Gah.  I can’t abide social media like Facebook or Instagram, and thank my lucky stars that I am where I want to be in my career, so I can abjure LinkedIn as well.

(Hypocrisy alert: I enjoy commenting here – but at least I remain anonymous)

I cannot for the life of me understand why anyone would want to display the minutiae of their lives on the Web…..and it is also baffling that anyone but a lovestruck stalker or sworn enemy would be remotely interested in it.

Are we really so lonely – or so poor at social interaction – that we need to live vicariously through a 5” touchscreen?


champagne budget, beer taste.


This was a completely senseless crime, caused by a hypervigilent, incompetent and thus extremely dangerous police officer with hair trigger reflexes. How many more people have to die? How many more families will mourn the unjust loss of a loved one while their murderer(s) go free? How many times will the courts allow the police - some of whom manifestly lack the judgement and/or training to make good decisions, including whether they are truly in danger - to kill innocent citizens because of their unfounded fears?  The "I felt in fear for my life" standard needs to go, and go now. Hold these officers accountable and most importantly, hold their fellow officers and superiors accountable.  Police officers need to be strictly vetted and trained extensively before being handed a weapon and the authority to use deadly force.  The ones who cannot control themselves cast a shadow over those officers who can and who do an extremely difficult job well.


Canadians are so insidious and some of them speak French!


Even more galling about Trump's childish rant is that he brazenly raises Blumenthal's Vietnam War misrepresentation. At least Blumenthal served in some capacity unlike Trump who "suddenly" developed a minor medical condition that conveniently exempted him numerous times from any kind of service at all. Every time you think Trump has gone low he finds a way to go lower the next day or even the next hour.


WHY ARE YOU YELLING??


Not a very informative piece. Here:
Jeremy was 27 when he disappeared. "Bessey last seen at the Blue Moon Cafe and Lounge on south Broadway Street in Coos Bay, Oregon on August 28, 1986. He has never been heard from again. Few details are available in Bessey's case. He is a graduate of Marshfield High School."
My heart goes out to his family.


Why does it matter is Melania likes the current First Lady?  You can like someone even if you don't agree with their politics.  Modern political society reinforcing that you can't like ANYTHING about someone in another political party is a serious problem for reinforcing hate in social media.


The story of WWII in the Pacific is complicated.  Sadly, the Japanese decided to use military force to create an empire when they could have instead gained the same thing via economic means.  The world would be different today
had they chosen peaceful means to grow their economy and influence.
The ChiComs seem to be making the same mistake in bullying their neighbors and seeking to dominate Asia and challenging the US homogeny in the Pacific.  History repeats itself.


Excellent forecast.....I could use the vitamin "D"


Codes are probably thumb tacked to Oval Office walls late at night he likes to masterbate to 'em while twitting!!!  ;)


It is not unfortunate, it is actually meant to be that way


And the political and economic fallout from Great Britain's Bexit votes mounts. And Great Britain retreats into itself and is seen by most of the world as less great. But the damage can still be managed if Britain is smart, but they are never going to get what the Brexit advocates advertised. Current EU economic access, which Britain desperately needs, is not going to come without rules, including open access to EU immigrants. That's going to be the deal which Britain can take or leave. Leaving will cause massive economic consequences. See latest Economist Magazine.


Under what theory does any of this constitute news?  A complete waste of time.


The pitch was terrible. The Grey Cup caused noticeable damage and late November is hardly an ideal time to be restoring it. Both teams looked to have issues with it, but since Seattle was looking to play a physical, shut-down type of game, it worked to their favour.

The noises being made by CFL people are interesting. They have a vested interest in seeing this stadium sharing work out. The Argos have had a disastrous first season at BMO Field and are likely to do even worse at the gate next season.

With BMO Field primarily a soccer stadium, it heightens the issue of whether it's worth it to MLSE to have a wobbling football franchise share a stadium with a clearly thriving soccer team. There's no doubt that TFC have a bright future ahead. If the pitch conditions are negatively affected in future, then it stands to reason it might hamper TFC's ability to recruit more talented players.

The CFL has a bit of a worry on its hands. No wonder their players are commenting.


Tabatha really knows how to stick it to the deplorables. Righty heads exploding? Look at those uneducated melons blow.!


CIA seemed split on that one. White House/Bush toady & CIA Director George Tenet claimed a "slam dunk" case for Iraq having WMD. He sat beside Colin Powell when the latter was presenting his ridiculous case for the same at the UN.

Other CIA agents like Joe Wilson actively debunked the claim of yellow cake flowing to Hussein from Niger. His wife was an active agent in Iraq, outed by the Bush WH.

The problem was you had to sort through info, decide who was legitimate, understand what the role of UN weapons inspectors really was - not drink the faecal soup handed out by networks like FOX. Many were not up to the challenge - or indifferent, or anxious to reap the benefits of plunder like our own Harper.


I do know him personally, but that's not really necessary. All that's needed is to listen to him for a reasonable length of time.


You are correct as to Stalin...But as you said he was raised with religion but became non religious. His actions speak to that fact. Hitler's mother was Jewish yet he chose not to follow the faith and persecuted them.
Religion was not driving those fanatics but a lack of a religion.

The Declaration of Independence proceeded the Constitution and  it gives references to GOD.


Respectfully; you fail to realize that this is a much different economy compared to 30 years ago. You can thank automation. Today's US economy takes far more cognitive ability to make a descent living (removes luck) and the trend will continue. Income disparity corrections will increase as a necessity. The alternative is further breakdowns of the family unit leading to continuing societal degradation. Elon Musk is a very forward thinking individual.


Car dependent transportation, check. Cookie cutter design, check. Low-rise and sprawling, check. Silence from the typical development loud mouth commenters, check.


Don't worry MT. Remember, only last week, Cyril was shouting from the rooftops, "I will be silent no more".............See, everything is going to be alright..................😷


Trust Meyer?  Are you kidding me?


And also from Russia, for the Soviet side of it? I believe Poland was brutalized from both ends.


I opposed Brexit. I can't help it if Tory propaganda outweighed reason. (I suspect that May gave Boris Johnson the Foreign Secretary job as a way of saying "You gave us Brexit, now you can deal with it.")


providing municipal services
the money come from taxpayers

did the taxpayers say this was OK ?


I'm not doubting your experiences, just relating mine.

I ended up leaving half my noodles in the bowl because they were all stuck together.  I did hear from two friends, one said their egg was not runny and the other said theirs was cold, but they both went in the first week.

The thing I most didn't like about the potstickers were the skins were thicker than expected and a little gummy.  Not bad, but a definite step down from better places.  I don't think anyone absolutely nails karaage in Portland, but I'd say Biwa and Yuzu have the best, though very different styles, the former more crisp and lean with a great sauce, the latter more fatty and juicy.  I have been to places outside of Portland where it was so good I'd consider just going back for the chicken karaage.


So what now? We're going to be deprived of future books by this excellent Canadian author because of the Identity cops? One thing I hate is art being promoted for something other than it's quality. Literature should stand on its own feet regardless of its origin. You see the same thing happening with Canadian music getting air time in favour of better non-Canadian music. There are also parallels here with language laws promoting dying or less popular languages. Point is that Identity politics, the CRTC and language police are all impediments to evolution - the human quest for excellence.


You cant tell a 19 year girl who she can and cant love. But you can file a lawsuit against the parents who aided their murderous son by attempting to cover up the crime and make false statements to the police...


Putin didn't expect that 23% of eligible voters would be dumb enough to put his candidate in office. No doubt the Russian government has been working out how to collect on the debts that Trumpski owes it, as well as other holds it may have on him (sexual blackmail tapes from previous visits to Moscow, financing from Russian mob banks, etc.).

It goes some way to explaining why some of the early Trump moves have included weakening U.S. defence commitments to NATO and other allies, attacking U.S. trade agreements, and gutting U.S. intelligence agencies.


"Other than selling the drug to another company, there may be other options."Always good to have options.


If you said RINO's do not like Trump, yep, correct!

As for President Trump fitting the definition of Republican, oh golly no!


Manoa actually makes a good point.  I mentioned last week that a Russian student transferring to a mainland university told me one of the infamous store-front private colleges out here had an education equal to a 6th grade education in Russia.  We cannot recruit Chinese students in large numbers unless we really have academic programs as good or better than mainland schools.  Foreign students are catching on to this.  Also, visas are much hgarder to get.


At the dire risk of sounding overly cynical, the situation as it exists is simply because we desire a representative form of government.  Consider:  if the Hawaii electorate, on average, isn't expected to think critically before casting votes for elected representatives, should we be at all surprised when poorly conceived rules and regulations escape intelligent scrutiny and are passed into law?  We see this happening over and over, with the much criticized (by all sides) plastic bag "ban" being just another example.

Sometimes as a society we get the results we rightly deserve.


Liberal times are hard times always have been. When are Canadians going to learn. Liberals should never be the alternative, just look at history.


Sad part...get one substation across the street....


"I'd never heard of Church Militant, but I suspect the essay is not entirely unbiased" -Really?


This law is absolutely asinine. All a business has to do is remove the women and men sign and place a new sign - Washroom or Restroom or Toilet.


That's probably enough off topic rants for one day. Me thinks your time on this earth might be better spent doing something constructive or fun instead of rambling.


Also, how does a district get over 100%? Are they sterilizing kids? Fudging the numbers? Something that the article mentions? (might not have read it all the way through)


Its obvious you are more interested in the money a project like this can throw your way than solving congestion.  Odd that just today, Shem Lawlor has a guest column that says with a little tweaking a million trips a day could happen.  Instead of imposing your vision of having an "alternative" a solution to congestion could have been a reality at half the $10 Billion we are paying for your own private non solution.  What, you don't like the brownies on this side of the island?


Trump spewed lies and misleading statements in his CPAC speech. For example, he disputed the Washington Post's statement that its report that Flynn discussed sanctions with the Russian ambassador was based on “nine current and former officials, who were in senior positions at multiple agencies at the time of the calls.” How would Trump know how many sources there were — they were anonymous. And if it was "fake news," why did he fire Flynn, based on what the Post reported?

Then, he claimed that "Obamacare covers very few people," but, in fact, 20 million people have gained care under the ACA.

Also, he claimed that “In the Middle East, we’ve spent, as of four weeks ago, $6 trillion." This is a wildly inaccurate number that includes future debt service (remember that Bush's wars were unfunded) and the cost of veterans' care for the next 30 years.

And those are just a few of the lies that he told to an audience that believes it all.


Nothing:   Again, Excellent Post.  I LOVE your posts.    Sign the petition for a independent city auditor.

Read the Sign:  SIGN the amendment for a INDEPENDENT CITY AUDITOR.........


"North Korea says it will boost nuclear force ‘to the maximum"

LOL,

So far the maximum nuclear force of Lil Kim’s girlie bombs is hardly greater than the nukes that the US used 72 years ago during WW2.

The DPRK is a bush league nuclear power that isn’t even the same league as India or Pakistan, much less the US….


No, it's not 'there'.  And you can't provide any source.  It's a lie.

A bald faced lie that you and the other poster can't back up.

You should be ashamed.  But you probably can't conceive of the very concept.


It will be hard for CK to prove that he is so good that collusion is the only possible reason for excluding him.  I also think that messages that were posted by his girlfriend (accusing people who wanted to hire KC of being racist) will likely play a part in the owners' defense.  Being rude to people who want to hire your boyfriend makes NO sense.


I see your point.

Excellent point!


It took Gary Mason 15 years to understand the BC Liberals are corrupt but he's finally seen what's true.
He shilled for those cretins for over a decade even when they were breaking the law by ripping up contracts.


I have an idea.

Gut the new building of all furniture, privacy doors within said bathrooms, all partitions, and anything else that may comfort these creatures, allow them basic internet and computer functions, install 360 degree cameras within all spaces except bathrooms with a link to the public that can access them at any time, so that these 'creatures of comfort' may sit upon the floor and work within the public view with no hiding whatsoever.

Sure, they may retreat unto the bathrooms, but without expanding them, none too many shall fit into them at any one time, which shall be most uncomfortable, as it should be.

Within fact, let this happen within the State Capital and Governors Mansion as well, as perhaps they will not be so eager to get their to get their non-work done.

Oh, and turn off the heat, and turn off the electricity in the bathrooms, as well as 75% of the lighting in all buildings as well to concentrate them into a much smaller space.

Just saying.

Greedy MORONS!!.


This is excellent news!

Now John Coghill will be forced to get a real job. He told me he needs the free money he takes in as per diem in excess of his actual expenses ($500 in monthly rent is what he said he pays) because he cannot otherwise make ends meet in North Pole when the legislature is not in session. He said he needs to "stack up" as much money as possible during the session. And he adamantly opposes a change in legislative per diem so it would reflect actual Juneau expenses incurred. We all know why.


Well said, there are a number of investors holding 2,3,4,5,10 real estate investment properties. They constrain the supply and hold on as prices go up.

The higher the prices go the easier it is for investors to bully the average buyer with large deposit and all cash offers.


It is a wonderful thing to see us help the helpless. This story was balm for the soul.


You just make things up.

I never suggested Sweden, Finland, the Netherlands and Denmark were not market based economies. Nor did I suggest social programs should be paid for by high levels of debt.

Sweden, Finland, the Netherlands and Denmark each pay higher levels of taxation than we do. That's how they pay for far better social programs.

Finland's per capita GNP is about the same as Canada's. The others have per capita GNPs somewhat higher than ours. But their tax rates are considerably more. Canada's gross tax rate is about 31 percent. Swedes pay 43 per cent; Danes, 49; Netherlanders, 37; and Finns, 44 percent.

Their citizens pay higher taxes because they want good social programs. Canadians just come up with excuses.


The term was Latent Homosexuality. Psychology stopped using it. The best joke is still "better latent then never" to refer to self-loathing gay people pretending to be straight because their God is an ogre.


Anyone on either side should be unseated if they mislead voters or change their stance after being elected. Period.


On W. 7th there were a string of incidents that were in a row and could be considered random and potentially not hate related.  On W. 11th there were 4 businesses and all Asian hit within a very short time frame: LZ, King Asian Market, Yi Shen and Sushi Island.  Yi Shen was hit 11 times and even 3 times in one week.

If you would like more info please visit APICAT website https://apicatoregon.wordpress.com/ or Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/APICAT/


Gee, the second Cabinet Minister to lie about his/her relationship with Afghanistan.  I guess it's both a literal and a politically figurative minefield.


Manning would have us believe that he and his reform party actually accomplished some democratic change. He cites no examples of such change; just incessant rambling about oil wells and related jargon.


We are headed back in the direction of mutual authoritarians fulfilling each other's agendas.  I don't know about going all the way back to the middle ages.  1930's Germany and Italy are the better examples or Catholic leadership scratching the backs of political authoritarians.  We all know how well that turned out.


Are you sure that this article is about Garth Drabinsky and not really about P.T. Barnum?


Wanna show those polls showing KOL ahead 'for Canada'? (capital C, btw.)

And you do realise how small a number of people are involved in the CPC voting, do you not? Being ahead there now, shows nothing about how well anyone does in a federal election.


When some folks make a choice which they are free to do, they do not want to accept the consequences of that choice and will find someone or something else to blame. AA works for folks who choose to follow the program, it is by a large percentage that folks who choose to go back out and drink after being in AA have quit going to meetings and quit following the steps. AA is about living life on lifes terms, life sometimes sucks but AA folks learn to deal with life without relying on substances to alter their brains. I find alcohol and drugs of any kind to be in the same boat, a person uses to deal with the inability of dealing with the reality of life.  Sad really that so many folks use drink, pot or other drugs because they are so unhappy with reality. AA allows folks to grow and live life  on lifes terms. Just my two cents worth.


Yes, but A&W? That's kind of like investing in obesity. Our investments have consequences to be mindful of.


Lives needlessly lost are not very cheap. Help them to make a difference.


Researchers can you say anything positive about oil and gas workers in Alaska and the good they have done for Alaskans?

Do you hate oil workers all together and would you stop all oil and gas production in Alaska if you could?

Be honest, you hate oil workers in Alaska, you can say how you really feel.

Are you afraid to be honest?


Totally agree, star trek in the park was a blast! So fun, so sad they're no longer doing it.


Of course people on the far right don't like equality, racial, gender, sexual, or otherwise. But if you want to minimize racism in yourself, one effective way is to suck up less so that you feel the need to kick down less.
  Honest. Try it. You might like it.


You haven't been looking hard enough Pete. I've seen two trucks on their side in a ditch already this winter. But you are missing the point. For pure traction and maneuverability cars like the Beetle were excellent. Pulling away from stop lights at icy intersections or getting out of parking lots with deep fresh snow was far easier than most other bigger vehicles.


Good for Tory.  An unpopular decision but one that allows the conversation between pride and police continue.  Takes some courage to make a decision like this

If talks fail they can always defund next year.


http://www.nbcnews.com/card/senate-intel-committee-may-interview-ex-uk-spy-christopher-steele-n739966

Senate Intel Committee May Interview Ex-UK Spy Christopher Steele


twy4Dolphin: WHY do you disagree?


Wonder if he like to 'grab them by the pvzzy...'..??


Agree young Nazzi has found his place as a checker/pest. BUT, any issues he had early in his career were of his own making (snort snort) and not the fault of Leaf management or fans.


Thank goodness that they did not choose Chris Hadfield.


Most of us have been making huge returns in the stock market while the liberals are dressing up as sex organs and burning cars.  These are the same liberals who want taxes raised to fund their entitlement programs.  Let's go Trump and cut those capital gains taxes so we can keep more of OUR money and not the fund the sick, lame and lazy.


I now have an image stuck in my head of Trump wearing a tin foil hat anywhere near a microwave oven to prevent Obama from using mind control on him.


The "stealth coating" flies at -60 too...  this argument stems from the very finicky stealth coating on the F-22 Raptor which had problems under standard conditions.


"Join the Catholic Church.  Hand over your conscience, your wallet, and your children.  It's the price you gotta pay to get to heaven.  But hey, look at the bright side, you know we won't be there!"


sure but lets end the process of giving away our store doing it


As I understand it, these criminal acts attract mandatory 15 year minimum !


The difference now is if someone calls the police about your dog barking you get a warning, then the second time you get a ticket and the third time it gets taken away. So let that dog bark.... it will soon be taken to animal control.


Hi, Wig.  I was interested to learn of our "massive marketing program."  Didn't know we had one.  So, I did a quick search.

Did you mean "Express Entry"?  Quote: "We choose skilled immigrants as permanent residents ... There is a new system to manage how people with skilled work experience apply to immigrate to Canada. It is called Express Entry."  That's more of a "management system" than overt marketing.

Did you mean, "The Quebec Entrepreneur Program"?  Quote: "... a program that allows foreign nationals [and "experienced entrepreneurs"] to immigrate to Quebec as business owners."  That one?  That could be called "target marketing," like the Federal Skilled Worker Pgm. or programs to attract millionaires. Doesn't qualify as "massive."

What "massive" program did I miss?  The last "massive" one was in the late 1890s--huge bucks spent in luring Europeans to the Canadian prairies.  Since WW I?  Not so much.

I'd say "arrested, charged, deported" is setting the bar high, not low.


Trump sides with dems and of course its the dems fault.
Thats like saying i got drunk it must be the liquor stores fault.
Have accountability for king combover clown.
Is America great yet?


M,  Don't fall victim to the electoral college ruse.  First it was the party will never take off, then it will eventually fade, then it was they will never get any votes, and now its the electoral college.  Peaceful change is hard and takes a long time.  If men and women of like mind don't band together and make change happen, then we deserve the country and society we have.  Your last sentence is so Libertarian.  Good luck.


A lot of these doctors do research and depend on these contributions since the feds are too busy giving our money to foreign agencies and governments so Justin can get his UN seat.


Is blaming Mike Harris not working anymore?


About time! It's not like employers care about merit anyways.


Governments and politicians have always been selective when releasing information to the public. It's much better now then say 50 years ago but providing full disclosure will never be in the cards. What government would voluntarily release information that would give their political opponents a stick to beat them with? The political system in Canada, and most democracies, doesn't encourage or reward boy scouts.


Please note I said a 'day' as I didn't have precise times for the 5 overdoses. If one occurred at 8pm Monday, and 4 at 11am Tuesday, that would be 'within a day'. Also, I've never been in prison. Trying to do the right thing, stay employed, not abuse drugs, stay off the street, work full time, obey the laws, help others/friends/relatives, do chores, not steal, rob, murder, shoplift, break into people yards and homes, it gets kind of exhausting, you know? Then having to do it even harder to replace what I get stolen by the junkies who are then let out on Catch-and-Release, takes away my time for Prison Tours.


It would be nice for everyone to stay on topic and not do personal attacks.


I'm no Donald Trump fan.  Rest assured of that.  But the the one good thing I  can say about him is that his children behave like respectful, civilized human beings who also possess a work ethic.  You never hear of Trump's kids getting into trouble.  It would seem that he and his wives know how to parent.  There don't appear to be any spoiled brats within the ranks of the Trump progeny.  Wealthy - to be sure - but not sniveling, irresponsible, entitled punks - of which there are plenty within the ranks of the poor as well as the rich.  Trump, IMO, is proof that it's possible to be wealthy and NOT spoil your children.


"The great second quarter was a mirage as it was primarily a recovery from the fires in Alberta last year."

Mirage is the wrong word - The growth was real even if it was merely a  recovery from 1 specific sector.

The suggestion that it was somehow extraordinarily broad based or policy driven was simply false.


America first.
Kissinger as consultant for foreign policy.
Excellent.


yikes!


Yea 18 people lost their homes but you think its karma. ? Wow


Ya, it really is reminiscent of Obama and yes it's upsetting.


The Browns are George Costanza......every instinct they have has been wrong, so you should always do the opposite. They pay Osweiler a huge amount of money to not play for them. Therefore the correct move is to pay Osweiler a very small amount of money to play for you.
More seriously-the Browns are in a strange position. They have money to burn, and are tanking and stocking draft picks. They never planned on playing Osweiler, even though they took on the huge salary, but he must have shown them enough in camp to make it tough.
Overall though, I hope Elway never once faces a decision and asks "What would the Browns do?"


Equally as bad as the photo stunt was that shameful press conference. Griffin's lawyer turned it into an irrelevant political rant, while Griffin blamed Trump for breaking her. Intolerant, delusional, and desperate is how I would describe this very unfunny "comedienne".

Good riddance, Kathy.


Changed screen names, I see.  Same poisonous rants about someone stealing your hubby away.  At least he had good sense.


And now apparently "my account is restricted" because I deemed a comment to be civil but it was already predetermined not to be civil. I failed the test.

Clearly, I don't know what the algorithms, system or moderators see as "civil" or "uncivil." (In my civility test for this one, I to review the same post three times before getting it right.)

I don't even know if this will post.

If not, we'll see if I can earn my way back to the Post's good graces. Civilly or otherwise.


Trump is taking down the License plates of speeders in his neighborhood, and he is the Chief of Police with a chip.   He also is a man of action and can be extreme.  So if anyone can see an argument for Truedeau to throw Canada under the bus, pipe it up.  He will take is personally and can make life miserable.  Enjoy or good relationship with the US, and allow America to self regulate.  Walk softly and carry a big stick.  Good luck to the PM, his values conflict with the President, but must be administered to place Canadian needs first.  We only have one threat from the USA and it's economic.  So let's play ball ball.


Undocumented immigrants are half as likely as US Citizens to commit crimes.


We are paying researchers for this?   How do they know what type of aircraft will be operating in 50-60 years?


Good job Motley for digging up that esoteric bit of my legal history!   That was quite a fight overcoming  right-wing  Zionist Daniel Pipe's lies about me which he'd gleaned from a single extremist  student in my  class.  .  However, you are wrong about my "losing" at the court level-- that is part of Pipe's continued lies.
I'm happy to report that contrary to your misunderstanding, Pipes  was forced to retract his lies about me and even compensate me.  This was because  my other Jewish students as well as the leading rabbis of Eugene all backed . my innocence.
It's also interesting that when Pipes listed me as being anti-Semitic, our university president was deluged with messages claiming I was some kind of neo-Nazi and should be fired.   Nobody took that seriously here, but they were of no help to me either. Our Affirmative Action department immediately dropped the charges    against me but didn't care if the stories were true or false, which disappointed me.


CB  What is your response to this?


Suddenly she is now opposed to corruption, where has she been the last ten years? She never uttered a word about the criminal, corrupt and mismanagement happening right around her, an absolute hypocrite............and yes she is a racist par excellence.


Just read The Four Pillars of Investing by William Bernstein. Forget about analyzing rehashed research from some guy at Arizona State University and all the other nonsense out there.


localguy wrote: "There is no use in trying to work with you. Your head is buried so far in the sand, ensuring you only see and hear what you want.  Waste of my valuable time trying to educate you. I'll let others try while I sit back and watch.  Have a great weekend if you can afford to do anything?

I'm sorry, did you ever post any evidence to support your claim that "Hawaii is not one of the highest taxed States in the nation" and I missed it?

It's funny how you pro-rail cheerleaders are so quick to switch to personal insults when the facts don't support you and you can't support your claims.  You did that with the guy who wrote the article and now me when I call you on it.

Would it be safe to say that you don't have a source to refute the statement that "Hawaii is one of the highest taxed states in the country?"  Maybe that might be a better use of your "valuable time" than lobbing weak insults.  One of us looks pretty silly and thick headed right now, and it's not me.


That's true, except we've learned with our employer self-funded plan that the insurance companies are getting away with not meeting their network adequacy requirements. I do not understand how we can read the requirements, yet they are not enforceable for some reason. Oh yes, we can still receive care and the plan pretends to cover us, but in the end, because the providers were out-of-network, even though there were no in-network available to us within hundreds to thousands of miles, we owe most of the bills and cannot meet our deductibles or max out-of-pocket despite owing more than $70,000.00. That is true despite ERISA protections and the network adequacy requirement. The new "protections" include too many loopholes.


If you bump into anything I'd guess a new front end would be very, very expensive . I remember when the front bumper was there to protect the car during a minor hit. The old Volvo had a huge rubber front bumper that my wife like to hit other cars with at no cost thankfully.


You can bet the house Trudeau will find something for him so he can remain gorging at the trough


I have a feeling Paxton and Trevor are only keeping the seat warm for Chad Kelly.

The BIG Guy


Even though the Federal and Provincial wings of some Parties in several Provinces diverge significantly on policy and in the issues they face, the extent to which voters in a Province support or oppose a Party Provincially can have a major spillover effect in a Federal General Election.

Currently, this is a matter that should concern the Federal Liberals and boost the spirits of the Federal Conservatives And NDP in Ontario.  Given the number of Seats at stake in Ontario, this could have a major impact on the outcome during the next Federal General Election.


Donald Trump "eeked out a victory"? His victory was 306 to 232 in the Electoral College. That, my Canadian friend, is where the election is won or lost. True Clinton won the popular vote..but, she lost where it counted. You also missed a significant--but largely ignored by Democrats--statistic:

The Democrat party lost 900+ seats in state legislatures during the Obama administration. They now only hold 15 state governorships and in only 13 states do the Democrats still hold the governorship AND majority in the legislature.

Further, a look at the election map by country shows a sea of "red" even in the "blue" states.

No, there has been a Republican revolution at the grass-roots level while the Democrat party wasn't looking.


The Donald may soon be flying solo in COACH CLASS :

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/10/us/politics/trump-mocking-claim-that-russia-hacked-election-at-odds-with-gop.html?_r=0

Opppsss.... I used "class" in a post about the p***y grabber....  oxymoron alert !


Looks like the NDP once again means the no development party.


Why doesn't and didn't the band step in and look after these children ?


Idiot.


I may be a 'blowhard", Chuckie  but I am definitely not government funded.
Even if I were though- what has that to do with the dismal candidates for the conservative leadership?
(Note- They all want to be 'government funded"!)


Sewage is suppose to run away from a home, not into it.  Cancel your cable/satellite, turn off the TV. Stop being a slave!


Smart choice. Even the finance section of this newspaper would agree with your decision. Why waste money on junk.


Um... wot?


Why would anybody with any reasonable amount of intelligence wish to get married in a church that does not want them there for ANY reason?  Why support a business that does not want your hard-earned money?


Just got back from a mainland flight on United and it was like a sardine can which is what this sounds like only worst. We shouldn't have to "fork over" extra $$$ for decent seating.


Some call it Mckinley.  And others Denali.  Oh, what the heck let's call it McNalley!


Didst thou believe I was speaking only of this one instance, knave? Thou wouldst be wrong, and in thine own armchair, thou sitteth most uncomfortably, being most wrong in thy criticism, thy witticism, and lacking thereof most assuredly. But prithy, continue in thy most childish prattling. Methinks it be that thou are most wroth with mine answer to the villainous enterprises foisted upon us by the unwashed. It bothers me not!

Nor does it bother me to continue posting truth and substantive commentary, mixed with a bit of humor, over the continued attempts by the Trolls to delete anything they find offensive. Fix the so-called 'Civil Comments' issues, ADN. That needed to be fixed under the former owner, and it still isn't fixed. Nothing uncivil here, but certain posters can't stomach an opposing viewpoint.


When you attack men you open up for a response.

Instead of you women flagging legitimate comments about killing of Muslim women you show who you are. You are nothing yuppie flakes and Democrat wives now unemployed or marginalized by Trump.

Why aren't you rioting for Muslim women? If you are so concerned (which we know you are not) why aren't you rioting for them?

Again!

What have you done to save Muslim women from death by Husband or men?

The real question is

Why don't you accept defeat and focus on more important things like saving Muslim women's lives

Or maybe the idea doesn't fit on your Facebook page with your Madonna selfie.

In truth you women are flakes and phonies


Nothing worse than putting government in charge of pretty much anything.


Now that's what I call an inconvenient truth.


The last smoker will be broke and dead in 25 years. Focus on vaping to save the young.


Further (since the new "civil" service apparently has a character limit), I would ask if you have any information to refute CNN's claim, that they also contacted the GOP in reverse situations?  If not, then I would say this is simply trying to create some conspiracy where one doesn't exist.

The other link started with "research request: top 10 worst Trump quotes?"...so I kinda doubt that is what you actually wanted to send me.


So, Reality77, I take it you have no ideas of your own about M-103?  As Donald Trump would say:  sad.


come to Alberta, most property owners who bought in the last 5 years only make as much as the mortgage payments. Rents are still way to high, but are coming down..the numbers on the homes do not make sense in Canada, most foreign news writes about the bubble here, just as in Australia...etc.


Lol
What was that Marvin Gaye song? “Let’s Get it On”?


What percent of college educated white women voted for Trump?? 45%. Source: Globe and Mail, 2016 news quiz


Rober E Lee donated his land where Arlington national cemetery now sits, are you gonna go in and protest there next because it's racist land?  you antifa commie pukes going there to rip up graves, and raze the lands? riot and destroy is all you commies know how to do besides lie.


Same with Christy Clark while  homeless were and are still dying in the streets of BC


Michigan is one of the states I have never been to.


yes and it is the brain washed left that think they know when scientist around the world have never know mans carbon to be doing anything to temps in our climate! ,, you are entitled to your rant since its all you nut jobs ever do, no facts just insults which if course is par for the course when you loose an argument! here a few SCIENTIST of the hundreds even thousands that can educate you on facts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NlaSe0Kydw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyUDGfCNC-k


Pull your kids out of Boy Scouts because a president spoke at a jamboree???  Really?  My parents didn't pull me out of scouting when President Clinton spoke at our jamboree... no harm done... I didn't take up using cigars.  LOL.  LOL.  LOL.


Remember the "muzzled scientists" that Harper prevented from speaking to the press about their research. Now that formerly "muzzled scientists" are free to speak they are remarkably silent. Maybe they have nothing to say that the press wants to publish or maybe there was no actual science, just a group of activists using politicized pseudo-science to advance their agenda.


one out of ten ?  Not very high.   The majority of Quebec's  immigration comes from  french -speaking North Africa countries like Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia.     Iran is becoming important also.

This is a mistake in my opinion because values should be more important than language,


none of the candidates are in any way impressive


It is time that these deep ecology nit pickers are sent packing.


The president is making a big show of condemning violence in our streets and colleges after hiring the biggest and baddest racist bigots he could find  -  like Bannon and Sessions  -  and putting out rhetoric and policies that foment it.


20 years after getting rid of the stupid government run booze outlets in Alberta I am amazed that the union run operations still exist in Ontario.
Fire them all and privatize the LCBO socialist / commie lite operation.


Hope for the best. Plan for the worst.   That's a fair summary of "Repeal and Replace" system we are presented with thus far.

Seems unlikely they have a plan ready as the ACA was technically a 3rd draft bill. The first two drafts kept getting voted down by Republicans forcing them to re-craft the bill over again. But the thing is, each time they finalized a bill, they tasked the CBO (Congressional Budget Office) to crunch the numbers and make sure the numbers added up and I see no news about any bills or proposals being sent to the CBO. If they really have a bill, but see no need to send it to the CBO, then Republicans are basically getting ready to screw over 30 million Americans who gained access to health insurance from the ACA.


Uh....John.

I'm sure we can do all those things mentioned....renewables, lower consumption, reduced globalism and the like, but how will any of the modest gains make a hill of beans difference if the planet adds an additional 3 Billions souls over the next 50 years?

Virtually all of the climate change evangelists ignore the single program that could have a massive effect on energy usage - and that is hard core population controls.

Imagine. For the cost of a single windmill with a 20 year life span, perhaps 1,000 woman in Africa could be financially incentived to have their tubes tied....thereby reducing world population by tens of thousands over a few generations. At the same time, a prohibition of all future immigration from 3rd world to 1st world would ensure the 1st world high energy users decrease over time...Look at Japan's results with zero immigration.

Throw in a prohibition on helicopter rides to private islands and we would have this climate problem licked.


So, BSc Hon, female, of colour, disabled............that should narrow down the field to 1 or 2 applicants.


Me and the misses voted last week for Hill. I would have put out yard signs to support her but was concerned about vandals. I am sure others had similar thought about both candidates. Anywho, go Hillary!


Before we pile on the kid we should realize his father is taking a lot of abuse (albeit deservedly so) and that must be hard to hear day in and day out...when you realize your father who never should have been president, is despised to such a degree by billions of intelligent people while only being defended by less than bright bulbs.   Tough and I will let him have this one.


Trump keeps on proving he is unreliable and can't keep a secret. It is so crazy that the top office holder in the US government is the weakest link.


Oh gee, thanks for the mental spanking lol! The homeless are composed of a variety of people, young and old and yes some veterans. Was there a particular group of homeless you were referencing?
For someone who has offered up no solutions at all but the first to criticize Greene's possible solution I find your response amusing. Out of curiosity, what do you suggest? I did read your comments, all of them and although you may be playing the devils advocate they don't add up to much besides more hateful dribble feeding the fire of a hateful society. We all know homelessness is a serious issue in Anchorage and everyone should be entitled to their rights as a free society but how do you weigh your rights against the homeless rights when it involves public spaces? You can't, the 14th Admendment states you can't and despite your classism ideas of paying taxes it's impossible and dangerous to override basic human and civil rights. So what are the options??


You win the internet today!


Amazing!  The writer discusses the question "How can open government help renew democracy and rebuild people’s trust?" without once referring, even obliquely unless I missed it, the issue of Zuma and how he along with his ANC have lost the trust of just about all South Africans.


It's about time they stopped moving here! I read of a couple just yesterday that were in the process of packing up their apartment and moving their family to a <i>house</i> that they were purchasing in the "tech triangle" area in North Carolina.


Trump cuts right through the politically correct BS.  What a refreshing change.  Canada is envious.


They keep a foot in both countries, so that they can take from each to serve their best interests.  Because they can.

And how hypocritical of Trudeau to geld small Canadian business owners as he accuses them of taking advantage of long-standing tax breaks (which have served their purpose well as an incentive for taking risks), while casting a blind eye on the Chinese as they advantage of our social services, invest virtually without restriction and blur the lines between tax avoidance and tax evasion.


Can hardly wait to hear about rail...


Well, at least he's draining the swamp.  (sarc)


You are a brainless 'celebrity' who supported the mass murdering communists in North Vietnam.  You add nothing to any debate and should keep you vapid mouth shut.  Stay out of our country you useless twit.


Finally, someone who has a clue. We
should be more like the US and kick
these murdering parasites and anyone
who pledges allegiance to them out.


How does Matthews get brought into this controversial topic. I highly doubt that he wanted anything to do with the #takeaknee but then of course he gets poked and prodded by annoying media. How can you take his words for any meaning when they are almost forced out of his mouth by people of your kind.


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The negative reactions are sad. There has been due process despite what the mayors, many environmentalists, and some Aboriginal peoples argue. They simply do not like the result. Each province is a part of this country. None get to say "NIMBY". It is all about making balanced decisions.


"Two-thirds of Alaskans passing through the Department of Corrections recidivate within three years."

Getting them back on the streets sooner should make us a lot safer then.


Really- America would be a so much better without Watergate, or the Pentagon Papers, or any of a whole whack of scandals with official abuse of power at their core. That is the way it works, or worked,  in Russia, China, Zimbabwe, Nazi Germany etc. so it sounds like like you want the US to be just like them in that regard. All so it can be like them in other aspects no doubt.


...one term government eh Keller,try again!...JT's government will win an even bigger majority next election,and personally see JT stepping down after ten years of being PM!...


The militia is "We the people". Just like the other rights in the Bill of Rights they are rights of the individual.


I’m not consigning anybody to anything, I’ll leave that to you and your fellow conspiracy loons. Cite one serious study that shows Putin’s intention and more importantly capability to invade and occupy Eastern Europe, just one will do.


Your definition of "good" needs some serious work Old. Nice try but those of us paying attention are not buying it.

Your public sector union, welfare and other socially assisted citizens (paid for with private sector workers' money) might be on side with Wynne and the Liberals - those of us in the productive sector of the economy ARE NOT.


Several years ago a young man from a small rural village writing his essay which is obligatory to admission to Edgecombe on the subject, "Why do you want to attend Edgecombe?" I want to go to a dance and dance with someone who is not my first cousin.


Suck it up and get the appropriate ID because the Legislature has deemed this as an important right to privacy and worth the individual inconvenience . Funny how they don't feel that way about allowing your voter registration information to be sold to anyone especially the consultants who run their campaigns - and you cannot opt out unless you quit voting.  This is a Dec 2015  article from KTVA that shows how this legislature is not protecting your privacy by allowing the sale of your personal information by the State Division of Elections:

"Researcher: Voter information of hundreds of thousands of Alaskans exposed in unsecured database"

Link;  http://www.ktva.com/researcher-hundreds-of-thousands-of-alaskan-voters-information-exposed-in-unsecured-database-244/

...


Geez, Gerry, don't you read?  There was a security camera tape that suddenly became "unavailable".


This begs the question, why is a judge deciding this and not a jury of her piers? What is case law, doesn't the law mean what it says, if so why are judges making these decisions from the bench; The Judiciary was the weak link in the Republic as the founders knew. 8 years of Obama packing the Federal courts with leftist judges makes "receiving justice" virtually impossible if you are on the other side of their political views.


Tulsi's job includes national affairs, and I support any effort to include other nations in the condemnation process. History and our nation's pocketbook should confirm the wisdom of doing so.


You ASSume too much. I'm retired and am many years away from Medicare eligibility.


judging by your comments on the dog shooting, you will probably end up marrying your dog.


While the rest of the world is seeing a rise in shark attacks, Schatz throws blood in the water.  What an idiot!


I do hope Mr. Ryan is prepared for the primary that will end his political career!


They will have to run over me before I let them build a mine in our watershed.
  NO PEBBLE MINE


Isn't Ron Soto, guilty of the same thing that the homeless are being sanctioned for? He's sitting in a public place with a sign, so what makes it okay for him and not okay for a homeless person? There certainly are different standards applied. If it's a public place then why is it illegal to be there at all? If loitering is not allowed then how do they define loitering and how long does it take for sitting or standing, to become loitering?

It's just a fact that people need to have a place to sleep, some where in close proximity to support services. Designate an area for the homeless and make them stay there. The US is good at that sort of thing. The Indians were put on reservations and killed if they came outside! I wonder just how many of our homeless, served this country and got a kick in the butt for doing so?


Now #, we don't know that yet do we?
I didn't say anyone has broken any law(s).
What I wrote was "....and whether or not they've broken the law."


The lifeguards guard us.  We need to guard them.  What about EMT, fire fighters, and police who are willing to risk their lives for our safety?  Lets prioritize morals before budget think.


it should be deferred and thrown away, isolated incident, learn from the mistakes, don't shove this down our throats............


I totally agree with this article.
We need economic growth in the world to increase the well-being of the 100's of millions if not billions desperately poor people.
We need economic growth in South Africa to make life better for those struggling to have food on their plates and a roof over their heads.


This seems to be a significant oversight on a Standard Operating Protocol (SOP).  Should this not have part of their routine training scheduled (annual) training protocol?  Post training; validation, checked off and signed off by firefighters.  I would presume that this would have been a precautionary measure (know or unknown absestos contained within).  Subsequently implementing the containment and clean up protocol due to the age of building.  Sadly a lot of finger pointing, regardless use this to fix the and reinforce the SOP training.


The excellent curricula from the Abstinence and Marriage Partnership will equip middle and high school students with vital, critical decision making tools that will help them throughout their lives.  Students completing the curricula will learn how to make choices that will move them toward positive goals, and away from all risky, negative choices.  Eight great chapters are "Living life on purpose", "Standing strong - resisting pressure", "Thinking ahead - choosing to be free", "Protecting the mind - taking control of the media", "The power of self-control - building your character", "Marriage rocks - looking forward to your future", "Making a fresh start - letting go of your past", and "The big picture - Life is short.  Live Well".   See more at http://www.ampartnership.org/.   To truly solve many of our problems, we need to move upstream.  If we do not equip our youth with good decision making tools, then the rates of drug use and crime will persist or get worse.


I'm not sure that I would start with licensing but certainly move in that direction. It should be law that all cyclists must wear a helmet, wear a reflective bright safety vest so they can be seen day and especially night, have a bell and reflective flashing lights. They must have insurance. If you want to share the road share the responsibility. They must use the bike lanes we have created for them not the sidewalk and yes they should have to demonstrate a knowledge of the basic rules of the road and follow them. Right now it is chaos out there. Cyclists on the sidewalk. Cyclists riding in the wrong direction in the bike lanes. Electric bikes on the sidewalk. Running stops signs. Etc. etc. etc. I'm running out of characters.


Rep Gabbard may ultimately pay much more than this relatively small reimbursement;  she may have done serious damage to her political aspirations.  Let's set aside speculation about her motivation.  It actually doesn't matter whether she was seeking facts or publicity.  What does matter is that she willingly consorted with one of the vilest leaders on the planet, bar none, and came home singing his praises.  Worse, she insisted Assad has the unanimous support of every Syrian she met, which convinces me only that she did not speak with any of the survivors of the thousands of victims of his barrel bombing, chemical weaponeering, hangings, and torture.  I expect next she'll be off to North Korea, probably in the company of Dennis Rodman.  I also expect I've voted for her for the last time.  This was at best miserable judgment.


A whole lot of posters on this site engaged in some intensive hand-wringing when he was named captain too.

As if that was going to put pressure on him that he wasn't already putting on himself.


Seriously...   In what world is that 10 times worse than bragging about committing sexual assaults?


You don't have to be a leftist to have contempt for white nationalists.


A truly disgusting remark.  Sick minds abound among Trump haters.


I think that he may have been the wrong person at the wrong time in the wrong situation. May God bless us all. I thank God for posting Guardian Angels around me! I still practice my shooting/target skills on a regular basis though. There is nothing like being prepared. Lord help us all should martial law ever be established.


You don't have a clue what you are talking about. We're going to need to see some citations to reliable sources to support your inane claims. One only need to continually not abide by conditions set by the state for probation and community corrections to be sent to prison. One need not commit any additional crime. In fact, one need not commit any crime. Tim Masters committed no crime, yet he served 10 years in prison.


I would begin with the Episcopalians, move on to Planned Parenthood, then go on to ...


Whoa whoa whoa everyone this crime increase is by very expensive design to scare the populace into paying TAXES.  Look at the pattern here:  Cut off funding for the AST, close AST posts, limit hours and staffing at all crime and justice levels, employ judges that have no sense of right and wrong, hamstring those that do, and lastly deny there is anything wrong out there. This is nothing more than an orchestrated and a conspiracy to fit the mold of "they have had enough"  and will pay taxes to fix it.  I call BS on the gov. and the mayor of ANC, those two could not manage their way out of a Target store.


One has only to look at all the huge medical buildings that are constantly springing up to verify the huge bucks to be had by those in the medical profession here in Alaska.  Many of those buildings are owned and operated by groups of doctors.  They provide all aspects of same-day procedures, including what used to be major in-hospital surgical procedures...so they are the same as out-patient hospitals.  Try interpreting one of their itemized billings (or that of a regular hospital, for that matter) and it becomes an exercise in futility...might as well be written in Egyptian hieroglyphics.  When specialists and medical-related folks whine about how little they make here, I have little sympathy.  If it were not for the necessity of several follow-ups to medical procedures, I would gladly head down to the lower 48 to get stuff done.


Its easy to explain the result of the said election.  The populace is not fooled by the constant drumbeat of hate for Mr. Trump that he Liberal leftist media and the Canadian me- too press has continued  daily  since the President's convincing and well earned election.


FOR and Hawaii Democrats = Friends with Benefits


With the statistics as abysmal as they are for Alaska, the last thing we need are legislators who try and white wash the problems.  I know there are people out there who will make sure these children get help; but their lives have changed forever, something this legislator does not get.  BTW; citing church membership and support should not a reason to lessen sentences.  The church can still support perpetrators without letting them avoid punishment.  Also, I would not be letting her watch my kids in a nursery; church based or not.  Obviously the church is not checking the backgrounds of care providers.  Aren't there some regulations about checking childcare providers even if they are just volunteers?  Let's elect more responsible legislators; this one we don't need and shouldn't have.


SJ,  We could only wish that NATO is "a proxy lapdog of the US."  More like a mill stone is a comparison.


I think both the comments of 'Molson Light' and 'J. Flames' are valid.  There are people without the mental aptitude, health or physical ability to make it in today's society.  But a program like this also creates a disincentive.  It's not so much that people are lazy, but some able-bodied, healthy people, to put it politely, are willing to work, but not at any job that they could actually get. But that's why a pilot study is good.  I'd be curious to see how well people on a guaranteed income versus traditional welfare transition over a period of years in terms of dependency, personal welfare and self-sustainability.  There may well be a 'net benefit' to society in terms of the cost of this versus other programs.  And, it's also been shown that giving money to people who spend it, versus stick it in the bank, provides a boost to the economy.


Steep Hill.....apply well named........in no time these shortages will be water under the bridge and a distant memory.........I'am waiting for the Law of Unintended Consequences to kick in, then watch the fall out!


Regarding: " "I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris," Trump said."
- Better had Trump referenced Paris, Texas and not Pittsburgh.


Your assumptions are silly. If people are dying from pot smoking, they are doing so now.

Current law does nothing to limit access to minors.  Every high school has at least several pot dealers.

You must be assuming that a whole crop of new pot smokers will magically appear from the wilderness, smoking enough dope to kill them.  No one ever died from smoking a bit of pot.  Your comment is not very well informed.

As for the revenue, better it goes into provincial coffers (which might help fund desperately needed infrastructure programs, or other public goods) than flowing into the hands of criminals.  Eh?


'
Lift every voice and sing,

Till earth and heaven ring,

Ring with the harmonies of Liberty;

Let our rejoicing rise

High as the list’ning skies,

Let it resound loud as the rolling sea.

Sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us,

Sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us;

Facing the rising sun of our new day begun,

Let us march on till victory is won.
.

There's more:

https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/lift-every-voice-and-sing

.


three adopted children, all in to the same loving family. one searched tirelessly for her birth parents. one had no interest. the third left instructions in the adoption file that if the birth parents wanted information, they had permission to contact. all nice kids, all brought up by the same good parents, all with different needs, all escaped death by abortion. God bless those moms.


B car it's time for you to stop commenting


Less government is the answer in my humble opinion! Alaska has more government workers per capita than any state in the nation except Washington DC and this I believe has killed the oil and gas Industry and others!

Under this broken system not one Alaskan or smaller competitor has been able to drill and sell oil at a profit and the big three seem to own government, it should be a crime!

The smaller investors in Alaska's oil and gas Industry can not make money with so many stupid laws that are written when the legislators haven't slept properly and have not read and understood what they voted for!

I wish someone would make it a law that a panel of top professors from Alaska's colleges and Universities would test the legislators and if they don't pass the test then the Bill can not pass the Legislature!

The Alaska Legislators  all now admit they did not know what was in SB 21, on TV at 360 North, it is mind shattering confessions and no reporters write about it, why?

Crazy & sad!


Something is VERY wrong here.


If your scared about Trump on this one, I wouldn't be.  Guy who was on the cover of Playboy and who bragged openly about the number of women he could grope because he was famous isn't interested in policing people's sex lives.  I'm much more concerned about the man's overall temperment and his playing patty cake with the neo-facists on the alt-right.  But on matters like abortion, gay marriage, etc., he has essentially conned the social conservatives.


You must be very, VERY upset with the divisive public policies The Donald has proposed. VERRRRRY upset.


You sound like the person nobody wants at festivals.


It's hard for me to feel sympathy for them.......out of sheer guilt and moral compass I think that I should feel some sympathy  but I don't.....if people don't know by now that drugs kill,  they haven't been listening.


Yes, we had the # of days of remission set out too; but the holy sisters never ceased to remind us the 117 days or so from a measly "Confiteor," were not even a drop in the bucket considering the hundreds of thousands of years we were going to spend there.


Actually, it is a pretty good yardstick to judge the objectivity of the paper. That's not to say the NYT has never been caught up in biased reporting. Just look back on how biased their reporting was when cooperating with the Bush Administration and the breathless but overplayed articles on WMD that helped pave the way for the disastrous Iraq invasion. That was some bis we could have done without.


Perhaps but the "midwest" has been a Republican stronghold for decades.

The real shockers were Michigan Wisconsin, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Florida.  Clinton lost all of the South, the Midwest and most of the Rust Belt.

One wonders what the outcome would have been if the Democratic candidate had been Biden or Sanders...or both as a fusion ticket.


This has been going in for decades...since I was in school st UO. It obviously isn't a priority, or it would be addressed during orientation - what a shame.


Back in my day, we were allowed to shoot horse thieves. Car thieves are little different. They're stealing what is still our primary means of survival, our transportation. There weren't enough lawmen to protect us from every little thief back then, and there still aren't. Self protection has been the common law since God invented dirt.


As a DV survivor, I can tell you that it is absolutely unacceptable for women who have not been abused to do this. I recently had this happen to someone I know. Fortunately in their case, they have video of the entire incident. For those that don't, go to court, explain your side and have witnesses that can collaborate your story. I hope this isn't happing to you, but it's a horrible thing to claim something that is so real and make it questionable for those who really are in trouble. Some women do this I know, it makes me afraid for those that really do need protection. It is an abominable thing to claim if untrue. For the woman who is lying and for the family consequences most of all. It saddens me.


So I was double-checking before bed. But the Samsung SOS system also records and sends 5 seconds of audio. It is located under 'privacy and security'. Also the Google Location recording is default ON.

If you're confident in the 3 quick taps not being accidently pressed, you could list '911' in the recipient section as well, for situations that you may not be able to call but merely press in your pocket. I'm 90% sure our 911 system has been updated to recieve txts. ADN reported that Fairbanks was done, and the rest began in mid-2015...unsure of completion and wouldn't rely on txting 911 without knowing for sure. (I'll ask tomorrow)


The student council continues to make a fool of its self.
How many more time must we wrap there nuckless?
No No No Justin, Bad Bad Bad Boy !!!
Now Say Your Sorry Junior


There's no destination that 'industrial' tourism hasn't ruined. tick, tock....


I don't know the exact date of the surgery but he tore his second ACL in the 5th week of 2015 season. Then he sat out 2015. He had ACL surgery but came back too soon and had to have a touch up surgery to trim the meniscus in 2016, which caused him to miss most of the 2016 season. However now the doctors have reviewed his knee and it has healed nicely and he just needs to strengthen the muscles to stabilize the joint.  He will be 100% by training camp.

Obviously, I think Charles can be a great contributor to the team in 2017 but I am also realistic and realize that he isn't a long term solution. But for now, he is still a real talent.


This will help the Wall Streeters and bankers whose worth has stalled at the multi-million dollar level thanks to the Dodd-Frank rules join Trump and his cabinet buddies in the Billionaire club. Make Wall Street great again!


I find it unfortunate when someone as intelligent as Steinem uses current buzzwords like "woke." Why not say, "awakened" or "enlightened?"
 I suppose she was trying to appeal to the young. How about we teach our young to speak proper English?


The biggest, most cowardly mass murder in human history was committed by the Americans when they dropped those atomic bombs on Japanese civilians.


In your dreams Helgason.


I am a 60% Disabled Vet and patient at Eugene VA. I had bloodwork completed 2wks ago for my primary care appointment this coming Friday. I got a voicemail today from the VA saying they were cancelling my appointment. They did not give me a reason. Tgis appointment was my yearly labs and checkup. My VA primary care doc quit several months back and the VA clinic did not let me know. I found out when I tried to make an appointment for a medical emergency. The VA told me then that they were 30 days out on appointments. My former primary care doc there was terrible anyway, but at least I could get in. The Eugene VA Clinic is a disaster.


Jack Kennedy assassinated by a devout Marxist Lee Harvey Oswald  and BobbyKennedy by a Muslim Palestinian Sirhan Sirhan.     Gotta watch  out for those lefties and Islamic terrorists.  Both backed up from the same sewer.


Since when did a library card cost anything? (for Eugene residents that is)...and yes, as I said earlier, I'm an Amazon Prime member, 'taint the same thing.


Cue the Trumpnuts:  Why can't you listen to what's in Trumps heart instead of relying on what he says?  The CBO didn't say that; ADN is reporting fake news. Trump is going lower our taxes, give us all high paying jobs, provide the best healthcare plan ever and lower - not raise - the deficit! Why can't the CBC, all those economists and other sore losers just shut up and accept that Trump is a genius; just a regular ole' "every man" like all of us blue collar workers. Stupid libs.


having lived on the streets for 2 years I know this all too well. This is why I differentiate, and do not lump everyone into one generalization, as liberals do, to deflect from the issue of criminal vagrancy. The mentally and physically handicapped are completely different issues than criminal vagrancy.


So, where is that nuclear war the left swore up and down that Trump is going to do months ago?


question..i'm curious.. why would looking at the eclipse be any worse than gazing up at the sun. it will be daytime... why is it bad?  how can the ring or sliver we do see in an eclipse be more harmful than a full sun..?


Actually, Obama signed the treaty and was too lazy to get Congressional approval. But even if he did, the accord is still non-binding agreement which is why most of the nations of the world signed it. There is no enforcement and each nation do what they want...or don't want. Now if this was an totally binding agreement, many nations such as EU, China, India, Japan or any other industrial powers probably will not sign it. And it would requires Congressional approval to make it legal in the US. As a non-binding treaty, its just a PR stunt, Trump should have left it alone.


It is good to see these happen. Rural folks have many obstacles to overcome to get decent care. Glad Lisa stepped up on this.


"...Aung San Suu Kyi, has come under harsh international criticism for failing to speak out against the violence, with some arguing she should be stripped of both her Nobel Peace Prize and her honorary Canadian citizenship."

A Canadian is a Canadian is a Canadian


I wish I could match with them. I also am hoping there won't be harassment by Trump followers and other woman haters.


With a headline like the one above this article, what could go wrong????????????????????


Tory times are sorry times, but it is pretty funny that Lizzie May took the P45 form handed to her


the lies and spin of the liberals never ends, Pres trump will be exposing junior for his ignorance soon enough


Sorry girls and boys.

The government is going to cancel Halloween.


I don't think Ms Vinis' election (OK, primary majority leading to her sole appearance on the November ballot) presents an imminent danger to the City.  Voters in the May election had every opportunity to compare the qualifications of the two candidates for the office.  A majority chose to support Ms Vinis.  Now it seems a disgruntled minority may wish to use the "write-in" process to take another shot at her.  You're correct, it's perfectly acceptable in terms of the democratic process.  I used the phrase "deny her the office."  Indeed, that's the exact purpose of any possible write-in campaign.


Free press? Hah! What happened to Discus? Media and powerful interests
hated Discus. Why? Commentators could communicate among themselves
about news and opinion. And comments were not censored. Of course some
comments were offensive — so what...? Are we children here?

Free press? Hardly.

Who owns say, the Economist? Globalists with their own agenda.

Media is owned either by corporatists or government — as is the content.

Neither corporatists or government propagandize — do they?

Thankfully today there is the Internet. Yes, one has to separate the
wheat from the chaff. But at least one gets some wheat.


You are reading this comment. You in the knowledge of your life have never  committed such an act on a child. Stop. Imagine if you had his position in life and were accused. How would you respond to regain your innocent respect from US, the rest of America.

Personally. Roy Moore does not live up to what I would say and do to continue running for such a position of power and still fight that I am innocent..

We as the innocent must learn . We must learn the words and methods that the non-innocent have used to steal power from children.


Still this terrorist killed few compared to Nevada.  And why do you think it is only Nevada's problem?  You don't think it could spread?

Fact is it appears he was radicalized after he entered the country.  You should be asking why and what can be done to prevent others from becoming radicalized.  I suspect the answer lies in probably cutting out the discrimination and hatred directed against them.


"Real Americans"? Purg has now descended to Palinisms.


These SOE's always seems to follow leads from the other. So Escom suspended the head of their legal department, ACSA does the same. The board members who failed to take action against the CEO should be brought before court to be declared delinquent directors. One more illustration of how deep the rot in the ANC is. At least 80% of players in this drama, such as in Escom,  are ANC deployees.


I have a bit of admiration for this guy. He is not homeless! He simply lives on his boat. He owns it, and has no requirement to pay property taxes for the water it occupies. He is living a life that he enjoys, and he seems happy. Cheers Finger, youve got my support.


Ummm, you obviously didn't notice that the election was over several weeks ago? Do you think you can change someone's vote now?


Did you ever notice that those who argue that they are "smart people" usually demonstrate just how stupid they really are. God help the US and God help the rest of the world. As Forrest Gump said: "Stupid is as stupid does".


No investigation will take place because Rupert controls the SA economy largely. He will probably spin a yarn and blame it on the Guptas, as usual.


Just a reminder re education and textbook deductions. While they are still allowed for the 2016 tax year, they are being eliminated in 2017.

http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/tx/ndvdls/tpcs/ncm-tx/rtrn/cmpltng/ddctns/lns300-350/323/menu-eng.html


Your correct attack on a weak spot in my analogy--a judges can always recuse themselves--misses the point that it is an analogy. If you grasp that "were it true" that a judge could step aside in my hypothetical, then you grasp the nature of the inappropriate nature of the Bill and Loretta meeting.

Again the fact Lynch was not a judge is not fortunate, but most unfortunate. Were she a judge, as you correctly point out, she could have recused herself. As it was, he response to the ensuing scandal was the next best thing to a recusal--she deferred he obligation to decide to an underlying, declaring in advance that she would not overrule the FBI position. I think that was noble, and the very best she could do in a bad situation.

BTW, may I suggest that Lynches "recusal" is a pretty strong case that Ms. Lynch agrees with me rather than your efforts to defend you improper actions.

Again, I support Hillary, and am inclined to accept the content of the conversation was not inappropriate.


Sorry Shannyn, I have to do it.  I agree with sending a good crew to Juneau.  Let's make it a cleaning crew in November.


U like bear stew Larry? Ur probably one hell of a cook. Now take down that backyard bait station..,


The first story of the article - about a randy boss who crossed the line -  is an anecdote and, using anecdotes, one can "prove" anything one wants. (Bernardo and Magnotta were Italian males, thus there must be something wrong with Italians.)
What I find disturbing is I never find in the news articles about women in positions of power who bully employees and show less understanding than male counterparts. I can think of some examples in my personal career, but I never thought of generalizing them.


Anyone who saw the results of the NBA draft lottery knows that Denver will never compete for an NBA championship.


"...For the sake of all that is good and righteous. Kill them all."  Wow. There is a certain irony to that statement, given that Hitler thought pretty much the same about Jews and other so-called "untermensch". I think the Congressman missed the real point about events like the Holocaust: one must stop such destructive thinking in its tracks before it can do massive damage. Perhaps if the world, or at least if Germans, had responded forcefully to Hitler rather than believing in his message, those ovens would not exist.

We need to look in the mirror in the USA and ask if we are capable of going down such a road ourselves. Categorizing all radicalized Islamists as worthy of death sounds an awful lot like deja vu all over again. Radicalization can be reversed. Indeed, we have less of a problem with radical Islam in the US than in Europe in part because we have not ostracized Muslims.


Um, why don't we open City Hall to these folks?
Warm, dry, infrastructure (rest rooms), and located around and near people who put campers needs above all others?
Just a thought...


m:  And your point is?  Failed promises?  Like "you can keep your doctor"?  This isn't over yet but until it is the Dems own the ACA.


Bottom line is the same, lost jobs (supposedly). And I thought mistakenly that politicians' number 1 preoccupation is jobs, jobs, jobs. Apart from being dirty Deniers, the only reason to oppose carbon pricing was the impact on jobs and the economy, supposedly.


Let's watch the G&M repeat this theme ad nauseum until Dear Leader imposes a new White Man Tax.


Has the medical community looked at Huldah Clark's formula to treat the parasite problem? http://www.drclark.net/cleanses/beginners/herbal-parasite-cleanse/parasite-chart-for-adults
It just might work to at least stop the parasites since they have no other "cure."


Time to remove Ryan, McC, and his wife from cabinet.   Shut the government down without pay and shut down the filibuster.


That's a ridiculous statement based on nothing.


News flash David.  There's a lot of us out there who aren't scared by Trump.


Nathan,

I guess we'll just have to wait and see how things work out.

In these discussions I'm hearing a lot of doubts expressed about Trump's ability to pick good leaders and make good decisions. That's primarily left-leaners who see things changing and mourning that their candidate lost. What gives me hope is that Trump is CEO of a complex and profitable $11B corporation. He didn't get there by being stupid and over the years he has developed a keen skill for evaluating people for their leadership abilities and putting them in positions where they can develop and deliver both growth and profits. So it will be interesting seeing how quickly and severely his management style conflicts with the entrenched bureaucracy and how much change he is actually able to drive. He has outlined an aggressive 100-day plan that I think is going to surprise a lot of bureaucrats by how quickly it knocks their ivory towers out from under them.


Junior is done in the next election regardless.  He's absolutely incompetent, and now with Trump just starting to beat him to a pulp over trade, Canadians will soon see the folly of electing a Sunny Ways Unicorn Herder  instead of a competent prime minister.  Can we please have Mr. Harper back?

30 months to go with our very own imbecilic prime minister at the controls.  I just hope there is enough of Canada left to salvage.


Anytime a company's biggest investor is looking to pull out quick, it is a very bad sign. Cautious is the word.


France's National Front is NOT "xenophobic" as the lamestream media  would  have us believe. Marine Le Pen and her party only want a common-sense immigration policy.


Germany mirrors China as far as free speech goes. Merkel should be shown the door, or a free tour of Dealey Plaza.


A vehicle is a privilege while a firearm is a right.  that is a major difference.
Why have you not registered your comments with the government and received permission to submit it to the paper?  Shouldn't the government make sure you are not writing inaccurate, inflammatory statements that are against the government's point of view.
After all, shouldn't the Constitution say the government overrules all people and we are free only if they allow it?  Sorry, for a moment there I was thinking of Hillary...
Exactly what is the tool law enforcement will use?  Canada gave up on registration when it didn't work.  Maryland has never solved a single crime with registration.
Ignore your political rhetoric and learn the facts.  Yes the bumper sticker is true when it says you give up freedom for safety and you get neither.  Please go to Loussac and check out a history book.


If regular citizens suffer, it will be invisible because there is no explicit "tax". The slogan is to "make the corporate polluters pay". But then voters have only themselves to blame because they don't trust any new taxes.


I know for a fact plenty of it is in effect. A multi-felon etc. walked (again) on a case I'm too personally involved in, and all the other extraneous charges were dismissed. The defense kept stalling until early September or October--I need to check my calendar, until SB 21 went into effect. The crappy, (this judge, always crappy, especially since she finally made it to the big(er) bench, specifically cited SB 21 in her ruling. Going by her past biases and behavior, though, I think SB 21 just gave her an easy out.


Try reading a little history my Antifa friend. You might discover that Marxism, Fascism and secularism are closely related. Start with Mussolini.


I see them both on the main page...


Of course they will.  It's what they do best and nothing else.


When I looked at that picture, the first thing that popped into my mind was Pikachu.


I don't get it, how can someone be a good person and not speak English well? It just doesn't make sense, if america is good and English should be the only language spoken, how can people who don't speak English well be good? "English only" is a shining example of what makes america right. That guy who gave up his generator is obviously a left wing operator, when I get my check from Mr. Soros for this post, I'm sending a donation to the GOP!


There has never been a vaccinated/unvaccinated study - the government refuses to do one.  The argument is that it is unethical.   However it would be very possible to do a retrospective study as there are thousands of homeschooled children who are unvaccinated. A recent Yale study has found that the vaccinated have far more neurological disease.  Vaccine companies have no liability for any injuries vaccines may incur.  Dr. William Thompson still a chief scientist at the CDC has become a whistleblower and claims the CDC have covered up the fact that there is a sizeable increase in autism in African American children who receive the MMR before 18 months.  People please do your own research.


Since the university had a policy in place with clearly defined punishments, and they refuse to execute or follow through as required in the policy, I would think the victim has a clear case for a civil lawsuit against both the university and a number of the senior administrative staff personally. The local crown prosecutor should probably be filing criminal charges as well. Maybe that would kick some sense into these people.

Sadly, this lack of action doesn't surprise me. Everywhere you look today - especially in the education system - they have multiple policy books that are 3 inches thick, but when issues arise nothing tangible is ever done.


Actually, if you consume alcohol at the RECOMMENDED doses, you have an increased lifespan and lower heart disease, the big studies show, that is, it does more good than harm in those who consume it at the RECOMMENDED doses.

Anything is a poison at too high a dose, even water.


Are you aware that China has 15-K troops poised on NK borders---what for, to cross over, or to prevent a mass exodus of NK's?


It really is! A bias against those that feed our nation.
Plain crazy political BS.
Where on earth do the people think all food in raw form comes from?
Some ANC owned factory?
What a load of old tosh.
Guess why the ANC can't produce an official land ownership audit?
It would show that they are doing just what happened in Zimbabwe.
Ownership into the names of the politically connected. They will feed the masses, just like they are doing currently in Zimbabwe...


IM has big fast motormouth just like Malcolm X. Everybody knows what happened to him.


Peter Di Rocce, Sorry for citing a liberal magazine to you.  Is Fox News good enough for ya?
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/11/29/groups-document-more-than-860-hate-incidents-since-elections.html


most of it is 'click bait traps' you have fallen into .The Philippines spots on news , sells iPhones and Corn flakes , unfortunately . Yes , the problem with the South Island has been centuries old and the Muslim radicals will continue with it . Canada IMHO is not far off from this , IF it continues down the path its going ... Take a look in your own back yard in Boston and NYC  and so many other examples you don know about ! It always much easier to talk about other countries it seems to methane your own .  Very sad indeed ! For the most part the PH is a peace loving wonderful country, full of wonderful people, that is trying to get its act together after a surge off-offshore drug lords from China and other parts (Vancouver east-side?), and the Muslim thing/south.IMHO


Not sure about that
.
The G&M readership does not represent the broad section of the population, etc

Don’t get me wrong, I would hope so, but the ‘Tru’ twins are both equally coated with Teflon.

The scandals, incompetence etc are acknowledged, but most issues don’t hang on the  person at the top or who leads the party.

Followers howl and scream, it is the ‘swamp’ or politicians in general that are the problem, not ‘our hero’


Dude, I read everything you wrote.  You must be a rather sad individual


Dumbocrap hypocrites

Hillary Clinton strategist Bob Beckel appeared on on Fox calling for the assassination of Julian Assange — a blatant urge for violence against the Wikileaks founder in direct contradiction of every possible natural and government law.

Wikileaks, of course, has published several damning caches of documents showing Clinton in none-too-favorable light — including emails from her controversially-employed private server as well as communications from the DNC which proved her campaign colluded with mainstream media.

“I mean, a dead man can’t leak stuff,” Beckel chillingly noted of Assange. “The guy’s a traitor, a treasonist, and … and he has broken every law in the United States. The guy ought to be — and I’m not for the death penalty — so, if I’m not for the death penalty, there’s only one way to do it, illegally shoot the son of a bitch.”


No maximum security, NM, or any other 'safe' haven for him.  Easy, OCCC in general population, will work every time.


Too late.  Warming of at least 3 degrees Fahrenheit already baked into the cake.  Heat is the new normal.  I am not pessimistic.  Why do you think they are writing tis article?  Paris climate accord is a dream.  That was killed several months ago.  Fossil fuel is the culprit and carbon emissions the result.


Congrats! Eager to see your handiwork. Enjoy it.


Trid, that may be true in England where it is usually very "low Church, and people are suspicious of things like bells and incense because it might indicate "leanings toward Rome."  So I think they tend AWAY from such things.
But in the U.S. it is very different. I have been to Episcopal Church masses here where one could barely tell the difference. In my old town, until about 10 years ago, they even said mass with the altar facing the wall. Except that the liturgy was in English (the OLD rite I from the BCP , even, thank you Thomas Cranmer!) Smells, bells, whole nine yards.  The Episcopal Church where I am now, from what I can tell, is also very like the RCC in its liturgy.
Obviously some of the beliefs are different, as they are not under the pope.

I meant to add, on another subject, you CAN change your email settings so you don't get notified every time someone "likes" your comment. At the bottom of the email, click on the "unsubscribe" link. You'll see choices there.


Could you translate that into plain English for me? It appears to have nothing to do with my post or the topic.


Thanks, Mr. Havelock, for pointing out that Alaskans own our state's resource wealth and the Permanent Fund in common. It's a problem that many residents are unaware of Alaska's history, unique Owner State model and shareholder rights. Now, the Legislature and Governor are railroading Alaskans toward a specific fix for the budget problem - all their plans involve changing the Fund and PFD without public consent. We must not allow this THEFT of the Peoples' money. Take the PFD OFF the table. NO POMV without a public vote. Then, the legislators will be more motivated to consider the many options for a solutions (like government reform, taxes, selling and leasing assets, using Fund earnings by public consent) and survey Alaskans for what we services we want and how we want to pay for them.  Visit and share this website for the Permanent Fund Defenders and join the fight to protect the PFD.  www.pfdak.com STOP THE RAID


"just leave it be and let that crap sandwich die all by itself?"

Kinda harsh, but I agree that's how we should approach the Trump presidency.


No WAPO (=Democrat Party) "changed the story". Naturally, DP breathlessly repeats...

I'm just filling in their new "story" for them!


Right, I think what gave it away was the tag "Social Justice Facilitator" -- what, you mean like, not a Warrior exactly, but part of the Women's Auxiliary maybe?


Sorry to disappoint.  Not employed by GCI.  My experience is limited to residential cable and internet service/support. It's been good.

Biggest complaint:  They failed to reach a "deal" w/McClatchey on the  alaska.net domain (I'd had for 20+ years).  "alaskan.com" simply doesn't have the same cachet.

GCI always provided competent tech support 24/7, replaced a buried cable a couple of times for us.  Hard-working Alaskans doing the work.  No complaints.

Don't worry, should my "rosy" experiences w/GCI change, I'll be the first to eviscerate them on any/every review which can be clicked upon.


Marijuana smoke is not harmful.


Well, crappy language aside, would you agree:
-  you argue that differences between males and females is a explanation as to why women can never be ordained priests?
-  that style of argument is what is meant by the ontological argument?
-  that argument is no longer part of the magisterium's explanation, in so far as it was conspicuously dropped from Ordinatio Sacerdotalis?
-  to invoke an obsolete argument in a current discussion is fairly described as metaphorically hauling something out of a closet?
- "deniers" is a fair epithet for those who deny that woman can be ordained?

The leaves only my adjective "crap" to describe the ontological argument. Yeah, I could have been more circumspect in expressing my "disdainful dismissal" of this argument. Note, BTW, that it is the argument that I "dismiss" as "crap" not those who haul it out of the closet.

Still, Pandora, if you have taken offence and feel you have been unfairly "labelled" and "dismissed", I apologize.


No, it means , as always, the big European Companies, like Shell, Statoil , Total, and worst o all AGIP/ENI, unlike Exxon who have a real "Long Term" view, react to temporay market conditions and "Fads" and always "Buy High" and "Sell Low"

They do it all the time..come in late in the game and dont stick to their guns when the going gets tough.

Exxon, on the other hand, "Keep their eye on the target"..in the Oilsands, in Russia, world wide..thats why their profitabilty and project performance is some much better thah the European majors

Thats why a Guy Like Rex Tilerson is an excelent choice for Secretary of Stae


Yep the Canadian banks are going to tank, just keep saying it. Maybe, just maybe one day it will happen, but probably not.  Very poor advice from this column. Wake up and smell the coffee


I'm going to plan a protest to protest all the protester's.


"contacts between Trump’s team and Russian officials raise questions about the possibility of mutual assistance"

This statement is the new era of McCarthyism.


Klein clearly failed to examine ALL of the proposed changes.  He mentions 7 brackets into 3, and then forgets about that significant change when explaining the impact on the family with two kids.  Sure, there might be $5,000 more income exposed to taxes, but what impact will it truly have, if taxed at a lower rate?


Can you cite some of those studies? I know that a bipartisan group worked on the bill and read many evidence based studies. I'd be interested in the studies you are reading that suggest harsh punishments for first time or low level offenders are better than other interventions.


How are these images related to nationalism in any way?


WASP male applying to work a the City of Toronto - fuhgetaboutit.


And quite a few work on the fringes or even in healthcare, as community workers, PSAs, etc.


Thank you for your well framed and excellent example. Diminish someone's rights and yours are diminished--unless you live in a Radical Christian Theocracy. We re headed that way.


Another traitorous column extolling the virtures of total Republican dictatorship as one of the CONservative terrorists trolling the media to inject every anti-democratic, anti-Constitutional Republic ideology to finish the overthrow of the governing system of the United States.  From the first sentences glorifying the confirmation of an avowed racist, bigot, religious fanatic, anti-union, pro-Citizen United Corporate Citizen Terrorist to the highest court, this diatribe reflects the pure vitriol of the CONservative, Corporate, Republican Terrorist Mindset traitorous to any human values for a decent society.  Disgusting.


Perhaps the quote about "bringing back the neighborhood" was incomplete, which wouldn't surprise me...could be referring to having kids around again...I think of that area as being largely retirees.


The USA is the only developed country where a majority of people say that Religion is important in their daily lives. It also has the highest gunshot death rate among developed countries.

http://www.people-press.org/2002/12/19/among-wealthy-nations/

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/health/2013/09/19/u-s-has-more-guns-and-gun-deaths-than-any-other-country-study-finds/


So, just allow people to build houses in high fire danger areas, with no thought to consequences or safety?


The 'white supremacist' problem is massively overplayed and relatively non-existent when it comes to reality. Sure it exists, but its such a minority that there is no power there. This is only an issue within a self-contradicting ideology, such as identity politics and 'social justice'.


By ancestors of slaves in my comment above, I meant to type offspring. Of course most slaves also had slave ancestors, and most slaves had slave offspring. That is the nightmare of inter-generational slavery. At one point in history, I forget the date, it was estimated that a slave could look 7 generations back and find slave ancestors and with the benefit of a crystal ball, would be able to see 7 generations forward that would also be slaves. No other demographic in America or modern history has been subject to that unspeakable tyranny and inhumanity.

But it didn't end with slavery. Slaves also had "free" offspring and subsequent descendants who were subject to over a century and a half of anti-black discrimination, marginalization, exclusion, and terrorism.

Enough celebration of white supremacy and tyranny. Let's stop erasing descendants of slaves to prop up descendants of white supremacists.


Continuing to LG:
For reasons such as these it would be advisable to make a further distinction, not just between "small-t tradition" and "Large-T Tradition," but also between "Deep Large-T Tradition" and "Shallow Large-T Tradition."

As for your "I don't believe Jesus could err," etc., right, given the faith in Jesus such as the Christian church professes, so that allowing that the Jesus of faith could err would be a kind of contradiction in terms. By contrast, the historical Jesus most certainly could err, and seems to have done so on at least one important matter, viz. the apocalyptic timetable. And it is that fallible Jesus who provided the data from which a small number of first-century Christians constructed their respective portraits, without themselves necessarily understanding all the implications of their work. And we should note that the Holy Spirit did not demand uniformity, but allowed for such limited understanding to be the seed of much subsequent fruitful discourse.


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Randall ........

That Canadian middle class has become THE most indebted in the world,  as in personal debt, car loans, credit cards, "equity" loan, crazy mortgages.

Prior to Harper we/Canadians were laughing at the Americans and their "free spending" ways, yet, due to stagnant wages and far right "free market" ideology on the part of the Harper Cons,we/Canada's middle class are indeed No.1 in the WORLD..................

In debt.................................living off a credit card was never supposed to be part of the "Canadian Dream".

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So Trump may screw up foreign policy through his ignorance and super-ego acting together.  I just hope that those who voted for him understand that running an oft failing company does not prepare one to be a politician let alone being a President.  Inaugurate him and then impeach him!


One good reason to vote for Trump. Hillary is a narcissistic sociopathic liar and those types of liberals are very dangerous.


I find it curious that there are no sanctions on Turkey for doing much the same things.
Double standards can be revealing.