They want to stop fish collection for aquariums.  Why?  Obama stopped a lot of fishing in his so-called national monument.  There has to be an end to this.


Might be a nation wide; Breaking News,  Milwaukee Police Officer ambushed while in his car.  http://www.tmj4.com/news/local-news/milwaukee-police-officer-shot-suspect-dead-following-altercation


"Treyvon" I'll leave this here.


You know, I have seen a lot more stories about U.S. Congressman misbehaving in public bathrooms then transgender people.  Perhaps they should be the subject of such an ordinance.


Is it me or has the State govt started sounding like an episode of Dallas? O_o


The fact that drugs killed Prince has nothing to do with the fact that he was a musical genius, and not because of his skin color you racist, small minded, little pustule. Do you have any idea how many people across all walks of life have died because of prescription drugs? Look it up if care to know what you're talking about; its way more than illicit drugs kill.

If you want to count world class musicians who died from drugs, you're going to be at it awhile, but that doesn't diminish their talents. Either way, I can guarantee Prince did more, and gave more in his life than you, even if you hang on to your life long past any kind of real usefulness. By far.

Now straighten out your wig, racist dude, put your lipstick on, and get your sorry racist butt out to the cowboy bar, and shake that thang.


It would be very difficult to use the ACA to create Medicare-for-all because the ACA relies on private insurance companies. The ACA was a step toward universal health care. Medicare-for-all is the next step.


I agree with your frustration, as your words seem to express, about the enormity of the oil business in all of our lives. I challenge you to touch one thing in your home that does not have the petroleum fingerprint on it. Oil is woven into everything of modern lifestyles. It's not going to go away and if it did we'd be tossed back into the times of using animals to replace what oil does for society.


Insurgent organizations need money to grow. Once they succeed in this objective, they attract leadership more interested in the cash than the truth of the cause although they always claim to be following their founding principles. Some earlier examples include the Catholic Church, the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Irish Republican Army.


You obviously don't know what fascism means.


I'm telling you:  They'll use any excuse to fire their weapons.


Capping the Permanent Fund Dividend only impacts Alaskans, but a personal income tax would make non-resident workers in Alaska share in some of the burden of balancing our budget. Non-residents use infrastructure too.


The Conservatives are now in majority territory according to this latest poll.  This is the first time they have been ahead in the polls in 1 1/2 years.  Liberal support in Ontario has taken a huge drop and they are now in second place.  This would indicate that the honeymoon is finally over.

http://poll.forumresearch.com/data/6cb8cad6-0a20-45ab-82f1-3b83292cf079FED%20horserace.pdf


Congratulations on your excellent letter to Congressman Reichert.  I hope he takes your good words seriously.


he has my Vote
 SOON AS HE FINISHES
       THE ART OF THE DEAL
THE POLITICIANS BIBLE


You will eternally burn in hell.


Its probably changed since I was a kid idk. The schools in that area had a lot of wannabe gang bangers and dumb hicks when i attended. My kid is in the 4j district and will be going to another district once its time for middle school.
North also needs to be updated a bit.


You are confirming my statement that you have no sense if humor. Also, that you skin is as thin as Trump's.


'ANC  members of parliament are an advanced  cadreship (???)  of the ANC....
As activists,  we will not be part of actions that will bring our country to a brink of collapse'.
Never mind,   Mr Mthembu,  you're doing that very well indeed,  all by yourselves.


Public schools have students on average for 6.5 hours a day, 180 days a year.  That is less than 1/3 of the day; yet once again the trolls hold teachers and institutions responsible for the outcome.  No one wants to examine the influence of screen time replacing actual reading.  No one wants to examine the influence of hunger.

Usually, with more detailed examination, the same people who scream about the concept of Common Core are the same geniuses who want public money poured into their private, parochial pet project.  That way the "education consultants", retired military who received "public administration" degrees on the taxpayer dime and those who may have been gently helped out of their teaching professions can still collect a salary on house-of-cards voucher fed experiments.  Hey that way their church/slash voucher school can get a new wing.


With every passing day it becomes clearer and clearer that the Liberal party needs to be declared a criminal organization.  "Slimy" doesn't even begin to describe their antics.


It's both.  Also Pearl and Willamette.  It takes up an entire block.


LittleBear, it is more of that ugly innuendo and guilt by association and the incredible fear that causes people to throw stones to stop the wind.

I am really sad to see another bishop giving in to fear mongers and tattle tales and those who refuse to see the good that is also there with Girl Scouts, LGBT people, those who disagree with them but still love God and neighbor.

When will there be a bishop who tells one of these people to tend to their own hearts and souls - and maybe get a little psychological help?  What the bishops do in heeding this kind of hatefulness is assure the divisiveness grows, building walls that divide rather than paths that unite.

Bishops who think "The Christian believer is a simple person" treat grownups like children, don't challenge them to grow up, and so what they get is childish adults.  Go throw stones at the wind along with the children, bish; see if you can stop it.

Not preaching at you, LittleBear, just took the opportunity you provided.


Man that could cost them like three hundred dollars!  Bold move AT&T.


I like my 278 HP V6 Accord and I am not going down in horsepower.  Time to look at something else.


I was thinking the same thing.  Hawaii is not exactly Trump's favorite state at the moment.


So your comments are not directed at me? Confusing. Africanization refers to an ideology that failed, you chose to couple it to a race. Which confirm my contention that your thin comparison with CT is directed to change the ANC corruption and incompetence into a race issue. Effectively you defend the ANC by saying anybody attacking it is a racist. To try and strengthen your argument you seek to invoke one instance in CT with very little resemblence to the instance of blatant corruption in Durban. And somehow you equate me as being some DA lackay, which you now seem to justify by some irrational reference to FB. On top of that you somehow find it apt to lecture me on the contents of my comment relating to MTN. As I read the article MTN is the party who spilled the beans. Not that I would hold it past them that they were aware of something fishy going on here. The main culprit from a taxpayers view and advocate for clean government remains public officials.


lol My buddy suggested we just use English :D


What you were implying is that they are high crime because they are Democrat strongholds.....and, now that you have been debunked (once again....are you even trying anymore?), you're changing your tune.


POTUS has nothing to do with the global commodity price of oil.  The oil price and related revenue that flows to the State of Alaska coffers has NOTHING to do with POTUS.  So what happens in the Alaska economy due to oil is due to the global price of oil.


what Emily explained I'm alarmed that any body able to profit $4498 in one
month on the internet. you can look here<<<<<---------->>>>>  http://www.jobpro22.com


Please do quit. Both you and Trump......


Build a wall.


No need to worry. Medical marijuana cures everything including pesticide poisoning. Guy down the street is hoping it will cure his flat feet.


I really enjoyed this segment and it was very informative and interesting to me.  I purchased my first stock 15 years ago but I still regard myself as a beginner eager to soak up new concepts and investment ideas.


they are NOT ideologues, they are arrogant self taught amateur yahoos.


MSB 23.05.050


Did you add in the cost of the mortgage insurance in your calculation?  That's an extra $7,290 in your example.  Plus, the remaining balance at renewal is higher.  No savings for this customer at all.


That would depend on whether Trump does something as great as organizing and inspiring a years-long series of marches, protests, and voter registration drives culminating in the end of racially segregated public facilities in the US. Now Dr. King is an icon representing racial equality, which is still, almost fifty years after King's assassination, a work in progress. So, King isn't just history, he symbolizes a struggle that is still central to our national identity as a "great melting-pot". What great, transcending national turning-point (and it would have to be for the better to compare with King's achievement), do you think Trump might inspire and lead?

And remember, Ronald Reagan associated with known members of the American Communist Party, and tried to join the party, in 1937. However, Reagan made no significant, essential and lasting changes to our country, as King did.


I hope our Russian allies invade Europe. I want to see Russian soldiers in the cafes of Paris, barking "bistro! bistro!" at the waiters, demanding their coffee or their apertif right now! I want to see pretty German girls strolling along the Rhine, arm in arm with their Russian boyfriends, describing how the German men all became homosexuals. And best of all, thanks to the Trumpster, the USA won't be involved.


Your comment relates to the topic how?


Too late to undo the damage the public employee unions have done.  But not too late for Oregon to clip the wings of these unions by removing their right to strike or negotiate pay and benefits.  This is what federal civil service looks like and it seems to work just fine.
 The temptation for public officials to be corrupted by the unions has been way too easy....It's time for the State to be in charge, not the unions.


The working class will be hurt by either Clinton or Trump. This is about a lot more than the color of the drapes. Of course the RG and the rest of the corporate media won't tell you that. They treat the presidential campaigns as a horse race, so they don't have to talk about issues. Their coverage has been so blatantly slanted as to be propaganda. On the other hand, if Clinton loses, as she may well do, that should send a message to the Democrats that they have to change.


do not have to hold him to a higher standard heck Obama lied for 8 years did not have to hold him to a higher standard so what's good for the goose is good for the gander.


Pneumonia is often fatal in women of her age...


I don't like it but I think we are looking at the inevitability of less for State workers in the future. Coming too, is the inevitable underfunded  retirement debacle which has been kicked down the road. As of a year ago:

#5. Alaska
The funding ratio for Alaska is only at 54.7 percent with more than $23 billion in unfunded liability and 27 percent of an individual’s pension going unfunded.


Altogether, the House Budget would cut close to $3 trillion over the next 10 years in government services that meet the needs of low- and moderate-income households – ranging from food and housing assistance to education and job training programs. Why? To help make room for trillions of dollars worth of tax cuts for large corporations, hedge fund managers, corporate lawyers and real estate magnates like Donald Trump himself. And to pour billions of more dollars into a military industrial complex that is not keeping us safe, and a border wall that will be a mockery of our values and a symbol of hate.


The first sentence of the article says that very thing, 'those who receive subsidies, will receive larger subsidies from the federal government'  Pure nonsense.


Remember he had a place in Johns Landing. Was kicked out because the neighbors didn't like "the smoke" yet the smoke from the Hawaiian place was cool.

I'm from the south.

Reo knows Ribs.


P:  Burning and looting is not "peaceful" protest.


And what about those that subsist off the government... What do they contribute? At the very least , we should garnish the PFD checks from those on welfare/ food stamps / etc.


Or just ask your sons to help take on the task of the stuff that they want to preserve.  A third option if it is weighing on you and you cannot get rid of the stuff is a storage locker.  Put some distance between the stuff and you.  It will weigh on you less if the cost of the locker is not a burden.


Now Nanos has stooped to the use of the bully buzz word.


What's the bluffer in chief to do?


Trump's opinion is irrelevant to Freeland, the man is recognised as a fool world-wide.


Wrong picture.


Excellent article.  So glad to see Sec. DeVoss and Ms. Jackson of OCR taking a look at this mess and hopefully bringing some common sense and reason back.  Our colleges have become cesspools of progressive liberal agendas and this is one of the results.


So many of you posting here remind me of The Pharisees.  Secondly, who receives The Eucharist and who doesn't and who can and who can't are none of your business.  Thirdly, look only to yourselves:  No doubt there is a lot of jealousy and envy.  My friend didn't leave his wife only because he was afraid of not being able to receive The Eucharist and of going to Hell.  Now, he is 80, and she is seriously chronically ill.   He and his wife -- and my father and mother -- stayed together 50+ years not because they were happy with each other but because they were afraid.  How sad.  As I see it, you should be happy and glad that your brothers and sisters, who love each other, can now receive The Eucharist (officially).  I hate to tell you this, but a lot of them have long before this announcement, because they trusted in God's love far more than The Church's narrow mindedness.  And they were right -- it's come to pass.  And I'm grateful that I've lived long enough to see at least this.


We can all play politics and blame "those other guys" for the issue.  Goodness knows, we've been doing that for decades......hasn't worked out real well, has it.

How about, instead, working together in a non-partisan fashion to actually address the issue in a constructive fashion.  We need to look at both sides of the equation......revenue and expenditures.  Should we increase revenues....that generally means "should we increases taxes?"  If so how?  Then on the "flip-side" , Should we decrease expenditures?  If so how?  A few friends on the site will chide me for stating the obvious.....they're right, it is obvious.  Since it's so damn obvious, how about doing it.  It won't be easy......on both sides, revenue and expense, any actions large enough to make a difference will "gore someone's ox" and every special interest group will be there working to see it's not their ox.  Dust will fly and, when it settles, we see that can.........kicked further down the road.  Gary Crum


Check this out: from U.S.:
Drugged driving surpasses drunken driving among drivers killed in crashes, report

http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/27/health/drugged-driving-death-rates-report/index.html


What does NOLA stand for? Anchorage Dispatch News: good writing requires definitions of acronyms. (Despite Google's existence). I agree: what do the black families tell their children about the Confederate leaders' statues? What did the schools teach about the Civil War? If anyone knows, please post.


As you well know the NDP has repeatedly offered to ban corporate and union donations if the Liberals will do the same. The Liberals keep turning it down. Trying to paint the NDP as being the same donations boat as the Liberals is the kind of misrepresentation that helps make you recognizable as a Liberal party supporter.


Is that "real" Canadians or "Canadians by default"?


Humans do not ... DO NOT ... make forests healthy. The forests do that through natural progressions. A diverse forest with many species of trees, shrubs and other plants support THE best assemblage of life. The human engineered tree farms are far from the kind of forests I want.


They do, if you go on the CO Oil and Gas Commission website you can see all the reported (that would be self reported by the companies) accidents, spills, violations etc.. there is thousands every year and the numbers have grown exponentially since the fracking boom. Seems like the media is reporting more since the deaths.


" The cranky Conservatives are nearly forgotten"

One wouldn't know that from the many people here who continue to write "But Harper..." over and over and over again.


Trying to equate FGM, part of Muslim male dominance for centuries, with male circumcision in the US, recommended for decades by physicians as a matter of hygiene is disingenuous at best.


The op-ed is right-on.

For several years in Sitka, Ak-DOT has been planning a $16 million, 9-mile single lane gravel road to Katlian Bay. The project persists despite its original purpose and need - to access rock and gravel - being infeasible because a multi-span bridge would be needed. Instead, the plan now is to reroute the road to access a new trailhead for a trail the Forest Service would presumably  create. The road project has never stood on its own legs -- it is funded through a state ballot bond measure that included other projects.

Ak-DOT is nearly done with an appx. 500 page impact statement for the project, planned for July. However, Ak-DOT will not accept or consider public comments on the EIS. The whole process is a sham; appropriated dollars chasing a purpose, not planning based on reason or government of, by and for the people.

The $14 million still left in the Katlian project pot should revert to the state budget or pay-down Sitka's hydropower project.


I don't know what the content of this speech will be, but it will for sure be painful to watch. Hearing Trump try to speak from a script is like listening to a 9 year old trying to read in front of the class, or an old man with a French menu.


"In 2014, 26.1 million people filed income tax returns. Just under 8.6 million paid no income tax."

And that is the problem with our tax system.  A society that has 1/3 of tax returns paying ZERO income tax is unsustainable. This is the freeloader class, those who freely access health care and education, enjoy the use of public infrastructure, live in a safe country protected by military and police forces, and do not contribute one thin dime toward the cost of these things.  This is also the class of people who vote for politicians who promise to deliver more "free stuff" by making the rich "pay their fair share", as though ZERO cntribution is the fair share of lower income people.

Socialism is the politics of jealousy, and Canada is filled with jealous people.


I honestly, believe that Republicans supporting Trump and claiming "the Republican Party has the inalienable support of the vast majority of Americans who base their vote on issues of personal morality.." is a contradiction.

Also, many people can understand and relate to the issue of divorce. I doubt the same can be said about groping.


A tradegy for sure as it would be anywhere but why blame someone else?
Look in the mirror..


Rona might be the best hope for the right.  Both Jean and Kenney are ideologues, and far right wing ideology has been waning in popularly for years.


Are you serious?   RMiller is a Habs fan.  He was briefly a Bruins fan for a couple of years when Lucic and the B's were pounding the league.


moon howler
"helped a bit by Mr. Kent", if he wasn't being paid by the public purse
he might have an ounce of credibility..... not so.
This story started "outside our borders" in war.


Sorry I read this on the weekends....I have had the best "encounters" on the west side of San Juan Island.  So I started going there the most.  Especially between False Bay and Cattle Point.  Be safe!


No, I'm bored. I'm bored of all of this. I'm bored of people running off at the mouth like they have a  thought in their head, but remaining unable to answer simple questions about the topic.  The nonsense spouted off by some of these people is just absurd. It's completely made up and what's even more stupid is that some of you believe anything.


Go take your anti catholic bigotry somewhere else


Dear John, Mao is still dead.  McCarthy is also still dead.


Burma is only doing what it feels must be done. To make an omelette you need to break some eggs. The Rohingya will adapt very well to Bangladesh, I'm sure.


At the height of the McCall era many of us had bumper stickers that said, "Don't Californicate Oregon".


There is a lot of idiocy in this thread already.  Treason is defined in the US Constitution.

No Person shall be convicted of Treason unless on the Testimony of two Witnesses to the same overt Act, or on Confession in open Court. ... The Constitution defines treason as specific acts, namely "levying War against [the United States], or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort.

And no nothing being done or said here meets that definition.

On the other hand we did manage to get all the Trump Derangement Syndrome folks in the same place.  So far it’s a who’s who of far left, looney left and leftists who pretend to be Republicans making up most of the thread and all of the nonsense.


She did it for 'spite', not for the true intentions of representing the Republican party.

Like a failed ambassador of a failed country she metamorphosed into a Dem thinking that the grass will be greener on the other side ?


@ TDM
No, they didn't cite Washington Post, New York Times, or The Economist, or the runners up in fake news, Globe & Mail.
I haven't heard of zerohedge having a reputation for fake news. Also, it would be odd if they had such a reputation, since they are primarily aggregators of news from other news sites. Rather, I thin they've established a bit of credibility for accuracy.


This is obviously an attempt to misdirect satire targeting the status quo and waste our creativity giving "trolls" more attention than they deserve. Worse, it's a way of dividing comm enters against other comm enters.
 The humorous antics of Yippies back in the 60's and 70's was one of the most effective techniques in exposing the corruption of government, stopping the Vietnam War, revolutionizing the social system, and liberating people everywhere from repressive elitists.
    A government sanctioned humor program sounds like an oxymoron. The first thing fascists and authoritarians want to get rid of is humor and satire.
  Moreover, some folks might have noticed since 9/11 newspapers have cancelled their regular humor columns, stopped publishing satire pieces, cancelled their comments pages, and discouraged humorous posts.


The photo of Freeland bears a resemblance to Edith Prickley.


Or illegal.


playoff picture takes shape https://flatlandrockies.blogspot.com/#!/2017/07/playoff-picture.html


ramadan strikes again...if we kill them we lose.


Pretty sure it means you shouldn't go into the shipping business ffscatter. Since Matson is a 135-year old company and you don't get to be that old without learning to hire the right people, I have little doubt executives there know how to run a maritime shipping business correctly.


SHAME SHAME SHAME SHAME on the former Harper government allowing Omar Kahdr to be detained and imprisoned against his will and tortured.

 SHAME SHAME SHAME SHAME on the for Harper government allowing Mahar Arar to be falsely detained and imprisoned against his will and tortured.

 SHAME SHAME SHAME SHAME on the for Harper government allowing Abdullah Almalki, Ahmad Abou-Elmaati and Muayyed Nureddin to be falsely detained and imprisoned against their will and tortured.

 Kudos and thank you to PM Trudeau from the bottom of my heart as tears of pride well up in my eyes as he erases these stains from the Harper era.


Congratulations Your Honor !!!. A great day for the Alaskan people.


Sorry if you don't understand the article....


The REALITY is that the state is subsidizing a declining oil industry , and increasing the cost of living for it's Residents . INTENTIONALLY .


Talking about the cabinet appointments mostly. I'm well aware of the dog and pony show you fell for.
--------

Trump's cabinet was MORE vetted than Justin's cabinet

where you can get on cabinet just with the right anatomy and diversity skin colour


Okay,  Trump will build a thirty foot ladder at the Mexican border.  The Mexicans will build a forty foot ladder.  Free the slaves on the floating prisons in the Hawaii long line fleet.  This should happen in Trump's first week in office.  All illegals must leave the country.... yikes... even salves?


You can thank Lisa Murkowski for this development.


No, not really. I think the majority of Americans see the truth of what's going on. Only the few blithering idiots like yourself that support Trump no matter what don't see the truth of the matter. Trump is a complete failure as President. He did set one record though, one that will probably stand for a long time: fastest President to have more support for impeachment than his job approval rating. Only 36% approve of the job Trump is doing vs 43% that want him impeached.....


WOW.  These people should all be fired.  Their recommendation is for people of "certain demographics" to be targeted.  In other words, discriminate against everyone except a few groups.  Government equal opportunity means unless you're part of a visible minority, don't bother applying.


Thanks for the review!
I plan on reading.

Didn't care much for Bill. Knew something like this was up, when Bill handed the keys over to his business and disappeared. I knew he'd be safe, cause that the kinda guy he is.

Yeah Bill is loud and was when i met him. However Cox is just loud and stupid.

When the ship is sinking in the heart of hostile territory, hope Bill is right next to ya.
Cox not so much.


I just saw the shop today. Is it like authentic Japanese food or Americanized?


The real cost won't come for the zap at the grid.  It will be that you paid more for a vehicle then you needed to and the cost of it not doing what you need it to will be enormous.


Well said Rick! Senator Kelly lives in a completely separate universe when it comes to most issues the legislature is currently dealing with. Obviously, his notion of balance is skewed to the extent that he wouldn't recognize it if it hit him in the face, which is precisely what happened here.


Who's Mr Twit?


Asked how the party was outmanoeuvred, Mr. Johal, a novice former candidate said, “I wasn’t there for those 16 years." And "He is considering a leadership bid."  With a statement such "I wasn't there"?  So which is it--Speak no evil or genuinely clueless? In any case, he's missed an opportunity here to start his leadership campaign.  Suggestion: forget it, be content to just thump the desk with colleagues when the new leader pontificates in the House.

Inane statement #2":  the Vancouver Lib. candidate Garfinkel knocked on 8,000 doors and, when asked "What happened?" STILL says, “Beats me...I am not too sure.”  This, from a former PR/lobbyist who likely attempted to influence Liberal decisions and legislation on behalf of business.  My guess? Garfinkel DOES know.  Just not sayin'. He was beaten soundly (33% to 54%) by NDP candidate George Hayman.  So, it's back to PR.  Saying ANYTHING publicly could be bad for biz.


My goodness, Saunders is actually producing articles I agree with!

I would add one more thing. If we need an expedited process for these people, surely we also need one for all those existing refugee claimants who do go through those months and years of appeals, for the exact same reasons.

Why should these new claimants get quicker hearings than those already in the pipeline? That already has all the downsides Saunders enumerates.

BTW, I recently heard the child of "refugees" marvel at how much hardship the earlier immigrants were willing to go through when they came here, with the terrible climate, etc. He was in incredulous. Indeed, his own parents got free healthcare, a three-bedroom apartment in a central part of town, welfare, free education, etc. Why would anyone want to come here before any of those were available, was his question...


Did you miss the never ending stream of race riots in the last 8 years? Seriously??


Like people who are self employed and can finally afford health insurance. Those moochers!


The 2nd AMENDment u buffoon! AMEND = To CHANGE!  THE CONSTITUTION HAS IS AND WILL ALWAYS BE A LIVING DOCUMENT!

Let's AMEND THE 2ND!!!

BYE BYE GUNS!!


I find it funny how the Republicans (which I have a great disdain for) were crying so hard when the debt was going up under Obama. Yet when they win power (albeit with a minority of votes none the less) they have ZERO problem with running such massive deficits that would even make our politicians here in Canada blush.


Makes me long for Paul Martin. Harper and Trudeau both suck.


Why an autopsy?


"Hands up don't shoot" didn't happen and the only reason it was national news is because Brown was black. The media whipped up racial animus, historical resentment, tied it with claims of police abuse and then wiped its collective hands clean when the riots and police ambushes started.


Campaign's never over (c.f. the previous Canadian government for a prime example .) Try and keep up ;-).


Just like we eliminated slavery and are trying to eliminate all discrimination, continued effort needs to be made to eliminate killing weapons. As long as we desire having killing weapons, the will be no end to our violence.


Well either he gets the rebate from Mexico or he doesn't pay the contractors who built the wall (which he wasn't going to do anyway).


Your response reveals your lack of character.  Karma my karma, karma.


Gosh, I respond to what you say, believing that you are saying what you mean. You have complained that I have "translated" your statements, now you complain that I haven't.

I notice that YOU did not respond to what I wrote. Could it be that you couldn't without looking like a heartless jerk?


What would that be? You have a constitutional right to use deadly force to protect your life or self from grievous harm, regardless of location, but not your property.


according to stats Canada, 70% of Canada's imports came from the US.   And 78% of Canada's exports went to the US.


trump can't be shamed....so any accusations against him by russian 'agents" will be ignored....the man cannot be bought.


It's impossible to prove a negative.
Regarding small farmers, depending on the pest (and Hawaiii is continuously subjected to more all the time; note the vectors of rat lungworm), any farmer may need to use a RUP at some point during the year if all other methods fail. Also, the bill did not specify any particular quantity threshold of RUP used. And again, why would this only apply to farmers?


It is a self-serving conceit of the supporters of market fundamentalism to take it upon themselves to pronounce their ideology as "moderate" or perhaps even "centrist" — as commentators like Mortishead have described Macron's leanings. Neoliberal market fundamentalism is neither. As one French citizen commented, Macron stands for the "Uberization" of French society. Market fundamentalism seeks to subordinate all societal values to "the market" where, surprise, surprise, those with the deepest pockets hold sway. Society's wealth is funneled to the wealthy and power is ceded to oligarchs and their corporate lieutenants. This is neither fair nor democratic and it is not sustainable. Le Pen is indeed bad news; Macron — in the absence of explicitly racist, antisemitic and xenophobic pronouncements — is perhaps only marginally less so.


The answer to anyone who points out that none of their allegations make any sense, that there is no evidence of any of this is, “Well, where is the evidence that it’s not true?”'
A lot of people can't comprehend this logical fallacy: you can't prove a negative!
To help these no-conspiracy-is-too-absurd-to believe' people to understand, one of them the son of Michael Flynn, soon to be US national security advisor who said 'until pizzagate proven to be false, it'll remain a story' (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/12/05/did-michael-flynn-really-tweet-something-about-pizzagate-not-exactly/?utm_term=.886ee45a351a), I will say to him: until there is evidence that you have not killed anybody, it will remain a story.
In this insane World, there isn't much you can do other than throwing it back at them - still I am not sure they will come to their senses.


Brussels not so much


I would also like to suggest that if Ms. Doolittle wishes to establish her viewpoint as credible, she make one simple admission;  some complainants lie about sexual assaults.  While the number may be very small, and the reasons varied,  there are false complaints.  And, for this reason, investigations have to be thorough, and unbiased.


She addressed a subject that should have been opened to the public years ago. In Mission, BC the  local children went to school, the came home after school. There is also a lot of intimidation
against positive results from being reported.


With regard to #6:  HOPE can be "construed"  as a directive (definition of "construe"  in Webster's dictionary.)

To understand or explain the sense or intention of usually in a particular way or with respect to a given set of circumstances; Construed my actions as hostile; Her frustration was construed as anger.

Someone needs to do some homework.


But of course Dromig, even if a sin is mortally wrong, a person must know it and understand it. Many well educated on this board and elsewhere highly  question the supposed sexual sins defined by the RCC episcopacy that eschew their own sexual faults.   Those of us on this board are not judges and in fact when we try to be, perhaps we are mortally wrong...  However when Bishops do not protect our children it is time to shame them, and get them fired as they are no longer respected, but God is and will continue to judge them...


> Option 4: Turn the World Cup of Hockey, basically the revived Canada Cup, into the hockey equivalent of soccer’s World Cup. Problem? Last fall’s World Cup of Hockey was a best-against-best contest, and the level of play was stratospheric. But fan interest outside of Canada was anemic.

Because it insulted the vast majority of hockey playing nations by limiting them to a single team and stealing stars off the elite few who were let in.  There is no valid World Cup that doesn't both expand to the size of at least the IIHF World Tier AND eliminate the multinational / age-restricted teams (which, surprise surprise, the author bitched about earlier with the u23 soccer tournament).


I have some doubts re Pence's rationality.  But that is another conversation. :-)
But you're right.  They, at least, behave like adults, whereas our current esteemed President does not.


This survey is part of the plan;  it's on voting in elections, not a referendum on whether to have a referendum.

Actually as well, both the NDP and Green party attached a minority report that stated that a referendum wasn't really needed.


Well, it certainly couldn't get much worse. Only one way to go from here...


The last thing the US needs is economic growth. It has been doing that for decades and become the wealthiest developed country. And the least attractive developed country in which to live.

Pickett and Wilkinson showed in their strangely titled book " The Spirit Level" that living conditions in developed countries do not correlate with wealth GNP/person. Living conditions do correlate with income inequality. No explanation but the data is solid. Starting with the US and Portugal where income inequality is high, and living conditions poor, to Sweden and Japan where income inequality is low and living conditions the best in the developed world.

It seems only reasonable that there should be no massive spread in income between the rich and poor. A spread certainly but not unlimited. Only fair. And with their book, Wilkinson and Pickett show that there is a benefit to all from low income inequality.

A challenge for the business community: how to decrease income inequality.


The first and obvious step to avoid another downgrade and re-establish trust would be to unequivocally cancel the nuclear build plans. It's obvious we can't afford it and don't really need it, and no-one will trust a government that pushes ahead with it. So let's publicly scrap it now, and also dismantle wasteful structures like E-Tolls and other SOC scams. That will save money, reduce debt and regain investor and consumer confidence. Also incentives for new oil and gas development, instead of threats of penalties and nationalisation.


He may very well be declared a heretic for AL.


"ALASKA VIRGIN"?


Bull. Every owner of these corporations already influence elections, congress and wall street on individual basis. Always has. They just wanted as Koch says "give me a republican in WH that will sign what I tell him" as well as willing to spend a billion dollars to put him there. He got him.


Time to end this Hawaii becoming a model for the world bull crapola. Hawaii's vile mistreatment of its native Hawaiians means it can never be a model for anything besides exceptional deviation from the standard Native American franchise fair and equal treatment for indigenous peoples. Get that fixed Marti then come back and ask for financial assistance from the public.


That is interesting... I haven't heard that before.  So that makes him a great parent, as well as an out of work coach.


I'll not forget to mention Danny DeWitt either. He was the front man for Bill Weimar among legislative staffers, and I think he went over to DNR, to see that Bill Allen's interests continued to be observed.


Trump has no moral compass.  His only values are his own ego and $.


Why hold a biased poll when we could settle the carbon tax definitively via referendum?! If they believe their own polls... what are they afraid of?

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Well said, John.


The PC wing is in bad shape, but Chong getting close to 10% says they are not dead yet.  Remember this, the more right wing elements are disproportionately over 65 while the more moderate elements tend to be under 30.  Give it another decade and a lot of the Refomers will die off.  In the long-run the party will either moderate or die off and a PC like party will re-emerge.  Reformers are a dying breed in Canada.


The difference between Trump praising the Coast Guard for their efforts and Obama doing the same thing is...

That Trump means it; Obama was only trying to get good press out of it.


Everybody loves lip-service.


Good article, but it makes one think that the the reaction to these events from politicians and the media is a major contributor to the  recurrence of similar events. The goal of the perpetrators is to make worldwide news, and they achieve that, every time.  Would there be any point in killing  innocent people they don't even know and facing almost certain death themselves except for the attention they expect to receive as a result of what they have done?

And what is Theresa May talking about? What value is there in anything she said?  She is a political opportunist.

The news reports say the perpetrator in this case was a loner but that 8 people have been arrested. What is the explanation for the apparent contradiction?

It is also news today that the perpetrator of the threats against Jewish institutions in America and elsewhere is a teenager, a person with no ability or intention to carry through on anything, no doubt just another nut case.


He should be caring for  Trump and stopping him blowing up the world. He is not an historian nor is he a qualified social commentator. He should shut up.


You must be referring to her highnass, evil, foul-mouthed, liar and power hungry HRC.


Let see Jebbie President & Two-Lips Tolley Vice President 2020 Ya Hoo I can not wait.


Except he did not win Colorado - remember that please.


Acceptance is irrelevant unless you have boots on the ground. The Eastern Ukraine is fully integrated into the Russian economy and governance. You may wish to take a look at the percentage of the area's population which speaks Russian as a first language. It was colonized before the Soviet Union fell.

Putin was encouraged by the lack of preparation of the United States and the then administration's lack of action elsewhere.

It is now a "done deal".


How did this dimwit get there?   Did he seize power?  No, more ons voted for him.  Hit close to home?


There are not enough characters allowed here for me to tell my favorite Roger story.  There are too many (mis) adventure stories to choose from.  There was never a dull moment. Within half an hour of my arrival in Bar Harbor in the spring of 1987 for another season at Acadia, I was in a little rowboat with Roger and another crazy guy, pitching in the rising surf along the bold, rocky coast of  Maine, to rescue an albino deer stranded on a ledge. At least we had pfds on, but Roger couldn't swim! But instead of that one, I'll be sending my Wash - Rinse - Repeat tale to the High Desert Museum.  Maybe they will post in for a time. Roger is fondly remembered by his friends in Maine even after 25 years.

Thanks for the memories Roger.

Charlie


I did, I also read in the article that they sent her home with pain pills. (2nd paragraph)
.
I don't know which side is in the right here, I do think there's enough for the family to question her treatment though.


Would that make some of them Demonstrosities?


More informtion was exchanged than you think.  It will all come out in due time.  The Donald and the Kushners are owned by the Russians financially


and now, thanx to Ivana, we know her small hands former husband has long had a Hitler / NAZI obsession, which explains a lot. and then there's trump's nasty father and other vile mentors who taught him the trades of evil. gotta give the grifter credit tho, he certainly paid full attention!


Very refreshing to have a President who speaks his mind.

Like or it not, you always know where President Donald J. Trump stands.

Who knows what Trudeau, Obama and Clinton really think.  They have "public positions" and "private positions" so the public has no idea what they really believe.

These athletes have every right to say what they want and do what they want (within the law), but so does President Trump.


I respect your response, which is thoughtful and informed. No, I am not a public defender, never have been ... but I hold them in high regard as being overworked, underpaid and underfunded. It is difficult to have the time equal to private counsel when the taxpayers refuse to adequately fund the PDs. I have had co-counsel cases with them, and with only few exceptions, Alaska is blessed with talented, dedicated public defenders. They are far better than what I've seen elsewhere.

They compromise because they must. If there is a flaw, it is the funding. Taxpayers want lengthy sentences and perfect justice ... but aren't willing to foot the bill for more cops (also underpaid,) more prosecutors, more court personnel, more social workers (incredibly overworked and underpaid,) and more public defenders.

In short, we get what we pay for ... the public cries for justice but won't fund it. It's a trap for everyone, especially the victims who, of all, are the most shortchanged.


"Are they just?". There are only two choices for American voters: either vote for Mrs Clinton or vote against Mr Trump.

Remember, Rome fell, so will America under King Donald.


Alaska population is about as close to stagnant as it gets, and you are all talking about how the PFD attracts people here? Give me a break. We've lost 7,000 residents a year over the last two years.


It should be repeated that the main reason the senate is in this position is because Don Young was one of the deciding votes on passing the House version.  I hope Lisa and Dan thank him appropriately.


For starters Trump may have said that he believes Obama was born in the USA but it was only to shut the left wing press up. He doesn't believe it for the same reason I don't believe it and that is because he has never been able to come up with anything resembling unforged proof and he is still using someone else's SSN.

the actual number was close to 10 million people and your operative word was "give". I would like to see everybody insured and paying for their own insurance but since thats not possible then I am certain that we could insure more Americans if we stopped giving it away to illegal aliens who don't pay their bill. As a compassionate human being I pay my taxes and give liberally to various charities.


Well the latest today is that the reporter from the WAPO has NEVER seen any memo from Comey, he just received a strange phone call from someone that read the wording from the fake memo.  This reporter has done this 4 times now, each time causing a gigantic mess.  There is no collusion between Trump and the Russians, even Maxine Floodwaters says so.  Diane Frankenstein also says there is no evidence, just a "lot of stories in the  papers".  So the whole thing was just another fake news mess. The House met with the special counsel today and the dems would not talk about it, the ones that did basically could not answer the question about evidence because there just isn't any.  All of the channels are laughing at the stupid dems for falling for it.  Sorry democrats, but you are wiping out your own party with your behavior.  You got yourselves.  The MSM is complete BS.  Nobody believes them now.  All over the news today, go see it for yourself if you don't believe it.  GO TRUMP!  #MAGA!


Forgot to take your happy pills again huh?


Funny how Walmart gets blasted for low wages and amazon gets a pass.


Dilbert cartoonist and 'Internet Pundit' Scott Adams had tweeted earlier today
"If you want to see a glitch in the simulation, ask someone on the other team what they thought of #Trump's speech. 2 movies on 1 screen." as an illustration of the cognitive dissonance originating from Trump's win.
Elizabeth Renzetti's article captures it perfectly.  Many didn't see any malice in his inauguration address at all - put she HAS to keep this movie playing in her head (and sharing it in her writing) or else she would have to admit she might, perhaps, have been a little wrong about Trump.  This would of course be unacceptable - therefore - cognitive dissonance.


Who cares? Punk got what he needed, and he certainly had no fear of the system.

If Larson is charged it'll be a Valley trial, unanimous acquittal. They're still good for some things out there.


That's been happening on the provincial level. Pay attention maybe instead of whinging?


I dispute your listing TVO as an "unwatchable" channel.  For me, my family and friends, and many others, TVO is one of the most frequently-watched channels we get.  Their mix of intelligent discussion of current affairs, fascinating documentaries (like last night's "Ping Pong") and the best of British and European drama (not to mention programming for children that helps them learn and think) all makes TVO such a hit that I gladly give them a $150 donation every year: It's money well spent!


What obsession? Dont be a fool. She is admired and noteworthy due to her honest stance amongst the rotten party that is the ANC. She has more value remaining within the ANC that from without.


The domino effect needs to spread well beyond Hollywood.  It's a start though.


Wearing a hat indoors when participating in government business is NOT acceptable.  If Espero cannot be comfortable about his own physical appearance, how can he ever be expected to be honest to the people that he serves as a state legislature or when he is asked to make public comments?  If it bothers him that much get some decent landscaping


I bet dude is totes on the urban farm to table train, though. Bet he has a sick 10 sq ft shared garden outside his LoHi condo.


Jwest10 is right.
Not one client should take delayed pension.
The advisor will not get his cut if he/she spends all of their money.
This is an advertorial not an article.
Maybe it is time for Rob to think of retirement.


Sours grapes turns to bitter whine.


Alaska doesn't have a revenue problem. Alaska has a spending problem.


I am Catholic and I used to go to this church. Being a Catholic I am used to feeling betrayed by my priest. I do not lose my faith in God because of the behavior of men "of God". I feel the need to say something to Outsider 77 and the supporters of this priest in general. It is painful to realize that a religious authority that you trust, you go to confession with, you receive blessings from can behave as he did. However, it is even more painful to see that people like you are still willing to deny undeniable evidence to avoid feeling the pain of broken trust. A priest is *not* a saint. He is not less prone to sin than you are. He is *not* holier than you are. In fact, being in a position of power within any church exposes him to sin more than other believers. Your attitude, Outsider 77, is an example of why so many abuses in the Catholic church were and still are silenced. Your relentless denial is extremely dangerous and so is the denial of his parishioners.


The USA imports three billion dollars of seafood annually and some ignorant people would demean hard working local workers who help keep America great.


It's much more than some weakly correlated statistics.


OS, you remind me of the withered Japanese soldier wandering out of the Philippines jungle ready to keep fighting World War II, with one glaring exception: His side lost, but he didn't know it, and your side won, but that's not enough. Instead, here you are like some stubborn old coot who just doesn't know when, or how, to quit picking fights. It's sad to watch.
It's great that you got your pain "meds" managed, because the quality of your posts have reflected that in their lucidity. Maybe now work on the anger issues and letting go.


Not hypnosis, just a cult of personality.


If "we can have this discussion because we are grown-ups" is true, I have some basic, grown-up questions for the ANONYMOUS editor of this article:

1. How many cases of terorism has CSIS and its domestic spying partners CSEC and the RCMP uncovered by increased surveillance of Canadians? We should be furnished with statistics and case studies instead of hearing about how Britain thinks it will be just fine to surveil every man woman and child in every aspect of their lives.

2. How much does spying on ourselves COST? What's the dollar figure? Why isn't this be part of the discussion? Why pay spies billions of dollars that should otherwise be spent on more pressing social expenditures? We could be funding: FN, education, seniors, veterans, public housing, infrastructure, legitimate police activities, fire departments, ambulance services, athletes, refugees, etc. etc. etc.

3. What are the risks inherent with a surveillance state? How does paranoia and xenophobia threaten our culture(s)?


Your sarcasm is rooted in truth at least in part, sanctimonious.  There is no Supreme Court justice who has ever come close to being as far from the centre as Harper's last pick, Russell Brown.


No question that Canada has a major issue with wait times.

And it has suffered with very bad leadership of the portfolio - especially in Ontario; especially during the Matthews period.


You are right. Those people will not be your friends in the future because they all have issues. Issues is why they binge drink to numb the anxiety and pain probably caused by family issues.


He doesn't need to. Just say "Jesuits" and he says "Opus Dei". The boy-fight continues...


LOL ... They already did when the Feds reduced their share by 2 % .... Ontario pass it on ? .... Nope !

All you do with added taxation is continue to build the underground economy. I don't know a single, independent private contractor, plumber, electrician, painter, carpenter, tile worker, stone mason / bricklayer, auto mechanic or printer who won't do work on a " cash - no bill " basis. The purchaser voids the HST and the seller dodges some income tax. The higher the tax, the more worthwhile the avoidance becomes.

If you can't match spending to revenue then sooner or later you will reach the " end game. " .... Check out Greece - social programs being clawed back because they are now unaffordable due in large part to interest costs , a massive untaxable underground economy and no future without begging their lenders for more cash and more time.

There is a chasm at the end of Ontario's yellow brick road.


I disagree that Trump's task is to "reassemble" America.  There is no chance of liberals ever accepting reality.  He needs to honor his campaign promises. And as Obama would say, "Period".


Yeah, French will never not be threatened, simply because of where Quebec is.  Even France itself is heavily influenced by English cultural products and riven with more and more English loanwords.  But I think at this point people understand that the current regime is about as good as it will get.


Lazeelink,

Trump's best buddy Putin has just announced measures to decriminalize domestic abuse as part of a return to "traditional values". I'll bet Trump is fine with that.


K:  Just because they ruled contrary to your political view you conclude they are corrupt.  Wow, talk about rushing to judgement based on political bigotry.


"As for the decision to kill the animal, that's seems lazy. It's just easier to go to that option"

No, it has to do with the 'science' of Wildlife Management. A bear who has lost his fear of contacts with humans is a threat whether he is in the Broadmoor or in RNP.


Guess you'll have to become "productive" then


White supremacy is term used by racists like Pelosi, and our so-called governor.


Fundraiser... for...?

The City of Anchorage self-insures worker's compensation.  This was an on-the-job injury.

It pays for all medical costs and lost wages, including union benefits.

Fundraiser for good perception?

And, oh.... while we are at it, taxpayers paying forthis catastrophic fall from height would like to know what happened that caused this claim.


too late for those who think the sky is falling , like you!


I wish I understood their logic.  They say that they want to make sure that vaping is accessible to adult smokers, and I believe them, but this bill removes important characteristics that make vaping successful. Every vaper I know has a collection of different flavours, because adults like fruit, candy and dessert as much as young people, but this bill would ban such flavours.  Vaping has spread quickly through word of mouth and Facebook, but the bill would make it a criminal offense to say that it's safer and more pleasant than smoking. They say that they want to make sure that Canadian regulations reflect science, but ignore much of the international research showing that vaping is vastly safer than smoking to both the individual and his/her surroundings and that vaping is not proving to be a gateway to tobacco.
Every senator and every MP should be required to visit a vape shop and learn some basic facts before voting on Bill S5 -- they owe it to the Canadian public.


Hard to make money while doing hard time.


I see one guy in our town that cycles on the shoulder seasons of winter.  I have not seen him since the temperature has dipped below minus 25.  Go figure.


Another diatribe from a political hack.


Well, based on the SA article it's unclear. It mentioned an apartment complex and nothing about inside of an apartment. Maybe they could be homeless, we just don't know yet.


I hope are you a now a net tax payer.  So, others can have the same treatment you received.


Ms Leah is a pretty dangerous bra burner.  I feel sorry for this that doesn't get a normal upbringing.


I bet it wasn't the pain so much but the thought his season could have been over.


NUTS!  You have got to be kidding?  Pardoning a TRAITOR?  Should be in front of a firing squad!


She really thinks that using personal email was her biggest mistake? That just shows how much she doesn't get it.


I completely agree, more information is needed to figure out what actually occurred. Unfortunately, my comment was removed merely for calling an allegation, just that, an allegation. I suppose I also expressed the possibility that a disgruntled parent could have ulterior motives. How that is not considered civil discourse is a mystery to me.


They're the intolerant and authoritarian type of people that are like this towards minorities. The authoritarian mentality has reared its ugly head in recent years using Muslims as the current scapegoat. In time, they'll drift away to other groups...


You said it yourself -- people are shy when it comes to taking their clothes off.  But I am less shy about getting naked in front of other women than I would be in a locker room filled with penises and balls.  I wouldn't pay for a gym membership if that was the case unless the locker and shower rooms were re-configured to have individual stalls for changing clothes and showering.


On Monday, Fox News breathlessly reported James Comey’s detailed memos of his conversations with Donald Trump contained “top secret” information.

The segment was tweeted from the Fox & Friends account and shortly thereafter, the Tweeter-in-Chief gleefully chimed in:

Donald J. Trump  ✔@realDonaldTrump
James Comey leaked CLASSIFIED INFORMATION to the media. That is so illegal!
2:40 AM - 10 Jul 2017

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The story fell apart on Tuesday and Fox & Friends host Steve Doocy admitted on the air they were “mistaken”:

Will Donald Trump apologize to James Comey and admit he too was mistaken?

Don't hold your breath.


The one positive thing that can be said about this is that the damage control crews seem to have done their jobs. By the sounds of it that vessel could have easily gone down.


Larger population states. The electoral system tends to weight the votes of small population states higher than large population states. It's patently unfair.


Excerpts from those links:
The USA has "by far" the world's largest cyber-army, and contracts corporations who set up and pay people to post in social media "around the world" using multiple "using fake online personas to influence internet conversations and spread pro-American propaganda"
"Centcom's contract requires for each controller the provision of one "virtual private server" located in the United States and others appearing to be outside the US to give the impression the fake personas are real people located in different parts of the world."
“The Centcom contract stipulates that each fake online persona must have a convincing background, history and supporting details”
… “the software could allow US service personnel, working around the clock in one location, to respond to emerging online conversations with any number of co-ordinated messages, blogposts, chatroom posts and other interventions.”


In reality, the US is objectively in a stronger position both economically and militarily. Our PM's job is to figure out how to warm up and negotiate for the best possible deal despite this obvious and objective discrepancy in power. Harper's biggest failing as PM was his inability to recognize this simple fact with the US, China, Russia, and Germany. For example, he tried the "position of strength" tactic on XL, doubling down, and lost, and in turn, soured relations with Obama, reducing Harper's ability to win anything else for our country. The costs of poor relations with the US are enormous. It appears that public praise and positive attention to Trump is a great way to win his affection. If so, I'm all for our PM doing so. Canada's PM trying to pretend it's powerful and strong against the US (or any major power) is like a miniature poodle being aggressive with a german sheppard.


Friendship, really


The great thing about reality is that it doesn't go away if you don't believe in it.


Webfoots1, the parents are probably in JAIL.............???????


What are you, some type of raving nutbar?

Gushing?  And lovingly?

Cuz I pointed out Werenski was having a great rookie season, playing a difficult position 20+ mins/game, QB the PP, drawing attention that there were other good rookies besides the guys who had a blue/white maple leaf crest on the front of their sweater that you narrow-minded Your Leafs fans had never ever heard of?

Touchy, insecure, whiny Your Leafs fan base.

Your team ain't the only 1 in the universe.


Poor Al Gore, his campaign never recovered from that.  I wonder how it would go over today?  Probably depends on who does it.


Its undercover reporting, Remember what that is ? This is the kind of stuff you should see on 60 minutes.  It matters and should upset any real AMERICAN !


Caldwell and his cronies conduct these sweeps to temporarily appease the public.  So, they make a sweep and clear the homeless out.  Hello!  Just because you've cleared them out doesn't make homelessness magically disappear.  They're STILL homeless, regardless of where they go.  Nothing but a PR stunt to score a few cheap political points.  And the gullible public buys into it.


Everyone in Boulder is happy - with the exception of the Ramseys.


As I continue to say...good bye Notely, you are a failure.


Cool, since you look to Didiche to inform our praxis today, surely you agree with Didiche's stance on birth control and abortion too?


This budget, as proposed, is mean-spirited and hard-hearted.   If it was passed as is, along with the republican-crafted house health care bill, the homeless population would explode and emergency rooms would be inundated with the uninsured.   But, trump certainly doesn't care.   In his eyes, if you can't afford it, you don't deserve it.


Did your parents have any children that lived?
You think that Germans can force bakers to make them hitler cakes and you call me stupid.
hilarious!


Very interesting. When was the flooding?


The purpose of this column seems to be: how can I define a bunch of political axes so that my position sounds best? Pretty funny, actually.

But also unfortunate, because the left-right distinction has become problematic and often does constrain sensible policy discussion these days. But Manning's alternative frames are transparently self-serving and skewed. A wasted opportunity.


Very interesting information. I agree with what Raheel is saying. While she doesn't focus on it, her figures show that 0.03% of Muslims are violent Jihadis. I'd classify that as "statistically few".

This extrapolates to about 300 Canadian Muslims out of the over 1 million Muslims living in Canada. However even though there is no data for Canada in her video, when one looks at the statistics shown, there is a noticeably lower rate of fundamentalism in western countries compared to Muslim majority nations. Therefore the number of violent radical Muslims in Canada is very likely much less than 300.

Raheel's overall point is a serious concern about radical fundamentalists, not about Muslims as a whole. Reacting as if all Muslims are somehow bent on the destruction of the western world is  clearly unfounded.


Lars, there's no thinking on Trump's or his supporters parts. They just hate and fear, spewing it out in a jumble of discriminatory laws that do nothing positive, but may make them feel better for a minute.  The downside? Hate begets hate. Vilification begets vilification.  And as you point out, it just creates more people to call enemy and fear.


Is the Church giving approval to all the straight couples who use contraception?  How about the straights who live together before marriage, or just hook up on Saturday night?  What about the racists among us, the tax frauds, the pornographists?  Some of these sins are more obvious than others but I guarantee you 2/3 of the people on the altar on any Sunday are guilty of some of them.  It is no ones place to judge except God's and mercifully, He's keeping His mouth shut.


The statements by Fr. Hans Zollner re the Pontifical Commision read like any expert gobbledegook ever written on self-justification of a non-functioning, non-productive committee, particularly in light of the length of time that has passed since the world was shocked into the knowledge of this particular evil.  I'd laugh, but it's just too sad.


Exactly right.  An organization that never really has to win (the fans keep coming no matter what) never does.  And because of all the dough from Leaf Nation it attracts over-rated guys (Shanahan, Babcock, Lamoriello being the current examples) who are good at promoting themselves right into that sweet vault.  But it's an important industry for Toronto and gives the folks something to do during the winter in Toronto.


Actually, Dear ... you don't. :)) You use a few words of the Pope to say whatever you want to say.

You see, ... quoting someone means presenting what the quoted person intends to say and not what YOU want him/her to say. That of course involves a decent ability of comprehension and honesty.


"That means many people who live in the condos could take transit to work, leave their cars behind and ease the city’s burden of traffic and smog. "
Except with over 300 parking spaces provided that have to exit on King, Dufferin or Joe Shuster Way, neither cars or transit will be moving.
And really, how many people leave the car a home on a regular basis?


Lock him up!
Lol!


The scientific evidence does not actually support that.


Neither one is a CPA.


The blame belongs on the inadequacy of the system which allowed her to overstay her visa. She also gets blame for breaking the law which is a given but none of that changes the fact that these are American children. The decision should be in the best interest for these children which is letting her stay. How hard is that for you to understand? And btw your perspective is very anti American , you want to send American children to other countries get a grip and protect American children that's what matters more than your predudice opinion.


obama is an unemployed ex government worker who now draws a public pension..........a nobody.


It's fine to recheck the safety of this model of appliance. But the fact remains that an appliance fire in one apartment unit should not have destroyed the entire building. It would be reasonable to expect destruction of the one unit and smoke damage to adjacent units. Something was very wrong at Grenfell Tower.


I am generally not a Trudeau supporter, but I have to admit that he did a good job on his trip to see King Donald.  Donald does not accept advice (unless he already agrees with it), and giving him unwanted advice only enrages him. Justin managed to enter the lion's den, pat the lion and retreat with his couilles intact. Congratulations.


All well and good if ur OK with metro NY and SOCAL choosing our presidents from here on out.


Yes!!!  Canada is doing a fine job of turning this country into the place everyone is trying to get away from!! Bravo.  Hurry, while you still have time to swing a dead cat in any one of Canada's cities!!


I try not to exaggerate; I just try to keep to the facts, as boring as it may be to you.   aloha xbt


Jerry Prevo is an  intelligent man.
if I were Jerry Prevo and i had a pawn in the assembly, i would have that pawn write the legislation that allowed my paid "community organizers" the ability to limit my retail competitors license renewal, by any means necessary, thereby growing my tax free empire exponentially.
yep, thats what i would do.


It means fewer dead babies.  Very Glad.


A "4,000 lb. car"? The ole 4,000 lb. car scare tactic. You've been indoctrinated well. If cars are such a public safety threat, you must wonder why they are legal.


Still a better role model than Trump. Sorry


"Lt.-Gen. Currie’s troops suffered 8,677 killed, wounded or missing in the 10 days of battle; German estimates of losses ran between 12,000 and 20,000."
--
I doubt very much that the second part of this statement is correct. I'm sure "German estimates" were a lot more precise. Even the Canadian military's estimates of German losses at the time were probably more accurate than these vague figures.


Surely any excursion requires planning; you don't just pick up and go with children in your charge.  How about, as part of the plan, the group leader makes appropriate inquiries of the intended border crossing or US Embassy and gets a pre-clearance?  Everyone needs to show ID at the border so it would be no different to supply ID to US Immigration, get the group cleared, and move on.  If the application is rejected, well, that's the way it crumbles.  Still, there's no need to say who or why the application was rejected, just that it was.


Please tell the FBI to stop arresting our HPD officers.  At this rate, we need to put another recruit class together to fill the pukas  being created with these arrests!


Great. Together they will represent America's interests proudly, facing forthrightly towards....

about 1935


Nels, that's assuming that the oil industry has any loyalty to any other than themselves.Stand by and you'll see them ask for more free stuff. They're just like the rest of American society, so we probably should not expect anything different. It's the entitlement mentality that infects many of us.


It looks to me like you have already reached the conclusion that President Trump does not meet your standards and that you, like many members of the press, interpret everything that he says or does as a premise to support your pre-established conclusion.  Your comments reveal your thought process.  A conclusion in search of premises to support it is nothing more than prejudicial thinking.  Do yourself the justice of establishing a more open minded, less judgmental rationality which does not see an ugly intention in every word, deed and decision.


And whatever you do, don't take out those wooden wedges in the springs. That's OEM.
Also, the sawdust in the transmission has to be maintained to spec.


"Are there enough white racists to elect Trump?"

I didn't realize there were that many democrats voting for Trump....hmmmm go figure:)


Where is the conspiracy.  Why do you think England exited?  What do you call it when large groups of people no longer Identify with their country but call themselves "European?"  only 21% of britains consider themselves English. That's said.  We're headed that way now.  You go to a proimmigration rally and you'll see more Mexican flags than American.  if I wanted to emigrate to france I would wave a US flag at a French Rally, I'd wave the flag of the country I wanted to be part of.

When Clinton was trying to negotiate to join the international court, what would you call that? You can't call it globalization, that's loony toon, tin foil hat comments.  or only when it comes from Palin?!

Open borders? That's not globalization??

The truth is right in front of you but because Palin said it you have to disregard it.

There is nothing more morally corrupt than knowing the truth but mocking anyone who utters it.


Land board please go back to school and look up the word conservation in the english dictionary or just simply google the meaning of conservation.
"The action of conserving something, in particular.
preservation, protection, or restoration of the natural environment, natural ecosystems, vegetation, and wildlife.
synonyms: preservation, protection, safeguarding, safekeeping; More
preservation, repair, and prevention of deterioration of archaeological, historical, and cultural sites and artifacts."


Don't count Melania out of the reject pile yet. She's 46 and the Donald thinks 35 is "checkout" time.


I agree, though the vast (vast, indeed!) majority of Canadians do not read the Globe or its investment pages.  I usually have family members who are in a refund position coming to me every year at this time and panicking about the deadline so I was just pointing out many need not stress about it today.  And you'll still get your refundable credits if you file after today, maybe in a few weeks or so when it suits you.  I'm all about rules, it's why I pointed this out.


If there's one thing I admire about the British, it's their stoicism in the face of adversity. On this side of the Atlantic, every time they so much as HEAR about somebody dying somewhere I see people wail and whine and moan about terrorism and Muslims and immigrants... and they demand pointless new laws, endless committees and studies, and they act like the world is coming to an end.
The British just clean up and get on with it. No complaining. No predictions of doom. No hiding in their houses like limp-wristed cowards. No matter what gets thrown at them they just brush it off and move on.
In Canada and the US, the terrorists have already won because half of our population are cowering in their homes, crying about immigrants and Muslims.  In Britain, terrorism gets a big middle finger and not much else.  Gotta love it.


Most likely too late to test workers now as the virus would have been cleared by the body.
.
Requires a stool test.


I'm not the one boasting of going to confession.


Don't care speaks or what they speak about.
 They have the right to freedom of speech. If you
don't like what they say, "stop listening"
  I may not agree with what you say, But I will
always defend your right to say it.


We don't need more refugees of any kind. Enough is enough.


Why is that surprise?

Clearly as the supreme legislator he was in and of himself able to make such proclamation. He can amend Canon Law by himself as well.

Whether all or part of the Syllabus was binding in conscience is another discussion.

It isn’t as though “Amoris Laetitia” claims to be magisterial.


In order to be eligible for DACA a person goes through one or more background checks. So no, not DACA.


Exactly ... One more waste of an agency.


"As a liberal and bike rider"  <-- Identity politics.

Taxing bicycle riders is just damn stupid.


Political legitimacy? As long as Assad has Russian support, Assad has the biggest gun, and that is all the legitimacy he needs. Sad but true.


Yawn...and the evidence of Trump colluding with Russia is still non existent...oh well it'll give that dude Rachel Maddow something to harp on. Just more covfefe...


We  stayed in a Trump hotel a few years ago. The service was lousy. The room was scruffy. The food was terrible. We moved out after one night. The Trump hotel in Toronto has gone into receivership. Let's let the Vancouver version die a natural death.


Frankly, there is no mention of Sanders in this article, so those who claim that am this is being carried out by Sander's supporters are misrepresenting reality. Likewise, for the group to claim that they are trying to call out "leftist radicals" is presupposing that the protestors are either leftist and/or radicals, which is an assumption at best.

This article to me reads: Trump supporters plan meeting that is interrupted by non-Trump supporters. In fact, that one sentence summarizes the whole event. I would have liked to have heard about the policy debates in more detail, or the positions that each group was discussing. Instead, this is just an announcement of likely vitriol.

This article is rather dumb in my opinion, as are the comments from individuals who are over generalizing.


This is a really ugly thread of comments.  To be sure, it's easy to criticize the student "protest" as juvenile and ineffective...and shouting "F#$% Trump" is less than polite or respectful.  However, I find it less offensive than spending eight years calling the President a "stupid N#%#$%," which was the pasttime of thousands of right-wing bloggers.

Candidate Trump, indeed, made promises which are threatening to many groups of Americans and stirred the flames of discontent among both his followers and those who opposed his election.  He is IMO,  the most polarizing figure in modern American political history.  Protest marches addressing his election shouldn't surprize anyone.

The real question now focuses the difference between campaign rhetoric and Presidential action.  If, in fact, a President Trump actually attempts to enact all his campaign promises, we are, indeed, facing at least four years of extreme political conflict.  We are now "a house divided".... (cont)


Republicans are not satisfied with repeatedly shooting themselves in the foot.  They are now taking aim at their vital parts.  Hawaii's Democratic Party may not be the greatest, but Hawaii's Republican Party is just plain wacky.


I don't remember a politician with this much previously unrecognized genius since rail interests poised to make fortunes of the rail project realized former city councilman Nestor Garcia was expert at "workplace safety" and "secretary-ing" and threw money at him that dwarfed HIS city council salary for HIS part time job. Funny how his "expert" status faded away the day he left office.

What's going on here with Mayor Caldwell and his newly found financial genius is probably something completely different though. That whole Nestor Garcia thing seemed really shady.

Maybe we get the independent and ethical Chuck Totto to take a look.  Oh, that's right....

http://www.staradvertiser.com/2016/06/16/hawaii-news/embattled-city-ethics-chief-steps-down/


"The sad fact is that American voters this November will probably be forced to choose between a Republican nominee who thinks the United States should ban Muslims from entering the country versus a Democratic nominee who thinks the United States has a right to invade Muslim countries; a Republican nominee who agrees with George W. Bush that it’s okay to torture prisoners in the name of fighting terrorism versus a Democratic nominee who agrees with Benjamin Netanyahu that it’s okay to bombard crowded civilian neighborhoods in the name of fighting terrorism; a Republican nominee who supports building a wall on the border to keep Mexicans out of the United States versus a Democratic nominee who supports Israel building a wall far beyond its border to keep Palestinians out of Palestine."

http://www.commondreams.org/views/2016/06/16/pick-your-poison-clinton-vs-trump-foreign-policy


Samuelsohn suits is a great manufacturer producing extremely high quality suits at relativey competitive prices.


He still has most of the support of his base. His base is not enough to get him re-elected.


But, you can be wrong about how many Frenchmen there are?
I have Acadian in me, and am curious how you get from ~70 million French worldwide to 150 million? (not opposed to the idea).


It is no wonder sexual violence is epidemic in Alaska.  This backlog of rape kits shows the society/community/state history of tolerance for sex crimes.  Until 'rape' isn't tolerated at any level, it will stay an epidemic in Alaska.


Hi Alexandra,

It is true that many rich people did vote for Trump (at least they will get something for themselves out of that choice).

However, the majority of people who voted for Trump were people who were working class, underpaid & angry that the established party people were ignoring their plight.  Then there were the conservatives & pro-life Christians who were advised by their churches to support any candidate no matter how terrible who would go after Roe v. Wade & all clinic funding regardless if the clinic's funding was not going to abortion in any way.  Our conservative nuns fit into this second category.

We need to hold laity, all religious, and clergy accountable for not demanding genuine justice for women in our church & for cooperating outside our church with making oppressive laws.

Network does not support women priests so we need to let nuns know too if they want our support, they need to get real on equality too, despite the risk.  Sexism causes poverty globally.


Oh, my...I guess we are thinking about those same girls who are stripped and inserted with medical instruments to rip out their child, some who are minors without their parent's knowledge. Hmm...things like that bother me more than rumors about Trump. Was Clinton going to help women? No. She enabled her husband to do unspeakable things. Her closest advisor enabled the same type of behavior.


How do you fix the issue? Costs are costs and there is no right to subsidized living in the private market regardless of the tenants advocates say.
The mess in rental housing started with rent controls and these were compounded with changes to the income tax act which removed the immediate tax deductibility of all upfront costs of constructing new buildings.  This, of course, was all part of "social justice" as it hammered those Snidely Whiplash landlords and made them pay their "full share" of taxes.  Of course purpose-built rental development died and so began the shortage of rental market housing.


My guess is that you can also collect Social Security.  PERA members cannot and in fact "donate" any contributions that they may have made, even if they have over 40 SS quarters..  That might be a part of the reform....allowing members to collect both.


No, it describes Sentimentality.  The Eucharist is the sign of unity, and its reception requires being in a state of grace. As St Paul admonished, to do otherwise is to eat to one's condemnation rather than one's nourishment. Rather than a reward for being good, it is nourishment for a pilgrim working hard to be good. I believe that if a child asks for a fish, he or she should receive a fish. Handing them an endorsement of sin, telling them "the moral law is too hard, don't bother with it",  is handing them a scorpion.


sure thing buddy.


Sorry but the we're not all colonists any more. We live in a new world with Western governments encouraging and financing (with our money) new age colonialism which in Europe is on the verge of starting a gigantic CIVIL WAR. It WILL spread to North America. Don't be afraid...be careful...be ready...


Cox used to bark when he smelled fish. I guess he's got no business, so he barks wherever money goes. Why throw more money to an audit to prove nothing? Audit is supposed to follow through with some hints of problem. And when the invoices are not even ready yet, what can you audit on?


No, Wasington Post- No, Alaska Dispatch (read: *Same thing*)- I will not allow you to play victim.

It is absolutely clear to the American public that you, CNN, and MSNBC lead the slanted, biased, and unethical "reporting" on this and all things. Your Leftist agenda has left your ratings in the dust and as an organization, the American people have you down at comprible approval ratings as Congress.

 Is it any wonder Breitbart and Drudge Report have totally exploded in readership over the last 2 years?

Despite what you tell yourselves, You owe absolutely No fiduciary duty to honestly report to the public- we see you for what you are and what you represent, and we're walking away.


The 1-game play-in is a monstrosity.  It might work in NCAA, the Olympics, or the NFL, but for a league that features a 162-game sked, and is so pitcher-dependent, to have a 1-game winner-take-all playoff is no good.  Makes a mockery of the entire season that some barely .500 team could steal the 1-game play-in, then get hot and get to the WS.  They shouldn't be even allowed in.  The 2nd WC team is a diversion, to create some excitement, the illusion of a race to make the post-season for also-ran teams.

I get the 1st WC team, there could be a team finishing 2nd in its division with a better record than a team that won its divisio.  You can make a case for 1 WC team, but not 2.


Are you Orthodox or Anglican and have you been to any ecumenical event involving the two? Your statement about the Orthodox is an over-generalization based on my experience as an Orthodox.


Now, I've always considered myself a rational thinker and it is my opinion that this Governor even considering some kind of ordering of this Juneau Access is not rational. First, not even Juneau is totally behind this project and I can't even imagine the flak that would come from Southcentral Alaska should something like this occur.

Second, the cost alone would eat up so much of State's Transportation budget that, to occur, those folks around Anchorage would come unglued at seeing their own highway plans being put on hold to accommodate such a project.

And third, frankly nobody is interested in driving from Anchorage to Juneau in winter to access our capital.


Tancredo would be a great  improvement over what we have now 😉


You forgot -
"Fox News led with 1.47 million total viewers, up 27% from the same period last year."


"new congress overwhelmingly christian..." What does that mean?
Politics go berserk when religion goes berserk; religion is about the values that guide people in how they relate to each other, to all other. If today's world picture teaches us anything, it teaches us how horrifically impoverished and unhelpful our religions are.
America is in for a religious/ political education over the next four years. Our politics today punctuate how impoverished we are in our religion.
Time to wake up and reset values. Churches! Are you up to it?


Herb Kane's artwork is beautiful and inspiring.  Peter Apo's narrative of ethnic Hawaiian victimhood, however, is ugly and demoralizing.  Its bitterness serves only to inspire resentment and racial hatred.

I have time to focus on only one of Apo's "poor me" falsehoods.

Apo wrote "The loss of sovereignty [1893 overthrow] was followed by the decimation of two-thirds of the Hawaiian population infected by common Western diseases from which we had no immunity."  Total nonsense.  The opposite of what really happened.  The enormous decimation of native population happened from 1778 up to 1893, during which time native Kings and ali'i ruled Hawaii, often treating maka'ainana (native peasantry) with disdain and ruthless exploitation.  For example, thousands of native women, children, and kupuna died from starvation because ali'i forced their tenant farmers to abandon their taro patches to go harvest sandalwood to enrich the ali'i.

See population data in followup comment..


Hope he doesnt lose the old spice commercials they're funny 😂


The state is Washington, hours away. He may be in the military, have work there or be under treatment for an illness. Good parenting is demanding and some folks are just doing the best they can with what they have. Kyle Briggs will always be the father and I hope he is a good one.


Identify your evidence for misogyny.  Reminder: that does not mean insulting particular people.


There will not be a book published this fall more urgent, important, or controversial than The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump, the work of 27 psychiatrists, psychologists and mental health experts to assess President Trump’s mental health.
They had come together last March at a conference at Yale University to wrestle with two questions.
One was on countless minds across the country: “What’s wrong with him?”
The second was directed to their own code of ethics: “Does Professional Responsibility Include a Duty to Warn” if they conclude the president to be dangerously unfit?
Their decision: “We respect the rule, we deem it subordinate to the single most important principle that guides our professional conduct: that we hold our responsibility to human life and well-being as paramount.”
Hence, this profound, illuminating and discomforting book undertaken as “a duty to warn.”


Long before Rob Ford became the notorious crack mayor (who also reined in spending and privatized garbage collection, among other notable accomplishments), he was the councillor who was known and loved for his "customer service" policy, and habit of returning calls to people like the disabled woman in a wheelchair who couldn't navigate the broken sidewalk outside her building, which was fixed within days on the instructions of Rob Ford. There are hundreds of stories like that. He loved his city, treated his constituents well, volunteered, and to become mayor defeated George Smitherman, the man behind eHealth, ORNGE, and the $200 billion wasted through the Green Energy Act.

That's worth his name on a stadium.


what goes up must come down spinning wheel...


There's not controlling the Tasmanian Devil.  I'd like to see defecting Republicans write Cruz in as a presidential candidate just to save face for the Republican Party.  I don't think any Party deserves tRump.


Rich kid syndrome. Too bad he is associated with the Broncos by birth.


Hawaii law makers pushing this bill you are demented stupid American's period.


What a shame, the name calling and insulting.  We have different opinions about budgets and rights.  I see this as parents who want good things for their child.  No shame in that.  Play nice, please.


Trump sycophants who write that this kind of dismissal is common are lying.  There has never been a case when a group of U.S. Attorneys have been released with directions to clean out their offices and be gone the same day.  Never.  Anyone who writes that is either ignorant of the truth, or is deliberately lying.


Calling Leitch toxic is an affront to effective pest control products everywhere.


Poor, poor Donald!  Things have been rigged in his favor since birth.  Encountering an even playing field surely must feel unfair to him.


Yes, because we have done such a great job of conquering till now, I mean look at Korea and Vietnam, we really did great there. Not to mention we have done such a better job at Afghanistan than the British and Soviets, oh wait no we haven't.  The thinking you have is EXACTLY what the the British use to think, we can  do better than the natives, the Japanese  called theirs an Asian co-prosperity sphere, they thought they should be the top of it. It is very clear what the Nazis thought, we are superior therefor we must rule.
When you think you are mandated to rule because of some military muscle you are a loser.


No, Liberals = NDP.  Justin is the new leader of the Left and the NDP is highlighted for extinction if he does push through the "ranked ballot".


Yes, and you'll be sent to a FEMA detention camp.


@u5a1a1
Re: "Do you agree?"

The devil is always in the details because these laws tend go way beyond their word doctored titles - but as long as law enforcement follows due process through the courts and doesn't base conclusions on hearsay I don't have a problem with it.  In the meantime just get the feds to enforce their laws.


Cherry picking?  I was the least concerned with native born. We have no choice but to piggyback these useless twats. At least with immigrants we can send them back and should if they're unproductive. I use employment numbers mostly too because unemployment numbers are easily fudged with the models we use. You know because if you're unemployed and not on benefits such as unemployment then you're considered employed. You wouldn't have known that though. So look at the employed figures and tell me how grand the immigrants are.


Wynne didn't want this watchdog in the first place.

The creation of a Financial Accountability Officer for Ontario was one of the demands the Ontario NDP made before they would offer their support for the 2013 budget.  Since the Liberals had a minority at the time, and they were *FAR* away from getting the PC party to support them, the Liberals made several concessions in their budget in negotiations with the NDP.

The highest profile change was the promise to lower car insurance rates by 15%, but arguably the creation of the FAO was the most important change.


break out the hip boots


He'll have to do it all over when Pence is Potus.


What a GREAT list. Thank you. That said .... I am not sure about Southside Grill and the hangover description. Their soups and friendly hugs are one of my first stops while recovering from chemo and all kinds of family mornings. Teens, your Mom's friend will probably see you there & that is part if what makes Anchorage a great community!


Nope, but you've been apologizing for the present breathtakingly corrupt and incompetent kleptocracy for that long....


[I think you are just trolling]
If you are just going to ignore what other writes and make up your own reasons why did you ask in the first place?


Argh!  Really?  Have you ever taken part in one of APD "Publicity Stunts?"  Like Special Olympics (Torch Run)...Little Libraries?  And what my friend and fellow Alaskan...is disgusting about it?  Your attitude is what is wrong with society today.


denver's defense isn't as good as the local media likes to think.


Glad to see she has managed to outmaneuver Tulsi, who no doubt has been contemplating running against Hirono.


Call it like it is Christian...the owners of Seneca are the Jones sisters, Becky, Kathy, and Jody, who prefer to remain at arms length from the little people while polluting the air, thumbing their noses, and taunting the public with threats of buying and clear cutting the Elliott State Forest. They own Seneca and are 100% responsible for it's purpose - greed.


This incompetent report missed the key reason why Saudi and other took such drastic measures. It does not have much to do with so-called terrorism. Because Saudi hitting Qatar because of terrorism is like the Mafia hitting Mob for gangland gunfights.

The real reason: Qatari royal family members visited Iran for R&R and some hunting. Was kidnapped by certain people in Iran linked to the complex maze of terror fractions. Demanded ransom to release the more than dozen people. Qatar gov finally capitulated and paid up to $1 billion. The money now available to finance all kinds of nasty stuff in Syria and where's not. With this payment of ransom to kidnappers in Iran (but not the Iran government) Saudi (who hates Iran more than Uncle Sam) blew its top and severed diplomatic ties. This is also why Egypt did same.

But in the Middle East everybody is a crook. Why Saudi just spent $110 billion, $350 billion over a decade, but buy the most nasty weapons from US. Hit Iran? Why not?!


It might help an intelligent discussion of this controversial topic if patients were actually given the equivalent of a bill detailing the costs of procedures ( " free " public or private ). At present no such protocol exists and thereby any debate ends up in futile finger pointing and the usual politicised misinformation.

I had occasion to have a complex procedure done in the USA at my private expense. I was given a full $$ accounting down to the smallest procedural detail, staff involved, drugs, ... band aids. I wished that we had an equivalent available in Canada to help inform patients of the true costs and related issues. Apologies - but color me totally unimpressed with the level of debate here. The G&M might want to pursue this item to clarify .....


If it didn't result in more people in the area and higher population density, you'd be right.  But that's the problem -- adding high density housing means more people to the immediate area than are already there.  Even if 70% of them don't have a car (likely an optimistic number) and get around only by rail, the other 30% still add to the already-bad traffic.


I take issue with this poor us tactic! Outrigger have been  successfully political lobbying both state & city. What about exorbitant daily resort fees that mask  real pricing. It's ridiculous.


Honestly, I pay little attention to what pundits say. There is a difference between the two for me. My fear of Clinton is rooted in her governmental actions so far. My fear of Trump is rooted in his rhetoric and, to a lesser extent, his business history.

My perception is that they would both be roughly equally damaging to the nation, but the nature of the damage would be different. I think the next four years are going to be rough no matter which one of these people we get.


I'm sure a lot of over-tax citizens of this State want to know what happened to "Mufi Hannemann" who originally push for the rail system.  He is no where to be found in the news.
    Now the greedy Democrats, with close to a billion dollar in surplus, cannot satisfy another greedy Democrat Mayor Caldwell in paying for this mis-management funds Rail system.
    With all the TAX money these greedy Democrats took from our hard earn dollars, having problems to fund the rail completely.
     Why does the people of Hawaii continue to keep these tax-addicted Democrats in power is beyond me.  My guess is when election comes around only the State/union government workers go to the poll to retain these Democrat legislatures.
       If there is no change at the election poll, families here are going to continue to struggle and survive in this State.  More locals will move to the mainland, while others will take the homeless route.
         Wake up Hawaii!!


Hamas apologist.


Even this QE was rejected by the EU / Merkel until nations burdened the majority of risk.
Furthermore, this so called stimulus is for booming banks and not the poor people they enslave.

This is not the kind of stimulus the EU needs.

The EU's failed experiment, with an old foe dictating European policy, is on the way out amid the rise of populism with Britain, Trump, and now Italy after they closed banks to influence democracy before Greece's landslide referendum after they stole deposits and ran these pretend and extend unsustainable loans to feed rich banks on the backs of the poor. Stern adherence with all stick and no carrot (let alone with contradictions or intensifying failed policies) simply does not work.

It was banks who stated this mess, who got bailed by those they ripped off, to embolden this undemocratic and nontransparent EU holding nations hostage on the other side of the Atlantic.


get it straight,

  You must be from either the uneducated class or the deluded class, or both.
  It's the upper middle class, mostly liberals that decide most elections. They are only defending their turf and will say or do anything to maintain their advantages over the many millions trying to become middle class. It's a class war against the lower classes. That's what lost the Democrats the last election and that's why Justin Trudeau is losing popularity - greed, class war, corruption, style over substance, neglect of oppressed Canadians, refusal to reform the election system, etc., etc.
  Not so much against the middle class, only against their su**ing up to the 1%, their class war against the lower classes, the growing gap between middle class and the bottom 50% on the economic ladder.