"... Centennial based Saunders Construction.." that's a local company with local workers that will be making a big chunk of the profit.

I do agree though this should be competitively bid, I know there are american companies that can design, manage and build these renovations.


Federal immigration policy is broken, as recognized by Republicans and Democrats alike.  However, President Trump seems to be intent on enforcing it, despite outcomes that would be disastrous for many innocent people.  Neither the State nor the various counties receive federal funds for immigration enforcement.  Furthermore, neither the State nor the various counties are obligated to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement agencies, nor should they.


Hmm.  Weird.  Posted this below, it showed, and now it's gone...

No sh1t, Sherlock.  Had you served when called upon like a man instead of dodging the draft like a coward, you'd know the military is always at the ready.

Someone muzzle this idiot Trump.


We can better our schools with taxes generated from cannabis sales. These retailers will help schools, not harm them.


Using this philosophy the people of Southeast (including legislatures) should not receive a PFD, it should be used to fund the Alaska Ferry System, those in the railbelt should not receive a PFD as it should go towards the roads, and infrastructure that are paid by the state. Rural residents shouldn't get a PFD it should be used to pay for the energy equalization program. Start to see a pattern? Eventually he would like to see everyone's PFD pulled from them to pay for corporate subsidies from the Alaska Legislature.


CycleWest,

I agree that, rather than concern for BC and its people generally,  Premier Clark is motivated primarily by fear that the BC Liberals will lose power and that she will lose the BC Liberal leadership shortly thereafter.

My earlier comment simply tried to assess how she appears to be going about achieving her long-shot objectives.


I think also that the interpretation of the song requires that it be taken in its context, where possible. For example, the first movie performance of the song was by Esther Williams and Red Skelton, in Neptune's Daughter,in 1949. I know that in some of her movies Esther is being chased by men, and sometimes her role indicates that she is not really interested but doesn't want to alienate the people who can help her career, as her career as a synchronized swimmer was often the main subject matter of the film.


I guess this must be the output of semi-declonised education... an individual unemployable nearly, if he ever grows up!


What the story should say is Trump no longer cares about a liberal activist group posing as pro healthcare citing he doesn't care about their out dated no longer an issue original agenda that has become massively liberal activist twisted. Defend them and shut it the f*ck down because to be quite honest they don't do sh*t anymore for the HIV/AIDS community as far as healthcare goes and haven't in years.


Well we are supposed to be the superior beings and should be aware of our surroundings even though I wasn't blaming anyone. The "alleged" happenings are very much true. Feel free to contact the Rangers at Yellowstone. Keep trying to find something Akrider, however the bear still didn't do anything.


- I get your charter of Rights etc but $10,500,000.00 for a Canadian born terrorist that fought against his/our own troops I do not get! As a comparison, this story follows one of the many Canadian soldiers that fought for Canada and because of a IED (the same type of explosive that Omar Khadr built and placed) lost both legs,vision severely impaired, bladder and urinary tract issues, brain injury etc that he will suffer with this for his entire life (Not 10 Years) his payout was $260,000.00   Read this story  http://www.equitassociety.ca/soldiers-story/


You write; "I do not see any need for the Knights of Columbus to be spending money meddling in the civic affairs"

Of course not ... we all should just leave that (to meddle in civic affairs) to NCR. :)) Lovely argument ... :)))


Be careful what you wish for.


Note to self: stick to facts. "The 'suite' was a shed. They kicked us out early. They did not return the deposit. I would not recommend this place for any event"


No it doesn't, he has dinners with the exact billionaires that buy up our seniors homes and then declares it's for Chinese Nationals...


Whoever runs the site. I am conducting interviews about not only what happened on the 7th to you guys on campus, but other issues regarding the corruption. Please, message me. I am going to be in downtown Portland most of the week! Please check out my blog for some good talking points, and critical cited information to prop up the Trump campaign, and systematically tear down the #oppressors! http://thefrustratedhippy.blogspot.com/


Ms. Yaffe – who, like Mr. Sarkar, is a consul-general, but at a New York post that is generally viewed as having greater stature – is paid a salary between $153,600 and $180,600 – roughly 70 per cent of Mr. Sarkar's pay range.

I thought Trudeau and the Liberals were the champions of equality, obviously Sarker  is more equal than Ms Yaffe who gets only 70% of his salary for holding the same CG and perhaps the highest CG position. Too funny!


Fox news and trump colluding? Who'd a thunk?


The word RECALL come to mind...


Finally somebody get's it. The powerful sticking up for the weak is an extremely American thing.


Where Mexico stepped up, was the investment in their University that focused on turning out a bumper crop of engineers every year for the past 5 years or so.  Per capita they are almost at Germany's level of that area of education.

Not only a modestly paid work force, but increasingly a well educated one too.  According to Detroit analysts only a matter of time and experience before much of the design and engineering could also be transferred to Mexico as well.


I appreciate your definition of "militia" which is, of course, the cornerstone of 2nd Amendment arguments . You may want to review  United States Code, Title 10 (Armed forces), section 311 (Militia: Composition and Classes), and Section 313 of Title 32 . They will clarify definitively of what makes a  "militia". And yes, most Americans with or without guns are part of this group.


Good article.
I've seen some misguided and ineffective protests during my life.  I've also seen some necessary and effective ones.  But protests are part of our historical fabric as this article argues, and they serve a valuable function in our democracy.


"the "property" spoken of was slaves, the only property whose ownership was threatened by the union army."
BUNK
Confederate soldiers didn't own slaves, they owned land. Your bald faced lies follow you around like a loaded diaper, eric.


Do you mean the UA ( not UAA) system? Also isn't Anchorage the biggest employer of teachers in the State? Where is their input? I have no idea what it would be but it seems elementary that they should be consulted.


Which is helpful in an employment context too, as in  "Would you like to choose something from our dessertation menu, sir?"


Thanks for clarifying.


Atheists have no imaginary friends and yet they have murdered more people than all religions combined!

These people with no imaginary friends are responsible for the murder of around 200 million humans in the 20th century alone!


Being a dick must be yours.


@rollandx I think you are failing to differentiate between dictators and non-theist. Dictators don't like competition in the telling you what to think department, that is why they abolish religion. The dictator wasn't put in power by these evil atheists you speak of, they took power. There have been many dictators in communism, socialism, and capitalism. All of these non-religious societies suffered not because of lack of religion, but because of enforced totalitarianism. Non-theists view religion as cancer of the mind; it keeps growing and extending its self from past generations. Some are able to free themselves of it, but many aren't so lucky.


Beyer says they are going to do it right this time. A fresh start McKewon says a fresh start. These idiots who are on the verge of letting PERS bankrupt this state claim they will do it right this time.  Before these head off to new and better tax land maybe they should figure out how to correct all their past we will do it right this time screw up's. Around 23billion in unfunded PERS should have these fools losing sleep rather than pretending PERS will go away. Welcome to Oregon the first state foreclosed on by retired government employees


well, think about it and consider what has happened since his election, not what opinions say, consider the facts.


Bud,

Obamacare has drive-up prices in a lot of directions, some of them surprising. We have two dogs and the Obamacare taxes on medications that are also used for non-human applications have more than doubled the prices of some of the medicines they sometimes need. The antibiotic one dog need following surgery has tripled in price. The heartworm medicine another will soon begin receiving has almost quadrupled in price.


"with the intent to influence, solely on the basis of partisan political affiliation"

So standing for our national anthem is now a partisan issue? If you stand your a republican if you kneel your a democrat.


"If you stage a torch light march, reminiscent of the Hitler Youth marches in the thirties ..."
Not just the Hitler Youth. The SS, the SA, and ordinary Germans celebrated Hitler becoming chancellor with a torchlight parade.
My dad was a freshman at the University of Berlin hoping to become a lawyer and he witnessed that parade. Three years later he was kicked out. Not for bad grades. Not for lack of scholarship. But solely for being Jewish.
The white supremacists came to Charlottesville hoping to provoke something.
Unfortunately, they did.
Now they can feel they were the victims.
The next time the white supremacists hold a parade, people opposed to them ought to line the streets and literally turn their backs on them. And do nothing more. Don't react to their taunts.


Remnant TV is not exactly an unbiased source.


In case you didn't notice, we didn't have race riots in the USA for decades until Obama and Holder instigated them ON PURPOSE.


Well its gotten a 10% "Trump pump" since Nov 7 (for starters)

Its down 10% since it released its last earnings in October...
Its expensive PE 25...BMO shows debt/equity 4.0 which is awful...

Maybe sugar twin and "Static Guard" will be trending products in the White House,or maybe it just caught a wave.


I think the guy did this heinous act, just because he could.   He legally was able to get all the weapons, ammo and bump stocks without issue.   Maybe he is showing, look at what I can do, no one could stop me with the current laws, and no one had any suspicion.   Will this change anything down there....probably not.   But now, there are many out there that could replicate similar and they all follow the law.


Never a good idea to use any thing as a weapon against an officer.  Sadly, the only true cure for stupidity seems to be a chunk of lead.


people like speer died defending the kind of rights that make the decision by CSIS to hand over Khadr  to be tortured unlawful if not odious

got it big fella?


The article purposefully misleads readers about this budget.

Yes, there were some tax increases but there were also some spending cuts and some borrowing.

In my opinion it effectively spread the pain of a reduced commodity price environment even handedly.

There are also some benefits for low income families to offset some of the PST costs for the most vulnerable.


This is racist and sexist - moderator, could you please remove this comment. I have flagged it as well as inappropriate.


While eliane cleverly distracted you, mjmchale displaced you at #1 on the humor chart. Established church, Joe McCarthy, and silencing heretics. Hard even for you to top that comedic treasure.

En garde, time to polish up the old epee. Maybe two epees, one in each hand. Enjoy!

cheers


That's the worst reason in the world to bail out a failing company.  Why don't we give a couple billion to Blackberry too?  Canadian Airlines?  Eatons?


Jim, you try to come off as such a savior (pun intended).  You're actually out for YOUR agenda.  You are so irrelevant.


"the latest incarnation of the ruthless and endlessly greedy entrepreneurs throughout history amassing obscene wealth through monopolistic control of our communication channels"

You are like old testament scribe who has stumbled into the digitaless desert to seek a vision and came back converted from an apologist for monopolistic corporate controlled media (NYT, Wapo, CNN) and now see a future many of us out here believe that the medium and the message is suspiciously morphing into being under the complete matrix control of the monied power elite.
You are forewarned that those who cherish independence and critical thinking will be persecuted and ridiculed.
Your first mission, if you are to accept it, is to find out why the Haitian official who was to testify that the Clinton Foundation was engaging in criminal activity was just found dead and not a mention of the death in the mass media. Another case of censorship through silence?
http://yournewswire.com/haiti-exposed-clinton-dead/


You're so delusional. Thanks for the entertainment.


Hell yeah! Sick of the fuzz always coming in, bustin up the joint, for something that gonna be legal anyhow.


I am entertained by reading these posts from gun people twisting themselves into indecipherable pretzels.  It's got to be absolute madness and noise in your heads as you writhe around trying to defend archiac positions that make zero sense in 2016.


ok lets make it simple for you and your friends.
if it's the way blacks are treated in America the issue, why didn't they protest when Obama was president.
why all of a sudden Trump is the bogeyman and not the treatment of blacks.


"much of these costs cover nuclear and natural gas generation and long-overdue infrastructure upgrades"

Much of that was for standby gas generation to cover the reliability issues of wind and solar.  As to the Tesla powerwall, it's still far too expensive ($10K+ total w/inverter install)  to be able to recover its cost as part of a renewable energy system, and of insufficient capacity  (13.5kWh) to be able to power high demand appliances (dryer, A/C) for any sustained period of time.


I can't help but wonder if this guy wasn't also fueled by the Bundy gang of "patriots".


Its a union thing isn't it. Why have they been allowed to ruin american schools?


@basket4:
1) All of that sounds very hard, no question.
2) In terms of real estate, young people today would gladly trade today's high prices/low rate environment for the high rates/lower multiple of income pricing of the 1980s. Why? Because if you scrimped and saved back then, you slowly got a bigger % of a down payment. Today the opposite is true - each year you sacrifice, you fall further behind. The math is shocking.

We too have moved. A full year of mat leave, while available, is simply not an option in some fast-moving professions. And given that a far larger % of employment is contract or temporary, this benefit doesn't exist. Salaries have continued to go nowhere for decades compared to a skyrocketing cost of living, so that problem you faced has only grown more pronounced.

None of this is to minimize the big challenges you faced. But it is possible that things are systematically harder today. It's all relative.


How do you know for sure she was?  I think that is the point.  There's no proof this woman was denied entry because of her race.  None at all.  It's all spin, fear-mongering, and more race baiting.


This is certainly helpful.
Then again, I can't recall anything you've posted concerning this topic that approaches healing.


LW2 - A little humor answering those inevitable questions worked well for me. When asked, the response "It seems my ex-husband was enjoying sex much more frequently than I was" is all the answer and explanation needed.


Alaska's GOP is paying the oil company's a billion dollars a year to search for oil and gas taking all the risk. Flat out it is not capitalism it is Petro Socialism while proposing to tax the citizens by taking their former paltry nest egg and proposing a flat out income tax. Mr. Nyman you ought to be more careful as there is no free market at work, nor little competitive petroleum pricing to keep fuel prices in competitive order.


Get ready for paid Russian trolls to begin commenting.

When Putin stops with the shenanigans on his western frontier, allows a free press and freedom of association, stops assassinating people, and stops robbing the treasury, then will be time to talks about becoming friends again.  Not before.


Ontario and Quebec cement producers fall under the provinces' cap-and-trade systems.


I did and I might again, unless of course Mark Begich is a candidate. Then I would vote for Mark.


That's not what you said. You said SAR should allow untrained people into the operation. As though they have spare time to manage untrained people.

But this comment makes you seem even more oblivious to what it takes lead, manage, and execute a SAR operation. Your ignorance is a danger to yourself, the public, and SAR personnel. But you think it's ok to put others at risk if it makes you feel better, huh? Please, stay home and let the people who know what they're doing do their jobs.


You're right about no one being perfect.  But Supt. Parent should have more restraint with her amorous feelings than to display them in the workplace.  It's something that she should expect from her subordinates.  But, here she is doing it herself. She is definitely not setting a good example.


McTruck, "pocho" saids it all.  Zero u.s.press in the White House while the Russian press is allowed in for a Russia/US meeting.  This is very underminding traitor that we have as potus.  Russia is laughing at this idiot. "We have gained access to the WH comrades"!! We came into the front door that an orange orangutan opened. Lol.


" Still to the right of all four left-leaning justices".
Translation, he will slow wall our slide toward slavery to the tyrannical nanny-state, as opposed to the fast track Hussein Obama, & Hillary Clinton would prefer.
" Give me liberty, or give me death".


You would prefer what's happening now? The bootleggers are making a killing out there. At least now they won't be able to charge hundreds of dollars for a fifth of cheap whiskey.


I respectfully disagree.  We know abortion rates go down when people have jobs or at least a social safety net that enables effective access to adequate housing, potable water and safe food.  Even St. Teresa of Kolkata stated when she was at Harvard that it was the fear of not being able to provide for another life that lead to so many abortions.

And if folks really wanted to reduce abortion ... how about enabling contraception.

AND then we could challenge our current dominant development mode for promoting such gross materialism and consumerism ... without which it grinds to a halt.
 And on and on ...

A seamless garment continuous ethic of life/solidarity makes these connections.


This is about 'wedge' politics.
Appealing to the base, in this case, hard done by civil servants who just know that they are the contributors and that the entrepreneurial class are a bunch of leaches.


As a human being, I wholeheartedly agree: 35 degrees would be far better, and 40 better still. It's tough just being outside for an hour when it's in the low 30s, never mind living outside.

Unfortunately, as one of the volunteers, I can attest to the fact that it's always a struggle to get enough volunteers to support even the current arrangement. Raising the cutoff to 35 or 40 degrees would dramatically increase the number of nights for which coverage is needed and there just aren't enough resources to support that.


I just checked with friends and family voters.  The consensus:  Stay in Boston


Which is why I didn’t say he certainly did it. But he, or someone on his team, almost certainly did it. They had motive and opportunity, unlike anyone else.


I don't remember you being such a butt hole in the past.  Is this really you or has someone stolen your name?


Hmmmn from the comments associated with this letter and the many other articles about downtown Eugene and those who go there to work or do other things there seems to be a definite trend shaping up. If the trend actually is and continues ...that people are no longer going to go there because of the loitering aggressuvd vagrants and filth. If this trend of abandoning the downtown, by the commerce contributors,  for the second time in the last 40 years - can it survive it's current attempted revival. Logically no as survival is commerce dependent and the "paying" public is saying - no thank you to the "mess"  I will no longer go there. If this trend holds what will we find downtown 10-15 years from today? If this is as serious a situation as the trend is suggesting then something more then band-aids and circular discussion is needed. The "trend" in comments relay some crappy and disgusting stuff going on there..I can't imagine they are just making this stuff up.


You're totally missing the large swath of voters who hated corruption of the DNC and either voted for Trump out of hope it would fix the DNC by turfing the Clinton cadres or stayed home.
They are not loyal to Trump at all and they too want to 'blow up' the system that clearly never worked for them either.


Everybody doesn't "deserve" it because before it can be given, it must first be taken from someone else.  Governments have nothing, until they first take it from someone.  No one has a "right" to something that first must be taken from someone else.


I'm not denying that at all. The sacrifices, personal and economic, were immense. But we could not have beat the Brits without that French help in either war. Not a chance.

Back when the conservative, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing,  government in France (and the Socialist/Green one in Germany) was trying to keep the U.S. from its demented illegal invasion and occupation of Iraq, nitwits passed around a very stupid, fake story supposedly about an American admiral who was invited to a posh fest in Paris. I received it repeatedly.

When someone complained about the U.S. intent, "he" supposedly said, "If it wasn't for the U.S., you'd all be speaking German now."

Then, it claimed, "The room fell silent."

I responded to this ignorant, "feelgood" chain letter by writing to all the senders and everyone they'd copied:

"If indeed, a U.S. officer said such a thing, any half bright Frenchman would have responded, 'If it wasn't for us, you'd all be singing God save the Queen'."


Trump's temper tantrums are getting very old. We don't tolerate bullying in the schools or workplace and we should not tolerate it here! We are very fortunate that Senators McCain, Murkowski and Collins were thinking of the citizens of this country!  I feel like we are caught in a  gang war.  No logic or common sense--just one party vs. the other!


What’s your parents excuse?


Kishimoto's tenure at GUSD in Arizona was also pretty rocky. She angered employees, board members, community members and parents. That's why her contract there was also not renewed. My major problem with her appointment however, is that she has never taught in a K12 school classroom. I believe that's a major gap in the qualification of anybody for a position of educational leadership.

Of course, the deal is now done. I can only hope that her leadership can provide some unification in a very fractured climate of leadership. We'll know in three years. We'll also find out about the Board of Education's ability to learn from the past and provide effective oversight and accurate evaluation of performance.


If there is a "next" time, pack a EPIRB {Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon}--the one with a GPS is great.


haaaa, the only thing HI is lacking is luring crazy Nancy Pelosi from the Peoples Republic of California to financially drain the county of Honolulu and state of HI into a complete 3rd world $h!hole like California has become over the last decade!


Alaska has always been generous. In the 60's and 70's thousands of kids flew up from Washington for fish work (slime line) with some staying and marrying. This I'm guilty of.
During the pipeline days many folks booked to work building the pipeline, quit for high dollar work at Prudhoe and thousands harvested the economic blessing the Exxon Valdez provided.
My wife pointed out that Blue Cross/Blue Shield provided our 3 kids medical/dental/orthodontics so I just kept punching my time card working for the city at my starting wage of $12.41 per hour paying rents and mortgages, filling the fridge and raising a family.
AK Opportunities knocked many times: Chukchi College night classes, scholarships to UAF earning an AA, BBA and an MBA: all for zero dollars and zero cents. AK picked up the entire tab.
Silver is the new gold and now I'm an old Tier I pensioner.
All Alaskans had the same opportunities and we deserve everything we've earned.
We are legion and the $15 billion due us feels good.


[To Mr. Smith, the “sweet spot” for bikes in general is around $2,500, meaning for that amount average riders will get pretty much all the bike they’ll ever need.]

Even that's a bit steep, especially considering that most riders haven't a clue on how to maintain and ride them. All sense of proportion is being lost, with many buyers thinking the more you pay, the better the machine, and they themselves have no idea how to buy something appropriate for their needs.

For the vast majority, an internal hub is the best choice. Unless you're racing , or have an intrinsic knowledge of how to use the machine, going for comfort should be the main goal. That being said, the internal hub market has grown, and there's some excellent choices.

For me, and an increasing number of others who know bikes, a classic high grade steel (manganese–molybdenum alloy) that's very springy and responsive is back in vogue (or never left in some cases like mine). Comfort, not weight, is the object for distance.


If the Cons 40 year free party give away to all of their rich friends and cutting of all essential services goes wrong things could get ugly.

Oh wait, that happened.


I was wondering the very same thing.  For every action there is a reaction.  Can somebody explain a downside to me if there is one?


Nice scare tactic but not realistic, why would NO ONE show up for a house fire. Do you mean reducing pay for firefighters they'd all quit? lol   Put down the weed pal!


Free-speech advocates, which should be all of us, should keep eyes on FEC and FCC. Both agencies have been trying to get into the internet-regulating business for quite awhile. This is merely the latest, and hardly the last, foray in attempting to push open the door.


That's a pretty long drive, but in what other MLB park could you could buy bleachers seats for $2 then sit just about anywhere ?


Just use a mortgage broker, you can still get a 5-year fixed mortgage for 2.34%


The premise of this editorial makes no sense. The author seems to think that Brexiters are inconsistent because having argued that leaving the EU is a good thing because it is undemocratic, they now have their 'knickers in a knot' over the actions of another undemocratic institution - the House of Lords. I don't get it; in both cases they are arguing for more democracy. Where is the inconsistency?


And here we are, Republicans arguing that people who stay together in challenging marriages with spouses who age are losers.

If theres been one consistency with Trump its that he drags everyone else down into the sewer with him.


You are a Dolt 45 supporter talking about decaying morals and entitlement?  Oh boy.

If locking up citizens for longer was the answer we would be the safest country on the face of the planet.  We aren't.


Dear Alaska Libertarian Party.  This article about Joe Miller running as your party's choice was posted 4 hours ago and has received 99 comments so far.  Those comments are almost uniformly highly critical of Joe Miller and your decision to squint hard enough to pretend he's a Libertarian and worthy to run as your party's choice.  Those critical comments are receiving record numbers of likes.  I recommend you re-think your decision.
Sincerely,
An Alaskan Voter.


Obviously you have no desire to engage in a pleasant discussion and your attack has become personal. I raised my child just fine, and because I was lucky enough to have a dad who helped me get an education I'm making enough to go part time. If you don't like Sanders just don't vote for him and let the rest of us do what we want. Do you think you're winning over any converts with your rude banter? I done discussing this with you, Mr Civility


Nakakuni is a clingon eh, have some integrity and resign.


Mo,

This mindset goes hand in hand with the crackdown on free speech that we are seeing on college campuses and in other public squares, often through the use of violence and intimidation.  The left doesn't want to engage in discussion; they want to silence opposing points of view.  They do seem to be emboldened after the election of Trump, aided by their friends in the media.


A pity that Trump doesn't actually want to "drain the swamp". He just wants to rule it.


I receive, a survivor's pension. when combined with my CPP at age 60 including the reduced amount of CPP retirement, I will exceed the max amount of allowable CPP.  Even at 60 the two combined, triggers a cap to the max allowable retirement CPP pension. Why would I even consider waiting to 65 let alone later? The Government needs to eliminate the cap when combining with a survivor's pensions. My late partner paid that money into the plan, Why should the Government just get to keep the difference, just because, I am now drawing (whether early or late) on my own retirement pension. In retirement I will need "our" pensions more than ever.


I still don't know why people are surprised the DNC leadership supported THE LIFELONG DEMOCRAT in the race, instead of a guy who was never, ever a Democrat except when it was convenient. And who had zero chance of winning the presidency.


I was with you until you started to point fingers Shaista. True Saudi Arabia could be doing more to combat extremism and publishing a report on terrorist funding is okay but neither is going to stop the majority of these instances which are conducted by 2nd generation immigrant youth radicalized over the internet.

Your point that the Manchester bomber and this week's terrorists were known to police is a good one. Our challenge in a free and open society is what do you do about it?

Police need evidence to arrest someone. Not just a tip on a hotline. Erroneously arresting "the usual suspects" will only alienate the Muslim community.

So by all means reinstate the 20k police but make sure you know what to do with them. Simply walking a beat won't help when cars are weapons. We need a better strategy. Got one?


Yeah but what was he stealing for, drug money is a pretty high probability


Ignorant? I love her comments ...here is what I think dejain: take your IQ and multiply it by 2 and what you get is very close to her IQ. We were concerned about Obama's records because there weren't any. Every one of us here has know who Donald Trump is for most of our lives (except the really old commenters here like Gary Crum and Old Soul)


You continue to lie about yiur misstating what Don said. My statement that you are fundamentally dishonest stands unchallenged.

Pandora, please, PLEASE, stop lying.


I voted for Reagan….LOL


That foreign money was really unimportant, or is it only important when it is not your man-crush in charge?


Not everyone has the skills/ability to tell whether or not the wood they are purchasing is wet. Many sellers in Fairbanks try to pass off wet wood as 'fire kill', when it's really been rotting in Northland Wood's yard for a summer.

Burning wet wood is useless--it shouldn't even be a question that there is some quality control with the sale of wood. If people are that butthurt about it, they can certainly always get their own wood.


Wrong! Every central office in HTCO's network has its own back up generator. Even if commercial power goes out, the generators power every single switch in the network!


This "glass is 1/2 empty" article undermines a teachers attempt to do good for their students.  All of what Andre says is true, however this forced activity only does good for the students in so many ways.  Why bash it at all?


There are various anarchist groups that use marches and protests organized by other people for cover for hooliganism. Few people support them or even know who they are. They're parasites. If I went to marches and protests, I'd happily bash them, but I don't go to marches and protests.


What about the Regional Laws, the Columbia River and Trump possibly selling off the Bonneville Power Administration. Whose water is it now? A State that is Powerless to the Federal Government can make all the meaningless laws they want, but the Trend now is to sell off any and all resources off to the Highest Bidder. Where is the Proof that the Business dominating Washington State Legislature even gives a whit about any other aspect of the DEAL?


I don't feel any way about it. It's just a fact.


NFL players, Kap especially, do all those wonderful charitable works you demand and more. The display by pence was a sophomoric action that was not representative of the quality of leadership the USA is capable of. Black athletes have every right to display a respectful protest to a nation that espouses equality and opportunity but still falls short of that promise during a moment we draw attention to our freedom. The racism that disenfranchises blacks is the same racism that obscures the brave stand NFL players have taken in order to call attention to injustices present in our nation.


IRT "Ban cars from Kalakaua Avenue"
Not enough, perhaps.  We would have no borders and too, be a sanctuary city.  So, Waikiki should be made a "safe zone" no less than in solving the homelessness problem.  Ban not only cars, but also, all locals from Waikiki as safe zone from the tourists.  In that way, tourists will only harm themselves and locals kept safe from especially the "illegal tourists."


The PMO must be confident that Ms. Fukakusa is "compliant".  After all, her marching orders will come directly from Trudeau's inner circle.


Opium poppies are plants.

Use of opium goes back thousands of years.

"The Mediterranean region contains the earliest archeological evidence of human use; the oldest known seeds date back to more than 5000 BCE in the Neolithic age."

It's refined substances are some of the most addictive known to man.

Heroin, morphine, codeine.


I see no documents to substantiate your opinion. Obviously you have not been to Washington DC and studied our history. Yes, America is founded on Godly principles. That's why you can enjoy your freedom to speak  your opinion without any basis of proof.  We all must remember that Muslim is not a race of people but a religion. These wonderful people come from many ethnic backgrounds. They live in almost every nation on the earth and come to America fleeing from persecution. Can they worship along side Christian's in America? Yes, they do everyday. Muslims, Christian's, and every other religion have far more in common than those that insight hate and discord. We value and honor all life, every person is important, and there is allot of love that goes around.


Although Haytham Abu Adel certainly should consider his residency a privilege, I mixed up the characters at the protest. It is Hussain Rachou who has the family in Dubai.


Not arms?  Perhaps we should inform the US ARMy that they should change their name to comply with the Constitution.


i have been in real estate for over 50 years.. that called the long run.. real estate, in the long run.. it is hard to lose... i never have.. my philosophy.. buy when everyone is selling and sell when everyone is buying.. enjoy the slack time...


When you live in a society where the social-media lynch mob can cause you to lose your job for publicly stating things like "I'm against any further immigration" (note: not my view, it's just an example), etc, then the only place to voice these views becomes these radical parties.  A liberal society that allows no dissent from the prevailing narrative, that does not consider the merit of views aside from the current canon, I think is actually the cause of the coming rise of the far-right.


So what?  Obama spent Millions of taxpayers money of lavish vacations in Hawaii and added $10 trillion to our National Debt!  Trump is donating his salary to charity and done more for this country in 9 months, than Marxist Obama done in 8 years!


Health care in the United States will improve dramatically and the cost will decline dramatically when it finally cuts loose the bowling balls of private insurance, defensive medicine, lobbyists advocating for corporate profits, and a congress that gets away with the practice of medicine without either a degree or a license.


You are a dreamer! If our troops were supposed to be in a non-combat situation why arm them. But I have a much bigger question...WHY ARE CANADIANS THERE AT ALL? The entire middle east has been a killing ground for several thousand years. Nothing we do is going to change that. Bring our people home and let the Arabs kill and mutilate each other all they want. To finish off, keep your sick, wounded, poor and destitute over there where they belong, don't send them here for medical treatment, education, and a better life, keep them at home and change the living conditions in their own countries.


How can we trust leadership that continues to let us down?


being about the most expensive airport for airlines to come to, hey can dress it up all they want but it will not change anything


The sand your head is stuck in.


. . . by Trump's prodding, and perhaps go too far, might find out they have no option but to leave the Stadium.  With escorts.

Not too much of a reach to see that NFL owners may take steps to "protect" their players from harrassment.

Also, I believe the NFL may still have a blackout rule.  That a game is blacked out locally if there is no stadium sell out.  So, local fans, at least, can't make "show" and not show up, but exect to be able to watch the game on TV.

Note:  Daniel Snyder, owner of the Washington Rediskins, and BIG million dollar contributor (along with his wife) to Trump's campaign, stood locked arms with standing Redskins, among kneeling Redskins.

Also, owners need to wonder about what impact their "politics", in the midst of this issue, will have on future free agency acquisitions.


The sun is bright. You... not so much.


Oh chucks you got me! None. But I'm not the one claiming to be happy to hand my income over to the government to invest err squander. If someone is really that "happy" to do it just write a check already -- perhaps they will then be so happy they will send more!


It's a throw-away comment as the Court matter is scheduled for December and undoubtedly there will be another postponement.


JIM678
If memory serves me correctly, we have voted on that issue three times in the past. I believe two of the times it passed. But for one reason or another the powers that be ( $$, greed,& power ) keep on, keeping the Capital in Juneau.


Why should she be fired for speaking the truth?


This is where you have it all wrong Donald chump is as much as MONSTER as Kim so I don't side with neither. Donald chump is a REDNECK DEVIL👹👹 & their is no uniting with the Devil of the DIVIDED STATES OF AMERICA.


I gave you a link to empirical data. And I explained to you why 67% of funding doesn't not equal 67% control because funding is only 1 of the 7 major components of the health care system. Those are facts that you chose to ignore in favor or your opinions, which you now accuse me of doing, therefore I find your comments here disingenuous and not worthy of further consideration.

You are free to ignore facts in favor of your ideology, and I am free to not participate in discussion with people who ignore facts. Good day.


I've never been accused of not speaking my mind here -- I regularly call Trump and his mob far worse than "deplorable." And "madman" is a term some of his own  dismayed countrymen and allies use for him, too easy to attach to foreign foes.
The point of the Kristof trip to N.K. was to humanize the alleged demons there -- and even their boyish leader, erratic as he is, who seems to have come to the obvious truth (since 1945): when your nation has nukes, the world takes you more seriously.
Even Trump's guru Bannon conceded last month, "...there's no military solution, they got us." But then, even old Steve expressed more concern than some of his colleagues for the potential casualties, "millions" in retaliation on Seoul alone. Or would those evangelical Trumpers, so sure of their rapture to come, claim that America might have to destroy the world "...in order to save it."


You can't be fired for insubordination for not following an illegal or unconstitutional order.


The blanket of hubris with which Trudeau and Morneau, McKenna and other Liberals have enshrouded themselves in will eventually smother them. The out of control spending and environmental regulatory hammering they are giving Canada's economy has a correlation dangerously similar to the mess created in Ontario under the McGuinty-Wynne Liberals. And there's one common thread connecting the two that's equally smothered in a generous layer of hubris.


So the FRA would supersede guidelines proposed by the state of Oregon?


No need to lose funding over sheltering criminal illegals.


East of Walterville, there is a road sign that says, "Deerhorn". There is a Deerhorn Rd too but, where's Deerhorn? Is it like Nimrod?


US ban on travel to North Korea won't work. The North Koreans can simply not require a US Visa from US visitors. Then we have no control over who visits them. But it's desirable for us because we can still send in people for backdoor negotiation. Basketball diplomacy.


They really want him to say that divorced and remarried can never receive Eucharist.


No, it didn't go far enough to placate thpse for whom "religious freedom" means "the right to discriminate against gays".


A woman was arrested for this today.....


those fact checkers looked at one stump speech of hers to determine that she was the picture of honesty ...unfortunately the rest of us have seen how this woman operates for decades now and claims that she is the honest person in any room just isnt so


Do you have a comment about the content of my post or, like so-called progressives in general, are you looking to avoid facts and play identity politics as this "professor" is so clearly attempting?


"...the information isn't just troubling because it suggests the Trump campaign sought out the help of Russians to win the presidency. It also contradicts a number of claims made by the White House, the campaign and Trump Jr. himself — claims made as recently as this weekend. For an administration and campaign that have repeatedly denied contact with Russians and had their denials blow up in their faces, it's yet another dubious chapter."

Trump Jr. in March: No meetings “representing the campaign” with Russians.
 President-elect Trump in January: No contact between Trump associates and Russia during campaign.
Hope Hicks: "No communication" with a foreign entity,
Kellyanne Conway in December: “Absolutely not” on contact with Russians trying to meddle.
Vice President Pence in January: “Of course not”
Trump Jr. in July 2016: Suggestions that Russians tried to help Trump are “lies”


Conservative ideology includes lower taxes, less sending, more personal responsibility and less government intervention.


I meant the opinion writers. What do they think about this? Why isn't there an editorial published expressing the view of the paper?
They will happily call May or Trump derogatory names and write advice about they are doing wrong  but on a domestic story like this with the potential for huuge implications no one has an opinion?
Cowards.


There was nothing remotely uncivil about that post.  In fact it was quite a civil response to Stephen Saines' gratuitous insult above.  The censorship here is shameful.


Trump the great businessman, when is the last/first time HE paid for something with his own $, on the expectation and demand someone else will pay him back...I don't think so! Easy to do with "other people's money"........IF this was his own....NOT GONNA HAPPEN>


There will be another election within 6 months.  No party holds perfect attendance to maintain power in this precarious situation.


When you are homeless and not responsible for anything "It's all somebody else's problem."You don't pay taxes. You just treat Diamond Head as your "subsidized" apartment you can trash. You intrude on the mountain without invitation, permission or consent. So, given the way you think of yourselves, the state and powers that be are driven to take drastic measures to restore a beloved monument.

Denby the fine work you do has drawn others who do not agree that staying on Diamond Head is OK, good for you.  Well done.


Thanks for the clueless observation.  And I say clueless because it utterly ignores reality.

White kids do more drugs and represent a much larger segment of the population but they don't get arrested for drugs, and if they do, they're far more likely to have representation, beat the charges (often based on illegal search or lack of probable cause), or simply enjoy a lenient District Attorney.

They don't get pulled over at nearly the same rate.  Would you like an example?  This fifty year old black man was detained, searched and shot to death based on incredibly "serious crime" of not having a tail light on his bicycle.

Capital offense.  The problem is White Privilege in this country, boldly practiced by police forces nationwide.


How does this possibly rate a "Disagree", Alceste?  Imprisonment following a false accusation of sexual assault is not an injustice?  Or is it just a trivial one?


sheeperst:  Obama clearly did NOT encourage illegals to vote, and the fact that many on social media claim that they voted provides zero credible evidence.   The additional fact that Trump falsely claimed 'millions of illegal votes' with the same zero evidence does not provide confidence in the United States' immediate future.


Good for the Senate I say!

Captain Moonbeam campaigned that he was going to help the middle class and not stand idley by while Canadians were being taken advantage of. Well he was lying of course - like a continual increase in tax on beer is going to affect the affluent and not harm the middle class. Very slowly people are seeing what he and that party stand for.


No, No, No, No !!!! Dammit NO!


Google "SIG program failure".


Couldn't the Associated Press have used a photo that doesn't make Mr. Bannon look like someone's whiskey-soaked dirty-minded uncle? Oh wait. Never mind.


I wonder how many Bishops and many Priests,  Jesus would or will, perhaps after death,  put a rope around the neck and throw into the ocean, for failing to protect the most vulnerable of our members? Just wondering? Instead of making excuses or hiding the fact they could at least try to rectify as much as possible.


If something is true yet can change what does it become when it changes? It must become false for if it is still true then it has not changed.


Well there's the Hermitage.....and Putin's secret police.


Cliffs out in Dutch Harbor / Islands are Very Unforgiving ~ Prayers for Gregg Kortesma and His Family ~ !


"At what point did the ON PCs become an attractive option?"

LOL, R U serious?

FYI Liberal shill, after 15 long dark years of the breathtakingly corrupt and incompetent McWynnety kleptocracy, electing a stray dog has become an attractive option.

BTW, the answer to your question would have been any of the past 3 elections...


Go get 'em Bill--I believe we met several months ago at Casa deVino when I introduced myself--we are the same age, 87 but I did my political stint when I was 27 as a City Councilman and then Mayor of the city of Buena Park CA, home of Knotts Berry Farm. The experience was well worth the effort and I'm sure you will be a great addition to our local government--you are never too old to do something new!


Joes you said elsewhere here "For much too long, the country known as Canada has inflicted it's damage on the people of BC ..." Maybe you should look to Alberta and the several hundred billion dollars Trudeau Sr. took from Alberta with his National Energy Program. You probably don't remember Sr. kept Alberta oil below world price while at the same time subsidizing the East oil price purchased from OPEC. Or the Petroleum Gas Revenue Tax put on Alberta oil and gas which funded exploration in the north and offshore.  I don't remember getting anything from BC for less than world price.
.
And you said Canada is failure is wrong.  Perfect -- No,
Opportunities lost -- without a doubt
But I would rather live in Canada with some imperfections than any other country in the world.  Well, maybe Bermuda too.


Seriously?
The democrats thank you for leaving.
You can't fix stupid.


Not every circumstance is that tidy.  As those folks trapped on the side of the road in Quebec found.  But by all means don't let me discourage you from an ev if you are hell bent on one.  Be sure to update us on your struggles and strife.


"It was simply to expensive". Guess what you less than smart people making decisions and contract will end up loosing $37 million because you signed the contract. Outcome of cost much later is TOO LATE. People in the legislature should have been held accountable and should be sued by Alaskans once we lose this


She doesn't understand English.
In future maybe Oregon should install bilingual walk don't walk announcements and train train conductors to inquire if you need an interpreter before yelling a warning .


Good point.  If he was just a drug user that got addicted to drugs that is one thing, but he was also distributing and selling dangerous drugs for profit.   Wonder if he sold any of those drugs to kids in his neighborhood?


For clarification, is it "even-handedness" or "level-headedness" you find to be the more offensive?


You might be right - but the quote is:

"When asked about the potential of moving Ward, Joseph said, “he’s one of our better players, so I would be surprised if he was, but I have not heard that.”"

That doesn't sound like a typical sarcastic response to me.


It's ridiculous to think that I can motivate my financial investor to invest in my best interests when his salary and commission is paid by the bank he works for, therefore their interests will always be more important. That's why I left my financial advisor.  This article appears to be an advertisement for the person who wrote it.


I recall that after President Clinton met with AG Loretta Lynch she stated that she would defer to whatever the FBI decided.


Any Liberals unable to access Facebook would shrivel up and die within minutes


Another hater too afraid to speak under their own name.  Ignore.


Well put. Who would have imagined that a free trade deal negotiated between democracies would, could and should be subject to democratic approval by the participants according to their national political priorities? This could well prove a major threat to the multinational domination of western democracies, and so I channel my ancient Supertramp and ask: Crisis!? What Crisis?


Is there a current showing?


Most of deep ecology madness is based on lies.


You would think ethnicity would be the best description of the perp, but no can say that nowadays. Political correctness gone amok.


Sink to what level? Was there something in the mailer that was untrue?


BTW, the approval was not by a landslide either, LOL.


Yes, about five years ago for the first time ever in Canada the number of kids registered in soccer programs exceeded the number registered in hockey programs.

True the changing ethnic and cultural mix in Canada is a major factor in hockey's decline.

The other major factor is the extraordinarily high cost of hockey equipment and programs - especially for goalies - that can run $10,000 a year or more per player and that puts the game out of financial reach for a majority of parents to finance even one let alone more than one child in hockey.

For those of us who grew up with and played hockey, this is very sad.  Perhaps a partial answer is for the NHL in self preservation to  subsidize hockey for youngsters.


What is amazing or questionable is that May is moving ahead without Parliament approval in a country that is a parliamentary democracy, on the basis of a referendum that is only advisory, and that registered  only a small turnout.
One of the biggest political muddles ever. It is not over until it is over.


The reason they don't exist is because neither is a pathological liar like Trump.
And I'm absolutely no fan of Trudeau...
Again, why do you keep dragging Trudeau into an article that has absolutely nothing to do with him.
Desperate to change the subject?


He should have never been given his gun back and should not have been allowed to purchase any new ones.  In most States checking into a Mental Healy Facility automatically revokes your gun ownership rights.  Families may decide to sue our wonderful police department.


in reading these comments, it's quite clear the internet has created a whole lot of "legal experts".

just confirms what I already knew.

the double standards displayed here is staggering.


Good God, it's coming apart!

Clumsy retweeting, and did you see the "war with Korea" photo in this morning's newspaper?  A B-1 bomber is shown in Guam, evidently "preparing to take off" and there is a chock or other piece of lumber in front of the nose wheel, and a step ladder lying on the ground in front of the starboard landing gear!

Step back, Donald! You're going to take an eye out!


$28 is big if you live in Kansas.  That'll buy you a lot of kaukau over there or 1# of poke at Tanioka's.


The wife of a former union executive and a former vice president at Fiat Chrysler have been indicted for allegedly violating federal labor law in connection to a bribery investigation.. As A 25 year UAW local 600 member I can tell you first hand , you are better off without a union! Unions always support democracts, you should see the vile propaganda distributed through out the plant against our president Donal J Trump. The unions were needed 70 years ago now they are only good for taking your hard earned dues and giving it to some idiological democrat to run for office and promote socialist ideals and that directly conflict with the working mans values .....VOTE NO UNION ! Thank me later


Ethanol will not reduce smog and produces 22% more hydrocarbons than gasoline resulting in higher ozone levels that can cause respiratory problems.
Source: Scientific American April 2007.
Also why divert valuable fertile farmland from food production to ethanol production. We have plenty of oil and gas that can be used to power vehicles.
No problem banning diesel powered automobiles. Period.  The concept of bio diesel is misleading suggesting that bio diesel is cleaner than ordinary diesel.


I find it ironic how often the intoxicated driver tends to survive these crashes and victims are the ones who usually die.


Kroenke Sports: a global specialist in nepotism and mismanagement


My answer Mum: Yes.    FYI that's  the way it has always been done.


In fairness to the DoD, it may be that they are targeted for more aggressive collection techniques because their data is considered more valuable.


Sort of like the Roman government huh? Worked until it got too liberal!


Frank never sang to "teenyboppers."  As a big band vocalist, he sang to screaming BOBBYSOXERS.  Later...geriatric.  You'll get there one day.  If you're lucky (or, unlucky--life's like that sometimes.)


Any Act is a lower policy law compared to the highest laws in the Constitution. I think we should just have separate checkbooks and let the Indigenous Nations manage their own share of the Land Wealth that is currently being held in trust in a single asset 1.5% fund that props up the Canadian dollar, budgeted out in the unique Fiduciary Duty that resembles more like dad giving out an allowance. That way if Canada wants to keep subsidizing oil companies while their citizens pay at the pump again, they can do it on their own dime.


show really sucks, poor Jack..............


I don't mind him using an interpreter. He may have functional English, but he may  want to protect his rights to not mis-speak in the courtroom.

However, I don't believe his story. It is one thing to be put in charge of a rubber dinghy and told to steer it towards a visible island two miles away (the Turkey - Lesbos run). It is quite another to actually steer the ship across the biggest ocean on earth.


See, "After the Ball," (Madsen), "The Overhauling of Straight America," (Kirk), and "Gay Revolutionary," (Swift) for starters.

I don't purport to know the cause of same-sex attraction.  But I do know from friends who have chosen the homosexual identity that to call themselves "gay" was a decided choice, a decision to embrace their same-sex attraction and the acts associated with that attraction.

As I say over and over again here, there is same-sex attraction, and then there are homosexual acts.  Conflating the former (which seems to have an element of involuntary predisposition) with the latter (which is totally a choice) under the banner "gay" is an attempt to bury the sin under the sinless.

What could be wrong with someone who is "gay?"  It psychological manipulation and selective messaging towards people who are conflict averse and just want to get along.  You know what they say about the road to Hell....


"The people in that country are fed a constant diet of propaganda from the day they are born. They are subjected to regular shows of patriotism, grand parades, massive rallies and steady streams of misinformation."

Sounds an awful lot like the United States.


Typical article that blames everyone but the instigators for this, and other, atrocities.

Yakabuski should explain why immigrants from southern Africa and the Caribbean, who have faced much more discrimination, have not resorted to the mass murder of their fellow citizens in protest.


earlier today I ended my contract with the company that does my typing, and instead I will have my daughter  do it as a legitimate form of 'sprinkling'. Unfortunately for the other typist, they will lose work. C'est le vie. They can thank Morneau.


That happens often in wife-beating cases.

Very difficult to prosecute when she won't testify.

"Oh, it was really all my fault.  I shouldn't have____________."

"But I really love him and it didn't even make much of a bruise."

"This could ruin his career/our finances/his reputation if he is convicted."

Domestic violence cases are like that.


Congress' job approval rating is around 13%, Trump's is 38%. I didn't leave anything out or cite, you do your own research.


Try again.

The ultra right wing Jews who have allied with anti-Semites are not anti-Semetic themselves, but opportunists who are willing to work with fascists.  Read about the Iran-Contra scandal, the role of the Israeli military supporting the military dictatorship in Guatemala when it was waging genocide on indigenous villages, to cite two of the many blatant examples.


Still bummed about hilly 😂


I love it when an article contains unsupported statements "but is also known to be employed as a shortcut by illegal cannabis grow-operations when a crop is threatened by an infestation." Being from the west I like, most here know people in the old medical grow industry as well as in the illegal industry and for the most part they ran like organic food growers. The crops they grew were smaller than the 20,000+ sq ft operations that make illegal pesticides both necessary and easy to use.

The only way to ensure that people do not get a tainted product designed to maximize profits for shareholders is to allow people to grow their own. The added benefit is it will make the product affordable for those that need it.


And the award for most boring fluoride troll goes to.... Randy Johnson.


Your post asks what your tax dollars were spent on.  You have based your opinion on this question.  What I want to know is this:  with such a firmly held opinion, why don't you know what your tax dollars were spent on?   Why is your opinion not based on facts instead of feelings?  Or is that politically incorrect to say?


Why would anybody stop a robbery like this?
This situation wouldn't be a defensive use of a CCW holder.


Actually, if you look at Lisa's FEC filings and Open Secrets, you'll see that your conspiracy theory is just hot air.  And be careful of those "Canadian" pharmacy ads you get in your inbox -- they're really coming from a garage in Indonesia.


And Trump and the GOP are ecstatic over less people being covered.


"Our whole system" includes the executive and judicial branches, too.  I hear it's far worse there, and we can verify that they spend far, far more money than the legislative branch does, but the average person will never know the difference.  Consumers of journalism seem to have an easy time lambasting the legislature only because journalists have easy access to the legislature.  Otherwise, there's a reason why everything is filtered through departmental PIOs/press secretaries, armed with a bevy of perfunctory quotes/soundbites which say nothing important.  Imagine an ADN reporter walking around the Atwood Building or Nesbett Courthouse unannounced, poking around workspaces "looking for a story".  I don't think they'd make it very far before being confronted.


Curious...how's the pain now, and if it's there, how are you "managing" it?


Great news! Hopefully they will be focused on the crime and gang members. Not like several of noobs I have encountered for no reason! Oh you have a fast car so I stopped you for no reason! Duh.....


Well written informative article.


That's contradicted by the facts. First of all, Democrats have acknowledged the past and the party evolved to the anti-racist side, which prompted southern racists who used to constitute the Solid South for the party to migrate to the GOP, where the South now pretty much votes solidly for Republicans due to the GOP's adoption of the racist polices the Democrats used to push. If there are any remaining racists in the Democratic Party, the members will marginalize and push them out.

The Democratic Party of the 1800s, though, was the conservative party. They were not "leftist" at all.

Entitlements are not "slavery." That's just a silly remark, pre-packaged propaganda to demonize people who need help. Look at Ben Carson -- on public assistance and loans and public housing all his life until he made it on his own, and now he demonizes welfare. Bunch of hypocrites.


Obviously you know this from experience, the paper cup coming around soon?


I am a Muslim and I am 110% in support of this law, I believe it should be in place in all Canada.
It is not about religion, it is about security and public safety.
It was better if prime minister try to understand this instead of blindly oppose it.


Another taxpayer funded clusterf*ck.


Actually Trump hasnt done anything at all except talk so whats the big deal.  You have zero cred Nanakuli especially with Caldwells goo all over your face.


Islamophobia to Muslims is anything that denies or resists the supremacy of Islam. Islam means "submission" and not to submit to Allah is Islamophobic.


Trump is a legally documented racist.  That history begins with United State v. Trump. Y. 1973


Someone with a lot more money than brains or compassion. While it was proven that Zimmerman acted in self defense, that does not change the fact that a young man died and I do not like anyone making anything from that death or paying that much for something that caused a death.


... I lived there, those murders were rarely even reported on in a meaningful way.  Very painful stat for the city they really should legalize it all there ...


Privatizing everything is not the answer. "Unleash" makes it sound scary. "Moratorium on regulation" can be just code for having the freedom to do whatever the flock one wants. And that code is a perversion of liberty. Liberty for people in a democratic republic does not mean 100% liberty for them. There has to be laws and regulations in order to support the tenets of a democratic republic. Gluttony and greed are not among those tenets.


Skyline I had agreed with you right up until your last two sentences. When you resorted to attacking the poster personally in a very derogatory manor instead of refuting their debating points you lost me. Perhaps you should look in a mirror to find out who the "absolute joke" is.


Mr. Kenney, as a British Columbian, I salute you!


Jesus Himself was pre-Vatican II.  And I used primarily His words, as did LG.

LOL.


Wrong side for a decade is a bummer eh cdn


You're making an assumption here, aren't you.  you know what the say about that....


The increased contributions were likely already in the previous contact, not necessarily in addition to the previous contract.  Even if it was added, it may or may not be an equal offset.  You can't assume it is in addition or that it would "easily offset" the labor cost savings.


Really?
Post a credible link of an example of Americans or Westerners stealing Chinese equipment while Chinese operators were watching.
Why are you defending a totalitarian police State?


Let's compare Obama to Trump.

The US warned that the use of chemicals was a "line in the sand" that would provoke a US response.

Obama's response?  I think it's fair to say that Obama's response was similar to the lily-livered responses that Neville Chamberlain gave towards fascist aggression in the 1930's.  "Peace in our time!" - and we all know how that songbook played out.

Trump's response? Well let's just say that after years of Obama's failed policies in Syria, we're finally seeing some definitive action against the atrocities, and it's about time!  Perhaps Assad will finally get the message that the killing of innocents in Syria will no longer be tolerated.


Count on Gary to state the obvious.... over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over ad nauseum.


Saullie: for once you sound  reasonable. Two hard checking forwards, two defencemen and a great goalie, will cost. Blowing 17-20% of your cap on one guy affects  any long term plan in this league.


The scary part is that the popular motive for these type of terrorist acts seems to try to beat the previous record. Not a good thing with firearms getting more and more powerful.


All they want is for taxpaying hard working Americans to pay for the healthcare of non-working immigrants and welfare recipients. We can pay $800 per month with a $9000 deductible and never really use the actual insurance. We are paying for Somali, Afghan, Congolese, Sudanese refugees and lifetime welfare recipients that have no monthly payments or deductibles. The healthcare deduction that comes out of your paycheck every week has now just become another TAX and we get absolutely nothing back for it.


Can anyone please  explain to me why Rose McGowan can have her Twitter account temporarily suspended yet Agent Orange doesn't?


Lynn.. you forgot about the moose antler's thru the windshield  or mounted on the hood...

Be safe everyone..slow down... and buckle up!!!!    gonna be a wild ride.....


Muted? That'll teach him. AHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHAAHAHAA


well said, jake.
on another corruption-related subject, what has happened to the national guard/rape/apd/katkus and guns investigation?
not a peep on this subject for many months.


Yep - a clue that his own egocentricity may surpass even Donald Trump.


You love your labels.  It creates a nice little world of your personal certainty.   Black/ White, conservative/liberal, rep/dem.    It's typical of campaign propaganda for The Party.  It isn't reality.   And I have jumped several Dems  on this site for the same thing.

What's your name?  Why are you afraid to use it?  I'm serious- why?


Ask yourself why Warren Buffett propped up the mortgage lender in Canada?  The man is a vulture investor. Patience will show that Trudeau will fail spectacularly. He is already running 30 billion in the red annually. Don't see that changing in the near future. Global and Canadian investment capital are leaving at the rate of several billion per month. Wonder how that will turn out? The conservatives should offer no foils for which trudeau could use to prop himself up. Instead just be patient. Saw this train wreck in the 1980's with his Dad. The economy is at peak exuberance without a safety net. Real estate lost 30 - 50% value depending on the region. Ask yourself what would help deflect the collapse of a residential real estate market? There is no industry in Canada capable. Remember well the deals back then. Patience.. LOL ..


Article... In other words, "we have no clue as to what sort of weather we can expect..."


I think you are being obtuse if you try to minimize the costs associated with on-going home ownership.


Yahoo!!! that is the way of Yahuah...we are blessed! thank you Gottstein's.


Wayne,
All strength to you and a sincere thank you for the good work you do on behalf of all South Africans.

BUT some additional tactics are needed.

The Spur debacle has shown the way - whatever one's views, once their customers started to boycott them, commercial considerations moved to the front burner, and political / PR considerations took a back seat.

"Facing criminal charges" is insufficient.

All it means is that criminal cgarges have been laid - how many of these cases are either not being investigated, or being sat on?

Where possible and appropriate, civil action is a good alternative - the plaintiff can push the matter, and the burden of proof is far lower than in criminal matters "a balance of probabilities", rather than "beyond a reasonable doubt."

Regading Bell Pottinger, for example - I suggested that OUTA crowd fund a full page advertisement in a couple of British newspapers (the Times or Terlegraph and say Daily Mail) - many commentators offered support of R1,000


Sure, Lil Kim threatens to sink Japan, turn Seoul into a sea of flames, and reduce the US to ash and darkness, but somehow it’s all Trumps fault?


In 1970 if Alaskans fully understood what HYDROGEN is then TAPS would have been a big stupid gas-pipeline instead of a horrid CRUDE-pipe.

In 1971 when I was standing in Atigun Pass before a road was built thru the pass, silently alone with the wind in my ears, I knew the thundering stampede yet to arrive was focused on CRUDE without a broad education in energy architecture.

CRUDE is a messy goop stuck halfway between COAL & METHANE.

IMHO:  CRUDE has less value than properly processed COALwater [LRCWF].

Wasting our gas to produce CRUDE is like wasting all the gold&copper to produce the molybdenum in a big metalliferous porphyry.

A big stupid $65billion gas pipeline looks more like a bank robbery than an efficiently designed gas development project.

We can begin developing our gas-resources with very little CAPEX-risk,
forget $billions and think $tens-of-millions to get started making a snowballing profit that will soon become a new road ahead for Alaska as a global leader.


Lie. When confronted with the truth deny. Lie again. Then lie again and yet again. Eventually the lie becomes the truth. Worked for the Nazis.


I don't want to share shelter with the likes of you. You should be banned and relegated.


Relocate our homeless to here?


Thank you Jeremy Hsieh, for helping the people of Alaska know how the legislature bends the rules to suit their own purposes.

They may have been "interpreting" the rule differently, but our current crisis is unprecedented and they are negligent when intentionally preventing public review and comment.  The last thing we need is secrecy in legislative processes.

The way they slipped by the refusal to rationalize the oil credit/tax legislation and ram through the Permanent Fund raid is more than egregious, it's thievery.

We need more journalists like you!


You don't even know what the Constitution says or who wrote the Constitution.  I suppose you think you're smarter than the Supreme Court justices huh, BO?


just another Soros type effort to keep the left foaming at the mouth. Trying to create some 60's clones out of the current youth. What did the 60's bring us? Drug problems? Sexually transmitted disease? A spoiled generation who's claim to fame was stopping a war that was winding down anyway. In fact it was over in the mid seventies. Keep protesting. It never produced a positive thing yet.


have you ever considered doin' some stand-up?


RTH: when you say that “they admit that not one vote was changed by the Russians,” you are repeating a popular but totally false Republican talking point.

The January 6, 2017 consensus report by U.S. Intelligence agencies, titled “Assessing Russian Activities and Intentions in Recent US Elections: The Analytic Process and Cyber Incident Attribution” very specifically states that the agencies DID NOT investigate whether votes were changed. The agencies, which you refer to as “they,” did not “admit” anything about the changing of votes. Here’s exactly what the report said:

“We did not make an assessment of the impact that Russian activities had on the outcome of the 2016 election. The US Intelligence Community is charged with monitoring and assessing the intentions, capabilities, and actions of foreign actors; it does not analyze US political processes or US public opinion.”


Hasn't been much significant updating.
Worldview, for example. The worldview established in the OT Creation myth of human origin sets off a train of religious/ cultural beliefs that wrongly advantages males, disadvantages females and totally distorts one's personal place in the order of nature.
The whole sin-thing is so misconstrued from the get-go that males uplift themselves in God-The-Father image while having no honest sense whatsoever of God-The-Mother image - what is theologically, biologically, ecologically tragic.
It takes some understanding of evolution science to debunk the religious frauds that prevail. Nature pays the ultimate price for institutional male ignorance/ arrogance. It really is very late in the day for us to wake up to our religion/ culture of self-wasting?  Better late than never!!!


Well, as the old song sort of goes, "Call me, unpredictable; call me, unreliable". Basically, this is from the Art of the Deal. When in doubt, do something that will make the opposition back off and reconsider.


The Irish ambassador gave him a good telling off, but dummy donald  probably didn't get it as per usual.


It doesn't really matter what this guy says or does. He's a wannabe not a contender. He isn't bilingual. He was raised in Montreal and isn't bilingual. The PM of Canada needs to be able to talk to French Canadians. Did I mention he was raised in Montreal but can't speak French? They'll make mincemeat out of him for that.


What a joke. Courageous says the "Governor"? How about Fat, Dumb, and Lazy? You once again steal the PFD and let the out of state oil workers take, take, take and provide nothing but a laugh as they retire in Texas, Oklahoma, Montana, Louisiana etc. No seasonal Sales tax for tourists. Both parties are thieves, get rid of them all.


Good take!


I don't believe that was a sensitive response if genuine question.


What kind of bill, exactly, could the GOP propose that Democrats could support without abandoning their core principles?

You can't flip this around to 2008, either. Democrats ended up passing a bill that was fundamentally the same as a bill passed by a Republican governor and had, in its ancestry, a proposal from the Heritage Foundation.

Republicans opposed the ACA because a) Democrats were proposing it and b) a large bunch of Republicans want the health system fully privatized.

Democrats are opposing the current GOP proposals because a) it will take health coverage away from millions of Americans, b) it will likely make health care cost a lot more for a lot of Americans and c) Republicans are proposing it.

There's no real equivalence here.


North Korea is no longer starving. In fact they are growing at about 2-4% due to economic reforms encouraging small scale capitalism and local markets. That being said its a nightmare of a society.
Investors are a mixed bag for society in general. Sometimes good, sometimes bad.  What about the big hedge fund speculators ? How do you distinguish ? What's the social value of an investor if the money made is not reinvested into the society that created it? Wealth creation is important but unless it benefits the social context in some serious way as it has in the past its social utility is in question. Its the future that has me worried.


Pretty much ANY story about the machinations of state and HNL county government is depressing now.


Go get him, Phyllis!


The mafia and biker gangs? For what? And this is based off of what objective metrics?

After all, it's already been proven to be just more fallacious rhetoric and this is public information. I think the numbers were around 2%, if that. There's few Canadian reports on this - even one of them submitted to the task farce, they're all public, all freely available in pdf.


100% of those deducted fees are taxes we all paid,,


And Trump winning is proof that you-know-what FLOTUS.


Get rid of oil-tax credits and give companies more tax incentives for hiring homeless or recently homeless people jobs. Convince local trade schools to accept 1 homeless person per class as an incentive also.

A school opening a slot to a homeless man, who gets a welding credential...is then chosen by a recruiter who comes to the school because not only does he now have the skill, but he receives a financial benefit for a 1 year period. The homeless or previously homeless person can now use the empty bus slot option to get to and from work until he/she can do it on their own or a year from job start.

Slowly but surely the state CAN do something about homelessness...I just don't think there's a drive to get there. Sure it has a small cost, but we would have more people contributing to our society.

Luke 10:30-37 for you Bible readers. The Samaritan didn't know he was robbed.


Yet another royal edict via twitter by King Twit.  No doubt issued while perched on his porcelain throne, otherwise known as his think tank.


Thank God this guy always has the countries best interests in mind.  I wonder which one of the presidents will be blasted off Mount Rushmore to be replaced with agent orange.


For very good reasons. What's Canada's growth rate compared to China's?

Case closed.


Trudeau has done the FN peoples are far greater disservice then Harper ever did, he gave them false hope. The inquiry is going nowhere because it was never intended to - like the many other promises Trudeau made to the FN to get their vote and has now reneged on.


Unofficial protests are not illegal. We all have a right to gather peacefully.

And what makes you think that any violent group was officially welcomed to the event you attended? Do you know that? Because I'd agree with you that they should not be.

That does not justify the presidents remarks or the ideologies of the groups that gathered. The president is not in a defensible position.


Yes, those sports screens are just awful.


Coming from a depth of 25 miles. That's a relief. At least the vibration isn't the result of North Korean missiles hitting the rocks.


Sometimes, in the real world, things are ambiguous. You don't like this. Too bad.


Trump is drawing ANOTHER line in the sand. As he walks backward. Before yesterday his line in the sand was fire and fury if they tested one more missile. How'd that work out?


Bravo! He must have a good mentor, and be well regarded by his skipper and the crew.
These are the relationships and the young people and their mentors that I remember from my days in the coastal and island Arctic


I think this sounds potentially very toxic.  What are the other cities where this has been successful?  I mean, some homeless are serious ex cons, mentally ill, drug users, none of which take to kindly to be tossed out of their homes.


Liberal rules are aimed at the , what should I say,  dumbed down Canadians.


Does that include the Trump supporters staring down journalists at rallies and punching people?  And the violence of absurd incarceration rates, the death penalty, and economic violence?


First time Ive had to disagree with you, Petrus. (smile.)


Michael Chong was briefly in Harper's first cabinet but resigned on principle. He's probably the least tainted and the most moderate of the bunch.


Rod B. Catiggay.  Here's what we learned yesterday.  Trump was never under investigation, did not obstruct justice, and did not collude with Russia.  Russia didn't change the election results.  (This was somewhat disappointing to me because I was curious to know how the Russians got ahold of my mail-in ballot.)  Comey leaked his own memo, and Loretta Lynch pressured Comey to cover for Hillary. There was ample evidence to put Hillary in jail but Comey chose not to pursue it. CNN and other fake news have been lying.  The Russia story is dead, yet Democrats will continue to make themselves look foolish if not insane by pushing it.  Impeachment seems unlikely because no impeachable offense has been committed.   In fact, Obama got away with so much and set the impeachment bar so high that one can rule like a dictator, ignore the Constitution, and endanger Americans with impunity but still not be impeached.


And the DNC will be taken down by a lawyer.


I would depend on how the referendum was worded and how much real education was done with the populace.  In my opinion, the real problem with tax reform is people not processing the scale of the numbers and the purchasing power behind those numbers.  For an example, Trump's fraudulent business school just cost him 25 million in his class action suit.  That sounds like a lot of money and it will mean a great deal to the people in the suit, but if Trump really is worth 5 billion, 25 million of a 5 thousand million net worth still leaves him with 4,975 millions.  So his settlement figure is not exactly going to seriously impact his net worth, much less leave him at a poverty level.  I just wonder how many people can really conceptualize the disparity between the really rich and the average Joe.


Face it, we need a new city manager and council majority.


The Swedish prime minister calls it a terrorist attack, but the to the Associated Press (writers of this article) they are "extremist attacks". From the third-to-last paragraph: "Vehicles have been common weapons in recent extremist attacks".


What the article also fails to articulate is how bad of a policy it really is.  Every year we see an article or a study showing that one of Canada's key failures in competitiveness and fundamental weaknesses is the lack of entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial risk taking.  This is especially evident when compared to the U.S.
Is it really that surprising that individuals in Canada are less than keen to take entrepreneurial risks knowing that even if they risk everything on their idea/start up/small business, the Provincial and Federal governments will figure out a way to tax the hell out of them?
Meanwhile the average Canadian stands on the sidelines and cheers.  After all, they aren't successful, isn't it the job of their government to ensure that no one is?


As an employer you can tell them what do do when they are at work.


I wonder if Musgroves included a Marijuana Potpourri warmer to complete the package deal.


This "hacking" statement by Trump is possibly the most overblown statement in this entire political campaign. For two countries that are considered rivals (Russia & US), I can guarantee our government has secretly tried to hack Russian communications and we may have even be successful. Russia trying to do the same thing to us should come as no surprise. Instead of being Hillary's fault for keeping e-mails on an unsecured server, its Trump's fault for saying to Russia release the e-mails so we can see them. Its actually a good sign that Putin and Trump seem to have a mutual understanding. Maybe it can improve our relations with Russia.


If you can identify one socialist country that raised its standard of living under socialism, your hedging comments about the left might have some merit, but please, don't try to pass off wealthy market based economies that can afford a rich array of socialist-style benefits as socialist countries.


i doubt I could list them all in 1000 words or less.


Contract work may seem appealing to those wanting to have flexibility or a diversity of roles but the reality is that in an economic downturn they are also the first jobs to get cut as there are generally no/few termination costs.


"This reaction is unfortunately the only way to snuff out this terrible movement."

Yeah? How did those street riots work out at snuffing out the Nazis in Germany? It only made them more popular. Stop feeding the trolls should apply here too.


For the record, Ptolemy knew perfectly well the world was round. He just thought the sun went around the earth and not the other way around. So these people, if they are truly flat-earthers, are certainly not "Ptolemaic science revivalists" or whatever.


Actually, a Telsa will get you there and back no problem.


"at this point what difference does it make if there was or was not a tape!" ...


At least he's an American... obummer was fro Kenya.


Lets not forget the sacred Kennedy clan.


Gonna be more people experimenting once they know they can be brought out of whatever Heroin does for them.


exactly what i was thinking if we pay for the drilling with tax credits then Alaska should get a equity share of the well production.


The people spoke. Now quit trying to shut down a legal business and plan how to spend all of that tax revenue. ;)


Or how the CPC has "moved on " from Trudeau right?  LOL!!!


Wouldn't that be nice!!!!


Noam Chomsky, Amy Goodman, Jeremy Scahill, they rallied behind the Serbs and criticized the Clintons, so by your thinking, they must be Nazi white nationalists, too. What a hoot!


As I warned, be careful of a manufactured war as Trump fades in the polls and wants to scare people into taking his orders.  Nothing scares the poor back into line as claiming a war is needed.


Another "Open Secret"? Another "unsolved mysterious assassination": Olof Palme was murdered in Stockholm on the 28th February 1986.  See: @ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Olof_Palme#South_Africa - ; Just in case you think this is another "Conspiracy Theory" check the facts @ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Cooperation_Bureau. Craig Williamson, Eugene de Kock, Dirk Coetzee, Magnus Malan et alia know the real story. Ask them!


Sorry ... it's Mark Banker


Practically speaking, Greenpeace et al. DO have more standing than HM Loyal Opposition.  Special interest groups can armtwist governments through popular opinion and lobbying whereas the Opposition only has its vote in the HOC.  In a majority government, the Opposition vote is quite futile.

Observe the shameless brainwashing of our youth by the David Suzuki alarmist films screened in schools vs. what transpires during Question Period.  Which do you think wields more power?


I thought Mitsubishi in Japan also signed some similar agreement years ago and that went nowhere. I'm hopeful but skeptical that anything different will happen this time around.


I hate defending a Trump mouth piece but any scan of the internet will show you that Hitler did not use chemical weapons during World War 2.  Both the Nazis and the Allies had large stockpiles available but neither side used what was available.  The Japanese did.

Using gas in the death chambers is not using gas as a weapon.  The Jews, male homosexuals, mentally disabled, Russian and other POW’s, Romani, clergy of many religions and others all died in the chambers but these murders were not used with what most consider weapons.

This mouthpiece can't express very well, but in this case his facts were real.


It will all change tomo when Trump is in front of a different crowd.  We just have to roll with it and work back channels -- which our govt seems to be doing, and well. Whew.


Its Not religious, its Not telling people how to dress:
Its about 'identity concealment'.  I, you and everyone has the right to identify and be able to recognize with whom one is dealing.
IF you wear a mask - I don't have to serve you.  Full stop.


"Just like your Clinton voting speelling."

I appologize but I don't have my Right-Wing-Stupid decoder ring with me...


Hi there,
I beg to differ back. :)
You can use whatever semantics you like but again Comey had no spine.  Couldn't even give the notes to NYT himself.  Where were his notes on Hillary's meetin

Donald Trump can say whatever he wants to whomever as he is one of the few that has the right.  I am not the biggest fan of Donald (did not vote for him 1st time.  As a soldier, I can tell you he is running circles around the last guy in office who was basically toxic and in fact had to put an order out to his troops to stop talking trash about him. First time I have seen that in 26 years.  As far as Russia goes, they may not be our friends but  in many ways they are our partner.  Lastly, if the D's keep up Trump, they will get a real conservative Christian who will take many things away the D's hold so dearly such as roe vs wade.  On the flip side Trump cannot be impeached until after the midterms as the D's dont have anywhere close to the votes and Ryan would never bring it to up for debate.


They have lived their entire lives supported by the laity. No wives, no children, no pediatrician or day care or tuition bills. They impose their distorted understandings of marriage,sexuality, family, and children on those who support them in the style to which they are accustomed - as princes. The hypocrisy reeks.

 BUT, who is at fault for this?  Thirty million+ cradle Catholics in the US have left the RCC, or at least ceased to participate actively.  They, and their money, are gone, because the only voice lay Catholics have in their church is their money and their presence.  I read this site every day, even though I stopped participating as an active Catholic.  The RCC was a very important part of my life for 50+ years, and I can't totally ignore it. For one thing, the bishops try to impose their beliefs on ALL, not just Catholics. The one thing that amazes me is that so many Catholics complain - bitterly and rightly -  yet still write the checks that support the status quo. Why?


Actually tRUMPtyDUMPty (what is up with all these people hiding using aliases) this is very consistent with what Sen. Dunleavy has supported.  I also agree with his proposal to cut 300 million from the budget this year.  The house minority found over 300 million in budget cuts that could have been made this year that would not have harmed the economy.  (First on the chopping block should have been the 100 million budgeted for Gov. Walker's pipe dream.)  Unless he/she works for the governor, it is hard to find an economist who proposes taking 1.5 billion (PFD reduction and broad-based income tax) dollars out of an economy during a period of recession.


R.C. Harris put the rail platform on the Bloor Viaduct back in 1918 because it made sense on so many levels, he did it even though it wasn't used until 70 years later.

The other Harris, Mike the dunce cancelled the Eglinton subway back in 1995 because he wasn't very bright, that meant the millions already invested was lost and contractual penalties added to the cost, now the LRT costs way more then the subway would have.

Until we get more Harris's of the R.C. type, there will never be progress.


Zinke is the Queen of England apparently.  There are some entitled nuts in that administration.

As for Planned Parenthood, it does have too much influence on the DNC just like Evangelicals have too much influence on the RNC.  It is time to leave the culture wars behind.  They are tearing the country apart.


I plain don't understand what he's trying to say.


Lost in the discussion of Trump's deportation intentions is the fact that Obama deported almost 3 million people during his time in office. The population Trump has targeted appears to be around 1 million illegal immigrants who have criminal records - at least initially. Yes, his criteria and rhetoric are alarming, which is why we are seeing these border crossings in to Canada. But, that aside, his actions have not lived up to his words, which is a pattern consistent with much of his bombast. This trickle may yet turn to a flood and Canada must have a contingency to address this. It seems, premature however to panic about a German situation repeating itself here. I agree with Ms. Wente though about the limits of Canadian hospitality. If Trudeau flubs this test and pursues an "open door" policy that does not respect these limits the backlash will be severe and will have long standing. largely detrimental, repercussions for immigration and refugee policies here.


The main difference between protest in Canada and in the States is the 2nd amendment. In Canada the police have protesters outgunned. In some states there are ex-military protesters carrying semi automatic riffles.

 I recently watched a program on PBS about a rancher that the government was trying to remove him and his cattle from government land. A call went out and heavily armed supporters came to the ranchers defence. Outgunned, the police backed down and deescalated the situation. In Charlottesville they tried to deescalate but there was 3 sides instead of 2.  The 1st and 2nd amendments combined can be a very dangerous thing. One more reason to be thankful to live in Canada.


Free trade the un-needed headache.


McCain has milked the hero cow on all 4 teets.  How about Option C: they are both pigs?


The only running Romney should do is away from this country. He is a traitor to the Republican party and conservative voters.


The prescriptive easement / access rights in question are not unique to Natives. No need to bring race into this.


Actually BP I frequent the Hale Kona often.  The Warriors Lounge is a pleasant spot to spend an evening.  Odd that I haven't seen you on the premises.  Are you military or DOD?


States challenged Obama's EOs and states will challenge Trump's EOs. There's nothing magical about being a Republican.


and as usual a bs lib troll spewing the usual crap, no lib loser, a peice of toast would be better for ontario over liberals, hence brown is a great alternative


Bubbles,

Just so you know, both of my sons have passed away as young men because of their significant disabilities, so there is no "I" want my Medicaid. If you read the article, you would see that Medicaid funding provides employment supports for people with disabilities who want to have the opportunity to work. As a result $48 M in wages earned and less dependence upon government supports. Not looking for a handout, but a hand up!


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for 4 of them, it's not clear that's possible.  4 of them haven't the sense their Gods gave them.


I would suspect you will not find the CRA auditing Trudeau's buddies, especially the ones that are liberal bag men and fundraisers.

Don't forget that Trudeau and his ministers have complete control over the levers of power.


Aren't pensions protected in the US and Britain? Wouldn't this be a great way for the Liberals to show their love for the "Middle Class", ya right!!!


How are Egyptian slaves relevant to racism in today's United States?


Nobody's terrified, give it a rest. Well maybe Canada, with the impending invasion of American liberals and washed up movie stars.


Ex oribus infantium.


So they're citizens? Good. I, for one, am glad we got that resolved.


Actually, Mr Yellin, the house of worship in question first said that it was taken out of context, then they said it was the fault of a temporary clergyman who had since left, then they called the person who had reported the video to police an islamophobe.


Call em yourself. Carl Davaz or John Easely. You wouldn't believe me no matter what they say.


There are two classes of workers in this country. The premier group are government workers with DB, amazing benefits and on average 18% more pay than the private sector (for comparable work). Then there are the rest of us that pay for the first group.

With the power of public service unions, it will take a revolution to correct this massive imbalance otherwise the socioeconomic issues will threaten our society. Put in more basic terms, we have to do something more than raising  the minimum wage to do something for the millions of people who work retail and other poor paying jobs so that they can live decent, secure lives.


That's not an unreasonable interpretation, in my opinion. But I'm not sure that it's the most likely one.

Comey is a seasoned investigator, the nation's top lawman and a deep Washington insider. By his own testimony, Comey was already on alert when he sat down with Trump. Was there something about the situation, or the words he heard from Trump, that would leave him speechless? I think not.


The only way to stop someone with a gun, is .... Drum roll .... Someone else with a gun. Rock, paper, scissors, bullets trump - always.


Thank you, Sr. McGlone...it is all a matter of changing our focus, changing our minds, changing our will away from selfish ways to that of what is good and best.  Kennedy:  "Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country."


Canada's Old Age Pension was introduced in 1927, kicked in at age 70 and was means tested. http://www.historymuseum.ca/cmc/exhibitions/hist/pensions/cpp-m1915_e.shtml


"Canadian film and television ascend Whistler to ensure the industry’s gender-parity ...".

So basically, competence, qualifications, quality and experience get kicked to the curb.

Only in Canada! This gender-parity nonsense in all areas has got to stop before we become a laughing-stock.