and you immediately call him a denier!! then after i call you out being the coward you are, you edit your post to this lunatic stupidity about trump, well loser its the usa under trump that is going to get past the alt left wing bs carbon taxing nutters like canada and enjoy the prosperity while we begin to do the damage to our people


That is the protestant view.  One sacrifices at an altar.  That's why its shaped like an altar -for sacrifice.  If there is no sacrifice, there is no need for a priest.  A lay preside is totally sufficient to lead a meal.  (NB- Perhaps that's the goal?  The destruction of the priesthood?  Just a thought...).  That fact that we are even discussing this difference shows protestantized Catholic thought and worship has become.  Another fruit of VII no doubt.


This is also known as the "single providee" system.  Outstanding healthcare is provided to the wealthy who, surprise, surprise, usually a) have excellent healthcare insurance and b) could likely afford the care if they didn't.  It's not available to the poor who a) don't have that excellent healthcare insurance and b) can't afford the care without it.


No Dad ever took another family's child and tried breast feeding it.  So there's that at least Leah.


I enjoy getting the bonus Harbor Freight comic page but I don't get the humor of a lot of them. Seems repetitive too.


Saullie: As clueless as you can be, as persistent as you are, with this effort you seem to have something there sport. The MLSE board, ever since Punch was fired the first time , always refuse to consolidate the hockey operations to a hockey person. Then after Ballard got did of Red Kelly and the Sittler group he went purely for the entertainment factor in all levels of the organization. He, as you have pointed out went for the sizzle not the substance factor. Players who could keep the media and fans entertained, but with little else to show for it, were preferred. Subsequent management couldn't shake that mystic nor would they dare to. The book is still out there, even for you, since you have some of the song and dance symptoms as Harold and the boys loved to hang onto.


shame on


And hopefully these last four things will include, love, kindness, generosity and metanoia, not just a list of sexual transgressions.  Unfortunately, the Church has always placed an over emphasis of all things sexual to the to the exclusion of the 4 things I have mentioned above.


No, I think his point was that the tail isn't supposed to wag the dog', that if less than 20% of the people voted and force their will on the rest, that's not very democratic, and "democracy" is how the system is supposed to work at the local level! (And I hope you're aware that police protect society "as a whole".  They have NO responsibility, legal or otherwise to protect you as an individual.  That is YOUR responsibility!  Even if you've had a problem, requested extra patrol, and something STILL happened to you, courts have said, the police are NOT responsible.   Forewarned is Forearmed!)


They're all built to the same standard. Pick your favorite color or price point.


Why is the HeraldNet so adamantly behind a rule that tells women they have to ignore all their red flags and give up all their boundaries in any public space, even ones where they are especially vulnerable such as locker rooms and showers?
Why are they ignoring the many reports of harm that have been reported already in Washington?
Why don't they show any concern for the basic bodily privacy of women and girls?
Please go to justwantprivacy dot org to request petitions and to donate.  There is only 2 weeks left!  Let's put it on the ballot, debate it openly and let the voters decide!


Give him the same golden parachute as the former Chief!


"The secret of success is sincerity. Once you can fake that you've got it made," is an old saying that tells us all we need to know about Justin Trudeau. He has been faking sincerity for years. Finally Canadians are starting to see the truth.


That may turn out to be true. From my conversations with neighbors, there seem to be many who are single-issue voters and who, as you say, ignored or looked past other factors. One of my friends is a financial consultant who claims to be overwhelmed by the documentation required to complete transactions in Florida. Several are Cubans who reacted strongly to what they understood to be the Obama-Clinton immigration policies. Several others fit the description you gave here: a fire chief who simply can't stand Hillary, a former military officer who has strong ideas about the military. What I found most interesting were the number of Latinos who voted for Mr. Trump.


The First Amendment (Amendment I) to the United States Constitution prohibits the making of any law respecting an establishment of religion, impeding the free exercise of religion.
Constitution of Alaska :Section 4. Freedom of Religion
No law shall be made respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the
free exercise thereof.
The separation of church and state that is always brought to the fore front of arguments is not established law.
This applies to all religions regardless if you agree with them or not.


I can't put my finger on it but there is something about this whole episode that just doesn't fit right.
From conveniently leaving the passport in the truck to an Italian shootout. How come in today's day and age we don't have a single CCTV image of him fleeing the market?


Good column, Marcus. It serves as a reminder that Mr. Tory is a fence sitter and not able to make the tough decisions. He has appeased the Ford family and is attempting to take some sting out of Doug Ford's rhetoric. But now I ask who do I vote for next year? Tory has been a disappointment and while he may wax eloquent he has waffled badly on a number of files. Dare I say Doug Ford as mayor? Maybe he doesn't smoke crack.


R U campaign manager, husband, political pro? You tell me her qualifications. She is married to a politician ? Why the nom de plume,are you connected to her campaign or shy ?  There is no real agenda with your candidate, except negativity. We need unity.discussion and negotiation to accomplish meaningful reform and progression. Not lame mudslinging.


his body was found by his vehicle.


Comrade sanders are you implying that a (hate to say this bite my tongue) lawyer would be a better choice?


Why is the president undoing everything that the Obama leadership signed? Can someone explain this to me please?


Of course "We know that climate change has been going on some 4+B years, without human help."  But it is the RATE of climate change (temperature) and RATE of decrease in ocean pH, correlated to the RATE of increase of CO2 in the atmosphere, that is new, different, and very alarming for the future.

Chem.E.'s are taught to pay very close attention to the rate of changes in chemical reactions which if not controlled can lead to an uncontrollable outcome - BOOM!  The continuous rate of change of temperature and CO2 in the atmosphere is clear evidence that photosynthesis from Earth's biota cannot keep up with the rate of  introduction of greenhouse gasses to the atmosphere. We are morally obliged to respond to these observations in accordance with the precautionary principle -"if there is a strong suspicion that a certain activity may have environmentally harmful consequences, it is better to control that activity now rather than to wait for incontrovertible scientific evidence."


"The New Democrats want the government to suspend the safe third country refugee agreement with the U.S."

This goes a long way towards explaining why the NDP will never be elected into power.

It is one thing advocating to take some of the refugees stranded by recent policies in the US, it is another thing to open our borders wide up by rescinding polices that will encourage economic refugee inflow from other countries to an extent that we will not be able to process or properly accommodate.


ericnorstog - well put!


Try ditching the condescending attitude.

You might find that people would listen to you more.


Sorry, I pay for American stations I want the American commercials, that is fair.


Actually ... your very "self" is a response (affirmation or negation) to the 'other', to what is not 'self'.  Just think about it.... :))

My post is still there ... I am just reading it now ... :)))


Perhaps, but I'd rather see more of these future tenants follow your example of hard work, sacrifice, and perseverance.


Carjacking is one of the threats justified in a deadly force response.


I hope he learns a trade. Keeps a low profile and leads a simple life.
He has sincerely apologized, of course, face to face to the family of the person he murdered, has he not?
Hmmmm.


Mark, everyone agrees that climates change. It is only"low information "people like yourself that think this is a new phenomenon despite the historical record.


Batten  down the hatches mate.  She's a gonna blow.


It just shows how little ZerObama trusted or respected the people of the US and it's state governments. He has an affinity for totalitarianism. And he's still pursuing that dream with the deep state.


Not according to the silent majority.


Alberta needs to get its product to tidewater for the good of the Canadian economy and of course for the good of Alberta. We are a confederation and that is the way things work, as an Albertan I think that we should shut down all highways and rail traffic going into B.C. and all communications, and then we would see what happens to the B.C. economy.  We would see what all the long shore man working on the docks and the industry that goes along with that and then we would see if B.C. can last with it's smelling the flowers. In the agreement of confederation no province can stop the movement of trade and commerce to the determent to another. So get with it BC flower children trade and commerce has to happen in this country for it to survive. This country can't survive with raising marijuana and whale watching  .


It's being reported a good guy with a gun either stopped, slowed or broke off the attack so yes, it seems that responsible law-abiding gun owners are good to have around.


The "pizza woman" fake news story was part of your 'serious' accounting?  Really?  Seriously?? ... And for you that story outranked war, health care, infrastructure, gender equality, budget, race relations, crime, immigration, minimum wage, education, student debt, banking regulations, etc?    Unfortunately too much of this election cycle was driven by fake news on social media along with a variety of Tweetstorms by DT...  to the detriment of the nation,  in my view.


"provide for the common defense", "declare war", and other statements are pretty clear.  Inferring is a dangerous game.  As for the right to privacy, that matter is one that most constitutional scholars, even if they agree with abortion, said was poorly decided.

Did we defeat our enemies with drones? No, they're still out there. Explain why we helped topple the government of Libya. What purpose did that serve? Osama bin Laden ordered & financed an attack on our country. Why would you compare that with toppling the government of Libya?

I've never "ranted" about the NY Times. I find it fascinating so many people are outraged at the "war mongering" yet even the NYT, which did everything to get Hillary elected besides actually fill in ballots, describes her as a hawk & more militarily aggressive than the GOP frontrunners, Trump & Cruz.

Not sure what you are "outing" me as.  I asked how a budget is a "sadistic war-maker" and I get no answer, just an attempted insult.


Glad that they identified, caught, and charged this vandal with felonies for the wanton destruction she undertook.

Sadly, many hail this criminal as a hero.


All I can say is it's about time.


Wig....Why do you never rate anyone else's post?


There's little choice now. Those mining companies are long gone.


I think we are somewhere in between.


You call Canadians the worst bigots on earth but you don't explain why?
Not sure that i see all Canadians uniting over anything in particular, so labeling us all the same seems quite wrong.  Canada has been a great neighbour over the years and I think most of us are far less bigoted than the majority of Americans.


:-o

Kyle Shanahan?  You mean the head coach of the winless 49ers that has a worse offense than the Broncos offense?  That Kyle Shanahan?


While four of the sharks might be knowledgeable business types, Mr O'Leary doesn't fit that category, any investigation of his infamous legacy would show him to be a shyster and a fraud, no one in their right mind should ever let that buffoon get involved in their business.


As the pressure mounts on Abrahams to prosecute, Zuma will get rid of him and replace him with another lackie willing to prostitute themselves to the Zuma cause.   This lackie will "need time to familiarise  themselves with the case in order to apply their mind" and  will further delay and obfuscate the process, aiding to keep Zuma basking in the sunshine .  Zuma isn't going anywhere, except maybe Dubai to visit friends.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinesh_D%27Souza   You could not have found a better media lapdog of the far right to quote.   He even has a criminal record, clearly a prospective Trump press secretary.

We  had a much better description of Lee's behavior of abuse yesterday, to the slaves he bought and sold - a surprise for an opponent of slavery.   He was also apparently the best military mind in the service, Lincoln was no dummy.

You've  tapped into conservative media and their myopic view of all events.    I'm sure that fits you well.


John McCain didn't save the Republican Party.  It isn't clear that anyone has, but, only Trump and a few allies are trying.  Unless, of course, "Republican Party" means the GOP Establishment, which, together with the Democrat Establishment, has enabled the erosion of American freedom, principles and traditions, in favor of Progressive/Liberalism.
John McCain simply continued to carry out his spiteful campaign against Donald Trump, in retaliation for Trump's thoughtless insult, without any consideration as to the effect on the USA.
McCain is a hero, but he's  old, and proceeding down a path that  will lead him to be remembered as a mean politician, rather than as a valued public servant.  He should retire, and the Nation should thank him for his service.


Ignorance and stupidity prevails with parents of the players   I find this common on girls sports teams as well particularly basketball and soccer.


I am not a supporter of Rev. Prevo or "Richard Rhyner," but I do agree that Charles Wohlforth's article is somewhat biased and poorly written compared to his earlier one on the Lutheran minister.


Now if we could only get North Dakota to legalize weed and not be a flat wind ravaged tundra maybe people will start moving there instead of CO.

Here's hoping.


How do you describe your personal attacks on Master T brother. You seem unaware of your own personal traits and yet you think other are bad for doing what you do. Tsk Tsk


I could careless about what the fakeass state or city governments thinks about the most stupidest ideas that you people come up with is pitiful small minded and to dam much instead you assholes fix the problems that we have at hand no you dummy's keep adding more projects online then you assholes can finish official are a bunch of incompetent people costing taxpayers money unnecessarily spending we already had railroad tracks going around the islands and that money that you dummy's spent already you could have put tracks on all the islands and buy new trains for half of what you stupid people did how much more dumbasses are you people put to take care of our affairs not mine to many greedy and corrupted officials sitting in office making decision base on what and where the hand outs is going to be lining there pockets I don't like politicians they are so full of shit all they think of is themselves no one else so the rail is dead and it has been from the beginning wake the hell up


City Council delaying the vote for a week = Superfly reps need to fatten up those envelopes of cash. This proposal should have been laughed out of City Hall. An 80,000 person per day concert at a golf course with virtually no parking, bounded on the east by a busy six lane highway, on the west by a river, on the north by a four lane road, with a few hundred residents trapped in the southern tip. The two million annually in seat tax revenues will disappear real quick when a couple of impaired concert goers drown in the river, a few more wander into traffic and homeowners sue for loss of value on their property. And of course there will be a overdose death or two - and a whole lot of trips to Denver Health. Anyone who has dealt with the traffic to get to Red Rocks, a venue that holds 9,500 can well imagine the catastrophe of 80,000 descending on Overland. Bonnaroo is famed for its traffic jams.


You had me there until you started blaming Quebec society for "marginalizing" them. If you want to move to Quebec and live there, you have to fit into Quebec society, not the other way around.


The left knows no bounds for insanity.  They rival  Kim Jong-un every day for saying stupid things.  How dare this moron put Trump below that lunatic in N. Korea!  I hope they keep it up because sensible Americans understand we can't let a lunatic point nuclear armed missiles at us.  But apparently no position is too extreme for Democrats trying to destroy the will of the voters.   They are digging their own grave so I'll lend them a shovel if they need it.


Law enforcement is allowed to be deceptive.


dear god, how much did the Trudeau/Soros foundation pay you to write this drivel.....
You globalists and Marxists are so lost and floundering after Trump.
The British will secede from the horror called the Eu.
Britain will prosper as capital flees Europe as it disintegrates into the 2nd Crusades pushing the Muslim hoardes back to the backwater craphole they came from..


Chapter II of Lumen Gentium: On the People of God
Chapter III of Lumen Gentium: On the Hierarchical Structure of the Church and in Particular on the Episcopate

One wonders if you kept reading past Chapter II.


What he says! Yep! A healthy purge of Govt employment is what is needed.


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Protesting an illegitimate impostor is quite simply the proper reaction given the reality.

Russia can celebrate it's victory,

..the US interests won't be served by the belligerent and childish buffoon.

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Liberal hypocrisy on full display here.

Canada has long had mining interests there.

We pay rents to the regime that engages in ethnic cleansing on the one hand.

And then pretend to scold said regime on the other but stop short of sanctioning them.

Where is Freeland and her heavy handed ways when you need them.


Trudeau had no interest in saving two Canadians from terrorists in the Philippines yet is willing to give our own terrorist an apology and $10.5 million, it just goes to show you that the Trudeau Liberals find some Canadians with more important than others.


The treasonous depths have yet to be full plumbed.


Given the many, many, many proven cases of officers straight up murdering people, assaulting people and lying to cover each other's rear-sides...I no longer believe they deserve the benefit of the doubt.

What could the woman possibility have said in an otherwise calm looking interaction that would justify the assault they perpetrated on her?


Why not order it?


Sorry, but by the time you're close enough to see who's inside parked vehicles, it's probably too late. How hard is it for a driver to look?


20 years ago when campus was swarming with left over country fair hippies, the homeless, and drug dealers walking up and down 13th the city banned dogs on that street. It took a few years but it made it a fun place to walk again.


So, Mr. Blood Lust. Tell us how you're different than they are?


LOL.
You claim to be in IT/software.
It is growing massively and they can not find enough ppl to do the jobs.
Yet, the industry CONSTANTLY has layoffs. Why? Because they are cleaning house.

Solar Energy layoffs and growth  deal with state regulations.
The fact is, that solar energy is growing FAST.

Wind Energy layoffs?
Seimens is laying off, but only because of CHina dumping on America and the gov doing little to nothing. But, the industry, like the rest, is doing just fine.

Nat gas layoffs?
Only in certain areas. They layoff in one place and then move to another.
Heck, major hiring is going on in drilling.
Burlington Northern is speeding up the conversion to using LNG which will increase the amount of drilling that we do.

Heck, BNSF laid off 5000 ppl last year because of coal's use falling, but the electrical costs are dropping due to nat gas and wind, so more manufacturing. BNSF rehired 4000 of them.
Now, just need to get GOP to add Nuke SMRs.


FYI There are some of these folks that are renting out their homes via airbnb while enjoying the homeless scene as along as they can. Go figure.


I've had all my flowering plants in the ground for a month.  But I don't plant tender plants or vegetables.  I cannot understand, for the life of me, what the big deal is with raising a tomato in Colorado.  They invite people over to see it, like they just had a baby or something.


Stop listening to liberal news media, you have no idea how many people of color and women do support the man.  How dark do I need to be, I'd like to know how you measure your judgements about people you've never met.  I swear the media posts a story and out the gate it goes as gospel, too few look beyond their favorite news media to see if something is true or not.


Dear Kenneth, I look forward to the new edition of Catalonia: Nation Building Without a State. I have my 2001 edition and I can see that from all the comments in the G&M, yours is the only one with knowledge and authority about this topic. Thanks and congratulations.


Innocent people pardon themselves all the time...said no-one ever.


I agree that kids have the cognitive ability to read very early.  But the eye-hand-brain connection doesn't develop at the same rate for all.  Your own experience must tell you that.  First they must acquire the tools for reading letters and numbers, to associate the sounds they hear with the shapes they see.   Having the tools helps each student begin to learn on his/her own.
Head start teachers use fun, innovative ways to help that development along.  Yes, parents can foster that process, but some don't know where to begin, and are very grateful for directions.


I've been designing flash art and tattooing for a little over a year and a half. I live in Port Angels, Wa and the main shop here (that isn't a hole in the wall run by a sketchy looking skinny guy) is all male. I have a contract with them for a notebook of my stuff. I turned that notebook in in October and they still don't have it out. I'd hate to say that they are sexist but it seems like they don't take me seriously. I've been looking for an apprenticeship since I was 19 ( I'm 30 now) and I still haven't found one. When I first asked I was told to basically stay out of tattooing but stick to flash. It'd be nice to get into a shop and grow and learn this art skill. It's different if you're a customer compared to being an artist trying to talk to another artist.


so you focus on disparities early in the article, that have nothing to do with the main point, then give us the ol' ...I appreciate the comment , but...  I guess you have to be a "professional engineer" to really understand garbage.


Sorry but what are you talking about? You lost me. I have many many military and retired military friends. They, and their surviving spouses correctly get well-earned VA care and benefits.

None I know are on welfare Medicaid. Not one.


Another story about nothing.


Was Criss Angel in the area?


Knock down the value of the largest homes and you cause a landslide of prices at all levels.  In so doing, you steal equity from every homeowner in the country  - while at the same time, you force lenders to change the ratios they use to allow mortgage loans.

But that is not all:  you make housing less valuable than other alternative investments....causing an irrational movement of dollars toward other investments.

By eliminating the deduction, you would be deciding to tax home ownership more heavily - calling forth less of it - at a time when it is already at historic lows.

Local governments already tax real estate a never ending annual "after-sales" tax of about 1.5% annually.....year in and year out - reaching well over 50% of market value over the life of a 30-year mortgage.  That is quite enough tax.


Zuma has been screwing the entire nation for so long, I would be delighted to have a  president (Cyril) who screws one person at a time.


Patrick, you took words right out of my mouth. I've been in the Hi tech industry for more than 20 years ago and these HR departments are full of smug, self-important nobodies. I now work for a small company here in Toronto. They abolished their HR department about 5 years ago.


Once IS is defeated I'm hoping the next biggest threat to Canada is defeated.  The Liberals.


The problem with most of these applications is that they require a good time investment into ensuring the little expenditures are being put into the correct categories - right down to each transaction. They also have the security issue of tethering to your bank accounts. FindYourWorth.com only needs the higher level details and then comprehends your personal finance to help you understand over a longer period whether you are fiscally set. It's the difference between tracking a cup of coffee and projecting your career, home, car and other finances over the long run. I have more than doubled our family net worth since starting to use FindYourWorth.com.


Premier  Justin Trudeau will assume a cow tow position with the Chinese head of state  just as President Obama did with a full bow to King Saud of Saudi Arabia,


2/2
When Trump went on "The View" in 2011, he said that he had hired investigators to look into Obama's birthplace. He said that "You won't believe what they're finding" and that he would be releasing their report "soon." We didn't know then what we know now: that when Trump promises to  release "proof" for any of his lies, he's lying -- in fact, it's Trump-speak for "I'm lying through my teeth." There was no report, no investigation, no investigators -- there was always and only Trump's filthy, racist lies. Here he is on The View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emkDpm_vQDg


“Targeted industries, such as firearms dealers, were presumed guilty by the Obama Justice Department until proven innocent, and many businesses are still facing the repercussions of this misguided program,” the group wrote. “This is no way for law enforcement to operate and runs counter to principles enshrined in our Constitution. By ending Operation Choke Point, the Trump Justice Department has restored the Department’s responsibility to pursue lawbreakers, not legitimate businesses.”

http://www.libertyheadlines.com/justice-dept-ends-obamas-anti-gun-choke-point-program/?AID=7236

Here's a movement that definitely "fundamentally transformed".  Eliminating Mr Obama's left policies on businesses will definitely skew business owners that were affected more towards conservative thought.

"The intimidation tactic caused many banks to discontinue their relationship with gun retailers and other businesses considered 'suspect' in the eyes of the Obama administration."


If it weren't for Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton would be the most disliked major-party presidential nominee in recent American history. SAD for American public!


You're just engaging in oh-so-right-wing whataboutism.


What does apprenticeship have to do with anything?  This isn't about the trades it's about highly skilled tech workers.  There's no apprenticeships involved in this program.


Reading comprehension. It is fundamental.


Like you could do any better. No respect for art or the artist.
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Lets see you suspend yourself from the side of the building like he does to make the mural.


Clearly a case of Profiling!

That May 2014 arrest for Convict in Possession and Parole Violation, and those same exact charges and the Assault in the 4th Degree charges again  in January of this year and Menacing, Felon in Possession of Restricted Weapon, Possession of Heroin,  in December of last year, have clearly prejudiced this defendant's rights!

These new charges are obviously bogus!

 Who could ever believe a taxi video instead of a well-dressed and obviously sincere defense attorney?

He is obviously the real victim!

That woman driving the cab is the real culprit!  She shouldn't be out that late at night if she isn't ready to accept what might happen to her!


FPTP has not served us, or anybody else, well "for 150 years".
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People have ben campaigning for its abolition since before WWI.
The majority of countries that eve had FPTP ha abolished it.
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No country that ha abolished FPTP ha eve gone back to it.
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Face facts: FPTP is a lousy electoral system that often produces undemocratic results.  That is why many countries have abolished it.


Troopers won't release the dog's name due to identifying the handler, the officers involved but ADN did. I am more interested in the names of the people in the vehicle with this felon. Chances are they are felons or criminals just like this guy. They shouldn't hang out with felons if they don't want their names published. Criminals and their friends don't deserve privacy.

Helo needs to be replaced. K9 officers save lives. They perform a valuable service and criminals are more afraid of a dog bite than a cop shooting stop. Nobody likes a dog bite. Condolences to the family of Helo.

Abarca is a loser and he will most likely always be a loser. He doesn't deserve parole or more chances. He had every intent to kill as many officers as possible, he failed to be a cop killer because he missed the people and hit the dog instead. He IS a cop killer. Just a crappy shot.


I would think that if you can't afford to buy the basic tools off Craig's List, you can't afford the project.  And, do these people ride bicycles to-and-from the "library", or do they spend the money to drive?

BTW - The guy using the ladder is standing on the top step, an OSHA no no.  Who's going to pay his medical bill if he falls?


Ah, Thomas Darcy McGee, the person who can never seem to post information that is accurate or relevant to discussion.

Exactly how many of:
- the CIA torture program's effectiveness and waterboarding
- information-gathering of USA citizens
- the Iran-contra scandal
- civilian drone-strike deaths
- the NSA surveillance
- Iraq WMDs and mobile chemical weapons labs
-  North Korea being responsible for hacking Sony

... do you estimate to pertain to 20 years ago, rather than the previous two presidencies? Are your maths skills and memory really as bad as your posting?

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-election-intelligence-commentary-idUSKCN10F1H5
http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/the-propaganda-about-russian-propaganda
https://theintercept.com/2016/12/10/anonymous-leaks-to-the-washpost-about-the-cias-russia-beliefs-are-no-substitute-for-evidence/

How's the weather at the Pentagon today? Did you get that raise you asked for, for your paid posts, yet?


Not only could this offence be impeachable, it could be high treason.
At the very least, perjury:
"Sally Yates, the acting attorney general, judged an intercepted call “highly significant” and “potentially illegal” under the Logan Act, which bars private citizens from interfering in diplomatic disputes with other countries. When word of the Flynn-Kislyak call leaked on Jan. 12, a Trump official denied that sanctions were discussed. The White House spokesman, Sean Spicer, gave a similar answer on Jan. 13, as did Vice President Mike Pence on Jan. 15. After Mr. Trump’s inauguration, Mr. Spicer said on Jan. 23 that Mr. Flynn again assured him that sanctions had not been discussed. Shortly afterward, Ms. Yates, with agreement from James Comey, the F.B.I. director, informed Donald McGahn, the White House counsel, about what really happened."


Lisa seems to want it both ways. Vote to allow the the repeal process to go forward, but then later vote against repealing the law. A real profile in courage, she is.


Banning plastic bags is good for the environment and crime, but perhaps the city should just tax them.


You might not know if you mean NO or KNOW....but KNO  is not a word.
Seriously, you want to discuss Armenia and the Ottoman Empire?????


Conservatives are still fooling themselves that most Canadians liked Harper's policies, and only threw the CPC out of office because he was a scowling bully. The same policies from a scary clown won't fool anyone.

Some of Scheer's policies:

No tax on home energy prices so millionaires won't have to pay taxes to heat their mansions? That makes no sense at all.

Cancel the carbon tax but still fight global warming? How are you going to do that effectively if you don't put a cost on polluting?

A big tax credit to encourage parents to keep their kids out of school? How will you ensure kids are getting an adequate education from do-it-yourself amateurs? It sounds like a really bad idea.

Resume Harper's unquestioning support for right-wing Israeli governments in creating a "greater Israel" and oppressing Palestinians? That's an inhumane and unworthy idea.

I don't think Scheer will have a chance against the Trudeau Liberals in 2019--unless of course they self-destruct.


A balanced response to this move could be encased in the quote from Obi Won Kenobi in Star Wars, saying "you're going to find that many of the truths we cling to depend greatly on our own point of view."

There is a truth on both sides of this - from the points of view of Fukumoto and the Republican Party. As for whose "truth" prevails - that of Fukumoto or the Republican Party leaders in Hawaii - only time is going to tell.

It is apparent though that she is leaving while tossing the lighter into the barn - the Outline Piece Chad cited is very clear on it's focus - that the Republican Party killed a Republican and the party itself is on life support already. Whether we needed that theme thrown into all this as Hawaii citizens, at least it makes for interesting political watching.


Guess we will have to wait and see what's up Comrade Trump's and comrade Putin's sleeve for the USA.


The failure of citizens to educate others on basic principles which led to the creation of our country, is what is leading to its downfall.  I think of the citizens of the super sized cities as having a Hive Mentality, probably by necessity.  They are far divorced from any reality but big city life.  This is leading to politicians adopting suicidal policies because it wins them the votes of the scum.


What?


Mr. Lewis is an example of everything the Democrats are doing wrong at this point. From Obama and Hillary on down, they are putting their own hurt feelings ahead of the good of their country. Decrying the election results makes them sound like a whiny sports team that lost the big game and then blames the rules, the other team, the refs and the league for their loss.

Where is the Democratic leadership? They should be standing strong, taking the high road, showing class. And above all they should be supporting the public's belief in the integrity of the voting system. After all, it's the same system that put the Democrats in the White House for the last eight years! Instead, they're selfishly undermining it and their country both.

Don't get me wrong. Trump appears to be an appalling choice for president. But like the American people, I suspect that Hillary would've been no better. So stop the whinging and get down to work. You've got a country to run.


Really sorry government at all levels but especially Anchorage city government has been a large part of making this not as good a place to live as it should be.


I guess Mary travels exclusively by car. If she got out a bit, she would know that most of our bike paths and parks have been taken over by highly aggressive drunk and drug-addicted bums. It's like running the gauntlet out there, and one can't simply retreat to a steel cage when confronted. I have had several friends, almost all of them females, attacked by these scourges. When they take over an area, they are there in large numbers. I suspect that if one chooses to use pepper spray one had better have enough for twenty or so and be a very fast rider to get clear of the area.

If only we had functioning law enforcement and judicial systems in place. It would be even better if we had available substance abuse treatment. (Will Eugene ever realize that it needs to purchase the Sheriff's Forest Work Camp and turn it into a treatment facility?) For those who refuse to get clean, we should chain them to a cable along a roadway with a bucket and a tent with daily meal/water drops.


I don't know what rates human smugglers charge, but I bet they are not cheap. Wouldn't it be cheaper for refugees to buy or rent a car and come across the border in comfort and safety?


>>"Kevin O’Leary, a Trump-lite bully, could be Trudeau’s worst nightmare"

For ducks sake, what is this country turning into ... Trudeau followed by o'Leary?

I can't  fathom O'Leary's latest escapades materializing... not even a morsel of it.

It ain't reality TV.


cont'd
More to your false assertion that "any one who wants to work is working."

Marilyn Geewax is the national economics correspondent for the NPR.  She says: "Yes, we can say now that for younger, tech-savvy, well-educated people, jobs abound. The recession truly is over. And 2016 should be a great year for job hunting. But for people in their 50s with rusty skills or teenagers with relatively little education, the phrase "full employment" is a painful taunt."  Add what she says to what Borjas says, above, and the conclusion is that open borders or massive immigration can't work, and isn't working, in our welfare economy.  I'd say this more than meets my burden.  Where's your refutation, other than a cheap shot that I'm "new to debate."  LOL.


Well, to be fair, forecasting weather in Anchorage is extremely difficult.  Note that in the roughly 40-ish miles as the crow flies from ANC to Whittier the average annual precipitation goes up by roughly 10X.  We are often in a scenario of how much "weather" makes it over the mountains to our side (the lee side) and because you have considerable climatological variation in such a short distance it is very difficult to nail any particular forecast.  They do the best they can with the tools they have.  To be sure, they are actually more correct than it seems and they definitely do a better job than someone without any training.  So give them a break...


The zoo is just doing what it can to help cure stupid.  I suppose this kid thought he was being cute.


How so?


I like your post, but perhaps one small item was misspoken. It was the 'People of the State of Alaska' and not the Senate that voted to give away our oil in August of 2014, with the public formally voted to "Accept" SB21.


A disturbing number of posts have shown a willingness to restrict one of our most cherished rights, the First Amendment.


Right on!


The wall that Mexico will ultimately pay for on the Southern border will eventually lead to fewer US illegal intruders violating Canada's border.


How shocking. A man taking a vacation. Why, its scandalous. Get the fbi on this.. oh wait they are still workin on the dillary stuff.


Whereas when you defend your vision of a church ... ? ? ?


Travel bans are like a kid holding his breath to protest an early bedtime; highly unlikely to influence parents to rethink their decision. At the same time, a headline saying "we disapprove of what you've done and we're not going to visit while you're being mean to people" sends a message about who we are. More importantly, it signals the wronged parties that we stand with them against their marginalization.

It's not nothing.


Thanks for this story.  When I was in China I was surprised, pleasantly, by how positive people were to Canada and that was largely through being taught about Bethune in their schools.  Some propaganda no doubt as Bethune assisted the Communist military, but whatever.

Was startled by The Harper Government's hostile (but ultimately obsequious) approach.
Much better to have Trudeau's friendly stance although, of course, caution is necessary too.
With America being led as it is, China is becoming ever more important on the world stage.


Jack Bauer writes: "One thing we know for sure only a coward settles.."

Oddly, he wrote this 4 lines after this: "I have been involved in negotiating many smaller settlements..."

A little self-loathing, Jack?


Do you believe that your faith leads you to meet all of these very human expectations?  Are you so sure that all your behaviors and works support God, that you have never done anything detestable, disobedient?

Is it easy for you to 'rank' your sins as less than the sins of others?

Yours is a circular argument that has to believe YOU personally know the mind of God, which you do not.    You quote human/church scripture out of context and remove the many other ways in which God reveals his love for his/her imperfect children outside of the walls of a church.

Your faith is your own and if it makes you a more loving and compassionate person, they I would say you are fed by the Fruits of the Spirit.  I can't know your heart, I'll leave that judgement to another source.

If you use your religion to lift your status above God's other children, then yours is not a faith that I can share.

Peace


This guy clearly has mental health issues espousing the merits of Adolf Hitler in one breath and ISIS in another. Most people in their right mind would never draw this much attention to themselves if they truly intended to pass classified information to a terrorist group. This is a cry for help. Sgt. Kang would have already been involuntarily committed under most circumstances. But the military has many uses for expert martial-artists with a violent streak, so they likely let this play out longer than they should have.


"Soros-backed agitators"?

Gratuitous anti-Semistism, Therefore? Is that caused the Globe to block your last account?


Time to make this lifestyle choice a little more painful.  There are plenty of these places in the city that need cleaning up...I have an idea who to use for the manpower.


The  Hawaii Justice Coalition really needs to take their heads out of the sand and look at the big picture.  You can push your silly ideas just as well at the new site but realize that the prison move is not just to increase capacity...it is to properly locate it in an area that makes more sense so Kalihi can better use that area  for uses that law abiding citizens will find enjoyable or make life easier.


Another inept move by the Nuggets. I guess they figure they have a championship team now. They have buried themselves for the foreseeable future cap wise. $84 million for a run-of-the mill shooting guard who has missed over a quarter of two of three seasons he has been in the NBA due to injury. The Nuggets are over the cap and thus will not be adding any more free agents. And with this team should land somewhere between the 6th and 8th seed in the West - and in the high teens in the draft. Enjoy that first round playoff exit.


Uh, I don't think I ever accused the Blessed Mother of being incestuous.  Can you help me out with this one?


To raise the level of dialogue I'd be happy to propose a few policies that are unlikely to be pursued by the Liberals, but could be effective for the Conservatives.  First, acknowledge measure and effectively regulate the influx of Chinese money in Canada's real estate market using our legal, taxation and immigration systems. Second, tie immigration levels to health care wait times (wait times are a good mechanism to measure the capacity of Canada's social system to accept new population).  Third, require all carbon taxation to be directly expended on infrastructure that will reduce greenhouse gases, rather than putting it into general revenue.  This means public transit, subways and trains for Canadians, rather than billions handed out to other nations.


"Writing about President Barack Obama’s legacy is not complete without mentioning the increased number of drone deaths of civilians under his watch."

Yes. Every president has created and engaged in his own war(s). Obama has been no different. The drone wars, the war against ISIS, the War on Libya, dabbling in the war on Syria, and some covert wars in North African nations such as Somalia.

It was clear from the start of Obama's presidency that unless his large base of hopeful supporters remained mobilized and engaged in demanding change, Obama would be unable to make more than perfunctory change.


"Can you say illegal alien or radical islam?"
I never use the feel-good term "undocumented immigrant" and I'm as willing to say "radical Islam" in the same breath as "radical Christianity" like with the shooter at the Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs.
Will you join me with that?


The whole point is that there are unanswered questions.  We can subscribe to theoretical physics, Norse mythology, or the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster to try to answer the unanswerable.  None of them is really more valid than any of the others.  We won't ever know for sure how the universe was created or what happens when we die, and we have been struggling with those questions since we were first capable of abstract thought.

If a certain belief gives you comfort, who is anyone to argue?

The only failing in any faith is intolerance of another.


Just think how much sewage capacity we could have gained if the money used to fund the black hole, rail, would have been used to upgrade honolulu's infrastructures


It protects whoever the government says it protects.  It's just that successive gormless governments have attempted to ignore the issue (Chretien, Martin, Harper, Trudeau).


Will pray for EG but also will  look for him to lose.  If I expect a Communist-Dem win, then my heart won't be broken on Tuesday night.  OTOH, I might be overcome with JOY.  God's Will.


When we brought in Italians in the 1950s, they were very religious and old fashioned. The women dressed in old fashioned dresses and often covered their hair. Their kids, however, were different. Muslims are much more religiously conservative, and their Canadian born kids are even moreso. They reject secularism, reject anything approaching equality of women, hate gays and Jews, and since they're inspired by God they aren't about to change. They are our fastest growing group, and will soon eclipse aborigines in numbers, doubling every ten years.


Judicial Watch should have also asked for any information the FBI had between individuals of the Clinton campaign (or other campaigns asnd Russian "operatives".
If none, why not?
Comparisons and contrasts are informative.


Look at Trump's statement again. He did not encourage anything of the sort.


Speak for yourself Kevin Matthews.


Remember all the local pols who patted themselves on the back for landing the "XYZ" call center and all the good jobs it would provide.  Call centers have minimal investment costs in where they locate and, at least in Lane County, manage to get local government to pay for the lions share of it with tax concessions.  In the end, they move to wherever the next low cost place is.  While Oregon certainly hasn't made it any easier for these mobile jobs (i.e. mandatory sick leave, huge jump in minimum wages looming), the fact is these are not companies that develop local ties and local roots.  More like economic tumbleweeds.  More of the political effort and public capital (tax breaks) need to be focused on companies that show they have some skin in the game with their own investments.


And remember folks, voting for Democrats will guarantee more of these people will end up in the U.S.


Yes they can rent and save money and invest  it but most won't and like many here toss it away with restaurants, 30 dollar bottles of wine, trips etc. etc.   Most will save nothing of the difference.


GBA: I find it ironic that you condemn Mayor Piercy for acting on "ego" and self-interest and, at the same time, you're an outspoken supporter of Donald Trump.  Regards, Gary Crum


As a kid, I'd seek out Tim Hortons.  Not now though.  There's a local guy, in a nondescript shop, on the wrong side of town, who makes all his pastry from scratch - Xanadu.


beat it you weasel.


I'd say you're conflating Trump with the United States. The world still wants to partner with the US, it's true. But that is in spite of Trump, not because of him. And that may yet change as he steadily erodes any benefit from such alliances.

What do you say, hmmmmm?


Hi Unknown Commenter--
To clarify Pro-life terrorism is not limited to murder.
According to statistics gathered by the National Abortion Federation (NAF), an organization of abortion providers, since 1977 in the United States and Canada, there have been 17 attempted murders, 383 death threats, 153 incidents of assault or battery, 13 wounded, 100 butyric acid attacks, 373 physical invasions, 41 bombings, 655 anthrax threats, and 3 kidnappings committed against abortion providers.Between 1997 and 1990 77 death threats were made with 250 made between 1991 and 1999 .Attempted murders in the U.S. included: In 1985 45% of clinics reported bomb threats, decreasing to 15% in 2000. One fifth of clinics in 2000 experienced some form of extreme activity.
Wikipedia
No one is "looking the other way or making excuses." Abortion is a private medical decision and as such a basic right. Medical decisions are private--by law. Pretending otherwise is a form of extremism.


Peter- if that all it was, then what are the feds paying Billions for?


FINALLY....IT'S PARTY TIME!!  This is what the islands have been waiting for thanks to Hawaiian Airlines' constant bashing of us locals. Ridiculous fares, tighter seats, ripoff change fees, ripoff baggage fees.  I pray the next step for Southwest is island to island flights.

Now we all just need a ferry system so we can stick it to Young Brothers too.  What a great day in Hawaii nei.  Soody, Hawaiian!


Mr. Trump may not specifically expect others to take his words so literally, but from age seven he has had a history of violent reaction to anything he doesn't like.   He may be 'surprised' if his words are acted on, but not all that displeased.


Here we go again.  Maybe this contest is past its prime and should just go bye bye.


I have a friend in Seoul who sad the Lotte is a big deal in Korea.  She said it leads the sports coverage on TV and in the newspapers, and there are hours of live coverage.  There are tour packages to Hawaii to attend the Tournament.  South Korea is one of our growing markets for tourist.  The Lotte helps Hawaii reach this market.


What a BS article.  They had all the training that it was possible to give short of actual combat experience.  The only way to get combat training is to actually engage in combat with a hostile force.  How many troops in WW-2, Viet-Nam, Afghanistan had combat experience when they first engaged?


Read below.


I think that you're right in our needing to remember that the on-line version is not the same as the newspaper.  I wish that the editors did more editing on the site, but perhaps, that's unreasonable to expect.
I know that I don't read the articles by some people.
I go on this site mostly to read the comments of others and to have conversations.  :-)
And if the piece resounded with you, that's good.  :-)


She's right, she's not an empty barrel.....the barrel is full of black crude....dem sludge.....bunker crude...
With the emphasis on crude!


And they can't look till they get a court order to do so so they may not have even begun to view them...ssheesh


You probably thought it would be on budget too huh?
They're fast approaching triple the original cost estimate and not even half way done yet. Your hero Caldwell is either highly incompetent or outrageously corrupt. Personally I think it's abit of both.


Nope.  I just know the law.


Nope, Speaking for me, I love to be on the winning team! Our President Trump won and right along with him Proud To Be American Americans won and keep winning as well.

But btw--this is the topic "Michelle Obama to speak..."

The thread is not First Lady Mrs. Trump.
 It is Mrs. Obama, former First Lady.


She will win. Small town departments are backwards . Good thing nothing bad happened to her while she continued her patrol duties. 14 years in town PD is an investment and officer should have been accommodated.


so who is teaching small children that they can choose their gender?  That is ridiculous


As far as I know only the President gets impeached, the rest of Cabinet stays.


Sorry, Nels, but Bernie isn't a registered Democrat; not now or ever.


Time to out these anti Canadian organizations as the insidious pretenders that they are.


Really ?  Kirk said "ON TIME AND ON BUDGET"  Funny how you leave out the FACTS to sale your CORRUPT RAIL.   Kirk is a DISASTER and needs to be FIRED !!


The Democrats had become invested in their 'first' game, i.e.,  America's "first" black president to be followed by America's "first" female president.  Hillary Clinton was - on the basis of gender - to "break that glass ceiling".  It became almost a claim of entitlement - nothing new to the Clintons.

However,  I suspect the American electorate had enough of the entitlements gang and their claims to "firsts" and glass ceilings.  They elected a white male Republican, in what many would call a backlash.

Meanwhile, the 'first female president' glass ceiling remains intact.  Hillary failed. Her political career is over and her hubris checked.  Only time will tell if the Democrats' notion of that title will be filled by a Democrat or, the gods forbid, (smile) ....... a Republican!


You despise the media, you say? You think Sarah Kendzior has it all wrong.

Biased, sensational, often wrong, redundant, and unprincipled? And let’s not forget elitist.

Let me add something else. How about the only thing between you and an undemocratic world full of guys they call “strong men” who are actually de facto dictators out to silence their critics.

In fact, dying democracies and a dying free press are getting to be a universal phenomenon — and the guys who are driving the process are cultists like Donald Trump.


My question is "Which September 23rd? Is it here in the western hemisphere or in the eastern one??
'cause if it's in the Eastern one that's like day after tomorrow; otherwise it's the next day.Next question: which calendar is the guru using? Is it Hebrew, in which case the days don't match. If things are happening here, is it the Nicaen calendar?? Or is it the 'Morrison Raise some furor to avoid paying the bills Calendar?? that one seems to make more sense. And, is it just me, or is "Christian numerologist an oxymoron?  or maybe just drop the oxy?


So basic


I have several outdoorsman buddies who have sent their nice girls to UC Berkeley.
Those girls have returned on holidays quite a bit bigger, hairy-legged, and awfully angry at papa.
Anger on the left, anger on the right, anger everywhere.
You want to tell people "buck up, you look well-fed" but it's passing time for reason.
Sometimes I think President Obama was right: "change is going to come"
What I think he was either ignorant or deceitful about is that it will only come out of the barrel of a gun.


The folks who overindulge in alcohol around duck football games is also far too powerful to ignore.


It's poor taste to make any reference or correlation to their health and the point you're trying to make. There is some truth to the fact that this military has allowed you the privilege to speak candidly about your thoughts without fear of persecution.


"There have been suicides in the casino parking lot in Montreal."

There was one - nearly 20 years ago.


Blind luck?


"Conspiracy theorist" was a term coined by the CIA to denigrate people who rejected the findings of the Warren Report. To this day the American people don't know all  the CIA knows about the murder of President Kennedy. What we don't know can't hurt us, right? Government tells lies for our own good, because we can't handle the truth, right?

"Conspiracy theorists"  ask questions of official narratives. Whether or not the questions are astute or truly crazy, questioning of authority figures is castigated as kooky and weird. I don't just comply when ordered to trust every explanation given to me. That doesn't mean I jump to wild speculation either. The wicked flee when none pursue.

Government has long colluded with industry to poison and defraud it's own citizens. They'll lie as long as they can until caught and forced to admit truths. Government lies to start bogus wars, sending kids to die for CEOs golden bonuses.

Please forgive We the People for our skepticism. Step and fetch, RG.


All the criminal code gives for sexual assault is:

S271 Sexual Assault

S272 Sexual assault with a weapon, threats to a third party or causing bodily harm

S273 Aggravated sexual assault (sexual assault + wounding, maiming, disfigurement or endangering a life)

So for the vast majority of cases there is just the catch-all "Sexual Assault", defined for example, by the Edmonton Police Department website as:

"Sexual Assault is defined as an assault of a sexual nature that violates the sexual integrity of the victim. "

So another catch-all phrase "sexual integrity". A kiss? Patting a butt? Rape? It's all covered by one thing that doesn't even seem to be defined in the criminal code...

Whose interest is served by confusing rape with a kiss?
Maybe I missed it but where in the thousands of words of articles the Globe has published in the last few days, do they explain this?
900 pats + 80 kisses + 20 rapes, but the media just says 1,000 sexual assaults and readers just see "1,000 rapes!!"


After telling listeners Irma was a liberal hoax, Rush Limbaugh self evacuated from South Florida


C'mon, Toddy. This simplistic loony right saw is just the influence of Baby Boomers retiring. In actual fact, employment per population in the US bottomed out in 2008, thanks to George W. Bush, and Mr. Obama has returned employment levels at least back to pre-2008 levels. Blabbering over some mindless statistical discovery garners you no points.


As I mentioned to another poster, Gish Gallop arguments where many assertions are made aren't an intellectually honest way of discussing any subject. The intent is to force other posters to respond to each + every assertion, however weak, inaccurate and illogical those points might be. All of your points come from the denier's handbook, are overused + based upon half truths + falsehoods, not reliable scientific data and analysis.

I will respond to just one of your assertions, that of GW on other planets. Why would you so simplistically believe that there exists a direct correlation between Earth's atmosphere + that of other planets of varying size and distance from the sun? Also, other planets have considerably different orbital cycles + orientation to the sun, whose actual activity has leveled out + slightly decreased in the last 50 years. Based upon that factor alone, we should be experiencing global cooling, not warming. Again, plugging your own website constitutes spam!


That's OK Maxine, you are the most deplorable THING that I have ever seen or heard of.


Fascists exist on both sides. Antifa has resorted to fascist tactics. Supported by socialist organizations whose purpose is to destroy our beliefs in family, God and country, to put the state above all else. No thanks.


One of the more interesting aspects of this is that the usual suspects are giving each other "high fives" over this raw exercise of papal power, without realizing that one or more of their favorites may be next.

The NCR, and these posters, are missing what the Holy Father is really all about.

Somewhere down the road the role of the Germans in all of this will come out.


Finally a Republican President showing some back bone. Get some tough ass lawyers who like to smack you in the face when you get in theirs. Love this guy.


I gave you a "wow" because you DARED challenge the the Selfie-Ways... errr... I mean Sunny-Ways and Globalist and MultiCULTuralist mores with your humble inquiry! Indeed, and I do hate to say this, but in my experience our 'G'overnment seems to operate a whole lot like a whole lot of (other) corporations out there, wherein everything and I mean everything is looked at through a lens that looks approximately 10 minutes into the future: basically, if it sorta kinda adds up on Paper right NOW, and if it also gets a whack of constituents all feel-good gooey inside (let 'em in, let 'am ALL in...), then the concern is not at all what the outcome is 10 years from now. Or 10 months from now. Or 10 days from now. Or 10 minutes.


People who work at Hydro are paid more than the minimum wage.

People who make lunch at fast food joints do not get paid that much.

It's good to think things through.


Solar is for 3rd world countries. You spend 20k-30k to save $100/mth. Keep your money in a 4% account and you make that much with no contract and you keep your money. Glass roof tops cause high insurance.

Bonds - solar panels are non-recyclable and make for mountains of waist/trash already, lol. High quality solar panels degrade and .7% every year with a shelf life of bout 20 yr of productivity. Lame


Who will buy these condos, Saudi princes?


Glad to see Blair questioned.  Question him about a lot of other stuff, while you're at it.


Breaking contracts and breaking promises?

Trumpism, pure and simple.

No honor or integrity in Trumpism.


Trump's next cabinet appointee ...........


Hey, I can hold my head high. I didn't vote for this....person. He is all yours far right.


Judges make a ton of money and are appointed to the bench after years of "experience" in the court system.  They have a ton of authority and they sit on the top of the totem pole.  In return for those rewards, they are expected to be competent and professional.  Now we have to give them remedial attention if they can't do their job properly?

Judges get quite a bit from society; baby sitting and coddling them is not necessary.  The only reason they're not removed more often is because its an old boys club.  It time to shut down the Canadian Judicial Council and bring in a transparent, independent and more representative review system that isn't afraid to judge the judges.


I'm picking up what you're laying down.

Vote early and vote often, right?

If you run with hardworking Alaskans, you don't have 'progressive' views.    It's typically your average granola & young college students that hold such beliefs - a little mileage and wisdom usually cures such nonsense.


God Bless you Josephine and family


I agree with Grossadmiral. The pedestrian countdown tells me whether my light will stay green for 20 seconds or only 4. It makes a big difference. No jerk following me too closely is going to force me to run a red (or even an amber).


Not a bad call, because the Devil is in the details (as usual). There are consequences to hasty decisions, and no battle plan survives contact with the enemy. I side with Trump, because one thing that is necessary to an effective military is the psychological stability of the people wearing the uniform. In my case, I required close scrutiny because I was to be one who launched nuclear weapons. Remember Chelsea Manning? Crypto troop, special clearances and a psychological basket case. He released vast amounts of classified material because of his homosexual/tranny leanings. If he made the Army "stronger", then I'm a cracked teapot with a giraffe for my mom. Who wants to give a Secret clearance to somebody who can't even decide what gender he is? Might as well enlist depressed and./or bipolars and give them access to sensitive material. And the Navy needs lookouts, so why not recruit the blind for those positions? What could go wrong?


He probably irritated his Taliban buddies so much they decided to get rid of him and paid the corrupt but devious Pakistani  security forces to take him off their hands. He should get a one way ticket to GITMO and remarry Khadar--Omar if he prefers.