Modern civilization requires planning, design engineering, operations, maintenance, facility retirement. These activities require vast sums of money from a populace able and eager to fund them. The combined effort is incompatible with a society that expects others, outsiders -- to pay for everything. Subsidized government kills. It's long past time for the citizens of the Municipality to start paying their own way through life. See: Stop offshoring your problems; keep pols out of the infrastructure business; private equity = the death knell of the world.


Tim's has already cornered that market

no the only things left really are the arctic ice shelf, the moon and the gulag archipelago


And because war is always very lucrative. Trump can make huge amounts of money from a war, just like Cheney did.


You make a lot of sense.  The legislature has not done their job they were elected to do.  Unfortunately, many of these same clowns will return after the next election.  At this point, I don't care if the persons elected are Republican, Democrat, Libertarian, Independent, or whatever.  As candidates, they have to willing to reach consensus on dealing with the fiscal problem.  It's obvious that the current legislators are incapable/unwilling to make important decision.  Voters need to kick their butts out...


A most excellent post/idea. Simply perfect.


I support the position that if the Senate fails to either approve or disapprove the nominee in a timely manner, that   they have waived their constitutional right and that the President is free to make his appointment. I would love to see him stick it to the obstructionist Senate. The GOP would fare far worse under the next democratic president! Justice Obama anyone?


Most of those 'gray hairs' had been there since the beginning (1970s) meaning they had been working the field for around 40+ years and assuming they were at least 15 years old when they started, we're near retirement age when oil prices crashed three years ago.  Like any smart business, BP offered a nice retirement package to high wage employees.  Many of those experienced employees, who rightly were earning some serious cash, chose to go enjoy the retirement they earned. It's not just BP but every long standing North Slope employer are facing a related issue which is predicted to get worse over the next 5 to 7 years with the 'graying' of the workforce as a significant and important part of the workforce who have been there since the beginning head south for the last time.


I bet you take comfort with a lot of people.


Oh tRump'll be leaving his bankrupt business empire alright, but not for the White House.  Lock him up for rape and sexual assault!  Lock him up!  Lock him up!


It's very goofy, but people don't care.  Get that first shot in!


The shooter was clinging to the hate spewed by CNN and Rachel Maddow...sorry if reality doesn't match your brainwashing.


Yes, their both predatory perverts.


Correct Bronson, Like most of these "protests", about this or that, the FACTS don't matter.  The Sioux Tribe has their narrative, and they are sticking to it no matter how much they are found to be wrong and just a power grabbing shakedown.


I'd be worrying if I was a partner.


Construction Unions are a different animal than public unions. IBEW contractors have to competitively bid in the free market. The country needs better trade agreements to keep construction and manufacturing in our country so union contractors can bid on the work. Obama's trade agreements are destroying our industry. You won't find many blue voters on a union construction job site. I speak from experience. What I hear is a national call for Trump from the blue-collar workers across America.


LOL.  First, your suggestion that calling out BOTH SIDES really means it's only calling out ONE SIDE is laughable.

Second, violence wantonly perpetrated by ANYONE (and make no mistake -- BOTH sides had many that did just that here) should absolutely be called out and condemned.


There seems to be no evidence of mass death by axe or bow and arrow in the US.  Most of the mass shooting have been with an assault rifle or someone armed to the teeth with other things, but not axes.  A few carried a pocket knife.

I would rather look at the gun death statistics by the US Center for Disease Control, but the gun nuts won't let them.  We have a serious gun problem in this country regardless of assault weapons.  Gangs shooting each other is their problem. It's the innocent bystanders and victims getting shot defending your antiquated opinion of the 2nd Amendement.  Australia manned up. When will the US?

In Alaska you can beat your wife and still keep your gun as long as you didn't hurt her too bad.  You can get a DUI or three DUI's and still keep a gun. You can get a dozen Fish and Game violation and still keep your gun.  You can avoid paying taxes and still have a gun.

Guns.Guns.Guns, the more you own the more people die. That's one statistic than can't be denied.


Recuse yourself.  Only a maroon would think that it would be ok to vote on the issue.  Process is already tainted. Stop further damage.


With President Trump now on record having asked then FBI Director Comey to forgo investigating Mike Flynn and his foreign contacts there is a legitimate concern that the Russian connection goes all the way to the very top echelons of the White House. With Robert Mueller now appointed Special Counsel, the Russian hacking investigation and its involvement with the Trump campaign as well as any other illegal activity can now proceed. An independent inquiry, capable of filing charges, is warranted and should begin ASAP before more firings occur and crucial evidence is compromised. Opening this can of worms might just make some powerful people squirm.


Pruitt isn't the sharpest tool in the shed.


Yeah, people with businesses drive pickup trucks and liberals expect them to pay taxes so that a government employee can collect the trash on their behalf. That's not environmentalism. That's enslaving your neighbor to your agenda.


Tell me why... There are 3 times the number of Charter busses going to Washington Jan 21 for the protest than going Jan 20th for the swearing in.   I can tell your Canadian politics,  why are you on the outside?   What did we do to you guys????  Threw him under the bus.. Never to be seen again... Next... Line em up.....  Ontario.... Next year... Watch what happens.... .Brownie will still be on the outside with his 19 yr old Niagara guy trying to figure out the schooling system he never attended.


If  a war begins, the US will conduct a  massive preemptive attack targeting command and control  and will do everything possible to decapitate  the North Korean leadership.  It is not likely that nuclear weapons will be used although  low yield neutron bombs could be used to eliminate North  Korean forces near the DMZ to reduce their ability to retaliate on Seoul and neighboring areasof South Korea.  It is very unlikely that South Korean and US forces will invade.  The focus will be to eliminate and or isolate much of the ruling military elite and let chaos ensue.  The ChiComs may send in  troops but their presence would not be welcome by the North Koreans and would be unwise. The better option for the ChiComs  would be to provide food and medical aid help and police forces to help stabilize things afters the dust settles.   The eventual goal should be for a reunification of  Korea.   Once this occurs, the US will be able to withdraw its forces and the Korean War will finally end.


Yeah, no kidding. Put your money where your mouth is and post your own multivariate analysis. Include links to your data sources and a detailed description of your methodology. I look forward to your professional analysis (worthy of the ADN comments section).


Well not a vocal supporter but I am pragmatic enough to see that single-payer in the US is most likely inevitable. The federal government currently manages through funding and administration nearly 67% of national healthcare right now, today. So it is only a small step to 99% or 100%.
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"Tax-funded expenditures accounted for 64.3 percent of U.S. health spending – about $1.9 trillion – in 2013... The Affordable Care Act will push that figure even higher by 2024, when government’s share of U.S. health spending is expected to rise to 67.3 percent." http://www.pnhp.org/news/2016/january/government-funds-nearly-two-thirds-of-us-health-care-costs-american-journal-of-pub
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Of course the organization that manages two-thirds should accept responsibility for an equivalent percent of the blame for the higher healthcare costs and poorer medical outcomes in America.


Nice job liking your own post... classy.


"I am sure it would be fine if the letter had any truth in it."
"The letter is filled with opinion and "alternative" facts."

Please! Do share! We do know that one of the other racist Senators, Strom Thurmond, failed to enter the letter and the statement into the record as he should have. What did Mrs. King LIE about, and what are your sources?


Yeah, at least Felony Flats had some character and interesting architectural differentiation. Plus it didn't encroach on nice houses and neighborhoods. 🙄.


typical ignorant lefty, no clue as to the costs that are soaring, the milions that had to giver up thier doctors and insurance cause some government mandate says they have to have this and that,,, trump is thier champiion just not for greedy ignorant left wingers living off the mandates etc... too bad sheep of liberalism like you are blind to the real problems,, i guess you have a crystal ball too since no bill has been put forward thus you have no clue what is coming to replace it


"add in CVT"
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Current CR-V already came with CVT. Not an "add-in"


no can.............money already pocketed ..........gotta bribe some more


R&R, You should really stop and look back at what you just typed! You didn't hit your head or something did you? The one truth you have said in the last three post is about Monday Morning Quarterbacking, After all.......... your in the Hall of Fame of Monday morning Quarterbacks!


Step one is ALWAYS (whether it's disassembly or when handing the gun to another person) to drop the mag and then rack the slide to clear the chamber if it's loaded (or to verify that it is indeed unloaded.) You have to drop the mag first otherwise you chamber a round. My guess is that this person carried without a round chambered and didn't drop the mag first and when he went to safety check his weapon he instead chambered a round.


Clearly a contrarian as am I ! Your chosen name says it all.


"Earth to Truthbender......Canada's laws are based on our Constitution and on precedent. British Parliamentary practice has no status in Canadian law."
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Nope, Truthbender is correct on this one, at least from a theoretical perspective.  Canada's Constitution (more specifically the Constitution Act of 1867, formerly known as the British North America Act) very clearly states that our country will be formed:

"[...] with a Constitution similar in Principle to that of the United Kingdom"

That has been confirmed, by the Supreme Court, to mean that any areas where Canada's various Constitution Acts do not specifically mention or exclude something, we default back to the British Constitution.

That would seem to include the ability for someone to be impeached by Parliament, though I think it's pretty certain any such attempt would face a challenge in the Supreme Court and would almost certainly be blocked by such a challenge.


Caldwell continues to destroy the island. He is the most destructive Mayor in the history of Hawaii.


After 9 months of investigations into Russia stealing the US election there is no evidence and only 3 of 17 US intelligence agencies think they might find something someday. All they found was collusion between Clintons and Loretta Lynch. Gotta be tough for the Alt-Left extremists watching Trump and Putin smile and shake hands like that.


To the Howard Hughes Corporation, based in Dallas Texas, which has 22 towers planned in Kakaako, local small business owner Steve Scott was a pesky thorn in its side. Thorn removed.


So now you disparage how I read?  OK.  Lets go down this road you are trying to lead me down so that you can look like the smartest person in the room.  Cool.  Why not Lesotho?  You brought it up!  Why could not Lesotho already have done it for themselves?  It's not the U.S.'s fault.  They can choose to succeed, just like everyone else.  Right?  Aren't you defeating your own argument by saying that you choose Finland over Lesotho?  You have just created the disparity of which you speak.   The problem as I see it, is you feel you get to choose, but everyone else doesn't cuz you're smarter than all of us.  Smarter than all of us so much that we should just sit and wait for the left (like you) to tell us what we need to do to get out of a predicament.  Sorry.  I get to choose.  So do you.  So do all the other fine readers of fine character who use CB.  If your model is the correct one, you still haven't cited a nation that has used it and is now flush w/ success.


Who's going to notice that she's back? She's the original do-nothing councilor. She has always maintained that she is too busy to bother reading up on what she is voting on and has even voted to put in illegal camps in ward 7 because she can't be bothered to either look at a zoning map or stroll a few blocks and take a look.

I wish her well for her health and all other aspects of her life. Claire's a good person. Actually, she's a very good person. She just happens to be an awful representative for ward 7. In fact, had she not taken ill, which led to an assumption that she would be stepping down soon, there would have been a massive and likely successful write-in campaign to replace her. (There were several hundred volunteers ready to go door to door.) It was halted owing to her health issues. Hopefully that wasn't a mistake.


And Ravn hired most of Yutes staff.


Caldwell continues to be the most destructive Mayor of Honolulu, tie with Mufi , of course.


When Notley talks about a province not having the right to bar access to another provinces' exports, its as if she was talking about cars or furniture, not deadly goop.  Alberta's right to spew carbon into the atmosphere is their business i suppose, but since there's no effective way to clean up a major tanker spill or an incoming diluent spill, this is BC's business.


Good_for_him.._The_Churh_term_is_Doublespeak._Orwellian_Fascism.


He is truly the most incompetent, arrogant, condescending twirp I have ever seen. He is destroying our nation (as is Wynne) in the hopes their meaningless green energy science fair project gets an A. Wake up people his policies are seriously damaging to your kids and their kids futures.

Vote this clown out !!!!


Ref Gordon Matsuda's ltr. What are you smoking? Oh wait, that's more of the PC talk.


Your defence of the indefencible is sad, pathetic and weak.


I live in Ottawa and have seen several  Monarchs this year. Its been noticeable.  But I will not draw any systemic conclusions from that.


Meanwhile, a few years back as reported in the National Post......

OTTAWA — Justin Trudeau caused uproar in the House of Commons today after he called Federal Environment Minister Peter Kent a “piece of shit” during a heated question time debate over the Kyoto Protocol.

No big fuss or pile on from Globe writers.


HB 2877 should help out by taxing all used cars, older than 20 years $1000/ea..  A tax on Oregon's poorest would be so appropriate to help out PERS, just like the failed M97 was intended.


The Kealoha's have a mean history of suing people.  They are so quilty.  Can't believe they tried to get Michael Wheat out.  This is so full of cover here, cover there that they can't keep track of what they have done.  They are just can't tell the truth and they are burying themselves alive.  Good thing there are still some honest people when push came to shove.  Just imagine, the Police Chief puts himself on Leave with pay for his crimes and then retires and get $250,000 and yet they own more than one home by stealing money from their own ohana.  Shame, Shame on them and the HPD guys whom are crooks.


I'm going to assume (not being an astrophysicist or climatologist,) that there are far more variables relating to climate prediction than to the relative position and extremely regular motions of the Sun, Earth and Moon, since ancient peoples could predict eclipses with some degree of accuracy.   It seems that climate trends have been predicted  -  and are occurring  -  pretty much as expected, but someone who argues about inaccurate daily weather predictions (as has Amy,) is NOT  referring to climate, but to weather.


You know healthcare costs are high in Alaska when your insurance company is willing to fly you and a loved one to the Seattle area, pay for your procedure plus room and board. I got a letter from my insurance stating that very thing last April.


publishing the racial slur would also give us a better idea who the culprit is


RR: trump tried to influence the direction of a law officer, to get him to drop a case. And he tried using the influence of his office to do that.
Now try doing that if you're caught speeding - see if it's not a crime.


"... a man whose congressional sanction once was defined by all 100 salons answering “yeah” in the vote over his extension in the FBI job."
I wasn't aware beauticians had that much control over our government. Did you mean "solons?"


Words coming from a former mayor and cheat?  How ironic.  How's Bernadette?


M97 has zero chance of passing.  Taxpayers are smarter than the pols think.


Let`s cut some More Senator Giessel....yeah, that`s the ticket....


Streep is highly overrated.  I saw her in that ABBA film and she was truly awful and can't sing or act.  I don't think she's done anything worthwhile since Kramer vs Kramer.  And how that makes this uneducated Streep an expert on politics, I don't know.  Hollywood is so out to lunch.


cutting income taxes means more money spent in the economy combined with less business taxes means more investment ,, (which would only come with confidence in the economy which we dont have in canada) , , corps have held on to money not willing to risk in a poor economy with increasing taxation, trump is turning that around.


Imagine the reaction if the flow was from Canada to the US!  We're already continuously and wrongly blamed for allowing the 911 perpetrators onto North American soil.  First we should not allow claimants coming from the US, no matter if they arrive legally or illegally, refugee status.  If you came from the US you should be held to their standards.  You may not like them, but they are a first world safe country.  Albeit they do seem to have a whack a doodle holding the reins of power.  He was democratically elected, and the checks and balances are available should congress decide they have the brains and or willpower to act on them.


I think you also sold all your stock when Trump was elected.  You predicted huge stock market crash.  Doesn't look like you're qualified for President, predictions or investing. Good luck.


"...while I sing along and change the God pronouns to the feminine."
Like what?
"Jesus loves me, this I know/ For the Bible tells me so/ Little ones to her <?> belong/ We are weak but she <?> is strong"?
"Sing a new song unto the Lady <?>"?
"Holy Goddess <?> we praise Thy Name"?


It's not the money that's important....it's how much

Alex Karras


I had a 72 Ford Galaxie 500 that I used to cruise the boulevard in.  A sweet Sunday afternoon driver and I killed a few four bangers in it as well.  But since then it has been F series all of the way.  The world seems to be following my lead.


"There's the continuing war on the elites. There's a far right that has gained an unprecedented media clout. Hollywood is more and more divorced from reality, its film offerings increasingly in the realm of escapist garbage."

Hello?

1. So what if there is a "war on the elites"? I mean seriously, should the masses be bowing respectfully and chanting "not worthy, not worthy", at every utterance of Suzuki, Maude Barlow, Al Gore, Naomi and Clinton? And it is funny, when the rebellions of the 60s and 70s were happening, really, were today's older yuppies back then really wagging their fingers at each other and saying "don't fight the elites"? Ha! More like torching or blockading their offices.

2. The far right in the media? What? The top Foxnews shows get maybe two million viewers, under one percent of the US population, and it is hardly "far right".

3. Ah yes, let's get back to reality movies like the Wizard of Oz (1939) and King Kong (1933), realism like the old days (roll eyes)...


another article where the author fails to mention that 9 Canadian police forces also own Terradyne Gurkha armoured vehicles. And who does he think they are planning to use them against if not other Canadians?
It's also a lot of fuss about some Ford pickup trucks with a few steel plates attached


Excellent Post. BLM and other left wingers don't want to hear the facts. They just want to commit violence on those that are different than them. Their diversity only goes as far as those that agree with them. What does that sound like? Old time Nazi fascist's.


The Tongass is a rain forest, for now.  Global warming can quickly turn it into a dry tinder-box.  The no-roads rule will mean that fire crews won't be able to get in close enough to stop the fires.  With local labor and overhead, "Cants" are about the only cost-effective way to sell the timber.  And I fished out of Ketchikan.  The Seattle-based seiners hired their crews out of Seattle.  On the Carl R. I was the only Alaskan, in a crew of Yugoslavians.  Just like Bristol Bay, the lion's share of S.E.Alaska fishing money goes South.  Ship-building shows some promise, but that is very iffy.  Electrical power generation is perhaps Ketchikan's greatest weakness.  Without an abundance of power, you can't attract clean industry.


China is trying to solve this problem, with or without the US.
Buffoonery does not help.
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Ghosts of Presidents Past:
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Donald Trump seems able to lie more easily, more often, and with fewer qualms than even Richard Nixon.
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Donald Trump seems even more thin-skinned, more insecure, and more vindictive - and to treat staff and cabinet more harshly and contemptuously - than even Lyndon Johnson.
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Neither is an easy achievement.
What a combination.
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Despite their tragic flaws, Nixon and Johnson were both genuinely brilliant, widely-read, knowledgeable men of huge intellectual reach.
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Donald Trump?
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Has he read a book in his life?
ever been known for scholarship, like Nixon?
ever been known to have the unquenchable appetite for hard work, Machiavellian knowledge of legislative procedure, and nose-counting ability, like Johnson?
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The honesty of Nixon +
The employee relations and thick-skin of Johnson +
No known substantive knowledge for the job.
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= Make America great again.
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LOL.


I would be happy to order at a kiosk and have it cooked by a robot- less exploitation and drug addled cooks. Sit down restos are a drag-I like in and out and satisfied.


How. How do you suggest that is done.


"The residential sector in Canada dropped 4.1 per cent as municipalities issued fewer permits for multi-family dwellings, due to lower construction intentions for rental apartments and row houses."
--G&M Feb.7, 2017.

Demand peaking; permits tanking. Only in Canadian government.


Oh Wow Man. I like the way you put that. Can I borrow that comment?


On one hand the real estate lobby insists there is no data, but yet states with complete confidence that housing prices have nothing to do with foreign buyers.  There is a point where you get caught in the web of your own disinformation.


I am not against income tax but only would like to see the same prudence in budgeting we all use in real life.  Then applying taxes would come after.


President Trump stands up to the War Party!  We don't need spend our tax dollars being al Qaeda's air force, or doing Israel's dirty work.


Elect this guy for Mayor and get Sheriff Joe for police chief....


Thank you Dee for standing up for the silent majority here who are afraid to speak their minds. As for the Editors Note what did all the 19 have in common?


>>I proudly voted for him 2 years ago ..
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Donning bright socks , sleeves rolled up, no doubt ...


_" a wide variety of people who know her, have worked with her, prayed with her, experienced her leadership, and they all said, “she is warm, funny and truth worthy.” So the impact of this was….wait for it…nothing."_ -- RyanC

As evidenced by the same old false narrative continued without pause by the same old hate-Hillary posters here.

LFS2 took offense because I chided him for not learning about Clinton's true bio ... and not having any interest in learning.

But, if she's so evil, who and what are all these people -- even many Republicans, and not just other politicians -- who have gained such admiration for her through actual experience working with her?

Of course, she's made mistakes; and some of them were big. Some were honest mistakes any of us could have made, and some came from a political calculation that I disagree with. (I think DeFazio is a terrific congressman, but wrong by not supporting more effective gun regulations.)

She'll be an excellent President,

Trump? Crazy!


NDP and Green voters are not the people the Conservatives are looking to. There is a group of people in the centre who sometimes vote Liberal and sometimes Conservative, depending on leaders, policies and situations. Those are the people that gave Harper his majorities, and which gave Trudeau his majority. I think it unlikely they would completely abandon Trudeau so soon but it wouldn't take a lot of them shifting to Scheer to drop the Liberals to a minority government, especially if the NDP gets its act together.


Who said she wasn't and isn't able to protect the rights of a women?  It is within the right of a woman to chose and not have her choice questioned.  If you actually think that she was going to thrust her thoughts on the committee and make them suddenly make abortion illegal then you have been drinking to much red Kool-Aid.


SUGGESTION?
Why not a music format playing songs you never ever hear?
How many songs did the Beatles record?
And some you never hear>?\
The Monkees  many many songs...
but listen to many music formats?
almost the same string of songs.....
Rolling Stones ?/
many aren't heard...
a suggestion....


Washington Post fact checker gave "Three Pinocchios" to Senator Cassidy's rebuttal to Kimmel — he flatly claimed that “more people will have coverage…. There are more people who will be covered through this bill than under the status quo."


The 'occupation' had already been thoroughly bungled and the cookie jar broken by GW Bush's mishandling.  The 'Weapons of Mass Destruciion' was such a sham.  Well, gee... We didn't find any.  Surprise, Surprise.  Cheney had his hands on this one behind closed doors working it until he got the 'intel' he wanted.  It seems that you are itching to assign blame to President Obama for this.  It was Bush and Cheney who ineptly bungled and broke the Middle East.


Alaska communications Wireless  went belly up and was purchased by GCI for for $300 million in cash. It also sold 33 percent share of the Alaska Wireless Network to GCI. A classic example of monopolistic practice that should not have been allowed. A massive loss to ACS when its massive undersea backbone cable was "severed. The cable would have drastically brought down prices of cable modem service through competition.


Can we try corporate welfare with accountability for once?  "Here is over $300 million of taxpayer money. Now tell us which executives lose their jobs for incompetence to date".    No one at Bombardier is accountable?  Agree of not,  US banks came under excruciating scrutiny after receiving taxpayer money.


Yup, Trump's actions/words are indefensible. He'll still be better for our country than HRC. I don't want either of them spending time around my kids, but I don't see much threat of that anyway.


Hey, Ms.  manic-depressive, forget your meds today? Seems to be a lot of that going around in the Trumposhere of denial in your own special fact-free zone. It's not a "landslide" when 3 million more people voted for your opponent than you.


I guess the only way to look at this is to add $500,000 to the big bill on homeless that the City and State have spent so far. You can add to that the $2 million-something that the City is having to give back to the Federal Government, unable to spend for housing programs that would have actually helped this group with Housing First and such.

Like the rail, the bill just keeps adding up.


Great to see the community come together and help out. A thanks and a prayer to all, and good luck to Matthew and the family.


Thank you for the clarification.  I took the original post to be true at face value.


Where does my family physician wife sign up for this free money? We could really use some because Trudeau is coming to tax the hell out of us.  The drug reps show up occasionally at lunch time with something from California Sandwiches so you can listen to their spiel at your desk. Your price for selling out to "Big Pharma" would have to be pretty low to be in their pocket for that. I would also like the mythical "free cruise" I always heard about but was never able to find it.


Alright. But you need to provide the examples you mentioned, about right to life.

Matthew 5: 44

Luke 6:27

Luke 6:29

And, of course, that perennial favourite, Matthew 26:52. (It's about living by the sword and dying by it.)

As I said, Jesus is not silent about love and calls for love of all, even of enemies. Is it an act of love towards an enemy to kill him against his will? I don't think so. Nor does Jesus. (See those verses I listed.)

Nothing  contrary to love about defending yourself? Well, there is if, by defending yourself, you take the other guy's life. At least, that's Jesus' view.

What?!!!!! Jesus' death was the sole purpose of his incarnation? You are kidding me, aren't you? The sole purpose of Jesus' mission was to love his Father, in our name, and for which he died. The Father isn't some loony-toon sadist!

That story, of the woman, is proof that not everything in the L and Ps met with Jesus' approval. His reaction proves my point.

Not obeying JC proves that.


If the Trump rejects the validity of the U.S. "intelligence community", we could disband it and save the approximately $70 billion per year that it is now costing us.  No more NSA spying on our emails!

That money would be quite useful in preparing for the coming war with China over Taiwan and the control of the South China Sea, and great for Oregonians, who would be on the beachfront of an attack on the mainland.

Stephen J. Remington


As soon as I saw this I wanted to post: "So is THIS "TERRORISM??" The famous "disgruntled American worker return to slaughter people he's got a grudge against". It goes on all the time here...we are NUMB TO IT!

What's the big difference ... 6 deaths in London by machete and van versus DAILY slaughtering using (mainly) guns and/or other weapons here in MAGA Land??

Sad!
MAGALOL!


As sad as the previous killing.  Why people kill animals is beyond me.  I cant imagine of what value a dead lion is.  Much-more valuable alive.  People do get a thrill out of killing; that's for sure.


Yeah, I think we all got it, the first dozen times you've posted it. But just so we're clear...you're opposed to HB247, are you?


Absurdity rules. ^^
In the event that you were actually trying to be serious, please make your next reply via a single-page, manually operated printing press.


Provinces may want a share of things too.. They get alcohol taxes.


Very helpful having the key Trump headlines of the past few months in one place.


There is no alt left. It's fake news.  This is Mr. Trump's attempt to wag the dog.  Condemning nazi's is easy.  But he can drag this incident out for weeks by failing to do that.  He can also bloviate and chatter about nuclear war on the peninsula.  That'll last a couple of weeks too.  It all distracts constituents from the fact that he is the first American president selected and appointed by the russians.


All three companies will lose big time.....the pond is just to small.......do away with the Jones Act?


people who do not understand that human righs tribunals have become kangaroo courts are ignorant and left wing stupid


Why does this issue keep raising its ugly head a both federal and provincial levels? We 're becoming like the Americans where politicians spend their time raising money for the next election rather than governing.


Good point


Jeff Bridich (Rockies GM) needs to start watching what the good GMs are doing and start following their lead. The Cubs have woefully underachieved so far this season, but are still a .500 ball club and are only 5.5 games behind the Rockies. Theo Epstein (Cubs GM) just traded for White Sox veteran SP Jose Quintana, who will help right the ship and adds a strong veteran presence to their rotation. The Yankees are in a dog fight in the AL East and Brian Cashman is actively trying to trade for a veteran starting pitcher. The Rockies? I haven't read one story about them being in the hunt for trades. Hopefully Bridich doesn't make the same errors O'Dowd did and pass up good trades because he overvalues prospects.


The CPC have made a grave tactical error in spreading their attack on the Government through the Khadr decision into the American press.  It's cynical to appropriate the Speer family's loss in a fundraising campaign to undercut Canada's careful preparations for the upcoming NAFTA negotiations.

That's destructive spite.

Andrew Scheer’s history of success in assorted votes indicates considerable political acumen.  He is likely smarter than he looks and sounds, but it grates that this “conservative” seeks to draw the level of political discourse in Canada so low.  In Scheer we see a man only too willing to ape the Trump tactic of creating electoral-success-at-all-costs, with no thought of the future.


Uh, it was republicans that softened the bill genius.


I have never, not even thru Nixon and Reagan, been embarrassed to be an American. I am now. Putin must be peeing down his leg from laffing! Europeans must be aghast at what "we" have spawned. Are Trumpites contrite yet?


I think your age and fitness level has to be taken into consideration.
Being unfit and of a certain age and suddenly doing interval training is hard on your heart.
It's the reason why runners are coached to get some base training under their belt to condition themselves before doing intervals (sprints and track work).


"Her life story can speak to the modern age unlike so many other saints."  Well said, Shawn.  That was one of my reactions, too.  I was inspired by the faults because it made me realize that we must do what we feel called to do in spite of such faults and short comings.  I'm sure that the saints of old had their faults and sins but the biographers didn't tell that part of the story.  Today we tell all.


Sawtooth -- I am shocked to read that the Alaska Native Health Consortium serves non-Native veterans. the Anchorage VA clinic is very unsatisfactory. They offer no alternatives and simply display the "take it or leave it" attitude when a vet complains. How can I get signed up for medical care at ANMC? I am serious!


I look forward to reading his retraction in two year's time.


It appears that we need additional government controls on overseas money in our real estate market.


U obviously do not understand the difference between burglary and robbery.
This was a burglary by kids.
How many kids have burglarized a bank at night time?
NONE.
Why? Because of GOOD security that is required by the FDIC.

Otoh, dragonman was Burglarized because his security stunk as bad as a regular store. He did not have posts in the ground to stop cars from ramming through the front door.

I see that you have been booted once. You really need to learn some civility.


Wrong! It was not better under Harper. All his eggs were in the oil basket. No actual foresight for years down the road


Here's a simple concept: don't molest people.


Just like all the other religions, the climate change religion is a man-made concoction but created by the hardcore environmentalists so they can wield power and perpetuate their lucrative bureaucracies on the backs of taxpayers.  How about some countra articles for once since there is so much money at stake or would you get blacklisted or perhaps fired from your job ?


"Will Macron’s victory slow the advance of right-wing populism in France?"
Thanks for asking, the answer is no.
The election is just a prelude of things to come. France voted for the status quo, no changes in immigration policies, which means in a few more years there will be over 20 million muslims. Time will then be reap for the right win party to achieve victory on the next election.


Typical liberal response : if you don't agree with the liberal view you need professional help. How pathetic.


words to sell copy..... thats all folks.


Do or die, Bull Hockey! This is a political football and that ball takes funny bounces. Who knows will end up with a whole bunch of kala in their pockets?


Alberta unable to afford Olympic bid, no further study needed.

The Alberta deficit is 65% more per person than Ontario ran in the darkest days of the 2008/09 recession.  Who are these financially illiterate clowns who think the people of Alberta can afford to have the government borrow few more billion on their behalf for something as trivial as the Olympic Games?


Including Gary Johnson means that instead of 1 republican in the debates, there'd be 2.

A libertarian is a republican who likes to smoke a little weed. The two big issues that differentiate a libertarian from a republican are drug legalization and keeping abortion legal. But libertarians never invests any significant political will or effort in either one. Both these issues are supported by Democrats and when has a libertarian ever at the national level allied themselves with Democrats? The next time a libertarian works with Democrats to stop the mind-numbingly ineffective drug war effort will be the first time.

For more information on "libertarians" who are really republicans, see Paul, Rand; Paul, Ron; Johnson, Gary republican governor.

A libertarian almost always votes republican when there isn't a libertarian on the ballot...which is most of the time. Libertarian is just another name for Republican.


And we must all watch out for the muslin.


With respect, there was no international element to the genesis of this war, whatsoever.

As for "the most powerful nation I the world, backed up by its regional allies ...", what a laugh.

With allies such as AK, Saudi Arabia, and Likud, who needs enemies?

The war in Syria, like the 30 Years War, started out as entirely internal matter.

But after the elimination of the democracy-desiring rebels as a serious force, it became a regional struggle, with local proxies, where, ultimately, there cannot be peace in Syria without foreign struggles being resolved.  For Hapsburg and Bourbon, read Saudi Arabia, and Iran.

Where once Austria, Spain, France and Sweden fought over the carcass of Germany laid waste, ...

... today Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Russia, and Iran fight over the carcass of Syria.

America (and NATO) are essentially irrelevant to this fight.  They are bystanders left to save Jordan and deal with a refugee catastrophe.


All the cops are trained at the HQ, since most will serve in Toronto then it makes sense to train them there. They must be able to handle multicultural environment, the environment of the city. Orillia is not the place the HQ's.


The dems would let him destroy
America, then look for someone to blame.
Total lunacy.


jack: "effect on THE WORLD economy"
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With, or without internet?


The end results are telling of the personalities involved.  "Normal" people don't spit their beverage on other people. Discerning teenage girls with wisdom and commonsense don't approach 51-year-old men on a street corner and initiate conversations that culminate in physical assault.

You're assuming that Mr. Naval was the only "foul name(s)" calling individual in this scenario.  You're assuming that these little ladies are pristine and fine citizens...that they've incurred no culpability in the confrontation, that they're the victims...yet, I ask you again...has Mr. Naval every been charged with a similar incident in the past?

Witnesses claim that Mr. Naval has been frequenting this area in protest for quite some time; therefore, if he is predisposed to confrontation, surly such a predisposition would have manifest before now...especially considering the "innocent" victims are two young pristine PA residents who are obviously cultured and kind ladies. Yes?

Rick


But I'm center left, not at the extremes, like you are. They have more in common with me than with you.


The Great Cheeto is not fit to be President.  If he is our only hope, we're all doomed to fiery death.


Thank you for that meaningless blather. Now, how about a cogent -- or, at least, coherent -- response?


The extremists on these threads really need to stop wasting electrons labelling their opponents as fascists and/or communists.

They're continuing to miss the bigger picture in doing so.

Generalizing the results of a Dutch election to any other country is also fairly meaningless.

The only poll that matters is the one on election day in Independent Nation States.


Thanks. One can assume such volunteers are not exactly bias-free, in other words.


Another fearmongering piece of hate propaganda in service to the arms industry.  Great work, Globe!


This is further proof that booze is at the root of all that is evil.

This man simply drinks booze, and he is then transformed into a homicidal maniac.

It was a huge mistake for our nation to end prohibition.


Once again Roy please read dnad understand;

“Sometimes people hold a core belief that is very strong. When they are presented with evidence that works against that belief, the new evidence cannot be accepted. It would create a feeling that is extremely uncomfortable, called cognitive dissonance. And because it is so important to protect the core belief, they will rationalize, ignore and even deny anything that doesn't fit in with the core belief.”
― Frantz Fanon

Another quote I like applies to both the left and right:

“In politics, stupidity is not a handicap.”      ― Napoléon Bonaparte


What the Habs need now more than ever are more 'character' and 'depth' players.....

Either that, or a new owner who will fire Bergevin

Gee, not sure which one......


things from idiots like you kevin you can count on,
lies, false accusations, believing anything you read from nut bar left wing news,,


Not to mention that if one were an actual grandfather, one might have had the experience of supporting the women in one's immediate family reach their full potential.

Ahem.


Pretty slimy but typical. Hackers unable to attack Trump attack innocent victims. Disgusting. Perhaps they would be better off using their skills to do something useful - like trace the money that made the Clintons worth more than $100M, like figure out who and what the leaders of the large foundations controlling about 1/7th of the US economy are doing to manipulate and control the US political system (any hackers with the stones to tackle the Soros foundations?). But doing that would require skill. Attacking hotel guests does not demand skill.


Just go away


Not that simple.


I think many Alaskans are willing to pay their "fair share" when two criteria are met. First, make some real cuts to state government. That includes consolidation, eliminating services that they have no business being in, privatizing others, and getting real with staffing levels and labor agreements. Some villages will never be economically viable.
Second, start holding those who place the most burden on government services more accountable for their poor decisions and skewed priorities. Nobody likes going to work everyday to help pay for peeling some drunk off the side walk on a regular basis at thousands of dollars a pop, or supporting the kids of someone who can't or won't take care of them,  Able bodied adults who seem to have all the time in the world for their social life, love life and party life but not hold down a steady job or get training. Ever try to find a good janitor? If you have a cell phone, flat screen and medicaid why bother.
Hunger is a powerful motivator.


Suggested reading: The Fraser Institute 'First-Past-the-Post: Empowered Voters, Accountable Government by John Pepall.  The author demontrates that so far,no better way of voting has been fond and that First-Past-the-Post remains the best way of voting.

By the way, I have yet to hear Mr. Trudeau or one of minister telling Canadian electors precisely what is wrong with First Past the Post.   I agree 100% with ADIo2


Obviously our Canadian officials missed the point of the morotarian.


I have been reading that China's population is going to collapse since 1991.
Thats 26 years ago and they are still going strong.


This is good, now if all the other organized religions on the planet would do the same for ALL the travesties they have wrought on mankind for the last several centuries we could get closer to their true purpose and then, dispense with them.


Every Alaskan lost something over this.  There are absolutely no winners here.  We can support and pray for the families of The Fallen and pray that healing comes to everyone.


Wait up here, hold on. Is this the SAME APD that won't respond to -low-level crime- because it doesn't generate revenue? Because it's low-priority? The same APD that considers stolen vehicle crimes to be not worth responding to? The Same APD that charged Floyd for reckless driving while he was trying to do the job THEY were 'supposed' to be doing but were FAILING at? Who let the guy who SHOT AT Floyd walk blithely away, while charging an honest citizen?

So they are now saying that, having found a stolen vehicle, they found MORE? And more stolen goods? Linking to possible (gasp) DRUG CRIMES? All related to a possible chop-shop for - get this - Stolen vehicles, a low-level, low-priority crime!

Holy (!) Batman! It's not like the citizenry was telling the *cough* Authorities for MONTHS that this was building, that a Crime Wave was being fueled by low level crimes, that vehicle theft was organized. No, we'un's was just too gosh-darned iggerant. Dat der APD be smart'r'n us!

SMH


I remember when she showed up on the North Shore with her entourage.  Lost had several really great players and she was not among them.


I understand Joe Miller has TENSOF THOUSANDS of mailers paid for by the Alaskan Republican Party claiming Lisa is BAD for Alaska.  I think Alaska voters are going to need popcorn.  Don't worry, they aren't all bad.  Some of the Republican mailers talk about what a good candidate Joe Miller is and how good he will be for Alaska.  Well, I guess that's still bad for Murkowski but good for Alaska.  Trust me, these mailers aren't "junk" they are GOLD!


That would not be accurate in relation to the balanced budget and reduced debt left for the Liberals when they took over.  I do not think the Liberals ever made a complaint about the financial ledgers upon assuming governance.


"This is clearly part of the China agenda with Trudeau, .... right to raise concerns about what exactly it is that we're offering to China."
What is he offering? Canada. Haven't you noticed? China just bought another $1.5B worth of Canada this week.

#WhatDoesChinaHaveOnTrudeau


I noted during last year's campaign season who both choices were terrible but that Trump was worse primarily because of his lack of political experience would lead to him not just stepping on landmines Hillary would avoid but he do so with full volition and with both feet.  I just hope that these "unforced errors" are enough to convince the independents and non-partisan that voted for Trump the error they made and have the opportunity to address in 2018's midterm elections.


If  you hear of shops that buy products WITH trichomes, pls. post here or Facebk or LTE to RG, EW or Guest Viewpoint. Boycott the rest and spread the word! Wont be fooled again?
Someone do a survey: maybe RG can in new periodic pub Cannabis Culture? Comments can be made on Leafly.com where local products, stores listed, strains described: ask them.

Agree with concerns about missing trichomes. I have been listening to presentations on GreenFlowerMedia.com for a year+. One mentioned that different terpenes are available in trichomes not found in drastically trimmed bud. Synergy effect of whole plant vs parts is called Entourage Effect. Consumers need to bring this up every time they make a purchase from a cannabis store. It can be more spendy making tincture using whole flower?

Clerks need to convey concerns to owners. When buying tinctures ask if whole flowers used, esp. vital when using cannabis for med application. Lack of trichomes no doubt affects mind elevating experience too?


"I am not stating that the sky is falling or that we must act immediately without careful consideration of all possible consequences."

You've had three years to consider consequences and take action.  You've done nothing.  Get out.  Next!


Yep but it's their car now.


Keep deluding yourself, because that's what you're doing. In case you haven't noticed, they've moved on from the Russian collusion allegation. Yep, they found nothing, so the newest charge is now "obstruction of justice." Present the evidence of Trump's wrong doing. Go ahead, lay it all out here. And by the way, which statute is he accused of violating regarding his alleged collusion? I'll help you with that...There's none. Alan Dershowitz, a DEMOCRAT constitutional scholar and educator, said himself that Trump has done nothing wrong and that the Russian collusion charges are false. But you know far more than an Ivy league Harvard law professor right?


I think what is lost in this debate is something, I believe, that is fundamental but not inscrutable or overly philosophic. Schill is the President of the University of Oregon in 2016, and so while it's admirable of him, as a leader of an academic institution, to consider as much of the totality of Deady's life living in a completely different era as available in the historical records, what we do now directly affects the university and its mission. That's what we are now tasked to do. So, yes, remove both Dunn and Deady from the university buildings bearing their names and replace them with names of those who more directly represent the values and the mission of the university in 2016 and moving forward.


Just another example of felonious activity by our politicos . Wake up Hawaii.  You are being robbed daily.


Australia just got caught " cooking the books". Keep your head in the sand and drinking the koolaid... you'll go so far in life.. hahaha


The truth will come out about McCain.  Bought and Sold.


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you've not got anything straight to date.
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and your recent effort fell short too.
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The legal support that's going to be needed soon is very, very expensive.


You've apparently been mislead by your connections to the "prosecutiors department". Socioeconomic status is a much, much better indicator of the potential for criminal activity than the color of a persons skin is.


I recommend Rohr as well...think he's excellent.


Oh so now it becomes a State project?  Prior to asking money from the State Legislature did the City share with the legislature all of the cost, over runs etc. Was the State ever part of the early contract signing, etc.  The biggest fault of the legislature is that they did not tell the City that they mucked this one up major!


In a free society where the authority of that government is derived from the people and the checks and balances of that power are extremely dependent upon that people, it is essential that the people are informed and that secrets are not kept from them.

I cannot conceive of one essential role secrecy should play in the government of a free society. Our military might does not come from secrecy. Our technological edge is not kept through secrecy (which is impossible to maintain). Having duplicitous agents rather than open diplomacy weakens and erodes trust and influence more than any operational advantage having such operatives contributes. The list goes on and on.

Secrecy only facilitates the free operation of those who could not do their dastardly deeds in the open.

Privacy is a right of individuals and not government and its representatives.


Well, if living in the only economically viable province in the country is "fleecing", I'll learn to live with it.


So one can pick and choose which of Christ's commands we must obey. So why are you nattering at Father Reese for doing exactly that?


(Part one of three)  In the article by Orlandar Brand-Williams and Mark Hicks

Detroit Archbishop Vigneron has said leaders “needed to go back and look at the fundamental mission and in light of that, what do we have to change.”  The first thing to change is to remove the fear of thinking and its corollary, fear of reading.

Stephanie Quesnelle, 26, of old Royal Oak, attends St. Hyacinth Roman Catholic Church in Detroit’s Poletown neighborhood.  And not where she is supposed to attend.  Nationality parishes were abolished years ago.  Accepting what the Teaching Magisterium has to say about which parish to belong is another starting point.  Apparently both Quesnelle and Weldeab are thinking for themselves about which parish to attend, despite Canon Law.

Other local Catholics like Heywan Weldeab of Canton Township also found the event helpful. A lifetime member of St. Elizabeth Catholic Church in Detroit . . .


Mahalo to Civil Beat for reporting on Standing Rock protectors, and mahalo to the kia'i! Protecting life and universal values at exactly the right place and time - BEFORE the destruction happens.


This article tells us nothing of the details or the substance in the bill. This bill could be more draconian than the last, with  spin to make it sound better. There isn't even a comment if this brings C-51 in line with the constitution. All this is doing is putting out hype. This is what is known as "fake news"


They should shoot this monster right between the eyes and Morneau should resign.

What a scam!  What a gd rip off!


For dialog to be authentic, it must seek to be informed and ground in good-faith; on this ground it will naturally evolve into a mind of communal sensitivity. In the least, religions should find agreement on this minimal starting point if ever their conflicts are to be resolved and internecine self-destruction is to be averted. Intentional violence in any form is irreligious.


Alaska is really screwing up.
They need to stop giving away the money and instead put it into a MASSIVE trust fund in which PART of the interest is used for local taxes.
Had they done even 1/2 of their money into a trust fund since the 70s, they would not be worrying about money. Sadly, the GOP up there are SOOO short sighted.


Last night's debate was frankly very disappointing, disheartening even.  I had hoped for far more from him.

Kaine doubly proved what my wife had noted about him a couple of months ago:  a nervousness and a "big watch" pugnaciousness in him.

As some twenty something viewer was quoted as saying last night he was "cartoonish".

Given Hillary's health, I'm now worried about the ticket's solidness.

At Kaine's age, one doesn't "grow into calm leadership."  There seems a lack of "integrality" to him.   No gravitas.


Jackson despised paper money. I rather suspect he would object to having his picture on it, if he were around to give his opinion.


oh? could you be a little more specific, please?


What is Capital markets and Trading?

Actually, most trading and capital markets activity is NOT about banks owning shares for their own account. It is services like raising money for companies and services of facilitating customer trading. Your misunderstanding may be because banks generally do a horrible job of explaining what they mean by trading.


How the Muslim community can tackle the scourge of extremism

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRPzkB5mr1U


(i wound up sleeping at my desk last night - my brain is still in the do-tee, do-tee, do...tee, mode)         ....please explain....


That is an honorable sentiment, to be sure, but the people who will do the right thing in that regard are going to find it in their hearts to do the right thing.  The people being insulted are very vocally and obviously stating they will not do the right thing, hence the insults.  It's cathartic.


You're absolutely right. However, Ted mainly looked out for some of the most greedy millionaires in the state. The Usibellis, his old pre-Senate clients were a perfect example. He got $300 million from the feds for their Healy "clean coal" plant that didn't produce a kilowatt of electricity for many years.


Can someone please explain why so few governors, mayors and business leaders defend Paris accord after Trump’s rejection?


I'd like everyone who told people they were in mortal sin because they voted for a pro-choice candidate to apologize now.


Hockey owners, including Murray Edwards, appear to believe that Canadians' love of professional hockey cannot be broken. I think it can. It reminds me - again - that the Flames aren't Calgary's team, that they really belong to Murray Edwards. That the Oilers aren't Edmonton's team either, they belong Daryl Katz.
I love hockey, but this all-to-regular cycle of extortion makes me angry and reminds me I can do just fine without it. And I wonder if there aren't a lot of other passionate fans of professional hockey who feel the same way.


Having grandparents cover daycare is one of the arguments in favor of their being here, given the lack of affordable daycare in Canada. Meanwhile, even if they get OAS, the amount would be small, since OAS is based on years of residency.

It is the potential costs of the free healthcare that I am concerned about.


I suggest you listen to one of the post game news conferences when Gibbons is interviewed--he clearly is functionally illiterate and doesn't have a clue what he's talking about--this completely translates on what moves he makes during a game--even with the teams he's had the last two years he has made multiple managerial mistakes including one in 2015 that cost the Blue Jays home field advantage throughout the playoffs---in the past he even challenged a former player to a fist fight in the clubhouse---he doesn't belong managing at the major league level-or even at the minor league level--?maybe little league?


I'm not talking about ISIS,I'm talking about a religion that in 2017 is light years behind the Judeo-Christian world in tolerance of gays,Jews and women.Incidentally,not exactly values we espouse in the West.If you don't see any truth in the above statement you are just another leftist truth denier who'd rather take the politically-correct road and not have a truthful open discussion for fear of being called a bigot,a racist or an Islamophobe.


So what's your solution, let him walk?


Wow, why you so angry bud?
You seem to 'nitpick' points in the author's piece in order to express your ire.  The article was in fact balanced and didnt suggest that Alberta is more racist than any other province.  The mistake you make - which breeds unnecessary resentment, denial, and anger - is that when someone calls out white racism they are calling every white person a racist.  That is NOT the case and it doesnt help the cause to suggest it is so.


"They believe the school stands to lose as much it gains by slashing the estimated $1 million a year it costs to field teams at UAA ($600,000 for alpine and Nordic squads) and UAF ($400,000 for a Nordic squad)".

Athletics supporters keep telling me how smart these kids on sports scholarships are and how lucky we are to have them in the community. So let's continue down that path of drawing smart kids into our communities. A million dollars in savings from eliminating these sports programs could provide a ton of ACADEMIC scholarships. Academic scholarships for ALASKAN kids.

Gotta tell you, I got pretty damn tired of being forced to pay for sports programs via mandatory fees every quarter. Sports programs that did nothing for me but drove up the price of my education. You want sports at the university? I got no problem with that as long as they're self-sustaining. If not, they have to go.


I guess the concern is that Trump promises Manafort a pardon on the condition that he not testify against Trump.


The fundamental issue is these are NOT SUSTAINABLE in Hawaii. The fact they needed a grant-in-aid from Hawaii taxpayers should prove that. This is totally bizarre as Hawaii has a glut of office space with the vacancy rate creeping towards 20%. Why on earth should the state government get involved in this? If it was industrial space, where the Honolulu vacancy rate is less than 1%, it could work but $900/mo for a permanent office, you can find stuff for that now. I wish the SA was more like civil beat as they would be scrutinized properly.


Can't fathom GM's logic of thinking all drivers want turbos.  At least give me option of the larger displacement, normally-aspirated engine!


"...the church cannot impose mandatory reporting because some countries have repressive regimes."

It can let national bishops conferences make that decision.  Doesn't Francis want more decision making shifted from Rome to the bishops?  I can understand that "some countries have repressive regimes", have not developed criminal and civil law and an independent judiciary.

But some have good legal systems and Pope Francis needs to recognize that and support it.

Maybe this is one of the reasons Card. O'Malley was appointed to the CDF - to get them moving on making the changes needed to allow reporting where it is "reasonable" to do so, get rid of the requirement that a bishop has to try to "cure" a pedophile before seeking to defrock him, clean up the "legal problems" that are an impediment to trying bishops for covering-up sex abuse.

The church is stuck in an impossible position in which children are put at risk. They don't get another 100 years to figure this out.


Are you telling us you believe that every single person that voted for the Libs/NDP/Green voted for electoral reform? A little naive at best, and you should then be outraged that almost thirty promises have been broken that you voted for.


Agree.  When river road was widened, at first they did not increase the speed limit, which remained at 30 mph.  I received the first speeding citation shortly thereafter, and I was traveling at about 35-40.  Then they raised the limit to 40 mph, but 45-50 is the new norm everywhere on River Road, where you will not find a police cruiser.  I hate impeders, but on River Road I feel a public duty use the left lane while going exactly 40 mph.  Because 30 mph was the correct speed limit!


I think Comey has some 'buyers remorse' after 60 days or so..

The problem with Clinton (beyond being a terribly flawed candidate) was that she was such a 'known' commodity.

'Trump? -not so much -until now

There is a difference between the larcenous entitlement of the Clintons (and taking it in through the foundation), and treason.

And while the Clintons have grifted monies from 3rd world types, Trumps real estate business was saved by the Russians. He is beholden, no two ways about it.

At least the clintons have a diversity of revenue source, and it's hard to see how the rulers of say Uzbekistan would be a major string puller compared to Putin...


Good to see someone post about their daughter in all this mess. I also feel bad for her.


What happened to the millions in hiding? They just had to spend 10+ million a couple weeks back! Let's use some of that.


Make no mistake about it. This is insidiously dangerous. It is a  thinly veiled precursor  to allow  the Liberals force through election reform in their own version of ranked ballots so as to keep themselves perpetually in power. The Liberals already took heat from many who accuse them of abandoning their election promise and that is worrisome for the next campaign in 2019. With these rules in place ( which they want quickly adopted), they can bring forward the ranked ballot system and ram it through prior to the next election without consideration of  the proportional voting and first past the post systems. Of course they have the practical problem that Elections Canada has said they need 2 years to prepare for any change, so the Liberals will enact the bill, silence the opposition and have an effective date after the next election. They will then say the next election is  a "referendum" and to keep the bad conservatives out the Liberals must be elected.  They will say "promise kept".


Typical, I ask you a question and you ask the exact same question back to me! YOU MADE THE ASININE STATEMENT, you prove it!!!!and then you throw out Fortune 500 companies not coming here???? In case you haven't noticed, Hawaii sits in the middle of the Pacific Ocean FOOL!!!! the cost to do ANYTHING HERE is hard. Why...... WHY would any company chose to come here and struggle??? Let me guess..... its because Dems run the State. Your a biased MORON!!!!


The Trade Agreements, Over-Regulation, and Globalization is what has caused economic troubles.  The Democratic Party, along with Obama, have all but 'wiped-out' the Middle Class.  The Secretary of State serves at the will of the President.  America is "Open For Business" again, and we need a business man out there to make sure we no longer get the short end of the deal!  Although I have no wealth, I hold no animosity for those who have it.  And I hold admiration for those who have worked (legally) and achieved financial success.


Of course it's drifting. It will never accomplish anything !
$54 million and 1 and a half years to tell us what we already know is the ROOT problem and that is if they have the political will to really tell us the truth or will it be masked under political correctness.
This is ridiculous and unnecessary.
A joke.


Yah right, and those Kuwaiti babies got ripped from their incubators and thrown on the floor so the Incubators could be sent to Iraq, and then somehow returned in time to fool the USA troops trying to document the stolen incubator story.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nayirah_(testimony)

Then there was the spectacle of USA news reporters trying to get Kuwaiti refugees to tell them the exact route they had taken to Saudi Arabia, so that Iraqi troops could close off that escape route. And don't forget Geraldo Rivera trying to broadcast USA tactical plans live on TV, before an attack began.


I never understood why anyone, especially women, would choose to become Muslim. There are much better religions out there that don't force you to change your name and don't treat women like second class citizens. It's an odd choice. That being said, as long as she represents her constituents and listens to their needs, she can't be any worse than the clowns that have been previously elected to public office.


Agreed.

Anyone who proclaims "two wheels good, four wheels bad" and actually believes it is an idiot.  There are reasons a lot of collisions between cars and non-cars don't result in charges; most of them come down to fault, but it also seems truish that cops favour drivers.


A collection of spare parts, role and "depth" players....

The cap space? Useless, because it is not like sports years ago, where you just had to buy/pay the player. Now you have to trade with value for value...And is there anyone the Canadians have, that anyone would want, that would not end up being a zero - sum move, or in fact a backward step? (only thing I can see, is get a European star, where there is little or no team comp required)

Drouin was supposed to be a tipping point on offence - if they kept Radulov, etc.

The tam the last decade and a half, has been a karmic payback for Frank Selke, Polock, etc.

Used to be Sam would call up a team, gets its' top scorer for a bag of pucks, and the other teams' first round pick, the have THEM feel they got the better end of the deal...

Now?

When Bergevins' on the phone, you know who is going to come out on the short end..


is that why you read it and make comments? You specialize in reading rags?


MA:  Here's a better idea.  Each Alaskan is given a choice, PFD or pay an income tax.  If you forego the PFD you pay no income tax.  If you accept the PFD you pay the income tax.  How's that?


The Rs have been in charge for long enough to take most of the blame for the lack of funds in the Permanent Fund. Rethuglicans have taken over with the arrival of big oil money and with the increase in military personnel in the State pushed so well by (cue the trumpets) Uncle Teddie. The Fund, even with that major downturn, which happened after eight years of R rule in DC, should be double what it is today.

The oil belonged to all of us and has been sold for way to little for way too long.


I'm not aware that Leitch has released a single economic policy - am I wrong?  What are they?


I am so proud of all of the women and men marching today.  These are people who believe in equality.  Don't let the old bubbas with their hate and stodgy ways destroy hope for a better future!  They are horrible and insidious,  but their way of life is dying out.  Time and history are on women's side.


I did not say anything about people coming from countries on the list.  I replied to Boots who also did not mention a list.  Read the comments and think a little, if you can, before saying anything.


Gosh, remember the "outcry" when a "target" was used in Sarah Palin's political ad?  The only problem with this one, is that it's not art, it is only a political statement. And political statements are protected, although placement anywhere that is publicly funded might be questionable. Those in favor of this kind of display, just remember that, when you question the 'political correctness' of political statements in the future.


It's true, if you commit a crime you might get some taxpayer-funded housing, but then for the rest of your life you're out of luck. I know someone with a felony on their record from more than THIRTY years ago, when they were a minor. One arrest, probation, then 34 years with a perfect record. He still gets turned down for jobs and housing because he's a felon.


Yeah, let's not criticize the guy flying kites, lest we have no life. Good point!


Is this like the dead money the very rich Mr. Morneau holds in trust accounts and through other tax loopholes?


he doesn't want to say a number because he, like the rest of HART, don't have a clue how much it's going to cost.


LMAO I just heard a delusional Snowflake make the most stupid remark. "Expressing their 1st Amendment rights with a Violent Protest" HUH! 1st amendment is a Peaceful Demonstration. A Violent Protest is a RIOT...FYI Pelosi is Senile,CA keeps voting her in and the Democrats in the House keep voting her Minority Leader enuf said...


Time to take Fat Boy out.


Until anyone wants to discuss and talk about GEOENGINEERING/CLIMATE ENGIEERING and its effects on life on Planet Earth I don't want to hear anything. This is the main problem. When will you all WAKE UP and grow some Balls to discuss and stop the Biggest Elephant in the Room, Geoengineering.


"Returning from Ottawa to the cottage, we take back roads, which the Escalade negotiates with a poise – if not quite agility – that belies its size."


And for further justification for this predatory behavior, review  NAMBLA.

"The North American Man/Boy Love Association (NAMBLA) is a pedophile and pederasty advocacy organization in the United States. It works to abolish age-of-consent laws criminalizing adult sexual involvement with minors and campaigns for the release of men who have been jailed for sexual contacts with minors that did not involve coercion."

What is 'coercion' or 'consent' for a five year old boy or girl?


I'll keep her in my prayers.  She is a good person, and speaks her mind.


This is the best government money can buy.


I take medication. Fortunately im stable. It took a couple of years to find the right combination of medications that work. Im not schizo or bipolar so it wasnt as difficult for me. I think tbe short stays n hospital stays rnt long enuf. Im 64 now but between 18-20 i spent a total of two years n hospitals. This was back when they kept u long enuf to get better. Toward the end of my second years i took myself off medication and did fine. This was when they used thorazine and ellavil and meds like that. The second place i was at had the behavior modification model which taught me how to live as an adult. It seems that with the development of SSRIs they think this drug is magic and no one should need to be kept for a longer duration. We can pay now for better care now or pay  much more later for less care. I view it like a gunman throwing a bullet at someone rather than shooting it out the gun. Its called half-assed effort and not very effective. (to be continued).


The state should meet its obligations to these companies.  We need oil in the pipeline.

We need more companies up there, like Caelus, finding the oil and bringing it to market.

Looks like the House Spendocrat agenda is to shut down oil production, levy an income TAX on hard working Alaskans, while promising handouts for all, as they spend AK.GOV into insolvency.  Nearly the exact same tactics Senior Chavez used to absolutely ruin, what once was,  one of the richest states in the Americas.


In other words, all that this tax (fee) will accomplish is the hiring of one government employee whose extended expenses will need be subsidized by taxes.  Nothing will actually be accomplished, all heat and no work.


Guilty, but insane??   Shoot, I thought that this headline was about Donald J Trump.

This is most disappointing.


So... cannabis will be legal but police will have MORE power to stop and search???


6 fine young American soldiers died looking for him: Staff Sergeant Clayton Bowen, 29, of San Antonio, Texas, and Private 1st Class Morris Walker, 23, of Chapel Hill, N.C., were killed by a roadside bomb in Paktika province on Aug. 18, 2009, while trying to find Bergdahl. Staff Sergeant Kurt Curtiss, 27, of Murray, Utah, died Aug. 26 in Paktika Province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when he was shot while his unit was supporting Afghan security forces. Staff Sergeant Michael Murphrey, 25, of Snyder, Texas, died Sept. 6 in Paktika province after being wounded by an IED. Like Bergdahl, Bowen, Walker, Curtiss and Andrews, Murphrey was part of the 4th BCT from JBER. 2nd Lieutenant Darryn Andrews, 34, of Dallas, Texas, died Sept. 4 in Paktika Province when enemy forces attacked his vehicle with an improvised explosive device and a rocket-propelled grenade.Private 1st Class Matthew Martinek, 20, of DeKalb, Ill., was seriously wounded in Paktika province; he died six days later.


We need to keep in mind that this is just the first retaliation against Hawaii for being so vocal against Trump policies.  More pain to come.  More budget cuts, less federal support (I.e. rail) and more anti-Hawaii attitudes across the US.


Weak.  Very weak.  Care to try again?


"I think the present administration will take the role of faith in foreign policy, faith in human rights very seriously."

Right.  Anyone want to buy a bridge?


...and now we see the craftiness of Trump as it relates to how he will in fact negotiate for Mexico to pay for "the wall".....NAFTA will be the "stick" (leverage). Many of the things he says make me cringe; I do not believe he is without some negotiating prowess however.


You appear to know quite a bit more than I do about the situation at the proposed TMT site.

I'm following Roy Gal's advice to "see what further reporting and records reveal."  Hopefully, the information that was lacking in Hill's article will come out in the near future and satisfy my curiosity.


"They’re mad at the rich people who don’t seem to have to worry about sharing. "

Lee, the word "rich" is thrown around a lot in these kind of articles and blogs. Can you define what exactly qualifies as rich? Is it a dollar amount? Is it the ability to stay above water financially? Is it just getting by by living just above the poverty line, is it have an extra hundred bucks at the end of the month to put away for a rainy day? Is it not having a mortgage because you've struggled to get it paid off?......what exactly is the definition of "rich"

I'm kind of thinking the rich are people ripe for extortion by our elected leaders. Thoughts?


"Millions carry dread to the voting booth"

minus 1.


"It’s the same reasoning that went into building Oahu’s highways, which connect East Honolulu to West Oahu, Central Oahu and the Windward side. "

Ahhhh, the great canard.  Will Rail allow my plumber to bring his tools and pipes and replacement sink to my house? No! Will Rail allow me and my family to travel seamlessly from one side of the island to the other? No! Will Rail allow Matson to haul a 40 foot trailer to the local Safeway? No! Will Rail transport the logistics and personnel of our military when they deploy? No!

Using an integrated network of highways to justify Rail is nonsense.  Nothing can compete with an integrated highway network for the volume and types of traffic it can transport with complete diversity of origins and destinations and at low ongoing cost per vehicle supported.


Enduring hardship, struggle hell yeah Lance, you are Alaska!! I believe in you still cause you know.. You know when life is screaming to end and still give it the middle finger! Don't ever let anyone tell you different, believe in what your animals are giving to you.. Anyone else lol, theirs are biting them in the leg!


"Waving Spanish, Catalan and European Union flags, the protesters described themselves as the silent majority who have been ignored during the wealthy region's bid for independence, which came to a head Friday when the regional parliament voted to secede from Spain."

So where were they during the vote.  They stay home and then complain afterwards


The fall out from the tax revision could be a compensation issue.  A professional will state "Take away my income splitting abilities , then show me how to get to the same after tax income,and I'm good with it
If not , expect the push back to be very hard , very angry"
Doctors , are paid from the same pool of tax revenue as the well pensioned government employees, they will soon look to be compensated with a similar basket of benefits/ pensions etc. I betit nets out "more expensive" .
Mr. Morneau may have just laid waste to the best deal our  society gets.


It doesn't matter wether this law survives a Charter Challenge because Quebec, who was never a sign on to the Pierre Trudeau "put me in the history books" document will just use the Not-Withstanding-Clause and the law will go ahead. Get used to it.


I'm waiting to see what kind of bait and switch the Republicans pull. Obamacare is horrible to everyone except the 6 million recently subsidized. But whatever the Repubs come up with will surely be worse.

Watch your wallets people.


That's not what you posted when Civil Comments took over. You posted that you told Civil you would leave if you had to review posts after every one of your posts, and you posted that Civil Comments exempted you. Now you are saying something different. Will you say you read other's posts along with the post they respond to, and to the best of your ability, rate them as "good" (yes, sorta, no) and as "civil" (yes, no)? That's what I do to the best of my ability (lack of context sometimes makes it hard) and I would hope you do so as well.

Thanks for your clear statement, at least. I think this is the first adverse question I have seen you not dodge. Once an attorney, always an attorney?


You need to go a little deeper than that.  Rights are not absolute.  The usual example regarding free speech pertains to yelling fire in a crowded movie theater when there is no fire.  Does that person have that right?  To proclaim certain values that hurt others and that are in opposition to American ideals and that are fueled by intense anger and hatred of legally protected groups, maybe not so much.


The largest percentage of voters in this country (42%) identify themselves as Independent/undeclared. But they don't have a say in the primary choice for our representatives and leaders. LeDoux is offering an honest opportunity to correct this and engage more Alaskans in government.

What is Jenkins against in this? Democracy?

In a typical move, he's labeled democratic/open primaries as "jungle primaries," undoubtedly to inject a little dog whistle of racism into it. Calling names is a sure sign that he's scared of the logical arguments supporting an open primary.

Another typical partisan move, he creates a hostile, us-against-them/winner-loser binary mentality in his screed. My brothers are Republicans and I'm not, but I love them, and they're Alaskans who want good things for our families.

I believe Americans and Alaskans are getting tired of this.

The last election gave us Hillary and Trump as the best choice partisan politics could offer. I want better. I want open primaries


When you invite the murderer into your house why are you surprised he kills? Unfettered, zero- vetted hundreds of thousands of Muslim invaders who have been targeting Western Christian lands and people for over 1,400 years and they are surprised they will be killed, raped and maimed? Some times you have to wonder if the STASI in the GDR  needs to be reinvented to protect the average German citizen in the unified Republic of Germany.


Sure looks like a road. No construction happening and state is broke to pay for more. Go look yourself


I'm glad we are seeing some blowback on these events. Some of these "charity" events are complete nonsense.


You obviously missed Parzival's sarcasm and your "explanation" of Trump's quote seems an extreme stretch. The quote, even in full, speaks for itself.


******.... Retread.... Uhmm-EhHumm...


I am not sure what you are getting at, but I feel strongly that we do not need nor can we afford all the campuses we now have. I mean a seperate campus in the Mat-Su? Eagle River? What is the overhead for that especially in time when online learning is growing.


Orlando shooter's Afghan parents are STILL not American citizens. Their murderous little boy was an American citizen only because immigration law allows for anchor babies. That's another part of immigration law that needs to be changed. If his muslim parents had not been allowed in here, the terrorist would not have been here in the first place.


we have kneelers.. obozo's actions have led to kneelers being acceptable today.. you are right..


More like remember bin Laden's last words, which were something like "Oh, Daesh!" ....


As MLK Jr., Gandhi, Jesus and many others have pointed out: hate and violence on one side enables the hate and violence to continue on the other. The only way to win is not to play.


So how much have the prices of houses dropped in Vancouver with the new foreign buyer tax in place.


Cry me a river


Taking Taiwan by force would be economic suicide.
The economic embargo would bankrupt China, and without imported oil they'd grind to a halt militarily in weeks...


Nonsense, Richard.   Europe's system of healthcare works hand in hand just fine with capitalism and business.   You'll change your tune when they take away YOUR social security and Medicare or have to make a decision between paying your hospital bill or your mortgage payment.


The case went before Iaccobucci in 2008 and
Parliament agreed to apologize to and compensate these three men in 2009. Nothing was done so the three sought $100 million in compensation for being jailed and tortured with Canadian government agencies' involvement. The Canadian government has finally settled the case for a lot less than $100 million.


IP, in my opinion, is the worst idea to come down the pike in many a year. Bad business for this community, especially in these troubling times.


"As many have pointed out, one vote in Wyoming counts for three votes in California under electoral college rules."
That's the way it should be. That's the way I prefer. The reason is that I think the people of Wyoming have a significantly higher degree or rationality and common sense than the folks in California.


Typical Canadian hypocrisy under the guise of impartiality.


"Calm his Tweeter habit"?  Are you kidding?  Increase it, and also press conferences where he lowers the hammer.  That is why he sits in the oval office.  We don't want another George Bush the blocking dummy, who never defended himself.  Open your eyes to reality!


I think the challenge is cost - most investors using discount brokerages have a hard time paying the high cost of global trading when CAN/US trades are less than $10.  As a result there isn't a lot of motivation for the brokerages to offer the service.

I know I defer to ADRs for that exact reason.


So the city of Juneau is going to bribe the U of A one million dollars to put the headquarters as far away from the people of Alaska as possible ?   Are you kidding me ?  This is  the same bull Juneau uses to keep the capital in Juneau .  That the U of A went along with this shows what a pathetic lot they are.


Indeed! When healthy, was one of the best Broncos lineman they ever had.


So you know doctors in both the lower mainland and the GTA. My, aren't you a well connected fellow. And yet so much time to post here at the G and M.


I agree that we should abandon the W-G White House office and depend on Law (Civil Rights Commission, or HUD or ?) to measure whether there is parity twixt the sexes in government and determine what structural impediments still exist for either biological sex or class.  At this juncture, the sex equality pendulum she has traveled too far, and now it's time for him to come back to some sort of equilibrium.  Look at the precipitously falling US marriage and birth rates, the latter of which, I am told, we Americans require the "active and affirmative" cooperation of several sexes (as opposed to some parts of the world where that cooperation is overly active but not affirmative).  Look at the equality of pay (apples to apples so subtract voluntary "family leave") and look at college attendance which is now 60% or so female.  We have gone too far and men and boys are checking out of society.   That does not bode well.  Well, except for the brewers and drug lords.


1. The Inquiry has no clear set of objectives.

2. The Inquiry has no clear direction or leadership structure.

3. The Inquiry has no clear time or budget limit.

4. The Inquiry has no power to re-open cases, or prosecute anybody, or do anything resembling actual investigative police work.

5. Political correctness prevents public criticism of the Inquiry from occurring because accusations of "racism" are made against critics.

6. Stats on missing and murdered Aboriginals have already been compiled in numerous reports to the public by the RCMP and other agencies.

7. The Inquiry is carefully designed and staffed so as to avoid the well-documented truth about this problem: most of the culprits are Aboriginal men, and most of the crimes are committed on the Reserve system.

When this ongoing train wreck finally exhausts itself and halts entirely, I plead with the feds to release a report detailing how the budget was spent, item by item. It is time for the public to see some truth.


SS,  My 401Ks were extremely lucrative for us because I learned some basic investing rules. Our traditional IRA were right for us at the time but we have been converting them to Roth IRAs for about 16 years and will have the conversions completed in another 2-3 years. Back to those basic investing rules I learned on my own by reading and watching shows like the "Nightly Business Report" on PBS. My taxable investments have also been very lucrative for us. Here is one "aha investment moment" for me that I will gladly share with everyone, "Dividend Reinvestment Plans (DRP)". If the one you're researching charges you ANY fees, move on, you can find a better DRP. Some DRPs will even give you up to a 5% discount on stock purchases. Wealth accumulation is a life long and long term process for the vast, vast majority of us. I never took a business or investing class beyond what was required of me to graduate from Willamette High School.

Freedom can be a scary thing for individuals.


Once again Cruz is wrong.  In this situation I believe that even more American voters see Trump as their Knight in shinning armor fighting their battle.

He has been fighting the swamp, the only left wing press and fake GOP members who hate him because he means they will be stopped from stealing the taxpayers money!

I expect to see many more new GOP members replacing the swamp dwellers but still a majority.


Isn't it interesting that of all the developed nations of the world, ours is the only one to spend this kind of energy and money on college sports? The student athletes give far more to the schools in sports revenue than they get. American football is big business, it is not anything to do with education or charity.


I FOUND HIM.  The only person or thing this whining bitch has not blamed is the man in the moon.


Quisling


I said "Trump is right." Period. 14 hours ago.

You are responding to the wrong person.


B7 bingo. A friendly correction. The united States of America is a Republic...Not a democratic republic.
Of the people, by the people and for the people.


Taxing ABT would be a start, the property, the income of the ministers...I'm sure JP rakes in a few hundred thou.


I didn't know the investigation was over and it had been proven that he was guilty.

Also, where is your outrage at teachers, both men and women, having sex with their students?

Oh I get it...  You can't make that political.


This commission has been a sham. Pope Francis set it up to placate everyone. He knew full well that it would not do anything substantive. It is time for Pope Francis to resign and retire.


Glad to see everyone is taking it seriously....


What are your sources, not named, did not happen as you said.


I am glad to read positive news and efforts of active members in our community working toward a common good against an evident evil. Salmon is one of our most important resources in the state and among one of our main exports; the declining population poses a threat to thousands of already established jobs (more jobs than Pebble will produce), along with communities that rely on them for their subsistance. Supporting a project such as Pebble is a very stupid move: copper prices are declining, when the minerals are extracted from the soil it will be barren... whereas salmon is a sustainable resource, if taken care properly it will keep on returning for our nourishment. There is no way around it: this proposal is good for the community, good for the environment, its action like this that is what we need to thrive as a society.


My apologies if I made a mistake. It was what I remembered from when I was applying for CPP and OAS - perhaps I did accidentally reverse the two.


You cannot fool ICE. They know how he gamed the system by marrying a US citizen. Worked before but not now. Trump is brave enough to enforce the exits of these scam artists. Maybe ICE should repo his business. When this business of eradicating the Speaks concludes I hope they will aim at questionable Asians. Especially Filipinos and their marriage scams and how they fool Armed Servicemen and women into marrying them. Even got Americans trying to get them into the USA for medical reasons and then they scram. That's why the local boxing scene is dead. Too many Flippos flip out instead of returning to Manila. Glad Trump is cracking down. they do bring crime and spread illiteracy.


blaming notely for increasing taxes, bad resource management policies, carbon bs etc and the never ending increase in regulations that are sending investment away is clearly why she deserves every bit of it pal


"We are again importing US problems into Canada. "

Poor you.
The rate of hate crimes in Canada is twice that of hate crimes in the U.S.
Twice as many Canadians per capita killed themselves with drug overdoses in BC than were murdered in New York.

Keep your rot where it belongs, in Canada under wraps where no one talks about it or even acknowledges it.


It's not just money.  It's also policy. Punishment is a joke, sentences are too lenient.  Judges don't protect the public.  Halfway houses where criminals can walk away at will is a joke.  Prisons should be places that are feared, not plush hotels where you spend a little time between crimes.  The court system is too burdensome and needs to be restructured.  Courts should be about victims rights, and not focus on rehabbing the garbage of society that doesn't' t want to change.


Screw you Kitty Piercy. I'm glad I moved.


Can't wait. Spring hasn't sprung until the Farmer's Markets open.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzXuhCJWOx0

The evils of Trump.


Close. Only problem is that cod and, I think, monk fish are bottom-feeders. Don't wish to tarnish my favourites.  Besides, bottom-feeder fish actually clean the bottom environment and thus help other life-species, rather than being destructive.


The native peoples haven't prospered under European immigration over the last 600 years or so. Or do you consider that they have?


And I'm happy.  I'll be even happier if it ever gets repealed.  No one should be surprised since ending Obamacare was a promise Trump made during his campaign.  It's why many of us voted for him.


I live in Ontario. Small town. Wynne is our Premier. Wynne is in love with taxes. We spend over 1 billion each month just to service the debt. The idea that Wynne will ever cut taxes as an equivalent is wishful thinking. Our power rates are insane. I use my car as little as possible, but there's no public transit. Food prices are rising. Power rates are rising. Fuel rates are rising. Everything we buy - goods, services, power, costs more and more, every month. We're getting eaten alive. There IS no money for other things!


Its pretty well known that women make better climbing crane operators. Why, nobody is exactly sure. I haven't heard anybody complaining about this as discriminatory. Nor have I heard that its unfair that NFL linebackers are all male. Common sense would suggest that some things one sex does better than the other and for some they are equal. There are definite differences between the sexes. Just what they are is the debatable issue.
Wolf


Susie, I agree with you. This should be open and shut. Other that know her have stated she shows little to no remorse. I lost a sister in a similar situation and the punishment did not meet the crime. The family that lost a loved one will be hurt for the remainder of their lives. Hopefully the court will not set her up to get off on appeal.


The season is over for the Ducks and Washington will cement it. Prukop has not done the job and it's time to bring in Herbert to gain game experience for the future. Simple as that!


I think that most people, even small business owners are in favor of tax fairness,
however when you have tax laws favoring civil servants pensions and family trusts favoring the truly rich, there really isn't tax fairness. How about tax evasion on illegal cigarettes and the break the native community receives on tobacco? This substance is probably the #1 cause of our medical system being overwhelmed, yet a lack of taxes are collected on this product. What about the underground economy? Lots of tax avoidance their too.
If this govt. wants credibility with respect to the proposed changes they should get rid of 'trusts' and tax avoidance schemes for the rich (themselves). Then I will be willing to listen and consider their ideas as being fair.
I am beyond needing dividends. My wife works for me so my 'sprinkling' is actually legitimate. But I think this govt.s approach has been poorly thought out.


Northwind, like your name implies, that free ride is for the oil industry in Alaska.


A truly irrelevant non Catholic event


The US "concerns" are protectionism masking as security concerns.  Just like the US Congress banned Huawei from operating in the US and effectively eliminated Cisco's competition.


Your comment is not just vacuous, it is completely asinine, not to forget, ultimately exceeding cruel and unnecessary. I can only conclude that you are without consciousness.


Spoken from the fuzzy depths of the most recent Trudeaupian stupor. Mush-minded Liberal/left/progressives doing their usual slime babble.


How is this problem the result of a "bad deal" when the product in question isn't even covered by the deal?


She is upset because she was unable to demand a cut under the table.


this seems to be another limited on-the-cheap showpiece to make it look like officials are on top of a disaster while merely focusing on the few families who, as with Housing First, 'qualify' with a verifiable income of limited sorts and the myriad paper work many on the streets don't and won't have, then transition into ill termed 'permanent' housing in a market that is largely failing to provide any housing at all for even those with more solid finances and personal stability. those that pass thru this program will be a statistical success on a tenuous basis where the recidivism rate can easily become routine due to inabilities to consistently cover monthly costs of the most meager existence in an unrealistic best case scenario. $Millions are being spent on ventures which ultimately may prove to have done very little for very few. typically, there are too many unanswered questions, and nothing addressing the masses who'll never 'qualify' for any kind of help. sadly, I call it shibai.


Hard to say which is crazier, the Trump or Kim Jong Un.

Will the Trump trade Seattle for Seoul?

What will China do if the Trump nukes N. Korea? We may find out soon!

Stephen J. Remington


Looks like just more vote buying and wasted money.  We need performance based evaluations for teachers!


You are pushing the Remoaners' lie that people didn't know.