Quoted from another site but really sums up the situation:

"Trump's administration ends up being made up of plutocrats, right wing extremists and generals. Basically, exactly what you should have expected, unless you were stupid."

I think these guys are clogging the swamp drain.


Also, you might like this :

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Indian Chief ‘Two Eagles’ was asked by a white U.S. government official, “you have observed the white man for 90 years.  You’ve seen his wars and his technological advances.  You’ve seen his progress, and the damage he’s done.”

The Chief nodded in agreement.

The official continued, “Considering all these events, in your opinion, where did the white man go wrong?”

The Chief stared at the government official then replied, “When white man find land, Indians running it, no taxes, no debt, plenty buffalo, plenty beaver, clean water.  Women did all the work.  Medicine man free.  Indian man spend all day hunting and fishing; all night having sex.”

Then the chief leaned back and smiled, “Only white man dumb enough to think he could improve system like that.”


What a wonderful young man.  He provided food for so many in his village.  This wasn't a whale hunt to kill a whale but a hunt to provide food for his family and community.  He carries on the traditions of the Elders provides for many.


Agree!


Kirk is responsible for this fiasco.  Let him and the city council raise taxes and be unemployed after the next election.   That includes Ron Menor and Ikaika Anderson and Kymberly Pine.


Interesting news today out of the meetings in Brussels - the EU plans to announce the intent of usurping armies of member nations and put under EU control - just one more insecurity to lay on people in member nations.  I guess taking away border control from each country and abilities of each nation's governing bodies to make any decisions of importance wasn't enough.  Good for Britain.  They got out in the nick of time.


Interesting. I found that her concern is for a small subset of the less fortunate, specifically people who have chosen to come to Eugene and live homeless here. She is unconcerned for the many people of limited means who are harassed by these thugs as they try to walk and cycle to their (low-wage) jobs and to do their shopping. She is unconcerned about the people who are burglarized by the drug-dealing and addicted thugs; those victims usually cannot afford to secure their rented homes from intruders. I truly feel that Ms Semple will make things much worse for the majority of Eugene's less fortunate.


@ Register-Guard, putting someone's name in triple parentheses is a white-supremacist means of targeting jewish people. It is hate speech. Please remove.


No, the idea is simple, putting it to work is the hard part!


The most democratic way is to hold a referendum.


Because they're double-talking hypocrite liberals.


It’s been three years, have airlines put active pingers on pan-ocean flights?  The Aussies seemed to have sound deductive reasoning in setting the search area, some day the plane will be found and probably close to the search zone.


Who is responsible for the tens of thousands of Americans murdered, maimed, robbed, and raped (including small boys and girls) by illegal (and "legal") aliens?


Interesting proposal. Granted that the FAA's ATC modernization program leaves a bit to be desired, when the airlines were in charge of air travel security, we had 9/11 happen. There is a certain amount of wisdom in the principle of "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." and "The law of unintended consequences."


The Siuslaw National Forest has been successfully regenerating conifer and growing timber without herbicides and other poisons, let alone aerial spraying, since 1980. Perhaps doubters should go look at their successes on the ground.

Rural people, not "city dwellers", are the ones who have been harmed and put at risk by aerial spraying, including many people near Triangle Lake and outside of Gold Beach. A vineyard keeper near Yoncalla lost most of his grape crops to aerial herbicide drift on an adjacent RFP clearcut. There are many more examples...


It was much better back in the 1950s/60s/early 70s. Housing prices in the SF/Bay Area started climbing in the mid 1970s. That was the starting point of this downhill spiral.


Think the sentence was a little lenient, they should not be allowed to hunt walrus or posses walrus meat for the entire 3 years they're on probation. Like the requirement they hunt for elders but who is going to monitor to ensure they don't keep walrus for themselves?


. . Exactly.

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FBI investigators are examining whether Russians suggested to Kushner or other Trump aides that relaxing economic sanctions would allow Russian banks to offer financing to people with ties to Trump, said the current U.S. law enforcement official.

The head of Russian state-owned Vnesheconombank, Sergei Nikolaevich Gorkov, a trained intelligence officer whom Putin appointed, met Kushner at Trump Tower in December.

The bank is under U.S. sanctions and was implicated in a 2015 espionage case in which one of its New York executives pleaded guilty to spying and was jailed.

The bank said in a statement in March that it had met with Kushner.


How many has Porcelain Price won habbos?! HAHAHAHA.............


Smiled at your post in conjunction with your Civil name. Makes complete sense.

Good for ICE btw.


Help us out here.  The mental health folks in VA didn't have bed available, and there weren't orders to hold Cho, so he got out and went to campus.

Loughner?  He couldn't have been involuntarily committed as he didn't present as being as mentally disturbed as he actually was.


Taking a comic from the Leftist Daily Kos doesn't support your claim, but perhaps a piece from the Washington Post will refute it.
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/yes-antifa-is-the-moral-equivalent-of-neo-nazis/2017/08/30/9a13b2f6-8d00-11e7-91d5-ab4e4bb76a3a_story.html?utm_term=.bda952c7c257#comments

To clarify your sentence: there is one "side" of bigotry, and it comes in all shapes and sizes.  The President is right, and he's not "supporting the KKK" for saying that.


What is true cannot evolve into something which is not true. Doctrinal evolution as understood by most posters on here is an euphemism for change or reversal of doctrine.
The glaring example is the indissolubility of marriage. Thanks to the Synods and Amoris Laetitia this doctrine is in the process of being surreptitiously reversed.


My freedom of speech is held captive.  Its all about what is supposedly "politically correct", and "semantics".   As The Unknown Commenter perfectly  stated, "No one is touching this because current politically correct climate favors the transgendered as being at the top of the pecking order, the most protected class of individual above lesbians and gays, blacks, undocumented latinos and women in that order.   Ex:   On the farm,  a "Hoe" was a garden tool, another kind of "Hoe",  notice my spelling,  is a woman who is promiscuous , has no morals, a despicable  human being.   My freedom of speech is being held captive by these classes of people by  not being able to take the "e" off of "HOE", and call it like it is.  If you refer to a woman by the latter, they will scream, holler, claim verbal rape,  claim  their rights have been violated etc.,  and in some cases file a lawsuit.

Meh.......The protected class of Individual's???????    What about white people?????


@Singlecurrency: Let me flip it for the perspective of those who were born too young to partake in the policy-driven real estate price run-up that's occurred: "It is one thing for various levels of government and government agencies to have a moderate hand in regulating the market. It is quite another for these entities to make never-ending price increases the focus of so much of their policy and tax incentive thinking."

My description pretty much describes what's happened this entire century so far. Yours describes something that has barely happened yet.

This high priced market has been engineered. It is not the result of a "free market" unless you ignore the never ending of favorable tax policies, government guarantees for real estate investing that doesn't exist in other sectors, etc.

No one is entitled to own. No one is entitled to profit from real estate. The pendulum has swung too far towards high prices, making the long-term down sides too big to ignore. And so here we are.


Joe is a good Man, he tried to follow the Law and it was used against him for Political reasons......He will be Pardoned!!!!


Fuck you.


Ige welcomes all to the Aloha State. ISIS, Taliban, AlQueda, MS13, "illegal" migrants.
Don't tell, Hawaii won't Ask! Allahu Akbar!


You know, I'm really going to enjoy watching you debase yourself trying to defend Trumps pardons of his criminal regime.


And in the Eastern Church she is still enthusiastically called that!


We need to be clear that it is our church who supports pitting nuns against poor women and not me.  I didn't tell these nuns they should support defunding planned parenthood so poor women can't get cancer testing.


One Big Lie a Day


Judges,as stated, are there to rule on law and not politics. However if a "treasonable" act is undertaken by Jacob Zuma then this may be construed as unlawful and would then be a case for the Judiciary to become involved.
In my understanding a treasonable act is one which is an act against the country, and the result of the firing of competent ministers which has been to the detriment of the country could be construed as such an act, especially as dishonest incompetent ministers were retained


The plan seems to be to dump more and more money into the country faster than it can be stolen in hopes that some might spill over and reach the intended target


Laura doesn't acknowledge that abortion is absolutely a form of birth control. Most women who have had abortions have had multiple abortions. It's easier than making the guy stop to get a condom, and who can remember to take pills?


Luck, in all endeavors, is when preparedness meets opportunity.


Watch out, Mr Friedersdorf, some conservatives might sneak into your E Pluribus Dorm.

My guess is that the only people who would benefit from this sort of arrangement would be those taught to care for and respect those different from themselves during their true formative years, ages 0-18.


And, maybe Sara, you add nothing but noise to the conversation.


Generally doesn't work.  Birth rates go down with economic well being.  As well, I seem to recall a lot of yelling and screaming about "welfare moms" having more kids to get more welfare.


Putin owns the lame and ineffective Obumbler.  This is what you get when a 'community organizer' becomes President - the humbling of the US.  Looking forward to January 20th.


this "Punk" know what he was doing even if he didn't start..he still helped kill the poor incident birds and their eggs...45 days..is a slap in the face.. one year at least behind bars...this is why our Judge's need to be elected and not appointed...shame on the judge...plus the "ambulance chaser attorney"...


I guess those "decent Canadians" just happen to be Brian Lilley co founder of the Rebel and Michelle Rempel and Peter Kent, CPC MP's as those who are the ones who went to the US to bad mouth Canada, the government and the courts.

Stephen, Ben and Laureen Harper and Andrew Scheer also made a drama of  emailing the Rebel site for fundraising for the Speer "kids".
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It is unlikely that most Canadians are happy with the Conservatives use of this issue for partisan purposes-not to mention fundraising and adding names to their data base- and airing a domestic issue in  Canada to a US audience . The Conservatives seemed to be trying hard to rile up the  Fox watching Trump base against Canada just as we are  entering delicate negotiations for  NAFTA.

Andrew Scheer and the CPC have certainly shown their true colours with their questionable antics on this file.


"It is your right to question, challenge and criticize the practice."

Really? Thank you! But then why does certain perfectly "civil"criticism get censored here?

Let's see if this will pass.

If a woman proudly claimed she had been convinced by some man, her husband or someone else, that because she was her husband's precious property, "like a precious jewel", she should not go out in public unless her face were covered, feminists would be on her like a ton of bricks. They would demonstrate to prevent her from speaking at universities.

But take out a certain religious card, and feminists will not only defend her right to do so, but praise her courage, and insist this is only "a piece of clothing"...nothing to see here!

Double standard anyone?


That is what ironic means. Use your dictionary.


It appears to me that the "rise in the playoffs" is about to run into a dead end.


And that clown is going to jail after Trump wins the election.


Correct. As in "This author needs to by him a grammar book." :)


This is just sad.
Superannuated artists, time servers and virtue signallers.


Ugotta B Kidding is a fitting name for you. I went down the Dalzell in 85 with no snow and it was a horror for the dogs and the mushers. Having concern for them is most important and Nordman knows that well, having run the race himself. The Fairbanks route is not as exciting and historical, but the safety and the well being of mushers and dogs is more important. The flakes who dont understand that should go back to the lower 48. THANKS MARK NORDMAN, for a good decision !


Why do we not hear more about HVDC? There has been hardly any discussion of the possibility of converting North Slope natural gas in electricity and sending into the North American grid system. This sure seems like a viable option. Does anyone know why this is not a better idea than a gas line?


Eighty-year-old women spontaneously die every day. Therefore, if you strangle your grandmother, the use of the term "murder" for your act is "precluded."


What is under the radar in this island for West side commuters during rush hour is that it could be made possible to reach Honolulu taking arterial streets faster than taking the H-1 during rush hour.  (Arterial streets have a speed limit of 25-35 mph compared to 55 mph at H-1 - but during rush hour, vehicles on H-1 start to crawl at less than 35 mph)
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How?
* If all intersections on all arterial streets from Kapolei to Alamoana were remodeled such that traffic does not anymore stop for left turns. ***Left turns in a remodeled intersection are made simultaneously with traffic moving forward***
* If all traffic signal lights on all arterial streets from Kapolei to Alamoana were bundled into a single system controlled by Artificial Intelligence.
(Note: - driverless cars are controlled by Artificial Intelligence)


Bet you 5 dollars The Obamas take all the letter O's out of the keyboards in the Whitehouse before they leave. That's what the Clintons did.. Class acts, liberal know-it-alls.


Price has always been way over rated...to call him the best in the world is rediculous- montreal could have had enroth - missed opportunity


The day after the election he posed for Vogue which proves that he was & is only  interested in promoting his own self(ie) interests and boosting his massive ego.

The americans can have him & good riddance.


For some reason I see young men experimenting with alcohol in their early adult years, but there is not the same problem with a criminal raping them? Why is that? It is not really about the person being drunk, but the predator...


Where is the State in cooling the promised 1,000 classroom?   All shibai.


Hancock is shoring up voter support from society's takers and putting it on the backs of the makers.  He will probably get more votes from the former than he will lose from the later.


And to add to that, the reinsurance companies recognize that AGW appears to be real and insurance is increasingly being changed and priced to recognize the potential for larger and larger claims for damages.


The bishops in the Weimar Republic where on the wrong side of history until the end of the war
Read the history of The White Rose Society
Silence will become basic assent and those  - the disabled and others will be more than just dismissed
Money and it's power will rule and Mannom will be the god of our country
We are fools if we don't start speaking and standing up now


You ever heard a group of women talking and comparing a mans package, makes Trumps comment pale by comparison.


A simple rule for simple people.


The Dems should get behind Margaret Stock.  She is honest, level-headed and practical.  She has my vote!


Not one credible reference link to back up your shibai post. Your standard.


The asylum seekers are illegal immigrants, people whose visas have expired and so forth.  Though the U.S. has always been tough to some extent on these people (I think all kinds of measures were in the works under Obama), the current president is far more vocal about it, and so these illegal immigrants are trying to get into Canada instead.  They are not refugees, they are not fleeing for their lives.  While they may want a better life than in the country of their birth, there's no guarantee they'll actually succeed in Canada. Unlike the immigrants we allow into the country, they're not vetted for the skills required to succeed here.  Nor are we as huge a country as the U.S., with the scope of opportunity there.

We already have massive immigration and a robust refugee system.  I don't think Canadians need to feel that they are cruel and unwelcoming because they don't support opening our borders to the U.S.'s illegal immigrants.


Not if you're a CDN resident.  Unless you are engaged in tax evasion.


Now we know you're just a troll.


Great show for Hawaii in its day.


Agimarc - there is no "portion of the watershed that would be harmed", this river flows to the ocean as all rivers do.  The following systems, from the Snow River all the way to the ocean, will be changed irreperably by a dam: sedimentation, turbidity, minerals and nutrients, water temperatures, etc.  All of these elements affect the salmon life cycle, as well as other mammals who rely on water and food.  This dam, if built, would change everything and I suspect CEA knows that.  They were just sticking their toe in the water so to speak.  They knew this wasn't going to fly.


If you want a lot of education, that is possible.  If you want to be rich, you can do that.  If you want both, that can happen.  You just have to pick a path and follow it.  The world can't survive with only educated people, just as it can't exist with just rich or poor people.  We need all groups contributing.  There are PLENTY of college-educated people who are not working in careers related to their degrees, and loads of college grads who are poor.

Tradesmen can do very well.

There are many people without higher education who are self-made millionaires (I'm one of them).

Being successful without a college degree is about possessing an innate curiosity about how the world works, having the ongoing thirst for self-taught knowledge, persevering, and always maintaining the motivation to succeed.


Even if proven to be true, which I doubt. The Americans have never tried to influence other sovereign nations elections. Right?


I hope the democrats show up with fishing rods and fishing vests and Dynasty Ducks in their hands.


Why should a woman be forced to bear the child of their rapist or older male relative?


I am shocked that the crew of millionaires voted to represent Alaskans are OK with voting in this billionaire for that cabinet position ! Shocked ! And usually they are so in touch with the our needs as a populace!


Common law marriages were valid, sacramental marriages until the Church began to impose conditions in order to address abuses. The Church has only ever spoken dogmatically when some initially held truth has come under attack and even then it has only done so out of the necessity of the prevalence of Truth.


What....the assembly feels they are missing out on some tax revenue to support their pet projects.  If one of them walked into McDonalds and got a FREE burger or beer from the local pub there would be no outcry to pull those licenses.  I say get over it and focus on more important things that the citizens need and care about.


Obama hasn't made a single public statement since leaving office and has only been seen vacationing from afar

Your statement is ludicrous to the extreme


Why aren’t we going after YouTube.

Google doesn’t collect HST on its Canadian advertising. Yet our Government runs ads on their website.

How about Facebook. Doesn’t collect HST on Canadian advertising.

Everyone is blind to this.


She would sell millions if she came out with a book called, "I lied".


I like that: call on the President to condemn a tiny fringe population that isn't even organized as an act to stop divisiveness.  Then have him condemn the racists.  And then the homophobes.  And then the trans-phobes.  And then the climate-change deniers.  And then the religious, particularly the Catholics.  And then the capitalists.  All on the name of unity.  Free speech?  Only if it is Leftist speech can it be free.


Cyclones are not the result of climate change. But climate change/global warming exacerbates the impact of cyclones. Warmer water is "fuel" for cyclones. AGW has warmed the oceans. Storm surge kills. Storm surge is on top of AGW-induced sea level rise. Precipitation extremes result in flooding. AGW results in increased precipitation. These are all basic, physical responses to warming. AGW is not responsible for these events, but it makes these events more impactful.


Where do you think the money that private insurance companies use to pay your healthcare bills comes from? You think they're using their "own" money? When you pay your insurance premiums to private insurance companies, do you consider that robbery too?

When it comes to healthcare, conservatives don't seem to have a clue about how insurance works. Its why they can have a fainting spell over the concept of the young and healthy subsidizing the healthcare of older and sicker.

When you're trying to defend the indefensible, in this case the most inefficient, expensive healthcare system in the world, the conservative has gotta get creative.


You're just making this up, aren't you?  That is, you never checked any facts or surveys to see if there was any truth in what you're saying, and not surprisingly, you're a Trump supporter.  Here is some factual information.
https://shorensteincenter.org/news-coverage-donald-trumps-first-100-days/


It was racist because the Japanese driver represented the WWII era Japanese Imperial military to Frei.  Would he have felt "uncomfortable" if the Indy500 winner was a naturalized American citizen from Japan?  My guess is "yes."


"There's also the possibility of literally running into a bear. I've found four instances in North America of cyclists running into bears while traveling at a high speed. It's the nature of the sport; bikers also run into hikers and other cyclists on singletrack trails. The trails are signed for one-way travel, which helps minimize collisions with humans, but not wildlife."

Or a moose.  Thank you for recognizing the safety aspect of the one-way trails.  In Arizona and Northern California, it was, deer, lions and black bears.  The thing is, the sport isn't all about high-speed, no matter how many times you claim.  Again, there are many users on any given day that are not going that fast, possibly why your research indicates that cyclists as a group are at far less risk of a bear mauling.


Not "might" but "do" vote Conservative. The Liberals, as one can see are destroying Canada, gorging themselves at the taxpayer trough and treating the Canadian taxpayers as chumps.


correction ; Huge Squirrel.


It's like, how much more blue could this be?  And the answer is "none."  None more blue.


Yes!  Mandatory ACA for all members of Congress and their Families.  Let them pay their own premiums.  But don't worry we'll give you fair and equitable flex $ that you can distribute to pay for your life insurance, disability insurance, etc. like the common people.


According to Farm Aid over 300 family farms are sold on average every year in the USA.  People need to spend more on local food to support the farmers' in our area and help them stay financially viable.  With global warming/climate change, food production will go down worldwide; it already has in many regions due to drought, flooding and other severe weather.  Also, according to research reported by the Rodale Institute and the book "The Soil Will Save Us" written by Kristin Ohlson, no till, organic, perennial small family farms can sequester ALL the carbon released into the atmosphere!  Organic small family farmers deserve our respect and support. We have the cheapest food in the world right here in the USA.  Let's spend a little more on local, healthy whole food to help make ourselves healthier and the planet. Also, eat much less meat and dairy; and pay a little more for grass-fed, organic products that don't torture.


You walk in the shoes of the oil company for a while you will discover it is more risk than you think!


Thanks. I usually think to check there, but didn't this time.
It really is true that democracy is a fluid thing, that we have to stay awake and even a bit cynical to make sure the democracy we have  is in reality, the democracy we want. Not sure I could call this election any better than I can call the final four.
Hugh Massengill, Eugene


“My issue with our football team is we make a lot of critical errors,” Broncos coach Vance Joseph said. “That has to stop.”

I hope head coach Joseph is including the coaching staff as well as players. I'm sure he must be. The defense is the only thing he can count on and it seems they lose focus at the worst times. How they ever let Oakland off the hook when they had them pinned back at their 7 yard line is beyond me. The defense knew they had the advantage with Carr out. The offense wasn't any help so was all on the defense to win it. The crowd was on fire and ready to bury them but they had no prob moving the ball and putting up points. Players or coaching? I think the players on defense are pretty damn good so that must leave coaching. Special teams came into play by a miss of an easy field goal and then a shanked punt to really put the pressure back on the defense. Players or coaching? Definitely players. There's plenty of blame for mistakes. Good luck coach, tough road ahead.


Jim Minnery, Mike Dunleavy and any other so called Christian Conservatives, you might want to find an uninhabited island somewhere and found a nation based on your bizarre notions of Christianity, leaving those of us who believe our nation was founded on separation of church and state and that all men and women are created equal to live peacefully with one another.


Okay pakeheat, I finally found what you thought I said to dragoninwater about everyone will want to use it. This was a sarcastic reply to dragoninwater saying that self driving cars will solve the problem of commuting. Self driving cars are not yet anywhere near a reality and it's still expensive and not everyone might want to use it or could afford it. Did you read what I replied to? Again...reading comprehension....you need to have that checked dude.


The "mods" are some Javascripts.


Ned: In two consecutive posts, you list information that contradicts each other. In the first one, you indicate the Pincer Creek farm lasted 23 years which is close to 25 and then in the next one you are citing they will last only 15 years.  At least be selective in what information you are going to use to support your points.


There's 247 federally recognized tribes, Pi, and the Interior Dept. decides, by number, which communities can be considered rural under federal guidelines.


Nonprofits cannot directly support or oppose candidates in an election.  They can lobby on issues as part of their educational component.

I cannot speak for ay of these groups, but I suspect that they will advocate issues and agendas relevant to their nonprofit mission.  They will leave the campaigning to the 501©(4) political action committees.


Trump is a man who can never take responsibility for anything that goes wrong.  Every failure is the fault of someone else.  All of his long list of business failures were the fault of others.

Trump is a psychotic.  His supporters should be ashamed of themselves.


You call it horse trading, other people call it cooperation.


They're throwing the book at these kids and its completely necessary.  Maybe more kids will get the message when they realize they cant get out; and will live and die behind bars when pulling crap like this.  Alaska laws have to change to keep people behind bars.


Yes, they all knew about Darwin.  Sadly, no one of them as found a satisfactory way to rethink Original Sin and salvation in light of emerging biblical scholarship on the Eden myth and evolution, as well as a salvation model that has God demanding blood satisfaction.


it's about time!


I suspect that the killer saw a cyclist in front of him and just had to gun it. Far too many motorists just can't stand to have a bicycle in front of them and behave irrationally when it happens.

Now, how about the reporter do a bit of work and actually tell us what the killer was arrested for. Knowing our anti-bike judicial system, it is probably involuntary manslaughter as most.


This is an enjoyable read, however:
It's easy, & far too common, to look back at history & criticize actions taken, which seem egregious by today's standards. But agonizing over past events which would not likely take place today serves no useful purpose - rather it tends to polarize different racial/cultural groups.
Times & acceptable behavior of nations & individuals change.
Cultures change as the times demand. No viable cultures are static, dynamism is required to adapt to the world as it, too, inevitably changes.
Clearly the technological advantages of the "western societies & nations" led them to gain land and influence, while the cultures less advanced in weaponry, organization, etc. lost many battles, land, & influence through "cultural default".


The crime is a very personal one and seems to involve no material  gain for the perp.  A rival racing group?  An angry former Hui Nalu member?  Do some investigation and stop whining about it.


No.  Asking people to pay for their own birth control and abortions makes sense.  Both are legal because the US Supreme Court decided to grant the right to privacy which is not found in our Constitution.  Why should others be compelled to fund your private matters?


The ignorant and misinformed voted for Zoolander.


If you're going to compare, you have to compare apples to apples.

Immigrant Hungarians or Portuguese or Japanese are nowhere near the # of Chinese immigrants. 0.5 Mil of 16 Mil is 3%. Is that the same figure of returning Canadian nationals for immigrants from other countries such as China?


The pool of worker might not be unemployed but there are a lot of tech workers.  If Amazon comes to town and offers higher salaries they'll be able to fill their jobs.  This will force the other tech companies to up their offers to compete, which is good for wages in the metro area.


Canada must open its borders to everyone immediately. And everyone who comes here should be able to  do what ever they want.  If anyone raises any objection to this they  are deplorable, and  must be strongly condemned.


stupid piece, left wing love the dictators!!!


the only two that showed up chanting "Lock Her Up"


Great insight there on Siemian. I keep saying this: When he is protected and everything goes well he is good to pretty darn good.

But when he has to do anything remotely close on his own he really falters. I was thinking the same thing about the scripted plays. He seems fine with the script, but anything that goes OFF script...he really falls apart.

Trevor, you need to make plays! It is  part of your job and you cannot just rely on everyone else making them for you.

Watch what Kirk Cousins and Alex Smith did on Monday night. Those guys had protection breaking down all around them, but they made plays! Not everything is going to go your way.


Good to know the denver post twists things... this is not the truth lol way to teist it in favor of the denvor animal shelter


Out of 43 comments...Harry owns 14 of them.

Nothing new...It's SOP for propagandists. Everytime someone addresses him it gives him an excuse to flood the zone.


Good heaven's I see the posting board is full of bleeding hearts. China can go pound sand! Good on President-elect Trump for initiating a tone that puts these totalitarian scum bags back in their place.


I'm not trying to degrade your job or income, but yes 250k is middle class. And at that rate a middle class earner pays 65k in federal tax. The hits just keep coming. The more you make... the more you take. Unless you get over the threshold of middle class.


The comparisons normalize Trump. But the assault on truth - even from an imperfect media - should alarm any thinking human.


No, the blame for this POS kid is not society. It is whatever conceived,  birthed, raised her.


Eliza Kashinsky, you are a sorry, sorry case. Are you so unsure of your dogma that you have to hide your identity?

I have no financial interests in Eugene real estate other than the single-family home I bought when you were just a pain in some parents' eyes.

Yet, in contrast to your ignorance about Eugene development practices, I could qualify as a real estate genius. The redevelopment of the SW-SAZ, _against the will of the community_, would displace working folks in affordable, single-family homes with higher cost condos and apartments.

Please go back to defending the poor, downtrodden atheists (like myself), as you were doing before you moved to Eugene.

-- Paul


Did you not read the article?


It is unfortunate that the Globe does not lead the way. As Japan, the US  and 21 other developed countries have shown, GDP/person is not a significant factor in our quality of life.

Japan? An economic basket case and one of the best places in the developed world to live. The US? The wealthiest country in the developed world and one of the worst places to live. The quality of living for the 23 developed countries correlates, not with wealth, GDP/person, but with income inequality (income of top 20% divided by income bottom 20%). The lower the inequality, the better the living conditions.

Increasing GDP/person results in the wealthy getting wealthier. Income inequality getting greater. Let them keep Report on Business. Lets have a Report on Quality of Life


Shame on the Ulupono Initiative.  Rail is costing each person on Oahu $200.00 per year  - there is no ridership plan - only Guesstimates - Rail is not Green and never will be - TODs do not need rail - there is no public purpose for this project - rail is not fast - rail is not high capacity.  Too assume that rail is valuable and go through all these financing schemes is elitist and a waste of time.


Alaska did take away the test for hand guns proper use just after I had to take the test, that was years ago. I was surprised at the time though.


Your post makes you look like a liberal demagogue.


I think you're right, except I don't think it's a wasted exercise to throw this to the Lege to put them all on the record (yet again) as supporting government secrecy.  Plus, who knows, maybe it'll encourage leaks.

I don't think fish should be in fishbowls, but the Mayor is disliked enough by the poor that they would like to see him in one.


Norway doesn't change their tax strategy every year


There is a Jennifer Lawrence. There is a Donald Trump. But there is no Mother Nature.


No, I'm afraid the voters are stupid. Mind-numbingly stupid. They voted for rail, somehow trusting the inept/dishonest pro-Rail politicians and believing the malarkey about rail only costing 5.2 BILLION. The voters are completely responsible for this mess as they voted for Carlisle, Caldwell, Abercrombie, Muffi et al.


When my two now adult children were in public high school, it was discovered that one of the music teachers that taught at their elementary school had sexually molested several of his students. Neither of my children had been taught by this teacher and as a victim of child sexual abuse many years ago by a Catholic priest that was a great relief. But I was quite interested in how the school district and the local authorities handled the case. The teacher was arrested, charged with the crime, prosecuted and sent to jail. The school district sent letters to all the parents of children this teacher had taught from the time he was hired until he was fired. They were anxious to find other victims, if there were any, to get them help. Contrast that with how my claims were dealt with by the Catholic Church. Or more precisely how my claims were not dealt with by the Church. In 2002, I wrote a letter to the editor of the Philadelphia Daily News, describing how I was sexually molested in 1961.


By your logic, Fox News should be folding any minute.


"Special counsel is investigating Jared Kushner’s business dealings"

And does Jared over-pluck his eyebrows?

He always has that entitled-toff raised-eyebrow expression, on all occasions.


In other words, "I am NOT my brother's keeper.


If you are uncomfortable using a bathroom because of who might be in there, wait 10 minutes and you might not care so much. Still uncomfortable? wait another 5 minutes.


You've conservatives have proved you can't govern and have no morals, values or principles other than greed and raw power.  You have lost a generation of young people. You better hope that the old fat drug abusing Baby Boomers live a long time


Canadians have called for and will support action on climate change.

The carbon tax is entirely within federal jurisdiction.  There is no legal case to be made by one province.

Those who deny climate change will continue to whine.  The rest of us, the majority, will press on.


I see the Bible as authoritative, yes. I've never thought of it as instructions, but Christ did say "If you love me you will keep my commandments", I didn't say it, He did. If you see that as rules that limit you then I think that is unfortunate.


Her only accomplishment was marrying Bill?  What a sexist comment!  You ignore her law degree (from Yale no less), her work in that field, serving as a senator and as Secretary of State.  You don't have to like her but she does have accomplishments of her own.


I do not own nor operate a motel or hotel. This person does. This owner has every right to change their prices, Hotels and motels do that-often multiple times during one week. Get over it.


This is all about upholding the law and Trump not getting his way for a change.

I'll bet he will go to the ends of the earth to find another court which will support him, unfortunately.

In the mean time he will abuse anyone who gets in his way.


The same thing happened to me when I rated as civil a remark calling someone a "leftist". I figured out by the third comment that I should say that it was uncivil, even though it was civil, in my opinion.

A lot of the regular posters are reporting the same problem, as well as civil comments being removed and uncivil comments left standing.

I personally had a comment removed when I described a real situation where I saw a woman wearing a niqab in Rockland shopping center, then saw her remove it in the parking lot and drive away.

Earlier today, I was responding to Bavius when his comment suddenly disappeared. Ironically, his comment was about comments disappearing.


"12-count indictment with conspiracy against the United States, conspiracy to launder money and making false statements."

This was the charges listed, I think. They've gone back and nailed him on past dealings, especially with the laundering. False statements are probably about the Ukrainian thing. He's probably been laudndering money for years. The Gates guy, who headed inauguration plans, including fundraising? Going down with his buddy, but heading inauguration plans has nothing to do with Collusion, it's nothing but fishing.


Just slash a few layers of administrators in school districts. That should allow for raising the free lunch threshold.


I don’t think you know many (or any) transgender people, adults or kids.  I know what I am talking about.  I know lots of trans people, several trans kids and am trans myself.

Nobody does this on a whim.  And no parent decides to change their kid's gender.  Most parents are anguished at first when their kid insists he or she is trans.  Kids who display serious, consistent gender dysphoria need to delay puberty until they can sort out their feelings.  Remember that puberty-blocking drugs are reversible.  Stop taking them and normal puberty resumes if you decide not to transition.

I hugely regret that I had to go through puberty before transitioning.  It made it much more difficult, though I am still immensely happy with how my life has turned out.


You may not have noticed; there is a Medical School in Oregon.  It is called OHSU.  It used to be part of the U of O.

The Portland Liberals demanded that it be renamed and separated from the U of O decades ago.  Phil Knight  just gave it a few hundred million dollars to open a Cancer wing.

Are you new here from California?  Or just unable to keep up with events?

"The university was initially founded in 1974 as the University of Oregon Health Sciences Center, combining state dentistry, medicine, and nursing programs into a single center.
It was renamed Oregon Health Sciences University in 1981 and took its current name in 2001."

http://www.ohsu.edu/xd/


You must be hallucinating on something stronger than weed. The anecdote is invention.


A long ocean journey of a Hawaiian voyaging canoe.


The people of Hawaii voted overwhelmingly to be part of the US as a state.

And it has nothing to do with TMT.


If only...peace and unity...Imagine!


Push for a Constitutional Amendment if you don't like it. Otherwise, spare us the empty rhetoric.


Busy attacking posters rather than have a Frank discussion on facts.


Awesome.  I've only seen one.  Ship Lake pass, not too far back in the Chugach behind Glen Alps.


And BLM can bully their way into getting what they want the way they did last year? It's clear that many people think otherwise and that BLM's tactics have backfired - I am pretty sure many people who attend the parade will not be very enthusiastic to see them this time around. We'll see!


I wonder why they did not include Saudi Arabia (that is where the 7/11 bunch came from, Bahrain, Qatar, Jordan,, there a lot more of them there and a lot more money in these places than Iran for instance. It appears the US has a different agenda hidden heer, came we get it out with all the reporters in the G&M.


Anne - I said deport refugees who are convicted killers. Not all refugees. If I was on another country, I would never take a chance of risking deportation by killing someone, or committing crimes. It makes no sense to me that we would deport an "illegal" who has done nothing wrong other than being an illegal and wanting a better life simply because they are an illegal (frequently from Mexico). These people are so terrified of being deported they don't report abuse, slave labor or being trafficked because they are terrified of being deported. Then we have someone else, from another country who kills someone and you think I'm a hateful racist because I say I want the killer deported. Do you want this killer living next to you when he gets out of jail? That is the difference, people who come to the US to make a better life and those who come to the US to become career criminals and killers. That does not make me a racist. Anne, do you want to pay taxes to feed & house this killer?


I don't believe fascist terroristic acts are "different perspectives" - neither did the Founding Fathers.

To condemn peaceful protesters standing for American values as "no good guys" is literally fighting words. I wouldn't be uttering such drivel outside of the "digital world" if I were you.

YOU are the problem with your false "both sides" false equivalency.


Laws mean nothing if you cannot be present to enforce them 24/7 and have a crystal ball to help you see into the future.  Criminals select the time, place, and choice of weapon for specific reasons.


Accepting and promoting are different things, whether you talk about legal homosexuality and a right to marriage or legal abortion.


We need to take the beam out of our eye first.
There is a priority - a necessary ordering - in the interior life, that Rother probably knew about, but too many people here - so prone to finger-pointing (and the making of nit points) - don't know, and don't want to consider. QED.


Yes all those deplorable or Bernies basement dwellers!!

It was an epic fail. I've seen some media fails but MSNBC had the worst night for news likely in the last 50 years.

That was just painful to watch. Ratings were probably just awesome and that's the one time they probably wished the ratings had been awful.

What an absolute embarrassment !!


OK.  CB editorial board...you now have it in writing.  This person wants to give $50k of her money to the govt.  This is not earth shattering, we all know...but this person's largesse should be well reported on so that no one will misconstrue her intention.  Of course it's not the govt she wants right now because her candidate didn't win, so she may wait to actually "give" the money to them.  Who else supports a countdown clock ticking away on CB's site w/ a running total of "deposits" to the $50k effort?  Because we can't expect a lump sum payment, right?  She's not that successful, you see.  Because if she was, she would just give the money already and not say anything, instead of trying to convince others to "give" away their money.


There are no threats, "thinly-veiled" or otherwise.

I simply applied precisely the same reasoning I used in predicting Trump's win.

Those who wish to present as cocky and arrogant live in reality whether they like to or not.

The word is “backlash”:

https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/backlash


Didn't realize traditional Native Alaskans wore jeans all those centuries ago.


Not a big blunder. He should have said it differently, but the reaction has been a little too hysterical, and from too many suspect corners, that most Canadians - good-hearted, commonsense people, whatever their political affiliation - will eventually discount it. Any event, the country will move on, and quicky, as the government starts to address issues much closer to Canadians' own interests, such as economic issues and protecting our interests against an inscrutable new government in Washington.


It is the Taliban mindset which causes irreparable strife and discontent... and it the RC culture hadn't shifted away from imperial/triumphant mode the two might find themselves as strange bedfellows, albeit adversarial ones as both religions use (or have used) violence/coercion/perversion to bind subjects to their respective faith traditions and beliefs... a far cry from the essence of Christ's gospel message, wouldn't you agree?

Do you ever visit the RadTrad sites and observe the tone and tenor of some the commentary?  I appreciate that you are for the most part civil but the herd mentality I have seen makes one wonder to what length they might go to be rid of us nasty heretics (i.e., progressives, protestants, etc.)... this is the "sickness" which +Francis speaks about, a complete abandonment of gospel principles in favor of their cherished ideology.


I'm a graduate of Aiea High School, and I can tell you like most things in life, there is a fair amount of activity going on beyond your specific optic and purview. I'm not saying what you witness in not in fact true, but that bullying whether it be in East Harlem or Tallahassee or Halawa, is based on those segments of the population that are vunerable to another.....I have equal amount of friends from my past that are living very productive lives and others that have moved up the road to OCCC.


Perhaps they should appoint Omar Khadr. Say what you want about the guy he gets things done in a very timely manner.


Good I hope "the threat" of NAFTA sinks into the swamp
where it belongs!  With the rest of the crooks who dreamt it up in the first place. It brought homelessness and it brought death to thousands who were killed by privateer hospital housekeeping company's who are more concerned  about profitability then clean hospitals!  Donald Rocks!!


"GOP is composed mostly of white trash, inbreeds"? Says a whole lot about how intelligent and tolerant you are.


"The subject of every State ought to contribute towards the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their respective abilities; that is, in proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the State."

Adam Smith

 It is not very unreasonable that the rich should contribute to the public expense, not only in proportion to their revenue, but something more than in that proportion.

Adam Smith


Writing 2016 instead of 2017 wouldn't have seemed so bad.
On the other hand, miss by a year, miss by a century!


This is weird....or worse.


Port Heiden is in area m and ALWAYS has been. It really very simple.. Port Heiden residents shouldn't have opted to trade their area M permits for Area T permits back in the day.  Just trade out area T for area M and you can have your fish processing plant in the mud flats that no tender can even get within a mile of.


Non party status or bust.   Enough is enough.


There's the mentality in Alaska that if we throw massive amounts of money at something they will come, or if we spend more than any other state in the Union ours will be better. It's typical of Wolhforth to touch on his pet projects and I agree with him here, but what about the size of the government workforce or the cost to educate child; these are massive boondoggle projects every bit as much. Just saying....


Aren't you spouting more un-proven un-scientific assertions?


remember every science denying, money grubbing, fact changing energy dept hack we fire covers the cost of another half mile of wall.

Good times good times


Great big nothing burger with as much contrived indignation as the main stream media can heap on it. MSM can't get their head around the idea that Trump won. The DNC cheated to get Billary the nomination and can't fathom that some one else won unless they cheated.


Won't happen. Trudeau wants the Security Council seat. By not supporting nations who's human rights history is less than acceptable, he will severely reduce the base of support he needs to win the seat.


Corruption Starts at the Top Mr Attorney General


Your comment sounds like the accused should be expected to solve the crime in order to prove their innocence. Perhaps you didn't realize how ridiculous that sounds? Certainly a conviction, if it is wrongful, greatly removes the motivation of those who should be looking for the guilty party(s) to continue.


oh please save the bs, there is nothing this trash can do to redeam themselves after a decade of incompetence and corruption


My main reaction to all the posts yesterday was, "I suddenly feel like some oatmeal!" Although the description of making "milk" from water with a splash of milk made me a little less hungry. Anyway, a Quaker Oats social media bot could barely have done a better job!


AT:  Please read this quotation from my post, you must have missed it in your initial reading.  "While the actual "impact" can be debated, the action itself and the intent are, at least according to the CIA and the FBI, very clear" I'm not interested in trying to determine just how much "impact" the Russian actions had. That would simply lead to a "whole lot", "some", "a little", "virtually none" debate...There's no resolution to such a debate.  The real issue is a foreign nations ACTION and INTENT to influence the internal politics of another nation.  As I point out, we have been, time and again, guilty of doing just that.  Bribing officials, supporting coups, assassinating leaders, starting wars, invading nations, etc.....have been unsavory parts of our foreign policy.

INTERFERING: Here's a very applicable definition: "take part or intervene in an activity without invitation or necessity."

(CONT)


Doesn't make sense. Young bulls need the time to mature and breed so their genetics are out there. Game regulations aren't thoughtless, and before they existed a taboo did on taking young bulls. Sustainability is the priority.


Thanks for the reply.  I realize this is a PR move, and you can argue that it's not something the police should be doing. I'm sure some of the officers even shake their heads and roll their eyes when told this is part of their duties.  I just don't get the "intimidation" and "harassment" terms when describing it. Then you introduce the word "predator".  And again, you can argue that maybe EPD shouldn't be handing out candy because that's what some predators do before they do bad things to kids, and we don't want to condition our kids. But to say that EPD is intimidating, harassing, and preying upon the community because they are handing out candy?? Those are some pretty serious accusations. Or maybe I'm misreading what you are saying.
And I agree with your moniker - America is dying. At least the America built on trust, respect, common sense,cooperation and sacrifice -- the America I used to believe in and would like to believe in again.


actually that was Soros through his puppet


Codswallop, K.  Yes, back-up catchers are back-ups for a reason--they aren't much good, especially with the stick.

But, c'mon, everybody knew how old Russell Martin was, and that there was a pretty good chance he'd need lots of time off or would be on the DL for long stretches, it just goes with the territory.

So management's responsibility was to have a back-up ready, and they whiffed on that 1, eh, by a mile...

As you left out how Your Js back-up catchers fared, here it is:  BA .152, OPS .470.  Pretty obvious why you left those #s out, for while your point 'bout back-up catchers is correct in broad terms, even allowing for that, Your Js back-ups had a season for the ages.

Your cavalcade of stats on other back-up catchers, obfuscation.  Irrelevant.  Totally meaningless and specious comparisons designed only to muddy the waters.


Lance Pruitt will sink to any level. I heard his ad calling Crawford a liar for calling out Pruitt on the LIO. It said Lance wasn't even on the committee for the new LlO.  Nice worsmithing.  How about the first LIO?  Voters don't like lying scum.


"but what about the other guys?!!" Boo hoo, quit whining you little snowflake. "More examples of hate and violence from the left"? Forgot about the KKK? What? Why so sensitive? Your mommy and daddy never tuck you in or give you hugs? "These liberals are mean to me mommy!" Disgusting. I'm starting to think repubs are a bunch of soft, scared brats.


I like breading everything.  I'd bread and deep fry my shirt and eat it.


Cue the "18 wheeler off the cliff" troll chatter...Then on Thursday night,  after they clinch a playoff spot, we'll cue up the "plan the parade" posts....(Those are so great)


There is no essential difference between a bishop and an archbishop.. as far as Our Lord not being into such, as the number of His followers expanded some form of administration became necessary. What could be more fitting than it should be those who had received the grace of Holy Orders, the charism of carrying forth the teaching Christ bequeathed to His Apostles, the Bishops, (overseers). The divine institution upon earth, the Church needs to be be administered through a hierarchy in order to preserve its unity.


Why does anyone want a bigger economy? What would be achieved? It appears that there are too many people in the work force. It is counter-productive. Bigger work force means more unemployment  and lower salaries because of the competition for jobs. Good for  business but not good for Canadians.

Because of the urging for people to get in the work force, many families become two income families. In some cases this is understandable - two low incomes. But it makes little sense for one high income  family to become a two high income family - at last not from the living conditions in the country. One more unemployed, one more on welfare. Higher taxes to support the unemployed. All taxpayers pay when a one income family becomes a two income family.


The difference here is that the American people saw this espionage cyber attack unfold live, everyday during the election campaign.  It simply is not tasting too good.  Putin was in our faces.  The report sure seems true to me.  Because all voters were messed with, this is one spy game that we all are paying attention to.  Its real - no matter of all the previous citings.


I don't believe that matters.


"Health care for everybody" is ultimately a socialist concept.  The US cannot reconcile this concept with a for-profit market system which is why "Obamacare" cannot work well and anything the Republicans come up with will fail. The US system using insurance companies will never work to cover the sickest people because obviously coverage of sick people is a losing business proposition.


I agree.....and I like Francis a lot, too. But he is wrong on women...in a number of ways....not just ordination.

And I genuinely believe the Church is wrong on the contraceptive issues as well. In that case there are overwhelming stats to illustrate the problem. I continue to worry about third world access to contraceptives.

And I am not in love with the Vat abuse management either...slow, lacking in punch etc.

For folks to choose to stay in the RCC, who have these concerns or others, ....it seems to me that they/we have a lot of practice in the use of personal conscience AND it is important to live in parallel universes which for instance, respect women's multiple talents abilities and accomplishments, work to protect abused kids, and actively support family planning choices.

Being a Catholic in my view requires very adult decision making....and the integral use of personal conscience, and a certain amount of "contrarian effort".....


all her patients while she was a surgeon at the sickkids or childrens hospital are not.


No, what it reinforces is that dogs and every other animal don't belong on a film set. I saw the video and won't be going near that movie,


Just wait for the morning tweet storm.


Trump  is putting Generals in the WH because they are already trained to be yes man to the Presidents and will be loyal to the President. So he drained his own people from the swamp and now have yes men. To obey and not refuse any order from him.


my classmate's step-mother makes 76 an hour on the internet. she's been fired from work for four months.. last month her pay check was 19827 just working on the laptop 4 hours every day, go here to this site
www.Jobsneed7.Com


"Speculative bubbles are not broken by increased supply".  If you really believe that, then consider what happened to the oil prices, and Alberta's finances, when new supply from American shale suddenly came on line.  Poof.....no more oil bubble and prices fell from $150 bbl in 2006 to about $50 per barrel today.  For all you know, the future of housing in the areas surrounding Toronto might turn out to be temporary trailer parks on agricultural land or maybe people leaving the area in droves.  Who knows, but the crisis will pass as it did for oil.  The solution for high prices IS high prices.  The market works if government will let it, and supply and demand will come back into balance eventually.  Until the next crisis, of course!


They DO tax themselves and likely could develop the road. The first step is to get the government to ALLOW them to build it, quit blocking their efforts by making a land trade.  Allow them to improve their safety and economy.


So why are you taking the time to comment under HER opinion column?


VETO THE PFD!?!?!?!? My first response was "Is he out of his expletive deleted mind?" But I hope he does it. In fact, I double dog dare him to do it. It would force him to take full and sole responsibility for stealing from the people while at the same time force every legislator to finally go on record as either for or against taking our PFD by either attempting to override or letting it pass. It's a win win for the voters-unless the override fails, in which case, at least we'll all know where we stand on the next election.


Except everybody on the left likes to forget that it has been shown the state took in more revenue under SB-21 than it would have under ACES.


For our sheepish poster "real change" means a world run by paranoid old white men who imagine the 1950s as paradise.


They'd better get quacking!


So now the Kenai Peninsula clerk gets to decide if your belief system qualifies to be part of the borough approved religion.  Hell, let's just save time and establish the Church of the Kenai Borough.  That way we only have to allow one, "Borough approved prayer".

What part of separation of church and state do they not understand?  It's freedom of and from religion that people have died for.


A couple of observations based on 20 years of dipnetting off the beach: if there are fish coming into the river, you will catch them. Yep, you might get skunked once in a while, you might have a slow day, but that's just your bad timing. If you persist, you will get your fish.  I honestly can't correlate commercial activity with dipnetting success on any given day over the many days I have fished off the beach.
     The Kenai River is not a damn supermarket. Better buy your fish from a broker or one of the food webs. The entitled attitude of many Anchorage fisherman would be laughable if it weren't so annoying.  We support our commercial fishermen and the biologists that do their best to guess what is going on with the run.


Many black Christian church-goers are worried about murderers, arsonists and bombers among their white neighbors, with good reason; and we hear about that.

We have little more reason to be wary of Muslims in America than of white home-grown terrorists, in fact far less, since domestic terror attacks are mostly carried out by gun-toting white males. I myself have never run across even a threatening Muslim.


How about a sliding scale based on one's ability to pay? National parks belong to all of us and no one should be prevented from experiencing them due to income level.

We need to stop viewing nature as just another commodity, it's bleeping nature! We have already done far too much damage to our ecological system and the parks are the last refuges of the wild. This push to decrease national park funding is not just an attempt to shift cost to visitors, it is really just the set up to allow privatizing the people's treasure to the highest bidders (resource extractors).

We need to remember https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaI5IRuS2aE


(Don't worry, I won't go through every item I took issue with.) Why would Kelly be "stunned" that Wilson listened in on Trump's call to Myeshia Johnson? After all, he himself listened in on the call, and it's apparently not unusual for survivors to put such calls on speakerphone.

I can understand why a father who had lost a son in combat would characterize servicemen and women as "the best 1 percent this country produces." I'm amazed by these young (and not-so-young) people who put their lives on the line in the name of the United States, especially when the US has been so careless with lives in its many ill-conceived military adventures. On the other hand, I'm wary of militarism and extravagant reverence toward the military. Military deserve our gratitude for their service, not our idolatry. And what about the peacemakers, who Jesus called "blessed" (or "happy")?  They're more often disrespected than not, or simply ignored.


I think the thing about fear is that, once it becomes chronic, it has its own life. People who live with that kind of fear will try to find things that rationalize their fear, but the fear no longer has causes, it is simply a part of them.


What nonsense. It's an emotional moment on the world stage and he got carried away, big deal. Seriously, every little harm and foul is now cause for hashtags and public flogging. Give it a break.


Of who's money?


Mark, what about Bjorn Lomborg's critical analysis of the inefficiencies of "climate change" puffery? Billions wasted on the short-sighted ignorance of politicians like McGuinty, Butts, and Wynne - with nothing to show for it. Solar and wind are terribly inefficient on an industrial scale. Smug leftwing career activists fly around the world for a living and think buying carbon offsets makes any difference other than making them sleep better at night. Why do climate change activists ignore population growth in Africa and the Middle East? Perhaps because the UN's pious leaders (OIC for example) are hostile to the point of violence against contraception, but we can't talk about that, it's not politically correct. What about the positive externalities of "global warming" to Canada? Longer growing seasons, higher industrial productivity... crickets from activists, it's all doomsday apocalypse and negative hyperbole.


Please.  After your crackerjack source that has you believing volcanoes (~200 million tons) put out more CO2 than humans (24 Billion tons..with a B!) per year, has disqualified you to ask for anybody else's sources or claims you actually know what you're talking about.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/earthtalks-volcanoes-or-humans/


The Russians are back posting

They don't even believe Trump anymore


How so?


JeffS,

Agreed that AndSoItGoes believes in tolerance for bigots and not for gays.

Note the use of Moral Relativity (we just have a nuanced homophobia, don't judge us) to support the idea that we should embrace a Moral Absolute (Conservative Baptists are the only one who understand God and they are great at judging sinners).

I agree that there is something creepy about being a fundy Baptist but then claiming that you reject all the tenets of the church you chose as an adult.


Agree.  Trump has badly divided America.  For him, it is all entertainment and fun.  For us, it is a nightmare.


Here is one reason why the French are in that position:

"France now has a higher tax burden than any other country in the euro zone apart from Belgium. Germany’s overall tax take is fully six percentage points lower, and Britain’s over eight points behind. Even Sweden, emblem of the Scandinavian high-tax model, takes less in taxes than France."

http://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2013/09/economist-explains-13

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxation_in_France

If you are willing to be taxed at the same rate as the French, you can have the same benefits.

There is no magic money tree either in Washington D.C., Salem, Oregon, or Paris, France.


CADwell has lied or resisted telling the truth about rail costs all his political career. He ain't going to start telling the truth about rail now. He also wants the tax extension to pay for operation and maintenance, bet he's lying about the cost of that too.


Is "Rhinelander" somehow synonymous with "Nazi"?


No, newsreader.  You have failed yet again.  Trump and his followers are the ones spreading ignorance.  They are just too ignorant to know it.


Let's see last time I looked Canada and the U.S. had a common border, so it makes sense Canada spends little to nothing on defense. They live right next door to the sheriff. Besides if they where ever invavded, they could always run for cover south of the border.


Keep laughing, funny man.
So sad, really.

I have asked you to stop harassing and bullying me.  Please don't make me take this to the admins -  I don't want to...but I will.


Yes, he did.

Mr. Mueller had been using an earlier empaneled Grand Jury in Virginia.  However, he did subsequently empaneled a separate Grand Jury in D.C.


Love the comments!!  When I think it's time to throw in the towel Canadians surprise me and wholly reject the clap trap The Globe & Pail Leftards are selling.


Naughty! Naughty! Naughty!  You would think at least one of those three family members would have stood up to the others to stop to it.


Darned if you do darned if you don't it looks like to me.. ..


And i moved here 46 years ago to get away from feminazis.


Excellent as usual, thanks! You have hit the nail on the head.


The definition of a Social Justice Warrior: an insanely angry person who is a hammer looking for a nail.


"giving tax advantages to a select few. We don't think that's fair."

And giving tax breaks to a large number of people who can use it because they have money is unfair, massively unfair. And one form of tax breaks is a direct attack on democracy.

First, tax breaks are unfair because those without tax breaks or more important, those who do not have money to use tax breaks, pay additional tax to make up for the lost revenue. There are RRSPs, TFSAs and countless financial instruments including "charities".

So called charities are restricted in their political activity. They cannot lobby government for fear of losing their tax break. So government can pass odious legislation and a large number of people cannot (well will not) lobby against it.

Now incorporation is exposed. Another tax break.

All tax breaks should disappear. A level tax playing field.


It's about time Manitoba joins the rest of Canada!


You clearly haven't read or don't understand the bill. This is how Trump won the election - uneducated voters.


sure,  no  violent  hoody  wearing  thugs  we  need  to  worry  about,  right? Did  the Chucky  Cheese  victims  need  guns?   Did  the  5  dead  in  the Faros  bar  slaughter  need  guns?


Good article for those who think government will save them, or even more foolish "keep them safe".


A "smart and strategic" move by Wall.    Retire from Provincial politics.    Take a breather, keep his head down, wait for the worst to be over, then come back Federally in 2019 to run for the CPC leadership after Andrew Scheer (aka "The Accidental Leader") is gone.


There is no good guys in this conflict. Hezbollah is a terrorist organization. Globe should think twice before publishing an author who dances around a message that pretty much says Hezbollah is not that bad.


One more! "Do it or don't but don't make excuses!"


And maybe like the spadex crowd.


I would hope you'll soon begin thinking.


PS - There are many sterling smaller cap dividend providers out there, several of them former income trusts.

For example, one that I've held for years is ENF. - current yield (including the just announced 10% dividend increase) is 5.8%.

Again, it is interesting to look at the long term total returns of this one versus the far more well known and considered more Holy Grailish by many,  ENB.

The 5, 10 and 13+ year returns (back to Oct 9,2003 which is the earliest data point for ENF in longrundata)  for ENF versus ENb are:

5 Year ENB- 12.3%, ENF - 16.4%

10 Year ENB - 14.9%, ENF - 18.7%

13 Year 3 Month ENB -  16.1%,  ENF - 17.7%.

A couple more names you may wish to look at are ECI, EIF and MSI. (I own them all). Cheers, and best of luck with your diversification.


Whatever the new ASD safety plan is, it needs to be crystal clear  age appropriate that keeps the parents in the loop.


And you are right. It is our responsibility. I'll admit it does not make sense, but let us keep in mind that there are people out there, locally within our community, could be yours or my neighbor, whom will choose to put food on the table, clothes on their families backs, or a roof over their heads, over the condition of their vehicles and its equipment due to a financial burden. Obviously we don't know if this is the case here in this instance.

This guy will pay...in damages to otherwise law abiding citizens whom were out and about, in town just living their daily lives. Hopefully, he will have learned something.

Ok. You can remain here in this country.. for now.

;)


They aren't afraid of Scheer and they aren't swarming the boards with talking points, you are deluding yourself. This just happened and it's Liberal supporter's (or those who can't stand the Reformer's) doing the talking ... without talking points. Harper was the only one who paid legions of posted to attack people on comment boards as he hired people to do so with federal money.

As for why they will get their talking points out at some point? Because they are an opposition party and they'd do the same thing even if the weakest candidate won.


Arizona is beyond desperate.


Got six seniors, a ton of experienced reserves, and three solid starters and yet the new coach feels the need to go back to basics. What does that tell you about the overall talent level on the team? Well, no terminator, no go to player, and no fire power. All due to the lackluster recruiting under the Emperor and his worshippers for at least the last two years. Is there ANY new recruit ready to come in and be an impact player? Haven't read about one yet. Is there ANY freshman player ready to make an impact? Haven't read about one yet. I think last year's champ, Stanford, had several freshmen in their starting lineup and almost every other power schools have loaded up with new powerful recruits. What happened to UH?


Well how can you blame me? You did say,

 " I have a pension from my union pension fund and working union members paying into this pension fund keep it alive."

No 'twist' was required. The sentence stands on it's own merit.


Hmmm ... so Omar Khadr has to bear the weight of the failed War on Terror, the failed war in Afghanistan and the failed war in Iraq on his shoulders.

Wow ... but no worries ... there are millions of good people who are there to support him and who will stand up to the bullies in the media and the political arena.


Yes, Jerry, apparently using her reasoning the Nat. Basketball Ass, N.B.A., should disband as 11 out of 13 members of each team are Black/ African-American.


I get what you're saying and I certainly don't want to negate the heroic qualities of this man, but I think the Church's reliance upon superstition has worn itself out. Personally I find it very off putting, almost insulting as if in order to believe in the goodness of the man you have to also believe in made-up assertions about his supernatural, intact flesh.

If I am wrong about what the bishop claims to be "true" I am more than happy to recant... however, as I said, without proof it seems nothing more than an appeal to those who tend toward superstition and may leave others feeling ousted. For me it is no different than Marian apparitions... given that neither is on par with an apostolic Rule of Faith, show me proof or I'm not buying it.


"Yes, it is our history, but it is time to let go and be more of a united nation. It is sad that President Donald Trump does not recognize what is going on and does not lend his support to this unification."

Same statues that were in place when O'bama was in office and the other 40 some odd Presidents?  Just checking.  I just don't believe in caving to a bunch of spur of the moment tantrum brats.


Who cares? U.S. Republicans are a far cry from Canadian Conservatives and there is really no correlation.


What a wonderful series!  I truly enjoy reading her books!


Don't try to control your parents? They're in their late 80's. Given their age, there's an excellent chance that they shouldn't be driving at all, never mind for 2 1/2 hours. Have you ever dealt with elderly parents/whatever that are a danger to themselves and others on the road? They don't always voluntarily choose to give up their car willingly until it's too late and people die.


I will never understand why it is so hard to add a few words to postings to make them unambiguous. I remember the teachings of an accomplished author who said we have a responsibility to make what we write easy on our readers. Unless a person is adept at haiku, or as eloquent as an Abraham Lincoln, brevity isn't often a friend of the points they are trying to make. Your posting was a case in point.Why not add twenty more words in explanation of why you came to such a conclusion? That is called supporting one's argument.


Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! "Let us resolve that if they come for any of us — Muslims, Hispanics, blacks, gays, women, geeks (like me) — they may as well come for all of us." What does that even mean? Damn, these freakin people are coming unglued.


No. I’m just pointing out a case where bribery was actually present. Sorry.


When Trudeau was asked why this appointment was made, "ahhh because it is 2017"


I respect H. Clinton's strength. intelligence and determination. She would likely be a competent "traditional" centrist President - but her unpopularity may mean even  a  fascist-behaving bully-boy with no moral compass or governance philosophy, like Trump , may well beat her. MY preference?  Biden-Warren... Compare all the possibles, think about electability, popularity. experience and competence. Then get back to me!  And - support a Convention :revolution toward these two strong "possible" candidates.


Congrats Leafers.  Sens are better, of course, but happy the young Leafs made it.


I always choose Malarone, won't touch Mefloquine with a ten foot pole.  I'm told that's the common decision once people are given the available options.


m:  Talk to someone who actually works in a doctors office about Medicare paperwork or just keep your mistaken opinion.


yes she is


How about the millions of innocents arbitrarily blown to bits by the US over the last thirty years? Who is going to hold the US to account?

Every time they make these statements, it's as if they are speaking with the word of "God" and everyone needs to fall in line. Which might be fine if they were exemplars of moral fortitude, but they're not. They are demonstrably bigger murderers (Korea, Vietnam, Iraq etc. etc.) than almost anyone.

Do as I say, not as I do, is their mantra.


Exactly what I have been saying since the first internet classes were offered. If people could get an education without the leftists, globalists, indoctrination garbage...they might begin to become intelligent again.


Yet most of them are new Canadians,this country needs to concentrate more on what got us here and less on handing out to others.


Michelle Obama states numerous times she was not proud to be an American and the media is silent. She is on record blaming every one of her problems on race, even though her race allowed her to go to the schools she was unqualified to attend. (If she was please post her grades and transcripts)

3rd party secondhand conversation is now front page news for all outlets.

Nothing on the record stock market, jobs growth, or the company profits. No they chose to report on secondhand comments to try and make the president look bad.


DAGS, I agree that it would be interesting to see Scott's checklist.

But a couple of comments:

If one has put together an Investment Statement Policy, part of that should be something that could be described as a checklist.

Also I do not believe that there is a one-size-fits-all checklist - it has to be aligned with one's investment goals and risk tolerance (which themselves should be aligned), so if Scott does indeed publish a checklist he should define the investment goals/risk tolerance that underlies it or else it's really like useless (perhaps even damaging) stuff such as your equity/fixed income mix should be a formula based on your age.

PS - Where's Cat? Maybe in a funk about selling BCE.


How clueless could Price be?  Maybe he should've chartered a floatplane to operate in the swamp.  Nah, that would not have been a jet, and not cost enough.


Even if she has kids in the school (I think she does), she should have had a criminal background check. Even pedophiles have kids that go to school.


It's good to hear that the whole country is moving up regarding of solar energy. Here in Alberta do we believe that renewable energy will keep growing in our province. Greetings from Kuby Renewable Energy Ltd.
http://kubyenergy.ca


I did not refer to any comment made by the USA. Only to the little boy that claims to have a bigger stick.
I rezd in your comment that you are a great believer in the BIG LIE. The biger the lie the better the chance the world will believe it


Stunning story.

My heartfelt sympathy is extended to husband, Larry Kelly.

Entrepreneurs often reap the greatest rewards when they weld themselves to their enterprises...heart and soul (and bear at least part of the responsibility of the resulting broken marriages.)  I speak from experience. So, I  groaned aloud reading this sad tale.

So, what are the lessons here we can learn about business, the people who run them, the people who rely on them for their own incomes?

"But now that I see the books and now when I look back at financial statements, I realized, holy cow..."  That's one. Sharing and clarity--and concern when neither are present.

"...many journalists and designers...were owed thousands of dollars for work completed years earlier, and had been relying on the payments to pay bills of their own."  That's another.  Freelancers & contract workers, in ALL sectors: take care of yourselves! Don't wait; take action. Visit in person and DEMAND payment--be the squeakiest wheel.


??  Who's feeding you that?  Homocides in Chicago have been averaging just over 2.1 per day. 16.4 homicides per 100,000. Alaska was 19.7 GUN homocides per 100,000.

Alaska is far worse than Chicago. And the rate is rising rapidly. That sucks.


They are the only ones that have made demands of an impeachment.  Seems only fair that they face the same that they are demanding if proven wrong.


Whatever the lawyer is charging Trump, it isn't enough. I can't imagine trying to defend someone so powerful and yet so prone to self-inflicted injuries. I wouldn't let him run with scissors never mind tweet anything.


Nailed it Clem!  It ought to be clear that the legislature must raise revenue to ensure that the Permanent Fund stays permanent.  Otherwise the fund will be treated like a line of credit never to be repaid--which is what some people wanted since the day the fund was created.


I couldn't agree more about the taxes part of your post, mayconnie. Our religious institutions would be stronger if they paid taxes because they would become more outward looking and less concerned with worry that they might do something taxable.

As for schools and hospitals, there is some work that can be done there and other work that is probably at the must-change-constitution-first stage. I am not sure why people ould want to go there. Better to operate creatively in the present moment.

There is something about religions that are about how we "be" in the world. In history they have properly belonged to the poor because they have the potential to empower people who lack power, but power classes have tried to co-opt them. Right now, in the West, they are clubs that serve the wealthy. It needn't always be that way.


Why go to college if your job is so good that it enables you to save for college? You must wonder why there is a such thing as loans. Why do people need a loan to buy a home? I mean, shouldn't they just save and pay cash for the home when they are 60 years old? How about businesses? How about the United States? What seems to be its problem with $20 trillion in debt, with more on the way?


I came to work at White Alice 1965, started at Adak for two years and bid to Delta Junction and had a choice to go to DEJ or Yakatat, chose DEJ. You really did have to go remote for a while and it was impossible to blast your way into a 1 point site. It was a very good system and a great way to learn a bunch fast. Adak had antennas twice the size as these shown at Nome directed to Shemya and Nikolsky by the way.


Is the Globe and mail editorial board actually suggesting PM Trudeau might say something that he does not believe?


HSTA doesn't say what the "important issues" are on which they based their endorsements.  I wonder if those issues support Governor Ige's promise to "reform the public education system to empower individual schools so that teachers and school principals make the decisions on curriculum and instruction, educational programs, and expenditure of school funds. Those closest to the students understand best how their students should be educated."


too bad they didn't understand the realities before the storms hit.


And may I add to your list Motley? They stopped teaching Civics in school.   When I was young and a student, the teacher who taught our Civics class was SO passionate about how checks and balances work,   Younger people have no idea how our Democracy works for this Republic.  Great comment. L2G


A chance to show that he's got more than a tiny pair of hands...


That has got to be the worst headline ever - I'm embarrassed for the ADN!
But great news, otherwise.


Adios....come back when you are legal and want to follow the laws.


Let's try this again, Little Larry.

Hitler was a right wing extremist. All your blather won't change that.


Especially for the two authors of this piece who will be at the front of the line when money starts getting doled out.


Go east young man, go east, lot's of sinners back there.


"...we find no peace"

The question is : Can we find no peace from you? There are other places to build your cemetery.   Normal people of all other faiths and ethnicities would look elsewhere for a pleasant place to bury their dead.  You want your cemetery in the middle of an established largely Catholic community. . It is a portent of mass Muslim influx to St Apollinare.  You are preparing for a perpetual  law-fare war on others to get the land you want.   Imagine how Israel feels.


Spain used to be called Hispania so anyone with roots in Spain can be called Hispanic. The primary language was Latin. So they are also often called Latino.
The Little Guy


Happy that the Trump Resistance has found another critical issue to get all pumped up about (I see a new Kendzior sermon has been posted).
The problem is that many of the schlubs will see these antics as ungrateful and inappropriate slights by spoiled celebrities that target the U.S. in general rather than Trump.


This is what happens when people don't hire a lawyer to get sound legal advice.


Mann made climate change.  Far too funny.


I agree with the legislators. The present system should be fixed because it is so fragile. A bigger system like personal income tax will be even more difficult. The funding should be cut.

If it can't be fixed (and at some point we need to decide that, like when each fix introduces new problems which show that the code is intractable), then rewrite the code with the latest technology like F# which Microsoft touts.


how about the Nobel and she can keep her citizen ship.


They aren't actors and honestly you're glad about that because this is what you voted for: brutal force and power abusing the sick, disabled and dying for the benefit of sociopathic billionaires whom you love more than your own children. Anything less would be a big let down for you.


Thanks for the thought provoking links! Out of curiosity, what are the right questions in regard to AGW?


The woman with her hand on his thigh was Ruth Bader Ginsburg.


Exactly, which is why slavery and Jim Crow were made illegal and why government is still working in this area, which, in turn, is the subject of this article. Maybe you read the article in the mirror.


I hate to break it to this reporter, but every blue collar industry is in the same boat, and everyone will pay for it. Within 10 years, an electrician, plumber, car repairs, all will cost more than a lawyer and doctor because nobody wants to work for their wages or learn a trade anymore. 3% of our high school students go to trade school. 3 people cannot fix what 97 break and wear out.


You have said before that your First Amendment rights are being violated by censorship in this format. As I have also said this is a privately owned space. If this space was public, you wouldn't have to pay to post.
Taking it further, if we were really seeking free speech here, shouldn't this space be free to the public? Isn't this a kind of "free speech" gated community?

You wrote some time ago that you post anonymously in the spirit of Benjamin Franklin. I suggest that if you wish to express your opinion uncensored, then write your own publication like Franklin did. He certainly was a good writer with many ideas. You too can become a Franklin in our times. If you do go this route, please let us know. I would like a copy.

For me, Civil Comments is working pretty well. I like the egalitarian idea of reviewing each others comments. It's peer review and that is fine with me.


Funny that the Democrats are always cleaning up the economic messes of the Republicans.

Anyway, anyone who watches your postings can see that you spend more time on NCRonline than you do at work.


There are pluses and minuses to living in such a nice area close to the water.


Agreed.  I have had the system do exactly the same to me.  I have no problem with the G&M using such a system to manage the tone of the discussion here.  I have problems with the G&M telling me what my opinion of another person's comment should be.  Since the system has already decided this was a "bad" comment, why am I even seeing it for an opinion?  Should it not have already been removed?  If this is using banned content for "user training" I am utterly uninterested in being told what my opinion should be and attempts to train me will not change that.  As for "sanctions" by the system, as a subscriber I am a rare quantity in a world where everyone wants their news for free.  I can find other uses for the money that pays for my monthly subscription far easier than the G&M can find new subscribers.


That is a function of not enough OR time funded in the public system.  She isn't buying her way to the head of the public list.  She is purchasing a private service outside of the public list.  Why is this so hard to understand?

People, these clinics would not exist if the government adequately funded the system to meet the demand.  If you don't like the fact that these clinics exist, pressure the government to meet the demand.  No one would pay privately for services if you could get rapid access through Medicare.


"Spiritual duty" to protect the land? Man, what a stretch.


The people who are voting for the next President of the United States can't do any of those Trump things, either.  Almost two thirds of them can't even name either of their two Senators.  And that is only slightly worse than it was in 1967 when I first saw the same polls of voters.  Not citizens, not registered to vote; voters.

Under our current educational system our high school graduates can't meet your tests.  The 40% who don't graduate in Oregon are even more ignorant than that but the two political parties forced them to be registered as voters if they just passed a driver's license test.

Step away from OPB and look at the hoi polloi; they are your future.

Reality is for people who can't handle drugs!


Hi, Ottawa.  Hope you're correct.  You may not be.
RCMP couldn't even get it's own story straight--headline, one day: RCMP won't investigate "unfounded." Next day: RCMP WILL investigate.  Doesn't auger well.

No lack of G&M "commitment" but good journalism?  Debatable.  I'd love to see a feature story that includes, say, even half a dozen police spokespersons commenting on why their  "unfounded" is as high as it is.  I'd also like to read their explanations of what "unfounded" means--and "no crime committed" is too vague for my ears. Did G&M ask these questions?I have yet to read answers...

Govt? Public Safety ministers: "national strategy".  Sounds big and bold. This is a vague feel good response (unchallenged by G&M) and there's no timeline. So I have doubts. A good start?  International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP)--See "Trauma Informed Sexual Assault Investigation Training". It's on-line. Why re-invent the wheel?  Nothing in the G&M about this...

And on and on.


Stewardship as opposed to a 'cash cow'.


This is a "news" story?  It certainly reads more like an opinion piece if not a gossip column.  Put news on the news pages, please.


The defensive coordinator incoming needs to be a disciple of Buddy Ryan's 46 defense. If the new coach can recruit the best as he says then putting 8 studs in the box with the option of attacking the quarterback, or dropping into coverage could be devastating for the fancy dance offensive schemes scene in the PAC 12.

We need to adopt the same aggressive attack attitude on defensive that we've had on offense. If the opposing offense is worried about running for their lives rather than running for a first down the win column will improve.


Actually, no, the poll's MOE was 2.5%.  But I understand how they were off so much: Because it was Her Turn.  She was obviously going to be Madam President!

Except she wasn't.  Thank God that corrupt, Chicago politician wasn't elected.


They can't do that.

Once it is known they will keep "ratcheting up the goodies until someone accepts", it is out of control. And everyone's cost of flying will go up.

Why do you think it is now so cheap?


Russia brought this on itself.  Border countries are no longer vassal states subject to the whims and hostility of a nation used to getting its' way with threats.


This one I don't agree with, Tony. Trump has egg on his face which does pair nicely with the hash browns on his head.


Like the pro- abortion people. Calling them pro choice is also a joke.


The United States represents about 4.4 percent of the world's population, yet we incarcerate around 22 percent of the world's prisoners.  Non-violent drug offenders comprise 50% of all federal inmates.  In the US each year, there are more than four times as many arrests for drug possession than for drug dealing.
There are better ways to combat the drug problem in the US than to more aggressively pursue criminal prosecution of non-violent drug offenses, but AG Sessions chooses follow the Trump administration's pattern of creating public policy based on personal biases.


It depends on which branches of Protestantism you're talking about: I personally have a lot in common with Anglicans, some Lutherans, certain Methodists and even some Presbyterians. Baptists, Mormons, Seventh Day Adventists, Jehovah's Witnesses, not so much.


That should be a law.
Any law passed must apply to all, no exceptions.


Don't you mean uisge-beatha?


Like when he opened drilling in the Arctic Ocean? Ask yourself; did you vote for Senator McCain for President even though he voted to not open the Arctic Refuge to oil drilling?


What you appear to be missing is the distinction between an anti-semite and a fascist. Trump is a fascist - i.e., he tries to bully and coerce people and companies to do his will.


This is not a scandal.  It barely qualifies as a general interest story.  The rules are quite clear. It may not have been emphasized but it is obvious from the story that Weigel was aware of the rule.  That rule is the reason I have always ruled out any consideration of becoming a deacon.


At last ! Something we can ALL agree on!


I do, but you fail to grasp it. It is that your blather that back-alley abortions did not happen is hogwash. Now do you understand.

I see that you do not address my other point that you have zero sympathy for the woman in such cases.

I am going to ask you once again to justify your belief that a dead woman AND a dead fetus is morally preferable to a dead fetus alone, as shown by your opposition to abortion to save the life of the mother. That you have such an attitude reaffirms my opinion that your sympathy for the woman is nil.

I suspect I know why you love The Donald. Could it be that you also are a narcissist?


Anyone who disagrees with Lewis will suffer the dog whistle racist retort which he also used against John McCain.


Now how about getting some grenade launchers on the market and OK the use of silencers and howitzers. Lets see some real weapons we can have to protect our homes and use for hunting. It's getting ridiculous when party lines trump common sense. When the second amendment was written there was only single shot weapons and no one could carry a cannon and I'm sure that had the forefathers could have seen the pushing to the limit of every freedom the Constitution would have been written differently. Party lines and people that can't think for themselves are disgusting and so are owning weapons of mass killings. Used to be a person was proud of being able to only use one shot and now it's being proud of how many shots one can fire, stupid!!


NO IT'S NOT!


If the Broncos don't put Chad Kelly on IR this year we'll have our answer for how good they feel about Paxton Lynch. That will signal their belief Chad should start pushing Paxton (and Trevor) immediately. They won't expose him on the practice squad.


And the rubber hose treatment continues, unabated.


If you get road rage you have mental problems. You really get bent because you have to drive the speed limit? Astounding! Grow up before you get behind the wheel


anyone who trusts these guys to effectively manage a new infrastructure bank need only look at Ontario where they simply did whatever the heck they wanted to, with other peoples money.  When things didn't work out right, they simply poured more money into it.  That is exactly what will happen with this.  Government cannot stimulate an economy effectively with more money. They simply choose winners, and therefore losers. The winners have the lobbyists and the money to get to "have dinner" with the ministers.  The losers, well, they don't matter. At the end of the day, the money will be gone, and my generation, my kids generation, and their kids generation will be stuck with the bills.  funny, on one hand the government is requiring money to save the planet, for the sake of the future generations, all the while knowing the carbon plan won't make any difference at all in the world, and on the other hand is willing to shackle our citizens with debts they cannot every pay. Pathetic.


The last race was a 3 horse race.  70% of the vote was against Ford.  If it is a two horse race the result will be the same.  I know who I am voting for


Then Trump can stop it. But he hasn't. Why?


I have this debate all the time about whether he's a PR genius or just a complete moron. It's always settled on there's no way he's smart enough to create this kind of diversion.