In all my 46 years of living in or around the Federal Way area, has it ever been this bad and it seems to only be getting worse.  What is wrong with people these days.  We are suppose to better our communities, not destroy them.  Pan handlers on our corners, homeless people making camps in the woods, and the shootings.  Why don't they just get a job and become good members to society, instead of riecking havoc everywhere.  I used to think bringing my son up in this community was where i wanted to,  Now I'm not so sure anymore and it's sad.


They aren't "public safety officers" any more. They're sworn police officers. They're just not allowed to have a gun on their body due to laws regarding campuses.

One of my friends is one and said students are shocked when they get combative and then find themselves in handcuffs.


So has Trump.  You accept one but not the others renouncement .  You know what they call that?  Its called double standards.  And Trump was NEVER a member of the KKK like  Democrat Sen.  Byrd and many other democrats were.


Not true, Jimbob.  All foster children under the age of 5 are adopted out within the first year that they're taken into custody.  Visit the OCS statistical website and you'll see for yourself.  Every year Alaska OCS, on average, adopts out 300 children and they receive approximately $1.5 million in adoption subsidies from the federal government under the Fostering Connections Adoptions Act, which was passed by Congress in 2008.


Yep. I was there.


Re: "I prefer every gun owner be mandated to buy comprehensive insurance"

The insurance issue has been looked at and the problem is insurance companies will only cover accidents and most gun injuries are intentional. Also, insurance underwriters won't write insurance policies for criminal acts, see doing that is evidence of priori knowledge of a crime making the insurance underwriter an accessory to that crime.


The enticement of higher prices will be too much for many of the third world producers.  And the Americans will be happily back on their horses with fracking viable at $50.


Don't bother. The GOP has the low information public thinking that Obama pushed the country into a recession, not Bush. The right absolutely refuses to take any responsibility whatsoever, including for getting an education so that they can actually understand the issues, instead of, for example, making comparisons between personal finances and macroeconomics.


If the federal government taxed property tax at a very high level, but then said that 100% of the federal property tax rate was deductible from federal tax, anyone who is paying federal tax, would not pay anything. But those who own, or live in multi-million dollar homes, and are foreign buyers or tax evaders, would finally start paying substantial amounts to this economy. If you own a multi million dollar property and aren't paying federal taxes, somehow you are skirting the system, and must be forced to pay! Unless of course, you are retired.


Thanks for specifying passages.  I see what you mean about lightening sentences but two issues: One it is manufacture not distribution/dealing and it is a reduction of minimums and maximums rather than, as you originally put it, a broad "not putting dangerous criminals in jail."  There are some circumstances, such as the zero to two year sentence for class b or c felony being suspended.  However, it should be noted that it is only for first time offenders.  Second offenders of both c and b felonies are sentenced to a minimum of one or two years respectively.  Also for Sec. 91 and 92 while they lower minimum sentences they do not provide for any new avenues of avoiding jail time altogether.


This is your (our) fault. Everyman has exactly the government he deserves. In our case, we elect them. In every case, when we refuse to drive them into the sea at point of bayonet, it is our fault they continue to screw us over.


Since the topic is the reformed procedures for seeking declarations of marriage nullity, what "balanced view" would you envision?

 Amoris Laetitia won't be a topic relevant to the discussion, despite the fact that the author of the article managed to drag in that, the dubia, Archbishop Cordileone, and the Knights of Malta.

Apparently he stopped there because of space limitations.

Raymond Cardinal Burke is a canon law expert and these are professionals not prone to overheated rhetoric and cases of the vapors.


Good thing our POTUS is guarding us against those rotten NFL traitors!  Much more important than all that small stuff like, y'know: the economy, healthcare, nuclear war, Russian aggression, etc.  /s

MAGA!


The attacks in late Aug. by a small group of Rohingya insurgents are understandable given their abuse over several generations by their own government.

The government has the right to respond to these attacks, by pursuing the perpetrators and bringing them to justice. Which they did - the attackers were killed. THERE IS NO JUSTIFICATION FOR THE COLLECTIVE PUNISHMENT OF AN ENTIRE COMMUNITY. And *that* is what the government of Myanmar is doing. They've been persecuting the Rohingya since the 70s and are now using the Aug. 2017 attacks as an excuse to conduct what the UN has classified as ethnic cleansing:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/11/un-myanmars-treatment-of-rohingya-textbook-example-of-ethnic-cleansing

So I'm sorry, 'DMOnt1', but YOU ARE DEAD WRONG. There are no 'aggressors on both sides' as you stated - the Myanmar army & Buddhist mobs are the aggressors, the Rohingya are their victims, and have been their victims for almost half a century now!


Maybe it's just my computer, but I can't find any way to "submit" the feedback once the form is filled out.  I've tried in both IE and Chrome, neither of them have a button to send the feedback.


Teachers don't like Standardized tests
because if the students flunk
it reflects on them and they may get in trouble
-
abolishing standardized tests
is pushed by teachers
as it makes life easier for them
diminishes accountability


That basket of deplorables just keeps expanding.


Of course it will create a vacuum if US pulls out but at what point is the strategy to win realistic unless we occupy permanently?  Step up the attack on ISIS and related groups and their proxies wherever they may be. Poor, uneducated, and mentally ill are joining these groups along with the criminals that created them.


I'd pick jobs by preventing the export and import of goods and by making them here in Canada, that's what I'd do, Jeet09.


You better believe it, Jenkins, if tRump is openly questioning why we as a nation won't use our "nukes," you can bet he didn't have the ability to stop his hate filled suggestion to assassinate Hillary.  Even the Secret Service allegedly took the comment seriously and paid tRump's campaign a visit.  tRump's also on public record for suggesting to not only kill ISIS terrorist, but to go in and kill their family members too.  tRump is daring to openly exercise Hitler-type mentality, or is that what wealth does to a person?


This time Trump is trying to bite off more than he can chew and his decision will no doubt backfire quite badly both on him and the US. He does not seem to realize that this time he is confronting virtually the whole world, and that there will very likely be negative consequences for the US. If Donnie doesn't care, perhaps Americans will.


The -400's combis where economic disasters since the configuration was fixed, the -200 combi's were much more economically viable and usable.


Before Lynch pushed lightly away, it looked like the official had his arms around Lynch...why did the official do something like that?  Either way, Lynch should not have ran onto the field.


OK, Donald J Trump!! LOL


Republicans whined that Obamacare was drafted in secret (there were numerous public hearings), rushed (it took a year to pass it), with no Republican input (Republicans offered numerous amendments).
So, McConnell drafts the bill in secret and then foists it on the Senate, tries to rush the vote through in a week, and shuts out the Democrats.
This is different, how?


We need to hire some top rate hackers and see what they can do against our enemies?...........oh, we don't have any enemies?.......sorry, my bad.


If that's the case why did he bring in the Israeli kid who is a lumberer   I'm talking about a 6"9 guy that's a thoroughbred that can switch from the 4 or 5 position with speed and hops. Got it!


While the legal process cannot bring back the troopers and will punish the defendant, this case, like many others reported here, raises the issue of the VPSO's role in the village as a kind of surrogate for real police authority. VPSOs are not perceived as tribal police, drawing their authority from tribal leadership because they aren't. In fact they are employees of Native Non-profits.They become the targets  of resentment,leaving it for the distant troopers to come in and deal with the issue as a real criminal justice matter. Troopers and other police organizations have immediate back up.VPSOS do not.When will policymakers realize that this endangers both VPSOS and troopers?


Unlike some, your moniker is honest!


Brown's remarks were so innocuous Wynne should just go lay an egg, not file a frivolous lawsuit.


This guy is a piece of work for reasons far more disturbing than his use of private emails for government business and his lying about it. Most intelligent observers should understand by now that use of private email accounts means almost nothing to voters - except, of course, if they're being used by someone they already dislike. Then, of course, it's a hanging offence.

The word hypocrisy hardly does justice to the Bizarro World that has taken over our daily lives thanks to America's new Narcissist-in-Chief.  Environmental protection indeed!


It isn't—Johnny U is inside, Thorpe outside. I added a reference to the exterior Thorpe mural in the piece to avoid confusion, thanks.


I don't know to answer the question about Job and do not know why it was not published, or if you deleted it, but Job didn't seem to have a problem with God, at least in the later stages, perhaps his God given faith took him to a different plane of existence and he saw that dying was not so bad. I don't see how you could claim it was a "bet", though.

I had pneumonia a few months back and for two nights I was not sure if I was going to recover, and, surprisingly so, I was not that concerned - It was not nearly as frightening of an experience as I thought it would be. Not sure if that answers the question, but Job did question God initially, but later repented.


"Hate" is the new retort.


Everyone knows what he meant.


Right on Ms. Finlay. Call a spade a spade and shine the light on the rank hypocrisy of this Liberal government.


Careful Margaret: Fair Trade peroxide and hair gel are very flammable and could lead to liberal flameout.


What if you are the super rich to me.   Are you willing to donate your worldly goods to me.  If not, I could  accuse you of everything that you are accusing the super rich.


Yes I was around when they hit Bligh reef, which is one of the stupidest accident that can happen at least in PWS.   I actually have a large life ring from that tug.  Overall Crowley had a better safety accident/safety record than others in the industry and they have the added benefit on speaking English not Cajun.


If you're a meat eater I doubt you care too much what you're stuffing into your gullet.


Ms Bissland, Cordova has a burn pile out near Hippie Cove where everyone takes their trash.


Added to the summer reading list of this immigrant woman who so ardently cling to this last bastion of hope for all who want real freedom and independence in this world.


Absolutely spot on.....the federal government has provided 25% less the last three years than they did the previous eight years for the Oak Harbor School District.


The issue as I see it is that the millennial are indifferent to bricks and mortar and in their defense, don't know any better.   They've grown up with a tablet of some kind always within reach and don't know the comfort and community a library can bring.  Many have never held a textbook to research anything.  They haven't poured over several texts laid out across a table in order to complete an essay or o study for a course.  It's all on-line so why would they.  The world is changing and progressing and not necessarily in a good way.  It has momentum and is unlikely to stop or divert its course.  Both school and public libraries day's are numbered and the only ones who will miss them are those of us that used them. The rest won't even notice.


Shouldn't this article be in either the Globe's "Migrants" or "Refugees" section?


But the party does control where the money goes, you don't believe you can seperate the individule from their party affiliation.   The party is the individual base of strength.    It why Clinton had enough money that she redirected much of it to lower level campaigns.  Brown as the highest ranking public official of the Democratic party in Oregon, will feel a responsibility to support funding for all candidates and raising money for all candidates.
It's why Democrats would alternately run toward the President, then away from him depending on his popularity.

I've only met Brown once and that was at a forum on election reform.   She seemed open to reform, was serious about how money is allotted by the state to the PRIVATE political parties.   She was at least present at this meeting for reformers of the political election process.   That's more than I an say for most Democrats, who are highly resistent to any changes in the primary that might open the door for non Democrats.


Really, not even Americans would be so naive to believe that rubbish.  Low effort thinkers are having their day in the sun...so congrats I guess.


Truly unfortunate situations, for life can hand us a rotten deal; but should the child pay the price? No. A woman who is a product of a rape travels the country speaking about how grateful she is her mother did not kill her. We must sometimes take a higher, more difficult road for the good of another.


I was reading up on that draft...very interesting.
Numbers corresponding to the 365 (birth dates) of the year were randomly drawn...
So my understanding is your birthday was in April ??
Curious to know if your number was called...if you registered/enlisted/showed up/served....whatever they call it.
 I have no opinion either way on that part though...honestly.
I was only 13 in 1969.

Anyways...I think things were worse in the Vietnam era...we just did not have CNN,FOX News and the Internet to amplify it all.
This Trump trauma story is getting a bit out of hand imho


It is one thing, to increase the C&C budget, because of inflation.

It is completely another thing, to increase the C&C budget, because the C&C can't spend within its means.

An experienced housewife, knows how to keep within her budget.  She knows, that when she over spends, that it was a big exception to her budget, and was absolutely necessary.

Maybe the C&C, should hire a bunch of experienced housewives, to advise the C&C?


The President of the United States is now hoping for the collapse of our healthcare system. That's not leadership. It's not even sane.

How irresponsible, the voters who put this incompetent sociopath in the White House.


So you believe intelligence is determined by skin color? The more things change the more they stay the same. I'll bet there are white people who have lived here longer than you.


I have turned off ESPN and the late night comics.  SNL can't do a skit without Trump.  Trump is living rent free in their heads.


Throw a mattress in the back if you want to stock it up with an early set of grand kids.


So you support white supremacists?  I don't get it.


Only two weeks left to start acting presidential before the deadline to start being presidential.


How stupid. People need to stand up and protest


Read the Globe's piece on McLuhan.
Red Neck News is rousing the rabble and there's a pattern to it.
Just like Stephen Harper represented a hostile takeover of the PC Party, the Red Neck News faction is doing the same to Republicans.
Psych Majors and Marketing gurus are social engineering the voter, not just in America and Canada but in Europe too.


Starring Michael Moore as Hillary Clinton!


You blame Zuma for the downfall of ANC but the main culprit behind it is Ramaphosa, Rupert and Gordhan.


Nick- we'll make a deal with her: we won't do anything with her ovaries (trust me), and she'll keep her ovaries out of our wallets. Deal?


LP, I have compassion for the homeless as well as you do, however, you are not understanding the frustration that people like B. Carfree, myself included, and many, many others are feeling and dealing with.  People are tired of organizations putting these events on in THEIR neighborhood. The homeless come into the neighborhoods and  on people's  private property,  they pee. poo, one of their biggest signatures is leaving garbage, they steal, they use drugs and sell drugs,  they always have a 40 oz. beer going on, nobody likes strangers hanging around being suspicious, their dogs leave pee and poo, their cats leave  pee and poo,  lack of security, FEAR.

If you are so worried about their right to fundamental housing, open up your spare bedrooms.

Using your impact words surrounding compassion, and your  ploy on the general public's emotions is getting old.

As far as any one of us ending up outside in the cold, you are wrong.   Read the Sign:  As B Carfree stated, we are tired of it


Swing and a miss, RD.  You completely misrepresent what the author is saying.


While it's true both sides are being divisive, I suspect Mountain Peaks picked a couple of right-wing names because it's easier to twist RW rhetoric into something negative than it is LW positions.
With just a few words, you can make the Right sound heartless or that they're sucking up to the rich or that they don't care about the environment, and so on. If I were a Russian troll intent on tearing Americans apart, I would do it from the right side, just because it's so much easier (unless it's about gun control; then the left is easier to pick on).
You can pick out the real right-wing people here because they're responses sound sane. Posters like Sylvia Wyss and Obama-Sin-Laden sound like their main purpose is to piss off lefties. And while there are lefties that piss off righties, it's harder to do because lefties say things like, "Save the children or the deer or the rivers." Hard to twist that sort of thing into something negative.


Misdirection.

Intentionally??


"The dems need to stop being obstructionists. The party of no and whine."

What was the vote on Merrick Garland?  That's right.  There was none.  The Republicans have done nothing but obstruct and whine.  Careful, RD, your hypocrisy is showing.


...and many more who are opposed to him stayed at home...they will not win this riding, hence juniors selfie visit.


A deal made because Khadr's rights were violated, and they knew he'd get a big payout in court, so they settled.


"However, that doesn't mean we should allow alcohol to be glorified in television ads, and promoted at sporting events attended by children."

Hmmm .... I may be wrong ... but I think that them ads and promotions pretty-well ended years ago.


And how exactly do you think that followers of Sharia Law would be able to "enact their own courts,  . .  police force," etc., for people who are not Islamic?  There is no way for that to happen in this country.  Note that many churches don't recognize same sex marriage. Yet it is the law of the land (one I agree with, not that anyone needs my permission).  Jim Minnery may not like it but he has no legal authority to ban it for everyone else.  Instead, he is free not to marry another guy, just as my RC neighbors are free to seek annulments rather than divorces (or to forego communion if they can't have their marriages dissolved according to the laws of their church) and my Islamic neighbors are free to follow Sharia law if that makes them happy.  Stop fear-mongering about something that is never going to happen.


We have judges in Hawaii?  You mean those guys in robes? How do you become a judge? Is there a special class you must take? How much education do you need? Maybe I can be a judge. I would love to wear the robe. Everybody would be so impressed.


After the Muslim terrorist attack in Manchester, England, the British government brought in the army and increased the number of armed police patrolling the streets.

It seems Muslims are changing the way people live in Britain.

I wonder if the non Muslims in Britain are keen on the change.


This is one of those topics no one wants to touch.  If you say "hold on a second, sometimes they are drunk (not passed out), consent and are happy to consent, but afterwards regret it: then they were sexually assaulted"...now you get bashed for "supporting sexual victimization."  And if you flat out support it, well what about the other shoe: "both Mike and Jill were drunk.  Mike and Jill had sex.  Jill was drunk: so Mike sexually assaulted her."  Well...Mike was drunk also...so couldn't it be that Jill assaulted him??  Why is it only one way.

I've personally seen on the UAF campus a woman claim she was raped after she had sex with a male.  Multiple times even.  But the male student wasn't interested in dating, and after she realized this she was overheard saying she was "raped" for their sexual encounters.  How do situations like this play into that "1 in 9"?  Just curious as there are some serious lines that could be blurred in some of the answers.


I do get that, and as I said, taking down the Lee statue seems reasonable to me. But there are trade-offs when we make such choices and we need to think them through. The Lee statue, for example, besides being a monument to the man is also part of the history of New Orleans and one of the things that makes that city culturally distinct. That will change.

What gets even more complicated is when we have monuments to people who did both despicable things and great things. There are more than a few of those out there. What should we do with them and who gets to decide?

I don't have the answers. I just think we need to have a deeper conversation about these things.


" this outrageous ruling"

Again simply your opinion, many think differently, and your inability to challenge others without calling their intelligence into question, speaks volumes about your position.

 I have never ran from anything in my life, and in answer to your question, until that "heart" is able to sustain itself without outside influence and sustenance, then no.
Your also incorrect in the assumption that I am pro abortion, nothing could be further from the truth, I would love to live in a world where every pregnancy, both planned and otherwise, were brought to term, with every birth celebrated and the child given all the love and chances for a rewarding life that we as a society could provide, that world simply does not exist, until it does, it is simply no business of mine what any woman does, within the law, regarding her healthcare choices.


This new "fad" reminds me of the "Pet rock" . Useless, just a show, not productive, selfie and self centered etc...Is this what the "young" truly invest money in? Can't believe it. Maybe I am a dinosaur!


I wouldn't stand in the way of a woman making this choice, but it is my right to be able to say that I don't agree with abortion (except under certain conditions) without having to be worried that my beliefs will affect my employment or my ability to look at things objectively in spite of my personal feelings.
Should women who don't support abortion not be allowed to be judges? What about men?
Not everyone who opposes abortion is a crazy zealot who protests and tries to block what is now a legal right. A lot of things that are, or are about to become legal have proponents and opponents. No one is likely to get barred from working at the LCBO if they are against legalized marijuana are they?


When the central government controls who the insurance company can and can't insure it's being controlled When the central government controls how much of a profit the so-called private company can make, the governments controls it. When the so-called private company can only sell policies that are required to be government approved, the government controls them.


Why did Trudeau even bother attending an event in Eastern Ontario?  Besides the islands of urban Ottawa and Kingston the area is a sea of conservatives who are no doubt displeased with his judgement on Khadr and illegal migrants. Not to mention carbon and small business taxes.  No doubt they are also aware that his puppet master is the grossly negligent Gerald Butts who is responsible for their massive hydro bills.  Can the G&M confirm if Trudeau was booed down at the Glengarry games as he was at the Calgary stampede?


As one of those who does stay at these big box store parking lots, I'll say some times it is the only alternative at the time.  Its easy for these two to say use an R/V park.  Except it is not as may time all are full.  At 11PM on a given night how many RV parks am I suppose to go check out to find an available spot.  All the parks I know of close there offices by 8 PM so you can not call and find space availability.  Again we have a solution in search of a problem.

Over the years I have spent many a nigh in isolated RV parks that had no sewer connection, no water hook up, maybe electrical connection.  These are called DRY CAMPGROUNDS and rely on the simple ability to have a place to park for the night rather than being on the street or highway.  Perhaps it time for these two assembly persons to actually research what the are talking about.

I'm sure the person in a $ 100,000 RV is a major problem for Anchorage while the downtown area host street people sleeping in business doorway.


I'm not sure this is a serious comment or parody.  Not supporting Trump makes you "deny your party?" Not being a good Republican who supports Trump makes you disloyal to America?


Is condemning phobias the right way to go? After all phobias are just irrational fears which are usually a form of mental illness, however mild.


Well, the metaphor cried out for an answer.  Faith is not set in stone.  Rules are set in stone, and they inevitably fail.  Faith should be alive and growing.  Those who are trying to encapsulate it in rules miss the point.  Apparently faith is not your forte.


And again.  One massive inheritance away from being that one guy in the busted lawn chair who all the kids at the trailer park cross the street to avoid.


Nah.  Trump is already demonstrating that he is under the establishment's control.


Hard to believe that Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond was even considered given that she has not been a judge for 10 years. But political correctness knows not the bounds of "competence."


Taking this conversation and turning it a bit, it is fascinating how double faced Conservatives are on this issue.
So conservatives are screaming that "states rights" should be the guiding force for the way laws should be directed in this country. If you look at the President's proposed budget, a lot of his cuts are based on the theory that states will pick up the tabs of what they want and run the programs themselves without federal involvement.
Comes along now a issue where a state is disagreeing with the White House. What do they do, they take their case to the court and have a judge determine whether it is legal or not. This practice is also a state's right issue as a state has the right to go to court to seek redress from a policy it is against.
So conservatives would like to enforce states rights on things like the federal budget but does not want to invoke states rights when it comes to redress from Federal policy? Can't have it both ways folks. And Hawaii is not treasonous.


Yes clothing, and modesty, conventions for men and women are different. It didn't take a constitutional challenge to get me the right to go out in public with my chest uncovered.


First, can you drop the "Uncle Phil" please... I know clowns like you aren't very creative, but that horse has been beaten dead long ago. Second, Phil Knight never offered anyone 10 million. That came from a "reporter" who said Knight is "reportedly" willing to pony up for the right coach. Of course we wouldn't expect an angry misinformed hack to actually research something or state facts, now would we. I'm thinking you probably also believed  "reports" by CNN or MSNBC suggesting Hillary was up 15 points before the election.  Read the sign...Stupid...Stupid.


Illinois law provides for juries in civil trials.  Wombat is right.  This will cost United dearly.


Trump's first bluff with China was his blunder over the One China policy, and he folded like a house of cards, causing the Chinese to laughingly proclaim him a paper tiger. The armada bluff was similarly disastrous. You have to be as naive as Trump to think that the Chinese don't know where US aircraft carriers are at all times — and that they don't share that information with North Korea. Calling the armada story a bluff is giving Trump too much credit; more likely it was a spontaneous lie that left the White House staff scrambling to provide cover for him. When the inevitable happened — Trump's lie was exposed — Trump just looked like a fool, again.


The Canadian side-story is missing.

The cop was in the force of the University of Cincinnati.

Some think that played no small role in that university's president fleeing to Vancouver to be president of UBC...


So, are you saying this fact check is incorrect?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDr25zjd4yM

... Cheetolini, DEFINITELY ain't no PICNIC ... ;(''''


Let's start by conceding that this was an unusual situation.  Ottawa is not equipped to handle large international flights.

However, you'd think an airline would have a set of procedures for when a plane has to be diverted like this, which would include provision for deplaning passengers and/or ensuring their onboard comfort if there is a long wait.


We in Ontario pay the highest hydro rates so what else would we expect Hydro One to do with all that extra excess cash flow they have....


You are being hysterical, my friend. Calm down.


That, and is that area set-up for a huge influx of traffic, caused by super dense sardine-style living conditions?


Thirdrock, clearly you have an issue with everyone that doesn’t do all their shopping at Ross.
Also, you should think before you make silly comments.  People that shop at Nieman Marcus and Nordstrom will probably not use the rail but rather drive their own cars and valet park them.
The main purpose for bringing the rail to Ala Moana is to provide an alternate means of transportation for the thousands of locals who commute to work at Ala Moana Shopping Center and the many commercial buildings along Ward, Piikoi, Kapiolani, Ke’eaumoku, etc.


Why was Canada kept out of the loop on this obviously crucial international security initiative with our major NTO Partners? It embarrassing that out Government had to find out about it in the media.

Why do we have to send a Team on a junket to Brussels? It looks like the Liberals have their noses out of joint and are throwing tax dollars at making a big statement.

Suck it up princess, you can take care of this on the telephone or a video-conference.


Leave the aged lady alone, she has had too many bad days already!


There's an old adage "You can register a horse to vote but you can't make him drink". I support the idea behind this ballot measure, but I am skeptical as to whether it will raise our abysmal voter turnout.


All you anti-military commentors realize...that the U.S. Military and it's attendant civilian support structures and systems are THE ONLY global force on the planet...right?  Everyone else is regional.  You know that....right?  Right now, we're the only ones that can.  I think I'd like to keep it that way.


Churchill.

" Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery"....of course , as Orwell pointed out, the equal sharing of misery is not quite equal with some pigs more equal than others.


Reminds me of the METH and HEROIN users that are EVERYWHERE...........


Is Kiz cryptically suggesting drafting Harry Giles?

I would not be shocked if TC 1) trades down, adding a 2017-or-future no. 1 pick 2) trades no. 13 and a player or second rounder to move up.

Not a Justin Jackson fan. Low ceiling. Like Zach Collins as a high-upside developmental guy, Jonathan Motley in the 2nd or more help at the point as Jameer is not going to last forever and I'm still skeptical about EM. We need more than just JM if he ends up starting. John Collins is another prospect I like.


There are no signals from Pope Francis that moral doctrines regarding "irregular couples" (contracepting, divorced-remarried or LGBTQ) will be reformed during this papacy. And most definitely not regarding abortion.

In Amoris, for example, he not only changed no moral doctrines but changed no canons or disciplines either!

Fr Martin, like the Pope, reemphasizes the primacy of the pastoral over the legal & repudiates remnants (not saving!) of legalism, rigorism, judgmentalism & exclusivism, while commending mercy & hospitality!

When those who, like Pope Francis or Fr. Martin, ask "Who am I to judge?" --- they are not even talking about objective states & the question doesn't presuppose any given stance regarding this or that moral reality. Instead, consistent with the Gospel injunction not to judge, the question charitably presupposes another's subjective exculpability.

That said, I believe the Church does need to revisit -not only canons & disciplines, but- moral doctrines.


Oppppps.... not the best way for the Leafs to enter the post-season.

Too much celebrating last night ?


It's very hard to quit cigarettes! I know from experience. Haven't smoked in over 20 years now!


Buttercups are beautiful! Thank you.


Canada used to be a country of hard working, simple living, and saving citizens.
Now its just a bunch of spoilt yuppies and their kids all living on public sector cheques and flipping real estate.

All the socialists have left to build an economy is real estate bubbles. We know from history where that goes....
Look around you, count the number of people in your sphere who live off real estate somehow its truly scary. For me it's 7/10 people are connected through construction, agents, etc. Historically its around 2/10
Also ask yourself this question - If I wasn't flipping real estate where would my wealth come from???
At some point all provinces will tax foreigners specs. Your bubble will pop.
Scary stuff
This is your Canada. You're just hoping you aren't the last sucker in the room.
I hope Oleary doesn't get in. I want the people who created this nightmare to wear it


Slow news week for these reporters stationed there for sure.


The R-G, since it delivers my newspaper, cashes my checks and approved my login, knows all of my most public personally identifiable  information, plus my bank account and computer URL which I do not publish elsewhere.

If that isn't enough for the new Editor, I can cancel all of that in a heartbeat.

I refuse to open either myself or my family to any unnecessary risks just to pursue this particular hobby.


Jane Fonda, what did the previous presidents do about N Korea?   If they did something, we wouldn’t be in this situation today.


Yay, Trump!
Keeping America safe is job 1.


Why is it legal to leave a child alone in any car in any weather for any length of time?  It's incredible the number of folks who have had their car stolen with their child inside while they dashed into the store or service station or whatever.  Yes, I know it's an inconvenience to get your kid in and out of the car seat, btdt, but I can't fathom the "inconvenience" of watching your child ride off with some nut who wants your car.  Is it really that tough to figure out your errands so you don't need to leave Jr alone in the car?


Why not rip up the deal just as a Liberal PM promised to do back in 1993 ?

I don't really know anything about it, but I am always out for a rip.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-glHAzXi_M


Have a problem with pragmatism, do you?


Lisa are you referring to the Ala Wai sewer release which occurred while Kirk Caldwell was a member of the State Legislature?


your post would be a hit on myth busters.
Europe's only hope is to drastically cut immigration and refugees from Islamic countries if not you will be overtaken.


Sullivan has defacto endorsed him. Trump's flaws have been well known for a long time now. Sullivan should have demonstrated political courage back then and explicitly refused to endorse him. Instead he tried to weasel word his endorsement playing partisan politics.  He does not warrant the honor of representing Alaskans after demonstrating that huge lapse in judgment. Same for Murkowski and Young.


You should see the guy he replaced.


Hmm he had an electric fence, he had metal doors, I'm sure he also had an alarm system that went along with the 35 security cameras.  He had 24/7 security.  They broke in using a stolen vehicle to break down the fence, and smash the metal door in.


FM:  Of course I do!  And you never answer the questions I posed what three, four, five times?  You are a fine one to talk about objectivity.


Where do we put the admitted p**** grabber???...We can't just let Trump go can we???...#MAGA


Comments like yours are the reason I could never trust a bleeding heart liberal. You diminish a real-life tragedy with a bicycle analogy and call for release. How can you live with yourself?


In reality Wyatt is an idiot.


This statement is from an early church pioneer opposed to a religion of force.
The first step of apostasy is to get up a creed, telling us what we shall believe. The second is to make that creed a test of fellowship. The third is to try members by that creed. The fourth is to denounce as heretics those who do not believe that creed. And, fifth, to commit persecution against such.

– J.N. Loughborough, 1861


But, is she gonna strip?


Yes congrats,
The NYT giving editorial privileged to the DNC prior to going to print, the leaking of debate questions, burning Bernie with full compliance of the establishment are all examples of collusion and bias left wing  media.
Journalism is dead and so is their credibility, hence Trump.


Reasonable people can agree to disagree.  I see this a bit differently.  The Dems moved to center right under Bill Clinton, which was several political generations ago.  The Tea Party was not a reaction to that era, but rather a reaction to the economic downtown started under Bush and bleeding into the Obama administration.  Democrats have become increasingly left of center just before and during the Obama years, including HRC.  I know that many Dems feel that trending left is the answer both philosophically and politically.  But I believe that cost them the mid terms under Obama and the last general election.  They are trying to lead people somewhere vs. represent the views of the majority of their voters.  I would advise them to move to the center if they want to win elections, and especially win with a real mandate.  Politics, after all, is the art of compromise.  Unlike religion.


You just made all that up.  Nowhere did he "paint all Muslims".  And how do you know all Muslims and migrants are horrified and that none support these acts?  You try to change the topic, doesn't work with me.


Wasilla, Home of the Iditarod, except when it's not which is most of the time...


After reading it again, I kind of jumped the gun... Preachin' to the choir that legislators need a pay cut, though!


jusris,

You are aware, I take it, that police powers in Britain differ from what is permissible in the United States, especially as they pertain to arrest and detention of suspects and the probable cause required to conduct a search of a suspect's home or property?  This is just a tiny example of the perils of comparing different societies, where unlike sterile physics lab types of experiments where you may have a full accounting of variables, societies differ in myriad ways, subtle and not so subtle.

And we don't need to cross national boundaries to see this play out in microcosm.  Take our much maligned city of Chicago (or, if you prefer, Baltimore, Washington D.C. or New Orleans).  All its citizens are governed by the same (gun) laws irrespective of where they reside within the city limits.  Yet the rate of crime involving firearms, including of course murder, differs drastically neighborhood to neighborhood and even street to street.

Understand the flaw of generalizations now?


I ride(not as long as you), but i ride like no one sees me and everyone in a car is an idiot. It has kept me up right so far. I am saddened every time I see a motorcycle go down and i feel for the family.


The Target and Neiman Marcus hack affected around 40 million credit card holders and the information of 70 million. Many people paid attention to that hack which originated in Ukraine bug was then spread around Eastern Europe.
I have read about federal employee databases being hacked. I wasn't outraged but I was concerned. Americans' indignation about Putin's role in the 2016 presidential election is understandable. In the history of U.S. presidential elections, when has a presidential candidate reached out to a foreign dictator through the media to ask him to hack his political rival's emails? Your question as to why Americans are not as concerned about your personal information being hacked as they are about Putin's interference in a presidential election where the winner lost by 2,865,075 votes is absurd by any standard, except the looney alt-right Republican one.


Now is the time!  Deocracy is being changed for goverment by autocratic dictator --- he is just taking page after page out of Hitler's playbook.  America is simply slipping in to the swamp!


Ian, I liked your article overall.  However the paragraph: "No wonder so many average people don’t bother to vote. After all, they can look at these contributions and quite reasonably assume that their interests can’t compete for the attention of their elected officials. Money talks, we all know. Yes, it leads to cynicism, but not unreasonably so."  BUT wish you'd left off the last four words.  They contradict the intent of that paragraph and article overall.  Maybe what we need is a "Citizens (yes people) Against Big Money in Politics" movement.


Running a lottery and flying in 40000 winners from their homelands on the opposite of the world to a country in which they do not speak the language, do not agree with the culture and in which they have none of the skills required to make their lives here a success is simply an incredibly poor use of the billions of dollars that we spend on these programs each year.
We would make far more of an impact by using half of that money more efficiently to improve the lives and futures of large numbers of refugees within the camps and to use the other half to help the 35000 Canadians who are homeless, the thousands of Canadians who have no clean drinking water, our veterans who are not being properly supported, and to provide the adequate services that our sick, our youth, our elderly and working poor are desperately in need of.


Thus sayeth the party of "no"
Another government fail


Believe me there are a lot more then just two schools with this problem.  Portland has many schools that were built in the 20-40's and all
the piping of that time had lead in them.  You are not going to correct the problem by replacing the fountains because the piping runs
through the entire facility.


Facile is fine if you really think it was ... boy is objectionable and I have flagged it.


I don't know ANY people experiencing "white guilt".
Do you?


Another one of the reasons we stay out of downtown:  the tribal venue the McDonald has become.


1. He doesn't keep promises. 2. He does trade other people's money for debt- hence the bankruptcies. 3. It was a Saudi prince who gave Trump an out of personal bankruptcy by buying his yacht etc. I bet he will focus on keeping the rag head toga party rich happy because he likes rich people more 4. I guess he got that idea about protection from the mob. 5. Jawohl-Heil ! 6. Who is going to build your wall, and who is going to clean up for you? 7. Moron.


Sorry Lefties but you don't get to decide things by yourself.  All of us matter, including POTUS, and your opinion is not fact no matter how much you seem to think it is.  Many of us disagree with you.


They're idiots and will crash and burn.  I'm using .1 - that's right .1 - GB and I'm expected to pay $400/year for third party hosting.  Psshh.  Phucketbucket more like it.


Just last week Jim Matherley, the mayor of Fairbanks was criticized by many people for making an issue out of a mother leaving her kids in an unlocked car while she went into the local Fred Meyers to buy a coffee.  He was concerned about what could happen to two children left unattended in an unlocked car.  Guess this event demonstrated what could happen.  Luckliy the little one was unharmed.


You must live in a frightening world with all of the conspiracy theories abounding.
Not sure what you mean by "Alt_Left"- (we all know about "Alt-Right" because they defined themselves)-  and I have no idea what the 'framework" you allude to means.
What is a Mark Steyn, and why should we be worried about him?


I agree. Time for Canadian private broadcasters to sink or swim. The business model of being a non value added rebroadcaster needs to die.


Well, Mass is public worship number one, with no expectation of privacy since it is the public prayer of the Church, and, two, if something like a liturgical dance is being performed, Mass has been suspended to provide entertainment. If I am at Mass and they stop Mass to have a liturgical dance on the altar, am I really filming the liturgy or something that is interrupting it?  It's not like whipping out a camera phone to snap a picture of Our Lord during the elevation of the Host.

Since comments are now civil, I congratulate you for not putting Jay in scare quotes.


"Put the thesaurus down..."  Oh how deliciously 1960's, you fit right in with the retro crowd in these spaces.

That being said, your obsession with two wheeled transport speaks reams as to what and whom you are desperate to impress.  Good luck with that ride. Be sure to use head protection :-0


I guess it never occurred to Kevin that if he claws back transfer payments from provinces with carbon taxes but then fails to subsequently lower federal taxes in the same provinces by the same amount, it actually means that it would be his government, not the province, that would be doing the tax grab.

This is problem with people who do not think things through.  Although I must admit it is now clear what kind of leader he would be.


But (most) capitalists don't deny that life is social, at all. They reject collectivism and central planning, yes, and emphasise that value reflects the subjective choices of individuals. However, each transaction in a market economy is a voluntary interaction between members of a society. The "market" is merely a reflection of society's aggregate economic interactions. Conversely, without society, the division of labour would not be possible, which precludes trade, which leaves us at a pre-historic level of individual subsistence. Society might be a collection of free individuals, rather than an abstract entity that ought to be directed and controlled, but without society, free-market capitalism could not exist.


A well-written article, and maybe we are all cultural Adventists. I can't imagine anyone not having these feelings at times or even all the time. I resonate with the view of non-Adventists (depending on the sphere) and especially other Christians. They are  as kind and even more so than many church members. I used to wonder why socialization was so difficult in college. (I was baptized at 17) I think it had to do with the insular life-style. All the guys seemed terribly shy and we had no guidance on how to interact with each other,
 I wouldn't change my Adventism. It got me out of a lonely existence in a rural area and because of its emphasis on education, allowed me a pathway to college. Of course, I can't relate to the author's family situation, but I can see the stifling effect it must have had on him. I must say I am comfortable with my personal faith if not the organizational goings on. I find much intellectual challenge in the theology and feel free to disagree with some of it.


You never try to have any sort of rational conversation with anyone as I often read your commentaries. White is white, black is black, Asian is Asian so you speak in ignorance because it is your nature to troll. I am not the only one to think that people of the Slavic background is considered...."white". Maybe you have another word for it?? But have it your way, you started this trolling, I did not.


I felt it appropriate to give an opposing opinion to Wolf Eagles post. While I don't "idolize" our veterans, I do have a deep reverence for you guys.

To me, the difference between a "Veteran" and a "Combat Veteran" is timing. If it were up to me, Veterans would get 2 votes. 1 for being an American and 1 for helping make it possible.

I enjoy and exercise all of the freedoms you have ensured I get. All Veterans, from the bottom of my heart,

THANK YOU!


His crash is under way. The most glorious and horrendous political crash in modern history. You say that his supporters are firmly entrenched to support him. He is their leader, their Hitler, their Stalin. But there are a huge number of people who voted him that weren't those nutcases. They were bitter and angry "average Americans" and "tried something new." They are immediately streaming away from support of Trump's presidency - by the millions each and every day. Only three weeks in to his time of "rule." Don't get too optimistic el Duque and I am hoping that the millions who love him won't ruin their country by "screaming" their points for years and years afterward. An embarrassment for America worldwide - except maybe in Moscow. Look at today's polls. Trump is crashing AND despised by the media. You will be horribly disappointed when he is "politically" dead. A modern-day demon.


Great read thanks Julia!


It is possible to be too ignorant to benefit from any privilege. Think of the lottery winners that end up broke.


Thank you for the enlightment.


Parable of the talents.
The widow's mite.
The three stewards.

Everything we have is God's.

Take your pick.


Pretty cold December eh? Coldest in 25 years is a bunch of places. Arctic waterways frozen over early this year. Get it yet?


As I wrote - people have an expectation that they can go about their business and activities in public and work environments without being harassed, and that expectation is supported by law.   The woman was on the job, and the passenger's comments were "unwanted verbal . . . conduct of a sexual nature that creates . . . [an] offensive environment."   The airline, as her employer, cannot legally require that she overlook or endure such behavior, even from the passengers.  On the contrary . . . it could make them liable and vulnerable to a lawsuit if they required employees to allow that behavior.

Furthermore, I have no doubt that the passenger's behavior and behaviors like it have been addressed in the crew's training at length, because it's their job.  She was not able to have him removed so readily because she was easily "offended."  He was removed quickly because his behavior was much worse than just "childish" or in "poor taste," and others at her job agreed with her.


If you had a mug that looks like his, Dumleavy, therein lies your answer.


You wish isis, it was just a disgruntled redneck.


what a great article  "worldwide, where people with knowledge that they’re exceeding nature’s limits nevertheless cling to destructive practices that hasten an environmental backlash."


Because they have an education and are doing work which requires thought and skill.

They are also probably at least at risk of being murdered on the job as any cop in the US.

It is a myth that cops aren't paid well.  They are making bank and have an easy job especially in towns like mine where the crime of the year may be some kid shoplifting.


IRT - skunk - The sad part is:
A year of no evidence, and you still think Trump guilty of collusion. Mountains of suppressed evidence now prove the previous administration unbelievably corrupt! Pining away for corrupt big government makes your moniker understandable...


Agreed.  I challenge any Capt. Kirk supporters, if the tables were turned and Djou were the acting Mayor and had the "one to two hours per month" gig on the TSB board making upwards of $300,000/year if they'd think that was "okay" from an ethics standpoint.


My Anglo name gets mangled by French people regularly and I don't think it indicates any bias on their part.  All I can say to someone who treats one slightly rude incident as a knock against Canada is "GROW UP"


The FBI Director's last minute interference was just part of the overall scheme in collusion with the Putin Russians.  Mission Accomplished!


The people have spoken with only 476 replies in a District of 20,000. It remains to be seen what the other 19,300 or so think.


Show us how it's done, Mr. President!


Lack of an altar rail excludes people like me, who wish to receive kneeling.

If given a true choice, many would prefer to kneel.


Like building on a major earthquake fault.... and then rebuilding again on an earthquake fault?


He had been a cadet, but I don't think that would have given him access to that kind of firearm?
But I have no idea how that works.

And yes, I've argued it was an impulsive ""acting out,  which he immediately regretted, not a calculated political act.


"all we will have achieved is a money-making venture for some, while leaving most others to face criminal sanction"... says the guy who supported "decrim" for so long. Says the guy who said “I agree with the aspect of the new, revamped program allowing licensed producers to be the sole providers of medical marijuana to Canadians – people normally don’t produce their own medicine.” http://medicalmarijuana.medijean.com/debate/the-law/debaters-bio/#alan-young
  Oh the hypocrisy.


Oahu taxpayers continue to pay for the broken train. Tear it down, no more taxes for rail!


It's not the next question, but it's coming up. ;-)


take terrorism lightly,  and it will eventually bite you in the arse!


Jeffrey, I can see by your ranting that you are not a CDL licensed driver. #1 buses have speed controlled electronic governors set at 60 MPH !!! Your claim of 70 mph is BS. There is NO way to go any faster than that, the governor accually slows you down once you hit 60 MPH!!  #2 Swinging wide is what CDL drivers do to avoid rear drive tires going in the ditch, knocking over stop signs or other obtsicals. School bus drivers are some of the safest drivers on the road. We have Alaska's future adults sitting in the seats behind us, We care and we will get them from home to school and back the safest way possible. Sorry if we are making you late to your favorite bar  for happy hour.


Unfortunately a very nasty parasitic disease that can infect many organisms, notice too it does result in catch basin areas, the water itself can be infected.


But the other CCR's are still enforceable because you agree to them when you buy the property.  In my subdivision, I am required by the CCR's to only display brass numbers (size specified) to reflect my address.  And there are also rules on the colors the houses can be painted.


Give some evidence of the "phoney degree" issue that claim. Also some evidence that Canada doesnt vet people. Every report I have ever seen actually claims Canada's immigration requirements are too hard.


All I can say is THANK GOD he's not a Democrat or this thread would be full of biatching, moaning, and impotent rage at the nomination of a lifelong bureaucrat who's never worked a single day in the private sector, has no idea what average Americans go through, and is part of the Swamp Trump promised to drain.
.
Whew! We really dodged a bullet there!


You can't even admit that you flagrantly cherry-picked. Of course you're dishonest - that's not even honestly debatable. You know that you're dishonest, you know that you're deliberately dishonest, repeatedly, on many things. You know that you're being dishonest right now in putting up a pretense that you have not been eagerly and insistently dishonest in most of your posts towards me in the previous few days.
And I'm not right-wing. I guess your prejudice has blinded you to the point that anyone who doesn't conform to the propaganda you promote is "right-wing."
RT's audience is larger than the audiences of most Western MSM combined. Obviously, RT is more reputable in the views of more people than Western MSM. Its greater reputability than G&M is a statistical fact. Regarding accuracy, well, it's not hard to beat G&M in that regard, since G&M is an opinion paper, whose headlines on geopolitical affairs are assertions and determination on subjects, rather than reporting of them.


These people would take your lives if they had the power to. Finally a president that has the courage to speak his mind and the truth. Continue to encourage your base supporters Mr. President and we will reward you again in 2020.


What rick said, even down to the stock picks but with one small quibble.

MMM in place of JNJ. MMM has paid an uninterrupted dividend since WW I and has increased that dividend annually for 59 years.


I still can't quite grasp this - why this tycoon's image is so much larger than the quality of service his Virgin Conglomerate provides? On July 11, a train, operated by Virgin Rail Group, scheduled for 10:40 am from Euston London to Edinburgh was cancelled. There was no announcement and the passengers had to scramble to find out what happened. So after some probing, we rushed to catch a train at nearby King's Cross. The staff at the King's Cross was  unfriendly, almost contemptuous. On the train, when the ticket monitor came, there was no apology, just arrogance, when I complained. On the train, to get the Wifi service, you had to pay. At Edinburgh, the bathroom, under the Virgin management, charged 30 pence for a visit.  A couple of  British passengers told me that the service under Virgin was sinking continuously while the prices kept going up. Virgin's service utterly failed me. And my Virgin cell phone service, a few years ago, was another sour point.


" abandoned earmark: Former Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens got the federal government to buy the property from local developers (who bought it from a group of retired teachers), but the money to put a building on it never materialized"...that pretty much says it all... pork for my friends...


Need a citation (always) to a source that supports your claim that the monitor doesn't understand what he's monitoring.


pt. 2
 Continued quote from Pacem in Terris by Pope John XXIII

"Since women are becoming ever more conscious of their human dignity they will not tolerate being treated as mere material instruments, but demand rights befitting a human person both in domestic and public life."

Since this was written, women engaged in Church ministry----especially in teaching and in research have more than doubled their efforts in making sure---that the work and contributions of their spiritual sisters of the past will not remain covered or forgotten.


Either Donald Trump or Mrs. Clinton are going to be the next President and one thing for sure Ms. Hayword is your son, and all of us, are in a great deal more danger from Mr. Clinton than we could ever be from Donald Trump...in order to save the republic Trump must be elected...


Win some/ Lose some. So it goes. It'll be that way when I'm six feet under. I'm warm and dry, fed, and have a place to lay my head - lucky guy.   Not losing any sleep over it.


I watched the PBS interview and his appearance on Meet the Press.  Sane, well-reasoned, and actually answers the question rather than spewing unrelated talking points.  What most impressed me was that such a person really exposes the cringe-inducing banality of interviewers Judy Woodruff and Chuck Todd.


Sad that the only GOP members being honest about the Trump presidency are the ones who have nothing to lose.  Apparently the rest are cowards who would rather stand on someone's neck for Trump or to maintain their ideological pulpit rather than stand for sanity and justice.


very erudite. but do you think it was correct for western governments to bail out failing banks, when the latter nearly caused the collapse of the entire global financial system,  causing, for example, the loss of 1million jobs in South Africa/  If so, why? If not, why not? What if any were the alternatives/  Please answer the point, and do not confuse us with abstract concepts which signify nothing.


thanks for telling us all about obama and his 8 years


What a man! A person who puts his children first. Wow, just wow. Hang on to him because he is a real one -a real good one. Having a one year anniversary dinner is a nice thought, but a cozy dinner anytime would be just fine. You are both past the teenage, college years and not looking  at , "Say Yes To The Dress"  just yet. Enjoy the time you have with this modern gentleman.  Many in my generation [Zoomers] would have been happy had the ex husband sent a birthday card to our children with a $5. bill in it.


Finally, a country that does something meaningful to reduce the chemical weapons threat and mistreatment of innocent civilians.  Well done Israel


Actually blacks in South Africa were not looking to eliminate South Africa, just pursuing equality, whereas Arabs in the Middle East are looking to eliminate Israel, just pursuing dominance.  Big difference.


It's good to look at our history and try to see how we can best live up to the ideals we say we believe in. Part of this is looking at our own past with unblinkered eyes, and looking at evidence and facts in a rational manner in a whole range of areas.

To me this is the highest expression of what is best in 'Western' or 'European' culture - the growth of rational thought, of democracy, science, and of increasingly equality among all individuals, ideas many of which go back to the Golden Rule. Of that particular culture I am a passionate defender.

Many who say they want to defend 'white culture' however seem to me to be ignorant about its real highs and lows. The discomfort we experience in re-examining our past is a price to be paid if we want to stay on a better path.

As for Robert E Lee, it's worth remembering that he fought for the expansion of a system where fellow human beings were bought and sold as chattel. His statues should be in museums, not in places of civic honour.


You should see the treatment Chinese get from the British, nothing but trouble.


Brad wall accepts foreign donation just like the BC liberals.


How about not.


Shootist, there are some very complicated issues with internet out in the Aleutians that those seeking cuts library subsidies are not aware of unless they live here: 1. With the hope of fiber optics coming through this area, we were missed, which means that the internet services here are so slow no one down loads movies on their laptop- it would take two days. Ie: my son once downloaded a gaming program and w/out me knowing it, took three days & $300. Anywhere else, this could have taken four hours. 2. When Shell Oil was recently going to station here they were highly concerned of the slow internet. Even the Mayor of Unalask/Dutch Harbor urged and lobbied for faster internet services- this was a definite block and a partial decision in not working in this area 3. Our library provides the fastest internet service that is available to the public. Due to this, local citizens have to go to the library to take tests for on line courses, complete grants, etc  or they could not function here


How odd. I watched that debate and the stage set up was with Trump on the left, with a chair there, and Clinton on the right with a chair on her side. The picture and comments were about her speaking to the seated audience on Trump's side of the stage. She walked across to the left to be facing them, appropriately, and was therefore on Trump's side of the stage (just calling it that because of the setup). When the camera was switched to that side of the stage so as to show Clinton face-on it appeared that Trump was behind Clinton facing her back. I don't think he even moved from his chair location. She moved over to be in front of him to address that side of the audience. There was no sneaking up behind her by Trump. Why don't they show the whole stage from the "front" where the moderator was? It puts this stupid comment to rest as a lie.
So sad.


I see there's a lot dreamers out there who hope&wish there is a way to operate a mining operation at Pebble without damaging the environment and keeping ZERO-risk to the fishery...
...sorry to tell you there is NO pathway to a big-profit biz-plan that fits any standard economic model.  There is no way you can make enough profit from Pebble to support an office and engineering staff located in any city, not Anchorage or Vancouver or anywhere. The only feasible management office would be a small crew of volunteer students and staff at UAA&UAF.

The only way to operate Pebble is to work it as an environmental cleanup operation slowly over many centuries of time [300+ years]

It can be safely operated by local-Alaskans as a small slow-go surface extraction & cleanup operation using only extreme oversight with top-grade hi-tech equipment. Just for a few hundred fishermen/miners as good-pay local work.

PEBBLE is NOT an opportunity for any outside mining company, invest in asteroid mining.


I take it this is an extremely poor attempt at humour or sarcasm?

Her mindless rants always remind me of the whiny kid on the playground no one wants to play with because the game isn't played exactly the way she wants trying to accommodate her lack of sportsmanship, skill, and social skills.

Wente is a class act compared to this tiresome 3rd rate hack.

Most have no idea why the G&M even gives her the space resorting to tabloid gutter journalism you find on radicalized campus papers.


Secrets?  What dirty secrets?  Oh, the ones swimming around in your Let's Get Hillary campaign.  When the FBI refuses to propose prosecution for Hillary it's considered "injustice," but when Dubya cold face lies to the American and foreign leaders of WMD it's politics as usual with no accountability.  Yeah, that sounds like injustice to me too.


The issue of distracted driving often does not included company cars/fleet vehicles. These drivers, because they are on the clock often feel the need to multi-task and return calls, answer emails, respond to texts while they drive. They spend more time on the road than most people do in their personal cars.
There is anti-distraction technology that blocks texts, redirects phone calls, and impede the use of apps. Some are FREE like AT&T's DriveMode. Some are for Fleet vehicles like FleetMode.
I would love to see Washington State lead by example and put anti-distraction technology in their hundreds of state vehicles used by inspectors, regulators and the agriculture department.


Your continuing lack of intelligence, logic, or reason along with the juvenile rhetoric and challenges confirm your Tween age.  You prowl the comments to try to stir up trouble without literate or vocabulary ability.  Time for beddy bye, little one.


What kind of near sightedness do  these folks who call themselves public servents, have in common other then there next job will be at Taco Bell?


Read today's article by Lal Balkaran on the Home Capital saga and the need for strong corporate governance.  Bombardier is the poster child for poor governance. If this situation is permitted to continue, don't think what happened to Home Capital cannot happen to Bombardier.


Nope! FAKE NEWS1!!!!!111 Muricah has the best health care system in the world, you could barter a chicken for a heart transplant, and premiums never ever rose one time, ever.


What a clever idea. Of course there is no security threat as who would be so bold as to attack us? We could open up a corridor for safety and attract all those who happen to get wind of the safe corridor. Perhaps we could send military aircraft to their countries and bring family member to Canada as well. After all we are caring Canadians and who would attack or take advantage of us?


There's a group of psychiatrists and psychologists, who would disagree, knowing that Trump's malignant narcissistic paranoid personality makes him a dangerous man. Moderate Republicans would also disagree as well as Democrats. According to Coffman's aide, whom I spoke with today, there's a bill in the works to prevent Trump from having the ability to start a war without Congressional approval.

If you're a huge fan of Trump, then I would have to believe your either completely ill-informed as your hero, who didn't even know he's the president of the Virgin Islands, or have the same lack of ethics, compassion, conscience or empathy as Trump. Sad! But thankfully, you and your ilk are in the minority.


Well, I have to say that there's a good reason that the 60s seem so long ago now.  I was there, too, although someone once said that if you remember the 60s, you weren't there. I'm glad you and your ex were both able to build new relationships and go on with your lives.


Looking forward to seeing what Altman can do with this year’s Ducks. Given his results to date, I expect them to be competitive and entertaining, and I will not be surprised if they exceed expectations. Go Ducks!


This government has to be breaking some kind of record for not keeping promises.  It's almost as it they were just a joke.


Trump is done as any kind of leader.  Even Pence wants him out.


The reason most people don't care about Trump's ties are because most Democrats didn't seem to care when it was PROVED that the Clinton camp and the DNC rigged a primary election. That's way worse than Russia spreading fake data on Facebook. No Dems, including Clinton, will take responsibility for rigging the election process, but we're supposed to be outraged about fake FB stories? Clinton was an unlikable, proven criminal with a enough skeletons to fill an airplane hanger. That's why she lost. (Before you start with the name-calling, I didn't vote for Trump. I'm just pointing out the hypocrisy).


Happy anniversary, Pope Francis. May he live a hundred years!

Not at all cult-like.


Of considerably more interest would be asking all of the presidential primary candidates their views on the Bundy family incursions into criminal and domestic terrorism behavior and the FBI and Justice departments very slow response enforcing the law in Nevada and Oregon. I have asked these candidates. So far no responses. Perhaps we can all put the question to them again when the Oregon primary rolls around.


Those are a  whole lot of "IFS"...collectively try finding solutions to the homeless problem which has fallen by the wayside because of this rail fiasco sucking up every available loose dollar...What is the first thing that our bread-and-butter tourists see? Homeless enclaves EVERYWHERE...it continues to grow because so many have given up trying to keep up with the rising cost of living here, and yet they keep coming to Hawaii by the droves, moving out of their apartments to the streets, tents or in their vehicles, moving ever closer to the million+ dollar  just-built Kakaako hi-rise communities. Coming soon to a neighborhood near you...


Eddy, would Jarred Kushner be destroyed if he were not a Jew....would Donald have been elected,  could you imagine Donald and Jared putting on a towel on their heads and going to mecca why doesn't Canada publish stats on black crime and Natives and drinking; how many Canadian Jews sign up for the Canadian military and go over to the front row, and how many of them have supported and chearleaded for our lower middle class Christian boys and a few girls to go over there and get killed and maimed, that is the ones hiding out in McGill and York....I could go on for ever about a dozen subjects like homosexuals and the spread of aids and the billions that it cost the health care system and these drug users tying up the emergency wards....but the press is too terrified to go there, like Eugene Melynk the owner of Senators, a Carribean tax avoider and a jump in front of the line liver transplant, but yet the city of Ottawa depends upon tax revenue....why does no one talk about those things.


" Don't underestimate a man who overestimates himself".   Kevin will make an interesting leader of the opposition.


To "Masterofdisasten"-what seems to be your problem--every comment you've made has been derogatory to Mr. Orr---what's the matter--didn't he sign your autograph book when you were a kid???


Another post about nothing.  It contributes nothing and is full of nonsense.  What we should fear is more articles like this from this writer


What would your comment be about a statement that the American Civil War had very little to do with slavery and more about which was supposed to be more powerful, the states or the federal government?   Another one of my questions, should the theory of evolution be taught as fact when there are major questions about it?

As far as being an independent thinker, consider I grew up in the Olympia and Seattle areas and ended up as a conservative.


What's wrong with Islamophobia?     Is it not common sense and well justified?


Real men don't taunt women and they don't use to term "crickets."


Agree. First mover advantage is needed here though. Seems like all these tertiary institutes are providing some form of online presence is dribs and drabs. They are dipping their toes in and waiting to see who moves first.

To date, I haven't been able to find one South African tertiary institute that offers a fully accredited post or undergraduate qualification online. They tend to offer the "token"  online short courses.

I can 't think of one good reason why post graduate qualifications by research can't be offered completely online already. Sure, for qualifications where hands-on practical experience is needed we revert back to the bricks and mortar approach - but only when practicals are really needed - when there is theory involved, switch back to online avenues.

The values in a 3 or 4 year degree is steadily declining - especially in the tech space. There is a concept of a micromasters and nanodegrees that MooC's offer. That seems more appealing in a fast paced world.


Don't know where you got that but a child soldier is defined by the UN as being under 18: https://childrenandarmedconflict.un.org/effects-of-conflict/six-grave-violations/child-soldiers/


No...studless tires outperform studs in "many" situations, not "most." And studded tires outperform studless tires on ice near the freezing point...which we seem to have a lot of, eh? lol And, you have to remember, my tires are studded SNOW TIRES. So they're good on snow, too. And around here we don't tend to just have snow OR ice...we tend to have some of both scattered about.

Oh, and Rachael, in case you didn't notice my question...can you explain to us why the police department  here in Anchorage uses studded tires on their police cars?  Hmmm? They're just stupid, is that it? We're waiting.


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

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


LOL you just defined all to be something far less than ALL and expect to be taken seriously.


Alaska court records show a "James Dale Ritchie" with an extensive criminal record- to include burglary of a dwelling.

Why was this psychopath walking the streets?

Kudos to the Anchorage Police Department for doing what the Alaska Court System could not do.


So stealing money in Alaska is illegal?  And people get arrested for it?!  Hey troopers, I know someone that stole $670,000,000 in PFD funds!  His name is Bill Walker and you can find him in Juneau.


Great editorial!  In this piece at least, the Globe speaks for the average Canadian blessed with enough common sense to stay home or be better prepared when they go on vacation during hurricane season.


The largest recent increase in opioid abuse is directly related to the pharmaceutical industry...prescription drugs.  Yet one of the solutions in Seattle is to offer safe shoot-up locations...for the addicts who have moved on to harder drugs after their scrips ran out.  Getting down to brass tacks, Whidbey is soon to be on the same trend.  It's a pattern that's easy to discern.

We're feeding the drug habits of addicts one schedule at a time.  It's not that hard to see.  When you wholly classify addiction as a disease that cannot be cured, only treated, then we have given up.

A disease cannot be "given up" by going to meetings, meditation, and sheriff task forces with gentle talk.


If published columns over the last couple of weeks are any indication...

... then, on the political spectrum, populism begins one millimeter to the right of Justin Trudeau, and is equivalent to Adolf Hitler's Naziism including its Holocaust aspects.

Sorry, but that has been the dog-whistle-to-megaphone message of the recent columns...


Then point is that muslims are not abused in Canada. But claim they are.


I wonder who was the QB while Ty was doing his revolving door impersonation? After the Broncos FO made the decision NOT to go after a LT during FA, I was really rooting for Ty to step up this year... hmmm, trip? Oh and, I really dislke this new civi format - mostly because I am forced to rate 3 comments I have zero interest in, in order to post just 1 comment or reply. That 3:1 ratio is a time consuming drag and should be adjusted to 1:1 (as in only one rating for 1 comment - NOT 3!).


This article is about two different things, and does not differentiate between them.  A group of people using violence to take property from one person to give to another (government redistribution) is totally different than people freely giving to those in need.

It might be noted that the scale of these "feed the children" programs is quite vast, while 2/3 of American adults are overweight.  At what point is it the responsibility of an (overweight) parent to provide for the nutritional needs of their kid.


Can $7.2 billion in short bets against the loonie involve manipulation?

You bet!


A half wit?


You ought to look up the term "Fascist". Here, I've done it for you:

often capitalized :  a political philosophy, movement, or regime (as that of the Fascisti) that exalts nation and often race above the individual and that stands for a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression of opposition
2
:  a tendency toward or actual exercise of strong autocratic or dictatorial control <early instances of army fascism and brutality — J. W. Aldridge>

No, he's not all the way there yet, but any reasonable person can see how quickly it could happen.

Trump is paranoid, narcissistic, sociopathic, dictatorial, mercurial (to say the least) and often talks in a florid, fantastical manner. In sum, he's not got a grounded intellect capable of acting in a measured and thoughtful manner. He's a natural-born demagogue with very little in the way of empathy.

He is a danger to life on earth.


You would be right if Assad was a cold-blood Canadian  political consultant. However, Assad is a bloody (literally) Oriental dictator.


I voted for PM Trudeau and I'm very pleased with most of his job as PM except Khadars settlement case. I was willing to chip in and not pay a penny to terrorist Khadar or the long list to come.


ducks not kings, year 1 of the rebuilt


Let's see... according to your past posts, you were born into a Jewish family but now you are a converted evangelical Christian who out-Christians every other Christian on the forum. But more, you have jeered at Elizabeth Warren for claiming a drop of American Indian blood, but now you are claiming to be an Evangelical Christian Jew who is also American Indian! It boggles the mind! No wonder you are such a mucked-up mess.

I suppose now you will be claiming you're a better lesbian than any of the others? Enough, Jack, for one day. and "jack" is spelled with a j in front and a k at the end, but r and e in between. Have a nice trump today, jack!


“Sexual-assault trials often focus on the credibility of witnesses and the benefit of the doubt always lies with the accused. However, most survivors do not report their assaults and the experience of the complainant in this case is unlikely to increase the reporting rate.”

I hope t;hat is true, given that this man who was acquitted in two separate  trials, spent 17 months in jail on the basis of the unproven complaint..  Pretty hard for me to consider the woman the victim in this case.


Perhaps because the P.M. is juvenile himself?


Had that backwards, in about 30 states, it is legal to discriminate against gays. You could legally get married in those states an then be fired for being gay.
Gays in Colorado can be refused employment, but not for being gay. In Colorado you csn be fired for al ost anyhting, but not for being in a protected class.

You finally got one right, but it was because I mixed the two numbers up, honest mistake.

Let’s get back to you thinking a baker can be compelled to make a Hitler cake for a German, but not a Canadian.
Do you want to explain that some more? It is precious when you do.

What bakery are you talking about? If a bakery does not make political cakes or offensive cakes like a Hitler cake, how can you compel them to make a Hitler cake, but (this is the best part) only for a German?

Please do explain. This is the best car crash yet.
I can’t wait for your answer!


Ft. Knox is relatively benign. But on the other hand, the proposed Pebble Mine could likely generate a tailings pond just like the Berkeley Pit only bigger. And like the Berkeley Pit, the Pebble Mine is right in the middle of the migration route for thousands of birds that visit Alaska each year. The proposed Donlin Mine is also a sulfide prospect and could produce acidic tailings ponds.


Seems to me that the only "mining" going on here is,as usual,the mining of investors $$ and credulity.
The business seems to consist of endlessly  "acquiring assets" these days and then talking them up to investors
"Proven reserves"..."under development...great potential"...
Meanwhile its all a leveraged play on the (eternal) hope that gold is going to regain its lofty valuations of $1500-$1700/oz.
Years from now, these get resold for 25 cents on the dollar..."written off" etc etc
.
Furthermore...it looks like the $US and the US economy/stock market $ is where folks are putting their bets...not on gold.


You missed the point. I'm guessing I'll be seeing that problem again.


And that is a good thing Allie. Not sure you'd be able to handle yourself, not to mention your whole thought process.
Then again, it could help!  LOL


I've taken to turning off the radio and scrutinizing the movements of every oncoming and crossing vehicle on our two lane roads. Pedestrians and bicyclists bear particular attention - a pedestrian was recently killed on a downtown street. As a bicyclist I curse the idiot cyclists who ride in the wrong direction and dart across traffic providing no warning to the driver. Cyclists on 101 are risking injury and death so it's nice to see the Disc Trail extension eastbound coming to fruition. All in all we have a challenging road environment in what is otherwise a fairly remote part of the country. Two lives are here ended in one instant of negligence. Wow.


As we are all left 'hanging' by this papal silence, I thought it was an appropriate handle.


You just nailed it! They're mad because it wasn't a good enough win. Stupid popular vote. Stupid looser performers who won't perform. We didn't want a big splashy inauguration anyway! Stupid looser women in their pink looser hats!


I wonder if he is colour blind in some way?

The business of light brown boots with dark blue suits is nothing I can find...

DARK maroon, ox-blood, very dark brown yes, but light brown saddle leather?

uh, no.

IF he was going to go "full casual" or light bossiness, yes, but the dark suit is serious....

Its' almost as if it is a dressing mullet - business up top, party down below...

And he supposed to be a "fashionista'...


Read the rest of my comment, Nels. I didn't say "levy new taxes" and leave it at that. I also said changes to the oil tax system should be considered as well.


You're going to be disappointed in whatever happens.


"Have they reached male rates? <crickets>"

http://www.statcan.gc.ca/tables-tableaux/sum-som/l01/cst01/health79a-eng.htm

Oddly enough, they nearly have, on a generational basis.  There's western nations where female drinking has officially caught male drinking, like the UK.  Canada's not quite there, but we got from a ratio of  2.23 to 1 in seniors to 1.16 to 1 in current teens.


Thanks for inviting me Bycatch. Wonder what happen to the comment section on the other homeless article? Too many many of the public showing how they feel and it was not up to par with the liberal agenda? I did not know you look for my comments but since you show an interest I will continue to entertain you. I sincerity hope you have more in your life then waiting for comments from ole Ernie.


Jr's father at least tried to stay out of people's bedrooms. People are losing their jobs, homes and their next meal and this is a priority?


Wow you seem to be experienced in the death oh this person


The better question is will Mueller's investigation see Mr. Trump fired.


Passed Health Care Reform: yes that is working out well; if nothing is done, it  will completely fail in 3-5 more months; healthcare companies are bailing out like rats off a sinking ship
Passed the Stimulus; and we got nothing for the spending; those shovel ready jobs, weren't
Passed Wall Street Reform: then why are Senators Sanders and Warren so fussed about Wall st
Ended the War in Iraq: did not end it, ended our participation in it. Had to return
Began Drawdown of War in Afghanistan: troops still ther,
Eliminated Osama bin laden: yes, he did.  However, contrary to his supporters, he did not pull the trigger
That was the first five; the rest are just as false.


I think India is second to none in Spiritual richness and it is one of the oldest civilizations we know of.  I just like to get you riled up as you do us.   However as Sri Yukstewar noted, India needs to learn from the west how to run a country while the west needs to learn from India how to think spiritually

Btw, despite possible name changes the Nordic countries have been around far more than five hundred years.  Recall the Vikings etc.

I do notice you like to sling it out but not take it.  Quite the deflection with the procreation levels in India...86th or not, it is not sustainable and you all can't come to better functioning countries.   Tell your peeps to slow it down they are wrecking the planet by overpopulation.


This seems like an advertorial for U. of A which is a fine institution. I guess I would ask why the students had to do all the leg work? I am a prof at a very large research institution and it has been my experience that the trifecta of top notch researcher, first tier teacher, and cherished mentor is akin to my retriever winning the Triple Crown of horse racing. Maybe institutions should hire people with 2 out of 3 every once in a while.....


Excellent work Teacher's union. Now let's hope the school boards have updated their teaching curricula to detail the history that actually was erased and we can all quit venerating sociopathic degenerates and perhaps look for some genuine heroics for which to aspire.


You mean that secretary of education who couldnt answer the most basic question about education policy - the difference between student proficiency and growth, that secretary of EDUCATION?


What kool-aid have you been drinking?  Those are serious charges.  Racist, Child Molesting Con Man?  I think you must be trying to rig the election.  Hillary is the one being investigated for criminal charges or do my eyes and ears deceive me.


I looked up the "Beltway Pundit" (unbiased continual Obama bashing) and read the article. This stood out: "Over the past twenty five years, from 1989 to 2014, Koch Industries has donated $18,083,948 in political contributions to Republicans. "
Here is why: " the CRP only shows disclosed and direct campaign contributions made by organizations, companies and individuals. On that level, the Kochs only show up as #59 overall for the past 25 years and contributed a total of $4.9 million in the previous election cycle. However, when you take into account all of the ‘dark’ money that the Kochs spent during the 2012 election, that figure balloons to a whopping $412 million. In comparison, the top ten labor unions combined spent a total of $153 million when counting all political contributions." They are currently sitting on $900 million.
This is why Republicans are in trouble. They still defend the rich who robbed them of a fair shake.


These arguments about whether Islam is an extremist religion or not are moot: Canada has already chosen the path which will see a majority Muslim population within this century.

Enjoy your liberties while you can, and make your plans accordingly.

It is coming and it cannot be stopped.


I would vote for Brad Wall!


Nathaniel Herz is doing the job of a reporter. Just putting the facts out there. Excellent.


Because the only significant predictor for future behavior is past behavior. A man who did not keep his promises to his business associates, or to the American banks whose loans he defaulted on, or to the American public when he made this promise in 2014:"If I decide to run for office, I’ll produce my tax returns, absolutely and I would love to do that," or his wives when he was screwing around on them --these are all easily verified factual events---can't rationally be expected to behave ethically toward anyone else.


It's the trivialization of violence and the further trashing of what once was an august and dignified public office.


NA:  Yes, I'm sure it's the "fault" of those who run the railroad!  You don't know much about railroad operations but don't let that hold you back.


That's right. Daughter is a screw up so it must be Mom's fault. It couldn't possibly be the rude daughter's fault.


The ethics commissioner will find a way.
Like she said Trudeau wasn't with the PET foundation when the Chinese donation negotiations started in Sept/14 yet Trudeau left the foundation in Dec/14 but she won't explain the timeline  discrepancy.


Well, if I am wrong about this "imaginary entity," I will have been a better person for it. If you are wrong about this "imaginary entity," you will have a desperately rude awakening when you die. Please be careful...there is a God. Let me know if you ever change your mind and choose to seek Him. You are bolder than I to deny and degrade God. Denying God is one big, nasty risk. I know I would rather cross a beam hundreds of feet in the air than deny God...and I hate heights. Roy, God has some great plans for that passion of yours if you would just channel it in the right direction. Here's to an insane life and an awesome eternity in Heaven!!


Should a shutdown happen Alaskans will quickly learn what and how many state jobs are truly "non-essential" and we'll have a clear map of where cuts can easily be made.  How a bloated government can be put on a diet!  Careful, Democrats and turncoats....continue down this path and so many friends might find themselves unemployed.   Permanently.


Keep Uber Out? No thank you,  i have used Uber many times and love it. Maybe if  current taxi owners would of taken care of their cabs to where they were not filthy and smell like dirty feet, then people would be ok with the current taxi situation.  But give me a clean ride any day over their cesspool taxis. Uber is coming, and it is badly needed.


Great job officers. I appreciate you men and women putting in the hours and hard work to locate this fugitive. Keep it up and enjoy the holidays! Even though christmas came early for the prison system with this hand-delivered perp. No ham for you this year Jamal...unless they give out ham sammiches for xmas in prison? I have no idea.


Classy.


It seems like almost everyone is trying to find an excuse for her behavior.


Your photo caption is missing a sentence. "Not pictured: Child Protective Service workers from various states waited until the end of the song to put the Sharp children the hands of responsible parents."


I agree it is started with Obama, and it is not a good thing to start with.


Baloney.  Restore the dividend. Those fortunate enough to have good paying jobs in Alaska shouldn't mind a small income tax on that good fortune.  Taking away dividends from low income households is taxing those households 100%.  Tax the oil and gas industry properly instead of paying them to extract oil.


JFK, Bobbie Kennedy, LBJ, Nixon, NcNamara, Kissinger.   All perpetuated that theory and lied regularly.  The Domino Theory was President Eisenhower's invention, however.

1954:  "President Dwight D. Eisenhower coins one of the most famous Cold War phrases when he suggests the fall of French Indochina to the communists could create a “domino” effect in Southeast Asia. The so-called “domino theory” dominated U.S. thinking about Vietnam for the next decade."  This was just before Dien Bien Phu's fall.

The History Channel:
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/eisenhower-gives-famous-domino-theory-speech


"Into the blue again after the money's gone
Once in a lifetime,"

Thank you Conoco-Phillips and all your stooges in the AK legislature, including Ben Nageak, who passed SB21.


So that's why she still hasn't introduced the No Hobnobbing with Mass Murderers Act.


There is NO god. He's just an invention for mind control and money making by the Catholic Church. Just a commercial product. Had to laugh at the ending of the original series of Planet of the Apes where the hero played by Charles Heston rages in anger at the albino human race when he discovers they are worshipping an atomic bomb. He was so enraged that he pushed the missile down and everyone dies. Then his lovely topless girlfriend rides off into the Hawaiian sunset on a romantic sandy beach happy that her boyfriend taught her the lost joys of sex and bore her a baby to continue the human race devoid of religion and violence. Unforgettable. :)


Hang them. Let it be a lesson to those that do this.


Oh, yes, I did indeed read the report. It is basically just the standard regressive vs progressive arguments for re-distributing of wealth from the producing class to the non-producting class, along with some cooked up stats to make folks think it is a good idea. So, I was just talking about jumping to conclusions based upon a study from a well-known Liberal Activist organization. I think it is important to consider the sources when looking at reports like this and I always appreciate reporters who report both sides of an argument with similar zeal.


Perhaps the Conservatives record of accruing $170b in new debt while extolling the virtues of a balanced budget has spoiled all Canadians; who have now been taught by Harper that debt is not the problem that Conservatives pretend it is....

More evidence of a broken Conservative ideology.


"Several Denver South High School students had boarded an RTD bus following school Wednesday when an older white man singled out a black student, by calling him names and physically assaulting the boy, authorities say."
Said the original article. Well, the perps don't look that old, that white and there are two of them now. Good example why the article writers should not jump to conclusions just to pander to the left wing readers just to work them up. Would that qualify as fake news?
http://www.denverpost.com/2017/08/25/man-assaults-south-high-student-rtd-bus-racial-slurs/


At least then we'd get an explanation as to the award figure.


Mr. Hess, glad you are okay. You can get insurance on cameras. We know many people that have their underwater cameras insured. The old saying is not if it will be flooded, but when it will be flooded. Having watched my wife in despair as she discovered that her 1500.00 camera was full of water, it may well be worth it. I saw a person loose a 10,000.00 to salt water one time. I never knew that many cuss words.


ok then arrest, and clear the way


There are Catholic cemeteries in Canada that won't bury other denominations either, even other Christians.


Trump stokes "Rocket Man"......!  Ha, Ha....!


Lastly I post that story from the honest fire fighters who sent the evidence to people.. they don't agree with Kirk Caldwell and won't vote for him! Of course everyone's  innocent to proven guilty. But it's all public knowledge including the arrest.. Kirk thinks he and his high union buddy's above the law !! I also post this story as first responders should know better and also the mayor !  I hope the news will do a story on this as to warn people about drinking and driving for Halloween ..


I wanted to buy a condo in downtown Toronto-a building in the start of construction had a "presentation centre" just down the street and when I inquired about a unit was told "that it sold out in a matter of days"--I was told Chinese (non Canadian residents) were buying up all the units for their children attending university---this really angers me---there should be a law on the books that unless you have resided in this country for at least a few years these units should be offered to Canadian citizens--those having resided here >5 years---this is grossly unfair and needs to STOP