Sadly, you have hypotheticals in your narrative as well, James. 13 years ago I was with my sons in an Indian restaurant in downtown San Francisco. As I headed to the men's room there was a commotion in the ladies' room. A transgender guy dressed as a female prostitute in a very short skirt was in the ladies room shaving his legs at the sink to prepare for the evening. He had no underwear on so his junk was clearly visible as he had one foot up on the sink. This was all apparently no big deal to him, but a female patron had complained to the owner, who was confronting the guy and holding the ladies' room door open as I walked by. I figured, wow, so that's what goes on in San Francisco. Now this will be coming to a ladies' room near you and your young daughters, minus the confrontation. The brazen attitudes will increase exponentially as the administration enables their behavior. It is only being done to increase the turnout for Hillary, not just for the benefit of the trangendered.


BRILLIANT!!!!


Can it hold 4000 plus? Just a thought via Bio digester they could generate their own electricity, never mind all that hot air?


Actually, I believe you both are right, depending...  The question is to what "this" is referring.  If "this" covers all the 2017/2018 regular season games to date, then Chatham is correct.  If "this" refers only to the last game, then Goathair is correct.

I believe that Goatahir was referring to the style of play in the last game but the sentence is not explicitly clear although most would likely interpret it as such.


There already is an Opiate for the masses...its called opium, and there is no shortage.


Shrew the deal...just make everybody else look bad...


Giving women control over their bodies could only be described as you did here by a complete idiot.


We could be in for a surprise.  Trump is a nightmare for his own party as well as everyone else, If I were in congress I'd love have a non-controversial republican who's right down the line with the GOP agenda.


Progressive111:"Why is global warming bad for the Canadian Arctic? anyone?
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what's the point in trying to debate this kind of question?   Try: methane release; rising waters; habitat loss; danger of Gulf Stream loss.  Don't get me started.


George H. W. Bush was the last GOP President that seriously tried (even though he ultimately failed) to avoid pandering to the populist right that increasingly dominated that Party.

He is a decent man.


Best quote of the day:

  "Why should working Alaskans be asked to pay for these oil-industry subsidies?" Rep. Ivy Spohnholz, D-Anchorage.

The Senate is not going to give Alaskans a balanced package that does not harm our economy or Alaska families.  The only course of action is to start over in the next legislative session- with new legislators.

The priorities must be:

Getting Alaskans a fair return for our oil, which will reduce the deficit by billions of dollars.

Ending corporate welfare which the Senate has refused to do (makes their employers unhappy).

Reform state spending so that Alaskans have confidence that if they are asked to pay new taxes that those hard earned dollars will not be wasted on:

Travel junkets by legislators, $32.5 million for the Tajmahawker, $70 million for an obscenely expensive legislature- per year, and hundreds of other wasteful expenditures.

Alaskans will pitch in- we always do when times are tough- but we must have equitability.


Where did we Christians ever get the idea there could be no suffering in this world, in our life?  Look at Jesus, the person upon whom our faith is based.  He hardly escaped suffering. His message is how to deal with suffering.
Arguments against the existence of God based on suffering and evil are off point, irrelevant, when it comes to the God of Christianity. IMHO.


Churchill is a hero  of the British people (the man who stood firm against the Nazi) and Lloyds of London is a famous bank which is a still a major name in The City.


Perhaps you are employed as an executive in the oil and gas industry or don't live here. This is actually a separate issue from taxes: the Permanent Fund belongs to the people of Alaska. It should not be stolen or thrown away. It actually... benefits...the...people...of...Alaska...Benefits us all equally. Maybe you have a safe , high-paying job. It helps the people in rural Alaska, old people, poor people, disabled people, college people, the tourism and retail industries. Everyone else can take a trip but actually that's not so many people anymore.


All ya gotta do is get the sun to shine every days and 24 hours a day.


YOU call fons & culmen a troll?

I guffaw at you.


That's what the letter is about.


Is indeed a great article and program.  Please keep in mind however, Jamestown is NOT the only facility between Sequim and Port Angeles that perscribes Suboxone.


a. You assume I'm a man. b. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benito_Mussolini c. Your posts lack any substantive rebuttal. You can call names all day long, but it does nothing to further the argument.


The "notion of 'saved'" needs not to be rethought but to be found and studied where it is published:
" Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: [I Cor. 15:1-4.]


@Richard Davidson:  I've seen that at the  VA Med Center I go.   There are guys I've seen that are slackers, are not there anymore.   I get around that place.. I thought they just got reassigned....   There was one guy at one station
That was alwAys on the phone calling for a courier(usually a volunteer) to run s'thing just down the hall a couple hundred feet..  like he thought they would miss him for a couple minutes.   The replacement is a Silver Star Vet(he has a miniature medal on the collar of his shirt) . He got up and took another patient's slip to another station for the patient who looked to. Be frail and close to 80.   When he returned he told the elderly Vet that that they know he's waiting to see the docs and it's alright, whenever he gets there, they'd take him right in.   He didn't sit on his arse and call a courier., he took the paper there himself for the the older Vet.    There's a new director also and he's all over the hospital.


I have a close relative who has been part of fishing industry and his first question was why so many people on a longliner?
A pole and line boat (Aku) boat yes but a longliner? 20 crew for a 79' vessel? Groceries alone would consume way to much space ( even if it is just rice, onions and by catch)
The whole foriegn crew issue is bogus and invisible corporate welfare that punishes US workers by allowing underpaid, abuse, workers to undercut US workers who would never become whistle blowers on violations of environmental, regulatory, reporting crimes.
Before some one fakes a concern about what obeying the law and hiring workers to US standards would do to the price of fish remember these vessels get whatever the market will bear and any surplus is just pocketed by corporation. So any savings is never seen by consumer it is just cream skimmed off the top.


It's twofold. On the one hand government prevents affordable housing from being built, and it taxes us out of the home even further. On the other hand, for those who work lower wages there is Earned Income Credit, which translates to $1K-$4K each year, and therein there's babysitting money, and catching up the power bill etc. but all too often case workers will tell you the majority squandered their EIC on tattoo's and piercings and high def TV's...My position being, at the least, refund the property taxes collected in rents and housing becomes more affordable, and restore the neighbor lady stay at home mom to earn side money babysitting more than 1 kid like we managed to do for 400 years before liberalism saved us.


Well tks for the info, not sure how these negative comments affect the stories but humans are of all sorts, thought you know that and can live with it, it may never self correct.


Rare bird?
Strange bird is more fitting in PP's case.
Strange, clueless bird.


My family is in the "Mandy Militia."  We used to train together.  We trained on how to get out of our home if there was a fire.  We trained on how to survive if there was a major earthquake.  We trained on what to do if there was a home invasion.


I agree, the Municipality shouldn't even accept a phone call from the Fangs until the Northern Lights Hotel is demolished.


But what is the origin of Lois Lane's last name? She was named for actress Lola Lane, but Lola and her sisters took that last name as young adults. Perhaps they selected the name because they admired Joseph Lane? Maybe not, but have we vetted their history to ensure they never did anything that might have offended somebody?


The Democrat U.S. Labor Union Owned Teachers and Professors are not really that "Smart", as even after Demonstrating and Protesting for higher salaries, and getting those raises, the Democrat U.S. Labor Unions then raise their Membership Dues, meaning they really got nothing as those Membership Dues are Automatically deducted from their Pay.  The U.S. Island State of Hawaii spent $Billions on Public Schools, $Millions on Health, $Millions on Infrastructure in comparison and look what Hawaii's Schools produced defective Products that rate as near the bottom compared to U.S. States that spent less of their Budgets.  Once again Democrats of Hawaii's Race to be First Place as Last Place, Race to the Bottom.


Things are good here in B.C.


Thank you for your report on the latest in a long list of inappropriate and vindictive at best, and unlawful at worst, actions taken by the Board of Directors of the Senior Center. They have already sold or donated items of great sentimental and monetary value, items which were gifts to the senior citizens of Issaquah, not to the Board. Replacing them will require the use of taxpayer monies.

The Board has refused to give the City a full and transparent accounting of Center finances and to adhere to federal nondiscrimination laws. Members of the Center have been denied the civil rights guaranteed them by the First Amendment to the Constitution. Since the City was extremely cautious in dealing with this crisis over a period of 20 months, shouldn’t we know what lies the secretary of the Board claims the City told?

A forensic accounting of Center finances since 2008 is the minimum needed to protect our seniors and prevent anyone from ever profiting again to their detriment.


Just saying what?? Totally incomprehensible English. You must be an illegal immigrant to spell like that poorly.


The State of Alaska cannot afford to pay these generous salaries now that the price of oil has collapsed.  The Alaska population cannot afford to be taxed at the rate required to maintain the most expensive K - 12 and University System in the nation.


Tom Petty has a special place in my heart - when the song came out in 1979 I was riding my bike across Coburg Road as a kid at the intersection of the 126, there was a Camaro sitting at the stop light with these two girls cranking that song, the light turned green, we all took off and next thing I know this Porsche slammed into the Camaro at about 50 mph about 10 feet in front of me...Beer bottles were flying everywhere, the girls were screaming.....Memories..


From the article:  ""One has to be aware of that and learn to work within that system," Winter-Green added. "Because otherwise you get nowhere""
CHANGE THE FREAKING SYSTEM! This excuse of how slowly the Vatican works, as though it were part of natural geologic processes, is so timeworn and outdated that it makes me gag.  I hate using clichés, but, denials to the contrary, all this commission seems to have done is more rearranging of deck chairs.  "Change" doesn't have to evolve slowly; radically needed change CAN be effected rapidly when necessary, and protection of our children says it's necessary.  On the other hand...does anyone in power really care about protecting children, or is this all an exercise in covering their collective fannies?


I would like to see our PM go for a back seat ride in one of the 35 year old F18 two -seaters.


FREE TRADE=SLAVE WAGES.


I'm more curious as to why that matters, given her experience in the Pentagon and Washington D.C.  You are pretty much arguing in favor of career politicians, which to most of us is the problem with our government.


Okay, Tara!


Welcome to the Jungle.


Why trust you?
And it would be nice if you would provide some substantiation of your indictments.....particularly if we are to "trust you."


Frankly, I couldn't care less who North Korea endorses.

What matters to me is who my own representatives endorse.  We already know that Sullivan is a Trump man.  Don too.  And Lisa supports him.

And what about our state republicans?  Trump's Alaska campaign manager is the former head of the Alaska GOP, Jim Crawford.  Honorary co-chairs of the Trump Alaska 2016 organization include former Lt. Governor Loren Leman, House Speaker Mike Chenault, state Sens. Charlie Huggins and Lesil McGuire, Anchorage Assemblywoman Amy Demboski, Rev. Jerry Prevo, Frank Dahl, Don Kubley, Paul Fuhs, John McKinnon... And don't forget former Lt. Gov. Mead Treadwell and John Coghill.  Some of our brightest stars, eh?

Where does your representative stand?


Oh, he's civil enough, just wrong. It's not uncivil to be misinformed.


...Until, like I just said, their "prized outcome" doesn't come through the way they want. Just look at the state of universities. This is why they invented the make believe term "white privilege".


The real question is... will it be BETTER?


Blah blah blah.. how patronizing.  This reminds me of the campaign to point out how ridiculous the author's line of thinking is: "Babies don't belong in dumpsters, why is that so hard for women to understand?".

Duh - men want sex, it's biologically hardwired.  To assume anything close to a majority of them wouldn't take no for an answer or don't get the hint is beyond ridiculous, and the biggest problem we have here is the author's outdated viewpoints.


$7-million per year ?

Why not start a master-not-for-profit charity to campaign for donations, then distribute the proceeds to these various study programs?

I'm sure individual and business donations could easily produce the annual funds required.


I don't believe that Canadians are inherently opposed to government spending. But I do believe we'd like to see something result from it. So far, these guys are just flushing our cash down the toilet.


I've killed babies before and I usually do it completely differently.


"Such left-wing boobery greatly pains principled liberals while handing ammo to the right."

I sure hope that Harrop never says that on CNN's Brooke Baldwin's cable show or Harrop will get kicked off the air.  Because Brooke Baldwin is such an arbiter of what's "right".


Cockroaches ?


Using Mr. Markrich's notion the investigation called for by Rep. Gregorio Sablan is also lobbying.  Where does he get off with this nonsense.  Then to have it published. There is no defense needed.  There should be an investigation, a reply, and then a defense if required.  Too much to ask?  Mr. Markrich has the cart before the horse and has used Senator Wad. Yee and Rep. Sablan as whipping boys.  Typical WESPAC move. The promotion of human, civil and international right for an indigenous people is not lobbying.  Anything short of that is slavery.


Our government via Medicare, Medicaid, and the VA system is the largest customer of the drug companies in the world.  As a conservative, I think it is ridiculous that taxpayers get bent over without any price breaks for our volume purchases when the same drugs get sold much cheaper elsewhere in the developed world.  But I can see how the 900 pound gorilla in the room would turn into price setting rather than "negotiation".  Bureaucrats can be like that.  Point taken.

My solution is that we demand "most favored nation" pricing from the drug companies.  Our government does not do any negotiating.  But we get the same pricing as the BEST prices for the same drugs sold anywhere in the developed world.  Let the drug makers keep it in the back of their mind that the price they agree to in France is the price they will be selling it in the USA.  Unless they give the UK and even sweeter deal.


Sorry, but in some contexts, what you are saying is hate.

And regarding messages of tolerance, you don't speak for me or anyone I know.

Speak for yourself.


KW area. Tech expertise, location, Can dollar


Did you learn how to lie from Donald Trump?


I totally agree!


Seems to me it would be easier to simply go to the fake new site rather than the readers


Maybe, if that were used for real environmental improvements then we would see some marginal benefit. For the cost involved, I would rather see that money used for renewable energy improvements in the US. In that case, we could drive down the cost and that technology could be used elsewhere in the world. Of course there is no reason to believe that this administration would spend anything on renewable energy or desalination or anything of the kind.


I'm willing to hire a landscaper to take care of my yard, if the city will exempt me from my property tax.


The RAISE act is likely one of the most consequential pieces of environmental legislation to be introduced into congress in years. How is that you ask?
Most of the US's population growth in the last few years comes from immigration (88% in the last few years according to Pew). A growing population means more consumption of resources (gasoline, land, water, etc.) and thus more impact to the environment. And a growing population makes attaining sustainability goals impossible.
By limiting immigration we are greatly reducing our population rate of growth which is a plus for the environment and sustainability. Besides, it's also a quality of life issue too. Do we want to be as overpopulated as China or India? Growing our population by 30 million every decade may be good for business but is terrible for everyday Americans, environmental quality and our quality of life.


Somehow I find the idea that a billionaire who proceeded to appoint other billionaires to positions of power is going to do anything to change the system that made them billionaires in the first place to be a laugher.


None of them suffer from unintended acceleration.  The mother company never killed anyone via unintended acceleration due to an unwillingness to make a recall and admit failure.


I'm pretty certain that there are not 500,000 government employees in Oregon.  I worked in the public sector for 35 years and never got free parking.  If by "prime locations" you mean downtown, then I can assure you that very few employees get free parking.  Are you really going to charge teachers $1,000/yr to park in the school lot?


If far better is anything like RepubNonCare, then what is there to worry about.


Most of Ukrainian defenders who were killed by Russia's missiles over past few days following Trump phone conversation with Putin (Putin got a green light for offensive) where in early 20. Chronic diseases? Vodka? You are out of your mind. Ugly Olgino troll!


How about the bike rental places and biking clubs sponsoring portions of trails and riding them?
Just like the safety-yellow-shirted guys downtown, they'd deter crime on the trail.
More group rides!
Neighborhood Watch programs work.


You sound like Trump, "This election is rigged and corrupted!!!"
...until it isn`t.


Try this on. People not making as much money should not be able to afford the things that will be taxed.  People that make more WILL buy unnecessary things that ARE taxed.  Therefore, the person making 50k wont pay any tax.


Jesus was God and man.   We all know that....logical....makes total sense.


Well said Gary, we don't have to agree, we don't want to agree with everyone.  We can see eye to eye on some things but our voice being heard is one thing we can both agree upon and the initiative process is our our voices spoken loud and clear.  Yes, we'll stand together on this issue.  I'll always respect your opinion whether we agree or not,


The headline is like saying I almost won the lottery.


Not according to the FCIC: "The FCIC wrote that U.S. government affordable housing policies and the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) were not primary causes of the crisis, as the events were primarily driven by the private sector, with the major investment banks at the core of the crisis not subject to depository banking regulations such as the CRA."

Moreover, your link doesn't support your partisan efforts to pin the blame on Democrats. For example, it mentions GWB's role at least twice: "Making matters worse, President Bush pushed hard for lax lending standards. He wanted to expand minority and low income home ownership far beyond what the CRA required. "


Great work guys! Proud of you!


In other words, Mueller can't find anything so he is looking elsewhere. Who will be Mueller's Scooter Libby?


the fact is once the wild and pc merge, and they will, the ndp are toast period and good, alberta needs to rid alberta of this disease.


'
…yeah, no,

I'm not inclined to just accept the oil company's line about drug testing.

They need an excuse to justify breaking their promise to Alaskans.

Oh, here's a handy little phrase, …let's just tell them Alaskans are too drugged up for the job.

The unwitting drones are sure to believe that with no questions asked.
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Ha ha ha !! Anti-Science?
“Falun Gong is an evil cult that is anti-humanity and anti-science in nature, having caused enormous harm to Chinese society."
This is coming from the country that eats seal penis and tiger bones as medicine.


Good government is not a winner-takes-all car race.  It is about reflecting the democratic will of the entire population, not the driver of one car.

Government by consent of the governed is about finding consensus.

Your analogy has no merit.


You are have the right to believe what you choose.  You said "our" flag, this means either it is also "their" flag as American citizens and they have the right to protest if they choose, or it is "your" flag and thereby you are dictating the rights of others.
The wide-spread NFL protest only occurred after PDT made this political in nature.  If the owner of the private property agrees to a protest, the protest can be justified.  Free speech in public should be allowed regardless of content, although public safety is paramount.  Universities are usually quasi-government organizations and need to balance the consequences of politically motivated speech.


It appears that scheer definitely doesn't speak for Canadians. The opposite - he sends MPs to badmouth us.
And all the rest of your post is wrong too, m.


Speaking of those business tax issues, perhaps Mr. Morneau could be so generous as to offer us a firm date for the legislation so that we evil entrepreneurs and job creators might be able to plan for our futures as well.  Today was another pony show for Mr's Morneau and Trudeau.  Always quick to pat themselves on the back while their other hand is in your pocket.  We have not forgotten or forgiven your attack on job creators so don't be too smug.


sounds like 419 losers to me. they'll be laughing all the way to the bank with 320,000 more than the farm is worth.


After his successful crusade against SANRAL, it seems as if Duvenhage  needs  a new windmill to storm.

It is  preferable for Capetonians to travel toll free even if it takes much longer to reach their destinations than those toll paying suckers in Gauteng.

With the prevalence of 4x4's there is no need for SANRAL  to maintain the national roads

Let us trust Duvenhage's insight that we do not need additional capacity in the foreseeable future.
It is romantic to light up candles when there is load sharing.


if you're high school educated how can you be a drop out,just curious.
also a poll stated that F-150 drivers are the choice of up and coming professionals.


Further to my last comment, a subpoena was issued but there was no attempt to serve her with it. She happened to meet some police officers she was friendly with 2 days before the hearing, and she cooperated with them voluntarily from that time until she was jailed. See paragraphs 228 to 238 of the trial judge's ruling:
https://www.canlii.org/en/ab/abqb/doc/2016/2016abqb706/2016abqb706.html?resultIndex=2

Also note, the defence did argue that the witness's testimony was tainted by the appalling treatment she had suffered during the preliminary hearing and should be dismissed. In this case, the trial judge ruled against dismissing the evidence -- but surely it should worry any reasonable person that such a gross failure to ensure the rights of a witness comes with its own dangers to the integrity of the case and the ability to prosecute.


Not true. Political fact checkers said he lies 76 percent of the time.


Yeah, old words are useless, like the Declaration of Independence, Constitution, Bill of Rights, Emancipation Proclamation. Time to ignore those kinds of things cuz money is a bit tough now.

Values have no meaning if they wither in adversity.


The Freedom Caucus is doing their job..Trumpcare was a disaster..holding the Orange Baboon's feet to the fire and having him follow the Constitution is the "RIGHT" thing to do


And premiums went up...


The Feds made a deal with Ontario so the need for a separate pension plan was dropped. Harper and his ilk were happy to screw Ontario on this .. maybe that why they lost so badly. But this is about much needed police reform and off topic.


I notice that when I mute AT's posts, the comments are reduced 50% and the discussion IQ increases by 30 points. If I mute Twyford, that's another 25% plus 10 more IQ points.


GBA:  I certainly don't consider you "the average person." ........thank goodness.  Gary crum


Night owl couldn't have found a more perfect quote. Now I challenge you to find a single Democrat or a single article in the Denver post saying that the ACA was only going to insure roughly half of the uninsured.  If they would have told the truth the ACA never would have passed.


Actually, I think most of us think the response has to do with the Anthem, and not being a "good, patriotic American".

Marshawn Lynch showed up to the stadium the other day wearing an anti-Trump shirt.  Even though he stood for the Anthem, apparently the t-shirt is also a no-no.  Seems to me that, as long as he stood for the Anthem, folks like you should be happy.


"Pravda ADN" LMAO! And you're spot on.


The PM does not get involved in immigration cases?   You have to be joking.   What do you call inviting over 25,000 immigrants into the country from Syria and then tell others that Canada is open?


John McCain, what a waste of oxygen and taxpayer money.  I am pretty sure his mother barked instead of talked.


I'm sorry for chuckling. This is a serious issue and I shouldn't laugh but it's just so Honolulu to have people talking about passing an ordinance to make something illegal against the law.


Those with access to non-public data (for example, real estate agents!) know the true picture.  When I bought a house in 2004 my agent told me, with hushed breath, what was going on.  That was 2004.   Pushing 20 years later and only now is the public beginning to see what's been going on for decades.

Our grandkids will talk of this time.  It will be remembered as the last gasp of the Canadian boomer generation, doing the final fire sale of our country and our futures in order to fund their boomer lifestyles all the way to the grave.


Possibly so they can get on with their lives and responsibilities and delegate this to a professional who can put a quick end to it.


I was there hoping to slap Taylor on the rear as she entered the courtroom, but couldn't get close enough.


There's no happier place for a political leader than half way between the diametrically opposed views of the parties on their right and left.

Trudeau's wisdom is not only in staking out that ground but doing so in a way that does not abuse our democratic institutions - a principle toward which Harper and Trump are wholly indifferent.


Bare bones breakfast sandwich is the best kept secret in town. Once you've had one you'll be thinking about for days later


So you keep saying.  I looked into this claim, and unfortunately there's no credibly impartial endorsement or criticism of the site.

However, there is the New York Times:

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/03/25/world/map-isis-attacks-around-the-world.html

However one looks at the situation, it's bad over there.

We do not need to bring the bad here.


Sarah, I'd tell you not to quit your day job, but the last time you did that it worked out well for all of us.


Get ready for prices to go up at Walmart.


"John Delury, an Asia expert at Seoul’s Yonsei University. “It’s worth a forceful response." - Oh pleeeeze!  This nit*wit non-expert Delury wants to make a big deal (maybe even a shooting war) because a du*mb kid went to North Korea with the intent of stealing a propaganda banner, got caught, and then fell into a coma in prison.  People get badly injured and even die in U.S. prisons - it just means that prisons are bad, don't commit crimes.


MICHAEL RUBIN I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION, YOU CAN NOT PUBLICALLY CALL A COUNTRY'S PRESIDENT CRIMINAL. WE CAN PROSECUTE AGAINST YOU AND YOUR FAKE NEWSPAPER.


I don't understand how people like Kouvalis (and by extension, politicians who hire him) can sleep at night. He exemplifies the "winning is everything" mentality, without an apparent thought for community, truth, ethics.....

What have we come to?


Note no country taxes 100% of capital gains:

https://taxfoundation.org/capital-gains-rate-country-2011-oecd/


Well, that's one way to distract us from the Russia scandal.

#squirrel


General Silveria, you should run for President, sir. You have a level of character this country's current leadership sorely lacks.


Call me Captain Obvious but the cops shooting unarmed citizens are also sworn LEOs.


Quite obviously Assange masterminded the US election with help from Putin using a Sinclair Spectrum and a 56k dial up modem, from a cave in the Philippines, during which Duterte  sat on a bicycle hooked up to a generator to supply the power.
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We know this because Snowden was hacking the Brexit vote using carrier pigeons and an old card trick to manipulate the votes. It's all scientifically proven using intelligence reports from 235 intelligence agencies who do not regard intelligence as a prerequisite for the job.

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Hey, I remember that song.


Well first off let's see Trudeau try to weasel out of this latest scandal.  If he bothers to show up QP today should be very interesting.


I thought the overwhelming majority of homeless people were men. Why not help them too?


Who says rural life isn't culture and can't be artistic?


It would be wonderful if the state of AK would remove the political signs placed in the road right of way. This is public land and should not have any political signage. Sight distance issues, public safety issues and a general eye sore.


no womens rights are being dismantled and there some crimes in every country.


You set up your straw men. You knock down your straw men. What a bunch of ideological hogwash. Nobody is impressed.


Facts?

moon howler's comment was speculation, not facts ("should Liberals continue on the present path...")

Similarly, the article notes that the Conservative support fell 3.9% from the beginning to the end of July.  On the simplest kind of progression, that leaves Conservatives with nobody at all supporting them sometime next March.  Zero.  Not even you or moon howler.

;-)


"But that is what goes on in Communist countries,"

That's all he knows how to do.  It's the skill set he learned on The Apprentice.  He has no clue how to really govern so he falls back on his TV skills.....bluster, anger, and shouting.  Trump is not a Republican.....he's an actor.


These stocks will continue to do well as long as the gene pool as a shallow end.


Lucky minute what's happening to the Rangers?


I liked the tweet from Tim Matheson ("Otter"). RIP, Mr. Furst.


If this is correct, then it's proof that the Trump campaign colluded with a foreign government, an adversary, with the intention of damaging and destroying the opponent. This is just the tip of the iceberg. I'm sure the investigation will reveal a lot more, and indictments can't be far behind.


Sustainability to cover operations and maintenance costs are nothing but minor details that don't need to be worried about.  We will use the royalties from my LNG Pipe or I will just find another way to tax the middle class to cover the costs.
The bridge to Siberia project will be presented in next special session of the legislature.


Hmm, they left out Rielly's skate size and what type of music he likes..  Details like that are important to fans of the Blue-and-White.


The implication that we are rich, heartless people who want illegal immigrants deported despite the fact that they are our gardeners, house cleaners and nannies in certainly insulting and shows a complete lack of understanding about how the middle class lives. It's disappointing that a priest would talk about his own parishioners this way.

Also, is it too much to ask that illegal immigrants to consider their actions' effects on the people of this country before they come here or when deciding whether to leave? I would say Christian charity demands they do so.


I'm late to this opinion piece (got waylaid by all the O'Leary stuff.  Good stuff it was, too. Anyway...)

It sounds so good when somebody like Jane Fonda sez this stuff.  "I've been accused of parroting half-truths and misinformation."  Well, okay.  I have an accusation of my own.  Not a "half-truth" really--although its arguable--nor disinformation, either.  More like, simply, "misleading."  Here's the statement...

"More than 120 first nations and tribes on both sides of the Canada-U.S. border have signed the Treaty Alliance Against Tar Sands Expansion..."  Wow.  Sounds serious.  Moreover, true fact, as they say.  However, here's another fact: there are just over 600 First Nations in this country alone.  As this sign-up campaign happened a couple of months ago, they've all had a chance to jump on board.

Doncha love getting a perspective?


I think you are mistaking optimism for presumption one of the sins against the virtue of Hope.


A very good digest and summary of some of the principles behind "planning" ideology which have led to the situation we find ourselves in, domination of the automobile.  I had forgotten what was being said in 1970 about Oahu's lack of alternatives to the automobile. Well, the alternative is HART. Ugly, costly, controversial and probably not the best.....but now we own it even though it is not done. It will provide an alternative for people who chose to ride it instead of driving their car for 2 hours one way each day. It probably won't reduce auto traffic, and this was said early-on. It just provided an alternative mode of transport.  Of course, some years ago, we were sold the "second city" which was supposed to be not only the new residential area on Oahu, but also the new employment area which, up until now, has not fulfilled that unfortunate prediction, although in years to come, no doubt, there will be employment and business growth in Ewa, Leeward, Central and the North shore.


Donald Trump is Donald Trump and has been Donald Trump for 70 years...his persona is, and never has been, a secret.

 I personally see Mr. Trump as the "poster boy" for Sociopath.  Once again, here's the definition: "A sociopath can be defined as a person who has Antisocial Personality Disorder. This disorder is characterized by a disregard for the feelings of others, a lack of remorse or shame, manipulative behavior, unchecked egocentricity, and the ability to lie in order to achieve one's goals"

If anyone doesn't recognize Donald Trump in that definition, they either haven't been paying attention or they're in extremely deep denial.

The GOP made a "bigly" mistake.. The Party "sold out" to the hard-core right wing and Trump is the logical result of that move.  Many Party leaders and down-ballot have condemned him, but others are still trying to "have it both ways"....distance themselves but not "offend" his rabid followers....that's a really difficult dance..and getting tougher...


Addiction is rooted in the profits of the pushers.


'...jams and thongs...'

-

well, you are definitely NOT from Hawaii

(boardshorts and slippers, kook)


Ignorant like g.d. sheep.....


Toronto has cut a deal with MPAC so they pay very little property tax compared to cities in North America. Toronto property taxes have not increased since Mel Lastman was mayor. The rest of Ontario is paying for the infastructure  of Toronto. When a property in Ontario at 500,000$ pays more tax than a detached house in Toronto at $1500,000, there is something drastically wrong. You are drinking the Kool aid, its only a matter of time until Toronto wakes up to taxes!!


If it was white supremacists training other white supremacists, Osama would have shut that shit down in a heartbeat. Now that it's black supremacists training other black supremacists and white traitors, it's OK. Fuck out of here.


Why is that bad news?


You are right again. And the course is hilly in places:it is a beautiful course. Those volunteers who put on this years marathon did a wonderful job.

The young man who ran this event in that time is exceptional; there is no doubt about it.


You've got a lot to learn.
Doubtful if you have the capacity though.
Must suck to be you


A whole lot of focus on womens rights but NONE on mens, not terribly equal now is it.  Every gender has problems, not just women.


I enjoyed this thoughtful piece Laureli and have experienced some of the same emotions when traveling & living in rural Alaska for the past fifty years.
   That ugly concept  racial & other prejudice - applies to & exists in different degrees in every human. As long as people are obviously different in skin color, languages, height, weight & other aspects - there will be innate prejudice to some degree. Some prejudices are subliminal & not recognized by any but their victims. The "brown" money changers probably had heard of counterfeit money foisted by locals, so you fit the description of local & your money was rejected.
    It is the duty of government & individuals to referee - to keep the degree of prejudice from exceeding acceptable civil limits. Tolerance must enter the equation to temper innate prejudices & keep them from becoming excessive.

Perfect absence of racism or prejudice will never be achieved. But we should work toward that as an idealistic goal.


"The longer this papacy continues the more I'm convinced that Benedict was booted merely for being too rigid in how he presented Catholic teaching. Francis was brought in not for a difference in his actual perspective from Benedict but to give the impression that there is the potential for change on certain matters.
Discussion makes liberals feel better, as they think they can debate away sin. Whereas Benedict would say, "No discussion," Francis says, "Let's look in to it." The outcome is/will be the same, but taking the ostensible rigidity out of it gives people hope and softens the outward appearance to the world.
This change in the doctrinal head will likely lead to no change at all."

Bingo !!!


“I am Marc Kasowitz, Pre(dis)ent Trump's personal lawyer."  AHHHH COVFEFE.


My Uncle Lucas recently got an awesome six-month old Mercedes S-Class S65 AMG only from working online
 +_+_+_+_+_+    http://www.factoryofincome.com


I worked at Horatio's/Kincaid's over 20 years ago and people would come in just for this salad!  I've had the recipe since and make it frequently - everyone loves it!


Maybe they could start by forcing companies to label where the product is made.  This "packaged by" is rubbish.


Silly person. She  should have just bought a protective  vest herself that covered her growing belly. She could have later sold it again to a beer-belly officer, so no expenses would have occurred.


The whole meeting thing must have been a set up from the get go which is why they were not
attacked until they got back to the vehicles.   The excuse given out by the Pentagon that they were not
expecting hostiles to be in the area so there was no backup security force and the slow air/rescue
response seems hard to understand.  First lesson is always be prepared for anything.  Second, never
place your security into the hands of others.  Basic stuff, really. Somebody messed up big time and
it cost both US and Niger troops in wounded and killed.  Guarans, ball bearings, some upper level
commanders are going to receive reprimands and maybe cashiered out.


The Snowflakes are really crying in their safe zone today. First step in he house to eliminate any history of the failed Obama legacy.


One thing I can assure you SJSJ5, is that you have no idea about what hoes on in the USA

There is no political overlap between Canada and the USA

The Democratic Party would be far to right for you, and I can assure you the republicans would assign you zero credibility in your posing as a conservative gun slinger

Now go back to enjoying your universal health insurance...


IRT Marauders_1959, the U.S. will not strike first.  If NK let's a ICBM fly over SK or Japan, it will probably get shot down this time.  Also, the U.S. has some 21 submarines in the Pacific (PH) with an average of 20 SCBM's per or some 420 SCBM's aimed at NK.  Then add the Aircraft Carriers and AF Bombers on alert.  NK would not exist as a Country in say 60 minutes.  Imua.


Yes, I focused on the difference between the Commission and the Tribunal - a difference you clearly didn't understand when you wrote your comment.  I'm happy if you now do.  Perhaps it has woken a desire to find out more true facts about how Human Rights adjudication operates in Ontario.

The Commission may blow its own horn about its "unique legal powers", but they no longer include any powers to adjudicate, quasi-judicially or otherwise.  It doesn't conduct hearings.  Period.

The concept of bias is entirely different when talking about prosecution instead of adjudication.  And by the way, when was the last time the OHRC "launched a prosecution before Courts and Tribunals"? I'm aware of none since the 2008 major revision of the Code.

Proceedings at the Tribunal are civil disputes between two parties, not prosecutions by the state.  Losing parties are not 'convicted' they simply lose. They are not fined, they have damages ordered against them.


Yes, 25 days until D Day; I can hear the bombs dropping now.


I should ask as well why President elect Trump has NOT asked to challenge any election results.    He's made the public accussation that millions of votes were cast fraudulently. (well at least a bigly amount)   It's President elect Trump who should be required to prove those accusations.

I'm fine with a full investigation of election fraud, let the chips fall where they may.   If some one has proof of polling day fraud, please show your evidence.


I agree on the drugged part but that puts in question kids that are on steroids for health reasons, should we automatically disqualify them from competition too? Should we task the adults to make better decisions instead of broad stroking everything? Life is complicated and sometimes exceptions need to be made, he should have been allowed to wrestle the boys from the start. That would have been fair to girls and him.


HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA....Now that is the most desperate smear on the (white) male I have ever seen. As I have stated before ICON - Hogwash (slimy, filthy and stinky).


Beautifully written.  Thanks.


What I care about is not normalising the notion that a woman's face is "immodest" and should not be seen in public, that women should not interact with unrelated males, etc.

Frankly I am more worried about what this says about the Left, than Muslims themselves. I see that you are ready to throw women under the bus to protect your relations with the bros.

If that makes me "non-inclusive", so be it.

I've experienced not feeling welcome walking around in a city, being harassed and stared at, despite being "modestly" dressed, because other women were invisible and only tolerated if totally covered and accompanied.

Have you ever experienced anything like that?


hey lunatic oil is in demand and rising such around the world, its not being replaced by anything soon, get over it, good that the usa has a leader that will keep his economy strong as investors flock there seeing no nutter regulations, taxes etc for this carbon tax bs,, while canada like others fall so far behind with economies that will suffer being so much less competitive.  you are living with stupider...


I've read the email chain in NYT. It really is a "nothing burger"..


Trump is the biggest waste of time for all Americans. It would be nice to just turn him off!


...and to reinstate torture (breaking the Geneva Conventions), threaten to jail a political opponent, oppress people on the basis of religion (Muslims and possibly Jews), deny life-threatening human caused climate change and increase the production and consumption of coal and oil, threaten the press with retaliation. Yes...he's the most dangerous president in our history. He can destroy everything. He doesn't care or know about the constitution except the 2nd amendment. Keep your heads down...


20 years ago, when I was still a prosecutor whose duties included handling immigration cases, I took an afternoon off and went to Duke Divinity School's library to pore through recent and archived issues of America Magazine, hoping to get a better grip on the Church's stance on illegal immigration.  I have a love-hate thing with the Jesuits, but I usually look to them first for advice on moral matters.  (Yes, Neko, I did go to Jesuit.)  This time their advice was unusually important --- I'm Catholic first, American second.  No real luck finding the right article.

20 years later comes this great piece in America Magazine titled: "I am Catholic—and I don't know what I'm supposed to believe about immigration,"  America Magazine.  See: https://www.americamagazine.org/politics-society/2017/09/12/i-am-catholic-and-i-dont-know-what-im-supposed-believe-about

It still doesn't answer the questions, but it does pose the right ones, and that's a step closer to the truth.


contrary to author's opinion - here are a couple of other points of view - and nice work at the buck passing Ibbitson - never a red's fault is it
http://www.torontosun.com/2017/07/06/under-islamic-beliefs-omar-khadr-was-no-child
http://nationalpost.com/opinion/howard-anglin-trudeau-is-making-omar-khadr-rich-and-he-still-hasnt-told-us-why/wcm/fad82c8c-2a8a-4bb3-a0eb-d0ed5475d784


You seem to be very angry. Perhaps you should take a break and go outside for a breath of fresh air.  Step away from the computer and the ridiculous fringe teachings expounded by some members of the Catholic Church.


Sanctimonious politician outed as a creeper? Another day ending with the letter "y".


I did not read any racist or bigoted comments by the protesters . Any religion that has to pray 3 times a day can do it after school on their own time.


He should withdraw to oblivion, then.


You mean like in Finland?  Sweden?  Australia?  Where shootings are almost unheard of?  Also, is this the same Bill Williams who called me "retarded" in a thread, and then apparently deleted the comment?  Sounds like someone can't defend their position...


CNN polled 529 registered voters. Yea that's a real representative sampling of the 100 million that watched the debate. It's closer to the number of people that watch CNN at any given time.  http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/27/politics/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-debate-poll/


The article quotes the Diocese as saying: "The main issue centers around scandal and confusion (...confusing or weakening people regarding the teachings of the Catholic Church in regards to sacred doctrine and the natural law)..."  The Diocese wanted to send the instructions to priests confidentially.   Interesting.  Apparently the best way to avoid confusion among the people is to keep the poor lambs in the dark as to what the teachings are.  I wonder whether this means that the LGBT people in Madison are on double secret probation.  [For those of you too young to understand this reference, see the movie Animal House.]  Of course, this is not an official policy...it's more of a guideline than a rule, but it does conform with the mind of the Bishop.  No confusion there.  But, a lot of Catholics aren't really confused.  They just think a lot of what the Church teaches on sex is wrong.  In this case it is also hurtful.


What about the bottom 50%? They pay nothing.


The only thing Trump needs to know is I didn't vote for the orange clown. Anything else should be off limits.


RUSSIAAAAA!!!!!


The thing about this rail you are promoting is that it will burden the generation of today and tomorrow with an additional subsidy for the operation and maintenance of rail.
It need not be so.
There is an alternative to having generation after generation of taxpayers to pay for rail: Redesign the rail project for buses to run on the elevated guide-way instead of trains.
The mayor,  governor,  city DTS as well as the state DOT- all need to actually witness what miracles cities in the mainland have accomplished in relieving tax congestion.


"before any of were alive" should read as "before any of us were alive"


I can just see Mr Rosenberg warming up in the bullpen (oops;bear pen)
Shades of "Casey at the Bat";

"Come on 2017...I am gonna nail  this US market forecast....right out of the park !"


It started in July of last year so probably Manafort or the like spoke to a Russian spy and got the ball rolling.  Voter rolls were attacked in 39 states and the NSA has info that voting machines were accessed. VR Solutions is the company.  That's independent of wikileaks, DNC hack, bots, fake news spreading, etc.


Here's a video of the parade, condensed to 26 minutes, in up to 1440p
https://youtu.be/TbWIuZUNIkM


Kindly identify a denizen of "the left" who claimed that Sandy Hook was a hoax.


The way they wrote the rules,  would be surprised if they don't get paid extra for breaking the laws that others must abide.


Cops can't and won't do anything? Then what are the sirens you're hearing? Why not join apd and see how much they're doing? Brush up on spelling though, it's "wearing" not "waring."


The author line failed to reveal the original source of this column:  The Washington Post.  The ADN posting looks like a direct to ADN letter or essay.  The fact is this column was distributed throughout the nation through the Washington Post connections.  A carefully contrived, insidious creation by the patriarch of a family determined to destroy the Constitutional Republic and all human and civil rights contained therein.  First on the agenda was support of the Trump tax gifts to his fellow billionaires, i.e., Koch family, etc.  Couched in soft tones well edited by professional wordsmiths, the entire essay is a pack of lies.  The Koch family and their Oil Monopoly billionaires have hijacked the entire electoral system of the country, one state legislature at a time, through ALEC, the most traitorous organization ever created.  They gamed the election system in key states with Republican governors and legislatures denying voting rights. The worst family plaguing the nation in history.


Harper did this solely for PR. He was lowering scientific funding--for other than the oil sector--all the time. Prove me wrong.


Don't like football..???  Then don't watch...
That will free up some better players for my fantasy team...


Michael Bloomberg doesn't get Capitol Hill police or Secret Service protection.
He's a private citizen.


You folks always digress into your sovereignty fringe stuff. Totally off topic.
But, to answer your question, it was Kamehameha I that killed tens of thousands of his own people with guns and cannon in order to steal the Islands all for himself and his future heirs.
Prior to that each Island had its own Nation, run by their own chosen rulers.


Exedus...   no shortage of workers, just a shortage of workers who will work for minimum wage in high skill areas.   Simple facts bud..   I have been in the IT industry and I am in the construction industry.    Companies simply don't want to pay and they don't want to train.

We need more highly skilled TFW's to work at Tims, or Walmart.


If you ever want to remind yourself of the large number of racists in Canada, read the comments on an article about aboriginals.


Your take away was very different from mine. I say that they are quite qualified for the task at hand.

How many people are out in heavy bear country this type of year (hiking, hunting, picking berries, foraging for mushrooms, cutting wood, etc...)? How many real problems occur. How likely was this event to occur statistically speaking? What are the most likely challenges such a guide would encounter under normal circumstances?

They all look very well qualified to me. Your summary differs greatly from the bios. Many/most/all perhaps had extensive field time beyond your colorful characterizations..


I think it's unfortunate when people castigate an entire ethnic group due to the actions of a few deranged individuals. Hate and murderous intent not the exclusive province of any single community. Blacks as a whole are not responsible for the Dallas shootings anymore than whites are responsible for the Charleston church shootings. As Americans we should realize that we all share a common enemy: deranged individuals with easy access to weapons.


The SO registry has never made much sense to me. I need to know if a convicted SO lives nearby, but not a convicted arsonist, burglar, or murderer?


Clodwell is a shibai artist and an incompetent dude.  Ignore him


ya right, trump is already schooling the chicoms on reality with his stances


Does the NRA have any model legislation that would reduce gun homicides and mass killings of innocent Americans? It's time they and their lobbyist take the lead, because all ideas they hear are opposed. nothing gets better until they come up with policy that is supported. Members, congress, and the public must push this organization to demonstrate and support a better solution than the status quo.


The project was designed and planned to turn up service to the coastal Alaska communities at the same time as the terrestrial system along the Dalton Highway, but the company has additional subsea work to do this summer to complete the subsea system. There is a much shorter work window in the Alaskan waters, versus working on land.


Why publish you ask?  All one has to do is read all the many, many, many negative comments - - -  it's like feeding red meat to the lions.  Of course a
little red meat is well spent money for all the readership it delivers, and in the
news business, readership is everything.


My dream is that someday people will release the shackles of religious belief and instead, use logic and compassion when making choices such as how to treat each other, not books of fiction that demand killing of those who think differently.


Not to mention taking up valuable parking spaces at the airport.


If the incoming administration of Mr Trump is making good on a lot of his campaign issues, then would it not be prudent to wait and see if his pronouncements of eliminating the DOE at the Federal level, which will provide the States w/ the decisionmaking authority for their particular districts, as well as his support for school choice for parents negate any or all of the current efforts at "reform" or "improvement" that our juggernaut of an education system in Hawai'i is attempting?  Or will it be business as usual for one of the 16 states in the union that didn't agree w/ the recent election results?


I guess the pension plan in Kamchatka was enough to make anyone come back to Canada :)

I have heard our CPP is underfunded,depending on how you look at future contributions,projected ROI etc
As for the gov't employee's pensions....well we all will keep funding those directly through our taxes...indefinately.
I see a "Siege of the Bastille" as a future possibility...


RD, you are to be commended for your very skillful weaseling.  Peace and blessings to you.


Do you sincerely think you know anything about me? What a stupid response/question.


Once again you demonstrate what a daft deluded tool you are. For 2/3 of the school year Guy Lee principal blamed, me, the parent, until she could no longer lie her way out the situation, and had to admit the teacher was grossly incompetent. She confided "just cause" policy is so expensive to implement it would bankrupt their budget. Finally this horrid "teacher" was given 2 seconds to resign before just cause would be implemented. He opted to resign so he could go to another district and cheat some more children out of a basic education. Just cause was extorted by the unions, but now I am confusing you, a deluded tool, with facts.


I'd like to think people would care about another's decision to kill themselves, and that others would interfere with that action, regardless of whether or not they have the right to do it. I think you should have the right to choose when you die, but I don't think we should just abandon people who want to kill themselves. After all, we lose more soldiers to suicide as opposed to combat deaths these days.

Also, your second point is really tangential. A fetus and a human do not have the same agency. Couldn't your logic, which equates the two, be used against you? I.e., how do you know the fetus wants to live? How dare you try and infringe upon the rights of the fetus to die? The argument makes no sense, because early on in their development fetuses have no agency.


Inauguration audience numbers are irrelevant and have no bearing on anything. It's just a giant distraction from the Left who are still crying that Hillary lost.


Lets put the sneakiest, smarmiest weasel in charge of the Party.
-but Dunleavey is not available, sir.
Then lets use Babacock!


Perhaps you should peruse the wording of your current union contract. Legally you are employed for 12 months and additional pay for two months would be double-time or a bonus. Ironic that you want bonus bucks for taking a vacation, but not surprising.


Not smoke screens, fishing expeditions. The small ones get thrown back, the big ones passed on to Mueller.

And like Al Capone the initial purpose of the "investigation" will not be achieved. Manafort and perhaps some others will go down for tax evasion or something similar, but totally unrelated to Russia.

The media and Democrats will declare victory and do a celebration dance (on one knee in keeping with the latest fad).


Trump is so-easily played.


so Sher tell us if Trudeau or Chretien have "a PhD in Economics from Oxford" ??????


After muslim killer kills 6 in Quebec, slobbering leftist protesting zombies wobble in self doubt to handlers asking what to do next.

"We thought you said trump was evil" they say.
Handlers shuffle feet and navel gaze......
Trump looks more right every day mutters zombies
In  other news aid agencies increase ad campaign with funds from ponzie program dollars donated by last months suckers to capture more sympathy bucks.
Zombies shuffle home to government jobs on buses donated by labour unions

And you wonder why Trump won


Why does muck or anyone else think that I or anyone else cares what Muck thinks about anything?

The president's veto power? Totally irrelevant to my statement. Again.

The senate's filibuster rule? Totally irrelevant to my statement. Again

Low voter turnout in non-presidential election years doesn't necessarily reflect the public at large? Totally irrelevant to my statement. Again.

Most Americans realize Trump won't build a wall, etc., etc. Totally irrelevant to my statement. Again.

muckamuck? Totally irrelevant to any logical statement. Always.


Would.  If it were real. But it's not.


Great to read these thoughts about a remarkable man and scientist. Thanks for putting this together, Ned. I'm also hoping Neal Brown will get the attention he rightly deserves as well (hint- an article coming maybe?).


What is the point of denying reality?  Residents of Anchorage see what they see, read what they read, and know what they know.  As a subscriber to APD's Nixle alerts, I get several notifications every day of the APD's crime alerts, as a way of viewing the underbelly of the city in which I live.  It's an eye-opener.


I remember our department and our union members volunteering to give some (I specifically remember one year where we gave up $1 million) of our already tight budget to help out with the SAP problem. But no, keep blaming the unions for the problems that were brought on by the Mayor, makes total sense.


You couldn't make up a story like this.


Let's take a look at what he writes.

"Every week, about an hour's worth of pay is taken out of my paycheck to cover my mandatory union dues. If you only work 20 hours, since most service industry jobs are part time, dues can be a whole 5 percent of your paycheck..."

While paying dues is part and parcel of being in a Union in most cases the amount you pay is less and can even be far less than the increased wages and other benefits you receive.

"Basic economics says that setting a price floor on labor will price everyone unable to create $15 in value out of the market, leaving many low-skilled people, especially young workers, unable to find jobs."

History has proven this false.  When the minimum wage has gone up the economy improves because people have more money to spend.

Continued


Stop being ridiculous.
This is about what he did last year...


They'd be damned fools to want to take communion with this sect.


"Why are all these people grabbing the overripe tomatoes? No... not in here, please don't throw those in here! Who are you maniacs? 'Civil'? What? Alright you, what's your name? 'Latinas for Trump?' Well, I want to be sure to respect your gender self-identity and racial self-identity as we are a progressive store, but that confuses me! Everyone, no! Eggs must remain in the cartons!"


I see some issues with this entire protest.
Equality for what?
NFL players make more than 99% of white folk. Hardly a model to take seriously.
Also: the one unifying thing about football games was the national anthem. why mess that up?


The interim executive director appears to have a good head on his shoulder.  Let's all wish him well and a great experience in guiding HART toward its successful completion.


John Hufnagel is the president and GM of the Calgary Stampeders...... lol


Well then, our "president" is a "slut".


Yeap, send in the CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC, BBC, and the Voice of America, Radio Free Europe.
They will "tell us the truth", nothing  but the truth, so help them Allah.  ;)


Trump's remarks are valid. It is easy to see that the State police failed to keep the counter protesters away from the protesters. Elements of both sides came intent on violence.


Yes horrible
Every time drove's of whale watchers drive the hundred miles or so just to climb on a boat using more fossil fuel that adds to the ocean pollution just so they can become one with the whales
Shame on them
Who does the most damage several thousand whale watchers each driving their cars or a few fishing boats that are maybe allowed to fish for short periods each year


Toronto the city generates more tax revenues because people living outside of Toronto work and play in Toronto
Don't give credit only to people who live in Toronto


Crybaby Libs waaaaa. Waaaaa waaaa


the day after this attack, this same airfield was back in business with jets taking off and landing and bombing the same area they dumped the chemical weapons on.  so just what good did this strike do and what is the orange man's plan for all of this?


‘There are lots of 2nd and 3rd generation Muslims in Canada, as well as converts to the faith whose ancestors came to the country centuries ago.’ This would be less than a significant number. Islam is a newcomer to Canadian society.


Kurgan, the frightening thing is, no matter how hard you try to be a Burkite, you come nowhere near the scariness of the real ones on here.


You said above that the U.N. doesn't have a definition of "indigenous" peoples.  The U.N. in any case does not have any jurisdiction over Hawaii.  And, once again the vast majority have the same language, culture, and political system as everyone else here.
It is ironic that to the itemized test of what you say above constitutes what an "indigenous" group is fits exactly the Western European in the U.S. and Hawaii.  Language, Culture, Societal, Governmental etc. It appears that your definition fits them perfectly.  So, it appears the most "indigenous" folks here are the Westerners.


More to come. The UN is done like dinner if it ever was. The UN has been put on notice that the old game of singling out Israel for opprobrium out of proportion to any other country in the Middle East and elsewhere is quickly coming to an end.


As if Morneau has the faintest clue how hard it is to save for your own retirement with no pension. He is attacking people who have $1-3M in retirement savings as rich when he is worth 43M. Pathetic but typical. He inherited his dad’s business and married money - he has no clue what it is to earn your own money and try to get ahead despite our punitive taxes. I will campaign against the liberals and do whatever it takes to get rid of them. Business owner and related to farmers!


Sorry, I feel obligated to correct the record  Mr. Obama is white.  Or to be  more correct he is a mulatto.  Don't you remember he was raised by white grandparents in a white privilege world because his white mother died and his black womanizing father abandoned him.


It seems as though  the only party concerned about those abuses is the NDP. The Liberal Government is just being  subsumed by Communist China's industrial plan towards world domination? That's just pure speculation and has no basis in fact. China is not bent on screwing us to the tune of 46 billions in deficit now, just think about free trade with China and the 399 billions we default and are taken over by Chinese soldiers flown into Chinese camps in the Chinese state owned companies we allowed to buy our country. This must stop. We need to make our own consumer goods and reclaim our country from foreign ownship.


No dont dump Berkowitz he is close to opening a new homeless shelter for able bodied working age men!

I just hope it is housing first so I can spend my hard earned pan handled money on listerine and weed.


Yeah, we already get you typecast all motorists as bad people.  Before you levitate too high above your keyboard, can you please tell your friends to call out a warning, slow down and pass on the left on the bike path?  Your keystrokes and unsafe riding behaviors are not only dangerous, you fuel and breed right wing mindsets.  Don't assume Oregon will always be a blue state.  Thank you.


THANK you.  Read this after my post.


You sound as ignorant as the fake news media!


Far better that our law enforcement agencies participate and march to show those in society that think otherwise, that we are an accepting and inclusive country when it comes to the LGBTQ community.

We need our law makers (politicians) and our law enforcement there to demonstrate support.

Segregation and exclusion is not the answer.


Fake news begets fake views.


No it won't.


Platinum Spittoon:

I'm surprised you're surprised.  What did you expect?  If you re from Ontario, this is the sequel to the original movie.


I imagine Drumpf treats his personal security concerns like Mel Brooks' character did in Spaceballs. Probably has "password" as a password somewhere in the mix, is all I'm saying.


It all stands to reason that any of the individuals whose name appears in any existing document is going to try and position themselves in such a way as to minimise any personal harm that might flow from future possible civil or criminal action. This will happen even for those who are not currently implicated and who might even be blameless.  This what human beings do....they cover the proverbial. There is the added problem that in seeking to protect themselves some individual may expose others to harm or be caught out at a later date having perjured themselves even if only through their public utterances. Once you are part of a web of alleged malfeasance it is quite impossible to know how matters will resolve themselves and everything you say is fraught with risk even if you are innocent. Even the dangers of saying nothing are manifest

It is now imperative that KPMG (Local and international) open their files to those seeking justice.


Yes, thanks for your concern about this issue, it's good to know that people like you care enough to respond, have a great day, say a prayer for Casey "d cell" Porter.


"Hirono didn’t have many specific answers but promised to maintain the fight for core Democratic party beliefs. "
“We have ICE agents knocking on doors tearing families apart,” Hirono said. “I will raise my voice about targeting minorities for discrimination … I hate that term ‘rounded up,’ like they are not human beings.”

What?!?  Where is this all happening Ms Hirono?  Ms Downey, CB should give you more column space so that your article could continue with, "But when asked for specific information to support her assetions, the senator said........."


"p.s. STOP ASKING ME TO RATE COMMENTS, especially comments I have NO INTEREST IN"

Agreed.  It's a stupid requirement that most will accommodate by approving everything.


Cassandra, are your liberal Bosses paying you to work over Christmas?


Are abortionists considered infidels?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado_Springs_Planned_Parenthood_shooting


It's all situational and indefensibly anecdotal based on your whims at the moment. The McDougals have found a way to profit from a patch of land that you and others have deemed untouchable. They'll probably do it again, and everyone in your leftist camp will respond accordingly. It's a position devoid of value. It's priceless that you believe otherwise.
You don't scratch below the surface concerning those whose business practices you respect because that would involve thought and effort. To your credit, you've been remarkably consistent on that score.


You're not looking very hard.  And, btw, a "horror show" is when a citizen cannot get their basic as well as critical health care provided with their own tax dollars.  When I was visiting in the States two gynocologists (one of whom charged me $200 to open a new file because I was just visiting and she hadn't seen me before) were unable to diagnose the very common condition of menopause.  On my first trip back to Toronto, my endocrinologist ran a blood test when I suggested I might be in menopause, et voila, the diagnosis was confirmed.  The American health care system is still a bit of a horror show, but at least now many more (millions more) Americans have access to health care than before the Affordable Care Act.  Once they duplicate the Canadian single-payer system and sweep the insurance companies out of the picture, Americans will begin to experience what high-quality health care is.


I agree with Mr. Roberts.   Appointments like these are not sinecures; nor should they be.  Adding more legislative involvement in the selection process would not be an improvement.  The legislature's recent inability to properly monitor the Oregon Obamacare sign-up debacle or to have any impact on  the disaster at DHS in children's  foster care clearly demonstrates its incapacity to do much of anything.


the liberal anti-growth, pro-poverty strategy is working!


he said= I agree that we Canadians can't agree on anything
Here's something for you Anglo Canadians and see the reaction of it;

…did you know that one about the “British Invaders” in Canada???
Warren A. Perrin, an Attorney in Lafayette, Louisiana, USA,
(noted not a Péquiste, not a Kay-Beck-Kwa, not even a Canadian) threatened TO SUE Elizabeth II as Queen in Right of the United Kingdom, if the British government refused to acknowledge the ILLEGALITY of the « Grand Dérangement » of Acadian people.
(Got it Anglo Canada ?...the “ILLEGALITY”, oui ?)

Perrin persuaded Queen Elizabeth II, in her capacity as Queen of Canada (?),
to issue a royal proclamation acknowledging the historical fact of the « Great Upheaval » and consequent suffering experienced by the Acadian people. The document itself was signed in 2003 by Adrienne Clarkson, then Governor General of Canada.
(PS see the document on Google= Royal Proclamation 2003)


This week there’s a column to spare
So Denise weighs in on day care.
But there’s not enough space
For her to whinge about race
An occurrence exceedingly rare

For a censor the limerick's uncivil
When I wrote about this awful drivel.
Let’s try this one for size,
And see how many cries
Cause that gnome to come out and snivel.


No Tomas, it was the 'hermeneutic of continuity'.

Honest!


they don't take into account that extreme emotional distress the driver experiences , right or wrong. it's a lifetime burden. i'm glad you bring it up each time as it should be brought out as part of the story - it IS part of the story.


Do you want your streets plowed or your police department stopped from having sex with prostitutes?  You can't have both unless we raise more income through taxes.


You would be unable to cite sources for the"illegality" of the settlements, as there are none. The settlements are built on disputed lands no doubt, but lands that no "Palestinian" country or sovereign political entity has ever had title to.

Israel has every right to construct settlements on "disputed" lands, until such time as title can be proved to be held by another sovereign entity. The court of public opinion, led by 180 countries that have routinely demonstrated an overwhelming anti-Israel bias, has no standing in this matter, except to those that share that bias.


A 12 year return on investment?  That's not very good.  There are plenty of alternatives out there with much better returns.


"There are no other words....."
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Actually there are: abhorrent, repugnant, repulsive, detestable, disgusting, insane, hateful, objectionable, crazy ... among others!


Jesus's words are more precious than gold, because they tell us how to live a life in full among our neighbors. His words are poetry in their beauty. I'm sorry your mind is closed to that beauty and truth.


Put a alcohol breathalyzer on the door lock on the $300,000 plus bennies "free" condo. Wanna be homeless for the night because you cannot enter the home others were forced to give you due to you drinking?


You're craving chicken mcnuggets and they shoot you down.


Here's a solution: cut the number and salaries of school administrators by at least 1/3 and put the money in the classrooms.


Good job. Bravo. You have managed to bring pot into a conversation on an article where it wasn't mentioned once. You have taken the first steps in politicizing a poor, wonderful woman's death hoping it can be used to push your personal politics. Maybe you missed your calling if you aren't already in politics. Maybe you support legalizing pot, maybe you don't. Either way, what you have tried to do here is deplorable.


I've seen her.


Did you forget that hill landed under sniper fire?


Motley, is it possible?  Hard to say, but it's a worthy goal, and I only know we won't achieve it if we don't try.


he is 65 - retire on a full pension and leave the judiciary to judges that are knowledgeable about law and have personal ethics that are broad.


Sorry, AK907, that's my real name.  What's Your's?


Don't waste your time.  Trump can do no wrong, simply because he isn't Hillary or Obama (even if it's illegal....and yes, he admitted it).


Trump wasn't exactly wrong with his initial statements.  The tiki torch wielding alt-right idiots, their counter protesters and various militias showed up armed and ready for conflict.

However, any HS class-president could have crafted a better statement.  Trump simply spews whatever is currently rattling around in his melon, no matter how delicate or nuanced the situation.  He issued catastrophically dumb statements on North Korea, Venezuela and Charlottesville just in the last week, all of which worsened the situation.

This is a dangerous and irresponsible trait in our POTUS.  Impeach this Trump before he does more damage.


Re: "Hawkes had made alcohol available to his guests"

Testimony in the trial says they brought their own alcohol. And they drank excessively - that they were "blind drunk" was their own admission.

I saw ZERO 'vilification' of the "victim" - not from the judge, not from the public, and not in the press. Quite the opposite, in fact.


Wow.  So even trump's vacations are Obama's fault?


As I've stated in another comment below, immigration policy is by nature "exclusionary". The government decides who gets in and who doesn't. Most applicants are "excluded".

So Bob, what is your answer? Open borders for all?


If you read all of Jones comments, he said himself that he was on her show and they had no problem on the show.  The show is not the point. He did, however, have a big problem with her making false allegations about him After the show


The MSM will come up with any excuses to criticize the Tory's.


While I am glad to see that someone is realizing that no election has only two sides to it, the article is still an oversimplification.  Loathsome as some of his rhetoric is, Trump is not the neo-fascist that Le Pen is; similarly, the Brexit vote was more about economics than it was about xenophobia.

And I believe the warning at the end is somewhat alarmist.  The so-called wave of populism has already crested in my opinion -- neither Wilders not Le Pen did as well as some feared -- and Trump has a lower approval rating than any president in modern history.

It appears that even staunch anti-globalists are beginning to see that the far right pill may be too bitter to swallow, since the economic protectionism is almost invariably accompanied by xenophobic attitudes and fiscal policy intended to benefit the rich.


Some already think the governor's office is higher than a kite... But that's another article.


my best friend’s aunt makes $74 /hour on the computer . She has been laid off for 5 months but last month her paycheck was $16800 just working on the computer for a few hours. go to website……… http://www.nypost55.com


Out of one bln of Muslims, 500 mln support sharia and 50 mln, Islamic terrorism.


Nope. He was Palin's lap dog.


The question you have to ask is why wouldn't he do everything possible to avoid public scrutiny since it was clear that at some point he would be asked about his finances.You would think that someone in his position, would have a reasonable idea of what would be expected of him when he became Finance Minister. There are any number of people who post on these forums and regardless of their political bent, who know what should be done if you are going to serve as a cabinet minister. Why wouldn't he know ? The simplest thing to do would have been to find out the bare minimum and then go way beyond that, and avoid all problems. Morneau was head of a major financial enterprise, surely he could have figured that out, but apparently not.


Are these 18 "interim" jets really "refurbished"?  I am all for a deal, however the "refurbished" deal we made for 4 submarines some time ago, has left me exposed to becoming cynical.  Sigh...


The GoFundMe account is 20%  of reaching their goal of raising $50,000.

I hope the DC and Baltimore area newspapers run this story, that will really jack-up the contribution rate!


A scolding on Twitter. That will teach North Korea not to mess with us.


The problem is how to fairly accomplish something like this without it being onerous.

What tax rate do you use, how do you collect and distribute the taxes?

It sounds like there are ways to do it...until you have a company in NJ selling to someone in CO and NJ and CO both want a share of the tax.  Then you find that the tax in Colorado is a bear to calculate anyway. What tax rate do you use for Denver to NJ vs Aurora to NJ and who gets what. Then you have all the tax licensing.  Does a company in NJ have to do the paper work and pay a fee to collect tax for Denver?  Then you have the auditing.  Denver audits sales taxes all the time.  Now they are going to have a lot more work to do.  I only really know Colorado, we've made a mess of sales tax calculation and collection.  I would assume we aren't alone in that.

We could do it with a national sales tax at a set rate that divides between fed and the 2 states involved.


You say that this column stinks.
A fair enough comment methinks.
It’s about as satiric
As a funereal lyric
And as funny as the face on the Sphinx.


That’s it jerk, glorify the lowest elements of our society, the gang culture. I hope you’re using that $135 million of your net worth to change your black culture for the better and to end the drug/gang/fatherless families that it appears to do nothing itself to cure other than whine “poor me”


India, China, and Indonesia for starters.


Northrim Bank was a huge supporter of SB 21.  Northrim Bank financed the Goldsmith report that never even considered a low oil price scenario.  Northrim Bank is beholden to the oily coalition, formerly known as the Corrupt Bastards Club, as much as Mike Chenault or Peter Micciche.  Northrim Bank wants your permanent fund.  Business as usual while we pay to pump the last 3.5 billion barrels of easy lift oil. $7.5 billion dollars worth of oil leaving leaving our state this year and our general fund pays the oil companies.  This is not stupid,  this is insane.  We are pumping Alaska dry and paying to do it.


A lot of lasting pain, harm, tears, agony and sleepless nights derive from orders from those self-assured that they are doing God's work---and you're not! They can sleep at night, convinced that they play by the rules, a very low bar they can hurdle and think they are morally victorious.

A "clerical cult of clarity" excuses--even lauds--any directive that erases the dreaded evils of confusion and nuance. Followers of this sect condemn Pope Francis's alleged ambiguity, claiming "The Joy of Loving" should be a codified rule book.

Denial of a funeral for a child of God?  Small price to pay for clarity.

Assuring agony by family, friends, colleagues, and others? Small price to pay for victory over ambiguity.

When we worship clarity and claim charity is trendy, we surrender to "the lawyers" who think they compose the admissions committee to heaven.


Jade: you get a free beer, or iced tea or whatever as well.....it's time we all got together and solved the world's problems.....it'll likely take at least two hours.... Gary Crum


She was dead before accident.


It seems to be working fine for the special shareholders whose shares are guaranteed  to show a profit ,


That's where your knowledge falls short. It is not trespassing to float on a public waterway. If you actually read this article it gives you enough information for you to fact check what so many of us already know, which is that this is a public waterway, open to any member of the public.

Are you really calling the writer "entitled?"

Pause to refect who is exhibiting an attitude of entitlement.

Hint: It's you.


Where are merit and ability in all this ostensibly praiseworthy diversity? And quite apart from merit, do we have enough positions in even the largest of our universities and corporations to represent all the non-male, non-white human beings in Canada? Can inclusiveness include everyone this side of the grave? Where will the diverseness of the diversity end? Or perhaps it will have no end ....

Remember those lamentable Depression-era signs, "No Irish need apply"? Ms Wente is right: through the best of good intentions, we are circling right back into some of the worst abuses of the past. There were many talented and ingenious Irish who were denied work in the 1930s, simply because they were Irish. In our zeal to be "fair" today, let's not forget their counterparts of today.  Otherwise the collective "outcome" for Canada may not be what we might have hoped for. Keep merit firmly in the mix, otherwise through "goodness" we risk sliding into absurdity.


Apparently non-Mexican illegal immigrants are coming in from other countries and states, Rinehart?  Too funny that you're blaming President Obama.  LOL


Republicans are guilty of the Patriot act, secret evidence, killing without trial, tapping phones and emails, etc etc.  Blame Obama for not stopping it, but Republicans made those laws, do not forget this.


.

 If the cooled liquid is released in a spill during transport it will warm. As LNG warms the liquid begins to vaporize.

The gas produced by this warming is typically methane.

If a spill occurs and the vapor does not ignite, it would build to higher concentrations.

At higher concentrations, vaporized methane will cause an asphyxiation hazard to anyone exposed.

If a spill or leak followed by a vaporization event were to occur in or near water, then water in contact with the spilled LNG can accelerate the vaporization process and increase the concentration of vapor in the immediate area.

Also, if water is involved, a BLEVE andor an RPT is possible, those are industry euphemisms for explosions.

Of course, in a train wreck, think metal on metal, sparks are likely.  Ignition sources will lead to an explosion and likely fire, which will lead back to the source.

And liquid methane can cause cryogenic burns.

Yeppers, perfectly safe.  What could possibly go wrong?


Exactly and when Caesar's way is in opposition to the laws and precepts of God I am obligated to stand against that law.


These are the types of proclamations that make online debate pointless. You jumped to a conclusion you most likely don't even truly believe, just to have your "gotcha" moment. Congrats on killing an opportunity to discuss something we all agreed is an issue.


Extension moved to the Grant Street location after the last ballot measure failed and many staff had been let go. Extension had operated on Lane County property for many years on 13th Avenue adjacent to the fairgrounds.


I'm  delighted for the team and the communities it represents.  Living in Colorado, I watched the game on the PAC 12 network and was deeply impressed with the quality of play on both sides.  This is a sport that in so many ways  is congenial with a healthy university - unlike some other behemoths that have totally abandoned the spirit of their more modest roots.  GO DUCK WOMEN!!!


My dear WALTAH!  Welcome to the conversation.  OHA really need a top notch community planner, who can help us  to articulate our vision, of " Aloha Aina"
Remember the "many eyes of the Aina.".  We need to write the Mo'olelo for this calling of our generation to step forward.


Tax relief should include commercial real estate.


PS:. Create jobs, build affordable housing, provide the education, job training, and opportunities for employment...BUILD and DIVERSiFY our economic base.  Tourism and military only?  I guess we did all of that, didn't we....Amen?


The whole article is a rant against "white people" who don't "recognize" they are the scum of the earth, and need to grovel in apology for it, or else be labelled racists.


Politics of division by our failed PM , following playbook of Obama Canada charter of rights and freedom is based on democratic principles or equality and freedom of religion , speech , et al No one religion or group can be singled out as entitled and outside the the charter and above all others Govt should be bringing us togather not dividing us as this motion does ! But then again we are talking Lieberals


Trump picks up the nuclear "Football"  tomorrow at 9:00 am Oregon time.  He is then in control of 4,000 US nuclear weapons.  You had better hope that he is not really an 'idiot'.


EXACTLY!, You are in charge.


Just remember to work hard boots, millions of illegals on welfare are depending on you!


One pair with specifically and highly trained gun handlers with more than adequate caliber rifle as opposed to most woods travelers.  Bear wounds from untrained and inadequately armed humans put all others at risk.  Bear spray is a proven survival defense for the inadequately or unarmed woods travelers and hospital is preferred to death.


Deceptive is YOUR claim re: premium increases "...(due to a significant degree to the instability that Trump has introduced into the system)..."
HHS announced the price increases before Trump was elected...On Oct.24,2016 when the world thought Sec. Clinton was about to be crowned. Subsidy or not, premiums rose. Significantly.


You are an insensitive jerk


We can both agree that it is all about what you like and do not like. You don't like the teaching against artificial birth control but you do like a triune God. Voila! One is rejected, one is endorsed.

To that we can add an extreme tendency towards name-calling.

The author of "You were as self-righteous, insulting, pompous and ignorant there as you show yourself to be here." has zero standing for impugning anyone else’s civility.

You sow what you reap now as you did then.


Back to Lane Community College in 90 days!

He will have "Paid His Debt To Society" and should be back instructing young women in English Composition this Fall.


So, standing for the National Anthem is ignorant?  What's ignorant are people who don't stand and write such comments.


Yeah, and don't bite the hand that stole your land and way of life.


I say just let Obama Care collapse on itself. It is not fixable. Schumer was trying to blame the Republicans for this fiasco when ot one Rep voted for the monstrosity./


That might be a problem in the current political atmosphere.  The democrats have so pounded Black Americans with the notion that every white person is a racist that any reconciliation is almost hopeless.


Looks like Soro's digital army is on full attack putting out anti Trump garbage.  Most have an IQ of somewhere around dull normal. Hundreds of websites with thousands of paid Soro's hacks trying to influence the election.  The thing is it won't do any good, if Hillary wins and it looks like she won't, she will be impeached by the day she takes the oath.  Let alone the possible years of investigations ending with her and her henchmen in prison.


I dont bother - coffee not good and food is crap - rather go to independents now. No more Tim's - weak brand.  Try toasting the english muffins - that would be a start.


IMO the SCC decision in Jordan should be left untouched (at least for the time being).  Unless governments have their feet held to the fire, they will continue the culture of complacency and underfunding the criminal justice system that create the delays.

The underlying principle is simple and it should  be bedrock in everyone's mind:  if the Crown can't bring every charged person to trial within a reasonable time, it shouldn't charge in the first place.  It has absolutely no right or justification to hang a criminal charge over someone's head indefinitely.


J:  There was no mention of implementing a sales tax in his speech.


Because your two month fetus doesn't have a functioning brain. Your two year old child does.


Joanna777, It's good to see someone else is aware of Prescott Bush and his involvement in the coup against FDR. Also concerning, is his involvement with Fritz Thyssen and the Union Bank and the Hamburg American Shipping Line, then become a senator. Even more interesting is that his son, and grandson would become presidents of the United States.


I believe that the phrase really started with Saddam Hussein saying "Mother of all Battles"  before the Gulf War started.


No, you never said, "Let the courts decide."  Your first post stated it was the aggressive left again, based on speculation.  And, let's consider:

1.  The reporter never raised his voice.  Audio evidence.
2.  The Republican struck first.
3.  The eyewitness from Fox said the reporter did not act aggressively as the Republican's people stated.

Your stretch is much bigger than mine.


The "narrative" on health care? Who cares about "narratives"? We're talking about access to health care for tens of millions of working Americans. The majority of Americans are capable of thinking for ourselves -- not hiding behind twisted logic about "narratives."
The GOP's attempt to destroy access to health care may be okay for you. You're covered somehow. How fortunate you are. The rest of us are fighting for an improvement to health care access and lower costs. Obamacare is only the start and it needs to be improved.
We're working with facts, not "narratives."
And it's not about "the media." It's about working people fighting for access to health care.
Finally, if the Senate legislation that seeks to destroy basic standards for health insurance is so good, why is Sen. Gardner slinking around Meeker? We have a million people here in Denver, why not hear their concerns? Because he's running scared, having put in his lot with the Swamp people in the GOP Senate.


He might as well cite supporting evidence from Sarah Kendzior.
There hasn't been a locally written article that hasn't gloated about the disaster in the U.S. It's a waste of time and space to make an argument that that's not the case.
My post belongs in an editorial if this was a 'normal' newspaper.
Every article and most of the posts just drip with smug satisfaction at what's happening in Texas.
And as I wrote, there is no way on the face of the earth that Canada would want these article to appear in an American newspaper.
Who do you think you're kidding?


Totally incompetent, our bureaucrats have no excuses and they really don't give a crap!


"This question should have been decided in the general election, when more people vote, not in the primary."  Or, you know, people can pay attention and vote in all elections.


Where did you get the math for "Scientists believe coral is damaged when oxybenzone exceeds a concentration of 62 parts per trillion, which is roughly equivalent to one drop of water in 6.5 Olympic-sized swimming pools." According to the real study found at the link below it says that damage was made to coral at 0.062 µg/L at the lower limit... That is 62000 ppt and 62 ppb. Can you guys please recheck the math? I've seen this stat in many publications and I'm concerned it's not correct... http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00244-015-0227-7


Easy does it.

Glenn Oshiro wasn't making this up on his own, he was satirizing the president-elect's choice of locker room banter.  If Glenn Oshiro's post makes you uneasy, please address complaints to the president-elect, but don't label Glenn Oshiro uncivil and then cavil at his comment's longevity.

That said, I appreciate CB's effort to make a space for civil discourse.  In my opinion, the discourse in the CB comments section is sufficiently civil as it stands.   I don't think it is broken, so please don't try to fix it.

Finally, please let Ken Conklin out of time-out so we can learn more about his revisionist history of Hawaii nei.   I disagree with most everything he writes, but I respect his wanting to write it, and would be happy if CB were the place I could go to find out what he's up to.


A man of principle. It must be sickening to see destroyed essential safeguards to try to prevent another 2008 event.


"I'm saying the 'message' for guns sales are wrapped in the flag. It has nothing to do with the reality that millions of patriotic families do not own guns. It's an emotional pull using patriotism that has nothing to do with patriotism in reality. Millions of patriotic household do not have guns, and millions of gun owners are far from patriotic."
In thumbing through a recent edition of American Rifleman, an NRA publication, I don't see much "flag draping." I have read some rare opinions that every patriotic American should own a firearm but not as often as I read opinions that say American patriots should give up all of their guns. (Ward 1 in Springfield comes immediately to mind.)
As to feeling safe, that's not as relevant as being safe. Things as benign as clothing, jewelry, and hair have been known to cause injury and death.
It's true that some firearms ads address situations wherein one might need a firearm. Are they fear mongering, simply saying be prepared, or a bit of both?


Well, the next logical step should be to make all crime involving guns, maximally punishable.  In the US there are still states that carry out capital punishment.  In SAfrica, however, judicial punishment is viewed as 'corrective', irrespective the crime, so - no solution.


I'm not a Trump supporter, but I think there is a principled argument that the concept of a special prosecutor is unconstitutional if the special prosecutor is not ultimately responsible to the President. That is because the special prosecutor is exercising Federal power which is created by Article II of the Constitution, and Article II expressly provides that executive power is vested in the President.


You'll hear about it tomorrow morning .   And your number three on the list fella .  I won't allow your comments to appear any more. The only free speech I'm going to allow is speech I agree with . That's why people buy newspapers .


It's bit rich to be bitching about how the pie turned out when you sold them the ingredients; Kenney and his ilk created the climate in which the alt-right thrives. He's a vindictive little man who -- when push comes to shove -- doesn't even have the courage of his convictions.


The government hopes to bring rates of cannabis use down with legalization. I think I've entered the twilight zone.


This is quite possibly the best piece of trolling I've ever read. Bravo, Mr. Trost.


What exactly does he do for that much money?  I hope he stands on his head and poops gold bars.


I warned the dimwitted BC Liberals about this threat to Victoria and other cities in BC and now it's coming true.  It's time to get rid of the BC Liberals in the next election.