The man really doesn't get Pope Francis, does he?  He is the exact opposite in everything that Francis wants a bishop to be. He appears to be poised to die as diehard culture warrior, excluding people from God's Church instead of welcoming them.  Preaching to The Choir Of the Saintly - that must be a rather solitary affair, I suppose.

Meanwhile Jesus reminds his followers to "call in the sinners, not those who consider themselves just" (paraphrased).  Mr. Chaput, please consider for the benefit of the Church to step down and retire to a monastery, following Benedict's example.  Or go to Rome and stay in a Jesuit community and do the 30-day Ignatian Spiritual Exercises under the guidance of the new Jesuit General Superior.  I know, the latter is a bit of far stretched wishful thinking.  Nevertheless...


There they go again as liberals know no shame. When the federalists gave Patrick Henry a congressional chair to draft the constitution he turned down this power stating: "I SMELL A RAT!" When the federalists penned a constitution that omitted a Bill of Rights we saw the rats Henry smelled. it was Henry who drafted 40 amendments in the form of a Bill of Rights, rallied the antifederalists, and in the end Henry won us 25 of the 40. Henry, the author of the 2nd amendment, warned us that the tyrannical scum amongst us will come after each of these rights, and they will all stand on their own merits save one, the 2nd amendment. Henry warned if these rats got the one they get them all, and warned us to guard the 2nd amendment as if our lives depended on it.  Leo Quirk op-ed letter is pure deluded drivel, and one of the rats Patrick Henry smelled.


hmmm, the previous President can wave his wand and PRESTO...  train wrecks will be airborne rangers....  will other troubled individuals be far behind...  BUT this President can't undo the fiats of the previous...who knew that the previous President had the divine right of kings?


I'm not opinionating about their beliefs as beliefs. I'm just not sure how what the government is currently doing here is an attack on their religious beliefs. I think the government has shown sensitivity, even, with the system it created to avoid a direct conflict about the matter. I'd appreciate your view of the attack on their beliefs, since I am having trouble with it.


You can't because you don't know.  No one knows.


Is your reason for transgendered folks committing suicide factually accurate or just your opinion? I have heard they have incredibly high suicide rates but have never heard nor read the explanation you give.

I also notice you made a personal attack on another poster. I thought that was not allowed on this forum.


Drumpf seems to be going absolutely bonkers again.

With "allies" like this, who needs enemies ?


Phil Knight promised $500 million, reportedly with no strings attached, to build an outstanding science center.

The UO turned that into a $1 billion project, expecting the taxpayers to help pay the difference.

Stephen J. Remington


You mean you used to have unisex washrooms? How Ally McBeal-ish of you! So you have a problem with the boy-girl stuff. How do you protect against the boy-boy or girl-girl stuff? That happens too, you know.


Barack Obama flew many people in, and gave away multiple items.  This is an opportunity worth entering for, I would consider it a privilege to meet our President Trump and dine!


Actually  they are following the constitution to the letter. There is no timeline for the Senate to provide "advise and consent", in fact there is no requirement for them to ever confirm a new member. The constitution does not specify the number of SCOTUS members and it has fluctuated over time.  b.o. could nominate three new members and the Senate could confirm all or none of them, they could also confirm no nominees for the next ten years and take us to a 5 member court.


I think U of O should offer an agriculture processing degree. Entrail management, lower back care in the berry picking industry, pesticide residue and how it affects white skin....


When is the ministers' immigration status going to be clarified?

This is worse than a police officer under investigation

At least they step aside (albeit with pay) while there are questions surrounding them


Gee writes about rent controls, stating the following:

it is "a poisoned chalice – something that seems good at first, but in the end does great damage..."

Gosh, he's talking about rent controls, but with his choice of words, I could have sworn he was making a clear and direct reference to Kathleen Wynne herself!


Said so factually and eloquently, I totally concur.


If Hawaiian Electric is sold, it will be like selling your house. After that, it will be be like renting. Not a good deal is it?


Clinton won the popular vote because of California and NY.  Without them, she would have lost the popular vote too.  The sickos in CA and NY do not represent the entire U.S. population.  That's why the electoral college system was implemented.  To avoid a few large states from dominating the elections.  Trump didn't campaign in CA or NY because they were so heavily dems.  If he had, she may have lost there too.  Only one state in the whole country he couldn't win in no matter what he did.  You guessed it...HAWAII!  Now we're stuck with 4 useless Dems. We're up the proverbial creek.


Really? Give it 2 minutes then back to scheduled programming


The tree he’s in may not even be part of the sale.  Like the article says, cutting is going on up the road.  I say leave him there.  He’s got to come down sooner or later.  Just keep his friends from bringing him supplies.


I recall when the EmX was first slated to go through this area, this shop owner complained loudly that the EmX would hurt his business. I wonder what has changed?


Not that you could tell that from those screaming about proposed changes to it. Having coverage is one thing, being able to afford to actually use it, something else.


Got a point?


Like our president, you seem to have a knack go for saying the wrong thing at the wrong time.

As an agnostic that keeps to himself, I'll never understand militant atheists, who would rather insult than convince. I always took their vigorous and deliberate insults to mean that they aren't as confident in their nonbelief as they pretend; otherwise, why would they be seeking attention and validation so desperately?


Obama certainly would cause any income tax to be higher as he raised federal income taxes


We keep hearing how sacred our education budget is. But at the muni and state level, every time there is a shortfall it seems the school districts solve it by firing teachers. You never hear them getting rid of administrators or overhead staff.  In a state with a population around 700,000 we have over SIXTY .. yes 6-0 ... sixty independent school districts. I'm sure each school district has its own superintendent and administrative staff. I'm willing to bet that less than 20% of those school districts are locally funded. I'm also willing to bet more than half of these school districts have less than 1,000 students.  I would hate to guess what the ratio of administrators to classroom teachers is in the ASD. May if we actually focused our money on education rather than overhead these fine teachers could retain their jobs and we could provide something better than our "47th best out of 50" education system?


With that constant red nose and red face , I question Caldwell's daily sobriety!


Are you saying only that children, elderly and disabled people live in villages?


Alaska is in a recession.

Using a raid on our dividends and imposing an income tax to subsidize the unconstitutional theft of our oil will only make the recession worse, with more Alaskans losing their jobs, and their homes.

Robin Brena is the only one who is credible in this debate.  Over the last several years since SB-21 went into effect, over $40 billion dollars of our oil and gas liquids has been taken- almost tax free.

Here is the solution that does the most to protect our economy:

http://www.akleg.gov/basis/get_documents.asp?session=30&docid=11799


I watched that and immediately pulled out a Seinfeld DVD so I could watch Elaine do the dance right.


This should be the end of the line for Biagini.  The guy isn't major league material.  Will Jays management sit silently and watch while this stiff goes 1-15 for the season?


Jesus never "established" a church of any type at all - you have to pin the blame for that one on orthodox Christians centuries later with the huge help and influence of the Emperor Constantine (306-337 A.D.).  In Jesus' day, the pharisees and Jews, certainly the Romans, were not exercised about any "church" - they had political agendas to protect which Jesus threatened.  Jesus was only interested in a "kingdom of God" best defined in the Beatitudes.

It is in Paul's writings that the seminal ideas of church emerge for the first time.  Paul rather than Jesus is more accurately considered the "founder" of Christianity.  The church that emerges in the New Testament is one that is not only democratic and charismatic but down right socialist [check out Acts].  Only after Constantine imposed an "imperial" model on Christianity did we begin to see Jesus artistically depicted as a king rather than as a carpenter's son.


The article makes good points, but the title is confusing.  It should be changed to something like "Matayoshi Not Accountable."


The state of Oregon puts a LOT of resources into keeping kids with their bio parents. It's a damned if they do or don't. It takes a LOT to have a child removed from home, still the state works at reunification, throwing resources at bio parents. The system isn't perfect, but with the number of unfit people popping out kids, what's the solution?


Let us not forget sexism and ethnic and religious hatred.  He really does have the  whole enchilada of hate going on there.


He's probably here to talk policy with Butts.


And yet...another attack.  Off-issue and off-point.  No reference to what was said, of course.

Thank you for proving my point.


When we visited Northwest Arctic, the public comments supported YKHC's premis.
Locals did indeed relocate when they got a job. Partially because the culture of sharing required they support the village with their check.
Moving to the MatSu and Anchorage allowed them to keep their earnings and provide a better life for their families.
The fact it is famalies with children who tend to move will cost the community, assistance dollars for schools and health care.
They should be forming a Borough like the Northwest Artict so they can profic together with Donlin.


Meggsy,
Do you really think shouting makes you right?  If you opened your mind and spoke with thoughtful reason we might hear you better.


... to the tune of roughly $700M per year ... Or a 1/6th increase in the projected budget deficit. Parents ever tell you "live in my house, live by my rules"? ... (and if you don't want the rules, don't let the door slam you in the behind on your way out).


So this professor from Ontario "paddled the river this past summer" and concluded that British Columbians can live on fish and berries, and won't require additional electricity in the future to power the electric cars we're all supposed to be driving soon. Having "paddled the river" she now considers herself qualified to educate us on what is means to "live on the land".
I'm so grateful we have people from urbanized southern Ontario to tell us we need "to ensure that all future developments will be in harmony with the natural functions of the valley's ecosystems and its beauty".
Please do British Columbians a favour and paddle a river system in another province next summer, so we can be spared your naive romantic drivel. Maybe try the Niagara.


your not RIP?


Since Marx could very well be the next pope, this is a subject of great importance to him.  The number of people who post on this web site and Roman walls claiming Francis is a heretic is growing.  No doubt these people have been embolden by the ultra-right electoral victories here and in Europe.  It is up to each of us to stand up to the self-described "alt-right" and its campaign of alternate facts.


1).  I am not a "Sir" as you very well know.  I am female, and this constant reference otherwise is bullying - as you very well know.
2).  I am not homophobic - and your incessant claims otherwise are repugnant and bullying.
3).  I commented on another posters' remarks...I did not stray off topic.  I merely asked for clarification of his point.
4).  If you are annoyed by my question, don't take it out on me.  Perhaps just post your usual smiley face and move on.


Some how we are supposed to believe everything Indians and blacks say. In my neighbourhood every Indian is up to no good besides the drinking and drugs and sneaking into apartment buildings at night and defecating and urinating in the stair wells. Blacks have accosted me a number of times . Of course I racial profile.


Slaves, heavy lifting for a small portion of the country.  Since Black races invented Slavery, we know that slavery was much worse in Africa.  Wage slavery is rampant in the world today and negates any guilt you propagandize for Americans.  I think you may be a slave to leftist rhetoric though.


Mahalo Barry!  for putting Hawaii on the map


If you'RE responding to me, Jane, you sure you want to stick to your response?? Want to "double down" on your ignorance??

But I suppose there'RE a LOT of grammatically challenged folks out THERE (like yourself) and they'RE to be be pitied because of THEIR lack of proper education in childhood.


Hate is cultivated and encouraged in America. Hate and fear are used, implemented or deliberately fostered to divide Americans to keep them from getting together...the races, the sexes, the classes, the ideologies, the variously educated, the religious and non-religious. Hate is used to divide the people as well as the government...in order to circumvent the democratic process. Behind all this punditry (such as this opinion piece) is money...the big money which now owns most major media. And behind that is the big money to be made hating certain foreign nations and the constant warfare in which America is now engaged. In simple terms, America's economy is based on making bombs as fast as they can be dropped. The money is in the military machine...the money has purchased the political system and the media used to stir up hate and fear. Lamenting a shooting here and there is part of the strategy. I wonder if Mr. Gerson even knows...the best propagandists believe in their own stuff.


How much do these advertorials cost in the G&M?


This guy shouldn't play with rope.


Churches can exist and grow so long as they meet a perceived need of its members.  In the past in the western world, the need was a fear of eternal damn*tion.  I suspect that is what is taught to many in the parts of the world where church growth is "booming".  Once that need is removed, then there need to be other reasons.  It seems that too many churches have lost their way and don't provide a true Christian community where love of God is seen through love of neighbor.  There is no reason to belong to a community that only pretends to be something, but is not.  If it is true that more people are rejecting a belief in God, I believe the fault lies squarely with the many churches who do not practice what they preach.


I'll stick with "that little pip squeak."


Sweden celebrates a "national day.".  I'm sure that Sweden would celebrate a specific anniversary of the founding of Sweden if there was one obvious date like Canada has.  The Swedish Empire hurt neighboring countries and people during it's reign, so should Sweden not celebrate it's National Day because of this?.


Simple answer is that if you invest in kids, then you might have to cut the military  prison industrial complex.  This country is addicted.  It really needs to break its addiction to the military industrial complex but this is not likely to happen anytime soon.    It was sickening seeing most of Hawaii leaders crying about losing military when they were talking about downsizing,  How short sighted and what a waste.


"Democracy" ?
Is that what you call the US...the same folks who waged the illegal immoral Iraq War, demolished the country, killed 100,000,  men, women, and children, threw thousands of resisters in prison, tortured them, disbanded the Iraq army, and turned them all into angry men wanting revenge on the West and supporters of the West?
   "Democracy"? Really?


I keep asking:  When are the rest of the GOP going to grab a set and show some integrity?


Pence should try selling this to the low-income voters who will lose their health coverage when TrumpCare takes effect:

An analysis that the Joint Committee on Taxation released this week, and which the New York Times obtained, states that under TrumpCare households with incomes of more than $1 million will get tax cuts that, over the next decade, will add up to roughly $157 billion."

That may be why Trump loves the poorly educated — and vice versa.


Science says she is a woman.  Why is science so important when it pertains to issues that you want to agree with but it's easily overlooked when it's an issue where science doesn't support your view?  Unless Ms. Woodward can change their chromosomes, she is a woman dressed up like a man.  That doesn't mean she couldn't be a very good manager at the tire store however.  And we don't know that there wasn't something that turned up in the background check that precluded the person from hiring her.  Remember, just because she wants to be a man doesn't make her a man.  I want to be a superhero who can fly, but that doesn't make me one.


Wow, with insightful comments like that, you’re clearly ready for a Foreign Affairs posting in PMZ’s cabinet, deputy minister at least!

However, as we need to be on the good side of the US a lot more than they need to be on ours, PMZ needs to talk to Trump a lot more than he needs to talk to PMZ..


I just hope that I will be dead before China start doing what Soviet Russia and Putin secretly wanted to do. But like all history, civilizations who are not willing to defend what they have achieved all disappear overrun by savages murdering and pillaging. Listening to the politicians and their citizens the time is now, enjoy your future.


214, wasn't The Rebel created from the rubble that was Sun TV that didn't even survive a year and bled money from day one?


Hello. To those who haven't been paying attention. The dossier began to  be to be compiled in the spring of 2016 and was set up and then paid for by an undisclosed republican candidate for president. When that candidate dropped out, democrats started to pick up the tab for it to continue due to the progress that had been made and due to the revelations that had been revealed. Steele is one of the most respected intelligence officers in europe and has been for years. Obviously, he is widely respected in the U.S by both dems and republicans. The dossier is not bogus. And this letter to the counsel will do nothing to stall a legitimate and ongoing investigation.  Quite frankly and fortunately, it doesn't matter that you folks think it is bogus. History doesn't care what you yhi k or feel. History cares about facts. People only care what history will say. And unfortunately, you are on the wrong side of history.


Methinks he speaks too much....as well.


Yeah but up until a few scant years ago they used to do it one person at a time.


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Nah, the right wing only knows how to obstruct or tear down.

Actual responsible public policy isn't even a concept they grasp.
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What you paint Joanna is a conspiracy involving 1 school teacher, 1 school administrator a judge and (in your comment below) the police. While I am not saying it absolutely did not happen, it is highly unlikely. In the article you posted a link to there was in fact photographic evidence but the faces of the perp's were not shown. This fact is much more likely to the the cause of the problem.

Please don't think this in anyway diminishes how serious this problem is, it does not. While it might be that 1 person, or perhaps 2 might try to hide something like this, it is ultra hard to believe that 4 (or more) who dedicate their lives to protecting people would be complicit.


You may want to study up on market behaviors before a major correction. I suggest you read Andrew Lo's book Adaptive Markets.


Your daughter is the poster child for what is wrong with this country today, your entire family is a dumpster fire of treachery, treason and criminal activity, so you can put that little dream in your pipe and smoke it because it is not going anywhere.


I love it. With this logic what will people of Alaska do if Trump endorses Patagonia, Arcteryx, Subaru's and owning a dog? Heaven forbid he rides a fat tire bike or skis. Would people throw eggs at me as I ride by? Trump needs to stop using twitter and people should not do illegal donations. With that said the SJW's are out of control, but their actions are within their rights. I hope they aren't polluting the air as they burn their expensive clothing and shoes. Whatever.


I agree. Let KOL win the CPC leadership.
And say bye-bye to the CPC for another couple of elections.


That is not true. There are several states that are in the process of suing the federal government over this executive order.


It is that simple: "Legal" and "illegal"

If you don't like it, motivate our senators, Murkowski & Sullivan, and rep D. Young to place into law the immigration policy that most folks desire.


You're in denial about Trumps corruption:

Trump's foundation made an illegal $25,000 campaign contribution to Florida AG Pam Bondi, while she was considering a lawsuit against Donald.

Trump’s casino bankruptcies, which left investors holding the bag while he skedaddled with their money.

Trump’s habit of refusing to pay contractors who had done work for him, many of whom are struggling small businesses.

Trump University, which includes not only the people who got scammed and the Florida investigation, but also a similar story from Texas where the investigation into Trump U was quashed.

Trump Model Management, which reportedly had foreign models lie to customs officials and work in the U.S. illegally, and kept them in squalid conditions while they earned almost nothing for the work they did.

Trump’s use of hundreds of undocumented workers from Poland in the 1980s, who were paid a pittance for their illegal work.

I could go on and on, but space is limited...


Actually, DACA recipients come from several different countries, but I can tell by your posts, educating yourself before speaking is not your strong suit.


Starting tomorrow, your wages will be paid in bitcoin....are you in?


People who demand freebies are Trump's base.

"Four key Rust Belt states that flipped from Barack Obama to Trump, large percentages of those who benefit from food stamps and Social Security Disability Insurance — both of which would get slashed by Trump — are non-college whites, a core Trump constituency. Those states are Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. A large percentages of those who stand to lose health coverage under the GOP health plan in those states are also blue-collar whites. Many of them are likely on Medicaid, and this toll will undoubtedly be made worse by the Trump budget."

They are just now finding out they've been had.

How about that?


Why do you think there are so many different Christian denominations?  You are completely wrong because it is entirely about pleasing God, to the best of each individual's understanding.  We have gay Christian Churches.   America was founded by people fleeing religious persecution in Europe.  This is why religious protections are specifically written into our Constitution.


The Jian Ghomeshi case was a perfect exacmple of what happens when police and prosecutors take the feminist-recommended "Listen and believe" approach to sexual assault accusations. They listened, they believed, they did not ask critical questions or properly investigate the accusations before trial. They did exactly what they were "supposed" to do, to best support the accusers.

And then it happened, the accusers were caught explicitly lying, on the stand under oath, during cross examination. The accusers swore they never saw or wanted to see Ghomeshi again after the assaults, and then were presented by defence counsel with documented evidence that they went out of their way to get in touch with or get together with Ghomeshi again and again. The case collapsed and the Crown suffered a highly public embarrassment.

Had the police properly investigated, they would have found the accusers were lying to the police and would have labeled the accusations unfounded. It's a little ironic.


"This has been established".

How is it you are so comfortable taking opinion and turning it into facts ?

"I think the results" - is your opinion. Just because the store paid out, simply means they are trying to appease the population. not to alienate a customer base, its simply good marketing, nothing more. Its less expensive than having protestors in front of the store.  Just because the city settled by paying out, all it means is the city felt it less expensive to offer them some money instead of a long and drawn out court case.

And your statement of "forced retirement" ? Please provide a link to the factual data to show that he was forced into retirement - again, its just your opinion.

If I were employed someplace and my employer failed to back me up, failed to follow through with a thorough investigation and caved in to popular opinion instead of investigating facts, damn straight i would quit my job too.


Attaboy Donald. Now that you're in that hole, keep digging faster...


If the world is destroyed by climate change the US will no longer have to worry about "defending" it militarily.


Uh-huh. WIFI hurts your knees. Sure it does.


Thank you Cheryl for that important update which should be mentioned at tonight's meeting.


I want to graduate to artillary. I doubt there's an ATF form for that.


You're deluded.


"Your comments are meant to abuse & harass Native peoples."
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This calumny from someone who signed a petition to deny Native Peoples their right to Na’i Aupuni ?  I am shocked, shocked that that anyone with tiniest blood quantum would dare oppose Na’i Aupuni.  Look into your soul  Kamealoha Patrick-Soloman Hanohano-Smith and practice Ha`aha`a.


"Above all, in a democracy, we have the duty to preserve the liberty of the people by keeping the enormous powers of the national government separated.  We are judges, not Platonic Guardians.  It is our duty to say what the law is, and the meta-source of our law, the U.S. Constitution, commits the power to make foreign policy, including the decisions to permit or forbid entry into the United States, to the President and Congress."


kinda like whats happened with USA  and NAFTA, and/or maybe softwood? or Kinda like whats suggested to be happening here in Canada with regards to pipeline and shipping agreements?


Equally stunning in its narrowness will be for the selection of the replacement SCOTUS judge:-

"What are your views on an unborn fetus?"


YOU suck. Have you taken the Hypocratic Oath. Did you even know or understand what you were swearing to? I doubt it.


What you describe are political positions.  Apparently you just happen to personally dislike them.


This is where a property manager proves their value. They screen tenants, check references, credit scores, do background checks. They write up a lease agreement that says is a tenant is storing garbage on the property or becomes a nuisance to neighbors, that's grounds for eviction. They will collect the evidence and take it to court.

If you have a good renter, who pays on time and doesn't cause problems, VALUE them, and don't raise the rent every opportunity you get, just to maximize profit.


Maybe you are the one who needs to read the constitution again. The full line is
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed. The "people" is what it says.
The citizen militias were regulated by the officers and already had a structure in place. The militia were not National Guard or reserves or Army, they were citizens or what we call civilians today.


I figure they were the lowest bidder. If so, then you get what you pay for. Better luck next go 'round.


When you live in the patch, bad water and bad air is a fact of life. Above any commercially viable hydrocarbon reservoir are shallower ones that gradually leak out. In the Permian basin, for example, there are water wells that were drilled over 100 years ago, before any oil well had been drilled in Texas, and the water had enough methane in it to be flammable.

The town of Sweetwater, Texas got its name from being the 1st good water found near the Permian basin.


Nurses come in all sexes and genders.


Canada interfered with my career for a decade, had me detained at the border because I blew the whistle, the security apparatus is costing me my home and my pursuits.

I'm a Canadian and I will do my best to inform the incoming American government about Canadian tactics to undermine American businesses in Canada.  If you'd like, contact the RCMP and their surrogates and show them this posting.

Canadians, Europeans, Asians, ANYONE should support liberty, Rule of Law, Due Process, protection from persecution by the state.  If Canada doesn't provide it and willingly interfere in major U.S corporations like IBM and others, under what premise should one be "loyal"?  Loyal to whom exactly?

Canada can stand by their decisions to operate as they have, and I, as a free citizen will stand by my decision to expose the facts.  Go ahead and charge me with treason, that would be rich!  The most treasonous are those in positions of power who persecute their own citizens at great costs to Canada.


How about standing outside the stadium with a sign or refuse to play or donate your salary to the victims of police violence?  Lots of ways to protest that seem more sincere than this grand kneeing publicity stunt.
BTW In other news Puerto Rico is devastated and Trump said they need to pay Wall Street back first. Anyone notice that one or is the millionaire football player story more important?


Reconciliation with First Nations is not a left-right issue.  We have a huge social problem in our midst.  In the middle of one of the richest countries ever seen on the planet, we have people living a third-world existence.  Though none of us alive today actually had a hand in starting the problem, we are the inheritors of it.  It is incumbent on all Canadians to find a resolution.  I only wish that I had the political and social imagination and creativity to suggest one.


Sounds like an antifa activist at work.


The legal title was not changed. It's still the "Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States."


God I love how the REPUGNANTS are foaming at the mouth about hoe messed up this convention is. IT'S ONLY THE FIRST FEW HOURS OLD.  Unlike the REPUGNANTS Dog and Pony show, theirs will feature prominent members of Congress, the President of the United States, NOBODY IS AFRAID OR EMBARRASSED TO SHOW THEIR SUPPORT .

Sure they are facing problems.But they aren't trying to use My Little Pony as an excuse . THEY admit their mistakes and correct them .  They fired Wasserman Schultz .  I'm more than upset Clinton hired her but will wail and see how that plays out .

Bernie is ENTHUSIASTICALLY ENDORSING HILLARY . Unlike smarmy Cruz's speech Bernie will work to unify the Party. Why?

Because he knows that as terrible she is she is OVERWHELMINGLY THE BEST CANDIDATE TO NEXT OCCUPY THE WHITE HOUSE .

That is how incredibly ATROCIOUS a candidate Trump is.


If you like stale dated numbers and believe that someone is "rich" or "wealthy" because in 2012 they earned $200,000 fixing heavy equipment in Fort McMurray this article is very compelling.
If you believe current data is more important and "rich" or "wealthy" means owning assets rather than earning a decent income in a particular year then you might want to move on.


Toodles!


We won't know until you post something truthful.


A piece of research in The Economist shows that wages/income have steadily increased for those with a college degree, while they have dropped steadily for those who fail to finish high school.
Better emphasis on education should be the first priority for establishing some sort of income equality.


Sure, he's there for the victims, which is why he quietly rolled back gun regulations -- hypocrisy much?


Zaz, how much did it cost to produce that $1.8m?


The Joseph Goebbels strategy - If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. Of course no evidence is ever provided for her many moronic positions.


Sad. Killed for absolutely nothing.


I hope they get to be banned from SA or face arrest. They think they are gods and otherwise invincible and immortal. Do something otherwise u set precedence that they can do it again and again. What right does she have to "disciple" someone else's child if that's what it was?
Do her 2 sons have stitches too? Wake up South Africa, if they remain untouched, you are just as expendable as the used toilet paper they already think you all are!  Was a crime committed? Was anyone punished?


Is poor little trumpster sad?


Now you get both.


Intrigue, corruption, backstabbing, scandals, courts, power grabbing, all while Polynesians languish.  Ironic.  Just like the Kingdom was.


Just about everyone had some playing time tonight except for Gong and Burns.  Looks like Burns is
nbr 4 as far as that position goes.
Big test Friday against UCI.


It's because we need tort reform.


How long must we endure the republican charade, the valley's representation has stunted economic growth and education at every turn, a rail spur that isn't, a port and ferry that never happened, billions of dollars spent to accomplish nothing other than create work for friends  n kin. And the bridge to nothing, please defund it, start an initiative, lets squash these money drains while there is still money available. We've seen all the obstructionism we need to see, we continue to pay the legislative salaries and receive nothing but divisiveness and contempt. The current legislative majority needs to be replaced, all of them as they've left a legacy of corruption and disgraced our essential values, which is the fabric our great nation. While Gattis is my personal least favorite, the rest exhibit the same callous disregard for the populace, Gattis would steal the crumbs from the elderly only to accept unscrupulous monies from the borough for a shady land deal.


First, he never said it was a new crime. He said that in order to be back in jail on a probation violation you must have first been in jail on your original crime, meaning your not a first timer. Anyone in on a PTRP did something wrong twice. Second, A Probation Violation is a crime, considering the General Conditions of Probation are listed as a law in the Alaska Statutes. Thus, violating them is a violation of the law that states you must obide by the conditions. Third, a PTRP is a clear disregard to authority and a lack of desire to be a contributing member of society. I've been on probation for 5 years with no violations. Its not that hard and the conditions are very clear. Those who violate are not taking it seriously and earned the consequences. If you don't want to do 6 months for getting drunk on probation, don't get drunk on probation. It's that simple.


Transportation infrastructure is essential.
A shutdown will bring a humble house coalition back to our current economic realities and the negotiating table; minus the nagging government employee unions and AEA. Then we'll make progress and pass a sustainable budget.


Let me say it first so the Trump supporters around here don't have to: "This is fake news from the liberal snowflake media because Trump didn't explicitly say: I'm obstructing justice and telling you specifically to end your investigation of Flynn".


Folly upon folly.


Houston, TX is the most multicultural city in the world.


FBI stats from their web page for gun deaths and the CDC stats from their web page will give you that information. once you have the information you just have to do some minor math to break the data into the statistic. SIMPLE!!!!!


Methane is a particularly potent greenhouse gas and the science behind this, to say the least, is solid. Yes, according to these figures there will be a net cost of about $1.7 billion. Can we easily quantify the costs of climate change? No, because this is very complex, but we do know that we need to keep global warming below 1.5 C to avoid a truly catastrophic situation that would endanger human civilisation as we know it. (Just think of the costs of relocating people from low-lying cities as ocean levels rise, to give a concrete example.) Given methane's potent effects, it is clear this should be done... and perhaps even more needs to be done.


Karma, and not the Credit type.


WHAT?  "The average person ... thinks their country owes them a living, health care, housing, spending money?"  You show yourself to be alt-right.  The average person is working MORE THAN 40 hours a week.

Health care is a right not a privilege and NO ONE, ABSOLUTELY NO ONE, said they wouldn't pay for their health care (look at the premiums we've already paid en route to retirement via payroll deductions and Medicare and now how about the ONE HUNDRED PLUS DOLLARS taken out of our Social Security check (which is actually a double tax.)  Housing?  Spending money?  Do you have a handicapped child who deserves some semblance of respect and comfort in their old age.  Or a veteran?

I do not envy those on pensions, but I do not want you from the "I got mine, you get yours" school of thought to not consider those who had no opportunities.  Those of us who didn't get to follow our dream / but did work hard.  Don't punish us or put us in any freeloader category.  Shame on you.


Not even food is 'zero emissions' in today's world.  Or 'zero fossil fuel', either.


Let's face it.
No-one would be paying too much attention to this musical has-been, if he did not have brain cancer.
His music and his book are simply maudlin, and of very little merit.


Congratulations to NCR on their great work.  I am so happy to hear it is being translated into Spanish.


It is almost guaranteed that the calculator will INTENTIONALLY ignore and misrepresent the negative effect of the 15.3% FICA payroll tax that workers and consumers pay 100% of in pass through. So any claimed benfit is distorted. End taxation of labor, capital, investment, gifts and death and go to a single rate, simple, visible and efficient national retail sales tax on new goods and services with a monthly tax refund/tax credit option #FAIRtax. FAIRtax.org/faq


'Questions and criticism about Islam are not Islamophobia. In fact, Muslims themselves engage in robust debates about modernity and Islamic practice. The cruel irony is that such debates are banned in countries that need it most.'

And apparently in the Globe

Censors working overtime today


It's funny how the left (and their friends in the media) never like to admit that the wealthy pay most of the taxes in this country... except of course when the subject is a tax cut and then all of a sudden it's outrage over "tax cut for the rich!!!!!".

If the rich always "get out of paying taxes" like we hear them claim so often, then why so concerned over a tax cut?

They're exposing their own memes and they don't even realize it.


Thank you, Erin.  Sometimes people use information in other people’s comments without realizing they’re not quite correct, so just for clarification, you were referring to the surcharge (which would go directly to Maui county), and the rate would be .5%.


Nope, you don't take the ball out of the hands of a QB that scores 34 times in his first 16 games of playing time. That would rank 2nd for scores by a QB in 2010. Tebow is probably the fastest scoring first time starting quarterback in NFL history.
Tebow's 34 scores in his first 15.5 games and 13 plays and 549 touches would rank 4th for scores by a QB in 2016 and 2nd for scores per touch. He would rank 9th for TDs per pass attempt.


Next year your pfd will go to buy the offices on 4th as well as the bank building.  The house and senate can over ride the pfd veto, call them let them know if they don't on July 11 you wont vote for them.


http://www.awea.org/bats-and-wind-energy
In 2003, Bat Conservation International, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), AWEA, and the Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory jointly formed the Bats and Wind Energy Cooperative (BWEC). BWEC is actively researching the issue of bat interactions with wind turbines and investigating several promising techniques, such as acoustic deterrents and potential operational changes to wind turbines, with the ultimate goal to reduce bat impacts at wind farms. The wind industry voluntarily studies and mitigates for wildlife impacts, more than any other energy industry, including for wildlife not protected by federal law. This is demonstrated by the inclusion of bats not otherwise protected under federal law in the recommended siting practices outlined in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's "Land-based Wind Energy Guidelines," and guidelines include information on pre- and post-construction studies and analysis related to bats.


Give it a rest Gerry.

You and the the rest of the "leftie" media still don't get it..........you've been rejected by most states in the United State.

Who cares what artists, musicians and others on the left think; their ideas have been rejected and its about time.

Get over it and move on..........its a new day.   If only "sunny boy"  Trudeau  would realize this we'd be a lot better off.


Help me here, Bavius. Getting trounced where you should waltz is a strategy in upside down world maybe.


agree.  As a female Mandan, I am most grateful for what Patsy Mink and many others did to guarantee my equality and safety at the UH.


Not true.  Several outside tribes own the mineral rights on private land.


The co-founder of Black Lives Matter said, "Hillary Clinton and her husband, former president Bill Clinton, just “use black people for votes.”
http://thefederalist.com/2016/08/04/black-lives-matter-founder-the-clintons-use-black-people-for-votes/


I fully agree! I love to walk, I mean really walk for 3 hours and on my route I have to make sure that I include toilets. It is easier in summer when the parks toilets are operational, but after Thanksgiving one is out of luck. If we want people to exercise and keep healthy, providing access to toilets no matter what season it is, is imperative. The situation is even worse when you go to Europe where the toilets are few far and in-between and are payable. The toilets while visiting the French Riviera cost me over $1/day.


Will the wall President Trump wants to build have a subterranean counterpart to prevent drug dealers and illegal immigrants from tunneling under it? Does the Transportation Security Administration have enough resources to cover all airports and train stations and the Coast Guard and Navy enough resources to protect both coasts? Perhaps a better strategy might be to help the home countries of illegal immigrants to improve their economic and social conditions so that their citizens can achieve their dreams in their own countries rather than coming here. On the other hand this country's population is aging. We need more qualified working aged people to serve the growing number of older people than are presently available in the native born population. Also, since the primary source of Social Security funding is through taxes paid by workers unless the native born birth rate increases we will need more qualified immigrants.


Trump is a big baby who hasn't had a chance to grow up and play nice with others.


I support more construction of single family homes irrelevant of square footage for Hawaiians but couldn't you get a better picture of Robin Danner?


Honest:
Oh wouldn't it be nice if we could reduce the complexities of life to a 30 second sound bite.
It turns out to be more complex than you believe. Eating carbs and snacking frequently results in some physiologic processes that complicate things. In its simplest form (and this is just just touching the complexity) too many carbs raises insulin, promoting calorie storage and most importantly blocks hormone sensitive lipase. This last step prevents the body from utilizing fat stores.
So our current recommended dietary pattern encourages fat deposition, and prevents it from being reduced.  Not simply calories in calories out. The laws of thermodynamics hold true, but in the context of our hormonal milieu.
Ketogenic diet and fasting fixes the hormonal problem.


As a loyal Trumpublican, Mr. Crawford is, basically, defending a TV personality-showman and castigating the media because it reports the outrageous crazy-talk. Superficially, Mr. Trump stood out when compared to the lackluster slugs who tried to run against him in the primaries. Now Mr. Trump is just solidifying his base. He has no choice but to continue the crazy talk that got him this far. There are no more votes to be gained by moderation. And any notable relaxation of the crazy-talk will reduce the enthusiasm of Mr. Trump's only hope...his base. Mr. Crawford is just trying to tidy up the messy message of Mr. Trump...a dirty and thankless chore of party hacks.


MSW is pretty orthodox.


No worries. It's all good. After all, illegal aliens of all sorts are now being arrested and deported, with additional crimes or not. Just being an illegal alien is all.

GO Trump!
Go ICE!


It will be easier to encourage us all to carry weapons and to train all of us in proper firearm handling than to erase all the weapons our society has.

There are not enough police, and maybe there can never be, nor do we want to live in a culture with an armed policeman on every corner.

Maybe it's time we take some responsibility ourselves, en masse.

Not sure how it would work, but wouldn't this would be easier and more effective  than evaluate everyone for mental illness? Our president might be one of the first to be evaluated as mentally ill.

But back to controlling killers: maybe WE citizens have to do it. The government can not be everywhere at once, and there is no way we can strip all the guns from everybody, nor should we.

Fire three shots and you're shot by a citizen?

What else can we do?


Wow, Stevens talks of "moral obligations" to Pfeffer and Acree?  Seriously?  Alaskan legislators are now so desperate for excuses they are playing the "moral obligations card"!?  Okay, then why not play the "moral obligations card" to Alaskans and move into the Atwood Building?  And why doesn't Walker play the "moral obligations card" and back off on the PFD veto and cut government.  He can start by cutting $12 million that Stevens has that's burning a hole in his pocket.


If my father had been running for president even if against a respectable American I would have gone to  "the meeting" even if it had been with Putin himself.  I just would not have done anything but listen.  So far I have not read that Don, Jr. did anything but listen, so where is the collusion?


Is this fake announcement any more convincing than Trump's 'let me at 'em' threat last month? How ludicrous the story that half the White House wanted to save NAFTA and was pushing Trudeau to get him to call Trump to convince him to ignore the other half who wanted him to get rid of it! All engineered of course to make Trump look like the tough negotiator and endear him even more to his naive, ill-informed base.

Call his bluff. Let the rich kid take his ball and go home.  Canada can cope at least as well as the American multinationals and the states that would be shafted if protectionism is allowed to rule the day. The usual rogue states would be happy to see North America shoot itself in the foot.

Maybe, post-Comey, it will dawn on backward GOP congressmen that their own narrow interests can't be served by an incompetent, unstable oligarch in the White House. Moderates and the left have long since concluded there is something decidedly rotten in Denmark.


I want the gooey sands gone so filthy Alberta, the second worse polluting jurisdiction behind Texas
is cleaned up when I go skiing.   Now I am sure you have some idiotic response to this actual fact. In fact it is proven that prolonged exposure to high pollution levels causes negative effects to ones brain function.  Your did live in Alta right????


Would this be the very first official (or public or announced)  trial by Vatican of a bishop for sexual abuse ?
If yes, it would provide a glimpse of the due process.  If found guilty, what kind of punishment could be expected ? Is there a prison on the grounds of Vatican ?
My only hope is that this bishop will be treated justly and not be exploited.


He's a baseball student assistant (on scholarship?) and his uncle is the coach.  Nepotism disguised as diversity.


Great article.


Lifestyle choices contribute significantly to the top 5 causes of death in the United States. That includes heart disease and cancer, according to the CDC. Reduce those and you reduce the cost of dealing with their effects. How does that not compute for you? https://www.cancer.org/latest-news/cdc-lifestyle-changes-can-reduce-death-from-top-5-causes.html

So where did I say we would do away with all health care? I didn't. Of course accidents and major trauma happen. But most ailments today in our society are ailments of choice, or at least ailments of apathy.


What is the significance of the idiosyncratic way you render the pope's name?


Not sure what the issue is here. The guy is a drug dealer, and he is doing what drug dealers do. This is their modus operandi-give out some free product, then charge the addict forever. What did people expect?


No problem, just more alternative facts.  nothing ot see here, move on.


Are you for real the conservative party and the wild rose part are both conservative and received more than 60% of the vote in the last election.  They will be joined together and make a new party along the lines of Sask party and win a huge majority  in the next election.  Albertans know they made a mistake and this did not save the ndp


She DID win the popular vote, didn't she?


How much money?
And who will get it?


Philco, the USA subsidizes agriculture to the tune of about $20 billion dollars a year.  With a significant portion for corn and soybeans.  The corn subsidies are not for human food consumption.  And yes the US politicians do not have a backbone to stand up to the ethanol corn lobby.  As well the US subsidizes the dairy industry for about $250 million a year.  However, the point the vast majority of the subsidies do not go to the dairy industry.  Again, as I said before any negotiations would require the removal of the subsidies.  The Corn subsidies do not appreciably affect Canada
Hopefully YOU understand.


Parnell was the Governor who paid half the PT development bill..  not Bill Walker.. pretty certain..


This is a good idea, someone make a pitch to the Raiders.......double the admission tickets and you'll still get a sellout......closer to Christmas the better?........beats the ProBowl?


Uh, no.


Yes..  follow the money.  It usually leads to the true story.


Oops, he failed his drug test.


I voted against the 'unity ticket' myself.  But the performance of the Walker administration has made me sorry, in spite of missteps due to inexperience.  At least they are daring to lead in the face of a serious fiscal crisis with responsible policy.  Republicans should recapture the statehouse only if they field a positive candidate with even better ideas and far more willingness to cooperate than they have shown in the near past.  Important changes are going to require bi-partisan cooperation as well as independent support.  Begich sour grapes after losing the election, his history of barely winning when he did win, and his lies in pubic 'town hall meetings' combine with his failure to sponsor significant legislation should combine to make him an easy candidate to beat   IF Republicans field a positive candidate with a positive attitude about getting along with the minority.  If they don't, they deserve to lose.  Tapping the PFD will require both parties on the same page.


How much money do they collect in ads from big pharma I wonders yes I wonders


Good, it needs to be stopped. They need a new law, us a gun during a crime get 10 years in jail on top of the penalty for the crime.


We paid this award to an admitted, convicted terrorist because Justin Trudeau rescinded the Stephen Harper legislation that allowed a dual citizen, convicted of terrorism, to be stripped of his Canadian citizenship.

Trudeau did indeed have a choice.


There are a handful on here, that can only claim they are being persecuted because they are "conservative" or Christian, or some other group that is if not in the majority, is at least a decent sized portion of the population.


I'm at a loss... could someone explain the flaw in my logic?


It is illegal for hunters to "waste" meat. If you see that happening, you should report it. Bear, raven and other scavengers pick the bones clean already. I've never seen a last year's carcass with anything left but chewed up hair and bleaching bones. Increasing wolf numbers would have a negative impact on moose calf survival. They won't just take out caribou calves and old timers. This appears to be a management issue at the game board level. Interesting idea though.


Not that I'm a big Donald Trump fan, but do remember that 8 years of Obama created a "Donald Trump".   The Hillary Clinton Gang forgot about the 'masses' of the "working class"  (you know, those people who do not sit behind a computer everyday and can't afford the ½ caff, decaff, frappacino with soy, no foam latté, extra hot) and concentrated on their concept of middle class and richer, including your millennial generation.  I would say you're are a bit premature on your judgement of the Trump White House that was elected by the US rules of democracy.  By the way, and as an aside,  please re-read your first paragraph and submit the word 'Cuba' for 'Uzbekistan', and then tell us why the Democrats and the US left, have this current love affair with the Castro regime.  Look forward to your follow up note in 4 years.


khadr wasn't shot by the soldiers - he was buried under rubble by the preceding aerial bombardment  and took hits from the gunships that ripped up the building- long before the americans entered the building

there were four fighters in total - three were dead , one was barely alive and killed by the CO - he likely tossed the grenade at speer

buried under rubble Khadr  had bullets in his back  blinded in one eye - - hardly capable of throwing a grenade


Just another cash cow for some special interest groups.  That being said if it was well planned then maybe, but looking at Oak Harbor proper....planning is not a strong suit.

The infrastructure problems on the north end of the Island are already very apparent - adding another huge development with no other plans to address infrastructure issues is just plain reckless.


When the election campaign begins in 2019 and Mr. Scheer starts telling Canadians how much he pushed the economic issues in Parliament and how much he and the Cons represent us, will anyone ask him why he spent so much time NOT talking about economic issues and focussed instead on individual Liberal Ministers?


And criminal intent needs to be considered including whether someone was monkeying with electoral districts to try to make an "example" of this building.

It's shocking that non-fire retardant cladding would be used for the building.   The safety related to this should have been overseen by the local fire services as well as the administrative Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.


The one good thing about Trump if there is any is that he does not give a hoot about culture war issues and just mouths the stuff he thinks that the social conservatives want to hear.  (And does so badly.)  Of course this comes at too high a cost regarding minorities, women, and US culture in general.  But really, people thinking a guy who is associated with Playboy, Howard Stern, etc. is personally invested in taking away your IUDS or banning gay marriage should calm down.  Everyone, your IUDs are safe.  Let's focus on what actually makes Trump scary instead.


Wake Up, Christians. There Is No Place For You In The Democrat Party. http://www.theblaze.com/contributions/wake-up-christians-there-is-no-place-for-you-in-the-democrat-party/


I see another SNL episode coming soon. You can't make this stuff up.


Minor hockey goalies were given plexiglass masks with a leather cushioned piece of wood that rested on their chin. This was about 1960. We were still playing outside and when the goalie started breathing heavy the mask would fog up so you could not see. Those masks spent as much time on the ice as they did on kid's heads. Goal tending gear has come a long way.


Ahhh. Thank you  Tel-aviv. I always felt I needed the wise and governing hand of such nice people as you. /s


We already do under close supervision, but the last time we fully designed, developed and built a car in Canada was back in the days of the Bricklyn.  It did not end well.


Nothing is more reassuring to a mariner than the  Coast Guard being on scene.  The CG has done well in some aspects of their mission and poorly in others.  The Hawaii based Coast Guard has done badly at interdicting unlawful aliens being trafficked into Hawaii on fishing vessels.  Hawaii is a vital national security location ad these aliens are involved in human trafficking.. Over 1,000 illegal fisherman from foreign countries are ported in Honolulu, Hawaii.  They could have done a better job in that situation. The CG needs the money for maritime security duties, that is true.  The need to secure the boarders more efficiently in the case of Honolulu Harbor is also true. Leadership, jurisdictional uncertainty and training seems to be hampering the CG's efforts in Hawaii.


Villagers use the entire whale parts, TajMahawker.  Since you don't live in rural Alaska or understand Native culture, perhaps you should hold your comment for another topic.


If you're a state "worker," are you taking time on a Tuesday to rant via taxpayer-funded infrastructure during your lunch hour, coffee break or some other down time that's not keeping you from doing your job? I ask because you seem to have a lot to say and, so it appears, plenty of time to say it.


My My My all this violence against Breitbart News editor Milo Yiannopoulos who is openly gay simply because of his conservative views. What homophobic hypocrites the anti-Trummpy snowflakes have become throwing bricks and paint at attendees and law enforcement officers.  Tisk Tisk Tisk, riots, property damage, violence against others. Is this the diversity libs preach?


I am educated, maybe you should stop involving yourself in lies and fraud.


Last night about twenty minutes before midnight we had eleven shots fired near the Mission. The number of shootings in this city is getting more than a little outrageous, and yet our police are completely at sea. That's one of the many problems with allowing 80% of the police force to live outside the city that employs them; they just don't really care about what happens here.

I guess I should add that after decades of having about one homicide per year, we've now had 17 in the past three years, a nearly six-fold increase sustained for several years. Not coincidentally, Eugene has seen a huge increase in homeless drug addicts over the past few years. They provide demand for drugs, the suppliers bring the guns. Add in a DA's office that has all but ignored drug offenses for years and the outcome is predictable.


I would have left right after the first issue with hostility...sorry this happened to her.


Yes, I can see WHY it started.  Seemed like a good thing at the time for an employer to offer an extra benefit that most of the competitors didn't, to attract better employees.

But that all changed when it became the norm rather than the exception.  And along with it came all sorts of unintended consequences.  For instance, those "volume rates" sound nice from the standpoint of those getting them, but the other side of that equation is that it drives prices up for everyone else.  That's not good on the whole.  Neither is lack of portability, lack of as many choices for employees, and lack of competition among providers.  Instead of a broad marketplace with many consumers and many providers, we have a far more limited marketplace.  The customers are effectively limited to being the Benefits Managers of companies, "shopping" just a handful of large providers.  That's not good for the ACTUAL consumers (the employees).

Worse yet, it's terrible for cost containment and price control...


"Noscitur a Sociis" asserts that he/she has been practicing, I assume law, for nearly a third of a century in Anchorage. Fine. The non de plume used by Noscitur etc... is defined from a Latin phrase meaning: Under the construction of a  questionable meaning of a doubtful word is derived by it's association with other words. Ok then, but the ad hominen against a fellow bench mate such as Moshe Zorea does not sound in logic with this attack. Perhaps Noscitur ought to change his/her name to Inter Alia...meaning among other things.


Oh, I'm sure there are thousands of proposals out there, and some of them would affect gun violence. But here's a simple one:

A common factor in many cases of violence and homicide (as well as suicide, manslaughter, accidental death...) is alcohol.  People arrested with DUIs lose their driver's license for a period of time because they're deemed unfit to operate a dangerous weapon responsibly.

Therefore, anyone cited for a crime where alcohols was determined to be a significant factor would lose their right to possess a firearm for a period of time.  I would suggest 2 years, with a requirement to attend an alcohol assessment/treatment program. Anyone diagnosed as an alcoholic would be denied possession until they had successfully completed treatment.

Their firearms would be stored in a non-government escrow facility.

Would some people violate this law?  Sure.  Just like they do after a DUI.  But the law would be in effect for the same reasons you lined out below.


Politically correct Oscars!!! How can you win as best director and not win as a best picture.....or vis versa? The film is a product of the director. The director is judged by the film he is nominated for. If the director win, then his product should win. Only real exception would be is if the votes were so tight......but that is a rarity. Only real winner was when Zootopica won best animated movie!!!


How can Canadian students create jobs when they, on average, graduate university at 21 or 22 with $27,000 in student debt?


lol another corporate badge licker.  go have another cup of coffee by the water cooler.


That was a ball. Low on Blackmons lower shin by the time it crossed the plate. I don't care what the dumb strike zone technology showed. The ump called the same location a ball many times in that game. Blackmon was mad  because he got that same bad call in an earlier at bat. If anybody knows the strike zone it's Chuck.


specifically vague and misleading language

Maybe some dubia are n order.


Will Mexico pay for the fence?


"...she never offered it."  If so, likely because her lawyer advised her against it, or, perhaps, advised her that she may inadvertently set off a huge backlash of ridicule and/or blame.  You doubt this?  Look at many of the comments.


I'm assuming Bernie died as article doesn't state clearly (unless I missed it).
Amazing BS survived the institution! Or, should I say, the institution survived him?  His life demonstrates the RCC is simply an institution bent on profit and power. "The RCC is the largest non prophet organization in the world as it is the largest non-profit organization in the world."  Some prophets within but like prophets of Israel become crushed from one's own, not outsiders.
Raises the question, should one expend any energy on reforming an institution which is totally resistant to reform? Ecclesia semper non reformanda est. Aren't there more interesting ways of going to hell?
R.I.P., B.S!


North Korea don't take care of their own! They could care less about foreigners, especially Americans!


Pointless.


Absolutely.  The same goes for "strong economy" in a province where revenues are largely derived from property transfer taxes and medical premiums, not to mention the phony dividends from Hydro.


The other top NDP Leadership Candidate was Farnworth, who the Conflict Commissioner concluded had been influenced by Glen Clark into giving a Casino Licence to a Motorcycle gang.

The NDP was the best thing the BC Liberals had going for them in 2013, sad to say.

The Forensic Audit of the Nanaimo Commonwealth Criminal Conspiracy yielded a lot of surprises, including the fact that 20 years earlier the criminals had paid Bob Williams 4 years MLA salary (K$80) before Williams resigned in order for Dave Barrett to get back into the legislature in a safe NDP seat. Mike Harcourt insisted that Patrice Pratt and all the other BC NDP Party Officers who had approved a backdated "sham transaction" resign. They had tried to return stolen money to the NHCS to make it "never happened" rather than admitting publicly to receiving stolen money from former MP and MLA Stupich.

http://martinandassociates.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/40-Article-RCMP-Drops-NDP-Bombshell-Sun-29March19961.pdf


I wish I didnt feel this way but I bear a huge resentment regarding the way Chinese are repopulating our country.  Everyone knows what has happened In Vancouver, and Toronto is awash with Asians.  Now Asians are replacing the French Canadian face of Montreal with Chinese immigration...just stroll down St Catheine Street.  I own a beach house in PEI, and in a few short years the Chinese form the largest visible minority in the Province, buying up all the available  business and property.  There are two Buddhist  monasteries there housing some three hundred monks and nuns.  I put the question:  If Canadians were to immigrate to Asian countries and take them over, how long do you think it would be allowed.


A good article. It explains that Syrian refugees to the U.S. already go through an intense vetting process and aren't "streaming over the border" as is the case in Europe which is faced with  an urgent humanitarian crisis. All Mr. Trump's new policies are doing is to make the world resentful of America's reluctance to help.


Turkey should never be part of the European Union. The European Union is European, it is Western, Secular but nominally Christian. The Turks are Islamic and part of a totally different civilization. They don't share the same values as Western people. It is insane that the EU would even think to add Turkey.

Also, Europe already has millions of unemployed youth, they cannot afford to flood the job market with tens of millions of low wage workers. It is insane and cruel globalism. The same thing goes for migration. All migrants need to be returned immediately when they cross the sea. There are no jobs for them. It is better to provide aid for them in the camps in Turkey and Jordan and Lebanon. There is no future for them in Europe which already has so many unemployed youth.


Alaska's not that isolated when it comes to internet. GCI didn't build the grid neither, they just bought everyone else out. Before homes are even built a GCI box is planted in the yard. GCI is horrible and L48 high data rates and speeds are far cheaper. Even MTA is cheaper and more reliable in my experience. Once you start using over 100gigs and over 75mb download speeds...you see the price gouging in GCI (who is still dialing down users which is considered illegal). GCI is still being sued by truly remote villages for service bills in the $1000's. Even comcast doesn't want to come and fight GCI, because they've already stripped the bone clean.


I agree somewhat.  While lending has tightened, the growing disparity between income and housing costs will again see a drop in housing prices because there simply is no "catching up."  There is a tipping point when the over leveraged borrower can't keep up which leads to the things you mention in your last sentence.  When we start to see foreclosures pick up on borrowers within the first two years of ownership, we should be alarmed.


And vastly more expensive.  I'm amazed at how low the rates are. If I were a doctor, I wouldn't even consider it. MSP could easily pay $1000 a case and still save loads of money over having the death in-hospital.


Why would he smother the cranks?He's one of them himself


Because... there's an unwritten law/agreement between heads of state:
 'Don't try to assassinate me and I won't assassinate you.'
They take care of themselves first.


A complex algorithm that drives the cost of electricity.  "Mileage may vary" by your where you reside...very dynamic set of variables.  Regardless, as the headline states, "smidge(n)" higher in June"...didn't someone of say the same about a smidgen of corrupution in an IRS probe (?)...perhaps "slightly" should have been used instead.  Just saying.


I was just noticing all those knock-off blacks for Trump signs.

Those signs are printed out to make it look like they are hand-painted but the give-away is the amateurish error in judgement that printing so many that all look exactly alike makes it apparent they are not hand painted, they are knock-offs.

The other problem with all those knock offs are the white hands holding them up.

If Trump discovers how clumsy his set decorators are, he'd likely fire them.

It doesn't make him look like he has black support, it makes him look weak.


Really?  Do tell....

😁😁😁😁😁


Thanks as always to Scott Barlow for a thoughtful and articulate analysis.


Good luck, they've tried several times. Speaking as someone who has lived in Juneau several times in their life as well as worked for the legislature during a break in college, it will never move. The last credible threat to move it was the Willow initiative. Since then every state agency has doubled down on creating an infrastructure that would be prohibitively expensive to move and publically unpopular (it'll crash the Juneau economy).  Having the capital there also restricts access and visibility. It didn't start out that way, but it stays there by design now.


All I can say is that the old clergies needs wife bad!  In family situation, wise wife will tell husband why it should grant  this deacon a dispensation.  A single old men with accustom to power is not capable to think other's situation!   Poor old clergies!


I guess the only good thing about all of this is that the clinton dynasty is finished.


Then, unite with me, Les.  Advocate correction of THE most horrible mistake our country's electorate has ever made.  This is beyond embarassment or loss of national dignity.  It is dangerous.

I agree with you.  United we stand, divided we fall.  And, unless we unite to compel Congress to act and remove Trump from office, we will fall.  Because he is the most divisive and dangerous force this country has empowered since the Confederacy.

Trumpist rhetoric is losing any virtue in logic or reality.  It would be silly, if it weren't so dangerous to continue to enable the guy.  But while silly implies stupidity or ignorance on some level, it is also euphemistic of wrong.  Trump is dangerous.  To us all.  That's the only way to describe him.  And thus, as one of his enablers, you are the same.

Mueller has to hurry.  Congress has to act.  Perhaps the existence of America is at stake.

It's only been 8 months, folks.  Look at what has happened.


..Hee..hee..!


"An anonymous writer is not a full member of our community. If such writers are sincere about influencing the direction of their community, they should announce their name and state their opinion. I've done this since day one and I want to assure others who may want to try their name, I haven't had a single negative consequence or attack on myself of my family. I would promise any new writer, that they are safe with their opinion, but understand the rights of others to disagree with you".

Another fine example of how absolutely nave the farm boy from Iowa is in the not so big city of  Liberal Progressive PewGene


Where's the recall petition?   This guy shouldn't be allowed to hire who the eff he wants when he wants.  What is the purpose of this position?  It's all a bunch of bs.


Now the fact of the matter is we Catholic profess two moral positions: (1) Abortion is immoral because the fetus is fully human and thus immortal, and (2) all immortal humans are entitled to freedom of conscience.

Our problem at present is that in modern democratic societies these two fundamental moral values are in direct conflict!

V2 formally confirmed the long standing Catholic value of freedom of conscience, and we Catholics worldwide are very good at demanding freedom of conscience whenever OUR FREEDOM is threatened.

However, freedom of conscience above all obliged us to grant THEIR FREEDOM to others who do not share our morality—precisely point of V2.

So we are against abortion, and we must fight any law that would impinge on our right to NOT abort. But at the same time, we believe in the freedom of conscience of others, and so the only way to be absolutely true to both of these Catholic values is to support laws that allow other to also follow their conscience.


Don't forget Faux.  They had trump loosing.  Rigged I tell you!


Why are you seeking contributions? Who do you think would contribute? Do you have any thoughts about the story at hand? Why seek contributions in this thread instead of others?


Safe return for all please.


Is your "safe place" being compromised???  I did not realize we were debating. You win if it makes you feel better😊🏆


I hear and read daily about the rampant crime of this fine city and its surrounding area.


Bingo. Tom Corkran ("I knew nothing" Veco CFO) was also Von Imhof's campaign treasurer and donor to her campaign. Of  course she forgot to mention that to her fellow school board members during the vetting process. Her shrill self defense that day (April 1st 2014 - ASD online video) speaks volumes about her "ethics" and character.


If you weren't so guarded about protecting your sacred institution perhaps I wouldn't have to surmise as much.  You can't have it both ways... either there is a fundamental problem with the clerical culture or there isn't.  If it was there in the 11th century (during Damian's time), it was likely there in the 10th, 8th, 6th, etc.  Incidentally, I found this little gem attributed to Mr. Damian:

[Damian opposes the ordination of sodomites. He is also opposed to unshriven sodomites saying Holy Mass and wrote that “God refuses the sacrifice from an impure priest.”]

So is he right or wrong about the validity of holy Eucharist from an "impure priest?"  Seems to me this is in conflict with official church teaching... which is not surprising, just pointing out the irony of using him as an example of "orthodox" teaching."


What happened to peaceful demonstration? Those who are damaging property should be prosecuted to the full limits of the law and civil suits brought against them also. Nothing more than a bunch of idiots, damaging the very cause they think they may be supporting with this behavior.


I just hope we do not get to regret this move.  I realize there is not a choice to allow what has happened.  But I'm not ready to send our troops into harms way again when there is no announced plan.  Retaliation alone is not a plan in any military strategy.


Really?  She wasn't serious?  I kind of liked the plan.  ;)


D Gray ded

The original comment was about history, not Canadian history. Now I know you didn't go to school, and down in Trump's coal mines they didn't teach much world history to you. And the official name of the country is India, not Hindustan. Just like the official name is Canada, not Canadistan.


No.  This has not come to the Vatican for the first time.  This man was brought to the vatican by the pope when serious accusations had been already floated and an investigation had not cleared him..the retired judge could not reach a conclusion but he was not cleared.  it was well known how he treated with great cruelty the victims and families of abusers.  There was a huge uproar in Australia when he was brought to rome and questions as to why someone, with credentials surely, but not in bank fraud as far as I know, was brought there.  Was it to avoid the australian courts?  I do not know but this has always stunk to high heaven and we are ..and especially australian survivors are..owed explanations.  The pope should accompany him to australia, along with whatever medical teams they would like to assemble, along with whatever confessors they would like to assemble.  they should pack now and take a slow boat.


Correct.
If my memory serves me right, Mrs Trevor Manuel, aka Maria Ramos, also played a part in the decisions that impacted the pensioners.


This has got to be a parody?


And you think Hillary cares about anyone but Hillary? Where are you buying the stuff you're smoking?


Try to be nice allie.


Not only should we do this, we should also offer free abortions to Americans unable to have them in their home country. This in order to counter the clearly deranged actions of the mental case they elected.


I don't want any of my tax dollars going to the people of Texas in emergency funds after Cornyn and Cruz voted against Sandy relief in 2013. We all know they're going to ask for their "pork", and they should not get a penny for their trouble.


It was hard enough to get the stench out of the WH after the Obamas moved out.


But we rescue refugees on our dime bring them to Canadian soil and pay for everything...... no complaints or whining from the left /socialists elites but..... let our Canadian born get stranded and the arrows come out, crazy Canadians travelling  blah, blah , blah.............  Sad😕


That is rich coming from a Liberal party pompom shaker.

How many incompetent ministers has Trudeau appointed because they were XX?


Amen.


You made my point and didn't even realize it.  Will leave this one for others.


What arrant nonsense.  A false equivalence if ever I saw one.


Trid , at Christmas we sang about the world pining in sin and sorrow til He appeared and the
soul felt its worth , a thrill of hope a weary world rejoices for yonder breaks a new and glorious
morn . Fall on your knees , ,o hear the angel voices , o night divine , night when Christ was born ,night divine .
Sometimes poetry alone can carry the deep meanings .


Eichmann had the attitude "superiors must be obeyed without question", you have the attitude "the magisterium must be obeyed without question". Both of you have exactly precisely the same attitude: "let other people make moral decisions for me". It should be obvious that abrogating moral responsibility is not how a morally responsible person behaves. Yet that is what you insist must be done.

Given that HV says that, according to "natural law", the "primary end" of sexual intercourse is procreation. Essentially all sexually active persons know this is untrue -- it's certainly not why they have intercourse. Worse is their justification: HV 4 says "No member of the faithful could possibly deny that the Church is competent in her magisterium to interpret the natural moral law." Which amounts to "we know this is true because we say this is true, take our word for it". Sorry, but I've given up circular reasoning for Lent. Saying this whole thing is twaddle is being kind.


Trump again made a promise he can't keep: bring back coal jobs. He's using jobs as an excuse to roll back environmental protections, but coal has not fallen out of favor because of regulations. It just costs too much. Most utilities are moving away from coal to LNG, not because the latter is cleaner and emits less CO2 (which it does), but because LNG is cheaper and will continue to be for the foreseeable future. It's an economic decision by utilities. But goodbye and good riddance to coal.


'“I am resigning from my position with the Miami Dolphins and accept full responsibility for my actions,” he said. “I want to apologize to the organization, and my sole focus is on getting the help that I need, with the support of my family and medical professionals.”'

Man up, Bucko!
Just what actions are you talking about, jaywalking or snorting lines?
Canned, pro-forma non-apologies do not make is in this world.
"Mistake were made."  is the phrase of a weasel.


Bill, no need to go low and small by hurling pointy little invectives: "such a big word for RD".

Please refrain.

You would not be wrong to put "Ph.D." after my name, but no need for that.  This is not an Engineering journal.

I'm sorry if my use of that word caused you to make a trip to the dictionary.


This should not be a hard call at all for the judge. The Psychiatric Security Review Board, under whose control she would be if sent to the Oregon State Hospital, has already determined that it would be better for her to be in the community.  So, if the judge sends her off, the Board will undoubtedly immediately put her right back home as a community placement. There is no point in going through the exercise. It is really only a matter of who is going to supervise her. There is nothing to be gained by sending her to the hospital.


Please cite anything that says his parents were fighting for the experimental treatment eight months ago and also had the money to go to the States and do it?  Charlie is in heaven and his parents in emotional hell.  I get that.  Hopefully the fact Charlie is truly in the hands of God will overcome their emotional hell.  However, I haven't actually read a thing that Charlie's parents believe in heaven or hell, so I pray they can accept his death and move on.


Those children born into a single parent household didn't get here because the partners were engaged in same sex activity.  Heterosexuality can be as intrinsically disordered, if you will, as same sex activity.  When it is not ordered to faithful, spousal love it is disordered.


Which was repaid, on time and as expected.  But don't let those nasty little facts get in the way of your fake news, Trumpoid.


I find it hard to believe you don't know.

The mainstream news may help you a bit.  I would give you links, but you say you don't read them, so it would be a waste of my time.

Perhaps just take a look at today's NYTimes.  It may also be nice if you give Guam a casual mention in your prayers.

btw...I would hope your comment was merely meant as snark, which is what it seems to be.


Lets instead focus on stopping the bi annual clubbing to death of the fur seals in the Pribilof's. In this day and age why are locals still allowed to beat a seal to death with a stick? Can you get on this ADN?


Which countries would that be?


The only intolerance I've seen is from the Alt- Left progressives normally known as communists. But since that term and ideology is so hated they have changed the noun to progressives. As if they think we wouldn't catch on??? Duh?

College campuses, unions, media, CNN, MSNBC, G@M all exhibit extreme intolerance.

So no the right simply questions it doesn't beat people up or shoot people.

iT THE LEFT WHO DOES THIS HORRIBLE STUFF


Employers are obligated by law to advise the CNO when they have fired a nurse, and provide reasons.  If the nurse agrees with the reasons and accepts responsibility, there is no further investigation, and the CNO proceeds to the penalty phase.  There appears to have been nothing on its face to make her termination any worse than most of the other 1300 terminations a year the CNO deals with.

Even if the nurse has 'handed in' her licence, the CNO was right to revoke it instead  -  it can make a difference in the future.  In any event, the hearing today was a formality.


Is he the smartest at getting votes or has the media played a big role in him getting elected?  Had his last name not been Trudeau and had we not been constantly told this is some kind of Canadian royalty this guy wouldn't have been elected to city hall let alone PM.

This country got sold a bad bill of goods on a name.  Now we are paying for this mistake.


Groupthink rules. Too bad Orwell isn't still around to document this era.


Sometime the message will get through to Western leaders  that if you attack Muslims, or any other group, you can expect retaliation. For example the West set up Israel with the best of intents except it meant taking land from Arabs/Muslims. The Arabs retaliated against embassies in Africa, a US Naval ship, the US responded attacking a factory in Khartoum and caves in Afghanistan. Then the  Arabs responded with 9/11. It is very clear that if the west attacks Arabs,  the Arabs will respond. Immigration control will do little until the west stops attacking Muslims.


More like the idiot's inactions.


Many intelligent people who can write cut their teeth in Alaska to its great benefit.There is no reason to think that this will not continue. Such is the nature of the place, its unique attractions and its all too-familiar societal struggles.


So? They are allowed to conduct investigations too. Stop being such a tribal robot.


You're right about Chong, he has a high hurdle to jump in May but if he can get past that, he'll be on an even playing field with Trudeau in terms of social policy/inclusiveness, but his policy crown jewel - the revenue-neutral carbon tax - will leave a heck of a lot more money in people's pockets than Trudeau's carbon tax.  In addition, he has credibility as a reformer if voters are still after that.


Don't hold your breathe Terry, they'll just say he's deranged and had nothing to do with Liberalism, which we know is also a mental disorder. So I guess that just makes him a different kind of crazy.


Interesting that almost every comment supporting the minority position cites Muslims.

While last year’s influx was predominantly Muslim (thanks to the West’s ineffectiveness in curtailing Bashar al-Assad’s barbarism), who is to say that all future refugees will be Muslim?

Political strife can easily occur under any religion…..or none at all.  Just look at the Iron Curtain countries of a couple of decades ago.


In fact, there is no gold standard double blind scientific study showing fluoridation actually helps dental health (preventing dental caries). Even local studies show fluoridation in specific age groups of school age children doesn't work. There are many studies showing harm, however. Another point to consider regarding public health is that chlorinating drinking water is treating the water (which is a great idea if you live a few miles downstream of some city that dumps its sewage in the river upstream from your drinking water source). Fluoridating that same water treats YOU and that's medicating you (any chemical used to prevent a disease - dental caries - is a medicine) without your permission. We are fine with you choosing to use any medication you or your medical provider think appropriate - and that choice will likely be pharmaceutical grade whereas the stuff they've been putting in our water here is literally toxic waste containing many heavy metals - poisons in unknown amounts.


It's about time that DOJ get involved in the absurd climate that currently exists on college campuses across the nation. Leftist, PC students have effectively shut down free speech as it comes from anyone speaking who does not agree with their leftist radical agendas. And worse, the Universities, as well as police have aided and abetted in this criminal behavior. Enough!


Seems to me you missed the point - which is that the current president, intentionally or not, is threatening that with his poorly thought out words. Every strong government in history thought they were so special that no threat could ever topple them - but it can and does.
Your criticism of the Canadian constitution may well be valid, but this was not a piece on whether we are "better than them," it was about a growing threat.


In other words, welfare for the rich.  Just what this country needs.  GW is looking better and better.  lol


The O-line is the crux. With a rookie LT, Watson who has battled injuries since college, there are pitfalls ahead.


"..........ANWR drilling is all about free money for the oil companies."
Actually, it's all about promise of panacea for Alaskans which bring votes for the next election.
It is a ruse now, and always has been a ruse.  The Refuge (look up the term "refuge" - nothing in there about $$$ for profit)  has never had enough to make the U.S. energy independent, and never will.  It's all darkly laughable now, with a nationwide oil glut, while exporting oil.  Distribution and corporate supply/price manipulation will drive the cost of your gas at the pump.  If you think we've got a glut now, wait until we really start the flow of Canadian oil sands crude to Texas.
Renewables are gaining ground day by day, and will make fossil fuel energy obsolete by the time your grandchildren enter the job market.


Newspeople,

Please schedule an interview with the US Dept. of Homeland Security & ask:

Are passports/enhanced/Real IDs effective in keeping heroin out of local communities?

Standard driver’s licenses have not been accepted at the border since 2009.

https://oakbaystarfish.com/2016/11/03/more-puget-sound-meth-heroin-zero-questions-from-the-press/


Dad Longworth: factory farming is indeed horrible and unethical.


F series for all seasons and occasions for me.


Everybody knows the public education system is already owned by special interest groups, and continually growing. An example would be planned parenthood trying to teach health class, which I'm sure Terry would support 100% since it's democratic demagoguery. Private schools are the last resort for parents before having to teach grade school themselves. I'm an electrical engineer by trade, and went through Alaska's public school system, which was a joke. Get your GED, and bypass high school all together -IMO. Pretty soon the complaints will be about home school parents robbing the public school system, which shows the one-sided hypocrisy, angry, blame hungry, corruption found within these opinion pieces. I'm seriously getting tired of this continual dribble, and yellow journalistic -dare I say- vomit.


When they do this in during congestion it slows traffic more and also causes "steals" spaces from the traffic that is already on the highway or freeway.  The way it should work is you go to the end of the merging lane and then alternate with the people on the highway letting one person in ahead of them.  When someone jumps in before the end of the lane then they will be letting an additional car in ahead of them and everyone behind loses an extra couple of car lengths.


Clerical abuse has been part of church history and ecclesiology for 2 millenia that it was always a topic, sex, to avoid.


As he rode off in his Suburban.


I get it that a strike from N. Korea would be horrid.  But, just because they're testing and Kim's a blow hard doesn't mean he's actually going to do something.  I remember Hussein's tough talk...and it all turned out to be talk.  The guy didn't have that super gun he claimed (back in the 1980's).  His Republican Guard was giving up to supply troops in Desert Storm.  Many dictators are full of it.  Kim may turn out to be just another one of those.  Or, he might be nuts enough to actually try something, but I'd bet there are some around him who would either put him on a short leash or even take him out.  C'mon...a nuclear strike would have at minimum us coming down on him with full support of the big two (China and Russia), or maybe even China jumping in to floor him.


Even if Trump understood what a "deliberative process" is, he would want it not to happen.
Shooting from the hip is the only technique he knows.


And of course on the other hand, if we are all fully subscribed to social services, then there is no need for an 'economy' and can spend our time volunteering for one cause or another. Now, That's how life ought to be!


Be interesting to watch what gets spent before 2019.

I can see a few upgraded shipping berths in the maritimes and along the St Lawrence, perhaps a massive flag production contract for a good Liberal textile manufacturer in Quebec,  a gender equity recruiting poster or two or even a special breed-a-young-soldier incentive payment for parents east of the Ottawa River.

But hardware that can make a difference?  Not on the feminist PM's watch.


Condolences to the families.  What a tragic way to die.


Just to be exact, the flag is not lowered during "Retreat."  It is lowered during the following bugle song "To The Colors."  This ceremony is usually referred to as the Retreat ceremony, but it's two songs.  You stand at attention facing the flag/music during "Retreat" and place your hand over your heart/salute during "To The Colors."


Never! Rampahosa will be a very useless president.


"the winds of the Spirit"
Have not seen this before.  A very powerful image.  Thank you.


"If you are born with great privilege, I think you have a moral obligation to chip in to pay for the roads that helped your business and the schools that educated your workers," Gara said.

Let me tell you a little something Gara.....I started at the bottom scrubbing floors and picking up after people. I worked hard to get to this point in my life and my career and sure did not come from a privileged family. I need not a politician such as you telling me anything let alone what you deem as a "moral obligation".


The state media has performed their job well and has once again convinced the people that yet another war is necessary.  I guess Syria's polling numbers were high enough.


The governor disaster declaration is only to protect the state infrastructure, IE Roads, Etc. It has nothing to do with helping Alaskan relocate their homes or saving their property. Only when it endangers the highway system does the state and borough take action. We've seen the videos of Alaskan's homes falling into the river. What did the state and borough do then? They watched and did nothing. The same will happen this time, except the road system will be saved.


This man needs to be EXICUTED


As a nation, we haven't cried enough for the 'thugs'.  That's not my opinion, it's statistics: we jail more people than any culture in the history of the planet, and lead the world in recidivism (repeat offenders).

Many people see criminal justice as good guys vs. bad guys.  I see it as people vs. people.

It's a tragedy that two public servants died in the name of you and me; but nobody's interest is served by treating the defendant like an animal.  If he can be rehabilitated and released, that is clearly the best option for the public good.  An eye for an eye leaves everyone blind.


Trump arguing with China or Russia on superiority while standing in a garage with 3 inches of gas on the floor .....

Trump : I have 10 matches and you only have 5 so I'm stronger than you.

That's what this kind of BS amounts to. Does anyone think about this stuff or has whats left of Trumps brain even get used. Come on Americans ... stop being so ignorant. You are now fast becoming the worlds laughing stock.


I guess English Canada has found its champion!

"I like him cause he say's it the way it is".

Where have I heard this one before? And all of this whilst your government has just passed a bill limiting free speech in the case of anti-muslim discrimination. I guess anti-québec discrimination is A-Ok, though. The same as it's always been to be perfectly fair.


I agree with you though I would hope that most would leave at the end of the administration as opposed to during it.  By leaving in the middle, now the Governor either has to appoint a lame duck director or leave the position open and the duties perhaps filled by someone less qualified.


"Name even one (1) significant change to our social policy that can rationally claimed to be an initiative by social conservatives. Just one ... take your time but don't just scurry away."

Are we counting permanent changes, or just changes that were reversed after Harper left office?

1. Defunded Planned Parenthood in foreign aid spending.
2. Defunded and closed Status of Women offices.
3. Changed federal science funding so that faith based institutions qualified for funding.
4. Office of Religious Freedom
5. Made a chiropractor and creationist (Gary Goodyear), the Minister of State for Science and Technology.  This isn't a policy, but is a pretty good example of how Evangelicals were given direct access to science funding infrastructure to control.


"Culturally in Hawaii for a variety of reasons things like plastic bags, plastic containers, rubber bands etc were historically viewed as valuable commodities to collect and reuse.'
/
That is a slur on the Hawaiian tradition of revering iwi and insuring that they are respected wherever found.  You should be ashamed of calling iwi trash.


At least the eastern counties GET Demver TV. Those of us down in the southwest corner, LaPlata County get all of our TV from Albuquerque. Gubernatorial debates on TV? Forget that! Susana Martinez is our governor here! Colorado news, weather, & public service announcements? Nope......... just New Mexico. Unbelievable.


What a waste of state and tax dollars.OR.is nothing more than a time out ..then your free...good job who ever championed this bill into law...again with the political hacks we have in office.squandering our tax dollars and now our dividend..theres nobody going to stand up and voice these pragmatic problems for us...
WE THE PEOPLE .
You dig...👍


Eventually regular cars would probably be banned, similar to horse & buggies not being allowed on the road. But I see your point, I'd much prefer trains & such. I hate the stress of driving around town.


Beyond these 3 conditions, the Greens have several issues on which they will have difficulty supporting the Liberals and a couple of issues over which they differ with the NDP.

Assuming that the Liberals & NDP each offer terms of similar value to the Greens regarding the 3 conditions to which the article refers, the extent to which the Liberals and the NDP are prepared to compromise on the further issues in question (or defer acting on such issues) may well determine whether the Greens align with the Liberals or the NDP and how long the accord will be agreed to run.