I do think America has become too dependent on our presidents to resolve racial issues and give speeches where everyone shakes hands.  It was never going to be that easy, Trump has forced each of us to have the discussion in our own world and show our own hearts, express our own ideology and philosophy to racial conciliation, and that is where the solution was always going to be found.


That comment was one of the milder parts of his hate speech trial.  Read the decision if you have a strong stomach.

I don't censor his comments.  One of his extreme homophobic attacks against me (under the name Mary Schultz) remained up for half a day yesterday.


He writes: "We all sense at some level that things are out of control, but nobody knows what to do. Hey, how about lashing out against those shadowy “foreign buyers,” even before we have the evidence to know they are to blame?".

Actually, plenty of people know what to do. But you, sir, are part of the problem, invoking as you do the ridiculous phrase "shadowy foreign buyers".

No, it is not "foreign buyers" high on the list for people who pay attention to Toronto and Vancouver.

What IS high on the list are Canada's immigration policies. You see, sir, rich new immigrants are not "foreign buyers". You raise straw-man nonsense with your words.

The Quebec investor immigrant program is creating the better part of ten thousand new ultra-rich immigrants a year, who then buy in Vancouver and Toronto. Prior to it, the federal program created hundreds of thousands.

You want evidence how fast they can shoot tiny bungalows up to cost two million a pop? Visit Vancouver.

Ever been there, sir?


Interesting concept.. perhaps the best we can hope for is an uber ultraconservative successor pope who will send Rome's twisted brand of Christianity further down the path of total irrelevance.

Let the Roman hierarchy become a church unto itself and see how they fare on their own.


Ah, yes, 'the smear'. That's just how BC Liberals roll. Ask the fired health care workers:

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/fired-health-ministry-workers-urge-bc-to-conduct-independent-inquiry/article25088211/


We need qualified voting, else it's just going to be more high school popularity contests.


that's because you have a nasty case of liberal dementia if that were the case, Junior, I'd be damn proud of you, one of the most incompetent ignorant posters on CC.


So you say.


RE: LTE by Jim Fredrickson

The only ones being played for fools are readers who believe articles about the Walker administration and legislators are true and correct.

This publication exists solely to serve the publisher's political agenda, journalistic integrity be damned.


More like she can have freedom of speech but I cannot not.


The problem in the Senate was and probably still is that there were no clear rules to enforce, therefore any attempts to prosecute Senators were bound to fail. Both the Commons and the Senate make their own rules so this is almost guaranteed to be the result. I firmly believe that an audit of MPs expenses would make the Senate look like a church choir!


Unless autobiography, historians merely print hearsay.  Except for the descendant having received his ancestor's autobiography through unbroken chain of custody, publication is only a historian's educated guess.   The ruling "sovereign" always promotes history serving itself.   Kam School had never taught the Kingdom's full history, and kept its skeletons in the closet.  Kam was a US military institution intent on preparing kids for US wars abroad.  Who in Hawaii studied the Bishop-Damon run at the Kingdom a la Thurston, W.O. Smith, and Dole?  The vicious hatreds between Emma, Kalakaua, Keelikolani, Kapuaiwa and more?  The conniving of Cooke and Castle against Liliha?  The immaturities of Liholiho. Kauikeaouli, and Lot Alexander?   The sordid indiscretions of Paao and the sex rampages and assassinations among the Kanaloakua'ana royal house?  And more.  Nah, we studied the Revolution and Civil Wars.


Yes the media needs to start calling these people economic migrants and not refugees.


Did you want to add something to the discussion or just take pot shots (that's a scientific term).


Agreed.  There's a Eucharistic Prayer which says (not verbatim), "When we had strayed far from Him He loved us all the more".  I am humbled and reassured every time I hear it


You wrote this, which sounds to me as though you understand the Bible to be in the first place a complete authoritative book of instructions on how human beings should live if they wish to please God: "We have the manual and all the help we need is available to us to follow Christ and His commands as He Himself Wills." And "to follow commands" is to submit to them and to obey them.

If that's not what you mean, please forgive me for misunderstanding you.


The rules for offshore tax havens today are more stringent but people can still get their money out of the country and suck the GIS even if they're a millionaire several times over. This would only relate to people who don't have a work record in Canada upon retirement.


Specific to Medical Facilities, Patients Medical Records, Doctor's Visits and notes, that allow Patients to access their Records On Line, this only opened up that Medical Facility to a Computer Server Attack.   As nobody can guarantee that the Computer used by the Patient is 100 percent free of Viruses, Spyware, Malware, Trojan Horses, Ransomware, Rootkit attacks, Redirect Programs, DNS attacks, and lots more, that then infect the Medical Facilities Computers, including all online Diagnostics, Elevators, Critical Life Saving Medical Equipment, Electricity, Heating and Air Conditioning, PBX System, Medical Records, Imaging, Fire Extinguishing System,  and most of the entire Medical Facility, before you even think that they cannot find out that that infection came from YOUR computer, you are WRONG.


Of course the left continues to ignore Raheel Raza and Farzana Hassan who warn against the silencing nature of M-103 as liberal Muslims. Oh well, countries governed by Islamic law are beacons of Liberal freedom, whether it's a 14 year girl pummeled by morality police in Iran for wearing ripped jeans or rabid mobs of zealots hacking secular poets to death in Bangladesh - but we can't talk about issues of religious zealotry staring everyone in the face, it's "Islamaphobic"...


I beg to differ.  It is a well known fact that both houses of Congress strenuously debated the impact of the commandeering of the Kingdom of Hawaii on the supply of Pineapple Mojitos.
.
The slogan of the Commandeering Congressmen was:  "If We No Go We Got No Mo Mojito"


Dunlop is a liar. The system is broken. Obviously L. Marchant participated. The victims can testify to what extent she was involved.  She administered and obtained the drugs according to the agreement. This went on for years and L. Marchant could have prevented further damage to these poor children. She is as perverted and sick as the husband she supported and enabled. Giving her a free pass is horrible. Probably no criminal record or sexual predator registration either.  Shame on the state prosecutor and its minions for this failure.


Without governments to enforce a set of rules governing wealth, your savings could be worthless. Although we might think in Canada we are immune to social disorder or even revolution, without the support of the majority of people a society eventually becomes unstable. Who will protect your assets if we no longer have a functioning court system and police force. This is why it is important that those who find themselves in fortunate financial circumstances, be restrained in their attachment to their disproportionate level of wealth and that in order to maintain their affluence they need to realize that it takes the vast majority of people working together and contributing to the collective whole. If a tiny percentage of individuals keep taking most of the surplus wealth then sooner or later people will react.


If anything has been debunked it's the apartheid claim. Let's examine the integrity of the apartheid claim. Seventeen Israeli Arabs are currently elected to serve in the Knesset. Arabs from Israel, the West Bank and Gaza have access to Israeli hospitals. Arab doctors and nurses treat Jewish and Arab patients in Israeli hospitals. When Palestinians, including West Bank Palestinians claim that their rights have been abrogated in the course of an Israeli action, they are entitled to file suit in Israel. The valedictorian of a recent graduating class at the Technion was a Muslim woman. More than one Arab commands an Israeli infantry brigade. Salim Joubran is an Israeli Arab judge on the Supreme Court of Israel. Apartheid in Israel? Hardly.


Tim: you are making a lot of unsupported assumptions. You do not anything about me yet you suggest I am not being honest. I have owned the home for many years and make no apology for its current value. I am on a limited retirement benefit and the real property tax is quite burdensome. While I receive the PFD there are no others in my house to receive it. I do not know what you are inferring about me enjoying a prospective ride on a gravy train. But it sounds a bit insulting. The cost of living in Alaska is about to go up with taxes and a reduction in the PFD. With cut backs it is likely that home values will go down. And you might not be aware that the tax code will not tax me for the gain in my house so that is a factor in deciding to move and not , as you claim, a reason for staying. All of these factors have led me to conclude that it has finally got to the point that I can no longer afford to live in Alaska. Why would you insult a senior for making such a decision?


lets not forget its become see & be seen/party scene that only stars & a small group of connected people.  I used to take 2 weeks off work, see movies, meeting people in line talking film ... its lost that ... it's become elitist.


Typical "I know you are but what am I" response stemming from an emotionally arrested and functionally childish intellectual state.


Sounds as if you know very little, when it comes to understanding republicans. Most lefties only caricature created by the left.

"I draw the line at teaching beliefs vs teaching science. You are the one that is muddling beliefs INTO science - not me"  Then you should favor this law.   A majority of Republicans are opposed to teaching sexuality, which is beliefs not science. Teaching the biology of sex, a majority don't have an issue with. But the school just can't help themselves and stop there.  However, there is absolutely nothing wrong with parents that are opposed to the public school teaching the biology of sex. That is their right as a parent. You don't like it, too bad.

You'd also be wrong about republicans opposing supporting a single mom. We'd only differ on the level of support. We prefer helping hands to hand outs. one gets someone back on their feet, the other makes enables them.


However, they did get waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay more votes than the orange-glazed man-child.  The truth?  The truth?  He can't HANDLE the truth


Right on, Den Post Editorial Board!  This bill has nothing to do with health care beyond taking it away from over 20 million Americans.  It is actually a "wealth redistribution bill", giving the ultra-rich even more than they have now.  Warren Buffet says he will receive over $600,000 more in tax breaks if Trump's bill passes.  It's a bad bill that will hurt our state and our country.  Please contact Sen Gardner's office and tell him you agree with the DP Editorial Board, vote NO!  No more to the1%, they don't need more wealth.


Beats starting a nuke war I guess.

Having said that, given that Chunky Kim likes his eats, how about banning KFC from the DPRK?


Exactly, careful consideration and nuanced thought has nothing to do with journalism (well at least not if it's produced by billionaires)


Why allow this studied ignorance to continue? HPD has some serious problems. It's well past time for the Commission to shine a flashlight into some VERY dark corners there.


Mr. Fogel, congratulations on an excellent column and good luck with your inspiring campaign.


Thank you for your words and for sharing your truth with us. I'm sorry there is such backlash on articles like these and I hope very much that you're able to step away and take care on this difficult, insulting day. My friends and family and I will continue to educate ourselves and support the Indigenous people around us in the hopes of building a better future. Love and solidarity from this white settler.


My patriotism is shown in the form of working to create "a more perfect union." I wonder where I got that idea? Standing and reciting something we learned to chant before we learned what the words meant has to be the absolute lowest demonstration of patriotism there is.


Lynn Gattis. 1st of all, thank you for standing up against Walker, especially on LNG. His project has a well documented record of failure throughout the world, LNG would be no success but an extreme debt and failure for Alaskans. One thing however, I do not agree on is your view of taxation, while I agree increasing industry tax will only move that to the customer, income and sales tax are viable options. Not as a whole (like Walkers insanely high proposal that failed) but merely a piece of the pie. State wide 4% sales tax, cap food/general tax at $50 per sale statewide. Raise landtax 1%. Avoid fuel/oil taxation. Income tax of 3% (no cap) for individuals grossing over $80k (non-refundable period of 5 yrs.) Then take alaska dealerships to the cleaners, fine them $5000 for every $1000 over msrp for each vehicle sold. As a veteran who has traveled, i have never seen such ridiculous prices which hurt every class of Alaskans. Public use of marijuana is not allowed, but sell and tax.


It wouldn't. The Good Samaritan was being  used as a parable to emphasize the point of how to evangelize even your enemies. The Sanctuary City situation involves harboring criminals, which is blatantly unbiblical.


Wow. Thanks for enlightening us all to the fact that the women quoted in the article aren't really speaking their opinions. Please feel free to share more of your impressive insights into how repressive Islamic culture is. 2 billion people who you have complete disregard for. If only we had more people like you!


Kellie Leitch is an embarrassment to pushy bone heads everywhere.


I propose a name change for Vancouver. Clarksville.


"what is it that gives humankind existence and on which humanity depends? totally?"
I would have replied, "God."


How would you go about punishing a robbery?


Times are tough in the state, send them the bill.


How about we get rid of Martin Kent (&2) for abusing the comment board?


There are a lot of honest "smart" people.


Sweeney Todd writes:

"Sometimes it's warm for a while.
Sometimes it's cold for a while."

-

Hey, can't argue with that kind of hard evidence can one?

The world's climatologists are coming around to "Sweeney's Theory Of Climate":

"Sometimes it's warm for a while.
Sometimes it's cold for a while."

Going to tackle Dark Matter next, Sweeney?

Your thoughts on String Theory?


White mass murders can't be ignored or glossed over. As far as your FBI stats goes let's just be real the prison industry in America is huge so if you want to keep your jobs and keep creating jobs for your kids then you must keep a certain population in the dark and keep crime going. Those numbers make people like you feel like incarcerating and killing blacks is okay. But like I said you are the product of people who hung,  hunted, and hated blacks so why would you care. You just show up to hate.


Can you imagine how the economy would do if O&G was not targeted by the progressives.


“The country’s not.”

The country is just fine, give me a break. Maybe they can write a book about this whole horrible experience, maybe plug their show a few more times as well.


Not cool with corruption, as I've written many times (about many issues, http://www.civilbeat.org/author/brett-oppegaard/) ... The argument here isn't about who is more corrupt. This president is in charge now; judge him solely on his actions, not in comparison to some ever-lingering boogeyman. If you like what he's doing so much, I suggest using your real name here and standing by his actions. Then, history will judge you accordingly. If you are right, you can use this post as evidence of your marvelous insights; if you are wrong, remember that your great-great-grandchildren will be reading this ...


A leader is only as good as the people he leads, when it's all about the leader, the workers lose their desire to support.
First past the post, might actually bite Junior in the butt!


Trump thinks he is God with his stolen money and cheating ways.  I find him silly and unattractive. And so very weak.


You don't think he was at all motivated by past shootings?  He's been living in a cave and just came up with this idea all by himself?


Never before has a bill of this magnitude (1/6 of U.S. economy) been rammed through in such secrecy or pushed to a vote in such haste (before the American public understands what it contains).

Time text of bill available for review:
BCRA  – 1 week
ACA – 35 weeks

Hours of open debate:
BCRA – 20? (scheduled)
ACA – 169 over 25 days

Amendments accepted from the other party:
BCRA – 0
ACA – 160

Bipartisan roundtables:
BCRA – 0
ACA – 14

Bipartisan hearings:
BCRA – 0
ACA – 13

Finance Committee meetings and negotiations:
BCRA – 0
ACA – 53


A subsidiary ... hardly

http://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Deals/Ford-sells-remaining-stake-in-Mazda


Build a wall!


"Seeking answers" is doublespeak for seeking lawsuit material.

They should watch the video clip where he runs the officer's head into a brick wall so they're reminded why they stopped having him around their lives......


Uhh Mr President
Why is Mr Jones actually out kneeling with his team? He has NEVER done this. But last night he actually came down to the field and knelt with his team. Why is that?

That's right! Because of YOU!


Why should I pay for fire protection when I've never had a fire? Why should I pay for police when they've never provided a needed service?


Trudeau is our Prime Minister but he perceives himself as Miss Congeniality.


The Cardinals are now 2 games back. The Rockies have a long history of being losers, the Cardinals have a much longer history being winners, so as far as who gets the wildcard, I would guess that the winners will win, and the losers will lose.


How many grocery stores in BC are even selling wine?  As of November - a grand total of what, 12 in the province?

And none in Vancouver, Richmond, Burnaby.

Not easy to get a license, or buy an existing one.


Violent crime has increased by about 200% in Toronto in the last year, which is deeply disturbing.

That doesn't mean, of course, that major U.S. cities also don't have significant violent crime rates.

And to be fair, my anecdote reported tragic events that happened to a small town Ontario doctor and his wife about ten years ago, as I stated in my original post.


I said that only because of state-by-state winner-take-all laws, not mentioned, much less endorsed, in the Constitution, is it possible that 11 states will determine the Presidency with less than 22% of the nation's votes!

I was shooting down YOUR argument that state-by-state winner-take-all laws are buffers to allowing the most populous states to dominate the election.


This is proof that religions will not hesitate to pass off on the gullible faithful something whose validity or veracity they have no idea of.


These awards are meaningless. Previous winners include the Audi A3, Volkswagen Golf, and Mazda 2... all decent cars but none particularly revolutionary.


If the populace became too educated, they'd eject the likes of Kelly, Micciche, Meyer, and the rest and impose  oil taxes in line with what the rest of the world charges (except a few banana republics like Alaska).


I doubt Mr. Trump will be weeping too profoundly about losing New York (as was expected) as he wins the overall presidential race tonight, however.


So, all you politically correct and enlightened chefs (who were carefully selected by this "reporter," I suspect), you'd have no problem with a baker whose father died in Auschwitz making a cake honoring a Nazi? You latent totalitarians sure do enjoy making others grovel and submit to the prevailing dogmas sweeping the land, don't you? How about telling the offended customer to go find a gay baker down the street? Surely one of the PC chefs would be delighted to bake his cake. But no, you want total and absolute control over what other people do and think. So much for being a tolerant liberal.


Oh SB 50? 24-10, that’s it? Wasn’t that the score? 24-10???

I prefer this one much better, SB 24, 49ers vs Broncos? What was the score again? Oh I remember now, 55-10. It sure beats 24-10 by miles.

Here’s another one, SB 22, Redskins vs Broncos? The score 42-10? Sure beat up the stellar Broncos defense.


Am I the only one wanting to throw up reading this?
"but we're a young famileeeee! "
" I've gone back to schooooool! "
" won't someone think of our child?  Our poor poor child? "
" in my opinion he doesn't need a dime! "

Plus the entirety of Edward's response.  Hopefully his mom cuts him out for publicly  speculating about how she will distribute her wealth.

Give the money back.


spying for their own information is one thing ... Trump says they spied FOR Obama .... similar to the way the Russians helped him win.  To borrow from Trump .... WRONG!
.
But Trump just makes it up as he goes so nothing new here


The answer should be it is both. Until there is a willingness to admit that background checks are an ineffective tool and admit that there is a more complex problem that will not be quickly solved by simplistic generalizations we will continue to see these kinds of problems.


They use fryers for nearly half of their product, it's not inconceivable that one could have been left on over night and caught fire...


Trump should talk up the NASCAR patriotism going on at the races.
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/d900726e6dcafc904bae9cc8c1b866924d2f15dc56280b2d763c88e93430a492.jpg NASCAR
...treason on a stick


Don't trust their votes.....

The Republican's know it only takes 3 Senate votes to stop any legislation. They have the 2 crazy women, so they only need one more. Last time it was McCain. To kill tax reform maybe Corker will step up. That allows another 10-12-15-20 RINO's to cast a vote for legislation they don't want to become law. McConnell oversees it all. The legislation gets killed, The anti-American Chamber of Commerce and Unions join with other lobbyists in rewarding all the incumbents with contributions for the next election, jobs for their family, friends and relatives, and can't-lose  investment tips. They all come to Congress with some money, and leave filthy rich. They work for the donors, not for the citizens they are supposed to represent. DC has always been bad, but nowhere near this corrupt.

Blood bath coming in 2018......starting with the Republican primary's. Americans know that President Trump is on our side. Those in it for others are dead meat.


"They cannot be tracked separately. "
I beg to differ...they can and they are.
see: /www.drought.gov/gdm/current-conditions     Global drought information system
see:    oas.gsfc.nasa.gov/floodmap/      NRT Global Flood Mapping
"Liz agrees with me,"   lol . from your post.
 "Changes in extreme weather and climate events, such as heat waves and droughts, are the primary way that most people experience climate change"
" Human-induced climate change has already increased the number and strength of some of these extreme events. "
from Liz Muller ,"but much of what is reported as ‘climate change’ is exaggerated. Headlines that claim storms, droughts, floods, and temperature variability are increasing, are not based on normal scientific standards. "
What part of this statement do you not understand?
And she ends with ""It is certainly true that the impacts of global warming are still too subtle for most people to notice in their everyday lives.”
This is too easy..lol.


Avoids nothing. Mr Pence's bobble-headed and uncompromising support of the Pres. Trump agenda along with his accompanying "conversion therapy" homophobia, not to mention the appearance of moral "rectitudinal" justification and righteousness simply imply that Notre Dame lacks the moral courage that should be expressed as outrage rather than complicity.


Everyone knew Trump was a con artist; he was elected anyway to deny Clinton and the Washington establishment who felt entitled to power.  Message sent.  The Dems have to spend some time in the penalty box for the mistake of nominating a self-entitled Clinton.  They'll choose someone different next time; and if the Republicans don't likewise, the Dems will probably win.


Shoulda got a Volvo


Whoa, Bill, the article you cite from the New York Post isn't Obama supporting the murder of cops, it's a a Fox News columnist named John R. Lott saying he does. That's Lott's opinion, nothing more. And, even though it clearly matches your opinion, it's anything but evidence. It's as biased as your comments are. I'm sure you can separate opinion from fact, right? You just cited a smear as evidence to support your smear.


Holy Cow.  Merkley bloviated for something like five or six thousand words.  How can he expect anyone to read through or listen to all that?  The Oregonian told me six hundred words, no more, or you would lose the readers.  I don't think the Senator even got to the subject in the first six hundred words.  How many speech writers is he paying, with our money?


Dogs also get terribly painful frostbite. Care about the dogs!


There is nothing surprising about this story.  This is common practice.  This is the tip of the iceberg of state waste.  This is the result of employee unions owning too many politicians.  Walker, and Walker-parrots like Cole and Wohlforth, say: "We've cut to the bone!  We need an income tax!"  But stories like this show just how far from the truth their "logic" is.  The state has not restructured, has not cut any agencies, has not reduced headcount by 20-30%, has not cut state employee wages, has not cut pension payouts, has not gone union-free, has not cut medical benefits, has not cut pointless bloat (like what is mentioned in this article).  The state is still operating as if oil is $100 a barrel and hasn't begun to downsize yet.  All Walker has done is hide his head in the sand of his fantasy gas line project and ignore the fiscal reality of Alaska, hoping the problems will go away.  If Walker was engaged, stuff like this would have stopped 2 1/2 years ago.


What a coincidence.....that's exactly what Venezuela said about their energy policy.  And see how well that turned out?!


Uhn.  So all the anti-abortion laws in Republican run states, the invasion medical procedures, the requirements that doctors withhold information or outright lie to women, the Hyde amendment, the banning of family planning to third-world nations whenever there's a Republican president, going back to Reagan is (apparently retroactively) the results of Democrats trying to fix healthcare in the country with the ACA?  Who knew?


How nice of them. I would have thought they would charge for the change as well gouge the price fares. It's usually all about them filling up their pockets.


I would be happy to suggest that we turn all of our swords into plowshares, just as soon as you convince North Korea, Iran, Syria, ISIS, Al-Qaeda, Boka Haram, Kataib Hezbollah, Abu Sayyaf, etc. . . to turn their swords into plowshares as well.  I'll wait, and just let me know when that happens so that we can then all sit around the campfire, holding hands and sing Kumbaya.

What a bunch of foolishness and naivete.


Well, it's the same thing.  But different.
http://people.com/politics/trump-vacation-golf-obama/


They seem to forget most ETFs are not just index ETFS but smart beta as well - Value ETFS ,momentum ETFs, Fundamental ETFs etc. All move differently than the index.


And leftists who also take advantage of the US tax code. Just ask the Clinton's how they live off their so called charitable foundation.


I hope Dahl gets in there soon.  I think he could be really good in time.  Also hope he doesn't fizzle like Story. By the way what's the chances of seeing Brandon Rodgers at Coors this year?


Even Harper never knee-capped the public with a vicious scam like this.


Divide and Conquer has been a corner stone of the British empire. Ethics and morals did not always play as big a role as what could be profited. Victoria Geoghegen reminds me of Lords' Milner and Kitchener (death of 28000 woman and children during Anglo-Boer war in exchange for gold) as well as Tony Blair. Tony disregarded the Lancaster agreement and decided not to pay for land in Zimbabwe and cost thousands of people their livelihoods? He also cooked up a story about Irak having weapons of mass destruction? [Darren Murphy ? (Tony Blair’s political adviser) and part of Bell Pottinger]. Was Bell Pottinger behind this as well? From the British came the first salvos against Apartheid (good) and now against our democracy (bad); back to my statement of "Ethics and morals did not always play as big a role as what could be profited" Thanks for the article.


Go to one of the NO-GO zones that used to be your home...

Then you'll understand.....


It is quite interesting that the democrats who are supposed to care about the underdogs, resist reigning in government spending and instead push large increases in highly regressive taxes like the general sales tax disguised as a corporate tax, the transportation bill which would impose regressive tariffs on gas and such, and the medical tax which would be regressively passed on to patients.  The dems are happy to puff and huff about Trump as being bad, bad, bad, but when it comes to concrete decisions affecting the supposed core democratic constituency,  the dems step on the poor and disadvantaged.


Yeeeew.


Mongolia is switching to a system of describing every location in the country with 3 words, and having an app tell you where it is. So your house would be "blue duck cheese". A little bizarre but makes sense for a sparsely populated country with a semi-nomadic people and little road infrastructure.


1.)"That’s not the definition of homosexuality. " - I said
2.)"It_is_not." - You said
3.) "It_is_a_definition_of_who_is_at_risk_for_abusing_children" - You said

1. & 2.) Then we agree. Why are you arguing then?

3.) The male/female adult is at risk abusing children? Or, I imagine you mean the child is at risk being abused? Because, the subject doing the abusing is the adult, not the child. And thus wouldn't, I imagine mean what you mean/intended to come to that conclusion. The error is in logic/reasoning. You have your argument outlining a direction to the conclusion you do not intend, I believe. So, can you refine that statement?


Liberals = Conservatives

"The Conservatives can hardly be called anti-immigrant: the quota for next year has been raised from 250,000 to 280,000. The world's most generous immigration program will become more generous still."

https://beta.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/how-conservatives-changed-the-nature-of-canadian-immigration/article22101709/?ref=http://www.theglobeandmail.com&


Not a bad idea to avoid fluoridation if you also eschew vaccination.  That way something quick will finish you off before the pain of rotten teeth gets you down.


Just let it die (won't take long now), and leave the blame where it belongs - with the geniuses and socialists that designed it.


Defense programs are political footballs. Nice to see Trudeau's new, shiny approach to transparency on display.


I am sure some are not happy after all.  Media (along with the Republicans and Democrats) really hate him-so finding article after article is not a shock to hear!  Remember when the media turned on Obama?  I do. Was hard to forget. Trump has alaways been there on the Bad List-no one turns down main media debates (Fox News), or refuses dinners. But Trump does and good for him.

Fair enough post by you and equally fair articles as well. (With links--thank you!)

Overall, Trump is doing what Trump said he would do. I am delighted but not surprised.


So many rhetorical questions, so little time. Those of us unhappy with the Democratic party have explained our objections many times. You persist in not getting it, so I see no need to explain it all again.


I think we just found him!

Seriously, there will be gaps in any record that stretches back for millions of years, but evolution is pretty well established.  The fables of the old testament are not history.


Regrettably, I plan to be out of town this Friday night.

Otherwise, I would be unhappily carrying a huge placard to protest the hijacking of the Party of Lincoln, T.R., Ike and Reagan by this bullying billionaire-but-two-bit con man, Liberal-Democrat from New York ....and his rabid followers.

I'd probably be hunting down an orange wig to wear.

Rest assured I'd be protesting Hillary just as unhappily.

But it would be even more fun wearing an orange jumpsuit.


Yes, Roundup  is  a milder version of the herbicide, Agent Orange that was used in the Vietnam War.
The Vietnamese are still trying to get the US to pay for all the terrible birth defects and illnesses
linked to Agent Orange.   Agent Orange was in fact developed and tested here in Hawaii and UH
researchers were instrumental in its development.  UH  at the time was a big recipient of defense
contracts and  the place at the time was lousy with FBI, CIA, Army, and Navy intelligence agents spying on UH facility and the anti war and commie protest groups who were very active on campus
and in the community.


When did not paying for your own birth control become a right?


Defining terrorism is a contentious issue. Of course, you can point to obvious examples such as 9/11, but that doesn't define terrorism.

You need necessary conditions in order to define and those conditions are not forthcoming in the case of terrorism.

For example, if you include as a necessary condition that terrorism is carried out by non-state entities, then you leave out the very real presence of state terrorism.


Yes, Paul, I even voted for him.


...and just who will pay for this beautiful tax cut, Mexico?


Although my husband is not an Eastern Rite Catholic, where this is a common practice at baptism (and it is called "Chrismation" not confirmation), it was common in the country in which he was born and grew up.  You will find a wide range of ages for most sacraments among the world's nations.

It is unfortunate that there is no real agreed upon idea of what confirmation is supposed to be...that leads to a wide variation of ages of reception/administration and required preparation (if any).


2022 World Cup Soccer looks better and better. Thanks FIFA


and us "poh folks" don't pay no taxes...hang on, if dem rich folks getting all the tax breaks/shelters, then who da heck paying all dat tax monies?..time to wake up...


So as a veteran you've got access to the VA medical system, VA home mortgages, an Alaska state discount for puchasing state land and maybe (if you're retired from the military like me) commissary and PX access.  How much more free stuff (i.e. welfare other tax payers foot the bill for) do you think you're entitled to?


Of course. You're absolutely right.


Obscene...


Hey, Bob, you must know that your views are outliers in all this. The scientific consensus seems to be that there's been a notable increase in the number of large wildfires over the period discussed, and that the fire season is as much as three months longer than it was in the mid-20th century.  And science probably knows more about AGW than it does about gravity, since AGW is strictly a geophysical phenomenon.

Rather than take exception to your specific claims, though, let me ask you something. You think that the AGW consensus is enforced by granting agencies and by a kind of modern-day academic Lysenkoism, like in the USSR, right? And that this conspiracy-like formation is tied together by economic self interest and some unified cultural, social and political agenda. AGW research itself is actually quite flimsy.

So why haven't oil and coal billionaires, like the Kochs, funded rigorous research that debunks AGW? There'd be no granting agencies, no government enforced uniformity.


Eliminating your competition by erecting "barriers to entry" through special-interest supported legislation.

How very American.


AG Chin wants him here in Hawaii-Nei.


No, we have a very rational fear of lightning, and take precautions against it, even if has always been an unlikely cause of death, which explains why it is an even less likely cause of death in developed countries today.

We go to great lengths to prevent negative events of all kinds, with laws and regulations, as in the debates about "free-range children" for example, or consumer protection laws, health inspections,  airline crash investigations, etc.  You could call all of those "irrational fears" based on the small likelihood of any of those events happening.

In fact, the hysteria over "islamophobia" based on one fringe character going off the rails in Quebec City is a good candidate for "irrational fear reaction." The chances of such an event being repeated are infinitesimal, and yet Parliament is overreacting in an irrational manner to it.


Considering you have the name of the CBC reporter wrong (it's JONATHAN Kay), one would automatically have to question everything else in your post. The elder Khadr was really a money man arranging funding for al-Qaeda (not the Taliban, for Tormaine's edification), described as "not a man of fighting." In fact, he had been badly injured in a 1992 bomb blast -- hard to be a "terrorist commander" when you can hardly walk. He deserves no credit for taking his family into a battle zone, nor for directing Omar into combat training and bomb construction, but Khadr expended considerable effort to keep Omar out of fighting. He was irate after Omar's capture that the boy had been placed directly in harm's way.

To correct Richard Roskell, Ahmed Khadr was killed in a 2003 air raid, 14 months following Omar's capture.

Never hurts to check multiple sources . . .


Rail is an investment in the futures of our children and grandchildren that will pay for itself in the long run. But we should also invest in kids in poverty who never receive adequate early education. They do very poorly in school and in life if they miss the important developmental tasks in their early years. For them it's a basic need. And for us it's an investment in their futures that they cannot afford. Studies show that even at ages 27 and 40 they lose out and are on the bottom of the heap.

"...significantly higher earnings, rates of home ownership, and levels of schooling, as well as significantly fewer arrests and social service interventions, than a control group of non-preschool participants. Cost-benefit analysis revealed that, over the lifetimes of the participants, the preschool program returned to the public an estimated $7.16 for every dollar spent."


Is that why it was the top post?


No, Jay, I am, and I do live in Southcentral Alaska.  I am just tired of all this vague and sloppy "The Valley" talk.  Maybe you haven't noticed, but just in Southcentral Alaska there is far more than ONE single valley!  Girdwood Valley, Eagle River Valley (actually vallies, North Fork and South Fork), Portage Valley, Eklutna Valley, etc. etc.  Please be specific.

Oh, and by the way, not to be pedantic but there is no such place as "The Mat-Su Valley" (although there is a Matsu Valley in Japan), because there is no such thing as the Mat-Su River.  There is the Matanuska Valley, and there is the entirely separate Susitna Valley.  So again, please be specific.


Agreed, but the NDP and Greens were PR or bust while the Tories figure moving to such system would tear their party apart as they can appeal to 40% by being moderate enough to appeal to swing voters while right wing enough to keep their base happy.  They cannot appeal to 50% while simultaneously keeping their base happy.  Now perhaps ranked ballots would lead to another split the moderate party of the split might win on second choices, but certainly the Conservatives in their current form couldn't.


If they stood their ground- somebody would be hurt. I would call it wise, not a wuss-


If Robin's analysis were based on net income rather than revenues it would show that the State's share of the pie has not declined. Sadly, the cost to produce oil on the slope continues to increase as the fields age. We can't ignore that fact. Prudent leadership from government understands this, and fortunately we have some legislators who do. We can't tax the producers to the point that they operate at losses. That would kill the industry.


All of this nonsense could be prevented if they just eliminated the Indian Act.


Siemian needs to learn to step up in the pocket when feeling pressure instead of to the back and side.

Also these miscommunications/blown coverages are getting a little bit too consistent for my taste, loved the Simmons play obviously, but how did EJ Manual manage to look like Joe Montana out there?

In relatively good shape going into the bye, can't wait til Ray comes back, we need him to bolster that pass rush... Go Broncos.


Trump people are like the kid who gets his butt kicked and then runs off and tattle tales. If you post sonething they dont like they will flag it even thought its not spam harassment abusive or name calling. They just run and tell instead of countering the argument with facts. All you little trump supporters will be back in the closet within the year. No way that clown makes it a year. Its bad when your a republican and the republican party doesn't even like you.lol


Well written and logical!

This is another unexpected consequence of diving in.

The Liberals will damage more than just healthcare and farming if they don't put on the brakes!


I guess you are one of those, that believes the governments create jobs and economic growth.

"From 1951 (the end of the Marshall Plan) to 1981 (the beginning of the Reagan tax changes), both GDP and private sector jobs grew at an accelerating rate."

During that time frame we were the major producers if manufactured goods. If you recall during World War most of the world's manufacturing had been bomb to near extinction. By the 80's the others countries had recovered and if you back in time you will find those were the days of "Made in Japan" and Germany and Japanese cars rush.

Tax laws and rates had nothing to do with it. Just like during the hay days of the Dotcom boom in the Clinton administration tax rates can be increase and maintained during good time but higher tax rates didn't create the boom


Ya youre right. I never see Obama shirts and Hillary bumper stickers.


The topic has something to do with the Catholic Church and its role in healing the nation.


More @ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lonrho

Corporate Responsibility Statement:  "Conducting our business with integrity - Lonrho is committed to high standards of ethical behaviour. Lonrho's Anti-Corruption and Bribery Policy follows and is focused on meeting obligations established in the UK Bribery Act 2011."

Lonhro agrees takeover, ending more than 100 years as a UK company: @ https://www.theguardian.com/business/marketforceslive/2013/may/15/lonrho-agrees-takeover-bid

"Tiny" ("the unacceptable face of capitalism") here described as "colourful" (sic) - but which colour?

Maybe blood-platinum?


Sphere Music, all that the law requires is the consent of one party to a phone conversation.


There are more incidents of anti_Jewish sentiments than there are of any religion....take the al-kuds parade,  they can freely rant about Jews...however if anyone tried to say anything similar about Islam...well you know!


Defense is fine, this is their signal to Elway and coaches. You messed with success and we don’t like or respect the coaches. Coaches gotta go. They’ve lost the team.


If you are in a high risk group such as being over 65, you would be better served by getting the high dose version of the flu vaccine now.  Either do that, or get one shot standard shot now, and then a second one in December.


He probably got sent back to patrol as part of his "punishment" by the fourth floor.


Very Funny.


How about we investigate how Obummer not only threatened fellow Americans but actually attacked them thru the IRS and NSA. These diversions are ham handed attempts to take our eyes off the real struggle
http://www.truthrevolt.org/news/video-david-horowitz-second-civil-war


Marty, you may find it proper to involve yourself in other peoples' private lives. Most of the rest of us call it meddling.


So if someone shot your "calm, friendly dogs" in your own yard and said "sorry man, they scared me" (or better yet, just drove away without saying anything at all) you'd be all "right on, good work!"

Really?


You do realize that Johnson only signed the civil rights act, don't you?? It was introduced and supported in 1959 by the republicans. Percentage wise more republicans than democrats passed it in 64. Johnson used it as a political tool. Read up on him before he was the Vice President. You really think he changed that quickly??


"Mike Pence: 'We have no tolerance for hate and violence from white supremacists, neo-Nazis, or the KKK'"
But Antifa and BLM are just fine.


Spoken like a true eco-Marxist champagne socialist.

Don’t go too far from city in your Tesla when its -20 deg. C in blizzard conditions or you have to decide between making it home or keeping warm.


We seem to live in a "post-National Canada" unless a wealthy Liberal donor is involved :

https://www.google.ca/amp/s/www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/who-canadas-ten-most-generous-political-donors-have-contributed-to/article26793752/%3fservice=amp

Same old Liberals.


Funny that you should use that first word; I already have it in my oral testimony for tomorrow.


Loud Parrot, You and your gang seem to really hate oil workers of Alaska and wish they all would leave the great state Alaska and lose their jobs!

You seem like a fossil fuel hater in guerrilla warfare!

Do you work at the AOGCC? Is this the reason why you will not give up your name?

Are you Commissioner Forester who wrote some of  these crazy AOGCC orders against Hilltop, well the Alaska Bankruptcy Judge just said the AOGCC violated the law in the Aurora case last month!

I wish you had a brave heart like a true American and could put your real name behind your coward like remarks!

If you throw rocks from behind a curtain from a high rise and harm innocent people down below you should be judged and damages should be awarded under Alaska, law! Your destructive words are like rocks used as harmful ammunition.

Loud Parrot you should provide your real name so you can be served and sued otherwise you are just another disturbed minded coward harming innocent people in my opinion!


I would ask Mr Siddall one simple question.  What happened to the home price spike when the tax was slapped on foreign buyers?


It was a staged photo-shoot.  Trump's cabinet of quality winners is far superior in quality to Obama's party hack, gender and race based picks.


That wouldn't make the English xenophobes happy. Those guys would probably like to leave the Commonwealth if it would stop all those pesky darkies and Muslims from getting in.


Do you have any more US and EU propaganda sources?
There are so much more including G&M.


Better get out before it’s too late.


A family member of ours worked as a machinist. There were nasty coolants and lubricants used in the shop, where he also breathed the smoky by-products of these compounds being heated to very high temperatures on the cutting tools. Not surprisingly, he succumbed to bladder cancer. Firefighters get automatic compensation for certain cancers; why not other workers?
"The research is not yet complete." Okay?


Polish resistance fighters were not part of a national army; they were ordinary citizens who volunteered to fight the Nazis  , with whatever scarce resources they had. Many died.

Google "Warsaw Uprising." This is the most well known operation of the resistance, but they were busy elsewhere in Poland trying to blow up rail lines, etc.


Who knew the presidency could be so hard! He wanted to play president like the shows on TV, not actually be president.


The conditions are appropriately pretty broad. If I find someone in my home, I'm not going to politely ask that person's intentions. It's pretty safe to assume they're up to no good, and it's generally legal to defend your home using whatever means are necessary.

I've never been in such a situation. I'd like to think I wouldn't simply shoot someone on sight. I would, however, be forced to make a quick decision regarding the intruder's intent, so generalization would be appropriate.


So this could be a nation building project like the railroad was back in the 1800s?   hmmm...  interesting.  Perhaps a little financing from the government could help revive this project?


The promised Hillary info must be divulged by the media.

She does have quite a long list of international donors.


Look at the cycles of the sun! Think about what you said in ten years.  I will expect an apology.


With a 10 second attention span you can be everywhere.


Indeed. As she said in her pre-election interview with the Associated Press, Ginsburg added, with a wink and a smile: “It’s likely that the next president, whoever she will be, will have a few appointments to make.”

Bit of a shocker for the old lady for sure. Can she hold on? I don't wish her ill, but I do wish she would retire.


There is nothing "advisory" about giving or denying "consent."  The duty of the Senate is clear. Time for our senators to earn their paycheck and do the job as our Founding Fathers intended.


$500K to protect nazis. wth?! trump's America


I think what Dimbulb Donnie also doesn't realize is that when he "ran" his "businesses", he could act pretty much as tyrant, firing people at will, and just because he had the money.

It doesn't work like that in government. I think Donnie will find the metaphorical knives will be out from those in his own party that he has constantly humiliated and bullied.

Donnie may never have gotten his comeuppance in his little playland of "running" his "businesses" that he only had because of Daddy's money, but he may finally get a lesson in the school of hard knocks out here in the real world.


tell you what

you can have freeland for free


I agree that sprinklers should be paid by the owner of the unit,and included in the price if/when the unit is sold.


Well Mich, and I do agree with you, but note, she still has some supporters.  Possibly not the cream of the crop, and maybe not on your friends list, nor mine.  Most can be "written off", but, there are some......


I just heard that can opener start up !


Well that’s a different team. Not a good game by the leafs but results are results.
Go leafs


Jesus said there is a duty to follow a state's just laws.  Among the just laws that a modern state must have for existence are laws regarding border enforcement and immigration.


It's clear you've studied up on the students' reactions to the KU assistant professor's comments that landed her on interminable leave and not their content. However, what's more interesting is your willingness to parse what constitutes academic freedom of speech as it suits you. There is no war on tenure beyond what resides in your mind. There are questions being asked that upset your status quo, so it's understandable that you would not deem them to be progressive. Independence should include the freedom to address that which others might find offensive or even ugly. You're either in favor of defending free speech or you're not. Thanks for making it clear where you stand.


What can they say?  They fracked up.


$550,000!?  Peanuts.  Why haven't the feds indicted the insurance companies, hospitals, doctors and drug companies that have stolen $50,000,000 or more from Alaskans via inflated medical costs?


What a disservice MSM has done to receiving new, along with Google changing algorithms making it difficult to find different news sources


Couldn't agree more. How is an industry's relocation practice news? Instead of focusing on the real news (high paying jobs leaving the State and the economic impact of those losses) you interview a bunch of realtors about how they sell houses?
Why not talk to economists and write something useful?


Lots of "if's," but based on everything you've written, it sounds like you're already on board.


The Byzantine Catholic Churches and the non-Byzantine Churches in union with Rome use the same liturgies as their Orthodox brothers and sisters.  Union with Rome does not mean giving up one's liturgical practices or accepting  the western liturgies. Pope John VIII in 879 approved the use of the vernacular Slavonic language for use in the mass (divine liturgy)  in areas converted by Sts. Cyril and Methodius and said "Nor is it in any wise opposed to wholesome doctrine and faith to say Mass in that same Slavonic language (Nec sanæ fidei vel doctrinæ aliquid obstat missam in eadem slavonica lingua canere), or to chant the holy gospels or divine lessons from the Old and New Testaments duly translated and interpreted therein, or the other parts of the divine office: for He who created the three principal languages, Hebrew, Greek, and Latin, also made the others for His praise and glory (Boczek, Codex, tom. I, pp. 43-44).


They've done it before on other articles too, especially when the comments go to one extreme. It's their website, their prerogative.


What parents raised this monster??  His family should be ashamed - and THEY should take corrective action in the Samoan way.


Not sure where you get your news,  but the protesters had a permit. The counter-protesters did not and were the ones that incited the violence.  I definitely don't agree with the white supremacist (I'm a brownie), but they have just as much right to voice their opinions as Black Lives Matter or the Black Panthers.  They are all ridiculously stupid, but we allow stupid people to talk here, otherwise we would be China.


"I'm smart 'cause I know that I live on a spinning ball -- even though I can't prove that it's a ball or that it's spinning"


Trump is doing a good job and that is all anyone cares about. It is not Trump that is under investigation. There is nothing there so beat it you bat chit losers.


More like a lack of heath care. The only thing that the VA did right was to provide us with the much needed pain killers. Now they can't even do that right. A broken body that will never heal will always hurt. Telling vets that all they have to look forward to is a life of physical pain and suffering is not the way to handle it. This policy is killing vets every day. Please give us our lives back!! Write your congress man and demand we end this policy of pain and let the doctors prescribe the medications not congress.


This advice may make sense for those aspiring to climb the corporate ladder.  But there are many employees who do not aspire to the grief that comes with being a supervisor/manager.  Good technical skills don't always make for good management skills, and lots of people lack the skills or interest to lead others.

If you enjoy and are satisfied with your job, you are one of the fortunate minority.  There is nothing wrong with enjoying the ride for as long as it lasts.  Nothing ever stays the same indefinitely.  If circumstances change such that you are no longer satisfied/motivated and don't look forward to going to work, then it's time to move on.


I retired at the start of the Bush administration, without an employer-funded pension. My retirement savings were severely impacted by the Great Bush Recession and the 4.6% annual losses suffered by the S&P 500 under Bush. Under Obama, as the stock market surged 12% a year not including dividends (the second-longest bull market in history), I recovered everything that was lost under the previous Republican administration and more. Thank you, Obama.


The greatest accomplishment of people like Trump, the Koch brothers and their ilk was to convince voters that policies that are good for billionaires are therefore good for the type of person who lost their livelihood due to globalization.
Trade unions were good for average workers; higher wages, better working conditions, etc.  Does anyone think for one moment that the new government will be supportive of any of those?  Myron Ebell is now in charge of the sacking of the EPA.  People do know why the EPA was established, right?


"Business South Africa was also very supportive of his ascendancy to the highest office of the Union Building." Seriously now. Shame.


Wiliki, you are a shameless liar and there's no way that rail will cost 10 billion.   It will cost much more.


Thank you President Obama !


When committees of Congress issue a subpoena, it is no more "optional" to obey than when the FBI goes to court and gets a judge to issue a subpoena.  The proper response to a violation should be an IMMEDIATE contempt-of-Congress charge seeking imprisonment of the offending government hack who refuses to obey the law.

Sending a few Deep State hacks to prison should facilitate greatly all such duly issued subpoenas in the future.


Of course. Why would you think otherwise?


“Everybody benefits from economic activity and value creation.”

Ah, and here I thought wages had been stagnant since 1988. I (and nearly every economist) must have gotten that wrong. Thanks.

http://ftalphaville.ft.com/files/2014/04/RealWagesChart-590x457.png


The left is determined to stiffle free speech and public opinion


Is there a list published of those who declined to be associated with previous inductees?


Typical public outcry by the community and not unreasonable.  Without a legal background, not really surprising that folks struggle with comprehending initial lesser charges.  Consider the shockwaves over this reckless disregard for the store employee's life.  I do agree that you are absolutely correct regarding the order of charges.  Public outrage is understandable though, especially in this case.  Concern for public safety by the community is far better then the complacency that has become commonplace in so many other cities.


I get chicken skin reading this article. A legend indeed. God bless you coach Marciel.


Excepting the native population we all moved here from somewhere else. You seem to be cranky in all your posts, and obviously you would rather be elsewhere, so why don't you leave? I believe Oklahoma or Texas would welcome you.


What will they use to remove the smell of failure and desperation?


Why are you saying the project is questionable? The current security screening areas are potential disasters in waiting.


Voting counts.  Trump and company, if they choose, should impose their religious agenda including appointing ultra right wingers to the supreme court or reversing abortion rights in the U.S.  They won.  For the millions of Americans who choose to not vote because of Hillary's so called faults and the millions that voted for Trump they should get what they voted for, even if the VP wants to trample on states right and force creationism be taught as fact.  Voting counts.


how much will our negotiators concede on the labour side to protect Canadian big business

probably a lot

Trudeau is an empty suit


Here's what I think happened:  During the presidential race, Russian reps of Putin whispered to Trump campaign aides, "let's see if some of our patriotic hackers can do 'a little something' to maybe help you guys out, eh?"  The aides went back to Trump and whispered the same subtle message in his ear.  The very next rally, Trump shouted out "RUSSIA, PLEASE HACK INTO HILLARY'S EMAILS AND REVEAL EVERYTHING!"

Trump immediately became the guy in your school you never tell a secret to---unless you actually want it to get out.

Every so often, an aide would say, "Tell me again, why are we working for this guy?"  The answer:  "Because 30+ percent of voters will believe anything, and this guy will get US in the White House."  It all makes sense now.


You wonder why.........I'll tell you why, because it doesn't come from the pulpit  truth sets you free. How long is it since it's been part of a sermon you've sat through?
You sound fortunate enough to have had it imbedded into you psyche.


Another sleazy lawyer loses out on his big payday after this lawsuit against the city.


Great reminder. I remember talking on the phone with one of my employees. It was a day off and my family and I were driving somewhere. My employee called me to give me an update on a bunch of things that were happening and at the end of the call, I said "good job". I hung up the phone and my wife turned to me and said - that wasn't good enough, you need to tell your employee what they specifically did that was good. High fives, thumbs up, and "good job" can go so much farther when you add something specific to it... like "Good job on that phone call, I like how you said X".


Won't lie ... I did too but that was because I never liked or understood the pick. Based on everything i knew it was a reach in the 2nd round. Gotsis is proving me wrong as well. And I never mind being proven wrong. He has been solid.


As a Hawaiian I am all for the TMT to be built atop Mauna Kea. Everybody wins. It's a no brainier. We have the best site in the world to have a TMT. Let us and the whole world benefit from this science marvel. Build it now!


This is a stupid poll for several reasons:

First, the total percentages add up to much more than 100%
Second, Trump's disapproval rating of 55% is nothing to cheer about since that's what Obama had when he left office.
Third, even though the disapproval rating of Congress is 66%, you're comparing apples to oranges with Trump (1 person) vs. Congress (535 persons) as Congress has had a tougher and more complex job to do than Trump has had so far.
Fourth, Congress isn't tweeting at all hours of the day and night or holding pep rallies for its known supporters across America to bolster its image and its egos.
Fifth, Congress has never been popular with the people.

But, most critically, what the Hell does a nebulous concept such as "Approval" really mean?

It is not the same thing as asking someone to judge the competency or effectiveness of a person or body of persons. It's more akin to a popularity contest than any serious inquiry into the actual work being done in Washington.


Horde, Please explain how the president can unilaterally change and act passed by congress?  Perhaps you know about something I missed in civics class.


The GOP buffet doesn't look very appetizing.


I bring in a conservative economist.


Nothing on illegals, daca are being harmed by this;
Nothing on H2B/offshoring;
Nothing on dealing with China and their constant cheating;

They rolled back a few regulations on the environment that had caused no issues with economy;
So far, the only thing done was the attack on ACA with an EO that has caused chaos in the industry.

What a total cluster.


This cartoon and others like it tell us more about the person who did the cartoon then about anything else. So, it's official, thanks to this cartoon, that there is HATE, on that side. And that there aren't good people on that side.


Thanks!

LOL


What about funding for home care for seniors? Much rather see a tax for that.


The real challenge to Canada's health care system is Canada's health care system.


"Have circumstances really changed that much "

JT's first bill was a tax cut, reducing Government revenues

He then reversed the Increase to OAS eligibility increasing long run liabilities.

He then dramatically increased other program spending.

Nowhere is there any plan to bring that structural deficit under control at any point.

"In any case, the projections are based on the federal government not changing policies which is not realistic."

Trudeau Père lost control of the budget in '75, turning what had been a structural Primary Surplus into a structural Primary Deficit. 82', '83, '84 Canada recorded record back to back deficits peaking at 8.1% of GDP - I struggle to think of a major economy who posted a  deficit of such magnitude outside of a major Financial crisis.

It took major austerity by Mulroney and Martin, plus a booming Global economy to balance Canada's books again - 25 years after TP went off the rails.

History is not on your side


One evening back in the 1980s, I was walking up South Bragaw headed towards the old auction house on Mountain View Drive.  I did exactly that at the crosswalk next to the old Williwaw Elementary.  I thought the redneck who wound up stopping for the red light was going to shoot me or jump out of his truck and beat me down.  My point being, I learned that such tomfoolery may have unintended consequences and I shouldn't be so eager to continue such practices, especially considering that Anchorage was hardly as overrun with cops as compared with today.  Not that they would have really done anything one way or the other.


aa the depression ended and things turned around cause of the war pal, not government regulation.


They should stop complaining. At least these will be nice houses and not low income nightmares.


It would be hard to look much worse under pressure than Trevor did in the last 4 games.


Labor Day - some actual history:  http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/what-is-labor-day-and-why-do-americans-celebrate-it/ar-AArfnd7

Key facts:

“a creation of the labor movement and is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers."

The holiday evolved out of decades of tensions between workers and unions on one side, and state security forces and employers on the other.  (small business folks are owners; not employees or laborers)

Think about a psychological fact - owners have control;  workers/laborers do not.


Joey Votto doesn't play for the Blew Jays so I hate him.


The Wanty piece was filled with misstatements and illogical conclusions.  Thank you, Mr. Mueller, for educating the community in a helpful way.  I found your piece clear and persuasive.


But but but this time it will be different.


Exactly. Earn your way. Putting in quotas for woman is a slippery slope and actually does them a disservice.
It's getting ridiculous.


If you will give me an email address, I will send you a three-page letter from the principals of Maglev 2000 who examined my costing and indicate that I am being conservative, and also that they are willing to work with the city on making the conversion.  I have submitted testimony to the House Transportation Committee for its meeting tomorrow on Senate Bill 1183, SD2, which I support.  I also will be testifying in person.  If you believe that maglev conversion would not be cheaper, why don’t you join me there, say hello, and then give your own testimony?


Yep, whose father is also a prominent West Virginia Democrat And Clinton loyalist.


‘So power belongs to white English speaking males’

Next time you have the chance to meet with a Swedish, Danish or German fellow (both man or woman), observe their stare when they look at you, it may help disenflate the  idea about yourself


Whoa! This reads like a Margaret Wente column.


I'm not part of a demographic that is being threatened with brutality and erasure, so I withhold judgement because I am not in their shoes. While I prescribe to non-violence, if someone were to come to my door and threaten my family I would find it very difficult to stick to my non-violent beliefs.


It sounds like the doctors haven't been doing the $1500 a plate "networking" circuit. Tsk tsk tsk that will never do.

Canadians need to think about "Sunny Ways" and selfies with Junior and we won't even need doctors.  It's called the Justin placebo effect.  Besides Doctors are way over rated and the Liberals have the "science" to prove it.


Grandstanding how Gabbard comes in and opportunistically steals the limelight from the people who have stood steadfastly against the Dakota Pipeline for many months. No different than other politicians. Hopefully something positive will come fo this for the Dakota tribe.


The police does not stop anyone for no reason or fun. If you don't want them do it, they would be more than happy to comply, because this means less work for same pay!

This is exactly what happened when that anti-racial profiling came out. Police simply come with body bags. Everyone is happy, I guess?


or a public sector leech.


There is only one gun law allowed.  "No Gun Laws Allowed."


"You exist...therefore you are". That's good enough for most of us.


The vagaries of old age hit us all Teddy.


No. I don't.

I know that you think anyone who holds different political views than you is "pro crime" somehow. But that's really not the case.

You're obsessed with cherry picking and then thinking that represents the entire worldview that is different than your own. You need to be equally skeptical of both sides and be on guard at all times for people who want to take advantage of you.

Voter I.D. laws are not the way to curb the small amount of voter fraud that actually takes place. Claims that Trump made about the election are entirely based on hearsay (he literally heard it from some golfing buddy of his and then stated it as fact).

There is a lot of evidence that voter I.D. laws aim to suppress certain demographics - and no: illegal immigrants should not be granted the right to vote. I wouldn't describe myself as a liberal (though I am sure you think I am because I'm left of far-right) but I wouldn't back anyone who thinks that is OK. Most Democrats/liberals would agree.


The UO foundation already invests in the stock market.  Apparently, UO wants to invest actual operating funds in the market before they are spent.  One might assume that UO as a state institution is not hoarding money.  It should spend every year what it takes in.  Short term investing is very dangerous as one cannot ride out market downturns.  Over the last 16 years, the market has only risen 30-40% (referenced against market peak in 2000).  The days of 8-10 percent return annually have not been seen in some time.  If the market crashes and the UO must liquidate its holdings, who picks up the tab?  I will vote against the measure.


"Not by agreeing with it (that Islam and democracy are incompatible ,,,)".  It is imperative to call a spade a spade.

Islam besides being a  religion, it provides an operation conduct for its adherents, like Sharia law.  May be there is absolutely nothing wrong with it.  That's why it is built into almost all Muslim countries for its societal operation. Islamic system will work if the majority of the population is of that affiliation. China has another form.

However, it is in diametrically opposite to be in concordance with western societies and hence the constant conflict. British born children of the  Pakistani immigrants, who were brought in by the then departing British in the 1960s to work in the mills and mines,  cannot comprehend the dichotomy  of their teachings and what is at large outside --with freedom to think or even dress. No opportunity to integrate in that society unless they have unwittingly come out of the closed society.

Very complex circumstance.


Good old Keith Kaneshiro, he MUST be wearing one of those bracelets around his thick head and it's been squeezed TOO HARD !!! C'mon Keith, how much more draconian are you gonna get ?? It's very hard, indeed near impossible, to use Keith Kaneshiro and Common Sense in the same sentence. Who's paying him off to propose such a ridiculously expensive idea ?? Instead of some expensive leg bling, tighten the laws for repeat DUI offenders !! But, are laws tougher on DUI offenders or criminals that commit VIOLENT crimes ??


This person is not female. Why are journalists presenting ideology as fact. It is not.  This is a mental condition for which I have sympathy, but the flip side is that women's sports are now being overrun with these males.  And they should continue to participate in male sports. Since his is actually, on planet earth, male.


In court, the veil was being pitted against an actual right held by someone else, i.e., the right of the accused to a fair trial, and the court still held that veils must at least he considered for allowance unless it was unduly compromising.

There is no equivalent in daily life.  Nobody has a constitutional right to see the faces of others in the street, and public services must be provided in a non-discriminatory fashion.


But high skilled by definition is very low numbers

This category is also about filling shortages that can't be filled by Canadians.  It's low skilled workers we have to worry about.


Professor Marrus' remark was not racist at all. I was directed against the campaign to remove the title "Master" and not directed an any individual or race.  His point, in context, was that the Master of Massey college was a pleasant person and his title did not impose any hardship on anyone.

What Marrus' didn't count on was the vicious disingenuousness with which those trying to remove the title would latch on to anything, even at the cost of an illustrious reputation, to further their goals.

That is why his apology and explanation met with silence and rejection: hearing it would undermine the agenda.


You may want to visit a few of the Hebrew schools in the Toronto area to get your facts straight. The girls are required to wear skirts that come to the ankle and hats. The school uniform from Moses.....and he wasn't much of a designer. Religion is for sheep.


Get rid of section 8.


OS - why are you so fixated on groping women?


The increase to the minimum wage is a major boost in tax revenue or he federal and provincial governments. It is not about the workers. It is about taxing the "rich" employers. That is why Wynne is not listening. She and Justin are desperate for cash.


Trump was commending Wiki Leaks as a "true" and reliable source during the elections. Lol. Amazing what he labels "fake new $".


You know of course that Governor Walker's veto pen was throwing down a marker right? When the legislature completely failed to do it's one job of balancing the budget something had to be done to get their attention and that is what Walker has done. Now it's up to the lege to finally do the job they should have been focused on seven months ago.


There there poor baby Donald, don't be afraid of the mean press.


Thugs are thugs whether they are propped up by the right or the left.


I'm afraid not.  I see far too many poorly researched news articles containing unsubstantiated information to believe any of the news sources understand what real journalism looks like. Politicians are allowed to spew one lie after another and those lies are printed without any fact-checking.  Other hard news stories are ignored in favor of shallow innuendo......real journalism is dead and most "journalists" don't even make an attempt at telling the whole story...they just sell a narrative.


Who cares if others pay more than we do? Why would you  pay more than you have to for something just because other people in a different country are paying even more?   The point is that we do not need to be paying these high rates to begin with if not for the irresponsible actions of the Liberal government.  If a loaf of bread should actually cost $1 in Canada, why would I be happy paying $2 for that same loaf (especially if that extra $1 cost is due to government greed and incompetence) just because the price of bread in Europe is $3?


I don't believe Oregon's increase In population can be fixed with birth control.  It's migration from other states and locations that is providing our population increase.

Per the  PSU, Census Gurus:

 "Net migration typically leads Oregon’s annual population change, while the natural increase is a relatively smaller and more stable component of population change. Between 1980 and 2012, Oregon’s net migration over the years has ranged from an increase of 63,200 residents to a decrease of 39,500 (Graph 1). During the same period, the natural population increase resulted in more consistent gains of between 11,600 and 20,900 residents per year."

We can't close the borders to Oregon, so we just have to suck them up.


No.  Just no.  You have a full time nanny and a work space that is physically separated from your home?  that's not working from home with kids.  Working from home with kids is having the baby strapped to your chest for a nap while you sit at the computer.  It's balancing your need to finish something with your guilt over letting your kids spend another hour playing video games so you will be able to finish it.  It's never having more than 15 minutes in a row to do anything because 15 minutes is the longest your toddler will ever play with anything by herself.   It's learning how to do 8 hours of work in the 5 hours that your kids spend in school.

Nothing wrong with having a nanny.  But handing childcare to someone else for 8 hours every day so you can get your work done is *not* working home with kids.


Bernie for VP.


Semantics aside, we are discussing the state of being male or female.
The rest of your quote must be recently added pc propaganda.


Yet we tolerate those schools, right, Chuck?


I wonder how much we're paying Trump to have Him use his own properties for "business?"


OK, so let's all point fingers and blame people from the past as our do nothing legislature twiddles their thumbs. The fact of the matter is, and the reason we are in this position, is that the Republican party has been responsible for the state budget for the past twenty years and they have spent like drunken sailors. Meyers, Cogdill, et al now must face the fact that they have put the future of Alaska in jeopardy. They created they problem, they need to fix it now. As stated, they cannot kick the can down the road and not make matters worse. Basic math proves that. Alaskas Future has spent several years in a bi-partisan study knowing years ago that this day was coming.

I have seen their presentation and it is apolitical. Their only goal is to pull Alaska back from the brink of ruin brought on by a lack of leadership in the legislature. They, like all Alaskans, have skin in this game and want to see a strong, vibrant future for Alaska, not the broken hlk that we are about to become.


Weren't we supposed to be into another ice age now?
According to ice cores from Antarctica, the past 400,000 years have been dominated by glacials, also known as ice ages, that last about 100,000y. These glacials have been punctuated by interglacials, short warm periods which typically last 11,500 years. Because our current interglacial (the Holocene) has already lasted approximately 12,000 years, we are overdue...maybe we in Canada should focus on increasing CO2...just sayin'...


Hi Hockeytown, you state "Just because some people can't control themselves shouldn't make it impossible for people who require pain meds to make them functional."  Another salient point to make here:  there is a hefty toll on society for 'some people [who] can't control themselves'.  There are whole families that are destroyed, jobs lost, criminals afoot - stealing, burglarizing to feed the addiction, other crimes being committed - all these result in incarceration costs and more costs to the an already clogged judicial system.  It's not about just taking the drugs, it's about the tidal wave of destruction that is left behind.


I maintain that regular patrol officers should not have been sent out after Bourque. A SWAT squad should have been called in and officers told to exercise extreme caution. It is unreasonable for patrol officers to be trying to deal with a guy armed as Bourque was. The answer is not to have carbines all over the place and they would not have helped officers sniped at from a distance and/or from behind. One officer had his body armour in the trunk of the car where the carbine would have been!


There is a simple solution to this problem. Consume less sugar; drink less pop, drink more water/quality tea/quality coffee with no condiments, eat less cake, eat more vegetables, non-processed meats, salads, rice, etc. Above all, cook wholesome meals, skip the ready made meals especially the 0% fat stuff (sugar is the replacement to make it palatable). It's amazing what you can do in 15 minutes worth of cooking, even from scratch.

A favourite of mine right now is a 200g steak medallion cooked on the barbecue (post cracked pepper seasoning only) and a large portion of chopped Mediterranean vegetables (zucchini, eggplant, red bell pepper, red onion, spinach, green beans) fried with herbs de provence and olive oil. You could even replace the steak with diced chicken to cook in one pan. You can make sauté potatoes for more calories if you want. Great meal, manageable sugars, no preservatives.


Tax payers in Oregon should be used to Be Left Holding The Bag by now.


Unless you consider a Skor McFlurry a healthy menu offering this is a bad business move.


Wow, what madness. Of course the earth is flat. Anyone who looks out the window knows that. And smoking is good for you.  Keeps you thin and fit. And of course the world is getting colder. That's why the north is frozen over twelve months of the year and there is no sense in opening our pools during the summer months. They're frigid. You need a couple more Sirs after your name for the gift of your wisdom.


sit it out stupiddd


The only confirmed fact in this piece is that a lawsuit was filed. Be interested to read about the facts when the trial begins.


Waters needs her ass kicked out of the country. Hope the trumper does it


Bu, bu, but, the Trump organization said there was no contact with Russians throughout the campaign, so it must be true - LOL.


Joe Strub Jr. will be 94 next month.


Further, the idea they are employed to "protect" was disproven a few years back when the supreme court stated they are not obligated to protect the public. maybe that is why we don't see that phrase, "to protect", on many patrol cars across the country anymore. they are employed to "Enforce the Law", thus why they call themselves "LEO's", Law Enforcement Officers. they are there to solely enforce the rule of law and in many cases it isn't even law, but rather some local code or regulation. they do this in many cases through the threat of imprisonment and or violence, they are there to impose a fine to fund their salaries and the local municipalities budgets, not to protect you or me from harm. how many times have the cops actually stopped a crime before it occurred? They are there after the fact more often than not.


Man, homophobia is back, Don't worry GBA, I am sure you are safe in your closet fortress, you should come out of that closet once and a while.


If you eat the cake, the cake will no longer be there. That is the meaning of the famous proverb. I guess English is your second language.


Can the biggest bomb dropped on Afghanistan stop RussiaGate? No. Can a strike on a Syria/Russia air base stop RussiaGate? No. Ok,let's try a nuclear Fire and Fury like the civilized world has never seen! Yeah, I AM THE MOST POWERFUL LEADER IN THE FREE WORLD!!!


cont.:, as Rover's Run goes alongside Campbell Creek with direct access to the creek the entire time.  To put it buntly, Rover's Run is "danger close" to the Creek.  So we, as responsible trail users, pay attention to bear sightings, reports and the recommendations of the park and we simply don't ride it at certain times of the year.  That's a pretty easy mitigation strategy.  Wildlife corridors are the first thing you've actually said in this entire article that has any credibility.  These are important and should be considered, however, data should be used, not just one's feelings.  How many bear dens are up there the last time they were counted?  How does this compare with the other areas?  Do more bear dens mean more negative encounters?  Is it significantly more density than other areas where trails exist?  If this is just something that you feel, that there are more dens up there than scattered in lower areas of FNBP or across the creek, then you need to admit you have no data.


"we have to pass the bill to find out what's in it"
Nancy Pelosi, March 9th 2010.


Just what we need another monopoly. Utilites will go up higher due to this. Try paying $800 dollar light bills that PG&E sticks to its customers due to having monopoly.


8 years, you mean. :)


With an article like this, it is expected that most people with respond with comments suggesting carrying a gun. The reality is that there are many psychological, emotional, and legal factors involved with the taking of a human life-for any reason. Marksmanship and tactical mall ninja is the least concern. Some people just don't want to deal with everything that comes with killing a person, so they don't carry a gun. For these people, less than lethal is the only alternative. Just because yo have a right to bear arms, doesn't/shouldn't mean you have to.


When I was growing up transgendered people were known as in local vernacular chicks with d##ks.


Except it wasn't a cold winter outside of central B.C.


"Not only did the officer and supervisor not keep up with the SCOTUS Legal Updates, they handled the situation very poorly."
=========
The one thing about SCOTUS Legal Updates is the fact that they are "updated" every once in a while.....meaning that SCOTUS Legal Updates are only valid until the SCOTUS reverses or modifies itself with another SCOTUS Legal Update.
-
And the SCOTUS reverses or modifies a previous SCOTUS ruling quite often.....as a result of new cases that bring in another set of facts that causes the SCOTUS to change its mind.
-
In other words, SCOTUS Legal Updates are "guidelines" written on paper; they are not "irrevocably set in stone."


The political experts, they say, said the same thing about Lisa Murkowski's chances of winning a write in campaign.  I hope someone takes up the mantra, "To hell with politics, just do what's right for America". In my view, as someone who is tired of all the negativity, Americans need a candidate we can all believe in.


Got bankruptcy?
Financially...
Morally...
Mentally...
We've got it all!


He would be charged with child exploitation even though the child he was referring to was himself at 13 being sexually assaulted by a priest.  That bit of context was immediately lost from the saga.


How about:
In 1874, Canadian inventors Henry Woodward and Matthew Evans filed a patent for an electric lamp with different-sized carbon rods held between electrodes in a glass cylinder filled with nitrogen. The pair tried, unsuccessfully, to commercialize their lamps but eventually sold their patent to Edison in 1879.


My guess would be yes!


Gerald,

It might take less than that, as people will weigh their options and possibly leave the state to other areas with a much lower cost of living, meaning less population. then what? everything the liberals complain about, the rich, will be the only people that can afford to live here and more than likely won't, they will more than likely just but up property for their summer vacations. it has nothing to do with your idea of what is responsible and everything to do with the cost of living. maybe if the state actually invested those funds back into the state rather than out of state our costs to live here wouldn't be so high.


What happened to the column?  Did it make too much sense for the RG?


Calm yourself Roy turn inward seek your inner peace.  Maybe put on a little Jefferson Airplane or Grateful Dead.  you will be fine in the morning.


Actually, it is the federal government that is the gouger, charging exorbitant "rent".


That's a good description of Trump.


Although your assumption about not reading the story is inaccurate, your suggestion to restrict the Constitutional Right to Free Speech based on flawed conditions seems so Unamerican, doesn't it?


Best answer yet... and it's only the beginning of bear season. I think that may be the next closure...by Saturday


Priebus didn't leak what he was accused of.

The best example of how incompetent these people are is the fact that what was 'leaked' turned out to be a standard public document.

It's not a problem of leaks, it's a fact that these people have no clue about what it is they're involved in.

Leaker numero uno?

Sad.


Seems to be widespread confusion among not only the citizenry, but also the officials in government  that we hired to do the job. The government is not our master, it's quite exactly the other way around.    Don't forget, it's government with the consent of the governed.


There is an absence of policy. What remains is a 100 days of reactions. If it has the Obama name on it - dismantle it. If it can in anyway provide a blame it on Obama segway in a Twitter rant, it gets the Administrations wrath.
What NGO's provide is the distribution networks with that do not then need to be duplicated as individual new needs and crises occur. Its the Infrastructure that governments don't replicate, nor duplicate. It is about turning up funding that allows NGO's to consolidate and collaborate, form partnership.  20 million on the brink of famine in 4 countries....  humanitarian crisis is not in this administrations awareness nor concern.
When the oval office (no corners) was shown over the weekend, the battle banners draped each of the Armed Forces flags. Andrew Jackson's portrait was enshrined. Trump was rewriting history to fit a sound bit.... 20 million on the brink of famine. He'll probable send his surplus of  private label steaks, and write it off as a donation.


Have ya seen grocery prices? I had to pay an extra buck for butter, because it has no salt! I am living on $1000.00 a month. Try that. Try to get a job when you're over 60. And a woman...but, hey! It is what it is, and I try to stay happy. But, some shit needs to get fixed. Grocery prices are WAY too high!


While, like many of the world's people I listened to the Presidential election last night, my eyes were on the U.S. elections page. That's right, I listened on the radio and watched what I was also interested in on the Net. What I was watching was the marijuana revolution. The voters again, gave the establishment the finger. The results in California and Massachusetts were overwhelming. In Nevada, too. Even in the redneck south, Floridians ok'd medical pot. Arkansas, too.

My interest in pot, other than the personal freedom question, is the medical uses for this substance. I see pot as a partial answer to alcohol and narcotic abuse. We will never keep people from using, but we can surely do better. We will know when this substance is de-scheduled and proper academic studies can be made to answer this question one way or the other.

Surely, Congress must now act on this question if the new president does not. Real life experience e leads me to believe my hunch is right. What about you?


Electricity is a human right.    How is that working out for rural Ontario on electric heat?   With a woman Premier selling hydro to private entities.     Please.


Not at all off topic, just off your talking points that Islamic fundamentalists attacking the west are the fault solely of GW Bush. Yes Bush whacked the hornet's nest, but Obama knocked it to the ground and jumped up and down on it. We attacked Libya and took out the infrastructure of Ghadafi which lead to his demise and the collapse of that country courtesy of the Obama/Clinton state dept. That country as well as a large swath of the areas we abandoned in Iraq now make up the caliphate of ISIS. Add to that the scheduled and telegraphed date of us leaving Iraq and Obama left us with quite the mess (started by Bush and made worse by O). To pretend that Obama had no hand in the current mess is complete hogwash.


No, you're not kidding. That's exactly where all this is headed, and it's been a plan for a while.


This can't be terrorism;  the shooter isn't brown!


President Pence, coming to a country near you ...
Mr Trump is allergic to the harsh light of day.
With frienemies in his own Party, it's time to start the impeachment pool.


Statesman vs Chump.


The oil/gas industry has a big public relations budget.


danny boy got to go


Seems like conservatives want to blame liberals for everything wrong in this world, when the real problem can be found if they looked in the mirror first.  Seems like they are more shocked that hypocritical holier than thou religious bible thumpers show up in the news time and time again doing things to children that they preach will send them all to hell.


The FBI has ruined any reputation it had for non partisanship.  Hoist by their own petard.


Clunky...and I couldn't get past the theme from "Star Trek" running through my head.


"What part of "Well-regulated militia" do you not get?"

I understand that the Founding Fathers had just recently concluded a very bloody and protracted war of rebellion against their (then) lawful government, and that a citizen militia was crucial to their success... if it hadn't been for the citizen militia, we'd probably still be singing "God Save The Queen."  Those incredible minds also understood intuitively that any government they might devise, even with their intricate system of checks and balances, could eventually devolve into a similar "long train of abuses and usurpations."  Heck, some on the left believe we're at that point, now.  They were determined that future generations would always have the means of rising up against that eventuality by forming a "well-regulated militia."

I also understand that the Heller and McDonald SCOTUS decisions rendered that clause moot as it pertains to individual firearms ownership.


WOO-HOO! Man, that's good. good enough for me, thanks. You have set my mind at rest on that issue, so thanks a lot. Good conversing with you.


The concept of "intrinsic disorder" has a certain internal consistency within the system that gives rise to the term.  Precisely because it does, it underscores that it is not only, not even so much, the church's teaching about homosexuality that needs renewal and revision, but rather the church's entire understanding of human sexuality.  The good news is that the theological, anthropological, sociological, and scientific groundwork is already available; the bad news is that the current teaching is entrenched within a larger framework that claims, incredibly, that the church cannot change its teaching.


And if it is, and there's an election with a leaderless BCLib party, who do you think will benefit, lil jimmy? The NDP, of course. And based on your posts you may not want that.


tiny hands grasping at straws.


American's are not lining up for farm jobs no matter the money.
http://www.latimes.com/projects/la-fi-farms-immigration/


Only if you like a whopping dose of modernist error. The Church's true teaching on religious liberty is clearly set out in MIRARI VOS, POST TAM DUITURNAS, LIBERTAS, VEHEMENTER NOS, and IMMORTALE DEI.


There is also a small but growing possibility that you might be bundled off to the funny farm with the round rubber rooms and the jackets that fasten securely in the back.

Trump despite left-lib weasels trying every dirty, disgusting trick and fake news ploy in the book - which is your forte - will be sworn in on January 20th as the 45th POTUS.

Then the fun begins as the "unemployables" who have thrived inside the Beltway for 8 years by being sycophants, slime buckets and weasels for Obama, Hillary and The Donkey Party must actually offer up their marginal employment skills in the competitive market sector.

Reading your arrogant and ignorant and transparently bogus Lieberal tripe here, it would appear that you are set for life in Fat City so you can chill it and maybe you should take a day or two away from the nauseating left-lib spin and you probably should.


Lousy President but great speech maker so perfect for politics !  Trump on the other hand knows how to get things done and will pass any legacy in a nanosecond.  Obama was globalist, Trump a nationalist.  Trudeau and his puppet masters Butts and McKenna are globalists too, sorry Canada but that's what you voted in.


No one can serve two masters.  Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to one and despise the other. I learned that at an AA meeting (joke).  Goodness, that would be like simultaneously having two wives and paying child support to a girlfriend who married your brother. Who would want to be in that unenviable position?


@ inverse
Racist much?
Get over your YUUUUUGE LOSS...it's been 7 mos...hate will will only ruin your day...months...years.


I'm not insane if Alaska passes HB 247 and oil companies leave Alaska 247 and TAPS shuts down, Saudi will not benefit?

Here is the truth my new Alaskan friend;  http://oilprice.com/Energy/Crude-Oil/The-Hidden-Agenda-Behind-Saudi-Arabias-Market-Share-Strategy.html

"Seek the Truth and the Truth will set you free" Pepperdine's' motto on the Pepperdine Cross in Malibu Ca. my old college.

Here is my slam dunk on your debunking of the Saudi plan to steal Alaska's oil market if Alaska falls prey to Saudi's manipulation and Alaska becomes Saudi's new fools as HB 247 gives Alaska's head on a Platter for the Saudi King!

The Legislature should hold off on killing Alaska's oil Industry for one year and use the $8 Billion in Savings the oil companies provided under contract and law to make sure the want to stop Alaska's oil production now when Saudi is drilling at record rates?

We can't afford to be stupid and let Saudi manipulate Alaska's oil industry and let a monopoly work to keep us out.


There  is no evidence that Steve Bannon is a white nationalist.

There is no evidence  that Trump has ever said or "do" anything antisemitic.

Please stop tarring those of us who support the president as being secret anti Semites.   There is no evidence for those empty claims.

Though there is an uptick in anti semitic acts, let the guilt be tagged to those who actually commit those acts -- like the young Israeli American who was recently found to be the person responsible for many of the threats to Jewish centers.