Congratulations, Shalane. I was extremely disappointed that the Denver Post couldn't find the space for a photo of this phenomenal athletic feat in its print edition, yet can continue to devote 4 pages to NFL coverage. She's from Colorado for God's sake.


I'm curious about the notion "The citizens of Springfield overwhelmingly do not want these businesses in town"
If someone is opening a business - assumably to be profitable - doesn't it stand to reason that people do want these businesses in town?  That whole supply and demand thingy....


Sure, OK, whatever you say, you must have some sort of insight into how I glean and interpret my news and such....Huh?


I guess you never read the "Holy" Bible. There's enough smiting in there and instructions on what to do to non believers or adulterers. The Old Testament is a very violent piece of work.


did i just hear someone say eminent domain?  it was hard to hear - my ears are still ringing from the slap on my face.


There's no comparison between the ruthless relentless slide down the corporate fascist slope these last several decades and what unions and Greenpeace are doing. One is global fascism, the other is progressivism for the good of people and the planet.

  We see the harm right wing fascism as exemplified by the Nixons, Bushes, and Trumps is doing. If unions and environmental groups had more power and money they could not do the harm being done by multinational corporations destroying democracy for profits, eroding national sovereignty, making wars, harming the environment, and neglecting the needs of 6 billion struggling people for profits.
  The point is, influence in Western elections by fascist states like Russia destroys democracy. You don't hear of Denmark or Norway trying to influence our elections. But elections are merely going through the motions of democracy when corporate oligarchs make the rules.
  Unions and Greenpeace merely try to redress the gross imbalance of power.


Yeah, dip netters are proud of their 'influence' with a few corrupt legislators.

That's not a positive attribute.


Ahhh! I love the smell of a boondoggle in the morning!


Even an innocuous comment like the following is getting censored:

You do not need to create criminal laws to intimidate and punish people for what should be free speech. The problem is the interpretation of "islamophobia" we see being implemented right here on these boards. It is much broader than hate speech.


Here in Canada, Chrystia Freeland also made up stories about Russian interference.


He's one of the Clown Car drivers...


I thought he had some brains,
Our PM  is a complete naïve idiot , or , he thinks we Canadians are dumb.
well , Justin, we are NOT Dumb.  and we can not believe you are , therefore only one conclusion
you are CORRUPT , and you are being corrupted Chinese style


"...toll road that few people in the local area use"

That's what we in the E-470 corridor said all those many years ago.  We were wrong.  The visionaries had it right.  And now they're adding new lanes to E-470 due to need!


This is not "just some lawyer from Russia."
Veselnitskaya, the Kremlin lawyer who met with Kushner has also represented a Kremlin-backed, Cyprus-based Russian holding company, Prevezon, which reached a settlement in a case involving laundering $230 million from Russia that passed through Cyprus before being invested in New York real estate. U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara originally led the case against Prevezon, before he was forced to resign by Trump. Trump's Treasury Secretary, Wilbur Ross, was Vice-Chair of Bank of Cyprus as well as being one of its largest investors; the other Vice-Chair was a former KGB official and Putin ally. The largest investor in the corrupt Bank of Cyprus was Dmitry Rybolovlev, the Russian who bought a Florida mansion from Trump for $50 million more than Trump paid for it four years earlier. The Treasury Dept's FinCEN arm fined Trump's Taj Mahal $10 million for money laundering. Trump owes Deutsche Bank $300M; Deutsche Bank laundered billions through Cyprus.


BBC is a good source... our news sources have been either right or left wing for years. just read a lot, average it out. and hope ..


<I responded to your original post which as we all know didn't have such provenance included.>
That's false.  Either you've confused me with the original poster in this part (conversation) of the thread, or you're being deliberately deceptive.  You made the original accusation of plagiarism in the "arc of history" quote without providing any citation or evidence to support it. Ironically, it was I -- not you -- who provided a citation to an article that traces the history of the quote; and that citation appears in my first post to you in this thread.
Your writing is either careless or dishonest; in this instance, anyway, it appears to be careless. I don't suppose you want any suggestions from me -- but Civil Comments does a pretty good job of laying out a "conversation" within a thread so that you can review it for context before posting your response.
Indeed: Peace.


It is unfortunate. The rules are better now and perhaps enough that Brown only need be reasonable in the approach to control costs. At the end of the day, unions or any organization, would rather use limited funds to support and work with whatever government will be in power, or save up to fight them. The Ontario Liberals are long past their expiration date and I'm sure a losing cause, even with unlimited funds from unions to campaign for them. As a moderate, the NDP and Greens will never be an option for me so Brown really has to not be a wishy washy, smug and clueless John Tory or an equally poor politician like Hudak.


Sara Fredrick's, I agree with your comment about racism.  I can't believe Cofey used the word "crackers" in his video when referring to the white fair officials/ security guards as he was leaving the fair!


I doubt single-payer will cut costs in half.  It might be a substantial savings, but as long as the marketplace determines the cost of healthcare, and people equate paying more with as the ad says "a chance to live longer" the market will be driven to provide the most, not the least, expensive treatment possible.
From what I have seen, only countries that have managed all aspects of healthcare have costs about half that of our system. These countries don't deny healthcare to people who want to buy their own. So the so-called fear of lack of choice is not based on fact. What they do is protect the taxpayer money used to pay for public healthcare by weighing cost with benefits. For example, if they can't pay for new prosthetics for children, they might not fund new hips for those over 85.
We can't pay for every exotic treatment. And choices about what we fund are already being made.
Still, single payer is better than what we have.


Add electricity~~~


Okay, John. You lost me on this one.


"The other thing we know is that whoever, whatever, gets in, our countries will be invaded, your puppets put in place in our govts and millions of us will continue to be slaughtered while you all argue among yourselves." Well said, sadly. Only remains to add 'and all life on Earth will become increasingly imperilled.' I write from Nicaragua, where catastrophe is being added to injury as the US's abuse of resources extorted from countries such as ours is projected to increase our mean temperatures by 3, 4 or even 5 degrees Centigrade by the end of this century.


I missed the sarcasm you mention.


I'm appalled at what I see obese people feeding their obese children. Learning to eat carrots instead of donuts takes some effort, but it can be done. I believe also that snack manufacturers make chips and snack crackers addictive - salty, crunchy, oily - and that leads
to toting the unhealthy heft.
As Miss Piggy would say: "Never eat more than you can lift."


Actually, it is called water intoxication.


Will the Globe and Mail censor comments about Mexicans?? I doubt it.


-- ...  is no longer the reliable and trustworthy cornerstone of the West --  I assume you mean that the allies can no longer expect the USA to pay the vast majority of the Allies defense and military costs.


To call it rape just because of age is wrong even though the law is like that.


Yeah, it couldn't have anything to do with their disgusting "pizza".


K O'Leary executed what can be described as excellent leadership. He clearly understood that he could not win a general election and took action by NOT being a self serving politician. Leadership means making tough/right decisions. Congratulations to him.

On the subject of Bernier, MB is the right man for the job. He possesses the most reasonable conservative views, knows his way around Ottawa and has the ability to unite the country. Let's get MB into the drivers seat and start working on getting Canada back into the hands of Canadians, rather than the liberal elite.

Chuck Bean
Calgary Canada


Well he knows for 30 years he was always looking over his shoulder consciously or sub consciously. All this time he must have been driving a vehicle. What was on his license? According to an older article he wasn't even a legal resident of the State of Hawaii.


I wouldn't put it past Trump to say 'no thanks' anyway.


Wow...
Is the bun fight over ??
Long term excellent (30 year) performance aside.....I think shorter term....I am 61 and not in 100% health...
When I see banks plummet 60% (in 2008) and see all this "bubble" talk lately...I am not inclined to own them at the moment.
One frustration I have is that very few (like minded) commenters try to tactically invest...and are ridiculed for it,in various ways....
I have no idea if BMO will drop further ....but I see no reason to think it will suddenly rise...
I picked $80 as a support level based on the (new) dividend rate at $80  which would be closer to 5%...
And no,I am not going to go and figure out if its 4.83 or 5.2......
I tend to look at the forest...not so much the (nitpicking) trees :)
.
And yes (since nobody asked)...
I am feeling a bit self satisfied with calling them overbought recently
Meow


The name of every single church in Christendom dedicated to a saint can be understood to include the idea of "memorial," even if the word is not expressed. By dedicating a church to, say, Ste-Thérèse de Lisieux, we're partly declaring, "Let us remember this admirable holy woman!"

But the example you give is an interesting one, viz. a dedication to the memory of someone who is admirable (not necessarily by strictly "religious" measures) but has not been canonized. There can't be many places like that!, so I am glad to know of this one.


In Germany they don't put up statues of Hitler, Himmler, and Göring and celebrate them as heros of a glorious lost cause.

The concentration camps are left up as a reminder of what evil hate can produce, and a warning to future generations to never let it happen again.


"Many of them are of negligible significance to Ottawa’s bottom line, but others – such as the tax treatment of capital gains or registered retirement savings plans – are worth billions a year in foregone tax revenue."

Read it again.


Of course Russia meddled in the election.  They released information and may have spread false news.  But so what?  As if the United States never tried to influence other countries elections.  Hell, we have even assassinated foreign leaders.

But the question should be should the country allow a foreign country to continue to influence American elections?  Apparently Russia was close to being able to actually change the vote.  But rather than complaining about Russia, the democrats should concentrate on removing voter restriction laws, and making election day a national holiday.  Its pretty sad for the so called freest nation in the world to have relatively few vote.  If people are not willing to vote and don't care about their country, who cares if the country is taken over?  Republicans should support this even if the Donald loses some Russian support.


We should sanction our own country because our president is trying to become our first dictator.


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The luddites are out in full force here today.

Why reference science when you can just ignore it?

Fortunately the rest of the planet puts the welfare of their children and grandchildren ahead of their own greed,

Wall is our resident Denier-In-Chief.

He doesn't believe in science.

Wall speaks for exactly 3.2% of Canadians.

Ignore him, as one would someone selling palm readings or crystal ball sessions.


For those of you missing Harper, here is a reminder why the rest of us don't:

Patrick Brazeau - criminally charged, assault, drug possession
Pamela Wallin – under RCMP investigation
Michael Sona - criminally convicted, election fraud
Arthur Porter- fraud, conspiracy, money laundering,
Vic Toews- convicted for violating Manitoba Election Law, affair with nanny.
Bev Oda- resigned after lavish expenses
Mike Duffy - criminally charged, fraud
Nigel Wright - resigned after Duffy payoff
John Duncan - resigned after writing to Tax Court
Bruce Carson - convicted of fraud, charged again in 2012 for influence peddling
Julian Fantino- demoted from cabinet post for incompetence.
Irving Gerstein- charged for violating Elections Act, charges dropped when Tories paid $52,000 fine
Doug Finley – tried to bribe MP Chuck Cadman.
Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu – Under investigation, senate expenses
Nathan Jacobson – criminally charged, fraud, racketeering


we can condemn the shooter while also investigating what mistakes enabled him to do what he did.  Please grow up.


I hope you are enjoying that liberal Kool Aid. It's amazing how stupid liberal voters are.


And Dicky Boy...if you had bothered to read, you would have seen that we do indeed have ticks in Alaska.  I've seen ticks on squirrels, way back somewhere in the 70's.  And obviously, more are coming from our neighbors.


The Taliban were never routed and are in control of large parts of Afghanistan.
Because, you know, they LIVE there and all.


The government current policy on this issue is correct, WE DON'T PAY RANSOM TO TERRORIST'S.  When Canadians travel, don't go to places the government says to stay out of, if you do and bad things happen, then its all on the travelers plate.   We cannot finance terrorism, kidnapping is one of the main sources of revenue for terrorists.   To defeat terrorism we have to remove their money supply, this is one way we can do it.    If those people are smart and want to stay alive then appear as if they are willing to convert to Islam.  It'll keep them alive until they can find a way home safely.


Nobody wants to make anyone's problem your problem. There is a housing bubble which when it pops will be very harmful to your situation. The gap between price and affordability today is probably 20x what is was for you and with globalization it will get enough worse without interventions. All you care about is your inflated valuation. You may want to think twice before giving the housing market over to the flippers and speculators and super rich foreigners.


A circus all around - to the opposition member who said the Commons is the members house - well actually it belongs to the people of Canada. BUT to the Liberals - give us a break, what campaign trail is the PM going on exactly - is he trying to be Trump lite. Enough already - get back to the House, stay in Ottawa. To all those who voted Liberal because it was going to be different with Justin, hope you will rethink that next time. Just same old same old ............


Charitable giving is great thing to do during times of surplus, but those time are over. Sorry kids, life's not fair.
More cuts please.


Could you have posted a more ignorant comment? Read up on Poland-Russia relations first.


shouldn't you be back teaching your class.


'
Trump isn't following your guideline,

...he already appointed people you think he won't.

Pay attention.


Greenleaf, if you don't like propaganda, then stop using the NYT which has frequently shown it's true colors when reporting on political topics. Instead, I suggest you go read the actual documents.  China's and India's goals are not to change any of their output of CO2 until they decide to in 2030.

Since using google appears to be too much for you, here is the link to the actual documents. http://unfccc.int/paris_agreement/items/9485.php

Greenleaf, I don't really care that you support global warming / climate change / <new name of the day>, at least be honest what the end goal is. It is NOT to reduce CO2, but it is to redistribute several trillion dollars from the US to other countries around the world. It really is that simple.

Oh, and if I was baiting you, you would know it :)


the illegals are being treated just like Trump promised. His rules are mean spirited. For people like Morelos with children/husband legally in the states there should be an amnesty or some easier way for her to become 'legal'. She should have applied during the Obama years. Regardless she entered illegally and now suffers for it. We have seen similar actions in Canada in the past too.
Countries need to protect their borders but there should be exceptions too.
Under Trump the USA is a much less tolerant society


As usual, you completely miss the point. Researcher demands that Alaskans join the global civilized world in helping African elephants. Then demands sacrifice from us. What do they suggest we sacrifice? I do not need a job, I am retired.


Canada already has plenty of good actors.


That's okay, we'll just grow meat in labs.  We already have the technology and it will only get cheaper and more efficient over time.  And how does that even begin to address my article anyway?  Does a molasses spill somehow demonstrate that sea level rise is a really big deal?  Because my article says it isn't, and I haven't seen any successfully refute it.  I've posted it all over the usual rounds, email it to NASA, Skeptical Science,  etc.  No response.


So these people needed religion to motivate them to help other human beings and stand for what is rationally and self-evidently morally right? How depressing. Maybe that is why the most religious countries and states remain the poorest, most violent and most bigoted, because God isn't making them feel guilty enough.


As a POW, I have the utmost respect for him.

As a politician, I have no respect at all.

I do not wish death on anyone regardless.


the highest grade medical is 15$, I doubt recreational will come anywhere close.


I'm sure she's super interested in your assessment of her appearance. I know all of us were just DYING to know your unsolicited thoughts about a woman's looks, especially a woman far superior to you in pretty much every way.


Now, now Doc, we've all had posts removed that we thought were civil. Given the aggressive nature of some of your posts it's not surprising that some people may have considered them uncivil. It is not however a sign of overt censorship or enforced group think. Get over it.


Which is undoubtedly why Trump's weasel words were crafted the way they were, Mr Summers.

He's the President.  He had 6 weeks to ask.


Great article and opinions by sensible community leaders?


Execute him.


Hard to imagine, but as a Sophomore in H.S. ('58) I learned to use a slide rule.  I'm guessing most folks today would think it's something you'd see at a public playground.  cheers, Gary Crum


Sometimes the bombshells come earlier in the day with reports of the morning's tweets.


Fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.


Therefore the USA invaded Vietnam in 1965.


The latest Canadian GDP print, driven by mining and mineral exploration is unlikely to be replicated if the NDP/Green policies are enacted: "Mineral exploration and evaluation (+13.7%) rose sharply following eight consecutive quarters of decline, primarily due to increased activity in oil and gas." Policies such as adopting the UN declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples as cited in Mr Mason's article is impractical and unworkable - there is a reason why the federal Liberals, despite their understandable sympathy with FN causes, walked away from it. Handing a veto on resource development to this, or any other single, constituency is a mistake. The malign hand of Naomi Klein and her LEAP Manifesto cohort is at play. The good news is that in making BC's economy unrecognisable the Greens/NDP will probably make themselves unelectable.  A timely reminder why the NDP has been out of power so long and only managed to scrape back in via coalition.


/facepalm at the STUPIDITY in this post.  For someone requesting people get a GED your reading comprehension shows you are in need of the GED instead. You wanted a citation showing that it was the fault of Democrat policies that caused this crisis.  I did just that.  I DO thank you for playing now go play with someone your own speed.  Perhaps a toddler needs a playmate.


The Alaska Legislature doesn't need anymore new or old oil soaked clowns.  Birch is a wannabe oil soaked clown. No thanks, Mr. Birch.


Sounds like Margaret Stock really impressed the audience and the commenters on this thread who listened to the debate. Lt. Col. Stock is hands down the best candidate in the race for US Senate but is not well known. Those who get to know her in her meet and greets and these debates come away very impressed with her depth of knowledge of Alaska issues, her sincerity and her broad experience. Hopefully the next couple of weeks will greatly broaden the number of people who get to hear Ms. Stocks message. We need change at the state and federal level in order to break out of the do nothing, obstructionist gridlock that has plagued the Congress. You will get the same old deal with Lisa, you will get the change we need as a state and nation with Ms. Stock. Vote for change folks.


Bison are bison.  The 1928 re-introduction of Bison was to provide for saving the species wiped out by hunters for profit and government  in the 19th Century.  Plains Bison were the only species available for transplant to re-establish Bison in the same area they had thrived in for millenniums.  None of your comments have any factual content and are just false.  The only harvest of these bison should be for subsistence.  The lottery removes any aspect of subsistence in favor of the "sport" hunter.  Airplanes can spot the herds which will not move from an area until the feed runs out, so same day ban has no relevance.  Off road vehicles can be used without restriction to travel throughout the hunting area.  No need for roads.  Oil revenues used by the state created the implantation of barley farming into the area with no historical existence.  Your last sentence have no relevance and are just false in structure and content.  Give it up.


Come on, you know as well as I if they tried to do something like that on Oahu, it would all wind up on the side of the road somewhere.


Go back to North Dakota, if that's where you were really hatched.


More Fake News, still no proof of who hacked the DNC servers.

If Hillary really wanted to know, she would have turned the servers over to the FBI for a proper forensic examination.

Meanwhile, nothing in the MSM about former DNC Chairwoman Donna Brazile’s revelation that she feared for her life after the murder of Seth Rich?


No rat with any sense would go aboard a sinking ship!


What a life. Mr. Glenn was truly a 20th century hero.


And here we go.


Congrats on not dying. You're an idiot. A very talented, determined, & in-shape idiot, but a reckless idiot nonetheless. See also: Üli Steck.

People will die (or land on & kill others) while trying to emulate you, and Park Service employees will have to use taxpayer-funded spatulas & hoses to clean them off the granite. Neat.


Borreca, this shotgun blast at the governor is a pathetic attempt to create something out of nothing. Do some homework. Dig into any one of these issues to expose the underlying causes. It's all so boringly easy to blame whoever happens to be governor for any and all the state's ills. Then again, that would be a lot of work to turn up a can of worms with no one to pin the blame on. That would be a long and boring article. Better something short and fishy that appeals to the same old angry conservatives.


Jeff Sessions also met with these people, and lied about it under oath.


Hating on Catholics is pretty acceptable - just ask Californian Diane Feinstein.


Why are we talking about slavery when the primary issue today is residential and educational *re*-segregation. "Guilt" is not what impedes progress towards racial integration in the US but rather both latent and manufactured racism, in particular, coming from a well-financed far-Right Republican money machine (Koch & Putin). The 1% is counting on ignorant whites to further their agenda of inequality and likely their racist lapdogs will obey their wealthy masters. They have thus far.
"Segregation often overlaps with many other place-based inequalities—poverty, unemployment, crime, and housing quality and overcrowding. These overlapping disadvantages are seemingly much more common in the U.S. than in European countries,
where government efforts to promote integration (e.g., social and mixed-income
housing) provide a clear contrast to the market-driven solutions preferred in the U.S."
http://inequality.stanford.edu/sites/default/files/Pathways-SOTU-2016-Residential-Segregration-3.pdf


That's not actually a thing.  What you're talking about with the car is the doctrine of replevin, which allows the owner of stolen property to recover it.  It's subject to a host of limitations, including the fact that it doesn't apply to money.  There's also exceptions for good faith purchasers which would apply to the stolen car.  Your example is wrong.  If the purchaser of the car didn't know it was stolen (and didn't have reason to suspect that it was), they may actually have a good claim to keep it.  That doctrine gets more complicated than the character limit here will allow, so I'll leave you to look it up.

Generally speaking, it's good to recognize that "the law" is actually a thing which has meaning and effect outside of your individual belief.  The fact that you may wish for a certain thing to be true "as a matter of law" doesn't actually make it so.


Has anyone heard Leonard Cohen's "Closing Time".  That about captures it.


Who has never been called names, experienced an insult or embarrassment or a threat?  The whole idea that we should attempt to convert the world to pacifism while we sit back and feel sorry for ourselves is the whole "snowflake" mentality that has turned our nation into a land of victims.  What a pathetic group we've become when instead of teaching people to be stronger, we propose laws against hate speech, relying on the government to constantly protect us.

"Turn the other cheek" is surely a metaphor for not retaliating, as opposed to not defending oneself against a violent attack.  So, we don't call someone names in return for being called a name.  Rather, we say, "Sticks and stones....," and become stronger as a result.


There are similar issues in Canada.   I've seen stuff almost as bad first-hand in very well-off areas in Ontario.   I'm not clear on why local fire depts and councils were not doing anything.

There is no shortage of apartment buildings in Toronto that look run down and suspect there is plenty to address right here.


The "new" DA has only one goal: get elected at all costs. They lost my vote years ago.


have to agree. who and where are they doing their routine maintenance on the airplanes with?


The legislative buildings have armed guards and metal detectors. The university does not. That makes the two completely different.


note that there's a difference between "meat product" and animal product.


"Waaaaaahhhhh"


Actually guantanamo, it is your knowledge of history that is severely lacking. Truman decided on the nuclear option when his generals told him that the estimate of US deaths would be in the hundreds of thousands if they attempted to invade Japan and the many islands under their control.


I wanted to use this service once, but I couldn't because of the timing of the route versus my flight, and the possibility of buses running late.  There was also the fact that I couldn't justify taking two pieces of luggage on three different buses to get to the airport.  If they increased the frequency and made it a direct bus from downtown, I would use this service all the time.


What an empty comment. The Snopes posts aren’t a repudiation of the charges nor do they clear the Clintons. Snopes simply states a couple of minor errors and asserts a quid pro quo as being unproven.  Perhaps a judge and jury would best decide that.


Agreed.  She already knew DeVos was going to be nominated when she passed her through the committee.  The party knows how to vote count.  Notice that Sullivan is lock-step with Trump.  He was the deciding vote with DeVos.  If he had voted against her, for the same reason that Murkowski did, because she's bad for Alaska, DeVos never would have been confirmed.


Ah, shucks.  What's a little graft, corruption or payoff here or there?  I've go mine Jack, I'm OK


Not correct or only fit in western annotation. The impact of Trump's election is only 2nd to Hitler's, never a candidate's personal impact on history course has been such big since that time.

That is the fact, nothing to do with wrong or right.


When bin Laden met his 72 virgins after his compound was raided by American forces under Commander-In-Chief, Obama,  he was asked who killed him.  Bin Laden's reply was,  " A community organizer........and (gasp!) a woman......they call her Hillary."   One of the 72 virgins asked where Trump was.  Bin Laden replied,  " He was working on a birther thing....whatever that was."


"Rockaway Beach" is a fairly common place name. Quick search on the interwebs and I found at least 9 places with that name in the US alone. That being said, I'm pretty sure the Ramones song references Rockaway Beach, Queens, New York.


Gardner votes in favor of Trump policies as often as Ted Cruz.  This guy needs to get voted out of office.


I don't have to read any of the comments to know what the majority's opinion is.  As far as I know, the only tribal government in Alaska that supersedes state government is Metlakatla, AK.  However, no tribal government in our nation has jurisdiction over felony offenses.  Last time I read, anytime a tribal member commits a felony offense, it's automatically suppose to be turned over to the state.  There shouldn't be any banishment of tribal members for acts of violence such as in this case.  They guy may have been abused by his parents, but that doesn't give him the authority to impose deadly behavior on anyone, including his family members.  I sure hope the AG's office is on top of this banishment debacle.  Tribal banishment may have worked two hundred or more years ago when there wasn't a judicial system in place, but it doesn't work now.  Hogwash.


What about the tax loopholes that allowed well-off to "gift" $100's of thousands to foreign entities, then get money back tax free?   That is more of a concern!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sure isn't "small" business who do this.


A recent poll in Louisiana showed over 30% of voters blame Obama for the Katrina disaster response, an event 3 years before he was elected President. People are getting dumber and it's not elitist to point it out.


Maybe you've missed the EPA regulating CO2 emissions as a dangerous contributor to global climate change. When you and I went to school CO2 was a good thing - part of the natural contract between humans/oxygen breathing beasties and plant life. Now it's a bad thing, apparently, that threatens our very existence on this planet. And I suspect Pismo was being slightly tongue in cheek.


No quarterback can handle the "pressure" that the Bronco "O" line unleashes.


Transgender people were already serving in the military with minimum disruption.
What the Pentagon and "under control and planned for" was integrating openly transgender people into the military.
Trump has thrown that into total disarray with his base-pleasing tweets.


Elway to Sloter: "I’m telling you from experience, going from the preseason to the regular season is a big jump’ and we didn’t put him in that situation." Nope. He put Brock in that situation because Brock proved how well he can play by his impressive performance in Houston and Cleveland. (Btw, instead of Elway giving credit to Brock getting us to the SB, he should have given credit to the defense because that's who bailed an aging Manning and rookie Brock out the entire year.)


You do realize that the Democrats in the Senate voted no on restructuring the Permanent Fund and the Republicans voted yes.    So vote out the minority in the Senate and you will have your restructured Permanent Fund.  Opposed were Bill Wielechowski, D-Anchorage; Berta Gardner, D-Anchorage; Johnny Ellis, D-Anchorage; Bill Stoltze, R-Chugiak; and Mike Dunleavy, R-Wasilla.


I never thought of it that way, but you may well be right.


The ANC seems to live in a world where the voters are stupid voting cattle who do not understand or care about the fact that they are being robbed blind by these criminals.


#treelivesmatter ?


Hahahahaha!!!!


The last time I lived in California was 71 years ago; I'll pass.


Lock her up!
From your lips to God's ear


"If she was missing school and the parents were notified but did nothing to correct the absences, were they at least partially culpable for the dysfunction?"

Wasn't that the point the law that the teenager championed? To prevent school districts from blaming parents when the districts fail to do their job?  The parents appear to have done their due diligence: They approached the school before enrolling their child; they sought help from school personnel and then district administrators; and, finally, they filed a complaint with the state department of ed.  Would you make this same accusation if the student couldn't attend school because she was in a wheelchair and there was no ramp? Clearly, she needed accommodations, including an IEP, and the district ignored her; how is that her parents' fault?


Your claims of social disorder, anarchy and mass chaos haven't seemed to come to fruition in other states that have legalized it.  The only thing that has happened is they have crushed tax revenue projections and life outside the industry has continued as usual.  What happens RR when you fear the boogey man and he never appears?
Your only option is to move along with everyone else you claim will be leaving.  Please.


Obo, you are always good for a laugh! It is you that are uninformed. Rural preference subsistence, in areas, is the law. You have no excuse, except, perhaps for low-watt intelligence, to distribute your personal yo-yo myth.


Another example of this government putting Canada and Canadians in peril.


Lava, Just look at the Donald's tax returns over the past 20 years.  Oh you haven't seen them?  If the Donald is so innocent, releasing his tax returns like he promised during the campaign may go a long way towards answering any questions.  But he won't as he has lots to hide.


Agreed.


"They're passing the cost of health care on to their customers," Ranf said. "They have to."
This is not actually true.  Salaries for health care providers (mostly doctors) are well above average and way more than their counterparts in the lower 48.  Some doctors make more than 1.5 million/year in Alaska.  They don't have to make that much money.


the Liberals are not prepared
they are sunny


and the feverish hand-wringing continues. as if it's gonna change how peeople here have been growing, eating smoking, and transporting their pot for the flast 40 years WITHOUT ANY HELP from the state. In fact, in many case's the state's own stupidity has only aided the "criminals" we would have a tome filled with legends of yore, heralding our own successes against these bumbling sheriff of knottingham types.


I thought you'd explain why it's an issue since you raised it. A recent estimate has about 60,000 American citizens, total, in Mexico with overextended stays. Not yearly.... total. A few years ago Mexico deported almost 3 times that number in one year alone. That indicates entry from south of their border is the illegal immigration concern for Mexico.


RACISM -
the belief that all members of each race possess characteristics or abilities specific to that race, especially so as to distinguish it as inferior or superior to another race or races.

SO YOU TELL ME HOW WHAT HE SAID IS NOT RACIST


No this was a case of hyped up outrage after the fact without paying any attention to what happened leading up to or during the entire rest of the encounter.


Be safe out there yall.


Whoa, deja vu. Wait, that seems familiar.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/31/opinion/republicans-trumpcare-obamacare-lies.html

Copy pasta of a Krugman column from July31st.


Don't quite understand how robotics will result in a booming economy with a labour shortage unless you mean the low wage service jobs that have replaced the decent wages enjoyed by the blue collar workers thirty years ago.  Wasn't it the anger in the rust belt that led to the election of Donald Trump?


I would say maybe trying to look up that license plate and then connect it to the owner of the car..Whew! this police thing is hard work.


Flake is wrong. To this day that dastardly lottery is alive and well!!
http://www.usadiversitylottery.com/requiremnts.html


Whatever you say, Marx. Your intelligence, judgment and civility shines through your every post.


My list would start with a tax code that does less to favor the affluent,..."
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How could it do any less to favor them?  The "affluent," (I'm guessing at this point what you mean by the term) already pay over 96% in total income tax, and corporations pay the highest rate of tax in this country than anywhere else in the world.  How much more of a burden would you place on them?
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"....a better-functioning education system...."
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Unless you give school choice, voucher programs, and incentives for families to home school (all of which are gaining ground, but slowly)--  that will never, ever happen.
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"....more bargaining power for workers...."
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This part is confusing: Which American workers do not currently have a right to negotiate their wages with an employer before entering into a voluntary agreed-upon contract with that employer?
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"and less tolerance for corporate consolidation."
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Again, this is confusing: how does taking away the freedoms of a business owner to consolidate help?


this jerkoff is going to cause a real and deadly foreign crisis and he will be removed by the GOP establishment


Justin would fill too much space with ums and ahs


A state built on lies,this is what is all about,principle and intellectual doesn't matter


There's an easy fix that fills vacancies, is fair to candidates and empowers the electorate. When a vacancy occurs after the statutory 100-day period, too late to allow the voters to decide, authorize the city council to appoint an acting councilor to complete the remainder of the term, but bar that acting councilor from running as an incumbent in the next election as a condition of accepting the temporary appointment.  Then, in the next election, the voters can elect a new councilor on a level playing field, without some candidate enjoying the unearned advantage of incumbency.


Quantifying what will "reduce carbon emission enough to significantly reduce the rise in atmospheric CO2."  has not happened yet.

"We must reduce' is as close to quantification as we have seen.

What a billion pound reduction (to pick a number at random) would do and in what time frame is beyond the current science.


Pervert!

Oh... "TAPAS". Good question! Lots of places have done small plates (Belly, for example) but the last time I ate tapas was in McMinnville.


The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association warned against a new GOP ObamaCare bill on Wednesday, saying it would “undermine” protections for pre-existing conditions.


Third!
What a bunch of slackers.


In Oahu, it's HART, the mayor and the city's rail that's bleeding us dry.


And the Trump circus continues.


A 26-year-old man went on a shooting rampage at a college in Oregon killing 10 people and injuring 9 others.

Oregon is one of the states where campus carry is legal under certain stipulations. Everyone with a concealed firearms license is allowed to bring guns on campus.

That is because a 1989 Oregon law forbids any public body except the Legislature from restricting the rights of concealed weapons permit-holders to bring guns where they wish.


He's already been indited and bail set by the courts.  He will not be released unless he posts bail or if the prosecutor's office changes their mind and decide not to pursue the case.


Unless and until we know the identity of the person or persons calculating rail estimates, all rail estimates by HART should be considered dubious, not credible.
For years HART has fed the public with fictitious and dubious estimates.
It is time the public should know how and why by identifying the person or persons responsible for making fictitious and dubious rail estimates.
All planning on the future of rail construction are all meaningless when estimates are fictitious or dubious.


Nice color picture of your good side brah!  Is that eye make-up you're wearing?  Could have been on da show with Chumlee if you pawned in Vegas instead.


Well...come on...you don't totally disagree. My point was there were some spots open for competition and others were not. The Jordan Taylor's and the Marlon Brown's and such like were in heated competitions. Was Aqib Talib? Was Von Miller? Was T.J. Ward? Was Demarius Thomas? Was Emmanuel Sanders? Was Derek Wolfe? Was Chris Harris JR? Some of the lesser players are in a fight to make the roster. I conceded that point in two different posts.
The Little Guy


Tough talk with the Americans may be the best strategy at various times, but boasting about tough talk is a dubious strategy. As for her anecdote about 'walking away' over the EU trade deal...I'm reminded of that cringeworthy 'And then I rolled the dice' TV interview with Brian Mulroney over the Meech Lake Accord.

It's interesting that never, since perhaps the War of 1812, has Canada had to consider the possibility of a US administration that may actually wish to do us harm. And make no mistake, someone as unstable, unprincipled, and self-absorbed as Donald Trump can do a lot of harm. Of course we stand up for our social and democratic principles, and point out in clear terms the damage that could be done to the US in any 'trade war' scenario. We also lobby strongly the governors of 15 or so states for which we are their largest market. But let's keep the 'tough talk rhetoric' to a minimum, and focus on desired results.


This is fake news.  You have just made this up.
America is not against people of color (aka black people).
You have just put words together without any supporting evidence or facts.  Shame on you for stirring the pot.


I'm going to post this again, because there is no way it was uncivil.

1. A-Chord, Gee's column in no way called for ridding Canada of all evidence of Christianity.

2. Allowing one religious group to use a room for 20 minutes a week for prayer is in no way comparable to letting one religious group run an entire public school board.


In the vernacular, this is called "setting the fox to guard the chicken coop".


Sometimes we need to be reminded that by strict legal definition, probably about 12% of the male population and 5% of the female population have done or otherwise committed some illegal sexual act or situation with at least 1 under aged person.  Prosecution to the full extent of the law of this mass of population is simply not going to happen, and should not happen.  So we pick our priorities on this carefully.


“I think the public will be happy with those that we selected,” he said.
I can't remember the last time the public was happy. It concerns me when he uses the word "think" in a sentence.


Yessir!


I know it's been a year, but if you try to remember that general election ballot, there were only 3 names to choose from. It washes just fine.


"Practice for what?" - .....hitting targets. And I don't call it "practice," but you seem to like the term.
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"The purpose of a gun is not to be a long-distance hole punch for a paper target." -- it is if I want it to be. Olympic shooters do it every day-- you would sure hurt their feelings with such talk. LOL
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"A gun is a tool." -- bingo! Now you're getting it!
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"and that's nothing to be irrationally afraid of," -- NOW you're on fire!
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"the purpose of this particular tool is to kill living things." -- uh oh-- you're cooling off....
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"Don't try to sugarcoat it or pretend it isn't," -- oh no: colder.....
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" it weakens any pro-gun argument you might have." dang-- back to ice cold. Shame....


Modern feminism needs to pick a side of the fence to be on.
Either victims/children or independent adults with agency.

I have to work hard and protect myself to get through life.  I'll only make a  commitment to provide for and protect my children while they are children, not when they become adults.


KK, Please just shut-up! You never say anything of intelligence. The only thing you say is about how bad Democrats are. I get it your paid by the "R's but really just Shut-up!


Now that he's recused himself, there needs to be an independent commission to investigate this.  Mr. Comey is not a trustworthy party.  Nor, of course, is Congress.  Let the commission mandate and members be selected by federal judges, perhaps the SCOTUS.


A really fundamental problem Mr. Trump has in working with anyone is simply the currency of his word. What is a Trump promise worth?


Thanks Trump.


Oh Hillary, some of us are well informed and we are not your supporters.


Send who to the front lines?
Send you since you've made it obvious you don't respect actual American ideals.
(….maybe you might learn when the other actual soldiers fill you in.)


Putin "unlikely calm"? Seriously? More like predictably calm if anyone has been paying attention:
"If you can keep your head when all about you
    Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, "

The man was clearly a fan of Kipling ;-)


That is indeed radical. My first reaction is that you can't get there from here, because we have deeply entrenched and powerful interests. Certainly administrators, who control the payroll, overpay themselves and create administration-heavy institutions; this has also happened in education at all levels, but particularly in universities, and that has added tremendously to costs. That situation might be amenable to reform. Maybe a nationalized system in health (and separately, in education) could be initiated as a parallel provider, but given the current political climate I don's see Congress acting on that, any time soon. Perhaps it could emerge from a major catastrophe such as WW II. As it is, many of our physicians seem more dedicated to getting rich than to first, doing no harm.


What a bunch of sanctimonious  hogwash. These breakfasts have always been peppered with humor and joking around. You have an ax to grind, not a valid point to make.


Too bad the Russians had to go and invade Ukraine, eh? I guess Moscow doesn't value healthy relations with its neighbour.


This is obviously part of the dirty tricks campaign. Suddenly there is this emerging labelling of "white members" of the ANC, specifically referring to people some of whom made sacrifices that the Collen Maines and Mosebenzi Zwanes could not even consider. Again we see a ANC that is sacrificing  principle for expediency. In short it is no longer a coherent party, but a bunch of individuals pursuing various personal goals. In township contempt we can only say "sies".


I will believe when my butt is sitting in the seat on the car as I am heading downtown.  Been waiting on this line 2 long to keep getting my hopes up and then disappointed again.


There should be NO statues or monuments or any public display of deference to those treasonous confederates who tried to destroy our Union.

Any supporters are traitors to our country as well.

The traitors who started the War of Treason are scum.


I remember her and her famous song. Ever since then never heard from her until now. Still doing the gigs at 73 years old. I would say retire and relax. Just like the Mick Jagger. They all Grandpa and Grandma ages now. You look at them on the stage and wonder what still drives them.


Firstly we should revisit China's 3rd world status as it relates to good shipped into Canada...very few people seem to know that goods coming from China are not taxed and in fact are shipped free by Canada post as part of an underprivileged deal with us...strange they can buy us 100 times over and we give them special access and treatment to our country..I say no to that !!! as they have no intention of reciprocating agreements or respecting them...  they can easily shut us down in their country - given their laws and judicial system,...something we can not easily do here..


I'm pretty sure that Ann Robson is definitely left, not right.


Not sure if this provides an accurate assessment of the path to opioid addiction.  While it is true that some people get addicted to these agents who get them from the Dr, I DOUBT the majority do.  Actually I think they get it from street Drugs, and the Dealers are the culprits.  Smoke and mirrors.


Ah the latest conspiracy theory - the "deep state".  What rubbish and evil rubbish at that.  How convenient an explanation coming from a gang that is being called on the carpet by the media for lying poorly and inconsistently.  The folks who stand-up for following the rules and the law in a democracy and for shining the light on situations where this may not be happening are not an illegal conspiracy trying to do someone down for personal or ideological reasons.  They are the people supporting the basic institutions that protect democratic and civil rights:  The courts who ensure the law is enforced fairly and the media whose job is to hold the government of the day to account publicly.  Accusing them of being in a conspiracy is the first step in de-legitimizing them and if that continues, you will soon find yourself without a democracy.


Another entertaining game.  Matthews almost got the hat trick.  Again, when the game is on your stick, you need to bury the chances.  Price played well and came up big as he is known.  Progress is never a straight line as the Leafs are illustrating that concept.  Fun to watch a meaningful game between the Leafs and Habs this late in the season, something that has not happened in a while.


Dear God, I hope not.


The bishops'e re-branding themselves will be even less effective than when Esso re-branded itself as Exxon.They stopped caring about the laity a long time ago. They regard the laity as poltroons who live on their estates.If they are to be effective, they have to regain trust. Unfortunately, once trust is lost; it is exceedingly difficult to restore it. Indeed, it may even be impossible for them to do so.


The biggest mistake was Chretien pressing the Pakistani government so hard to release his known terrorist father Ahmed Khadr from prison at the onset.

Liberals conveniently want t forget this important fact.

Chretien didn't do the smart thing leaving him where he belonged but instead vouched for Ahmed to return to Canada enabling him to continue radicalizing the entire Khadr family.

If it wasn't for Chretien's blunder and intervention we wouldn't be dealing with all this mess in the first place let alone dealing with the Liberal's compliance with the US early on to house Omar in Gitmo to hopefully sweep Chretien's initial mistake under the rug.


HA HA HA HA, what a bunch of clowns. Nobody talked about sacred in my piece or religion. Always trying to change the narrative as usual to fit your beliefs. The issue again was the lack of stewardship from UH.
The ones that want to talk about hawaiian religion should talk about their own first. Senator Akaka is a fine man but he was a US senator not a voice of Hawaiians, nor am I. I am just a spectator who sees the inevitable.
If you want to debate about religion or TMT do it in a mirror.


How on earth can you apply your Algebra teacher's statement to History?  History has taught us how even the 'nicest' people behave when told it is okay to beat up a person with a different belief.  During the Civil Rights protests, anti-integration zealots attacked (killed) not only Blacks but anyone who defended them and their rights as citizens.  Nazis attacked  (killed) Jews at first, then anyone who helped them, then anyone they could label as 'lesser'.  I don't think anyone here is advocating for censorship of the airwaves.  As you say, flying the Confederate flag may be just a form of 'flippin the bird'.

I may very well stop in at Pop's Smokehouse and try the Cheerwine; it sounds like fun, but not if I have to listen to any hate-filled rhetoric.  I have quite a few relatives who disagree me on things political, and we simply don't mention them when together.


No, Bill made her a victim and you are victim shaming to justify your misogyny or narrow mindedness, whatever your hang up might be. She was a victim 20 years ago and has dealt with it and moved on. She's not going around playing victim and has done quite well for herself since then.


This editorial could not be more wrong. Clinton's unpopularity is not because she's wonky or a workaholic. It's because of her governmental history.


Typical Conservatives, when you don't like the rules, change them to suit your broken ideology.


This is going to kill the villages.


Well not ex cathedra means not a dogma that can't change - so that is what.  And its a what that matters a lot.

Where is your proof that God did not call me to priesthood?  This accusation which you cannot prove is sinful and hurtful and you are responsible to God if you do not repent of it.  Not being ordained because our bishops, for now, still support sexism in this church is not evidence.  Evidence would be some kind of writ which you could prove was written in Christ's own handwriting stating that Nora Bolcon was not called to ordained priesthood.  If simply not being ordained yet meant a person was not called by God, then none of our seminarians are called by God to be priests because they are not ordained yet either.
Trent was a council which the emperor demanded women be kept out of having a voice.  This created a biased council to start with, and since God does not respect sexism, even though Constantine did, this means we were wrong to allow the bias then.


Oh this is just the tip of the iceberg, as government tries to bridge the gap in revenue, as payroll and benefit costs keep climbing.


you can't fix stupid
maybe he can understudy Rick Perry at dancing with the superputzes


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Gee instead of just frowning at my post read what I'm saying. Since marijuana is classified as a schedule 1 drug testing on it for anything is very limited by law. That's why this letter title talks about reclassification. The president could reclassify it with an executive order. Since many states and Washington DC legalized marijuana for recreational uses under obamas presidency and he didn't care I really thought he'd send a signal on the federal level and move it out of the schedule 1 classification. If it was not schedule 1 it could be grown and tested widely for more medical uses by pharmaceutical industries.


In all due respect Sir...If you kill the oil industry and run drillers out of work in Alaska who will provide them jobs and the 90% of the cash they provide to run the government that many good people work for and want to keep their jobs? Based on what you write I can guess you don't own a home or any land in Alaska because your ideas would make homes and landowners to lose over half the value!!

It seems you don't like oil workers, but know this they don't want to be out of work because of foolish ideas!! HB 247 will cost lots of jobs and the state will be broke with a shut down TAPS! Alaskans want jobs and more oil production because going broke is bad for all Alaskans!!


Well they were certainly out on the tele & the net yesterday explain how Trumps health care for all was being misunderstood.  Once again Donald makes an pronouncement and his surrogates have to spin it as Trump did not mean what he said.

Trump's healthcare plan translates to Americans having access to health care.  Access does not mean insurance it mean you can go and get services in America.  Who pays for the services; you will out of pocket.


Hey! Just thought you should know it says that this is a list of things to do for the week of April 5th... I think you mean the same dates, just in May : )


Next year might be a pullback, or recession.

Maybe Rob is making a point that the advice we've been getting to invest in Canada, is an illusionary one.  If you were fortunate enough to diversify in the last 10 years, you would have benefited from huge growth internationally and the power of currency fluctuations.  It's about time we recognize that Canada's economy is driven by commodities like oil, and not through innovation or massive services.


rhochuli great comment.  Beware of Eloisa.  She's actually Veronica Gail Worth posing as Eloisa.  Everything she says is to justify, cover-up and excuse VGW behavior.


Huh?  You actually believe that contraceptives are for eugenics?  Wow, and all that time I thought I was just planning when I got my pasty white middle class self pregnant and when I did not.  Your line of thinking is bizarre, or maybe just a lame attempt to put lipstick on your pig?  At any rate, this particular dog of yours don't hunt.


You really need an attorney like the Corporation Counsel CC to defend a lawsuit and to apply the legal standard to determine whether or not a City Employee is entitled to a legal defense paid for by City, not political laymen.  Since the common law going back to medieval England, the standard has always been one must be within the course and scope of one's employment in order to force the employer to pay for your legal defense.  There is essential no difference between the "within the course and scope of employment" and "“performance of the officer’s duties as a police officer.”  because Courts will need to depend on common law case precedence which all are base on the "course and scope" standard.  They should ask for an opinion from the CC before the Police Commission tries to decide, because under City law, the CC and only the CC has the authority to decide if an employee is entitled to City paid legal defense. Only Loretta Sheehan has the courage and fortitude to do what is right.


While "allocation" is probably the most difficult area to deal with in management, the author here has made an assumption that he has not backed up IMO.  Namely that :
"If you are a hunter, or someone who uses any fish or game resource, make no mistake: fish and game management in our state is more concerned with allocation than biology."

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That's powerful medicine in the face of cancer. I hope it's given notice at game time.


They don't.


Canadian universities ditched free speech when Zionists took control over them three decades ago.


We live in the Annex in Toronto which is one of these highly sought after areas. There's no bubble here. Not yet at least. Why? Because there's absolutely nothing for sale here. So far at least, it's the lack of supply all the while the greater GTA experiences 100k year over year population growth. There're many houses on the market that are junk that do not sell in this market.

People will pay top dollars but they have to be in near perfect move in condition in a great neighbourhood. This explains the $1 million dollar headliner for bungalows. These are bought by builders that are feeding the $2+ million new home market which I think isn't that large. Essentially, a lot in downtown Toronto in a decent neighbourhood starts at $1 million.

And btw, your rental figure is way off. It's more like starting at $4-5,000 per month.


Who could admit that they killed their entire family in a fit of rage. He probably can't live with what he's done and now just compulsively lies.

Pretty incredible how you can so thoroughly ruin your life in just one night.


I fear it's not a rabbit hole, but rather a sewer pipe which will suck in more than just America on the 20th!


great job, good story and good for her, but some confusion: isn't it mathematically impossible to graduate with a 3.8 after having a 1.8 GPA the first year?


Build a WALL. And make TRUMP pay for it!


Black Coffee -  The article said "for the America" - not "the Americans".  In other words, your comment is based on the wrong premise - "for the Americans", not "for the America" Nevertheless . . . . The news item says - " The United States Senate approved a bill awarding the Congressional Gold Medal for Filipino and Filipino-American soldiers in the US and the Philippines who fought in World War II under the US Army Forces in the Far East (USAFFE). "  - - -  Where and how did you come to make such a comment as -> "award is being considered in lieu of the veterans benefits that were rescinded. It's a consolation prize. Get it?".   There's no basis for your comment either from the article nor from the news item. . . .


LW2 If you are old enough to be married and have two kids, you should be mature enough to let go of all this "sadness" that your parents skipped an overpriced brunch. I would also hope your activism is satisfying and rewarding in and of itself. Reclassify this as a disappointment and move on. BTW, I doubt your inlaws literally said "$100 is nothing to see you recognized for your work."


Or be the first to travel on Branson's rocket ship...
Like HMS Titanic....also very trendy back in the day...

Anyone wonder why banks are now all raising interest on deposits...?
(maybe to raise balance sheets ?)
And begging the feds to cool housing ??
Or why less houses are being sold...?
No one qualifies at today's prices,and under new guidelines...... banks are saying whew...
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A digression...I apologize.


A decent editorial position. Now, can we have our esteemed journalists investigate who is pushing the TPS  to conduct the raids and why? And, please, don't say because it is illegal.


But there has already been "oversight" in sex-assault reviews, and a deplorable amount of it too.


So we all agree natives will not be permitted to play the piano or guitar, watch TV, dance ballet, sing hip hop, eat pizza, wear blue jeans, drive cars, use flush toilets, use the internet, speak or write in English, read, or fly anywhere in a plane. Gotta stay pure .


Do not ask taxpayers for the money.

Fund it yourself lawmakers. By personal check. The state  doesn't have any money for what it owes now.

Colorado, Two-Thirds Of States Face Budget Challenges « CBS Denver Jan 2017
http://denver.cbslocal.com/2017/01/17/colorado-two-thirds-of-states-face-budget-challenges/

Colorado budget 2018: $28.5 billion plan with deep cuts from John Hickenlooper Nov 1, 2016 -
http://www.denverpost.com/2016/11/01/2018-colorado-budget-john-hickenlooper-cuts/


Spray cheese?  This is about the dumbest analysis I have ever read about this election.


Haha! Oh my! Someone lives in a box if you think I'm the nastiest person! 😂 Let me see, the fire chief of Unalaska, AK was arrested for a sexual assault case in Illinois, Another man charged with 76 felony counts, including 28 counts of first-degree sexual assault, another guy stabbed his girlfriend while she slept, then drove her to hospital and took off, man driving 111mph down Glenn hwy with a child in the car..need I go on? I don't thinks so!


Are Exxon and ConocoPhillips organizations that give pay outs to people with French heritage? The H!? I've been robbed! Where are my shares in these corporations! I want my check NOW!


I am glad you got to the arguments instead of going after the actions of the gun control folks.
My thoughts are that we need to make it harder for the "nuts" to get guns, but there was no indication this guy would have been seen as "nuts".
We agree on he alerts for such large purchases. That is a starting point.
We disagree that there are legitimate reasons for such purchases (except for a gun collector). Gun collectors could pay a large fee (since they can afford many guns) and that money used to pay for regular checks of their activities.
You justify a "security force" because some people feel a need to protect their wealth. I disagree. How many people feel that need? I am for something that is a pervasive need, but not if there are just a few. Is that need rational when there are banks to keep stuff, alarms and safes?
Your defense of keeping an arsenal is that it is justified if people feel a need. But who makes that call? Anyone who feels a need for an arsenal?


says the guy collecting welfare entitlements....


dont think thats it. lots of companies from all over havr russian tirs but the ceo is not unduly close to the centre of power.


As a southerner, I feel the Civil war was about states rights, not slavery. It was a war of "northern aggression." Why can't I admire Lee as a leader even if he (and the South) were on the wrong side of the slavery issue? In many countries, there are statues of historical figures that are offensive to some and not to others. Think Stalin, Mao, Edwin Rommel... (I'm pretty sure there are no statues of Hitler in Germany.)

I am glad you suggested they be placed in museums (assuming the ignorant mobs don't destroy them first).

I do not regard the statues as symbols of the confederacy but as monuments to history. I don't know any southerners that are proud of slavery (and I know a lot of southerners since I grew up there). I don't know any that want to intimidate blacks. Actually, I think they want blacks to propser and have opportunities.

I'd posit that a far better way to handle this situation, it to erect statues of black heroes, like Martin Luther King as a counter-balance.


Life requires much more learning beyond the 3 Rs.  The idea that sports programs should be eradicated to appease such a myopic philosophy contributes nothing to fiscal solutions for the State of Alaska.  Sports are a drop in the overflowing bucket of state expenditures created by political dinosaurs yearning for the return to 19th century dogma.  This commenter is looking at the wrong end of the telescope of greed and incompetence created by political deadheads.  When the huge sucking sound of giant corporation's extracting billions from the natural resources of the state is shut off, the state accounts will be overflowing again.  Jettisoning sports and any of the rest of the university components merely removes all possibility of learning for generations to come.  All created by a mindset rewarding greed over any social responsibility for current and future generations.  Sad.


OMG!!!    OMG!!!!

THE WORLD IS ENDING!!!    HAIR ON FIRE!!!    HAIR ON FIRE!!!!

LOL


kudos to these anonymous donors.  they gave a true gift -  a self sustaining one.  thank you - art lifts the spirit.   hope they continue to prosper and to share the wealth... the fact their name isn't splashed all over it.....that says something about their good character and  good heart.


You didnt read this for comprehension did you? If they shot to kill, he would have been dead before he went to the hospital. He could have easily died due to complications from the wounding


There's some good ones on Diamond Ridge. A guy across the road from me was trying to sell a .50 BMG bolt action at his moving sale, but he was asking way too much for it. I just picked up a nice break action 20 gauge. It'll be a good one for my boys to learn on in a couple years.


Ateret knew what they were doing. The quote is referencing that they didn't know all the snowflake carnists in the world would be so harmed by their actions. But nice try with that out of context quote and personal attack ;)


Fail.
http://www.denverpost.com/2017/07/31/republicans-investigate-hillary-clinton/


The trend for RSS TLT v.4 from 1997 to present (that would be the latest data) is 0.140±0.168ºC/dec. (2𝝈). Unusually cold winters and springs are called weather. Why do you bother?


Oh, so a vote for Putrumpski is an automatic go-ahead for everthing he wants to do? Good to know. I will make sure to make sure responsibility for all of his f-ups lands squarely on the delicate, thin-skinned shoulders of his Trumpanzees.


You cannot know very much about Fr Tony Flannery, to write as you have done here.
So far as "a properly formed conscience" goes, you will learn something by reading his 2013 book 'A Question of Conscience".
On the matter of tall "egos", you will find that there are none taller than those in the CDF who dealt with Flannery.


Peeing is not having sex (for most people).


It is not the people who are out of touch, but this clown crew. People need to stand up and kick them out as they did in the U.S.


40 years of appeasement has got us what exactly?
Nothing but h-bombs and missiles
Time to take this guy out.

Of course fruit loop yoga pants wants Long Dong Un to join him for a yoga session to ease tensions.......


I don't think heavy petting means what the author thinks it means...


This is a national disgrace.  Our children are shut out of the housing market while crooks and speculators take over.  We need a federal policy of Canadian homes for Canadians.


You have no say, Muggsy.
I own a house on Vancouver Island, and 2 rental units in Victoria. I'll retire there, soon as we build a couple more pipelines.


Why can't police use their tazers when there's a mentally disturbed person involved holding a non-lethal weapon? They should be in a kill or be killed situation before they draw their weapons.

Surely it's not too much to ask them to be a little braver when confronting such people.


Thank you, I believe you have answered your own question.


It is fact. The person who did this is known and the people who knows their identity cannot reveal that info. Not legally.


Sorry, Sessions recused himself didn't he?


I realize that I've been critical of Obama in the past, but when I step back and look at what he's accomplished I have to admit I'm impressed.  Obamacare is a huge advance over what we had (nothing).  Serious action to address climate change.  Appointed highly qualified supreme court justices that aren't hyper political and conservative.

He was far from perfect.  Too much militarism, too cozy with big business and all that.  But given the congress he had to deal with he made more progress can I expected.  And just think if he had lost either election.

The republicans deserve Trump.  And they deserve the drubbing they're going to get.  Bernie or Hillary will crush him.


"Shrewd symbolism and flair brought him farther than anyone expected".

You forgot to mention a fawning press cheering for him every step of the way...


Many of us simply dont believe in your god. Is your god sooo weak that he cant stick up for himself?


No! Say its not true Alceste.. !! Gee Wiz..Really.. !! Seems Capt Dion McPuffin just may have a point though..

There are many people who would not like to have a cemetery across from their homes especially if they too were superstitious to the belief that 'dead people can see you from their coffins'...

One last point...

This Canadian Subscriber would like to see an even hand with the moderation of this site -- there seems to be just a little too much one sidedness...

No Canadian should have to pander with unctuous fawning repertory simply because another Canadian does not like their point.

/..


Canada should suspend its national climate change policies until we find out what the Trump government is doing.


Are you completely clueless? She took a DOLLAR in damages. ONE Dollar. Not a million.


He's not out yet! He promises to come back to support the GOP....


Could you be a fair and impartial juror in this case?
Would you follow the judge's instructions of law?
Or is your mind made up without hearing any evidence and receiving the Court's instructions?


"Silly imaginary prognostication."

Yet again, facts are not on your side.

From the 2006 leaders' debates

"But Martin rejected Harper's take on the Liberal tax plan.

"The fact is our tax cut is directed towards middle-class Canadians and low-income Canadians, and they are the ones who need it the most," Martin said."


While I sympathize with the effect those who make just over the minimum wage they presumably gained their increase because they were more valuable to their employer and hopefully their wages will increase as well.

The cost of living will not increase to the extent of the wage gain and those at the bottom of the income scale will have more money which they will have to spend as they have no discretionary income.

The only "kick in the butt" is to keep low wage earners in insecurity which is no way to run a successful economy.


How can anyone, republican or democrat, seriously support this JOKE of a "President"? The man is a bafoon and nothing more than a reality show wannabe. I wish Palin would have been President over this idiot. To support this lunatic says something about ones character in my opinion. A complete embarrassment to the U.S. and on an international level. The U.S has become a laughing stock globally.


Exactly, we are all the lucky recipients of wisdom and inventions of many rare geniuses.  This makes some think that they themselves are geniuses.  lol.


The $42K rate must have just been implemented because it hasn't been widely advertised. Up until January of this year (an election year no surprise), if you earned a dime over $30K, you paid the full rate of $75 per month.  If you earned  $130K, $230K or even $930K, you paid $75 a month. BC also added a large call centre full of collection agents trained to regularly threaten the financially vulnerable, supported by the CRA. For those struggling to pay these punitive add on BC MSP tax rates, opting out is an option. You'd have to pay out of pocket for any medical expenses incurred though if that came up plus as an added disincentive, you can't opt back into the system for one full year in case you change your mind, or secured a better income with benefits, no exceptions. Surely they could have come up with a better plan padding the health portfolio. All this $ yet recently the health system here was complaining they could "barely keep the lights on." The facts are distorted  in BC too.


Thanks a lot, Party of Trump!!!


You've lived where? Rocky Ford?


The dreamers are the only illegal immigrants that deserve an opportunity to stay in the US. They should be granted green cards and permanent resident status at a minimum. The rest can be deported and apply to enter the country again after 10 yrs.
That should get many to go back to their country of origin on their own. If they're deported, it'll be a 10 year wait before theyre eligible to re-apply for a visa.


For a state that takes pride in our diversity, we have failed miserably in this area.  Let's work hard on insisting that our judiciary system reflects our population. If we look a little deeper, diversity is also lacking in other areas as well. We can all make a difference by looking carefully at candidates in all areas of our lives and hire based on ability and skills rather than  race/gender/social/religion.


Lol, bump stock equals plastic. Lets ban plastic. That will help carnage. Sandy hook,assault rifle no bump stock. Pulse in Orlando, assault rifle, no bump stock. Let's ban plastic bump stock and keep carnage to say 20-30? Yes congress, I say "that's a start"!


Great. All we need is another huge federal bureaucracy like the TSA. And you think taxes will go down? Oh, that's right. That's a regular GOP thing, lowering taxes. When the Dems try to raise them and pay the credit card off they get flogged. People are stupid.
So, which lies that trump is on the record for are you willing to forgive. All of them? Or shall we start the impeachment hearings ahead of time? That's what hill GOP intended to do to HC as well. Seems fair.


And this is a surprise because????

Pierre Trudeau ridiculed Conservative plans to implement wage and price controls during the 1974 election -- but then imposed them himself afterwards.

The GST?

Sept. 27, 1990: "I want this tax dead.'' - Liberal Leader Jean Chretien

1993 - Liberal Party Red Book: "A Liberal government will replace the GST with a system that generates equivalent revenues, is fairer to consumers and to small business, minimizes disruption to small business, and promotes federal-provincial fiscal co-operation and harmonization."

May 2, 1994: "We hate it and we will kill it." - Prime Minister Jean Chretien

And then Chretien did nothing.  It was actually Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper who reduced the regressive tax by two per cent years later.

NAFTA?  "Breaking a campaign promise, Prime Minister Jean Chretien declared on Thursday that Canada will implement the North American Free Trade Agreement."

Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose, eh?


Yah, we call consuming too much water "drowning".

I have no idea how much the Liberals smoked while crafting this but a 14 year sentence doesn't seem realistic coming from the diseased progressive mindset where 6 years of actual time served for murdering someone is considered too harsh.

Like anything related to a number (our deficit, Syrian economic migrant timeline and cost, etc) what the Liberals propose and what reality Canadians are saddled with is quite the enormous gap.


Johnsen has included faculty on some teams, but they've been hand-picked and not necessarily faculty who know much about the programs that they are evaluating. At least one team of the three included one faculty member. Faculty don't control the purse strings, but we are the ones who design the programs, teach and mentor the students, and know how best to educate Alaskans. When someone who knows little about the programs is making decisions in a vacuum (since faculty aren't included and the administration is doing NO cost benefit analyses on ANY of the options), it doesn't create confidence in anyone. Except, of course, the Board of Regents who hired him. The problem with the university starts at the top, the BOR. Most of the regents have little in the way of college education themselves, are business people, and want to run the university as a for-profit institution. They've allowed the university to become way top heavy. What are the plans to cut that? Who will be on that team?


The Trump and Obamacare stories have more day-to-day drama than any of the Canadian stories you are referring to. And yes, the Globe does report on the Canadian stories you mentioned.


I think we agree, but you didn't answer my question.
Once again: Are you for or against voter suppression and other tactics that make it more difficult or maybe even impossible for honest citizens to vote?
Yes or No?
Best,
RTD


I love taxes. Check it out.

The North Slope Borough collects approximately a half billion dollars every year in property taxes on all residences, businesses and our oil fields. Each year the borough budget pays into the NSB Permanent Fund with the rest spent on citizenry. The NSB Permanent Fund is a $30 billion stash for when Prudhoe Bay runs dry plus our residents enjoy roughly $40,000 spent per person-per year on schools, housing, swimming pools, and a darn nice brand new hospital.

Barrow runs on a natural gas seam underneath us and the borough pays for heating oil and delivery by air to all of our villages. We enjoy the cheapest natural gas in the country and the cheapest electricity in the state. We even burn our garbage with a giant natural gas incinerator.

Every ASRC shareholder receives $5,000 to $50,000 per year in ANCSA native dividends, plus PFD's. Oh yeah, our NSB mayor gets more pay than the guv plus his/her own Lear Jet.

Again, I LOVE taxes. Can you dig me now?


the more negative press he receives, the bigger his smile. SMH


I'd personally like to join and live on West Vancouver's Squamish Nation, but I'd have to win the lottery first.


You really have to wonder which part of your statement Rogue Chimp disagrees with:
1. Men are human
2. Men have rights
3. Justice is for both men and women
The disagreement is scary any way you look at it.


Alaska has less than desirable rate of graduation among white, English speaking students as well. So your solution doesn't solve the problem.


An interesting perspective. Perhaps you could do an analysis to see if all original 6 NHL teams have a disproportionate number of offensive team records dating from 1940 to 1945 (we'll let the 1939/40 season slide). If you're point is true, that trend should hold. Your report is due Monday morning.


A dentist should go where the patients are, that's their calling, to serve their patients. Our dentist is a young recent graduate who took over a practice in a smaller town on vancouver island, where we have a home.  He is very busy and is even looking to add a partner. He told me that more than half of his grad class are living in Vancouver, working part time and financially going backwards. However, most will not leave the city.

So, urban dental grads, suck it up and do what it takes to advance your career and go where you can serve the patients who need your skills.


so lefties need a firewall to protect them from the will of the people - anything to game the system you say, sure sounds like it to me - but we shouldnt be surprised should we - if they can sell left-wing policies on the campaign trail some sort of voter suppression must be in order to prevent the people from making heir voices heard and that is all PR is to me a form of voter suppression to mitigate the will of the people - but then again does the left ever think they have done any wrong - judging by what I read here the answer is no


Why do you seem to think it is remarkable that Trump supporters support Trump's positions?


Neve thought of that, but what a great idea


Another sad detail is that the 16-year-old's child was spirited away for adoption by nuns who helped cover up the rape.

This entire episode stands in stark contrast to the successful effort by Astrid  Lobo Gajiwala to draft the the bishops’ “Gender Policy of the Church of India” (2010). Of course, she has always stated publicly that the policy was just a start. Christine Schenk interviewed her for Global Sisters in 2015: http://globalsistersreport.org/equality/india-truly-outstanding-road-map-creating-gender-equality-24091

Fascinating, because while the policy was a breakthrough, the bishops just had to put their own stamp on it, replacing the commonsense language of the women with "feminine genius," not guaranteeing equal representation where it was written in, etc.


First of all, I've not described my Christology, so you can't possibly know whether or not the Church espouses it. Unless, of course, you too are omniscient.

Obviously, it isn't a matter of omniscience being a problem for God. But Scripture tells us the Son willingly emptied himself of his divinity and became fully human, like us in all things but sin. 'All things' would include our physical, mental and emotional limitations.

We were saved by one like us. That's the whole point. We weren't rescued by some superman who never doubted, never struggled with temptation and who fully knew how everything would turn out. Such a 'savior' would never have suffered in the Garden or had his "My god, my God, why have you abandoned me" moment on the cross.

And that's exactly what the Church espouses. But, again, believe what you like. I'm moving on.


you are a microcosm of the left wing nonsense doomed to alt left ideology for life!, the new party could be called, the kicking the left to the curb party, cause it fits!


I was recently in touch with Canada Revenue Agency for some info on making withdrawals. I was told that if I made only the minimum withdrawal, no income tax would apply.  This is quite different from not having witholding tax applied, which is what she should have said.  Obviously her info was flawed.  When this kind of misinfo comes from a representative of the CRA, it would be easy to be misled and be unpleasantly surprised when you get the tax bill. Just be careful, even if you're getting info from an official source.


I guess you never read what Comey said.


what a perfect, descriptive term.  reign.  that is so right. he acts as no servant of people.... he's going to be heavy handed it, by god. (so he thinks in his unreal, delusional world)


Boeing won a similar clause today against Airbus which accused Boeing of receiving illegal submissions from Washington? OMC


This guy used to be one of my neighbors. Im glad I moved.


"They argue that by making it harder to benefit from mortgage interest, fewer people may buy homes."
What does that mean? Maybe a handful? When most people buy a home, tax benefits are one of the last things on their mind, and not a deal breaker, especially when the standard deduction doubles and more that makes up for it.


I have to say that this has been my deepest fear, out of all the fearful stands he takes. OK, he starts WWIII, we're all toast, over and out. He crashes the economy, well, we'll suffer, but it's not the end of the world. He destroys our Soc. Sec. and Medicare, he'll have a lot of explaining to do, not that it will help the seniors who die in the gutter.  But on the environment, the clock has been ticking for some time (anyone notice that, for the first time, Greenland is actually GREEN?) and how do we explain a dying planet to our grandchildren and what? Hope that the mea culpas of the climate change deniers who come out of their coma at last will somehow turn back the clock?  Beware of so-called pro-lifers who weep and wail over a fetus and care not one whit about the born. They are SOME scary dudes!


I didn't actually say they should....I was just making a point.


what? by getting in the way?


First, the Answer response deserves a failing grade.
Listen to the Commentors. DO NOT BUY THE HOUSE. You are young  and financially in good shape. Do not jeopardize your future where you will be subject to Capital Gains tax if you sell the house. If you don't own a home already but want to buy one in the future, you will be ineligible for 1st Time Home Owner Grants. Not to mention, the added headaches you are going to have negotiating different  provincial laws. You do not want to risk your own credit rating. This is your dad's problem, not yours. Help him to solve it not take it on. Direct him to a Debt Counselling, bankruptcy and credit agency like BDO. They can help him come up with a Consumer Proposal. This will help consolidate debts to a manageable level and set up a budget plan and schedule so that he and your grandmother should be able to pay the mortgage. You could possibly help by paying the property taxes and utilities.  Everyone will feel better executing a financial plan.


I have. At least 17 government agencies were involved in approving that sale. How are you going to blame that in Clinton? Get real.


I'd say this struck a nerve with some.


Giving Canada Independence was one of the worst mistakes the USA ever made, according to a Burrard St Journal item citing Trump. -)

Bon jour de congé à tous.

http://www.burrardstreetjournal.com/disclaimer-satire-news/

http://www.burrardstreetjournal.com/trump-canada-independence-was-mistake/


“But I think it’s important that, whatever we call it, we recognize that these are not religious people and, in fact, these enemies of all civilizations, what they want to do is to cloak their criminal behavior under this false idea of some kind of religious war."
--McMaster

People from the left of the political spectrum have been saying this for over a decade. Extremists are not religious, nor are they in any way representative of the people or religion they claim to represent.
You have to wonder when right-wingers will finally understand that simple fact.


What a nice person you are


BMO crew puts the ship in a shallow glide, and starts bailing out;

"Scotty, damage report;"

"Captain...she can't take any more ...."


I'll withhold judgement until Jenny McCarthy weighs in on the issue. I much prefer to get all my science/medical advice from a former playboy centerfold and talk show host.


As sure as the sun rises,  you can bet that the conservatives who rail most loudly against "indecent behavior" are the most likely ones to engage in it ... and also the least likely to accept any personal responsibility for their behavior once caught.

Today's tweets from Cruz's college roommate tell us all we need to know about this aspect of his behavior.  (Or, actually, more than we want to know.). LOL. Cruz is just another flaming sanctimonious hypocrite.  I wouldn't trust him any farther than I could throw his I-pad.


Are you suggesting the voters are infallible, and therefore should not be criticized for their choices?


trump directly threatened Hillary Clinton with assassination by trying to influence one of his deranged gun nut followers to take his veiled words literally and shoot her.

trump should be arrested for inciting violence against a presidential candidate, because that is exactly what he did.


Agreed.  I'd be surprised if the Mexican family lost.


They’ll do what all the other growers in Oregon do. What can’t be sold in Oregon goes directly to the landfill.


Show me a study that demonstrates 3-4 year DOI.  Apparently the AVMA isn't impressed with your claims.


Use specific examples, please, or you are presenting a hollow argument here ...


Don't even know what that is!


We spent the last 3 days with my father in law and his girlfriend. He is 73 and she is 68. Let me tell you how the "average" Canadian feels based on their comments.

Disgusted and extremely angry just about describes it. They have a complete lack of understanding as to the rationale for the payment and being old school, they can't abide paying anything to a terrorist.

Before you assume anything about "average Canadians" you may want to actually listen to a few on this issue. The results might surprise you.


Let's go, McKenzie...


Your perspective is correct, regardless of political party affiliation, we're seeing a callous disregard for human rights and due process. Assassinations commited with drones are no less murder than those committed in person, The secret searches lead to contrived evidence. In a recent article the government admits to surveillance drone flights in our country, Our governments favorite assassination tool used against our own citizens. The Patriot act should be repealed.


It is the left that remains silent when radical Muslims throw gays off of rooftops, burn women who refuse sexual relations,  slaughter Christians, commit "honor" killing of women, stone adulterers, blow up women and children in terror attacks, etc.  It is the left that celebrates the "right to choose" which has resulted in the destruction of over 50 million innocent lives here in America even though Pope Francis has called abortion an "absolute evil" and a "horrendous crime".  It is the left that bankrupts small business people if they don't bake a wedding cake for a same-sex couple even though such a "marriage" was uninmaginable 20 years ago.  It is the left who has destroyed the humanities and has made academia an ideological reeducation camp.  It is the left who are the thought-police waging an inquisition on anyone who fails to subscribe to their prevailing protocols and reigning orthodoxies.


???? I guess math isn't a strong suit for the writer.
" Pretty egregious stuff, yet she received a four month suspension, some mandatory education, but no financial penalty."

"Slapping Ms. Strom with a $25,000 in costs, in addition to a $1,000 fine, is a perverse injustice."

I'm assuming that wasn't 4 months off with pay. Average RN makes around 70k a year(not counting insane overtime D/T shortages), say 6k a month. 6000x4=24 000

How is this a" perverse injustice" comparatively speaking?


At this point...and in the campaign as far back as a year ago .... all Trump has said is that he is going to build a wall and deport criminals - now defined as a felony or three misdemeanors.

In what way does that endanger kids in 4J?


Yep, that's exactly how it happened. TSR mechanic shop owned by Rolland Trowbridge. Although he's a good guy and just needed a place for a shop.


So standing up to a tyrannical minority is bullying? I'm just aghast at your attitude! That's like calling a parent a bully who says 'no' to a temper tantrum. We gave hope and change 8 years, now it's time to try undo the unprecedented damage that was done to our national debt, our economy and our social fabric. Grownups needn't feel shame.


No rate raise until they fix their long standing billing problems.  Seeing as it's still not corrected yet after the switch over in 2014 tells me that there's some typical city smoke and mirrors going on.  I'm not excited to bring it under Council control, but as a "semi-autonomous" agency it isn't working.  The City privatization of city services is just one get rich scam after another.  The City needs to do its job, have oversight, and transparency to the public.


I've "studied" far more than you ever will:

http://righttobearmed.org/

Now go crawl back underneath the baseboard.


Good bye Ohio Dan. Alaska's one term Senator.


Where in the philippines are there too many brown people for you, Bigot?


Please keep us up to date on the progress of cold fusion.

And thank you for your kind thoughts regarding your fellow citizens.


https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/05/02/world/canada/british-columbias-business-temptation-an-opaque-array-of-tax-breaks.html?_r=1&referer=Nobody talking about this :?


You're off topic again, Grizzly. The conversation we were having is about your incessant whining about how you live paycheck to paycheck despite your bloated state employee wages and benefit package. And because you can't live within your means, and budget your money, you think it's Obama's fault. Typical Trumpeter, always a victim.


Only place he could sign. No bargaining power. The guy's a bum.


Yes, you were free to choose your darkness.


"On the verge...".  But you're still HERE, RR...


In case you haven't noticed,  cyber spying is run-of-the-mill intelligence around the world today
.  Most countries in engage in it, not just China.
“It’s a golden age of espionage in terms of stealing information,” Kenneth Geers, a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council and a cybersecurity analyst at Comodo, a New Jersey company that offers internet infrastructure certificates. “Many, many governments, I think, have probably become addicted to cyber espionage because it’s so much information. You get it very cheaply, and you don’t have to risk lives.”


I was wondering about the details of the seal deaths. Thanks, Frank!!


Yep, kind of what happened in Nazi Germany. People were afraid to speak up.


That graphic looks like it was compiled by people on the road system.


The Viola Davis and Dev Patel nominations should have been disallowed. Sorry does Lion have no main actors? I guess I won't go see it since no one was put forward for best Actor or Actress. Also the Viola Davis as Best Supporting Actress, again who is Best Actress then?


No Jerry Burle, you cannot be a Christian if you practice murdering the unborn, just like the Canaanites who sacrificed  their children to Molech/Baal.
Stop deluding yourself Jerry Burle.


Interesting logic. You believe this without evidence and you justify your fact-free belief by saying that it can't be proved because Obama "would never admit it."


If you are an Albertan you don't know squat about the industry. And your use of 'tars sands' betrays you as either an environmental ideologue with an axe to grind or a mis-informed millennial. Or both.


Then they would have to start talking Capital gains on skyrocketing farmland prices.


Hahaha!  Trump is like an anti King Midas: everything he touches turns to crap.

This is what governance by incompetent ideologues looks like.


One wind turbine footprint much more productive too from output standpoint.  Both are great!


So you obviously have no idea of what Fox "reported"!
And I just thought that you were accusing them of being as fake as the elite's MSM.


Director Comey never concluded that there was "no basis for a criminal case against Clinton."

The carefully chosen phrase he used was: "No reasonable prosecutor would bring such a case  (against Clinton.)"

Knowing the power the Clinton's wield, no reasonable government employee would indict a Clinton for anything.

It's also fascinating the RG's Eds are demanding the FBI be more forthcoming, but have never called for Clinton's circle to quit hiding behind the fifth amendment.

Fascinating, but not surprising.


McCain has maybe a 30% chance of living for another two years. At his age, chemo is not a good option. It is not good for young people either in many cases. He has served in office long enough. Perhaps he can travel and see the country with his wife and daughter. McCain has done a lot for the country over the years.


"Speaking of thanking the Stars"...

Donald has more important things on his mind than where GM builds vehicles.  This morning January 9, 2017 before 7 am it took him 3 tweets to write, "Meryl Streep, one of the most over-rated actresses in Hollywood, doesn't know me but attacked last night at the Golden Globes. She is a.....Hillary flunky who lost big. For the 100th time, I never "mocked" a disabled reporter (would never do that) but simply showed him......."groveling" when he totally changed a 16 year old story that he had written in order to make me look bad. Just more very dishonest media!"

It seems to me if Donald's attempt to show the disabled reporter grovelling has been interpreted by the majority of those who have seen his 2015 performance as simply mocking the individual, then Meryl Streep is not the only over-rated "actor" in the room!  I imagine Meryl could do a very good impression of a failing low beam headlight bulb flickering and fading to orange.


How much confidence would you have behind that offensive (perfect word to describe their play) line?


You're projecting, Marky. I'm glad you hate guns, you shouldn't have one.


The author doesn't want to address it, but the Republic of France is in a state of emergency.  It's in a state of emergency because massacres of its citizens have taken place. Sadly, such events are likely to continue until a leader with a backbone says quite unmistakably "enough already"


As the population keeps growing so will the different methods of feeding expand. Buffalo areas were taken over by farmers and so it will be with the fishing and mariculture in the future and why not? People can't or won't control the birth rates therefore freedoms are lost such as sporting uses of wildlife, it's progression, right?