Part 2 of 2 Rabbi David Rosen, American Jewish Committee Liaison to the Holy See  International Director for Interreligious Relations, stated in July: "In addition to accepting the Magisterium’s teaching regarding the Jewish People and Judaism, I would hope that the Holy See would insist on a repudiation of the Antisemitism that has been part of the culture of the Society of Saint Pius X. It was not just Bishop Williamson and one or two others, but the websites of the organization in the past have been replete with anti-Jewish rhetoric." (www.lastampa.it/2016/07/28/vaticaninsider/eng)
If the US media is not reporting accurately about this pope, what else are they not reporting accurately? "Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard University documents not only the outsized coverage Trump received — from TV and digital media — in the early days of his campaign but also how overwhelmingly positive that coverage was." (www.washingtonpost.com)


More navel-gazing.  Who cares?


It isn't "rigid moralism" for the Church to be clear about what constitutes behaviours and attitudes that are unacceptable before God. And it's not an insistence on "outward perfection". Catholics believe that once we are justified before God in Baptism, aided by grace, we embark on a process of internal sanctification and seek to conform our lives ever more closely to Christ. We also believe God's grace can be lost through persistent sin.

It's good you are acknowledging that LGBT people are "hurting, afraid ... often alone" and "broken". All of us are sinners and everyone in search of support from a parish community and grace through the proper reception of the sacraments, are very welcome. As I understand 12 step fellowships, people who attend acknowledge their weaknesses and are seeking to amend their lives. Can this be said for all LGBT persons? Don't many want the Church to change her teachings and positively endorse their behaviours.


HART has no credibility.  The Rail is certainly not on track, Rail finances are clearly a mess because they aren't being controlled, and who knows if or when Rail will be completed to Ala Moana, with no mention of UH, Waikiki, or other major passenger generators.  So, this 249 page document is worthless.  How much did it cost us???


So you seriously advocate for allowing drug addicts to raise children?


Hobbling long-term growth is a lousy argument against raising taxes.

Who ever heard of a politician thinking long-term? The most long-term they think is the sooner of the next election or the date of their full pension entitlement.


She can lose a confidence vote at any time. Perhaps you are thinking of a recall, which we have in BC, and they are very difficult to carry out, as they should be. Are you confused about the differences between the Canadian and US systems?


We're number nine!

We're number nine!


It would be refreshing if the Globe would stop rewriting stories and changing headlines hours and hours after the article is published. I'm not talking about correcting errors but adding significant content or completely different headlines like:
Top Mountie Calls For Review of Recent Sexual Assaults
morphing into
Public Safety Ministers to develop National Strategy for Sex-Assault Cases
come one now, we know 1984 is here but really....


We'll also be sanctioned for protests, the right to assemble peacefully, not paying enough taxes to support the corporate overlords, possession of guns, and refusal to learn Russian.


Davos is an economic forum and  justin cannot explain how he dithered away a surplus and created a $30 billion deficit/debt in one year, so not showing up is his way of not attracting attention to the fact that he is a failed politican.


It's important to know that Jason Kessler, the organizer for the Unite the Right event in Charlottesville, was an Obama supporter and in Occupy Wall Street. There are also protesters for hire working both sides. Just be careful and look with objectivity, no matter your politics.


Once again Berkie and his progressive assembly have screwed the Muni home owners.  The Bus service in Pot wood is a nice to have for the locals.    "Officials predicted the city would use its entire taxing capacity, or "tax to the cap," every year, according to the document."
Yep use other peoples money!  Why oh why does Berkie need a pot of money to just hand out wherever he feels it needs to go.  Oh Don't forget about the Bus station Reno that we have no idea as to the project or cost. Thanks to   Bill Evans, Amy Demboski, Bill Starr and Patrick Flynn for voting NO!


The thing about workers is they actually earn their wage by generating the revenue for the business. They not only earn the money to pay their wage but also the building rent, the utility costs, the property taxes, the wages of managers and the profits of the owners.

So your thesis is that if a portion of that income they generate goes to a slightly higher wage then the business will eliminate them as well as the revenue they generate to pay all the other expenses of the business.

Talk about cutting off your nose to spite your face.


Bread and circuses.


It looks bad because it IS bad.  What kind of person uses moves burial remains for the purpose of being a roadblock?  I mean literally, it's being used to block the road.  And Kealoha Pisciotta is trying to justify this as ok?


LOL.......the expected response from the morons who put this clown into office; you typify his supporters.  Thankfully, he'll be gone soon enough!.


justin is that you? see i have to educate you again, see a booming usa economy helps canada but a weak leader in justin means bad deals for us that then does the damage. both will happen


bahahaha.
Well then, I'm one of those horrible cruel meanies of society then. Because when we have the big gathering of friends at Pokai Bay on the weekend, we (I) capture the recyclables in a separate can and take em monday afternoon to the redemption center. I make about enough back to cover the twelve-pack I put into the party!
I didn't know I was supposed to add it to the city park trashcan so that the weirdos on the bikes could harvest it. Sorry!


You are a tad premature.  Trump isn't president yet in case you need to be reminded.


Um, speaking of ignorance...Russia is no longer communist and hasn't been since the late eighties. It's currently the kind of government that donald aspires to rule.


It's a bit strange for the a PM to be touring the country in winter time, when at the best of times it is always difficult to get people out to a political event. Perhaps the motivation comes more from the less then astute moves he has made of late, and this is just another one of those divert the attention elsewhere moves.


Made contact with everyone involved -no suspects outstanding.....=
 domestic.   :-(


coming from a liberal hack, this is cleary part of the liberal agenda as they are scared to dealth of conservatives electing a leader that actually understands the economy and will in deed not only beat liberals but in a huge majority thus this is the agenda of deflect, lie and fear all to try and stear the leadership race away from the genuine winners to come. the panic mode is in full gear in liberal canada


more afraid of radiation than the blast. i've had those cancer thing growths removed from me due to radiation exposure. compared to a bomb it was less exposure but in a confined space for a short period of time. i visited Japan where elderly couples in that area near Nagasaki had no grand children because of birth defects, miscarriage, and fertility/sterility. i felt guilty. it was pretty sad to learn about. but for the monthly siren test, not another one! already feel like i live in a war zone and now two of them each month. are we the only state doing this?


Khadr murdered no-one.


And Americans still fail to acknowledge the real threat to this Republic, it's own officials. Our Federal government was infiltrated long ago by the Communist party. After we elected a straight up enemy of the US and allowed him to remain in office for 8 YEARS this is where we are. Now our Federal government is full of not just Communists but the poseur in Chief placed Muslim brotherhood operatives in top leadership positions throughout the  Government but  particularly in areas of defense. Yet we did nothing. We wouldn't want the world to see us as racist by demanding Barry's  impeachment. Disgraceful.


"The way I was raised was like most Hoosiers, with the golden rule, that you should do unto others what you'd have them do unto you." Mike Pence

Satire usually writes itself.


Typical Lefty.  When things go right under the Cons it's because of the system.  When things go wrong it's because of the Cons.  They just can't find it in themselves to give credit to a Conservative  Government when credit is due.  But when it's a Liberal, it's totally different.


Agreed - terrorism is a specific kind of violence and should be understood and analyzed as such. Acts of terror have a political goal that stretches beyond the immediate localized consequences of the violence. Terrorists specifically target places and people, and orchestrate their attacks, to generate maximum media attention and cause a maximum public reaction. To say that "every mass shooting is terrorism" is false. Some gangster doing a drive-by on several enemies is not terrorism. Those people don't have political aims and don't care how the general public reacts. A mental case killing their spouse and children is not terrorism. Analyzing motivations and categorizing these attacks *is* a useful and valid exercise especially for law enforcement agencies. It helps them know how to utilize and divert investigative and community outreach resources.

Sure it doesn't have that feel good let's-condemn-everything-equally quality to it, but categorizing these things is valid and necessary.


Pot has lab and field proven medicinal  properties, it's just cursed with the stoner stigma by ignorant people.  Like any drug, including devil alcohol, moderate use is best.  Its funny, I bet those who vote against it, get boozed up every weekend.  Its only detriment is smoking it, as it can cause lung cancer like a cigarette.  The oil or edible form is safest.


seems like we got a coupla unabashed attention seekers here. and they'll get attention as frauds and hoaxers.


I'd rather see the K9s take a bite out of crime.  I like it when I see a criminal running like Road Runner and then the K-9 tackles him/her to the ground making him/her roll and kick.  Pretty funny stuff.


Sad that so many oppose legalization of a plant created by God on the third day of creation.  Let me guess, these are so called conservatives who only believe in the need of a large prison industrial complex?  Pathetic.


You know the new civility system is just a money saving move, right?


http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/17/politics/travel-ban-3-0-blocked/index.html
So much winning!
BLOTUS is a loser BUFFOON soon to be subject to the 25th.


it worked in the only place in the world that actually had an effect on their drug problems.


"MATTHEW TROST is a senior engineer at Civil."

So, you're a civil engineer? Ba Dum Tsh. Sorry.


They can be heroes. "Seldom" is the word to use.


An island or isle is any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys. An island in a river or a lake island may be called an eyot or ait, or a holm. Mainland Alaska meets exactly NONE of these requirements, ma'am. Please stop, you are making yourself look foolish.


Hawaii will never start a lottery.  I laugh at people who see the (D) and think that Hawaii left and liberal because there are so many democrats in office.  The reality is that Hawaii is more conservative in nature and it's lack of true progressive thinking and mindset is the problem when it comes to things like legalizing things and giving more rights and freedoms to people.  Hawaii stands more on the socially conservative side of the intrusive limiting of rights and freedoms from citizens.


Hey -  I have a misspelled word in my post, can you find it, ozzhale?


Because he's a moron and a bigot. It's not any more complicated than that.


I'm starting to like this guy.


It's all yours! Enjoy! I like it when Canadians pretend that winter is so very wonderful and how much they love it. Of course they won't admit that they would pack their bags in a zippy if they had a chance to go south. Nothing wrong with winter, except when it lasts 6 months. It's a prison of ice and snow as the G&M so aptly described it in an editorial last winter.


AhiPoke, apparently you missed the part of the article in the 9 th. paragraph that states:  "... more people — primarily the uninsured and homeless — are using the ER for nonemergency services."


The bishops are interested in staying out of jail, money, their power and careers. DACA  has nothing to do with any of them.


This is a free country and people should be able to buy what ever they want. If a real estate agent wants to buy 50 properties, he entitled to do so. Thankfully, people do buy property to invest in, otherwise, people like you would have nowhere to live. Think about it.


If it quacks like a duck ...


I feel they deserve these exodus from USA. Let them suffer, let their crime rates, rape, ghetto go up and let time put their senses back in place.


I realize that since you are throwing out the Obummer card, that you're probably not going to be able to post a citation for your misinformation.


If you thought Alaska's oil industry was getting so many welfare checks you would have to be a fool not drill and explore on state oil leases!

If it was as good  as your delusional mind believes then you would be drilling and making the kind of returns the bankrupt oil companies are, like Buccaneer, Miller Energy Resources, Stewart Petroleum, Forcenergy Inc, Samasco, and on and on and on!!

Fact is you can't find any Alaskans or smaller oil companies that explored and drilled and sold oil for a profit, except the majors! The majors are not drilling any exploration wells today on state leases, are they?

Alaska will fall if HB 247 and SB 130 make law and I feel investors will run from Alaska's oil business and not come back!


The old days of being "nosy" neighbors is a thing of the past. We have to be aware of cars & people not normally seen in our neighborhoods. Their only purpose in the area is to commit crimes. Call the police if something is out of place & make them aware the residents are watching their streets.


But you trust greedy, price gouging for profit middle men whose sole objective is to deny care in order to make money?Exactly what foul play do you think the government sending a check to your Healthcare provider, will be inflicted upon you. Is there some eugenics experiment being inflicted upon medicaid and Medicare patients I'm unaware of?


Houston is facing 3 issues.... 1) Upstream, there are hundreds if not thousands of residences built on land that is on higher ground behind the dams, but below the level of the overflow spillways. The government didn't buy all the land contained within the reservoirs and developers were happy to cover it with homes and apartments.  2) Upstream, far behind the dams, what used to be miles of prairie land that could soak up rainfall is now concrete and rooftops that send it downstream faster.  Experts had warned for years that reservoirs would fill faster and build higher. 3) Downstream, homes built in the 60's and 70's never expected to be sacrificed in the middle of the night.  Expectation was that the dam was protection for them and what has occurred upstream has effectively removed that protection.  I'm not sure of the solution, but this is probably not the last time Houston will face this issue.


No that was Obama and co. There is an actual man in office now.


Mr. Trump knew that firing the Director of the F.B.I. at this sensitive time was going to be controversial but he went ahead and did it anyway. Would the blogosphere be so tolerant if this was a Democratic president? Time for Trump supporters to do a gut check.


Fully agree - and of course, as is par for the course with the Beaudoin family there is the normal egregious dual share structure. Public ownership is 33% but they have only 7.6% of total voting power. The Beaudier Group owns 35% of the shares but has 48.2% of total voting power. I would not touch this stock with a ten foot pole based on that alone.


Father Martin is a pastoral prophet in the Roman Catholic Church--he comforts the afflicted and afflicts the comfortable.  His Christ-like realistic message will prevail!


Tabatha really knows how to stick it to the deplorables. Righty heads exploding? Look at those uneducated melons blow.!


A sponge can only absorb so much water before a mess appears all over the place.


"I'd say Murray did a pretty good job."

If by that you mean destroying Ontarowe with his eco-Marxist green energy scam, then you are correct....


police looking for developmentally disabled man
.
Have you searched Air Force One?


Strange that Hudak's platform was largely based on the recommendations made in the Drummond report which is what Ontario needed. He was certainly more honest than Wynne and conveyed the abysmal economic reality of Ontario that people didn't want to hear.
Simply put, why was Hudak so unelectable in your opinion being Wynne has only continued the Liberal's corruption and wasteful spending and further magnified the economic disaster of one of the most debt ridden jurisdictions in the world?


You gave up your mineral rights.  If you find oil, gold, ect... on YOUR property, it belongs to the State. Go ahead and take the PFD away, but give me my mineral rights!


Sam Bee, you rock!  Keep holding the right-wing nutjobs to account and keep making it hilarious.  You are brilliant.  You call it as it is!


"Agree to" is "playing God"? Yeah, that logic IS shocking.


Ah yes.  But the carbon tax is going to be returned to the provinces, except the GST charged on that carbon tax.  A sneaky way to generate more GST revenue without raising the rate.  Although a rate increase is coming, especially as interest rates rise on the debt.


It's all these people have. No ideas, just rabble rabble rabble.


That's great and all, but this feel good story loses a bit of it's lustre when the average Canadian goes home at the end of the day. They may be reading this story on their tablet in their living room. They periodically look up to glance at the television that is on in the background while the children play nearby, below the Christmas tree. Then it dawns on the Canadian that the tablet, the tv, the Christmas tree with its lights and decorations, the presents under the tree and just about all of the consumer goods in their home came from a cargo container from India or East Asia...
This Christmas season, I hope that people realize that Christmas Town is really a factory in East Asia in a country with lax labour laws and environmental policies. Elves refer to the exploited child labour used by the manufacturers to produce our wonderful, inexpensive, disposable goods. Oh, and Santa's sleigh, a container ship...


The show on Smithsonian, Alaska Air Crash Investigators explains that the report is compiled by the local investigator(s), then sent to HQ in Washington, DC for final review before it is released.  My guess is as good as yours: workload, federal red-tape, etc.  Aviation is also EXTREMELY litigation-heavy, so it behooves these folks to get it right, at least as much as they can given the circumstances.  Just my 2 cents...


I remember the Reagan years, so I'm not that young. And yes it is definitely more right wing as far as control big business has. Certainly not more conservative in other matters like political correctness etc.


Even Wolters is 2 for 2 in his last 2 ABs Saturday and Sunday! Go Tony.


Democracy's a very fragile thing. You have to take care of democracy. As soon as you stop being responsible to it and allow it to turn into scare tactics, it's no longer democracy, is it? It's something else. It may be an inch away from totalitarianism.

- Sam Shepard


She is one of the few columnists that has the gonads to call things the way they are.  We need more like Christine and less like the one who write the politically correct vanilla columns at the Toronto Star.


Faith has long been a convenient thing to hide behind when justifying discrimination. Slaveholders used it. Segregationists used it. Interracial marriage opponents use it. Now folks who oppose gay marriage use it.

If you don't want to serve the public because your religious beliefs make you feel ickie doing so, don't open a bisiness. Instead, open a church or private club. You can have secret, pro straight handshakes and everything and nobody will care.


It's the reason for extreme statements, that incites violence by extremists on both sides of the political spectrum. Seems you haven't the ability to connect the dots. Sad.


The Republicans are pious hypocrites.


I don't know, these people talking about one thing but we don't know what's behind the grow in your lawn today.


Carbon emissions have been reduced in the places where taxing it has been tried (e.g. BC, with just light taxation). Why would someone pay a tax that they can avoid by changing their behavior?   If "they" are taxing both, then elect another "they" that will do it right.


I agree with the sentiment but not the idea that proportional representation is the answer. With PR we are more likely to get a larger number of small parties. Many will have non-mainstream views such as the ultra orthodox parties in Israel that push for Zionist policy such as building settlements. In the case of Israel they have undo influence on the Prime Minister as he needs their support to stay in power..

We have many checks and balances with the Parliamentary system that will ensure that no party in power is too extreme. FPTP has served us well for 150 years. I would be happy to consider something better - when I see it.


On a sunny day in winter with all the windows closed green house operators must pump carbon dioxide into the green house because the plants absorb the gas as a nutrient and turn it into carbon fibre (human food).   If the consumed gas is not replaced the plants stop growing.  They are, in effect, starving.  As the world's population  continues to increase and more food is required to feed them, more carbon dioxide, not less, will be required.


Good one thanks!


Let's not forget about Oregon at Baylor (game before Maui Invite).  What's the opening line without Dillon Brooks going to be?  Oregon by 1/Pick'em???


I'm relieved Team Whidbey put a stop to the Island County Health Department getting between the Navy and COER.  Right now, those guys got HUGE problems in their own house to deal with - and if the State Board of Health orders the Island County Health Department to intervene, REAL PEOPLE are gonna suffer.

Real people like for instance, "Trump also froze all grants and contracts with the EPA. Higman said five staff positions in Public Health are funded with EPA grants. One position, for example, investigates failing septic systems and works with property owners to get them fixed."  Yup, real people.  Real water quality issues.  Real time.

#BeatCOER


But in theory prices can come down as the overhead for cashiers is reduced.

I see no real issue with automating mundane tasks, line assembly, cashier, warehousing, etc. It frees people to pursue more interesting fields and skillsets where they can still use their hands and perhaps also minds to think.


Unfortunately this man was once my uncle! I looked up to him, had a degree of respect for him! When I was 14 years old. One of my brothers who were adopted, came forward and said this man who we all trusted and loved very much, had been sexually abusing him! Later came out he had done this to many of our relatives. Of course he didn't just wake up one day and decide to be a monster (well maybe he did)? But his father abused him from an early age. Also abused my mom! Thankfully the time came and she was brace enough to get away from him! Abuse is awful of this caliber, and nothing less than a death sentence should be issued!
Once my brother came out with what he had done. Daniel Stephen Johnson fled to Cambodia, where he set himself in a position of power over small boys! I've told people for years what kind of monster he is. Just now light is Winn shed on it. Unfortunately one of my brothers committed suicide 3 years ago, because of the abuse he was adopted into. He is 💯 guilty!


Like all the ADN columnists, Cliff glosses over the elephant in the room: The Dividend. The Socialist tag-team seems to think that it is a given that the Dividend will survive and that a broad-based tax is necessary in order to continue paying Dividends. The Dividend cannot survive - there is no moral, legal, or economic reason for it to continue if we really have arrived to the point we need more taxes. If the Left ever succeeds in taxing us to pay dividends, I would anticipate a number of lawsuits on the State Constitutionality for several different reasons. Ironically, the Left undermines itself in that the Dividend reduces available funding for true government social welfare programs.
The Left's view of the Dividend as a wealth-redistribution instrument is simply Socialist demagoguery. I wish it would end.


Women can cook only if they were taught how to or cornered to cook. There are plenty of women who are clueless in a kitchen as many men are. I met a few women proud they could not cook.


Why if we are supposed to manage our resources to the maximum benefits of the people do you just worry about the oil companies and not mining, fishing, tourism, timber, gas, airlines and any other thing that takes Alaskan's money, isn't money a resource?


But that's not what he's doing, that's the point.


There have been reports of a divided white house for weeks. People have resigned. People have been fired. Trump tweets one thing, staff the other. What do you need, video as it happens?


You're kidding, right?


I actually didn't support Clinton, but Bernie. However, left with the choice of two candidates I didn't like, I chose Clinton over Trump, whose rhetoric, childish name calling, and his intentional stirring up bigotry and hatred sickened me. As it turns out, he's even worse than my wildest projections, unstable to the point that it's frightening he could actually start a nuclear war if he feels hurt or cornered.


Did an Alaskan invent the "alternative fact"?  Another first!


Mr. Dion would say only that he is confident Ottawa can monitor its arms exports for misuse......How naive you are Mr. Dion and deceitful to the Canadian people. IT IS DESPICABLE THAT WE ARE SELLING THIS MILITARY EQUIPMENT TO SAUDI ARABIA.


I think exorbitant pay is partly due to cronyism in corporate boards. There are many examples of CEOs being paid not because of value (in fact, some of the highest pay goes to the worst performing CEOs) but rather due to rules that allow a few people to control capital. Taxes are just part of the way to fight against these flaws in the system.


Take a look around when walking from the parking structure to the Stan Sheriff Center complex.  It's filthy. Trash and dirt everywhere.  Years of grime on the jalousies. It's shameful.


And Every scintilla of that 'power' is SUBSIDIZED BY TAXPAYERS!


No, you actually will have to pay for government, what a notion, actually paying for something you receive.


On the one hand, the teachers' union does abuse their power. On the other hand, they HAVE power. The only way for people to regain power is to join and stick together. An organized body doesn't have to call itself a union, but attacks on unions favor only the right.


Your ignorance is why our country is in so much trouble.  If you use debt to buy a house, then pay it off over time, this is good.  If you use debt to buy a skidoo, boat, TV, Quad, groceries etc, and add to it every year, you are an idiot.  If you do this all your life, and complain you can't retire at 55 and travel, you are a super idiot.  The government of Ontario falls into the super idiot catagory.


A witch hunt? A witch hunt for a man that admitted wrong doing? He admitted to not turning on his camera and using inappropriate force.
You have an odd definition of “witch hunt.”

Denver Police still need a culture change. You need to read the articles and not just the headlines.


Did you post that with a straight face V?

I sure didn't have one reading it....still laughing (at you).


This is a good point. The guy is a thief; he just targeted the least sympathetic group of individuals as his target so that other sociopaths would see him as some sort of Robin Hood figure.


I agree.  My comment was about specific about this weekend's events.


more like 1200 from every women, child, disabled person, elderly person and every Alaskan.
Don't be fouled this is a Tax on the poor of the state and family's. I added up all my fees , property taxes, fuel taxes , registration  , federal taxes , and pfd tax for my family with one wage earner and my total tax is about 30% of my earnings for the year as a small business owner. without the pfd tax around 15%. With that extra money i would have invested in expanding my business but i gess that will have to wait ..the state government can spend it better .


Nothing against Dunbar but he doesn't come close to Bill W., from a residency standpoint.
As far as his tenure on the assembly is concerned residents in NE Anchorage are all ready questioning his ability to perform independently.
He could learn a thing or two Bill W., and should steer clear of Croft and Berkowitz. Just saying....


I think we are confusing pedophiles who suffer from a mental disorder, with normal sexual  desire between adults, usually a man and a woman. According to the dictionary   pedophiles suffer from a "mental disorder" involving a desire by an adult, usually a man,, for prepubescent children, quite often boys. What I was referring to was the repression of a natural, normal desire of a man for a woman, that finally lets loose inappropriately by celibate clergy with one or more  members of the congregation. So we both agree that there are no more pedophiles among clergy than among the general population. What I am saying is repressed celibate clergy tend more to sexual abuse due to repression among those as opposed to the general population. It is understandable that this would be covered up for obvious reasons but should not be. Clergy are human so is the Pope in fact. Asking for celibacy is inhuman because it is not normal and incredibly hard to do. Desire among adults should not be suppres


The news articles are already improving.


Hello Whengood,

The other post writer stated: "People don't get away with ...".

My reply references people "getting away with it".

You are welcome to subcategorize and prioritize and place recommended restrictions on "people" however you (and Ms. Silverman) see fit.

But your efforts there do not actually rebut or contradict what I wrote.


True, even the HPD ex-police chief would drive by your mailbox and steal your lottery check and claim it belongs to him. ;-)  LOL


common sense..?   +++RG: "While LTD staff waited for an officer to arrive, according to the search warrant affidavit, Johnson allegedly arrived at the Glenwood headquarters, pleading with the dispatch supervisor to get the cellphone back. .....told Johnson he had to file a lost and found report at the LTD customer service office on Willamette Street in downtown Eugene because the supervisor “suspected the cellphone contained evidence of at least one criminal act.....
The next morning, Johnson allegedly did go to the customer service office and told an employee that it was important that he get his phone back.... "I   guess he didn't cross paths with the cop in LTD's dispatch room.++++but the prostitute/money/girl scout money story beats this hands down....lol


Hammer and axes to test the wall?  How about gernades and drills!  And I thought the Mexicans were supposed to pay for this?  At least that what Trump promised us among many other empty promises like repealing Obama care and putting Hillary in prison.  What a waha fake haired dude!!!  The Russians probably got the contract to build the wall now.


I'm more worried about a criminal with a history of violence against all people, not just women and children. I'm not trying to minimize the trauma of being raped or molested, because those are terrible, terrible things, but if anyone should be "lifetime monitored," it ought to be someone who could harm anyone.


The, perhaps, it might be worth finding an insurance plan with lower deductibles.  Or, you could join with other business people to put pressure on insurance companies to provide better plans
It's quite a leap to say that insurance companies' decisions are the fault of the ACA.  Much has been written about mixed motivations of insurance companies in connection with this issue.  This might be a interesting read about the reasons for high rates.  http://insights.som.yale.edu/insights/why-is-healthcare-so-expensive
See my reply, above, to CAEL for additional article cites.


What a glowing commentary about Kitty.  From what I've seen and read over the years along with my trips to downtown, Doppelt and I have different takes on what she has turned Eugene in to.  I give her credit though, she has turned it in to a pretty nice "traveler" and homeless community.


So you ban guns and gun death doesn't go down, but you can people from 6 nations and we are protected from terrorists. See the hole in your logic? Immigrants, like cars, also have legitimate value to our nation, as do refugees. Vet the heck out of them, just like we should for gun owners and just like we safety test cars.


Economists are never right.


Thank you, Tim. This, to me, is pure optics and is a typical socialist ploy to be perceived as gauging the nasty, rich business folk whilst helping out the average Joe. For which brownie points for Trudeau but for the average Joe nothing ultimately in it for them.

I currently do a lot of business in the US and it is growing. I have been contemplating moving my business there for a number of reasons (most for practical purposes) but proposals such as this just add motivation for me to get out before I have nothing left. All because I work for myself and risk everything but am buried in red tape and more seems to be coming. The US is just so much more business friendly.


how is a pledge a debt?


The Saudi flood of oil was a tactic aimed at reducing the price of oil and oil production in the U.S. so places like Alaska would fall prey and take away the earned tax credit incentives and slow production!

The Permanent fund and the Constitutional Budget Reserve act as Alaska's bullet proof vest to protect the state until prices raise back up but some want to take away the successful tax incentive that was used to find giants like Pikka and Smith Bay so Alaska may become Saudi's prey if the Legislature is not smart.

Using $3 billion a year to cure the deficit for two years will leave $54 Billion and give Alaska's Legislators time to research and plan how to keep Alaskans finding Giant oil fields like Pikka and not let market manipulation by these Arabs make Alaska their fool.

Are Alaska Legislators smart enough to research or will they act unnecessary in haste and collapses Alaska's oil Indusrty?

Pay the Tax credits now and DO NOT change the tax laws for the third time in 4 years


Colkoch, I wasn't really talking about commenters being banned on 'progressive' (NCR, Pray Tell) or 'traditional' (Fr Z) blogs/websites.   I do have concerns about comment deletion, though I imagine some are quite offensive.  (Perhaps the best solution is to do what Rorate and Crux have done and eliminate comments altogether.)
Anyway, my point has to do with the tone of the language in the actual text of NCR stories & editorials.  On a blog, we expect posts to reflect a blogger's personal views.  But NCR is not a blog but a newspaper/news-site, and as such it really should adhere to some journalistic standards.  All media have their POV, but even the NYT, for all its biases, would not rotiely denigrate those who disagree with them as 'fringe',  'extremist', etc (might not some use the same terms to describe the NCR?), or dismiss their opinions as 'hate' and 'vitriol'.  I'm all for civil dialogue, but it really should start in the articles themselves.


I am so sick of ADN repeating Walker's BS about a SMALL income tax.  It ain't small to those of us who will pay it.  NO INCOME TAX.  I can move, you know, at least my residency.  Tax big oil instead of me.


That is your intellectually rigorous response?

Nassim Taleb is one of the most respected intellectuals on the planet.

How is his comment "Pro-Assad"?
"Assad father’s operatives blew up my house in Amioun when my grandfather, then MP, voted for Bashir. In Skin in the Game I discuss this as “acting against one’s interest” (the opposite of conflict of interest). So as a scientist and a humanist, I have been setting my grudge aside in considering the far, far, far, greater cancer of Salafism or Islamofascism."


I'm all for smoking lounges be it pot or tobacco. I don't see why we shouldn't have some places where people can smoke indoors.

Non-smokers will still have their places where there is no smoke only the fragrance of air freshener.


The difference in Alaska's situation is that we have a Permanent Fund which can sustainably subsidize our State Government for about $2 Billion per year. Obviously I agree with you that taxes are unnecessary at this time. I would not object to a very low (1%) income tax along with the $100 school tax. That assumes the end of the Dividend with $3000 this year, the last year of the Dividend (as we know it).


Your interpretation of "stalking" is inconsistent with Guest's interpretation of "choice to ignore" a "run and hide".

LOL. those 2 things have nothing to do with one or the other ... Yet another comment devoid of intelligence


What federal law is Hancock overriding? In what way is Hancock "legalizing illegal acts?"


Should local law enforcement (LLE) also not hold over individuals wanted for mail fraud, kidnapping, bank robbery, child pornography, credit card fraud, computer crime, federal hate crimes, tax evasion, counterfeiting, illegal wiretapping, museum art theft  (to name a few) except in the case that those also violate a state law?
The sole reason that I can see for choosing to ignore the federal government on this point is that of fostering relations with the community to better fight local criminal activity.  That is argument is tenuous, at best, as I see it, in that it pits LLE against federal law enforcement.  Better to change the law at the federal level than force local law officers to become ICE agents.  In this, I do think that those incarcerated for local law violations should be remanded to the feds if there is an outstanding warrant.  Give ICE three days to collect the person on those grounds.
I disagree with DiNardo on path to citizenship, though; legal residency, I'm OK with.


Can this guy mess this state up any further?  Can't wait to get his hands on the PFD no matter how he does it.


The recession of 2008 was caused by the melt down of the subprime mortgage market and subsequent insolvency of freddie mac and fannie mae and several large brokerage firms.
You can blame a lot of it on the unregulated bundling of mortgages and the domino effect from that. You might even want to put some of the blame (heaven forbid) on individuals that took out those mortgages that they could never pay back, but tax policy was not the real reason for the recession.
If it were to repeat itself and we were to elect another democrat, he/she would attempt to take over more of the private sector (Obamacare), crony capitalism would rule and our kids and grandkids would go further into unimaginable debt.
The republicans have only been slightly better as far as the debt.
The real train wreck is going to be when we hit the wall with medicare/caid and social security. The entitlement society comes with a price, sooner or later.


What she did is beyond ugly and it certainly wasn't funny.  I'd recommend you sit this one out Boots. She's not exactly the person you want to align with (at least I hope not).


So true


Thank you. A voice of reason, compared to the many commenters on this service who are so enamored of the ability to kill their fellow man that they resist even the most minimal steps to reduce access to guns. If there were no semi-automatic weapons except in the hands of police and military, there would be no guns to steal for killers to get.

Yes! I am an anti-gun nut. and proud of it. A former hunter who gave up my weapons rather than be at risk for spreading them to criminals. A person who sees no need for a private citizen to own a semi-automatic or automatic weapon; a person who respects the rights of hunters to take animals for food,without having to cut out the mass of lead that fills the carcass after an AR-15. AK-47, or the like has cut it into hamburger.


The ratification is assured as the Liberals and Trudeau have invested so much political capital in the Paris accord that no counter-argument is going to make a difference.


How can people continue to vote for these same lawmakers who do things in secrecy away from the public view.  No tranparency means that things you might not like are going to be passed w/o public approval.  I am really disgusted when people complain about the lawmakers or the legislature when they continue to vote for the demos to be in office and run our state.  From the Governor to the Mayor to the composition of the City Council and State Legislature Hawaii is a closed society run by these liberals who do what they want an spend our monies freely knowing they can tax the citizenry anytime for more monies.  JUST PLAIN RIDICULOUS!!!!


It amazes me that there are still so many right-wingers supporting Trump.
You have to wonder if Trump was right when he said he could shoot someone in the street and not lose any supporters.
The wilfully blind people who still support him really were accurately described by Hillary.


We know we're headed for a Nuclear event, so we need to start building our military forces up.
So our cream of the crop young men and women can go give their lives for all the low life NO HOPERS OF AMERICA to lazy to work or serve their Country.
Like the crowed of no hopers around Beans Cafe awaiting their daily free meal given to them for free for doing nothing but trashing our streets.
How about those physically able be made to earn their daily meals by cleaning up trash on the streets to earn a free meal coupon for their work.
If they don't work they don't eat we tax payers deserve something in return for our money
Stolen from us who work,  for those who won't work.


The fact is Dragon is that the Jones act is part of our military industrial complex.  Do you even know what it does?  What its purpose is?  So the question can be do you support defending this country or don't you?  I think we spend way too much "defending" this country. I agreed with that retired military officer who called for reducing the military industrial complex by 40% which would result in a stronger military.


I get that she is a teacher and should be setting an example. Now let's put that aside for a moment.

Would you get fired from your job/occupation if it was a one time incident and you had the same conditions as her (treatment, etc). I doubt it.

Also if you have kids, would you be setting any different example?


Shame on both Murkowski and Sullivan.  You're now voting for Senator Clinton.   Shame.


Solid argument. LOL

Why don't you ISIS sympathizers host some somali refugees at your house then?

I see though that Christianity is the common enemy amongst left wing nuts and ISIS and that's why you defend them.

You should realize that  if they had their way, you'd be the first to die for your imbalanced progressive/moral relativistic views.


I agree. If you're a photographer at any event I'm sure you could find many ways to take pictures to misuse them to create hoopla.


It's time to admit that the green energy jobs, just like unicorns, did not magically appear in Ontario.

With crippling sub-sovereign debt overhang, some of the highest electricity rates in North America, increasing taxes (see cap & trade), and an economy partially held up by a housing bubble, there is little reason for optimism.

One of the principal architects of this failed plan in Ontario, Gerald Butts, is now a key adviser to our inexperienced figurehead PM, and we seem poised for similar wasted time and money at the federal level with limited economic benefits to show for it.


. . . about the very existence of the planet, but cares only about increasing his wealth and power . . . the earth and all its inhabitants be damned.  That's just plain goofy.  No credibility at all, these people.


Funny that speechifying about free speech was only available to high-dollar donation contributors in a place where the guy who considers himself a leader owns the hotel.  Bothersome and inappropriate?  Hell yes but that's the swamp that was voted in without a popular vote. Sad.


Sadly, what has happened is that comments on all sites have included so much bigotry and personal attacks and are so hard to moderate effectively that more and more sites close comments on many articles or simply don't allow comments at all. Then there!s the National Post that allows the most awful comments! The CBC site is now wildly unpredictable on when comments are allowed - today we can comment on Michael Enright's speculative and questionable article on Hillary Cinton's loss (lots of anti-Clinton rubbish there) but not on Jagmeet Singh's win. The Harper-appointed CBC Board seems determined to try to make the corporation as irrelevent as it can before their terms end. The Globe's current posting system is absurd - what it had before made far more sense.


A purposive interpretation of the five year limit would suggest that the notwithstanding clause can be reinvoked every five years indefinitely. The function of the clause is to give the legislatures and Parliament the last word on what constitutes an acceptable infringement of individual rights. The function of the five year limit is to ensure that an infringement does not remain on the books after the need for it has passed. The result is that the Saskatchewan legislature will have to look at this issue every five years to determine if the infringement is still needed. As long as the legislature believes the need remains, the legislature can reinvoke the notwithstanding clause every five years.


I can't believe it. A good column by Kiszla. I am not a fan of his takes, but credit where credit is due. Good job, Mark.


I think you might want to look at the definition of "yellow journalism" before you go on a rant like that.  This article and it's small-town newspaper tone is pretty much the opposite of yellow journalism. Besides, does a piece like this really benefit from quoting multiple politicians?  I don't think so.


It appears that you don't recognize that the United Nations has, in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and in the International Covenants on Human Rights, proclaimed and agreed that everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth therein, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status but instead want to support a racist Indian Act and oppressive reserve system instead of dismantling it like Beyak suggested.


how dare the president try to stifle free speech!   Why does he feel like he has to manufacture big controversies when there are so many real issues?


Most of the social and financial problems that we have in the USA stems from Federal ideas and laws. How about taking an old law off of the books when we enact a new one?


We use islands in the South Pacific to detain illegals in Australia. If they arrive unlawfully by boat then they are forever denied a visa. We've learnt the hard way. May I suggest Canada doesn't go down that road.


But they have 'choice"- not to buy health care- (specially when they are over 60 and it becomes very expensive. I suppose this is a sort of assisted suicide.

Thank you, Tommy Douglas.


Believe it or not, many Republican business owners make a lot of money off of the labor of illegal immigrants. Let's start with them.


Actually, pretty much all of America is screwed under Trumpcare. Oh, except for the ultra rich.


Whether or not they cross the border at an official crossing, they will still submit to the authorities because it's in their interests to do so.


There's only one female candidate and she's the most qualified


I have great empathy for those harmed by war. But this isn't about emotion; it's about the unjust torture and detention of a child soldier.


This is a classic example of propaganda. The media or movie producers create misleading stories that backs the the government's message. Trudeau's admiration  for dictatorships has progressed into implementation. Germany used to make movies like this during the war. Nice to see Trudeau take such an active roll spinning his sunny ways using our tax dollars.


I bet you liberals had a field day with Clinton!

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By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times - Thursday, October 13, 2016


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Neither will Bernard Law ever be able to return to the US.  I admire Francis tremendously but he really needs to put his money where his mouth is for any apology to be credible.


So?  I never claimed we should get rid of ALL restrictive federal rules. Nor do other Republicans.  You seem to be trying to prop up a straw man.

What I said was "A common (R) theme is less central government control over citizens and business".  Less doesn't mean all.  This is just one small rule that the elimination of moves in that direction.


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Pride can simply collapse if sufficient men simply don't participate.  We can dance and party elsewhere. Despite being called a community of racists, we are still expected to pay our money to support it. We can get along without Pride, because we  can create otehr events, like  the long missed Fetish Party, or GCDC events.   BLM and the angry women of community create nothing, They crush what we create to meet our need.  Do you remember the Pus-y Palace?  The truth of that event has yet to be told.


Uhmm.  I don't think Russia is our problem.  I'm pretty sure that it makes sense for Russia and the US to establish a closer relationship.  We both might need each other's help from this little problem called China.


This is the latest from the right-wing trolls: denying Bannon is a white supremacist.


I am much more concerned with figuring out how to deal with the Russian meddling in our election than I am in reading the tea leaves as to whether Trump's attempts to influence the investigation rose to the level of obstruction of justice (but it was good to hear that Mueller is actively investigating that and he will follow that to conclusion...so despite his tweets Trump is not "vindicated" yet). And if Flynn or any other American (yeah, sure, John McCain, even Hilary Clinton) colluded or collaborated they should be charged and tried for any applicable crimes.


Thank you for your non-reply.


Not disclosing members names, the names of the lay leadership and their responsibilities, the organizational structure, not to mention zero information on finances, how money is spent and invested is what is known as "secret."


I see this point raised by 2nd Amendment advocates often, that an AR-15, or any semi-automatic rifle with a magazine, is not an assault rifle. According to who? The NRA? Allowing them to define what constitutes an assault weapon is the equivalent of me defining myself as smart and handsome.

While you may not consider it an assault rifle by your strict definition, the widely accepted definition does.

Definition of assault rifle https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/assault%20rifle

:  any of various intermediate-range, magazine-fed military rifles (such as the AK-47) that can be set for automatic or semiautomatic fire; also :  a rifle that resembles a military assault rifle but is designed to allow only semiautomatic fire


If we cant increase GDP growth our debt will grow beyond any sustainable  level. No one in DC is willibg to tackle entitlemment spending and we cant raise net tax collection enough to close the gap-. ( LAFFER CURVE )


What a shock. He looks like a man of Muslim descent.
Shoot him in the liver and let him bleed out.


Finegold - Just another marxist whore?


A bit of irony (or is it pity?):   the pop-up ad I have on my computer between this editorial and the "Civil Commments" section below is an advertisement for usserviceanimals.org which appears to be one of  the many self-endowed clearinghouses of "certification" of various service/emotional support/therapy animals.

Selling the illusion of legitimacy, with a laminated card and a cute little vest...


Great timing.  This should bode well with NAFTA talks happening soon.


At least I'm not oblivious to reality.


Really, you don't have any human emotion? Your sympathy for a young man who died alone trying to keep warm has to be "drummed up"? I lose more hope for this country every day. I will sincerely pray for you and for the others who have been emboldened by this election to spread their hate and disdain for human life. Yeah, this guy was homeless, maybe he was on drugs, who knows what demons he had battled or succumbed to. He also was someone's little child once and he was a child of God. Shame on you.


Yes, exactly.  Provincialism and xenophobia most certainly out influenced any economic issue except perhaps in certain rust belt pockets.

It's time rural Americans also extended some understanding to the rest of America, especially Americans on both coasts who actually pay for the services the red states get from the Feds.  It's no accident that all the net taker States in terms of Fed dollars are all red.  A small thank you note from all those red states to all those blue states from all those big hearted rural folks would be a nice gesture.


Its not just mommy doctors and mommy business leaders and community members.  There are hudreds of thousands of great women that are part of families where men work and they run homes and care for families and try to help out the family business when they can. (often a thankless and much more difficult job!) Many  small businesses that support and employ many because a family member can stay home (maternity or paternity) or work part time. But please lets treat all women and men fairly. Nobody needs this class warfare and and certainly while protecting women in the small business world, men also need protection from this government. All small business owners and families deserve equal protection.


Disgustedworldwide!  Great handle for someone who obviously is a hater!   Shirley NEVER bargained shopped when it came to nutrition.  I happen to know for a fact that she spent $100's each week on the very best food for her dogs.   I am not an ignorant supporter, just someone who hates to see this sort of witch  hunt on someone.   Be nice and do everyone a favor and make sure all your facts a straight before you continue with your libel and slander.


Half a mile hike?  On no not a 15 minute walk.  I've walked further walking from the far end of the pepsi center parking lot to the door.  Events like this are something that many people want in Denver.  Outdoor music events like Jazz in the Park and other outdoor festivals are some of the most fun ways to spend a summer day.  The location is a little odd but at least someone is thinking outside the box to find new and exciting ways to utilize Denver's parks.

If this is a well run festival they'll be responsible for security, ambulance/ medical service and certainly cleaning up the park.

If you aren't interested in going to the festival than by all means stay home.  Non need to dictate what everyone else can and can't do.


How about 30% of EVERYTHING.


As the price at the pump rises yet again, more like humbug than anything merry for most.


The Jones Act provides good paying jobs as well as a safe reliable supply line in times of war and peace to the State of Hawaii and throughout the United States. It has been supported by every U.S. President since Woodrow Wilson including President Barrack Obama and current President Donald Trump. It is also necessary to national security. A domestic capability to produce and repair warships, support vessels, and commercial vessels is not only a strategic asset but also fundamental to national security.


No Don, not ad hominem.

“Ad hominem (Latin for "to the man" or "to the person"[1]), short for argumentum ad hominem, is a logical fallacy in which an argument is rebutted by attacking the character, motive, or other attribute of the person making the argument, or persons associated with the argument, rather than attacking the substance of the argument itself.[2]” - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hominem

I was not attacking your character or motive. I was pointing out that the substance of your comment was plagiarized. Your comment, consisting of 13 words, copied 10 of those words verbatim from the writing of Paul Simon. Without attribution. Plagiarism is stealing, Don. I try to point it out whenever I see it.

On the other hand Don, your reply to my comment was “ad hominem”. You completely ignored the substance of my comment (your plagiarism) and suggested that I had some ulterior motive for making the comment.


I wonder why people would want to keep the coverage that they had which was substandard. It's an odd thing to complain about: 'I'm so mad because I thought I would always get to keep substandard coverage!'

Yikes, who does that?!


Man!  The spell suggester sure hit your  post!

A couple of the schools I've gone through suggest that there  is 'an addictive personality type' and all of your examples are just different substances which may be abused by those 'types'.    My responses on this thread are intended to suggest that without the acceptance of personal responsibility by those 'addicted',  Tompaines attempt to 'blame' the providers is a waste of time.  I identified others  making money as suppliers and intend acontrast as to  how they are treated as opposed to the bartenders who Tompaine wants to vilify.


Does he?
He's over age 65, so the first $150,000 of the value of his home is exempt. People under 65 have to pay higher taxes so Paulie can enjoy this perk.


Yes, we do.  So let it go.  Sigh.


Faith,
If your description of the Huffington Post as the "Huffing Post", was deliberate and calculated then I have to say you show signs of acerbic wit.

Sadly, however, if fear that the word (sic) in brackets should have followed immediately.

Quoting other people's opinions does not necessarily strengthen your argument, it merely indicates an attempt at  "appeal to authority".


I laughed when I read your comment that section 7 is the "one section of the charter the progressive left detests."

So many decisions of the Supreme Court of Canada prove this wrong.  Just two examples that made right-wingers break out in spots are:

1.  Singh v. Minister of Employment and Immigration, 1985 - the one that held that "everyone" includes every human being who is physically present in Canada and therefore covered by Canadian law; and

2. Carter v. Canada, 2015 - the one that said those suffering intolerable pain had a right to physician-assisted dying.


18 months probation?  Does he understand why what he did was wrong ?


I miss Harper


Hopefully they'll continue on course to reduce carbon emissions.
Just because the USA heads in the wrong direction, doesn't mean that we have to follow them.


Notice no mention of the limited liability and what that means to Alaskans.


"The Second Amendment right to bear arms is to ensure that we always have a republic. And as with any constitutional provision in the Bill of Rights, there are adverse aspects to each of those rights that we enjoy as people. And what we just saw here is one of the bad side effects of someone not exercising those rights properly. But we're not going to get rid of freedom of speech because some people say some really ugly things that hurt other people's feelings. We're not going to get rid of Fourth Amendment search and seizure rights because it allows some criminals to go free who should be behind bars. These rights are there to protect Americans, and while each of them has a negative aspect to them, they are fundamental to our being the greatest nation in world history. " - Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) after getting shot at today.

Some folks get it.


Do you have some evidence of this claim?


It is not an accident that Canada has a rate that is 16 times higher than the UK and only half of the US of lethal encounters.
I see good intentions to lower this with little result however there must be a good reason why we are at these levels  What is it that the UK police force does different than our force. There is one statement the UK force has adopted that is their main guidance. The PEELIAN PRINCIPLES" the intent to have as low as possible lethal violence as possible in any occasion.  No guns are carried only by special police forces.
Police forces are rarely killed on duty. There is something structurally wrong with our police force and until this is not worked out the lethal incidents will continue.


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Thank you for that link.  It had not previously sunk into my obviously confused brain that Palestine as a "nation", at least the huge West Bank,  is a group of disconnected enclaves.  It appears the only contiguous land in which a state could be formed based on the wishes of a majority of the people is the Gaza Strip.   The Oslo Accords did not make a Palestinian state possible - perhaps it made possible disconnected city states with local popularly elected government - but not a national government.

I do not see peace coming out of the moves by the Trump Administration - and fear fodder for those prone to violence in a Middle East that is already in turmoil.


How is it that this guy gets paid to write?


Yeah, just like the old Soviet Union. But, wait! Hasn't Pretty Boy expressed an admiration for both Fidel and the Chinese Communists?


Another question for the CB editorial board - Are you inferring that those who oppose making Hawaii a sanctuary state are "xenophobic", "racist" and "hate-mogering nativists" lacking in compassion?

Could those opposing a sanctuary state merely be realists exercising discriminating intelligence that recognizes the limits of our state and the inability to presently solve our own citizen's problems of homelessness, inflating health care costs, and a general lack of social security?

Would you also comment of the historical record of over a thousand year history of a contentious and often violent relationship between Islam and Christianity that appears to worsening after a 25 year bombing campaign and undeclared war with Muslims?

Questions that need answers from the CB editorial board!


Trump just did what he always does. He partnered with Putin to achieve his goal of being elected.  Once achieved, he uses Putin to burnish his claims of being 'tough on Russia'.  In reality he has no principles and will use anyone if it will further his personal goals.


It's called climate change, not weather change. And yes, scientists know what the weather was like thousands, if not millions, of years ago by ice samples. And yes, if you believe the world is 6000 years old, well, you can believe whatever you want. Science is fact, however, and not belief; whether you believe it as fact is irrelevant. Keep your head in the sand.


Their human rights abuses are legendary and ongoing. The executions record breaking. Workers rights...not many. Trudeau has tried to bring it up with Chinese leaders as have other Canadian Prime Ministers. They've all been told to mind their own business. I'd call that a reason for at least going slow with China. Wouldn't you?


Hubby loved it! I added some more butter to the sauce and left out the dried fruit. I'll be making this again!


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I don't think I do.


If driving an Isuzu, it won't go too far, LOL!


NAFTA is not killing us. Rich business people are killing us! Blame them for moving their cheap labour across the world so they could have bigger houses, fancier cars, charity foundations! How many millions is enough for a millionaire?? The wage gap between owner and employee has become deplorable.


You saw a rioter, prepared with a gas mask so he could #resist. He was ordered back and resisted. Am attempt was made to disperse the crowd with non lethal tear gas. He resisted. The he got nailed in the batteries with a pepper ball (misidentified as a rubber bullet). He didn't resist.  He thought that he was prepared for war, but forgot his cup.

The Phoenix police did what the Charlottesville police could not do,  they prevented antifa from violently engaging a group of people.

Nice shot, man.


LOL...nice anti Trump/Sessions/American screed.  Apparently, Waldman doesn't comprehend the REASON we have a government is to PROTECT our citizens.  That's #1. We're NOT here as a country to see how many illegal aliens, or even legal immigrants we can take in in a year's time.  We have ENOUGH problems of our own.  Unemployment, burgeoning welfare and food stamp rolls, etc.  The cost of education and healthcare keep going up, as schools MUST take illegals, and hospitals MUST take illegals.  They are educated and treated at the expense of the American taxpayer and worker.  How about we take care of OUR OWN people first!  Consideration of illegal aliens should ONLY top one list, and that is enforcement of our current immigration laws.  We have a huge national debt, not even CONSIDERING the unfunded liabilities the feds have created.  It's time we took care of ourselves!  Common sense SHOULD prevail!


a medical examiner can say alcohol is cause of death in a traffic accident?  the immediate cause of death was blunt force chest  trauma, however, there is a huge mitigating factor in that the blood alcohol level was such that it is determined to imped a driver's a ability to drive. not a huge leap of logic to conclude he was impeded by alcohol, which caused a poorer performance, and he did drive into on-coming traffic. I don't see how she can have a case.  the guy was drunk, swerved into the on-coming lane and hit another rig head on.  maybe it was exact timing of a rogue tire but the police or other people in the crash didn't mention it.  I feel for the widow on lots of levels.  she suffered a huge loss


Its awful, but I'm not surprised. Makes me wonder just how much of our information is bought by big industries...


Trudeau won't do it, because no one in Canada will want that.  Well, maybe you do.  Work for a Boeing supplier, maybe?


Seriously? Brother Leo?


First, Charles suggested Compromise is not very Grand.
Second, I am the person who suggested a "Grand Compromise" in the first place many moons ago and Charles is stealing my idea.
Third, any broad based tax will be subject to a lawsuit as long as the PFD is maintained. There are numerous grounds to do so including for example taxing a non-resident while paying residents a Dividend. There are also State Constitutional reasons that I have outlined previously.
The real Grand Compromise is to suspend the Dividend after this year, pay a final full $2000 Dividend this year, and start a very modest Income tax next year of 5% of federal 1040 line 43 taxable income. This tax will only affect 50% of Alaskans who now pay federal income tax. It would amount to approximately 1% of the average taxpayers income. The first tax payment would not be due until 2019.
This is a balanced and fair approach and will logically balance our State budget.


Home prices are insane. My neighbor just sold his 3 bedroom DUMP for $315K. It's been a blight on the street for a decade. It's not worth half that. This is a neighborhood full of cops, firefighters and 'very' small business owners. The cost makes absolutely no sense. This is suburbia not trendy midtown. Everyone is worried that when our old neighbors die their houses are going to get rented out room by room by property management companies to drug dealers and college kids. Not that we're anywhere near DU or CUD.


Speak all you want. But it isn't a one way street. Pence has the same right to express his opinion also!


Somehow Cory Gardner was able to stay on the fence through this whole thing. He could write a book: Survival Skills for an Empty Suit


The "enter" key is your best friend when left unmolested. Try to resist the urge to abuse it.


Tender ones...


Don't think it's negativity to point out the brutality, inhumanity, and cruelty in the beating of another human being to satisfy the blood lust of all the Neanderthals and exploitation of young women to do so in a minor league setup in a third world country. For SA to further promote this bloodshed all the while claiming they're proactive about being concerned about sports injuries, particularly concussion, is height of hypocrisy. What's really sad though are people like you who can't see the


Mandering, roger that! At 68 years old, I'm STILL a recovering catholic and will be be until I croak.


Fee for service has it's problems but service is not one of the problems. Putting Doctors on salary sounds great until they start working like salaried employees. Suddenly docs seeing 25-40 patient in a day will see 15-20 in a day.

It's called human nature.


Except what is left behind is usually chaos and bloodshed...followed by another dictator.


Based on its death toll last century (Mao & Stalin top two killers in human history, never mind Khymer Rouge and more) I think most of us get what communism is about.


"Sometimes the best social changes happen when things are under assault. That's when revolutions happen, when people are alert and listening."

Which explains why so many Americans voted for Donald Trump last election.


Adding people to an area who are not in cars is the opposite of being like Texas. If Lee Darling had ever lived in Texas, he would know that.

I am more than a bit appalled that so many people prioritize the speed of cars over the lives of people. It appears that Mr. Darling and many others are worried that adding more people to the area around the UO campus, which just happens to be the destination that draws the largest number of people per day hereabouts, might cause traffic to slow down to the speed limit. Oh the horror.

If such folks stepped back just a bit, they might realize that most of the people who will live in this building will be traveling to the UO most days. Do you want them driving in from ten miles away? Will that relieve your traffic concerns, or would you then complain all the more about traffic?


I'm just happy that you finally used a statistic that you didn't create out of thin air!


huh, well, then just imagine how people feel who don't hold all the institutional power in the country.


comedy. Obama has dealt with single digit unemployment, historic low interest rates, and nonexistent inflation whereas Reagan dealt with double digit unemployment, double digit interest rates to combat runaway double digit inflation, and like a parrot your claim this is the worst economy since the great depression. Stop being a tool. as for Ronnie destroying unions, he enforced FEDERAL LAW when the air traffic controllers illegally went on strike, that a tool like you claims this destroyed the unions is laughable.


Walker is simply paying off his debits, to those who helped him into office.  I give all of Walker's supporters credit for having the sense to decide on their real priorities, and acting accordingly.  Now, if Walker will only put Alaska's people a little higher on his list of priorities.  A little higher than his gas line, maybe?  "Let It Go, Let It Go, Let It Go!"  As in "Frozen".


What a load. He must think he's speaking to illiterate Trump Chumps.  Oh yes, any line of communication is great. The law disagrees, General.  And what about Kushner's lies?  Explain that away in a way that is believable. Trump taints everything and everyone he touches.  Makes my skin crawl, as does Kelly.
None of Trump's administration and picks - not a one - has any ethical constraints or credibility. bunch of liars like their boss. Thoroughly disgusting.


Story's a tougher call only because he's the only true SS on the 40-man roster, and because SS is much more of a defense-first position. Cargo's played a very good RF this season, but it doesn't make up for his awful hitting. Story's defense doesn't either, but I can understand having a greater fear of a big defensive dropoff at that position.


Not me!


Like the kid that was 17 and so stoned that he drove his vehicle thru the Taco Bell in Eagle River and didn't even realize it, he kept trying to back up, and told the cops that he was really stoned.??


I'd suggest that you read the G&M piece again. It states:
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"How did we get here? The short answer is that a series of policy decisions – most significantly, upgrading infrastructure and signing fixed 20-year deals with private companies to produce electricity – have increased prices over the past decade."
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Ontario like Hawaii is run by politicians with no practical business experience. Hawaii has signed agreements with various companies for energy provision, some now in bankruptcy others on the auction block. As stated in the HECO plan Hawaii will now embark on significantly upgrading the infrastructure. Post card from the future, Eh?


... I think you are misunderstanding myself : Trump wants to get richer via his Presidency.  Trump supports/Republicans in general, are boot lickers of the rich.  Real simple.


So have your heart attack someplace else


Poor poor Larry Martin has his panties in a knot.  Trump won fair and square, deal with it.  Your head will probably explode when he wins a second term


how badly did the Front Office treat Stoler? They gave him a full game to showcase his talents along with significant preseason game time. They could have not given him any chance. In fact the only reason, he's with the Vikings is probably because of the Broncos allowing him to play. He was an undrafted Free Agent. He did EXACTLY what everyone complain that Brock did. He took the most money for a different team.


Maybe they should test for a Marxist gene - completely unrelated to intellligence - and thus eliminate a variable  .-)


Wrong - Hawaii is a state, Puerto Rico isn't.


Start at 18 + work for 30 + get paid for 60 more = 108 (18+30+60=108)

But people really liked your post even though it was the one based on bad math...


Every game is going to come down to the fourth quarter-Shane Ray. He needs to be placed in the concussion protocol. Last week's game didn't even make it to halftime.


Two benefits for the supporters: they can feel good about having helped a person they thought was in dire need; these same people now have learned a powerful life lesson about gullibility and human greed and amorality. A twofer!


The democrats flip flopping is no surprise at all.  It fits their socialist/communist agenda.


Fashion is mirroring the new fearfulness of women in Europe since the mass influx of asylum seekers in 2015. Women in Europe are covering up like I have never seen before.


I'm waiting to hear this one blamed on global warming or climate change!


The operative word is history.  How long is this going to be used as an excuse for contemporary grievances?


Great point! That darn Obama, he granted amnesty to 3,000,000 illegal immigrants, banned assault weapons and secretly funded Iran against the law of the land! Oh wait, my mistake, that was Reagan.


Captivity is defined as the state or period of being held, imprisoned, enslaved, or confined. Anyone who is a proponent for captivity should confine themselves indefinitely to their bedroom and see how quickly psychosis sets in. These animals suffer from loneliness, boredom and frustration and should not be held for human amusement. Period.


We already collect something from them. Tourists who visit Anchorage are subject to a 12% bed tax, an 8% car rental tax, and a $34.50 cruise passenger tax.


Starting to get boring now.


Dems have not realized they are their own worst enemy.  All that is on the msm is russia, russia, russia.  They can't see the forest for the trees.  They also can't understand what an election is all about- citizens of Georgia have voted and they chose Handle.  I guess they also don't understand that the way they are acting is only hurting them in the long run - protesting violently, rioting, shutting down speeches,  and MURDER is NOT helping their cause.  They have no one to blame for loss after loss but themselves.  They have no leader, no message, no platform except negative, bombastic rhetoric and it is getting very, very old.


where from L Michigan Lake Ontario how about Erie.


Garbage. What clear,verifiable evidence do you have to make such an outrageous claim? In short there is no problem other than the one your ignorance is desperately trying to make.  The guy in Ottawa was a nutter who used his religion and faith to justify hurting people. His family disowned him. To characterize him as a "radical Islamist' is to lie about what really happened.

You know like 'radical Christian' Timothy Mcveigh when he bombed Oklahoma building in US killing 197 people . I'm so sick of extreme Christians, Jews and Muslims pulling the rest of us into this violent nonsense.


"You were talking about integrity, but you have none. Hilarious!"

Very telling that you felt the need to personally attack me, when I haven't attacked you.


I'll vote for him before I'll ever vote for any Conservative.


It's slowly beginning to resemble Russia down there.

Nobody who does not have truly urgent family or business affairs to attend to in person should make any attempt to enter the USA for the foreseeable future. No vacations, no casual visits, no cross-border shopping, no conferences, nothing.

The chances of being turned back for no discernible reason than one is an alien are increasing.

Just don't risk it.


The brilliance of the Founding Fathers recognized that the country and the Courts could and should over time interpret the language of the Constitution in changing times and circumstances. Hence, over time, we saw the promulgation of the Bill of Rights and amendments to the Constitution. I suspect the Fathers would be delighted that over the last 250 plus years their vision would play out in reality. Strict, literal constructs of both the Constitution, and the Bible for that matter, I submit goes against the intent of the Founding Fathers.


"Asymptomatic" is not the same as "immunity".  Ebola wasn't a problem--until it was.

I'm curious: are your feet wet?  Do you see pyramids in the distance?  'Cause you're DEEP in DeNile.


Do you have any evidence for any of your claims?


That will cost all them their campaign including Jaci Augustin's. I can almost guarantee it!  Shame on the Republican Party!!


Speaking of Blue line. Blues blow another one.


No thos you don't get it. The idiot is in over his head with problems home here and he's giving advice to our British cousins.? OMG we need a calm, cool and confident leader who people can rely on and trust. Not a twitter happy fool who always seems to be in a state of emotional distress. You need to look at the reactions because you re definitely in the minority and more of a joke.


I believe Gorsuch will have some interesting things to say on the Corporate Citizenship issue should the matter return to SCOTUS.


And the Republicans offer what?


Thank you for your input. You are wrong on all Re Rep. Gardner. Best to you and these views.


" A strident group of anti-Muslim activists have been waging a noisy campaign to end Muslim prayer at schools in a big district near Toronto"

Aren't secular schools suppose to be secular, non-religious?

Christian prayers were banned from Public School Boards because they would violate the secular nature of Public Boards.

Why the exception for Muslims?

Why does equality for all become, somehow, anti-Muslim?

Everyone is equal except some are more equal than others?


Sounds like Mr. Scaramucci has the President's ear.  They needed (1) a scapegoat; (2) send a warning to leakers (3) stability.  So given the legislative struggles Mr. Priebus seemed to be the obvious guy to throw overboard.  He was of course "establishment" but giving him the ax only serves to alienate the "establishment" guys who run the Senate.  Let's assume for a moment that Mr. Priebus did leak to the press, is he responsible for the torrent of leaks coming from the White House?  Of course not, will it stop others from leaking?  Time will tell, but why would it?  Gen. Kelly seems like a good guy, but how do you reconcile a Chief Of Staff who is on the record saying Russia did meddle in our election to help the President with a President who thinks otherwise?  Further the President's current fave (Scaramucci) is the kind of guy the General would loathe, a loud mouth who wants to draw attention to himself.  I don't know what the future holds, but it will be interersting.


More of Anchorage's finest.


Leaving Khadr to rot in Guantanamo was not negligence; it was deliberate, calculated wrongdoing.


Do you honestly think this rail will still be standing in10, 20, 30 years?  I think with the quality control being used for this fiasco, it might still be here in 5 years.  But I doubt the train will still be running then!


Wrong.
The Family Compact style conservative elites are clearly in charge.


Hey I don't like Trudeau either but this is right wing nonsense. Its not hard to understand its just you don't want to. After  Harper at least the liberals are engaging. They are doing a crappy job but at least they are in the game. Harper wasn't even on the ice.


Wow, L.B, for 25 years I've been a frequent

customer at Title Wave but, miraculously,

I've never met any "smug workers" there.


Just stop giving her stuff if it bothers you that much, life is too short for this.


It isn't just me and my weapon.
The problem was also included in one of the Jack Reacher novels as a story-line device.
And a  new spring is pretty cheap!


LOL, this treaty has all the optics of unarmed neighbors bringing a piece of paper to a gunfight.

If the nations with nukes refuse to disarm, what's the UN gonna do, send them a nasty letter?


Its the left's insistence that they control what my child is taught in school is what is driving him.   And I agree with him.  I want opt in, not opt out.  Opt in means if the school isn't vocal and keeps quite they can teach sex ed in a way that undermines some parents values.


I suggest that you read up a bit on the history. There is a mnemonic about the fates of Henry VI's wives: "Divorced, beheaded, died. Divorced, beheaded, survived." Henry VIII beheaded two of his wives, Anne Boleyn (on trumped-up charges) and Catherine Howard (on quite legitimate charges -- adultery by the queen was treason under the statute). Of the others, two were divorced (one for non-consumation), one died in childbirth and the sixth outlived him.

Henry actually had solid grounds for an annulment. His father, Henry VII, arranged a marriage between his eldest son, Arthur, and Catherine of Aragon. A few months afterwards, Arthur died. The king wanted to keep the Catherine's dowry (over a million in today's currency, which would have had to be repaid out of the Privy Purse). So he decided to marry his second son, Henry, to Catherine. There was a problem: Under Church marriage law, one cannot marry one's deceased spouse's sibling.


I don't recall attending or leading a prayer breakfast being mentioned as one of the duties of the president of the United States, as mentioned in Article II of the Constitution of the United States. Nor is it mentioned in any statute passed by Congress.
It wouldn't bother me if a president of the United States, Democratic, Republican, Green, Libertarian, or other, never attended a prayer breakfast. The president is the leader of a secular government.
It shouldn't matter if a president of the United States never entered a house of worship during his or her term of office, or entered once a year, or weekly. It is immaterial and irrelevant.


His new bank account is denominated in Rubles.


…when you reached the position to work that day?
That's what you call sitting down, eh?


In the meantime, the US Treasury Dept is printing $1.5 billion a day to cover our expenses.  Like Trump said we can't go broke, we print the money.  Funny how other nations accept our fiat currency with no real backing except a promise that it will buy goods.  It is a crazy system that somehow continues to function.  However, every empire that has gone to this kind of system has eventually failed.  In the meantime, be happy, spend money like it grows on trees, and don't worry.


Does Pfizer, wait for it, recruit teenage girls to sell their drugs?  No.
Are Pfizer's drugs, wait for it, sold by them 1) directly to the general public and 2) to people without a prescription?  No.
Do Pfizer's executives, wait for it, most likely know the difference between "you're" and "your" and when to use them?  I'm guessing they do.


Let's put it in the drinking fountains at Denver Water.


no need to insult Trump by comparing him to Justin.


love your deflections but I notice you didn't answer the question.  Why is this?  In case you are too lazy to look up, I asked what religious belief is being violated?  Can you answer?  Or more deflections?  lol

And what attack are you specifically referring to?  Seems like you on the right are extremly sensitive.


Out of curiosity is there a religion that espouses euthanasia?  Their house of worship be a fascinating edifice.


Trump said, "if countries are going to have nukes, we're going to be at the top of the pack."
What purpose is there for that when we've already reached the point where we can nuke the entire world more than twice?  The only one I can think of is blatant political rhetoric, aka a personal e-peen issue.

I can just see the situation in the WH.
T: "They've got more than we do."
M: "We've got better, smarter weapons."
T: "But it isn't enough."
M: "It is more than enough to nuke everyone on Earth.  Twice in case the first one missed."
T: "We are going to at the top of the pack!"
M (muttering): "Maybe someone forgot to take their medication this morning."


Yes, but Obamacare was the last nail in the coffin.


I actually think this is a good idea. It's time America stop viewing historical figures as one-dimensional heroes/villains, and understand the context of the time in which they lived. I am against the removal of the Confederate monuments, just as I think it's a bad idea to get rid of monuments to Union generals and soldiers--after all, some of them went on to the wars with the plains tribes. I wouldn't dream of demanding that a Native American tribe remove a monument to Crazy Horse simply because he killed a lot of settlers and cavalry troops. The tribes had many great leaders, who deserve recognition and a place in our history.


The policy decisions aren't truly THEIRS--rather those of the 2% of our population that owns 96% of the wealth, because that's who O'bomba, Killary and Trumpy Horror truly serve--and EXCLUSIVELY.  The first didn't deviate ONE INCH from the hideously destructive path of his predecessor and has 'led' us to the very outskirts of hell.  The second has for years repeatedly declared she'd deploy thermonuclear weapons the second her Zionist masters told her to.  And the last is, I suspect, merely an experiment to see how far toward open fascism we can be pushed without resisting.  And it's not looking good here, folks.  Relaxing contraindicated.

"The generation that ignored history has no past--and no future."--R. A. Heinlein


So did he have to donate 1500 to the Liberals to meet Trudeau?


Please don't confuse the trolls with reality.  They can't handle it.


WelfareState, Corporate Edition, I came to Alaska and invested in the 1983 State Cook Inlet oil and gas lease sale and won my first oil lease. Since 1983 we have spent millions of dollars in Alaska with the state and local Alaska business owners and never took one penny from the state or anyone in Alaska.

I have never "whined about wanting more money but be clear we do spend our risk money in Alaska, I can give a long list of Alaskans we spend money with for the work they do that helps us make Alaska more productive! You are being abusive with your reference "carpetbaggers"!

I want the abusiveness of some to stop and that is why I feel Alaskans should control the land and the money not controlled by bad people that abuse people, ok?

I add value to the Alaska business community but some want to stop investment in the state, why?

I helped cause over 4 million barrels of oil to be produced from a old abandoned discovery at Redoubt, 25% of this oil money goes into the Permanent Fund!


Too bad he could not wait another day before issuing this episcopal exhortation; the who's who on the list of new cardinals indicates our hero is unlikely to ascend beyond the Portland diocese during the current pontificate.


can't trust any poll results or pollsters anymore.  ask on your street and see if anyone agrees.  just another tax on the working class.  oh yeah and phasing out coal plants didnt solve smog days,  it was the industries fleeing ontario using free trade for personal greed that solved that problem


Jerry, you are very ill informed.  Is it the retiree's fault that we are in the position the state is in now?  I don't believe so.  Current and past legislators and governors have legislated this state into the current financial crises.


This is not quite that simple China has a corruption problem . If Canada is seen as a safe haven to escape to, do we want corrupt Chinese officials running away to come and buy up Canadian real estate and enjoy a comfortable life here?


This puts a whole new doubt as to who released the DHC files to Wickileaks. Or perhaps that KGB lives in Langley.


Melodic also has a 2002 conviction for theft. Unclear if she was incarcerated.


I notice that only the Frontiersman and the Juneau Empire posted this article: http://www.frontiersman.com/opinions/spectrum/alaskan-looks-to-nobel-laureate-for-views-on-permanent-fund/article_e45f1dce-3ce2-11e6-8e43-6783773ae7c8.html - it's from Dr. Smith (Nobel Laureate Economist) and is similar to Dr. Goldsmith's view of the Permanent Fund restructuring.  Both of them were ISER economists. Most people have figured out that the we are capable of planning for the 'crisis' in other ways.  Primarily, downsizing government.


Pack of anti American racists. End the DemoRats subversion of the Constitution, if an Indian can have a casino so can a white man. Except in America.


I am so shocked to think Senator Murkowski pledges allegiance to teachers unions over personal liberty. Stunned.


Agreed. A week 5 regular season game doesn't come close to the worst moments in Broncos history, but the Jaguars game...that hurt. Mainly because I was of the opinion that the '96 Broncos were the best team in the league and were Super Bowl bound.
The Little Guy


I trust that Mantashe washed his hands after shaking the hand of Zuma as he may have contracted a looting virus.


I think if we really want to end racism we must acknowledge the totality of the impacts of white racism in all the conflicts in this country. Racism is ingrained in virtually every institution in this country. Most white folks are unaware of what benefits they get that the rest of us don't. That didn't happen naturally. It has all been intentional at one level or another. For example, the war on drugs has racist roots that are still effecting us. Pot, opium, and coke were all preferred drugs of minorities. The one time the government tried to ban the drug of choice for white men, alcohol, white thugs invented the drive by shooting. Alcohol was made legal to solve the problem. Mass incarceration was the solution for the minorities. In fact, today we now have the most citizens incarcerated of any country on the planet with just 5% of the world's population. Even Russia and China have fewer prisoners than we do.


I would have a comment on this China story but the Globe and Mail is about to suspend my account due to disagreement on stated policies which goes against my beliefs on free speech.

It's they're boat so I willingly leave. I just think it really says something about freedom of expression in Canada.

-Geoff


CNN released an article last night by Nick Dowling (former director on the National Security Council staff) and David Handley  (former senior British government official and expert on intelligence and national security) vouching for Steele's integrity, ability and reputation in the intelligence community.
But please G&M, tell us again how the release of this dossier is just "Click Bait"


I believe under the new law, the respective parties can close their primary if they choose to do so.  THAT was the whole point of vote by the Republican Party.


Trump Aide’s Deal With Chinese Firm Raises Fear of Tangled Interests
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https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/31/us/anthony-scaramucci-business-white-house.html


He can always take his money and give it to Stanford.   He's done that at least twice before.  Or he can give it to OHSU like he did with his cancer research money.


My poor,under performing BCE is up a grand total of  0.6% since I bought it ? 6 weeks ago...
Since I remain 50% in cash that's OK...but its dismal performance underscores the rotational selloff that Rick is so ardently denying.
Ditto for Telus,Hydro,Emera,NPI etc etc etc.

I see JH today (re)preaching the dividend gossip .....but this sector IS under performing ++
In fact...,not IMO


The potential punishment for tjis guy is understandable. Bit the Aladka legal propaganda isnt realistic except to assure cortectional officers have a job at the victims expense. May I ask just exactly how is this guy going to pay back all of this money if he is in jail for 20 years? Maybe the state will seize his jail wages of 10 cents an hour? The court needs to empathetically find a method of punishment that affords this man to pay the money back such as work release where us wages can be seized for repayment.


CTV is free to show whatever ads they want on CTV.  They should not be able to overwrite the broadcast on Fox, CBS or NBC.  Consumers pay for those channels and we expect to see those channels.  If I want to see the Canadian commercials I'll watch on CTV.


Don't know about that.  I think many don't think about the debt.  But they would about cuts that affect them.  Which is why Mr Trudeau is so loved.

I recall a question posed by a prev PC premier.  So what service that YOU use that you are willing to cut?  All of us are happy if something we do not use gets cut.


Wait - before the election when she thought she'd win, didn't Hillary say something to the effect that not accepting the election results would be a threat to our Democracy?  I wonder what happened to change her mind 180-degrees on this issue ...


Yes Europe is such a progressive paradise, having police in military gear patrolling the streets and terrorist attacks on a weekly basis killing innocent civilians including children via beheadings, bombs,  gunfire and plowing into crowds with vehicles. Hmmm when was the last time we had a terrorist attack resembling anything like that in Canada? Or police in the streets with machine guns like in Europe? Canada is one of the greatest countries in the world and as a Canadian I'd like to keep it that way thank you very much. Perhaps you can move to Europe since you admire it so much and enjoy their progressive society, just please remeber to be mindful of trucks heading your way.


Reason predates “modern science”. Observation and experiment would be considered useless were it not for the idea that something exists outside our minds - philosophy - that we can deduce certain things about it by observation - philosophy - and that the world operates by rules inherent in its nature which makes experiments repeatable and therefore useful - philosophy.

Without philosophy there would be no science and men would believe in magic.

Ditto to your “none of it is true”.

And so we see, once again, that LifeoftheLay called it correctly.


Desperate?  Hardly.   WE  have the White House, the House of Representatives, the Senate, we also have more governors, and state representatives than the Dimm's........so...........who's really desperate?  You got it, THE DIMM'S.


News flash for you Margaret - the debacles in Ontario began when it first elected Dalton "I won't raise your taxes" McGuilty.


Hydrogen…you're beginning to sound like Walker with your HVDC fantasy.


At least Dolan was able to give his blessing. Having to look up to Dolan was both odd and sad at the same time. Neither Dolan or Trump are inspirational to me. Hard to believe their inflated egos fit on the stage at the same time.