Justin Trudeau tweeted Saturday, "To those fleeing persecution, terror, war, Canadians will welcome you, regardless of your faith."

Speak for yourself, Mr. Trudeau.  You may be an international 'darling' at the UN among the global elite, but  I doubt many Canadians are impressed.  After all, they are the ones paying for all these migrants you have invited into Canada.  You'll find out just how unimpressed Canadians are in 2019.


What in the heck is this troll talking about???  Get real man


This guy really doesn't have a cooking clue


I don't think that we can sustain anymore immigration until we can improve our education system for those already here , and teach them the appropriate use of much and many.


shawnchun>  Patience. patience, patience!!!!  The time will and is coming for "honey girl" HRC, wait and you will see, but please no crying will be allowed, okay????  Ha, ha, ha!!!!  I can't believe that you woulld take the side of someone who sold out your country, you are just as bad as they are crooks, big crooks!!!!  Ha, ha, ha!!!!  Treason and traitors all of you!!!!


The attack clearly indicates a more hawkish stance by the United States.


Considering that many (I would venture to say probably two-thirds) of these luxury rides are leased, and not actually owned outright, I think a more appropriate title might be : 'How luxury can be a better LEASE'.
In fact, if you really, really want unreliable German luxury, you are probably better off leasing and runing away before that Audi A4 starts giving you expensive headaches after 48 months (don't even get me started. I don't have enough space here). Lease a German and run away after 4 years maximum !
But if you want to buy luxury, get a Lexus, Infinity of Acura.


No apples or oranges here, like you said, quality management was the defining factor.


While true in the very strictest of sense, I would say that Buffett is a bad example since he has donated $27.54 billion of his money to charity groups. Now Ellison from Oracle, he's a different story.


Real progress would be putting billionaires and ceos in charge of government so we can be more like china.


“White people make up roughly 62 percent of the U.S. population but only about 49 percent of those who are killed by police officers. African Americans, however, account for 24 percent of those fatally shot and killed by the police despite being just 13 percent of the U.S. population. As The Post noted in a new analysis published last week, that means black Americans are 2.5 times as likely as white Americans to be shot and killed by police officers.

U.S. police officers have shot and killed the exact same number of unarmed white people as they have unarmed black people: 50 each. But because the white population is approximately five times larger than the black population, that means unarmed black Americans were five times as likely as unarmed white Americans to be shot and killed by a police officer…."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2016/07/11/arent-more-white-people-than-black-people-killed-by-police-yes-but-no/?tid=pm_national_pop_b&utm_term=.00640c101530


And how much of that would go to the IRS ?


I'm glad they didn't kill him because they might get more information out of him.


“Thank you for using both official languages,” Mr. Trudeau told Judy Ross, “but we’re in Quebec, so I’m going to answer in French.”

Wow.

Well, thank you for your attempt at being Prime Minister, Mister drama teacher, but in a few years we're going to answer you at the ballot box. And don't let the porte hit your derriere on the way out...


I learned early in life that up is down, wrong is right, freedom is slavery, men are women.... You realize at this point you sound just like an Orwellian parody? It would be funny if you big government people weren't so violent and aggressive.


Here's another shovel for the tonnage of BS you continue claim is fact. Your behavior confirms you just can't keep an effective lie down. They cycle in and out of media weekly.


Interesting... To me, it is surprising how much the feminist contingent of the regressive left "stand with islam" despite their absurd treatment of women.


I don't believe that people behind Kim would let Kim press the button and bring sure annihilation to N Korea.  I believe the circumstance would be whether Kim could act quick enough to launch and secure his safety before being assassinated.


State sponsored toupee. We have hit the iceberg. Mayday! Marine operator, anyone Mayday! Mayday!


There is actually a map that shows where there was more muslim immigration, Le Pen's support was strongest.  It did not yet hit the west coast of France, so time will indeed tell.


Even Mayor Caldwell's excuses about the rail are more credible than anything KeoniSakeBot writes.  He can't or won't explain why he post videos with deceitful headlines.


Make sure you get the copper tape with conductive adhesive.


I sat down for my daily oatmeal at Marche (bob’s red mill rolled oats with fruit, hazelnuts, brown sugar & milk) for only $8. It's a good deal because I can feed myself without doing any work for only $240 a month,  with another $150 a month for coffee.  I thought to myself, as I checked the Register-Guard on my iPhone 7 (I had to break contract on the 6s because I really liked the new colors for the iPhone 7), "Hmm, my kids are often hungry in the morning because I lack money, this will be very helpful!"


Protesters that come to a protest wearing masks, body armor  and weapons are not there to protest peacefully, they are there to attack.  This includes both the Alt -right/White supremacists and the Alt-Left/Antifa.  They both came for a fight.  This is no different than the Hell's Angels MC gang showing up to an Outlaws MC gang function.  The true problem, in my opinion, was the lack of police presence and enforcement during the incident. State Police should have created physical barriers between both groups. They never should have been allowed to have physical contact with one another.   I watched protesters  push back at State Police  and no arrests were made.  My guess would be that the Governor issued a directive to not make any arrests unless absolutely necessary. Last I heard only three arrests were made that day.  I watched numerous felony assaults occur on both sides, but with apparently no arrests at the scene.  That is a big problem.


Win at all costs? Since when have we become like our opponents? As a Sealaska shareholder, I'm voting against the entire board of directors next elections.


Everything they have modelled as unlikely extreme events are pretty much all guaranteed events, so buckle up.


Very entertaining. Take another sip of kool-aid Mr. Crawford.


Meh, they have great stuff, but I already buy it online.
Can't imagine driving across town for it..


How can these employers sleep at night wondering how their employees are spending their wages? They should demand a complete stack of receipts every two weeks to know where "their" money is going.


Really?   You mean it wasn't the drain of money due to CBC being sued that caused the problem?
Funny, but good people do good jobs regardless of circumstance.
Personally, I can't think of the last time I watched the National and I can't think of a good reason to start watching now.


I find it somewhat entertaining that yet another newbie at HART has a similar reaction. "Oh my gosh!? Why wasn't it done before?" And then it settles down to silence accepting HART's incompetent management and becoming one of the brainwashed fallen masses there. But it just goes to show the stunning numbers hidden still and the honest, reasonable reaction of someone looking at issues facing all of us. Got to laugh through the pain.


Indeed, 9/11 was 16 long years ago.   Intelligence agencies don't necessarily work what happened in the past; they tend to look at the location of current threats.

Not being invited to classified intelligence briefings, you don't know what Intelligence knows.

In any case, it's the stuff of conspiracy theories to say that since only certain Muslim countries are singled out, is somehow evidence that the entire project must have just been a global  demonstration of racism.


The wolf shouldn't have been standing there..


Enact a sizable exit tax for professionals who suck up Canadian education resources then threaten to leave the country with their acquired skills. Make these arrogant louts accountable to the people who funded their education. If they don't like these rules they don't have to enroll in medical school, dentistry, engineering. There will still be all kinds of qualified takers.


Link to credible source? I seriously doubt it.


As long as Healthcare is a for profit industry this situation will exist. We support an industry that makes billions on the illness and accidents of the very people who support it. As long as Americans' illness are up for sale Americans will lose.


Curious if you are directing your comment to the bombers or SouthStander. It is indented a bit, leading me to believe it is the latter.


We should approach all solutions with the collective in mind.  None of us exists in and of oneself.  We rely on others for our existence, and they on us.  That's what makes it a society.


jjd55,
A huge AMEN -- and extraordinarily well said!!!
I must say that I got very choked up at your very simple yet VERY profound post. Many thanks.

All the best--
bob


Few in the pews care what the bishops say. Those who are motivated to take a stand, whether it is against the administration's immigration stand or health care, are doing so at the parish or social group level. The bishops continue to wallow in irrelevancy as they harp against standard provisions of the ACA long after the battle has been waged, providing an easy stereotype for those who wish to take potshots at the Church.
Want a re-brand -- take a positioned and long-term position to stand up for the poor and the displaced. Recall Jesus' stand AGAINST the established religiosity of his time.  Preach daily about love of the other.
In the meantime it is left to the parishes and local groups to define what a relevant religious community looks like in today's world.


You're arguing the integrity of a nurse - which I am not arguing.  I am stating that for a hospital to bill you $150,000 - you better have a nurse sitting next to you 24 hours a day for a few days, at the least.

But like you say - there are a handful of nurses who are floating around 15 other rooms and helping up to 50 patients or more at any given time - which is good - yes they do work hard. ( and not the point I am arguing )

The point I am arguing is that if a nurse comes in, hooks you up to a machine, then all you do is lay there, and they might come and check on you 2-3 times a day - does that really justify a $150,000 bill?


"The unfortunate thing about confederate flags is that they have come to symbolize racism."

Quite true but I wish folks would also remember that Confederate flags represent treason.


It's all very sad. The poor man has been promoted WAY above his level of competance.

In a well run church he would be pastor of the smallest rural parish in the St. Louis Archdiocese.

He should be required to resign NY and go back to clean up the mess he made in Milwaukee and apologize to the abuse victims he shortchanged.


It is curious, the way both the article and the Census report, the way they talk about younger and older women.

Both sources notice that more young adult women are living alone than in years past, and both notice elderly women are less likely to be living alone than in years past.

Fair enough.

But then both sources claim what is driving the trend with younger women is that they are entering the workforce and earning their own way independently more so than in past years.

In places like Vancouver and Richmond and South Surrey it is a more complicated dynamic at play, and it has to do with a third item in the above sources: That Chinese languages are the MOST commonly spoken, after English, out West.

In the Vancouver region it is common for homes, including condos, to be gifted to children of rich folks with overseas income sources. And in Chinese culture it is common to have grandmother live with kids. So the dynamics are complex, not so easy to simplify as having just one cause.


Down with Buzzkill! May is for hay, song and dance!!!!


Hopefully she was referring to a recall versus an election. If not just another example of a fine UH education.


We fought a war with Mexico too.  I have never heard anyone on the left say we shouldn't celebrate Mexican culture.


In retirement Rick still has nothing useful to say. At least ADN edits out his profanity.


Let me set a new record for crawling my native ass across the concrete jungle through 10 miles of waste deep snow to get to school "ON TIME' mind you, and see if I create any new "records" or start any new crisis' world wide. Doubt it...SMH...  its just another back page story...UNLESS


A city income tax is nothing new. Denver has had its Occupational Privilege income tax for as long as I can remember. The Mayor should modify this to a Seattle wealth tax and then there will be plenty of housing available for the low income population.


bien resume


because?


www.washingtonpost.com/news/josh-rogin/wp/2017/01/26/the-state-departments-entire-senior-management-team-just-resigned

The State Department’s entire senior management team just resigned

LOL you just need twitter for your diplomacy, nothing else. Save money ...


…there hasn't been a lease sold since 2008, and no interest since.

What is it specifically that's being done to you?


I have several shirts with that logo.


http://www.businessinsider.com/james-comey-loretta-lynch-bill-clinton-hillary-emails-2017-5

Try starting with the head of the DOJ meeting on a private jet with the husband of a world leader under investigation by that same DOJ, a week before the conclusion of the investigation... It's conspiracy AND treason.


Always There:  You continue to post based on virtually total ignorance of the circumstances in this case.  Take a few minutes and educate yourself on the actual circumstances......gary crum


Even if you don't like what is going on with the blood bank financially it provides the personal function of taking the excess iron out of your blood and regenerating  your system. What they do with it certainly will benefit someone and save possible you own life someday. People's comments are certainly the most disgusting part about donating anything.


Yareth, I have seen life and death in various forms as a village-based physician, and hiked mountains and valleys all over Alaska, and raised two beautiful kids, now adults, in Alaska who shared our outdoor journeys--and I needed kleenex with my morning coffee in order to read your poignant, and honest, piece about Jack's joyful life, and his joy that spilled to others.  My take home sentiment is live joyfully daily--no matter  the circumstance, and take the next measure of safety in bear country. Still learning, still journeying, still thankful. Really big hugs to the family and friends for their loss.


Because he BLOCKED a deal?! Logic 101?


Another non sequitur  emanating from the "Adult Day Care",  To equate IQ with ability to lead the United States is a totally erroneous  conclusion.   Another famous showman PT Barnum (of Barnum and Bailey Circus fame) was also very intelligent. In fact he was intelligent enough to keep his circus with it's clowns out of the White House.  Not so with "The Donald"


Just add "Lyin Brian" Mulroney and you have three amigos obviously more given over to the World Bank than world peace, devoted to the International Monetary Fund, not the struggling workers of North America.
  Why am I not surprised?


Stereotypical ad hominem uncivil attempt at a reply by a progressive who has no rebuttal whatsoever.


"We're talking about the late-night hosts who are brave when it comes to easy targets like Republicans and conservatives, but too scared to go after a guy who bankrolls movies."
"Hollywood is home to the worst sort of cowards, and the Weinstein scandal has merely put that truth into greater focus."
Washington Examiner.


Fair enough Mr. Tullos, but I doubt that the victims families do not have closure in any of those cases.  Those on death row, while continuing to appeal, will never be leaving the penitentiary.


Take the bottle out of natives mouths and have them contribute - Cut Native divedends


Alaska is mired in the middle of the worst depression since the late 1980s.  We need jobs.  Mining will create those jobs, and keep them going for decades.  Think of it:  Pebble, Groundhog, Donlin Creek all in neighboring watersheds.  While the anti's claim we can never, ever learn how to do both, once we figure out how to responsibly mine in conjunction with maintaining salmon runs Alaska will employ a lot of people in one of the poorest parts of the state.

And the largest threat to salmon these days is overfishing by commfish.  Happily, the largest threat to commfish is the growth of fish farming worldwide.  Perhaps we ought to consider joining that marketplace.  Cheers -


CHMC - Chinese Housing Management Committee?


In prison, they'll be the ***** and will be disrespected on a daily basis.


Environmental groups using the energy and voice of youth to promote their agenda.  I wouldn't say these concerned youth have been brainwashed, but they certainly need to watch how much they commit to the information shoved at them.


"had they been deported, their lives would have been abnormal, too"

I've always wondered about this argument.  Absent some sort of fear of violence, what's wrong with the Dreamers' home countries? For example, Mexico is a pretty amazing place: vibrant, sophisticated, cutting edge, yet still teeming with history. It has a growing educated middle class (all of whom speak English, by the way) that would be a good fit for the Dreamers. From what I understand, the Mexican government is even making a concerted effort to help deportees adjust to their lives. So, again absent fear of violence, what is so wrong about moving?


Is it just me or does CO Springs actually have shootings every day lately?


Farmers need to be educated? Farmers raise crops, ranchers raise cattle. Maybe you should be educated.


Now more than ever!


Mr. Yaqoob is a newcomer.  Some voters don't perceive that to be a bad thing.  In fact, they think it is a good thing.  What seems odd is being attacked for being a newcomer and not having a wealth of experience, even when he is admitting that he is, indeed, a newcomer.

I was making a general point regarding the voters voting for people who are younger, who don't have a wealth of experience or little more than clerkships and internships. If you want a newcomer, vote for Anosh.  If you want the incumbent, vote for Kaneshiro.  But it is odd to criticize the newcomer for not having experience when he tells you directly, in a straightforward manner, that he is a newcomer.


Blame HSTA, blame public schools.  Where do you think the kids who get kicked out of these "vaunted" private schools go?  To another private school?  Get real, they go to the public schools.  The FOBs, special ed students, homeless kids, drug babies, autistic kids, the public schools takes them all.   The teachers in the public schools deserve a medal for taking all, instead of the few who can pass a test and follow the rules.  They SHOULD institute vouchers so the low performing or disciplinary problems have an opportunity to attend private schools.  Spread the aloha evenly.   See if the private school teachers can reach and teach the demographic groups I mentioned previously.  But I highly doubt it.


I don't think that you understood Monica's post at all when you relate it to her prior comments in this thread.
She and I would disagree vehemently upon the solutions to the Church's current problems but I think that we are in agreement on the root cause of these 'problems', apostasy.
The Church has nothing to say to Millennials, gen x's, or whoever which will deter them from forsaking their comfortable lifestyles 'for the sake of the Kingdom'.
Spophisticates no longer believe in heaven and hell any more so as long as one can consider oneself as a reasonable person according to one's own criteria, salvation is assured and needn't be a conscientious concern.


Motley,

While I don't always agree with your viewpoint, I do respect your knowledge of the law.  I actually look for your comments because I enjoy seeing opposing perspectives and you seem to be respectful to others when you write an opposing viewpoint.  I hope you reconsider canceling your RG subscription because I will miss you.

Gladys


Stop posting nonsense. Traffic will continue to back up and may even be always a standstill no matter.  Tell us you havent heard about TOD or the massive building expansion taking place?


Le Weinstein has apparently checked himself into a "sex addiction" clinic. If the issue was just sex, surely there is no shortage of women in LA who would be happy to oblige for various sorts of considerations. Renzetti is right to talk about POWER.


"true Colorado values"

Nah. Think I'll spit that bait out.


I think that he is a pretty tough and shrewd guy, like his dad.  The comments remind me of the expectation that Brazeau was going to beat Trudeau in their boxing match.  Seems to me that Brazeau was on the floor before Trudeau had his hair mussed.


The ruling will go in his favour.

(But of course the administration would follow applicable court orders!  Duh.)


Not too many clicks if the headline read:  Druggie Kills Woman In Trailer.


Yeah, I don't think anyone needs to heed your directions to 'educate themselves'

…except you certainly do.

That link you start off with is a drug company sponsored comparison of their own drug to Methadrone, and Gigi, their drug is not even Vivitrol.

That 'link' is worse than no link at all.  It's a marketing arm of a drug manufacturer, it's not a peer reviewed assessment of anything let alone any kind of supporting evidence for you to be offering up to support your false suppositions.

Pretty funny, even the links you provided elsewhere in this thread didn't support your claims either.

They actually speak to support the originals poster's conclusions and contradict your own ramblings.

Better luck next time.

Maybe pick a subject you actually know something about before making claims you can't back up.

The last thing anyone needs in a crisis like this is misinformation.


You're right, Trump doesn't write the NYT's headlines — he lacks the talent for that — all he does is open his yap or goes on Twitter and the raw material for the media, around the globe, just pours out.
George W Bush was some number when it came to keeping things straight, but he was a choir boy compared to Trump.


It violates the due process of law clause in the constitution.   As a justice famously said, "how do you stop discrimination by discriminating?"


Well according to Tillersson, the president is the moron.  Think he is right.


Better yet how about we switch all of congress and the rest of the federal government to ObamaCare....


Dear Grandpa. The people you will find at addiction treatment centers are most certainly not there to deal with marijuana problems.


With no new supply we will see offshore buyers and rich immigrants competing with each other to drive prices ever higher.  Canadians will leave Vancouver and eventually Toronto; the exodus has already started.  Canada is one of the last truly liveable countries left on our overcrowded planet - that is why the rest of the world so desperately wants to immigrate here.  This will result in increased competition and higher prices for housing, health care, food and other resources.


Or questioning immigration policies...


"Trump has repeatedly used the belittling epithet (Rocket Man) for Kim Jong Un."

Oh, so now the liberal media is all worried about presidents insulting our enemies, when they had no problems with, and actually defended Obama calling ISIS a JV team?

Just more liberal media double standards.


Blue sky--you fail to answer my fundamental question--no surprise. How is calling people out on their disguised prejudices and biases a bad thing?

Hiding behind a puerile response of "thanks for making my point" is a nice deflection that thrills the trolls and allows you to kid yourself that your point was made, but actually makes MY point. If you had a valid point to make, you could of easily answered my question. But you clearly did not.

And changing your original argument " For the last few decades it has been leftists "outing" those they consider "racist, sexist, islamophobic", etc...."  and then adding on to it with "and hounding them, stigmatising them, and trying to make them lose their jobs, and therefor institution a regime of terror in academia and society at large." So you moved your goalposts.

So you ignore my original question, and then change your original statement. How very telling.

When you are ready to debate like an adult, give us a call.
;~)


You can't be serious.


Air travel was already inconvenient enough, what with crowded planes, surly customer "service", and insane fees for every possible amenity you might crave.  I'm not particularly tall, and I still find the seats almost unbearably cramped; I can't imagine what discomfort a 6-foot passenger might feel.

I'm not travelling to the US in the foreseeable future, that's for sure.


Yeah, like you were ever going to vote for Murkowski.  You've been criticizing her for months, Pepe.


Joe Miller has started his cry baby act, we will have to put up with it until the election.


Money "IS" failure; for another $120 million, how many Lund skiffs could a borough school district buy, to drown a few more drunk politicians.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knik_Arm_ferry


"Still to come: 2 1/2 hours of fiery explosions, bad editing, incomprehensible dialogue and nonsensical plotting."
This differs from the other Transformer movies, ... how?
There are cerebral movies out there with plot and character development, but summer blockbuster blow-it-up-real-good sequels-of-sequels are not them.


"M A N Z I E L"

===

Buy a vowel?


Donald Trump didn't pen that letter to Catholics - he's incapable of thinking in such terms. That letter, like his bestseller "The Art of the Deal," was ghost-written, undoubtedly by his group of 33 Catholic advisors. That letter bears their smudge and their smell and sounds nothing at all like Trump. As with everything else about the man, it is all a sham.

Nothing here to see. Move along.


Your post reminds me of the old Phil Ochs song "Outside A Small Circle of Friends."

"Oh look outside the window, there's a woman being grabbed
They've dragged her to the bushes and now she's being stabbed
Maybe we should call the cops and try to stop the pain
But Monopoly is so much fun, I'd hate to blow the game
And I'm sure it wouldn't interest anybody
Outside of a small circle of friends"


I don't think so. Scotland has some of the best alternative energy brains in the business. Look up Star Energy if you don't believe me.


I'm using it now and it's awesome! I've signed up for my account and have been bringing in fat paychecks. For real, my first week I made $304 and the second week I doubled it and then it kinda snowballed to $120 a day! just follow the course.. they will help you out...

Go to the web...............>>>>>>> NetNote20.Com


@Angus S Miskers: and 58% voted in favor of it in 2005, and it was a major issue in the most recent federal election (sold out by our present federal government).

Disagree with changing the way seats are allocated based on votes if you want, but pretending that this is somehow "settled" as a voting issue based on selective referencing is disingenuous.


Why should I let that bother me?  Remember what Our Lord said:

"Blessed are you when they insult you and persecute you and utter every kind of evil against you [falsely] because of me. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward will be great in heaven.h Thus they persecuted the prophets who were before you."

Some of it is honest disagreement. Like the Orthodox believing we schismed from them. Why should I be bothered if they believe that in good faith?  Nobody believes the Lutherans lack apostolic succession and valid Eucharist and thus are ecclesial communities out of malice but theological disagreement.


Once again point out the racism. Irish isn't a race. Nor is Roman Catholic or Muslim/ Islamic. That doesn't even take into account the massive differences in every facet of life from 165 years ago until now. No one in my immediate family was a conceived thought 165 years ago. That's like frican Americans demanding reparations for Slavery. First blacks themselves owned slaves. Secondly I never owned a slave and you never picked cotton. The past is the past. I could show non stop polls of Muslims who repeatedly, with majority, claim to hate the west. These countries also produce the largest number of terrorists. I don't want them here due to racism just
Plain common sense. You want us to adopt to Islamic shari'a law and have no respect for western culture then stay there. Pretty simple concept with no room for race.


You assume that nothing changes in the K12 business model.  But is that realistic?  In higher ed we have seen much more use of adjuncts. Why not in some parts of K12?  And technology? And moving from seat-time to competency-based?

More fundamentally, there is a huge chicken and egg problem here. In many other locations where teachers make (much) more money, the increase in pay was the result of many other changes (e.g., curriculum reform, elimination of grading on a curve, activity based costing, more integrated supports for at-risk students, faster removal of ineffective teachers) that led to better achievement results. Better pay (and more respect) was a reward for better results.

Yet here in Colorado, the teachers union demands higher pay and tells taxpayers to trust that it will produce much better student achievement results.  Unfortunately, taxpayers have heard this line too many times in the past, and can see the lack of results past pay raises have produced.


It isn't that you don't 'know' what the teaching is (it's contained in the full text, so you can know it as well as I can, or anyone else). Rather it's that you don't like the teaching.
Different matter entirely.
In 'AL', the Church is giving us bread. Stone is what you seem to require.


Interesting. Considering that from 2010 more Hispanics have left the US than entered. Perhaps he should have stopped them from leaving, by force?

Sarcasm off


The NDP are the scariest thing I know of.  Mulcair and many of his party are absolute radicals.


Trump won by a landslide? I think you need to look up the definition of that term. He lost the popular vote by 2.5 million & counting. Obama, by contrast, won in 2008 by 10 million. Now THAT is a landslide.  Trump doesn't have a mandate by any stretch of the imagination.


Right - but how would my neighbors (or the holier-than-thou types) know whether I let my friend stay for free or if they went through Air B&B. And what business would be of yours to as to whether the individual/s housesitting for me were friends there for "free" or Air B&B guests who performed a service for me in return for temporary lodging?


I take a lot of heat for daring to say too many Alaska pilots take too many chances, taking too many innocent people down with them.  They tell me I'm wrong and how great the pilots are and what wonderful people these pilots are and how I jump to conclusions , even when the initial reports pretty much tell the story .  Having followed Alaskan aviation since I was a kid nothing changes---about 90 percent of the time it's pilot error .  Over and over and over again these pilots take risks .  When is the FAA going to come up with a plan to make pilots stop taking so many chances ?  A pilot who takes risks alone---no problem . They did it to themselves. But taking innocent passengers down with them who mistakenly trusted these guys is an outrage. There seems to be no end in sight for Alaskan cowboy flying . They say if you have lived in Alaska for a little while---you know someone who has died in a plane crash . It shouldn't be that way. We can do better.


Fair enough -- I shouldn't have called your accusation "dishonest," and I apologize for that. I still believe that accusation is ill-founded, but again, agree to disagree. I don't expect to change your mind, but I hope that I might show others that it's possible to defend a point without resorting to sarcasm and personal jabs.

In fact, I do think it's possible to support both the NRA and aspects of gun control -- Wayne LaPierre himself supports enhancing our ability to restrict gun sales to the mentally ill. And I do think it's possible to be pro-life and support aspects of Planned Parenthood -- Planned Parenthood does much more than perform abortions, and of course it's possible to support their non-abortion aspects while maintaining pro-life principles.

My point is that portraying these issues and organizations as black-and-white does the debate a disservice. Sure, navigating these contradictions can get a little messy, but we shouldn't reject somebody for attempting to do so.


Wow, Hugh.  What do you do?  Flag every comment you disagree with?
If you're incapable of engaging in debate, maybe you should turn off your computer and shout at your wall. At least then you know you won't have to face disagreement.


How did she get the liquor anyway?  Not even legal age.


We're throwing good money after bad.


Good for you President Trump.  Yes, we need to call for unity.  It will be very hard, however, because the libbers are like little babies having a serious tantrum.  It would be a nice miracle if they could actually drop their better than thou attitude and work together to productively address issues we face as a nation.


Richmond Sharing Farm, with over a thousand volunteers, has been growing organic produce for the past 15 years in support of the local food bank, and community meals..

In 2015 over 13,000 pounds of food was donated, and 554 families a week rely on these donations. Another 1000 pounds a year are distributed for community meals.

Yet another example why we should not  pave over and build condos on our viable agricultural land.


Thanks for the reference.  If you read it closely you'll note that the study's authors are the co-founders of PNHP (Physicians for a National Health Program),"a nonprofit organization that advocates for a single-payer health system. Quoting from your article: “We pay the world’s highest health care taxes. But patients are still saddled with unaffordable premiums and deductibles,” said Dr. Steffie Woolhandler. “Meanwhile, billions are squandered on paperwork, and insurers and drug companies pocket huge profits at taxpayer expense.”

Dr. David Himmelstein commented: “Our study shows that universal coverage is affordable – without a big tax increase. In fact, we already pay for national health insurance, but we don’t get it. It’s an outrage that the American people pay sky-high health care taxes, but 33 million are still uninsured.”

I think you just advocated a single payer system instead of the current hodgepodge of private pay insurance, single payer, and socialized medicine systems.


BORING ... too much water and you die too.
Leftie social engineering at it's worst IMHO.


You just don't get it, or you choose to be antagonistic.


Nice one Stevens, you Sacred Cow Oiligarchy SOB.


Doesn't AR sound like a little smug Mr. Know-it-all ?


You completely missed my point. I'm sure the people and tourism interests in Ketchikan would have been apt to try to make some kind of deal, but the MHT never put that on the table. Rightfully so, because I can see where they would rather have the timber exchange to keep the timber industry humming for a little longer.

However, to expect Ketchikan and interested parties to pull together a plan in a few short months during the worst economic downturn this state has seen? Perhaps if the MHT had properly sought public input on the matter, we could have come to a solution together. Instead they kept it quiet and came out guns blazing.


Give the money to a charity of your choice Mr. Parr.  Otherwise, how about contests  to clearly define the constitutional mandates "for the maximum use consistent with the public interest, and  ".... for the maximum benefit of the people" regarding Natural Resources; or, " .... The Legislature...shall  establish and maintain a system of public schools" regarding Health Education and Welfare; or, " ...a relatively integrated socio-economic area" regarding Legislative Apportionment.

The Alaska Constitution has many of these totally subjective mandates and adding an ill-defined right to a periodic state payment will only further muddy the waters.


If it was Hilary doing the same sort of thing if she was a new President, Republicans would be howling - likely even louder. Trump is a new man in D.C. who can only feel comfortable and confident when thousands of people in front of him insist that he is already the grandest leader America has ever had. Last night, I especially hated how he creepily stepped back from the microphone several times and turned slowly to the crowd on both sides like he was a "Fascist/Communist" leader from the last century. A man wanting to be worshiped. Well, Trump doth crash. Don't get too angry as it happens.


I'm just showing you that it is there. you can define and split hairs all you want.


That's why there are recessions. But we're not allowed to have those anymore.


I am sure this is all Harper's fault.


Richard you are wrong.  Lotsa Alaska pilots at K2.   Where the drivers license is from doesn't matter.    Their personal safety attitude and record does.   The glacier landing pilots aren't trainees - they are experienced.

Richard.   Spend some time on crash related statistics for Alaska before you shoot your mouth off


Do the maintenance or look in the yellow pages for a chimney sweep. That gadget referred to above isn't that expensive either. As another reader mentioned, your local fire department has loaner brushes, so it helps if you know the diameter of the flue when you go to borrow them.

 A sweep can inspect the chimney to make sure it's not compromised, esp if you live in a seismic area, or if the masonry is fairly old.

Always burn wood that's been down/dried at least one year. Spruce and birch produce the least amount of creosote. I also remove the 'china hat' off my stack in the winter, as it clogs easily with creosote; it goes back on in the spring to keep the rain out.


I'll clarify, then, with an analogy.  I used to work in the area of employment testing.  One of the goals of that industry is to be able to identify candidates who will add value to the organization and perform well.  But few employment tests demonstrate fabulous prediction of performance, largely because every hire has to grow into the job.  Few, if any, will be "ready" first thing Monday morning.

Similarly, the notion that we could identify immigrants, via some test, who are "ready to go", presumes that citizenship qualities are reliably measurable in an all-or-none fashion; that there could be a test with high predictive validity.  But if we can't even predict whether someone is going to work out well as a shoe salesman or cashier, how could we predict that someone is going to be a citizen worth having?  Our prisons are full of Canadians who could pass such a "values" test.  Fat lot of good it does us, eh?


RE: "On Monday, in Question Period, he dared Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer to promise that the Tories would undo the tax changes if they took power. Why? Because he thinks most of the public is going to side with him, and come to see the Conservatives as siding with the affluent few who control corporations."

Take the dare Andrew - tell Canadians that you will do whatever is necessary once the consequences of Mr. Trudeau's actions are known.


Well, whether Jerry69 is worried about bias or not (he might want to try looking in a mirror), the gist of the article is not how did we get here, but "how do we go forward without a war and the deaths of thousands of innocents?" The cooler heads in our military and the one or two sane people surrounding the president need to clamp down on his uninformed solipsistic foolishness, de-activate his twitter-finger, and preferably lock him in a closet in the White House basement and forget where they put the key. Then they need to go about a process of de-escalation that specifically takes "regime change" off the table, but tells North Korean that while we aren't about to de-throne the Kim Dynasty, if KJU doesn't "cool it," we are prepared to respond in kind.


While the money made from publication of such savagery by the media is hardly inconsequential, I can't verify the cause and effect you are implying, particularly with this shooting.

Cant' blame this one on race.
Can't blame this one on religion.
Can't blame this one on poverty.
Can't blame this one on prior-diagnosed mental disease or defect.
Can't blame this one on any thing we have ever used for any other mass murderer worldwide.

No law currently in existence or allowed under the US Constitution could have prevented this massacre based on the information we have today.
A few less deaths or injuries from 'bump stocks' might have reduced the deaths or injuries by single digits... maybe.

In the dark from 30 stories up... maybe.


Corporations will buy assets the they think they can improve the profits of - doesn't matter if the currently make a profit or not


I guess the first question I would ask these individuals is: "How many passports do you hold?"

Persons holding multiple citizenships should be restricted to voting in either their "birth country" or the country they have lived in for the past 5 years (? or perhaps the country where they've earned the most income? ); but not both.

I recognize that the world seems to begetting smaller everyday, especially with the impact of various technologies, and that people are certainly more mobile in their jobs but voting in elections held in more than one country just doesn't seem right.


It would be a great country for all if a certain religious minority learned to co-exist peacefully with others instead of making incessant demands, and stopped crying racism when their demands are rejected.


Agree.  Same with "California Roll Sushi".  Avocados and mayonaise?  Some things should never be called sushi.


Well done. Thoughtful.


Who said you can keep your doctor and your rates won't go up?


That's like when Trump tweeted about Obama playing gulf while the world burns. Turns out Trump now plays way more golf than Obama ever did. Strange, but true!


in his own mind, trump IS god. never wrong. NEVER - even when he apologizes for being "inaccurate" it's always not his doing, or he's not responsible for the mess and clean up. his stance on Puerto Rico is just short of obscene.
   in his mind, he is king solomon AND adonis, zeus,, apollo, hermes.
 in actuality,  he's more the war monger ares,  the crazy and unstable dionysus,  and mostly chaos ... (wiki) "The personification of nothingness from which all of existence sprang. Depicted as a void."  sounds about right ...what kind of existence can come from that?
    in truth, he is no god and most like nero, who golfs while the world is lurching, starving and doing unspeakable things to one another.
 Our "King" has no clothes, he is so morally corrupt, he has virtually nothing


Syrian refugee calls CNN hypocrits when they try and bait him and praises Trump.   Priceless.

https://youtu.be/s3uaf1NFxXc


So glad that we don't live near this nut house called Peel district, where homes are expensive, traffic is terrible, income is low and now a bunch of religious fanatics are making excessive demands. It is a mad house unsuitable for families with young children. Ontario is going to crash because of all nutty people living in GTA.


Exactly.

I've lived in several very Islamic countries and witnessed first hand male dominated Islam's degradation of women. Most of U of O's young women would have problems with often enforced traditions like being told who to marry. being stoned if they "shamed" their male patriarchs, or forbidden higher education.


It wasn't clear from this article--can we still fly to places within the US with just out AK state IDs until 10/18?


I bet Fr Z started it.  Whatever would happen to Fr Z if he no longer had Bishop Morlino protecting him from actually running a parish.


Yes, it's time for Canada to cancel this toxic deal. At the same time, the Government should keep its pledge to restore diplomatic relations with Iran, to maintain neutrality in the Sunni-Shia divide.  Efforts are needed to bring peace to Yemen.  Has Canada been ignoring the Middle East, distracted by pressures from elsewhere? What is Canada doing now to alleviate the humanitarian disasters of Syria and Libya, apart from participating in the armed conflicts which have caused it? European stability and unity is seriously endangered by the millions of Middle Eastern and African people desperately seeking to survive.


How do you know?  Have you got Trump's phone bugged?  Or maybe all the "leakers" got caught and have nothing to "leak" anymore.  Trump is taking action,   he has authorized a commission to investigate the whole thing.  His "action" speaks much louder words ever could.  How many people die in America on a daily basis?  Should Trump call each and every family member of  someone   killed by an evil doer?  How about the police?  Shouldn't he call the family members of fallen police officers, cut down by cowards, in the line of duty?


Funny I've not heard of a single report from another state of patients getting "sicker and sicker" due to contaminants in the marijuana. Sounds more like he's trying to excuse the lengthy time it took DOH to certify the labs. He makes it sound like it's never been done before and they started from scratch. California has been running dispensaries for along time now. Don't act like you had to reinvent the wheel. His first move should have been to collect the best practices of other states that have had dispensaries for years.


Facebook rules!


And how would you know that?


"people being shot in the US, the overwhelming majority of whom were criminals involved in criminal activity shooting other criminals."

Actually, no, if you look at the statistics it would appear that only 10% at best were the result of criminal activity with the proportion of criminal on criminal shootings being much lower.

http://www.gunviolencearchive.org/


Don't know how sahpiro and atkins can recover from this fiasco they created last spring training. From the initial insulting offer last spring which created this mess. If these guys do not get first class players for the 2017 season attendance and tv will plummet and these two will not be around very long.


Nothing healthy on the menu, but great place for a tasty treat (everything in moderation).  Thank you Despi family for improving the neighborhood!


take away the public’s health insurance, national parks, public schools, environmental protections, civil rights and most social programs benefiting life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. ''

WHAT a complete claim of BULL, trump is doing none of that but as usual the hate filled ignorant left just cant stop proving how stupid they are


Maybe you should find a newspaper more to your liking then, Layla.


Starting to look more and more like "North Korea Lite" each day.


What were their races?


Kroger and Safeway are still living in the 1950's.  40+ isles of processed foods... yuck.  The customers at these stores are all walking around like braindead zombies.  I feel like I'm at a democrat convention whenever I step foot into those stores.  The employees are all on welfare.  Last time I went to the Safeway on Colorado BLVD I had to wait 20 minutes in line because every customer had to pilfer through their coupon purse.  There's an old saying "you are what you eat".  It's a saddening trap that people eat unhealthy foods and it CAUSES them to stay in a lower income bracket.


Suckers.  That's exactly what you get for Saint Reagan (the tax raiser).  Remember USER FEES?  Well, you are a user, you get to pay the fees.


trump: $1,000,000 of his own money donated to harvey victims.
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obama: $00.00 donated to harvey victims.
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bill clinton, hilary clinton, chelsea clinton: $00.00 donated to harvey victims.


He's flip flopped so relentlessly from the get-go that what he'll do is anyone's guess. The best thing he could do to build political capital is announce an end to the Clinton investigations. It would rank right up there with Ford pardoning Nixon, a move that will enrage the angriest partisans, but that will signal that the whole thing has gone on far too long and the country needs to move forward rather than drag itself down in perpetual recriminations. Also, there are things in his first 100 days agenda that he'll never pass without help from the Democrats since they entail going after the permanent political class, and dropping Clinton would greatly improve the odds of getting that done. He has some good things in there that the entrenched politicians on both sides of congress will oppose, but might find enough bipartisan support from congresspersons still willing to place the nation ahead of their own interests to get passed.

I didn't vote for him, but we'll see how it goes.


Since Hawaii has been exempt( from immigration) , due to location from the 6 countries listed in the ban, I think Trump should load a couple of 747s of them and dump them on the tarmac at HNL. I find it very hypocritical that Hawaii is the least affected by this, and wants to tell the other 49 states what to do. Get a taste of your medicine you are forcing on the rest of the country.


In a case like this,  how does affordable housing look? City owned property, rented or sold at a lower than market price to some selected individuals? Does the city tale a net loss on this? If so,  how does the city decide whose housing is subsidized by other tax payers? What is the city's cost on a per unit basis?

Honestly asking here.


It appears that Trumpet and his supporters are willing to promote short term benefits at the inevitable expense of the long range best interest of our great country. This is evident in their disregard for environmental protection treaties and regulations also.
Unfortunately it will be our children and grandchildren who suffer the dire consequences of these policies which are motivated by greed and ignorance.


Don't look now, but the second is a crime as well, if the alleged document offered as "proof" was created while an employee of the federal government, on a device owned by the federal government, while sitting in a vehicle owned by the federal government, and during hours paid by the federal government.  In short, the document, if it ever truly existed, was federal property, and since Comey now claims it no longer exists, it  has been  evidently destroyed by the only person who claims to have had it in his possession.

So, Comey first violated the government documents statute by stealing it and handing it off to his buddy (who also, btw, has committed a crime by receiving it), and then Comey committed perjury regarding its release, and then he doubled down and destroyed it.    OR, it never existed in the first place, in which case, Comey committed perjury.  These are all felonies.

Whether the false allegations are criminally actionable, I can't say, but they are civil torts.


TV news last night said if you lose the bike it's $1,200 to replace..........as Allie would say "Yikes".


pukele, tks. i still think tourists will contribute $60-$180M in revenue to rail.


I would suggest to Mr. Horgan that instead of saying the pipeline is not in British Columbia's interest, well, here is a news flash, it will be good for the entire country.  Also, how about making a big fuss about where the sewage flows out of Vancouver Island, I hear nothing?!!! Shameful.  Tourists should actually boycott your "Paradise"


Once and for all, we have to stop using the term "progressive" to describe people who follow the NDP, or perhaps the Liberal party.

Either that, or change the definition of the word progressive.

The NYT had an article reviewing a book some time ago, and stated that a Marxist professor in the middle of the last century coined the "modern" use of the word to describe extreme leftist (hardly what I think most Liberal, and some NDP members believe) ideology, in order to make it more "salable" (think on that one for a while...sales, etc)..


The US needs to get out of South Korea, Guam, Japan and Germany. Too many military bases on other peoples territory. That is the issue for NK. And they are right.


Umm, okay, but there isn't any hypocrisy.  Most people get the warm fuzzies when described as being "neato".  Using adjectives is not necessarily name calling.  Maybe you skipped the day that was taught?


"Forcing a woman to remove her face veil should be reserved for exceptional situations such as voting or getting a driver's licence." It's bizarre how there aren't more comments that pick up on the idea in this article of distinguishing exceptional situations from other situations like taking the bus or using the library.


Good job shutting down the (what appears to be) lone troublemaker who wanted to start a riot.


Here's an idea: stop spending millions to settle lawsuits. There are laws and policies and procedures. Follow them.


It's too easy to say the NRA is at fault here. Let's acknowledge that there are millions of Americans who subscribe to a frontier philosophy -- survivalism, nativism, swift & rough justice, racism, the death penalty, good guys and bad guys -- and the NRA together with the gun industry thrives by tapping into this climate.
One of the more insightful things to observe here, though, is that the U.S. legislators are showing an abysmal degree of cowardice in the way they cave in to the gun lobby which represents a small minority of the country's citizens.


What a ridiculous picture the writer has painted.  He offers no alternative to the governor's proposals and appears to be blaming Governor Walker for the state's fiscal gap.  Terrible analysis!


Did you mean "intellectually disabled"? Because the way you said it makes no sense.


I did elsewhere, but https://www.publicintegrity.org/2016/10/17/20330/journalists-shower-hillary-clinton-campaign-cash and...


Because Trudeau needs to spend more money before doing anything (see $30B budget with no infrastructure spending yet).  Likely a couple of plum consulting contracts for Liberal buddies, then even more money committed after the study for an action plan.  Justin's spending problem, stalling, and broken promises if starting to affect everyone.


Pssst...the Dems aren't the reigning government.


So how do you reach agreement on shared facts when there is no agreement on shared facts?

For instance, climate change. How do you have any basis for discussion when one side simply dismisses well-established, scientific evidence?


"The ex-spy has been forced into hiding, fearing for his safety as Mr. Trump and Russian officials angrily denounce his sleuthing."

This is one of  those globe type assertions which belie their obvious anti trump , anti Russian agenda. It is is exactly this kind of reporting that explains why so many people don't believe the media and are walking away from the globe and mail.

 Is there any truth to this claim or is it merely a political agenda that he "fears for his life"

For all we know  he could be escaping the idiots from the media who will now consonantly hound him  or perhaps there is no Christopher Steele or maybe even what he has said is only partially true or not true at all or maybe he is hiding in his attic.


You seem to describe Keith_moon's comments talking about posting methods and his personal attacks


No. You say he's made cakes for gay people before. You claim that as fact. How many has he made?

Nice buzzwords. Sounds to me like this man's faith "triggers" you. Why is it you "SJWs" never want your justice for the Christians?


Well, to dip a toe in the waters of 'that horse has left the barn' I'll just point out that Trump, by several accounts, is not taking the daily National Security briefing , and that there has been little to zero communication with State on matters like communicating with leaders of other countries. If you are sticking with "nothing that I regard as significant or noteworthy has occurred during the transition period to date" then I must suggest that you either a) don't really give a crap about this stuff, or b) that you have not been paying attention-respectfully submitted. I cannot understand how the two items I have noted, not to mention a hundred other moments, are anything but significant and noteworthy.


Because the press are part of the elite and hate it when the great unwashed don't agree with their views.  Trumpism is coming to Holland in a big way.


I thought that taking in refugees was good for the economy?  I can't imagine why someone who can't speak English or French, with no skills and no education is somehow unable to get a job and support themselves and will require taxpayers to support?  Who could have predicted that?

Sunny ways my friends, sunny ways.


Solid fundamentals produce adaptability and resilience. Someone with basic math and logic skills can easily pick up any language in days if not less time.

Teaching coding to children w/o these basic fundamentals is probably very time consuming.

Diverse, well rounded education, including language art history sociology religions politics etc., will create workers w/ with that elusive skill always in demand: thinking.


Get a grip!


So is it still a source of great entertainment watching America trying to deal with illegals and are Americans still racists because of it?

Even for Canada the hypocrisy is stunning, possibly surpassing the display of selling 25 billion dollars of arms to the worst human rights violator in the world.


Well at least it's a start, nail'em.  To bad they feel sick that  their family has to see them that way, what about the people who they stole money from they must be sicker.


Well, I stay away from "commodities" which banks and investment houses trade and sell in order to pad their own balances sheets, but which neither produce anything or increase the value of anything, other than their salaries.

I am referring to something such as a plumber. One plumber may unclog the drain, but still leave a ton of gunk on the pipe walls, causing me to call him again to unclog it once it has built up AGAIN. Or, I could call another who cost a little more, but does not require me to call him back in short order. It's like the old buy line from a commercial in the 1970's - "You can pay me now or pay me later."


Every time a story appears concerning UAA hockey the old Wide World of Sports show comes to mind.  The scene at the start where one sees  the ski jumper bouncing around like a rag doll and who is forever known as " the agony of defeat " .  With Matt Thomas in charge it will be the same old , same old at UAA.  Every week it will be the same lame excuses as the losses pile up.  This season is different . IF they don't produce wins and huge crowds the program is done . As it should be .  If the UAA students and community at large don't support UAA sports it's time to stop blowing over 10 million a year on them and instead put that money  into the classroom---where it belongs.


Maralyn Kursha says "It is time to unite and declare that the horror of racism is not to be tolerated. Speak out, take action and reclaim our humanity."  Yes indeed.  Let's put an end to Hawaiian blood nationalism and demands for racial supremacy.

Greg Harding wants to add a historically accurate inscription to repurpose the Robert E. Lee statue to show him as an example of values we now reject.  Let's do the same with the Lili'uokalani statue:  "Queen who tried to proclaim a new Constitution to give herself dictatorial powers, and was overthrown in the Hawaiian revolution of 1893."  Also the Robert Wilcox statue: "Hawaiian blood-nationalist who created the "Home Rule" political party seeking racial supremacy for ethnic Hawaiians.  Defeated by Republican Jonah Kuhio in 1902 election for Territorial Delegate to Congress.


I was in the Navy stationed on Adak when they exploded the Cannikin bomb. Adak is quite a distance from Amchitka and we felt it there.  I had a friend (now deceased) who witnessed an above ground hydrogen bomb test in the Pacific. It scared him for the rest of his life.  Too bad every politician couldn't experience the incomprehensible power of these devices.


I'll confess that I am right now thinking far more about our southern neighbor's situation than ours. Where might "America" stumble in the coming weeks and months? We must keep a close an eye on things.
P.S. When I was 18, I visited the historic site in Sarajevo where the assassination starting WWI happened. It shows a depiction of the assassin's footprints embedded in cement on the sidewalk.


I worked 18 years in socialism and 23 years in capitalism as entepruner. When my old friends asked me what is difference I told them: In Canada they don't change rules in the middle of the game. It seems that is not going to be true any more.


Any money for 'affordable' housing will come from the pockets of people seeking affordable housing as well as from a lot of other taxpayers who will not benefit from it. Those lucky enough to get social housing will be subsidized by those who have to pay full ticket.


Is the site making up stuff, or it factually accurate?

This site foments anti-trad animus, according to many trads anyway.  But I don't call NCR a "hate site."

This is what I mean about polemics.

What if the essay had been written by a Trad, about abortion being against American and Christian values?

Wouldn't you at least agree there is room for argument on both sides of that issue?

I would, even though I largely fit into the pro choice category, I understand there is a valid argument from other other side.

I wouldn't label those who disagree with me as Un christian, or un American.

The author of this essay was so bold as to do just that on the imm. issue, which is why I say the essay  is a  polemic.

I think the author went too far.

It's not a big deal.


Sure won't be many locations named for democrats after they get done sanitizing their history!Nor statues to them either!George Orwell was a very forward seeing genius.Most of what I've heard and seen about the statues, and even the ideologies is based on ignorance.The pubiK skoul sistum has done an excellent job under liberal control!Most lefties don't know the 1st black slave in the Americas was awarded by an English Court to a black man. Or that upwards of 90000 free blacks fought for the confederacy. Or that 5 states remained IN the union AND remained slave states (the IRS taxing slave sales starting in 1862 to pay for the war).Or slavery was still legal in DC. during the Civil War.  Or that the emancipation proclamation didn't free ANY of those slaves.  Or, that the "civil war" was fought to preserve the union, NOT free the slaves.  And the 1860 platform was not to EXTEND slavery....it wasn't specifically "anti-slavery". Libs don't know history, and are repeating it.


The report warns about the effects of climate change but does not  prove that these affects will occur. Next "problem"? Are these people really "scientists"?


I'm getting the feeling you wouldn't have been a fan of FDR or LBJ.


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"President Barack Obama will leave office Friday with his highest approval rating since 2009, his presidency largely viewed as a success, and a majority saying they will miss him when he is gone.

A new CNN/ORC poll finds Obama's approval rating stands at 60%, his best mark since June of his first year in office.

Compared with other outgoing presidents, Obama lands near the top of the list, outranked only by Bill Clinton's 66% in January 2001 and Ronald Reagan's 64% in January 1989.

About two-thirds (65%) say Obama's presidency was a success, including about half (49%) who say that was due to Obama's personal strengths rather than circumstances outside his control."

http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/18/politics/obama-approval-rating-cnn-orc-poll/

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Hopefully he will get to see Las Vegas real soon!


I don't really believe in "coincidence" rather think it was more than that that placed this meeting of more than 700 community organizers from many traditions and nations, at this moment in history in the Central Valley of CA, where a vast number of US immigrants reside, at a time when immigrants are at considerable risk of deportation by a president who campaigned on it.

I don't think it a coincidence that Francis sent the message he did in the hands of the messenger he chose and with the episcopal support that has developed.

I don't think it's a coincidence that the Administration is about to revamp its deportation decree...that there was consideration of invoking the National Guard to execute it, that CA is most likely the most sanctuary state in the union....

I really don't believe in coincidences!

I do believe in the Holy Spirit!


Holy,  a first strike only works if the targets are still there when the warheada arrive.  Since it takes 15-30 minutes for a submarine launched ballistic missile to reach its target, it is highly unlikely that silo or aircraft based weapons will still be there.  Launch on warning is the strategy to prevent your weapons from being destroyed by the first strike.  Russian maintenance tends to be worse than American,  so it is uncertain what percentage of their silo based missiles, bombers and submarines will actually work when ordered to launch.


so that makes you disturbed?


Now is the time to transition from Obamacare to single-payer Medicare for all


You sure don't understand how history and culture work. Which is better: to remember and explain for future generations how and why things are the way they are, or to go on blind puritan crusades and stamp out any memory of how things have gotten the way they are? Context is an important part of history, stamping out the parts you don't like do nothing to inform ourselves of where we fit in. Nobody is telling you to do drugs and that is not what honoring Kesey is about. If you can't separate the two then you have a very narrow and reactive worldview.

By your logic we should probably rename a lot of our landmarks and street names given all the ties this place has to racism and the KKK.

But let's be honest. This isn't about history or culture, this is about you putting everyone down and externalizing your problems to try and make you feel better about yourself. It's easy to blame all the problems on the "hippies" instead of trying to be a better person yourself.


Like I said, Oilers have the capacity to do some damage, I would not underestimate them, in this round.


“I’ve shared with Congress that if money is a concern about fulfilling our responsibilities under Superfund, I will advise them.”

You will be advising them, I predict. Still good news, though.


Scotia Bank........"we are richer than you think"


The Nazi's cooked oil out of coal to fuel their military in WWII... and we all know how that turned out.


Tax evasion and money laundering?  No wonder Trump won't release his taxes.


"Having passed the House on Tuesday 419-3, the sanctions bill now goes to President Donald Trump, who has expressed a reluctance to sign the measure. That’s likely because lawmakers wisely inserted a provision in the bill requiring the president to talk to Congress before rolling back any sanctions."

If he vetos this bill we know that he is in bed with the Russians (as if it is not already obvious).  Perhaps worried about the Pee pee tape?  Seriously though, since his veto could be overridden he is better off signing since 1) He will appear not to be controlled by Putin, and 2) It is embarrassing to have your veto overridden and Trump hates to look bad.


His family are Islamic Fundamentalists .. Don't give them a cent!! He killed an American soldier fighting with the Taliban, which he still supported into his 20's.


Thanks to social media, people can carry into adulthood their high-school level social life: cliques, gossip, painful insecurity, dependence on peer-group approval, generally being a weak person. 30 is the new 15.


Yes, Moon.

Because the new guidelines will be what the mob sets as guidelines.


Great article, Tim! Thank you for sharing this with us.


That will be about the tenth time the question has been asked.


" Harper had an embarrassment of riches from whom to choose in terms of sitting and former MPs and cabinet members."

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Snork!

Was that the same Jim Flaherty who quit his post because he couldn't stomach Harper?

And Tony "Gazebos" Clement?

Jim "I'm Out Of Here" Prentice who crashed and burned in Alberta?

John "Harper's Goon" Baird who didn't bother to tell Harper he was quitting so Harper had to learn it from the media?

Kellie "Barbaric Cultural Practices Snitchline" Leitch?

Chris "Rosie, Please Don't Beat Me Up Anymore" Alexander?

Joe "I'm Not Allowed To Speak During Election Campaigns" Oliver?

The long list of failures in the Harper cabinet would take far more space than they allow me here.


Yes you 'nationalists' (you do know what 'Nazi' is shorthand for, right?) won with a minority of the votes, the 5th time Republicans have managed to pull this off (JQ Adams, Hayes, Harrison, GW Bush, Trump). I would suggest it is no coincidence this has never happened with a Dem president or been necessary for a Dem to win. Anyway, while the Republicans may have gerrymandered their way to Electoral College victory again, sooner or later the math will make this tactic insufficient. More supportive intervention from a real Marxist in Vladimir Putin or his successors may be the last resort for Republicans for the foreseeable future.


Fair enough.

Thank you for the positive article regarding the positive influences that immigrants have unto the Alaskan economy, and good for those that are contributing!

I have seen first hand how hard many of these individuals work to realize their own 'American dream', some are friends.

A couple of queries, though, if I may.

Just to be fair, are there negatives that are applicable unto said immigrant population, such as intake of State or Federal monies without contribution?

Perhaps there is not, what do I know, but producing an article showing only one side of the coin is not really fair nor balanced, at least within mine own view.

Yeah, yeah, I am now racist.

But I am not.

Get over it.

The other query I have is thus.

What business or businesses do the estimated 593 undocumented entrepreneurs own, or are engaged within?

What makes them an entrepreneur to begin with, should they not qualify for a legal business license, as illegal/undocumented, whatever, to begin with?


Actually you are right in one sense: the Sacraments are not necessary to Faith in the absolute sense.  They are necessary in the relative sense.  The only Sacrament that is essential is Baptism.  Without Baptism one cannot be saved.

However, the other Sacraments are very good for the Faith because they nourish the Faith.


"First, with a substance so potent, how is it possible that the two women who allegedly attacked Kim Jong-nam with it could have survived? Second, given that particles can remain in the environment for possibly weeks after being released, why didn’t the airport undertake specialized decontamination measures to ensure the public’s safety?"

Funny how Reuters didn't show similar skepticism of British authorities in their 'investigation' into the polonium poisoning of Aleander Litvinenko.  Is it racism?


They said at the time that they expected him to be a 2-3 year project,,,


Why should the government pay for their operations.  It takes about two years.  Meanwhile they are on the dole.  If they want to join after their operations I would be fine with that.  Anything to make the President look bad.  Globalists at it again to extol their facist agenda.


This will make Alaska a worse place.

It's going to become that much easier for corruption to expand its hold on Alaska.

Very sad.


Let me see if I get this right :
This lawsuit is because Obummer signed an executive order - creating this "right" it is not a law (of course this executive order had other States filing lawsuits against DACS. Now President Trump - did away with this executive order - putting the law in place as it had been for ??? 50 years ?
President Trump - gave Congress 6 months to come up with a LEGAL solution to this problem
and these States are suing the Administration because Congress won't do their job ?
I am confused ? (easily I know)
I do remember the thousands of children sent across the border when Obama signed this unlawful order..

out

Can't help the left...


Wow...just wow!  Amazing story with true bravery and selfless, immediate response.  You are a hero in every sense of the word Obadiah!


Trump is embarked on policies that promote domestic terrorism and the radicalization of American citizens.  He's a reckless, dangerous man.


Blue Tories and Red Tories could certainly find their way within the CPC. I'm not sure the later ones are necessarily strong supporter of Donald Trump.


I have read interviews with asylum seekers in this newspaper and others, and two things are very clear: first, the great majority of them do not qualify as refugees in any sense of the word and second, they have no idea how the process works - they think that as soon as they cross the border they are home free and will automatically receive Canadian citizenship.


The goal is always ideological victory and Votes. Free market solutions for everything except military spending. All uteruses must be controlled by the federal government with laws written by males only.   Choose your own doc as long as she doesn't work for Planned Parenthood. Health care only for US Congress.  The rest need to use their own $ to redirect into a government controlled savings account.  Cap Medicaid to states but not congressional premium imcrease allowances.  Reduce annual support for those making $20k per year from $3k to $2k.  Increase penalty for insurance lapses by $3k per year on $10k of annual premium cost.  Pay for it all by price signals coming from across state lines.


It's funny to read these ignorant comments about immigration and the plight of Central Americans from myopic terrified xenophobes who've never gone further than a 2 mile radius from where they were born.


You can't fight city hall, especially when big $$$ and out of state developers have the big $$$. Greenwood Village will be absorbed by the urban density increase like it or not. Call your realtor.


Finally, we have a leader that does what he says, and says what he does.......and to progressives that's insane.


Courts are charged with clarifications of law, not interjecting their personal agenda.  The law specifically gives the president the authority to take the action he took and the US Supreme Court will confirm presidential authority. The lower courts had no problem with past presidents enacting similar bans giving clear indication the this and the 9th Court of Appeals were politically motivated ignoring established law.


We don't need another excise tax on alcohol.  It is already taxed enough.  This nickel and diming by Trudeau is effectively clawing back his highly conspicuous middle class tax cut.  And it seems he is just getting started.


So he is back to his only talking point that he goes to the fundraisers "to help the middle class".  What a pile of BS!  I am "middle class" and he has done absolutely nothing for me other than reach into my wallet and take cash to pay for all of this governments "vanity projects".

This taxing the top 1% earners in the population is ridiculous.  What nobody mentions is that people in that category have accountants and holding companies to ensure that they minimize their tax bills.  I spoke to one friend that is a high earner and he basically stated that in a five minute conversation with his accountant he legally ensured that he would never pay the additional tax rate.

Basically this is another vote buying, revenue negative program that we will all have to pay for with higher taxes.


Amazing but unmentioned - the LIGO results almost perfectly matched previous  super computer simulations of black hole impact.


Time to ban crude oil takers from the Gulf of St Lawrence.


i know. we are human. i really have a love of learning  and it took awhile, but realized if i shut out people or whatever, for really no reason - i was missing out on a lot. and it's become just the last few years that i am home more and gotten to know some of our more recent neighbors - mostly 20 somethings and younger and it's a blast. mostly because i catch them totally off guard. not the attitude they expect.  i will surely say hey, how are you and i mean it.
  . my husband did roll his eyes last time we were downtown parking - there was a guy leaning against the building we parked in front of, i turned to the guy and just asked hey, do you know how long these meters are for? he had been hunkered over a piece of chicken, looked at me and started to wipe his mouth when i noticed he had been eating. "OH! sorry didn't mean to interrupt you - didn't see you were eating" he looked at me strangely, a little grin, nodded ok and went back to eating.  then i asked him for $5 -not really ;D


Gee, this is a hard one to choose sides, it’s like @ssw0le vs @ss0le…


#Boycott GM motors


<My pillars-of-the-Church Faithful did no so much vote for The Donald as vote against Hilary.>
I get that; but it's truly a distinction without a difference.
I think those who voted for Trump because they believed he was in some sense 'pro-life' were duped, and I think many 'leaders' in the pro-life movement helped to dupe them.
I think those who voted for Trump because they believed his promises about healthcare were the victims of an especially cruel hoax.


Nothing was missed, what we see is your attempt to deflect a conversation as always ED.  You spread mostly disinformation rather than seriously discuss or even reflect on what others who do not agree with you say.


Amen!


There will be no football or NFL ticket in our house this year. If you don't like what what this person does do the same. I also will not support any of the 32 prime sponsors of the NFL. These people should not protest with their team. They are using the team sport to air their grievance. Most employers will fire you for having a private protest in the workplace.


Hmm.  So the holocaust was civilized?
I don't think you are on solid ground with that argument.


Nothing worse than a Pro Psycho. Amateurs are bad enuff. Get it done Mr President.


Oh yes....THAT'S the missing ingredient to bringing the fold(s) back to our Church!!!  How have we missed that all these years?  Duh!  The problem with many traditionalists is that they see solutions as being from the past.  A good example of regressionism if there ever was one.
But I'll welcome those communion rails, with their original intent of keeping the farm animals out of the sanctuary!  I don't need a bull breathing down my neck when serving at Mass.


Eeeez problyem for you?


That is way too logical for our Government...under any party.


richard peterson and peter richardson. are you guys pals?


Names, please - which two "Canadian provincial ministers"?


As a bleeding heart liberal I'd offer to help you with the hole you'tr digging but you and Donald seem to be doing just fine by yourselves.

As an aside...Rick Perry proved that it does NOT take two to tango.


SA has not published the cesspool company who illegally constructed the cesspools.  Or, did HouseMart Ace Hardware constructed the cesspools themselves.  Auwe.


The name of the movie?
"Trolls"


I didn't realize the editorial page was now a place for outright fiction.


Absolutely.  Seeking to attack our country with radical Islamic robots.  Better add another country to banned list.


Let me explain to those on the left how the implementation of regulation works.

The government finds a excuse to regulate. Government lawyers write the rules. Industry says WHAT???? and has to hire additional lawyers to figure out what the government is asking. Industry lawyers complain to government lawyers that the rules are incomprehensible. Government lawyers change the rules but add more requirements. Industry says WHAT????  Industry lawyers go back to the government to find out what they mean. Government lawyers than change the rules to make it more clear. Industry says WHAT????  The new rules are more confusing than the old rules.

As this dance continues nothing gets done. China was successful by ignoring the lawyers.


Does anyone doubt that weasely Cory is going to vote with his leader McConnell for the barbaric GOP "health care" bill?


I am no defender of these moronic prepper enclaves that are populating certain regions of the west. But... Randy Weaver is alive and well. His spouse and fourteen year old son were killed at Ruby Ridge and Weaver and his three surviving daughters were later awarded several million dollars for the wrongful death of their mother and brother.


No. We should not abolish healthcare.

What we should do is limit what the government can force it's citizens to do: Paying taxes; serving on a jury; registering with Selective Service is plenty.


And you can state your opinions on this website because the system the USA has afforded the western world since World War II provides you the freedom to do so. Not so much in Russia, China or any of the regimes you mention, save Ukraine which is now Russian dominated, not Russian friendly.


Nope, their will be civil war if they try to impeach him, and conservatives have all the guns and know how to use them, it would be a blood bath and over very fast.


So which candidate do you favor?


One would think that Adventists who are liberal in the classical sense (I include myself in that category) rather than progressively liberal would appreciate the importance of keeping church and state separate. But when your political beliefs take on the characteristics of religious values, and you start using the Bible to support those values, the distinction is pretty tough to see and maintain.

This dangerous proclivity is conservative in the sense that political powers tend to stamp out religion as a source of legitimate authority and/or invoke religious symbols to reinforce their values. Those who seek radical transformation sound quite liberal until they have succeeded. Then they become quite repressive and conservative when the roots and fruits of what they have planted are threatened.

Does anyone think for a second that, if liberals were in charge of the G.C. non-ordination of women would be an policy option anywhere in the world church? Not a chance!


Teachers negotiated salary is for the school year they are contracted for. The yearly salary is distributed over the nine months. If teachers were to work over holidays and summer they would be paid more.


They are borrowing a ridiculous amount of money with no plan to pay it back to try and buy votes, one of his biggest items, child care! (that'll help create middle class jobs and compete with the US). I think governments should be spending *LESS* money, not more. It's easy to take shots at Harper, who had governed through the worse recession since the 1930's. I don't see a clear cause and effect relationship between current economic success and the governing party. They are making it more difficult for natural resource exporters to do business, and the full effects of the carbon tax which the US lacks haven't been felt yet. Ask Alberta and Saskatchewan residents if "the unemployment rate fell to its lowest point in nearly nine years" there. Those provinces don't have a well diversified manufacturing base due to their isolation, and import all sorts of things from Ontario. The higher dollar will hurt Canada as a net exporter.


He should have spent some time at the range first


Michael, now tell us why Trump leads the delegate count by about 200.


Does spending more money per pupil translate into better academic scores?  Sometimes throwing money into bottomless black holes doesn't really get one very far.  The editorial did not say how much these districts spend per pupil nor did the editorial say how much is spent per pupil on average state-wide.


Story:  "..During the last enforcement operation, in June, Eugene police issued 18 citations"
Story:  "Eugene police conducted a crosswalk safety sting Friday and cited 15 drivers for failing to yield to pedestrians"

Headline:  "18 drivers cited for failing to yield to pedestrian during Eugene sting"

June was 18, this sting was 15.  The Headline in the print version of the R-G today showed the correct number of 15.


Right you are James
>>>------------------------>


Well said. but I'm wondering why your accurate and thoughtful post hasn't been deleted.


Check Canada's immigration policies/merit system. Interestingly in the earlier years of immigration policy the US requirements included...having skill/ability the Country had need of and having a Sponsor to provide shelter until you found a job. Canada's merit system grants entrance for those that have skills to advance their economy. They also limit the new immigrant to only bringing his/her immediate family - wife/husband, children. No bringing, grandparents, nephews, etc., like US allows, many of which end up receiving government services. This would be a big help to the US taxpayer if the Canadian policies were adopted in US. Taxpayers today annually pay $99 Billion to primarily cover illegal's health care and education. Illegal's pay only $13 Billion in Federal, State and Local taxes that doesn't come close to off setting the financial drain on Local governments especially.


True, we have an `01 330ci cabby' as a summer only driven car, it's a gem. Our `09 X3 needed the VANOS solenoids cleaned and starter replaced at less than 115K km's. The newer the car the more it costs after the warranty runs out. We'll keep the `01 but the `09 is on a short leash, no more Bimmers for us


Looks like the Liberals dropped the ball on this one.   Time to write another letter...


If you subtract the estimated 3 million illegals who voted, convicted felons who voted and the dead who always vote democrat, the majority did not vote for that poor loser clinton.


Do we have a 2 party system?


The Governor (who unilaterally took $1k from each and every Alaskan) and Democrats (who already voted to tax more money from our pockets) continue to hold the State hostage for their state income tax. They are Democrats and that is what they do; Democrats take people’s money and redistribute it to their friends. That's how the buy and maintain power, and they know now that they are on the record voting to take $ from Ordinary Alaskans, that they cannot maintain control of the House, or Governor’s Office for that matter. For them it is now or never. I expect to see the first ever Sate of Alaska Government shut down on 1 July 2017. Chaos is the only card they have left to play, and they will, but in the end much to their own demise.


The developer has not spent much time in the area.Moneyed millennial s do not want to deal with neighboring trailer courts, homeless camps, cheap hookers and tweak era.
This is a boondoggle of epic proportions the council members must be getting kickbacks in exchange for 7 million in taxes shifted to the citizens of Kent.

What will they do next ?
Sell off the parks to developers under the table?
Oops that was last years deal.


more likely Mr Trump will see a need for extreme vetting of every person going into the USA from Canada.
This has the potential to end in tears


How can anyone object to replacing an old pipeline built in the 50's - and never a spill  - with a new one using  the very latest engineering, construction  and materials..  Oh, I forgot, the Environuts that can never be placated


Justine cannot be taught anything. He/she knows it all.


Tell me how you will control human nature.  If folks want to harm someone they will find a way.


If only this kind of zero-risk fish farming were legal in Alaska. There are already local commercial outfits designed around this concept stymied by over-broad regulations.


Any time you can get Sen Cantwell to agree with provisions that are good for Alaska is a win-win. She hasn't been a good neighbor.


"brought to you by carl's jr."

life imitating art.  can't make this stuff up!


@Mathias Mannlicher - good comment well stated.


And this is why the state is broke.  People moved to King Cove when there was no road, but now it's some injustice there is no road?  Don't like it MOVE.  I would rather not live in Anchorage, but I do it for access to many things.  How about the state build me a personal bullet train from Anchorage to some rural site so I can have it my way.  People in urban areas make the choice and compromise all the time, that is why people commute from the valley.  People in rural AK just cry about things until someone gives it to them for free.  Shut down King Cove if they think it's to unsafe to live there.


... everybody knows Kobiyashi Godzilla the real champ ...


With any luck, today's protesters will be able to celebrate the election of America's first woman commander-in-chief when Ivanka Trump becomes President.


Quebec doesn't have a deficit.

If you had bothered to read the article, you'd know that.


The left is against charters and vouchers because the outcome is not under their control. That includes teacher unions, democrat politicians and yes, the NAACP.


Andy Hollenman. And you have the best interests of children in mind? Gimme a break. You who have "valued" children in your NEA negotiations with the ASD? Why do you offer excused for a labor law violator? Makes no sense. He should be censured by the Assembly.


Prov has job openings.  In every aspect of the hospital.  Offer them jobs,  Oh wait.  Why should I work when everybody is going to throw money at my cause.   Jobs are out there.   A kick start to help someone get a place and power, gas phone is understood.   95 percent of those people don't want to and or cant work.  So Ill just hang in my camp.  My corner.  Sit on my lifeline phone that we all pay for.  I have worked 3 jobs at one time in my life to support my family.  Screw your free ride


I am sure most of us are.


It's going to be hard anyway. My guess is that for a referendum to succeed, Sturgeon will have to have some kind of indication from the EU that Scottish membership is a strong possibility. Without that, Scotland would be in a real bind IMHO.


Have you looked at the cost of college vs. the minimum wage lately? Pretty much impossible now to take challenging college courses and work enough hours to pay for college and successfully study. I agree, 30 years ago a student could find enough scholarships, work part time, and still have enough time to study.  Thanks for your reply.


We'll see if the courts agree with me or agree with you.


Mr. Frei's free speech rights are untouched. He simply lost his job.


It's time. With a city this large with no highway that connects yet bypasses the city so you don't have to stop is ridiculous.


The lying thieves in HART get what they want ALL THE TIME regardless... WHY do they need a MARKETING BUDGET?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

Death to HART!!!!


Sergey Lavrov is a sophisticated, tough, veteran of world affairs. Rex Tillerson is a dated Colonel Blimp, wooden, artless, way out of his league.
Tillerson: "You must end your support for the Assad regime."
Lavrov: "No"
Tillerson: "Oh, but.... ah... , uhmmmm.... let me get back to you"
U.S. foreign affairs in the hands of the Game Show Host President and Colonel Blimp, what a joke.  Thank God they have Jared Kushner to lend his gravitas to the situation.


Actually not true, many companies now insist you back their company vehicles into a stall. Many of those are vans with little or no visibility except mirrors unless they have a backup camera. Many of those same vehicles have to load or unload stuff and they can do it.


Please cite where you found the CBC, Toronto Star, or the Globe & Mail have claimed Canada has the best system in the world. That's not true. You're engaging in Fake News. You're just setting up a strawman argument to make your equally false assertion that "the Canadian system is costly, inefficient and delivers poor results."


According to https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/if-trump-were-an-immigrant-hed-probably-be-deported/2017/08/03/50a84702-7889-11e7-9eac-d56bd5568db8_story.html Trump would not have enough points to be admitted to the US.


Sensible and sane Americans are shuttering now at the level of corruption and unlearned nit witticism which comes from the Democrates every day. To think that Hillary was arguably the best of the bunch only underscores just how pathetic the DEM party has become.


This comment will likely vanish but the truth is that residential schools were built to educate the children and get them out of  their terrible living conditions. It is not an uncommon practice. Even today around the world schools are built for the poor and disadvantaged. That said the educators committed evil acts and for that they should be exposed and punished. The questions I have is why are the evil acts and wrong doings on the reserves today not being publicly exposed and punished, crime sexual violence and drugs run rampant. Why the double standard and why do we sit back and do nothing to address the problem.


Land moves underwater. Cascadia fault off coast?


All I need are some tasty waves, a cool buzz, and I'm fine.


If there is ANYTHING between that young girl and that man, please notify the police in his town.


Commentors can sometimes be too enigmatic for their own good.😕


Bingo! I called it! And you cited a right wing source, The Daily Caller to boot! LOL.....you Trumpkins are so predictable....


Hi, Disconcerted.  Well, your reasons for "staying the course" are more reasoned and pragmatic than the reasons given to us (second-hand) by the man who made the original election promise (see Gould's letter.)  You mean Trudeau DIDN'T realize "the realities concerning this proposal" when he was on the campaign trail?  Gimme a break.  If true, he didn't deserve my vote.

The Swiss managed to hold 13 referendums in 2016 alone, including a critical one on basic income. Only 4 passed.  Win, lose, isn't the point.  Participation in Direct Democracy is the point. Government must work "on behalf of us all" not for itself.

Re: the opposition parties. If they made a habit of "working together [with the government] on behalf of all," they wouldn't be doing their jobs.  They DO work on behalf of us all--every day. Critical, not only when the world "facing other very serious challenges,"  but our own country, too. A leader who abandons this promise is just the latest "challenge" we face.


They were Libyan Muslims, not Europeans, who killed these people


Stunning! After last night, they showed no sign of fatigue. They instead took it to
#13 Utah throughout the game - a total team effort. Onward to the NCAA's!


The imagery you describe is opposite of what would be more accurate, much more accurate. Hillary flanked by American Flags would compare better with Hitler flanked by swastika flags, both are left wing ideologues.


Well, so is every other politician. It's not about their socioeconomic status.


You must be a joy to be around.


Why do you keep your pipe and pot in your car?


The distinction here is that I'm commenting on public land management, not private property.  You did what you could to save private property, I'm commenting on a public land management issue.  Not whining, just commenting.  It's not like I can go out there and start directing parking or building sanitary facilities to accommodate large crowds at this site.  The Federal Government (in this case, the USFS - Willamette Forest) has that authority.  The Agency responds to public commments, even though you may perceive them as 'whining'.   I don't "own" the land in the same regard that you and your family owned your burned down house.


Nanny Piglosi  Did you read this one???
You are one of the greatest dangers to the USA.
Ranking right up there with the Norks.


Lisa for president. Think about it. She's smart, moderate, independent. She won a write in campaign! And she is getting her name spoken out loud nationwide for being the first GOP member of Congress with the onions to stand up to Trump's bid for one-way loyalty. Think about it. Lisa for president.


Oh, it is EASY to kill off McD.
Sadly, nobody does it.
Simply create a salad bar like Sweet Tomatoes, using LOCAL PRODUCE, have decent coffee and above all, have a play area like MCD in a glassed area, cleaned 2x a day (night and after lunch), combined with a kid's toy (decent one, not the Chinese junk that McD and others have).
THis would destroy MCD quickly.


What's that family's incentive to further their career and hopefully one day make 55% of the median income. If that kicks them out or makes them ineligible for this "affordable housing" you speak of, where do you draw the line?


Becoming the leader of a minority opposition party is not  such a disaster for Canada. He might be a disaster for the CPC.  First things first.


How hard is it to learn, George, 1) the mission of the ACLU 2) everyone needs to follow the law, even the government criminals.


For obvious reasons, we don't ask people who could be running for their lives to queue up and prove that they really are in mortal danger.
Patrick G

are the ones crossing from USA to Canada "running for their lives" ?

let's not get dramatic


WSDOT and ODOT also subsidize I-5 ... and driving I-5 is becoming more unpredictable as traffic delays in Portland get worse.  Driving is also less of an option as population ages.


The electronics, sensors, computers, actuactors, and software put into the modern cars and later electric cars would be 100x more complicated that the ICE.


Agreed. I remember many times I've been trying to not break into people's houses or deal a bunch of drugs but then goofed and broke into some houses or sold a lot of drugs instead. Oops!