One thing is also crystal clear about the Rockies, they have a lot of guys who can be good players on bad teams, toiling in obscurity, put them in meaningful games, and even a rumor of a pressure situation, and they will crumble faster than you can say choke.


Greetings....IMHO.....Cardinal Pell needs to be taken down because he represents the cold dark side of the Institutional Church.  The Church needs to cleanse itself by using him as the sacrifical goat on the altar of Justice!


You have obviously spent too much time reading government acronyms!  I'm sure professional help is available.


"The war that American liberals created in Vietnam was a just war wasn't it? A liberal war that should have never happened."

Interesting ... this is the first time I've heard Eisenhower being called a liberal.  Of, course I guess the majority of today's republicans would classify him as such given their far right views.

" Not much unlike the Korean war."

Your historical perspective on this one is certainly different than mine, comrade.


Anyone asked how many officers work Property Crimes for APD?   Do they plan on training all officers on how to bring up the property being reported by Businesses?   Similar system in my city - can't tell you how many times officers have showed up looking for a stolen item and it goes like this.  We ask "Have you checked the pictures that we post for every purchase via your reporting system?"   Officers reply "What pictures?".   95% of the time they officers investigating don't know how to use the reporting system - ridiculous.   We spend countless hours entering info for every purchase and they don't even know how to use the system they implemented.


Perhaps they could have stayed at work...?


He ducked your comment . My brother is chicken


Scott Bennett 63 = Niagara Resident = WPL


I am genuinely surprised at how many Trump supporters there appears to be in Canada, who are also readers of the G&M. Supporting and defending such a loathsome, thin-skinned, ideologue, must take a lot of effort.


Or ... if a marriage never took place, doesn't that make the now-climbing-out-of-bed-and-slipping-away-into-the-night bishops f*rn......s?


Aerial counts by professional wildlife biologists is sufficient.


Opening ownership to foreign buyers means we would be part of a global oligopoly rather than a domestic one. Corporate concentration can not be solved by markets; the reliance on markets has created these monopolies.


It is about both - Eucharist's primary symbol is the community.  You appear confused.  Try reading your catechism again.  Liturgy is both horizontal and vertical.  The symbol of that community is the table of the Lord around which we gather.
Theology/liturgy is best when it is *both/and* rather than *either/or*


Try to stay on topic...


Good for them for exercising their rights for a peaceful protest. I fear that they are misinformed as to what they are protesting though and they may want to do some research before they fly thousands of miles to participate in North Dakota.
There already is a gas pipeline running through that right of way and there has already been two FN approved archaeological studies performed so the burial ground argument is pretty weak. And they are not protesting peacefully in North Dakota. Pipebombs, molotov cocktails, and rocks have been used against peace officers and one protester was charged after she tried to shoot them as well.
It is funny looking at the signs that these protesters in Anchorage hold. They are anti oil and gas and talk about climate change yet do not hesitate to jump on a plane to fly down. What is their carbon footprint? You cannot say that you dont want oil yet use more than most of us average people.


The message was clear from the start. We live in a country where the criminal, corrupt and the wicked rule with impunity. It is a story as old as time itself. Not to preach but even the bible knows this story. When I read Proverbs 30:21 I see old JZ and his ANC and truer words could not be spoken.


Too many exaggerations in there.  Osweiler is worth more than a box of used tissues.  Which is why he's here again.

What he wasn't worth was an $18M/yr starting QB.  Which is why HOU (and then CLE) cut and ran.

Is he worth a $775k backup QB?  Hell yeah!  Bargain price for an experienced backup QB that helped us get to SB50 in the same role.


Bad idea. Here is a good example why.
Http://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2017/01/18093/


I see greater parallels between the middle east and the Filipino campaign during the last three years of the Spanish-American War--and continuing for about ten years after--during the McKinley and Roosevelt administrations--fraught with some of the most indefensible and hideous (but nonetheless American-celebrated) atrocities imaginable, and which Rudyard Kipling "serenaded" with some of the most sickening imperialist propaganda of the last two centuries.

Said atrocities were so horrific Samuel E. Clemens--who was initially in favor of the war, mind you--remarked: "The United States should change its flag from the Stars and Stripes to the Skull and Crossbones."

I suspect he'd have similar opinions of America's machinations of fear and loathing in Iraq and Afghanistan.


Yes, of course they would like to make a quick exit.  Ideally before the facility opens, and everyone realizes it can't do what its promised and that it was nothing more than a bailout of Ian McGregor by his good friends in the Government of Alberta.

Another white whale paid for by taxpayers to bail out a failed business venture.


Yeah, man! Geithner, Rangel, Sharpton, McCaskill....Oh, you said GOP. Must not have heard of those "other people" from that "other party".


Gerald and Justin must be laughing all the way to the ballot box while Maxime and Kevin make the laundry hamper public.

This kind of infighting shows everyone just how splintered the party has become.  Harpo managed to keep the dissident voices somewhat quiet, but those rifts are coming to the fore.


Already started.  Hang out with that orange haired POS and you're tainted for life.  Peyton Manning is now a douche.


This will make biking to downtown Springfield much more convenient.


Lucky for the way this turned out and thanks is differently in order for Springfield PD. The homosexual lifestyle includes a more often  violent lifestyle largely hidden from public view by the media and LGBTQ agenda.

http://www.nytimes.com/2000/11/06/us/silence-ending-about-abuse-in-gay-relationships.html

http://www.therainbowbabies.com/DomesticAbuse2.html


The church over there is blaming the victim. A local Catholic news publication is trashing the girl.
Quote Daily Mail Online:
A Christian weekly magazine, which is backed by a Catholic Sabha or association, blamed the alleged victim for the event and said Mr Vadakkacheril may have momentarily “forgotten his position”.
“Daughter, why did you forget who a priest is?" read an extract in the Sunday Shalom, according to an India Today translation. "He has a human body and has temptations. He may have forgotten his position for a few seconds, my child who has taken the Holy Communion, why didn't you stop or correct him?"
Father Paul Thelekat from the Bishops’ Council, also commented on the incident and blamed consumerism for the rape.
You would think every priest, bishop and cardinal on the planet would be issuing apologies and offering help to the girl but no. Instead, the church has stolen the baby from the girl (i.e. the baby from the priest's rape).


Those who wish to destroy unions are those who wish to finish destroying what's left of the middle class in our country. If you are a non-union worker and you think you're wage and benefit package is fair the you should go find a union member and thank them.  It is they who banded together to raise wages and benefits for the population in general.  If not then get organized or go begging.


Let BarryCare burn to the Ground. That'll light the fire under the Rep.'s rears.


You must have replied to me by mistake as your comment is non sequitur to mine.  I point out that this news is likely generated by a traitor who break an oath of secrecy to the USA to reveal confidential information.  Hillary was found not guilty in emailgate.  Done deal.  Does one stupid investigation justify another?


When does it end?  More reckless blank-check spending resulting in more grabbing at taxes. Weren't we talking property tax earlier?  And mind you I am anti-austerity as I am huge believer for funding education, social programs, housing, environment etc. and investing in our people, island and future.  But I am also anti-stupidity.  So this seems like steps in the right direction but it's still moving forward on something that may not make difference.


Did you bother to read the piece? Can you say confirmation bias?
/
"Florida State University Professor of Criminology Daniel Mears says that “good data” focused on immigrant criminality - specifically undocumented immigrant criminality - is scarce. "


Lucky dog.


I do not have particular confidence that, with a 'confession' extracted by torture or promises of leniency, the teenaged Khadr did what he was accused of (and let's talk about, in that case, charging busloads of Western drone operators with murder, if that's the case). I do know that the manner in which he was confined was illegal, and, if he was the "enemy soldier" he was supposed to be, he was not treated according to the tenets of the Geneva Convention under which our own armed forces ostensibly operate.

TL;DR: You can't suck and blow at the same time on this case. Everyone in the chain of accountability betrayed the rule of law for political gain.


Wow this is cool the Glob and Mall wants me to pay 49Cents a month to read the lunatic rantings of 777.   Are you kidding me, they would have to pay me.   So sad , so bad you never went back on the meds.     Heh clown so you are still at it 18 hours a day.    You would never get the help I suggested that you get on the national radio program.   Man you truly are incapable of wanting or getting help.


Don't they have capital letters and punctuation on the planet 'tard?


Racial profiling will result in a more effective outcome.


Why are people so stupid? Just amazes me, they think they can get away w/ anything and then think they can get away from the law.


This just doesn't belong on CB. What I get from this trash is that they condone people taking secret video at private CASUAL parties (I see shorts, jeans and slippers on the guests which usually means relax, have fun, we're off the clock/record tonight) of people just to make trouble. I've never viewed CB as a TMZ/Sensationalism type publication but obviously I was wrong. What exactly did he do so wrong given the setting? Dropped an F bomb and gave a passionate speech that probably could have been shorter? Hardly a case for an inquisition and public hanging. Kicking a man while he is down is just shady. Talk about standards. I'm holding CB to a higher standard and they didn't meet it with this one.


A warrant is not always needed, depending on the totality of the situation.  Exigent circumstances, where evidence is likely to disappear, is one major exception. But again-it depends on the entire situation, which is often vague and fluid. But I would think the deck is stacked in favor of "exigent circumstances" being present for a vehicle that contains, or recently contained, a gunshot victim. Proper procedure in that case would be to do a cursory search and if anything is found then the vehicle is held and a warrant is applied for,


Once they are dead, no one measures them that way again.  They can still be beat, of course.  No horse is too dead to beat, as you continue to demonstrate.


Jeremy Corbyn would do a better job--after all,he actually cares about workers' jobs.


Pretty clearly Justin Trudeau is not very bright but that does not preclude him being a cynical and manipulative leader.


Most BCers know that we are robbed so that a couple people can get rich taking our lands, as we are the most global in Canada. You will be wrong to lie that subsidizing export make anyone wealthy, it creates poverty and toxic lands not usable for living.


You just reminded me of a consulting project I had about 30 years ago to provide a short list of the 3 best candidates to be the new CFO for a fast growing, medium sized company in the communications industry.

I always provided lengthy reports on the pluses and minuses of each short listed candidate  and summed up with my first choice and why.

In this case, my first choice among three top flight executives happened to be a black executive.

While I worked on a retainer and guaranteed payments basis, I still wanted to push for the best of the 3 choices for both my reputation and my no charge replacement guarantee of a full year after the executive's starting date.

So I tried various arguments on my client including humour.

"Jack," I pontificated, "there are only two colours when it comes to finances and to CFOs, black and red - and black is good!".

The client hired the black CFO and he was a star performer for several solvent years with that company.

(Sometimes humour helps.)


I thought he was a bot, no one could possibly spend day and night in here disagreeing with every comment posted.


This isn't about divide and conquer.  It's about moving forward with a plan that is, in fact, reasonable.

And, yes, it's about time there was accountability from the provinces in how well they use money earmarked for health care in their provinces.


Forget incentivizing any person or entity producing wealth and moving society forward. Progressives (misnomer 4 sure) have "repackaged" the failed Bolshevist meme of "peace, land and bread" into endless war (more government), free bread-housing-phone-tuition-gas-childcare-daycare-seniorcare-healthcare-anything else.

Don't worry.  Progs will instill a sense of victimhood, across the land, through the divisive politics of class and race in lieu of prudence and work ethic.  This strategy will drive the most productive middle-class in the history of the world to serfdom. Personal wealth is a thing of the past as banksters abscond with savings...tax burden skyrockets...personal property rights are undermined...good jobs exported overseas...and compensation is undermined by a flood of cheap labor streaming across the border.

Let's all practice queuing up for that next government handout.


what about 'cut' don't these folks understand? maybe they need to hang out with moms/housewives for budgeting 101?


Appalling that there is actually people in this world who insist on not only having a voice, but also will venture outside, engage with others, talk with them, be around groups of many different people etc.  If only everyone would hunker down, build bigger fences, have more guns and hate every single person that is different than themselves.


Things are looking pretty good for Hillary. Democrats are energized. They'll turn out.


I am sorry, and am still hazy on the concept.

You have no passport, No social insurance number etc?

If you have those then I am not sure what it is you are missing

Personally I have a SIN, birth certificate (one of those Ontario plastic thingies), and a current passport...not sure what else would be needed...


Yeah, you said it all, you didn't vote for him.   The GOP Christian right is telling us what bathroom to use, not Obama.  LOL


con't: Trump did the only reasonable thing and saved a costly and losing court battle.  He instructed Congress to act soon as they need to now - the fed has been forced.

That Trump rescinded an illegal order as he was forced to do by State AG's, and has not said he wants these people out; quite the opposite he's demanding congress get their act together so these people can stay, makes this editorial analysis baffling.  No research, just more anti-Trump insanity, typical from the commenters but would hope the editorial team is better.  Intelligent people get sick of reading this useless "cruellest" junk when there was no effort at all to explain the politics behind it.

Trump did the most reasonable thing with a 6 month grace period, any longer and he just would have been sued and lost (quicker).  The anti-Trump craziness here is funny if not sad.


Only took a few billion$$$$ before the public realized Caldwell lied to us about the cost of rail in order to keep union support to get re-elected. Articles like this get buried in the print paper. Must be the Star Advertiser support of Caldwell and rail. Hope our only statewide newspaper doesn't become like the media on the mainland where partisan stories rule and everything else doesn't get reported fairly.


Where were you eight years ago??? A Kenyan was an American president. Where was your outrage then!!?!' Your so full of Botox to cover your absolute stupidity.


Yes.  Unless it was made out of nylon or plastic.


Habs fans can watch PK in the 2nd round!


Welcome to the United States, now officially the largest Third World Banana Republic on the Globe. May as well stop all election processes, we're a land without law now so no need to send law makers to represent us. The current ones have now clearly demonstrated they are completely useless.


I remember all too well. It is a healthy reminder why the NDP were left with only two seats that last time they were elected. This time they were appointed, go figure.


Because of population growth, systemwide the enrollment has increased to over 60,000. If you look at Public Schools it seems that an increasing number might not be attending the uh system but attending other colleges and going to the mainland. And here's a quote on the uh..

"UH-Manoa must tackle retention rates and faltering graduate-student figures — about 25 percent of freshmen are not returning for a sophomore year, and graduate student enrollment plummeted by 19 percent between fall 2010 and 2016..."

Freshmen are having a rough time at Manoa and it seems that there is insufficient aid to graduate students for research or teaching. The community colleges provide tutoring and counseling for their students having a rough time. It's no surprise that they continue their steady growth. Manoa should follow their lead. On the research side it seems that the legislature needs to support. For example Cancer Research Institute.


Your answer speaks for itself.


PS:  That should have been "rot" instead of "corruption".  But really, either one works.


You're lying. Rwanda was a domestic case of genocide. Clinton sent a prominent black leader friend of mine to Rwanda to assess what might have been done. His efforts were never publicized. Clinton said that a failure to intervene early there was his worst mistake, but he never involved the U.S. military. Have you the faintest notion of what you're writing about?

5/29/96: President Clinton on Tuesday broadened federal benefits for veterans exposed to Agent Orange, ordering the government to provide disability payments and health care for Vietnam veterans with prostate cancer or the nervous affliction called peripheral neuropathy. adding the two ailments to the seven linked to the deadly herbicide for which veterans are already eligible for aid. He also said the administration would propose legislation to give benefits to children of veterans suffering from spina bifida, a spinal cord disorder connected to the defoliant. It was the first time family members could receive such benefits.


Good thing for Puerto Rico Trump's words don't match his actions.  Puerto Rico is getting all of the help they need and deserve from our government.  But, as always, our government only contributes in a small way to the relief victims of a disaster receive.  For example, Convoy of Hope has posted that a cargo ship containing three million meals arrived in the British Virgin Islands, which lie directly east of Puerto Rico. So far, the Convoy team has been able to send nearly 1.2 million meals and distribute hundreds of hygiene kits, tarps, and solar lanterns.  This is on top of what the Red Cross and other non- government agencies are doing.  Plus, the governor of Illinois, Bruce Rauner, donated a plane filled with drinking water to the island to be distributed to areas in greatest need.  Both church and non church entities are stepping up big time to help the citizens of Puerto Rico.  But all you want to do is whine about Trump's big mouth.


Low ratings
but not as low as Wynne, Premier of Ontario


It's a city project not a state one


There is absolutely no difference between Weinstein's and Donald Trump's predatory and retaliatory behavior towards women. Zero. Zilch.


He did say comforting words, I don't know why you guys claim that he did not. Other than obviously you and Chimborazo just making things up as usual.


You are correct. The US opioid epidemic won't end as long as these drugs are being excessively prescribed. In this regard, it is worth examining the fundamental rationale for this, expressed by Dr. Kozak as, "There is nothing wrong with relieving pain,." Is this true?

There is overwhelming evidence that an intact pain response (nociceprion + movement) is essential for tissue health and healing, and that blocking pain (or free movement) results in strain, inflamation and damage to tissues, particularly in our high-use and weight-bearing joints. Injury can happen very quickly, but healing happens slowly and depends on an intact pain response, uninterrupted for months.

Sadly, the failure of U.S. physicians to appreciate basic physiology is at the core of their misguided reliance on unsustainable artificial systemic analgesis (pain relief with opiods). Poor training has allowed therm to be led astray by the illusion of a quick fix to pain/injury and by false pharma propoganda. Auwe.


Weekly Standard guy read w-a-y too much P.J. O'Rouke in Jr. High.

But he did write this:

"All around me, good non-antifa liberals go about their business, pretending none of this has happened, carrying “Stand Against Hate” signs. There’s the sound truck with preachers in clerical garb, leading a “Whose streets/our streets” chant. There’s the gray-haired interdenominational “Choral Majority” singing peace songs: “There’s no hatred in my land / Where I’m bound.” I want to vomit on the Berkeley Peace Wall.

"I’m made even more sick when I look down . . ."

Take away - "good non-antifa liberals" make the author sick.

Gotta wonder what he likes.


More stringent standards of suitability are needed for police recruits, In Britain, their elite combat unit, the SAS has standards which few can attain because they are so tough they border on being cruel but the mandate of this organization is operations behind enemy lines whether that is in the searing heat of the jungle or the bone chilling cold of the Arctic, if captured, their fate can be torture & execution.

Obviously not anyone can do this, it requires a certain mindset and because the standards are so tough, odds are that successful candidates have the right stuff.

The actions of James Forcillo are a case in point, he clearly wasn't up to the job, had a more stringent selection process been in place, that fiasco may have ended differently.

Those in charge of civilian police need to take a hard look at this, why an officer shoots an automobile, beats up and / or shoots unarmed suspects & civilians.


If you read the Goldschmidt story, he funneled  money to Ms Dunham for years after the "affair."  If you read her biography it's a very sad tale.  Those "rewards" for acquiescing to sexual abuse or harassment and, often, for remaining silent about it are very, very typiocal in cases of such abuse.  It's all really disgusting stuff and, IMO, the efforts to "blame the victim" just make it that more disgusting.  Gary crum


Wow...bummer for that dad.  He must be horribly disappointed in what his son became.


She was not with her pod. They are in Iceland.


Celeb, you're thinking of the 9th Island - Las Vegas.  Close to Los Angeles in name and distance, but not close in cost of living.  Might I suggest moving to Oceanside, Chula Vista, Temecula, or Bakersfield?  Much cheaper, with equally cheap plentiful, and good Mexican food.


Heck...they all LOVE Billy Clinton.....why shouldn't they LOVE Mel Gibson??


When did the lives of children become more valuable? If I had to I would save my wife over a child of mine every time.


Ah, another Catholic who believes that his moral model should be Adolf Eichmann. You will remember that Eichmann attempted to defend himself by saying that he had his superiors make the moral decisions and all he did was accept what they told him. You are telling me that Eichmann was correct in doing that.

No, what you want is the sort of Thought Control that Orwell's Ministry of Truth wanted. Yours is a wholly totalitarian mindset.

I follow Thomas Aquinas who wrote, "Every judgment of conscience, be it right or wrong, be it about things evil in themselves or morally indifferent, is obligatory, in such wise that he who acts against his conscience always does moral evil." -- Quodlibet 3, 27

His discussion on whether one is bound to do what an erring conscience calls for in the Summa Theologica I-II, q 19, art 5 expands on this, but the bottom line is that every conscience binds, even an erring one.


Ken_Conklin, You have your views about churches, and other people have their views.  You're upset because everyone doesn't have your view.  You're going to be upset for a long time.


Putin, you know, the communist, is the Mad King's BFF. The lib'ruls don't care for him.


Preventing slavery in Canada was very important to the people of the British colonies.   Fighting international slavery was a social activist  movement  akin to environmentalism today. The Presbyterian church of York, now Toronto, was  outspoken about ending  forever the pernicious practice.   They believed it violated principles of human justice and violated God's laws of how the world is ordered.  Slavery played no part in the economy of the colonies, so passing laws to against  slavery was relatively easy.


Yet you are posting here.
Hilarious!


Many things do come down to cost. If you are wrong and climate change scientists are right, our grandchildren will be paying megabucks to build dikes around all the major coastal cities of the world. Remember it cost $14.5 Billion for flood control upgrades in New Orleans alone after Katrina. http://www.nola.com/hurricane/index.ssf/2013/08/upgrated_metro_new_orleans_lev.html
Now multiply that by 1000. These costs far exceed the costs of simply reducing our current production of CO2.


Hopefully it will be complete by 2025.


I agree with you.
Too often it's the "strings" that pollute the religion.
Churches should be wary of the strings attached to the money.


If her vote is anything like the VAWA reauthorization, she'll cave to McConnell and company. She won't look out for her constituency and she'll abandon those who voted to keep her in office in 2010 in favor of financial support (Koch). I can only hope for the best but if the past is any prelude...


I don't think he's lying.


I was diagnosed with type 2 Diabetes and put on Metformin on June 26th, 2016. I started the ADA diet and followed it 100% for a few weeks and could not get my blood sugar to go below 140. Finally i began to panic and called my doctor, he told me to get used to it. He said I would be on metformin my whole life and eventually insulin. At that point i knew something wasn't right and began to do a lot of research. On August 13th I found a blog  http://mydiabetesday.com/i-finally-reversed-my-diabetes/   I read that article from end to end because everything the writer was saying made absolute sense. I started the diet that day and the next morning my blood sugar was down to 100 and now i have a fasting blood sugar between Mid 70's and the 80's. My doctor took me off the metformin after just three week of being on this lifestyle change. I have lost over 30 pounds and 6+ inches around my waist in a month. The truth is we can get off the drugs and help myself by trying natural methods


An appropriate one, considering you just wrote that calling diversity a marxist plot was "an accurate analysis."


Yes California has a water shortage, but the bottling plants don't. The International Bottled Water Association says that about 3.1 billion gallons of water are bottled in California annually. Nestle, for example, uses 725 million gallons of water annually at its California bottling plants. Where will the water enter California? Pipeline over land? How long a pipeline? "(The system) uses gravity and floatation to create energy to generate electricity to purify water to drinking water standards," rather vague. Enough energy to pump it over mountains? Because there are mountains under the ocean. This thing will require tons of public money.


Doctors nationwide tend to disagree with you. The majority of them would like it to be improved but definitely not go back to pre Obamacare.


The winner-take-all method of awarding electoral votes became dominant only in the 1830s, when most of the Founders had been dead for decades, after the states adopted it, one-by-one, in order to maximize the power of the party in power in each state.

The constitutional wording does not encourage, discourage, require, or prohibit the use of any particular method for awarding a state's electoral votes.

States have the responsibility and constitutional power to make all of their voters relevant in every presidential election and beyond.  Now, 38 states, of all sizes, and their voters, because they vote predictably, are politically irrelevant in presidential elections.

The National Popular Vote bill is 61% of the way to guaranteeing the majority of Electoral College votes and the presidency in 2020 to the candidate who receives the most popular votes in the country, by changing state winner-take-all laws


Why not Tomahawk the oil pipeline and train tracks running down from China ?  Dare them to respond.


Frau Merkel's declaration of open borders and Obama's embrace of that policy led directly to the deaths of thousands, as migrants from all over the middle east, Africa, Afghanistan, south Asia, clamored into flimsy rafts for an ocean voyage to their watery graves. Some legacy.


With the current rail project running to an expected 10 Billion (or likely much more) the current FTA contribution is just 15%, of which less than 7% has actually been given to HART. Therefore a small fraction of the rail cost.

The FTA administrator quit and went to work for AECOM, another HART rail contractor, so a new one will be appointed by Elaine Chao, Trump's new Secretary of Transportation. The whole project could be changed by that. The FTA should come out to Hawaii and tell everyone what they plan to do now. Caldwell likely doesn't want to see that happen...


Wasn't this one of the "common sense" proposals from the collectivists, insurance to protect the society that was being harmed by "unprecedented and historical" amounts of their illogically termed "gun violence"? And now, when the NRA implements one of their "common sense solutions" and makes it available, they seek to villify their own suggestion by coining the term "murder insurance"?
Perhaps this bait and switch tactic is an example of why no one who owns a firearm has a scintilla of interest in "compromising" further with these irrational individuals?  Just a thought . . .


Question: Who would you support, or vote for, if the choice was between Samson or David or Solomon and Rahab the liar for POTUS?


Completely out to lunch. In five years 1 bitcoin will buy a lambo!
There are already coins that do not require exchanges, transactions are between the buyer and seller only. Money is received and the coins released. There is no way to stop it, track it, regulate it or control it by big brother.
Fiat money will lose more and more value. There will be more and more people converting to cryptocurrency, then a huge run as people unload fiat all together. It will be worthless even as TP. The governments will collapse. It will be beautiful because we will be really become free.
The only thing to do is understand what is happening and take action. The sooner the better for you. It is has been a long time coming since they dropped the gold standard.


The RG.  Again, showing irresponsible journalism.  They switch from Disqus to Civil Comments to clean up the posts.  But they in turn print this kind of letter.  Go figure.


Is it an "attack" when it's an agreed-to plan of action? There may be more to this story - this bizarre, twisted, suicide-by-nail-gun drama.


I'm guessing the 'state's plan' will be to bend over, put your head between your legs, and kiss your hind end goodbye!  (but it will still cost a few million and be over budget)


In this day an age I would think a laser system could track and immobilize a missile threat. But I may be getting ahead of myself.


Kids go home on vents all the time. Not fantasy.


And for your next joke .....


You mean like the war to stop Hitler?  And WWI also against Germany?  The war against Japan, who bombed Pearl Harbor?  How about retribution for 9/11?  None of these okay with your small mind?  You young, non-thinking' 'lead' 'amen nodders' have no real education, just spew and repeat what some Socialist told you to, how sad for you.


So you are claiming that all/most/stat sig number of poor or non-white people are inherently criminal? Who's the racist?

See, violent crime is nowhere near evenly distributed in poor communities but very concentrated among a small sub-culture. You excuse those violent sub-minority by lumping in the vast majority of the poor and disadvantaged with them rather than insisting on personal accountability.

Try some truth instead of virtue-signalling how egalitarian you are.


Mr. Patriot,
  You're in the midst of a battle of wits with an unarmed man. Give it up.


onions meant "those people"


Excellent points.
Of course what's good for us is not acceptable for others.  Nukes for example.  N Korea namely. (not that I'm advocating they have nukes -- any more than Trump ought to have them).


Another killer gets his  photo plastered all over the media.  When are you people going to get that this is the attention that they seek?  Let's start being more responsible in our journalism.  Let's plaster the photos and names of the VICTIMS.  But assign a number (with no photo) to the killers seeking media attention.


Relax .................. Its only "Fox and Friends" that are "whining".


This "Made in America Week" brainstorm is yet another indication of how stupid the Trumps actually are.

Surely someone should have thought "Wait a minute, Trump critics are sure to point out that Trump products, including Ivanka's tasteless, overpriced junk, are almost all made overseas."  But no, push on, Donald.


New Zealand allows Canada  unfettered  access to the NZ lumber market so why doesn't it have unfettered  access to Canada's dairy market.


The most fair thing the government could do from a tax perspective is to have household tax returns.  This would make income sprinkling obsolete and would make it fair for households that earn the same income, whether it is from one source or two.
Unfortunately that was the first thing the Liberals eliminated, so now a household with $90k in income will pay significantly different taxes.  A household that has two equal incomes will pay about $5000 less tax than one that has one income.  Is this fair?

Also, what I would like to know is what "unfair" tax avoidance techniques our Prime Minister and Minister of Finance are using.  We should request their tax info for the last 10 years and see if they have been paying their fair share.


If the US Congress ever votes to permit a State to declare bankruptcy (which they have not) and if SEIU takes it all the way to the US Supreme Court because their attorneys think that the 10th and the 11th Amendment to the US Constitution do not authorize a Federal Judge to tell a sovereign State what to do and if SCOTUS rules against them, then that Federal law might permit bankruptcy.

Except that the US Constitution prohibits "Impairment of Contracts" as well.

That's assuming that the Democrats in Oregon who rely on SEIU and the other unions to support their re-election would ever do such a thing in the first place and that a referendum which talked about all the widows who would lose their benefits didn't overrule the Legislature.

"Firemen and police widows sue State of Oregon!"  Great headline!


None of the excuses I've heard from Bettman as to why NHL players cannot participate in the 2018 Olympics have little validity, particularly since the league, in the form of its little, short-sighted boss, appears, at this stage, willing to go to China in 2022.  If, as suggested in this article, most of the "stars" decided en masse to represent their respective countries, what could the league do- suspend them all?  Doubtful.  This is just another nail in the coffin, IMO, and an added reason why I watch maybe 10% of the NHL hockey I watched 10 years ago.  The IOC could give a rat's ass about the NHL; it's not going to change it's policies just for the NHL but it could very well ensure that NHL players will not be taking part in the 2022 games should they not participate in South Korea.  My sense is there's still traction in this story so don't bet your bank account yet on this going one way or the other.  Sure wish Bettman would retire though and get out of our hockey lives.


Funny Timmy.....

I wonder why the US Military hasn't been able to stop ISIS, who are largely armed with rifles, with their fancy Hellfire Missiles?

Could it be that you know as much about Military Matters as you know about history or the Constitution?

Technical Weapons have NEVER won a war by themselves.  Yes, yes, we dropped two nukes on Japan, but it has always been Boots on Soil (my men with rifles) that ultimately decide the issue.

That is why the Founding Fathers gave us the Second Amendment.


AWESOME!


Seems just a roundabout and burdensome version of Single Payer.  Why bother with all the paper work can shell games?


I've no doubt the author has experienced racism throughout her life. But I'd like her to understand that many non-blacks have experienced much of what she's written about. My white husband's university educated parents were told by his kindergarten teacher that he would likely need to go to a technical high school. She concluded he wasn't very bright because he only ever played with the blocks (he managed to get a biochem degree & MBA). Fitting in on Bay St with the "private school boys" was difficult and he always felt like an imposter. One year the partners at his firm took the younger partners to a men's store to have them buy new clothes (with $ taken from their bonus) because they didn't approve of how they dressed (not expensive enough suits). He was told to buy a new car and when he didn't get the German one, the partners' faces fell.  We just took it all in stride with a "whatever" attitude and played the game.    Sometimes it's not about being black or a woman.


For someone who so frequently attacks others for making assumptions, you make an awful lot of them yourself.


Fine. Good for you that you followed your conscience and joined a church that believing Catholics -- millions of men and women -- don't believe is the right church for them, in a deeply moral and ecclesial way.

Catholics women (I know) also don't feel shriveled to reflect positively on their own church's self-evaluation as the Body of Christ. Nor do they feel the need to go to Protestant Episcopal posts with frightening almost narcissistic projections of their own "despair" that Episcopalians are doing harm to marriage and family (owing to their position on gay marriage, among many, many other moral issues).

I also know some former Episcopalians who would never think of going on an Episcopal post as you do (on a Catholic post), however much they are shocked at the moral direction their former church is taking. The door swings both ways. To the credit of former Episcopalians (in over a dozen US Ordinariate parishes), you rarely see them with their visors down attacking the EC.


This ^^^^^^^^^


I am also talking about Seward in specific. And that night in specific. You aren't the only one who lives in Seward. And the fact that you refer to them as 'mundane pullovers' shows a complete lack of understanding of traffic stops.


It is almost impossible to believe that this is really where we are at in this country.  These two will vote for a trillion dollar tax cut for the wealthy as soon as they can, but relief for millions without homes and basic necessities - nope.  We must stop electing such indecent people.


Trying to silence anyone in the investigation will not serve our nation well.  We need a thorough, definitive result.


What about median wage?...


Firefighters actually spend a very small percentage of time actually fighting fires. Their injuries are more from EMT work or more often, from out of shape FFs training infrequently,  playing basket ball, working out, etc. all of which is covered by workers compensation if it's done during a shift.


Just as Ad Hominem is not a synonym for insult, it is not a synonym for "attack". It is a specific type of attack, on someone one is debating with. MSW is not having a debate with Burke. Thus, his attack on Burke is not an Ad Hominem.


If you discover a peeping Tom in your backyard, you have a right to seize his spying gear and trenchcoat and turn him over to the Police, which is what the Chinese Navy did.  As I posted earlier, the Americans were likely spying on China.

"Although the ministry said the drone would be returned to the United States in a “proper way,” the statement stopped short of saying when or how the device, which Chinese and American analysts say was most likely used to gather intelligence about Chinese submarine activity in contested waters, would be returned, or if it would be handed back intact."

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/17/world/asia/china-us-drone.html?ref=asia&_r=0


The Governor is working to get a project that 138,000 Alaska voters asked to be built.  Good for him.  If this project goes forward, Alaska has a chance at new revenue and affordable energy.

By contrast, what does Giessel offer?  She gave us the unconstitutional, bankrupting SB-21.  Does she offer any sort of vision for our future?  (Crickets)


ASD is far from being considered to have "very high costs" by those who are actually interested in being factual, which we know the Alaska Policy Forum, is not.


Peter you're an arrogant dirtbag


How often do you travel to rural communities? Or is it mostly central urban areas? Suburbs?

I am jusr wondering if mass times are the same across demographic changes, or if your experience is primarily with one or the other?


An alt right hack, Mr. Kouvalis does not represent any Canadian values that I would recognize or support, and I infer from this that Ms. Leitch does not either. I prefer O'Leary to her and Chong to either.


It is your choice. Like Paul Anka said "I did it my Way".


It wasn't an anti-diversity memo. He was basically outlining the differences between men and women. And contrary to the current socialist narrative, men and women ARE different. It's based on biology and science that no SJW can undo simply because it make them feel good.

More succinctly, they can't force others to accept their beliefs under duress.


Good article - now if the G&M could PLEASE dump the laughable "Prototypes" comics and focus on real science and technology, engineering, mega-projects ...


It's sad when one has to read about the actual identity (both personal and religious) of the shooters in foreign media.

It's sad when one has to use another thread to comment on a story due to G&M's censorship.


Have you seen these movies?  They are superb, just because it's a reboot doesn't mean it's bad


Trash, and just not the regular bigoted flatulence, this crap you write is evil trash.


and coin.


Since only 2% of the "Fire" Departments calls are fires, maybe it's time for the private sector to start picking up some of the "non-fire" work.

 Private sector EMT's could probably could supplement or replace most of our public sector EMT's who have an average taxpayer cost of around $180,000/year for pay and benefits.


I would not trust mary bara and GM after the ignition switch scandal - if you buy GM, then you are taking a risk - GM f--cked up with the volt (only a handful out there) and the bolt is over rated - a woman CEO of a car company makes the company even more of a joke...I'll stick with japanese or korean - no german mercedes crap thank you very much or over priced BMW and definitely no volvo ugliness


PV Panels should be place on rooftops.
Covering precious land is a waste.


I have to admit I've had those thoughts, too. The real victims in all this are the kids. I wonder how they're going to cope.


I agree with everything in your post except for one thing ... just how do you propose schools hold students accountable for exercising their right to protest? I don't agree with DACA one bit but penalizing schools for it is not the answer.


Who wants to go to the White House with Lying-Don-The-Con there? It's a 'Dump' anyways right?


No trial, no proof. Just accuse someone of sexual assault because it is fashionable and the media will publish it as fact.

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https://youtu.be/H8X1YLoMHyE


Good article.


Yes, my infant son got nailed on his capital gains taxes last year.


Names?How about Nike and George Soros?So what?How about the EPA releasing 3 million gallons of toxic sludge into the Colorado River, now that's a big deal. You try paint some of us as not caring a bit about the environment. I will state again, we want clean air and clean water but not based on fear mongering. If someone or a company screws up, then fine and/or jail them. So far nobody at the EPA has paid any consequences,ZERO.
WEAN killed the sewer proposal in Clinton, tried to kill the church parking lot in Langley because of blackberry bushes. You kill projects by sucking down resources of those who want to improve things. Why?Because you are no-growthers&NIMBY's.
I'll remind my neighbor how horrible we are for the environment as we clean up the toxic mess left on our properties and pay for it's safe disposal by paint huffers, meth tweakers, heroin users, squatters. We'll think how horrible we are as we clean up old tires and appliances, once again paying for their safe disposal.


Phil Knight has a long history of working "Behind the Scenes" in order to get his way, you can watch the Documentary "Branded" here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dB9PncII_48

He was giving using Junior High Track Meets to hype his stuff in the 70's, I saw it firsthand.


The operating budget deficit is $1 BILLION +. The PENSION(s) DEFICIT is $11+ BILLION and increasing by the minute; and the OIL/GAS incentive credit(s) exceed $ 1 Billion ( a CONTRACTED Agreement- payable in increments) / So, the TOTAL DEFICIT exceeds ...$13+ BILLION. WHY do they ....NOT... TELL THE WHOLE FINANCIAL ISSUE. Furthermore, the OVERSIGHT , these ELECTED , OVER-PAID, in-the- pocket-of -BIG OIL and GAS, for life LEGISLATORS, whom . for the most part. will NOT OR  DISREGARD THE CITIZENS WHOM ELECTED THEM. They meet will "special interest groups" and the for profit corporations, profit&non-profit organizations; and the local and state government to "pacify" the unions.

     Come ELECTION time, will WE, as AN OWNER STATE, make a change. IF YOU as an eligible state VOTER do you part and VOTE the BUMS ...OUT....


FIRED! Our Minister of Defence is so immature that he feels the compulsion to completely invent stories about himself and is also dumb enough to think he'll get away with it? FIRED! Did I say that already? FIRED!


Five o`clock shadow,...AOGC said in 2002 or (2008?) there was "2.7 bcf per day surplus" to what was needed to keep Prudhoe "pressurized" that could be sold.  That started the effort.. but..
    But foot-dragger Exxon didn`t want to invest in Alaska gas and still doesn`t if you notice. It has too many other ongoing projects that compete with it`s undeveloped gas here.
   Sure they will be happy to sell "their" gas if somebody else does the investing and not them.
Thanks Governor for divorcing us from SB138 and SB21 and the extorting cartel. That alone will save Alaskans billions in taxes we would have lost.
   The Governor we elected over Parnell deserves the time he has asked for, during his administration, to try to get our energy infrastructure built on OUR terms. The same infrastructure that 138,000 Alaskans voted to build under ANGDA (but you remember Parnell and his oily legislature denied funding THAT agency created by the VOTERS!!). http://parnellshakedown.wordpress.com/


U:  Ah, I see, in your world there are no winners only losers.  Interesting.  So what do you call the person who was not the loser?


What on earth does her use of black makeup on Halloween have to do with Trump's election? Well, that's a rhetorical question of course, to which the correct answer is "nothing".


http://www.cbsnews.com/news/genocide-threatening-letters-sent-to-three-california-mosques/
Until our new President actually does something concrete about the Alternative Right BS, he's no better than they are.  One can disavow all one wants, but it's doesn't stop the extremists.
When the extreme right are using Trumps name and presidency to legitimize their views, we have ourselves a serious problem.


Then why is it a problem when Trump wants diplomacy with Russia, huh? You guys get all bent out of shape when he wants good relations with Russia, but then you go and say that you're "Pretty sure she is smart enough to have a conversation with the Russians ... "

Hypocrisy much?


Catalonia was the last province to fall to Franco, with the Nationalist troops marching into Barcelona in March, 1939. The head of the Catalan government, Luis Company's, escaped into France. In 1940, he was captured by the Gestapo and turned over to the Franco police. He was executed shortly thereafter with no trial, but not before being sadistically tortured by the fascists. The best source on the Spanish Civil War is still Hugh Thomas' The Spanish Civil War. The progressive Left has never forgiven the disgraceful conduct of the RC Church and the Vatican during this episode, and they never will. These events linger on into the Spanish consciousness to this day, and old wounds are being opened.


She was Zuma's nomination. Need one say more?


"I can hate Islam and not hate Muslims, just as I can hate Christianity but not hate Christians."

Perhaps you're that one-in-a-billion person who, despite the fact that he hates a religious belief, nevertheless is utterly calm and rational in how he views those who profess the belief he hates. On the other hand, perhaps you're just a bigot who can't admit it.

When it comes to things that are intrinsic to a person's identity, hating that thing is no different than hating the person. If you hate homosexuality, pretending that you have no animosity towards gays is a transparent lie. It's the same with any characteristic that the Canadian constitution deems fundamental to a citizen's identity. If you hate it, you can't help but hate the person who embodies it.


The results of Cap and Trade will be seen most notably in better teacher contracts, benefits  and  pensions; Ontario civil service salaries, pensions and benefits; and  Hydro One salaries  pensions and benefits.  For the rest of us, less so.


Would we be surprised that the 'hot house' of neo-liberalism would offer praise for the infrastructure bank plan? The IMF lives on the deeply held faith of market fundamentalism in which public good and public interest are alien concepts.

On the other hand,

Case for Canada Infrastructure Bank ‘not compelling’

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/case-for-canada-infrastructure-bank-not-compelling-researchers-warn/article34898110/

“Where Were They Going Without Ever Knowing the Way?” Assessing the Risks and Opportunities of the Canada Infrastructure Bank

http://ifsd.ca/en/blog/last-page-blog/the-way-CIB

Is Infrastructure a Public Good? No, Sort Of, and What Role for the Public and Private Sectors

http://ifsd.ca/en/blog/last-page-blog/infrastructure-public-good


It is hard to keep up with all this fake news and lack luster indictments.
The FBI informant testimony will be a welcome change.


Tax rates do not tell the whole story of tax bills in Maui.
For a vacation rental condo, (not an owner operated B&B), the tax rate is $9.37/$1000, for a property assessed at say $450,000 the tax bill comes to $4216.

For a Maui resident homeowner, the tax rate is $2.86/$1000 after a $200,000 homeowner exemption is applied. For the same property assessed at $450,000 this comes to a tax bill of $715. Approximately 6 times greater for the vacation rental condo.

For an owner operted B&B property, the tax rate is $4.56 and the homeowner living in the B&B loses his exmeption so on the same $450,000 value he pays $2052  instead of $715.


That was about getting "religion" out of the schools.  No Christian (or non-Christian, for that matter) has ever been "forced" to recite The Lord's Prayer.  Reasonable people don't like that this religious accommodation is going to be disrupting class-room time and instruction for the "non-believers," as well as taking away much- needed physical space where that class-room instruction takes place.  What are the "non-believers" supposed to do while half the class is away reciting prays?


The Sun Belt market will go nuts for it, making tooling around the retirement community to pick up the Viagra prescription in a $12,000 souped-up golf cart all the rage. That is, until those exposed front wheels have biffed one too many curbs, medians, parking-lot barriers and garage walls.


Sure miss them. too. So much fun seeing all kinds of young folks you didn't know lived here. Loved seeing the colorful hippies and everyone is dancing. Laughed at the people running and sliding in the mud created by the water fountains. Would be funny to see how the younger generation would dress up for a Crater Festival party. I forget the bands. I think one was Flash Cadillac. Wouldn't it be wonderful to have another one next New Year's? I will go for the photography and video taking.


While this scenario could happen (God help our country) there may be pragmatic reasons why it does not. Old Benito was no millionaire with an on-going business empire and needy heirs with a brand to protect. DT above everything is about money and control. He has overseas investments. He wants to leave the next generation the business empire untarnished, and viable. I think that is the air brake on the wheel of potential despotism, along with non-Tea Party Republicans close to a nervous investment community which abhors uncertainty and too much conflict.


Canada has a pretty high gun ownership rate to begin with (including handguns), probably higher in places like NB than other places. Agree that tourists should not bring un-registered guns into Canada without the proper paperwork, but don't really see this as an "alarming trend" -- more so evidence of a slow news day and perhaps the preoccupation of the press with gun ownership in general. The fines being met out seem about right in relation to the "harm" caused.


A poster has dumped all over the 2015 roster, at least in comparison to the current 1.  Don't see much difference myself, except the current 1 is much younger.

Of course to get here, management kissed off 2 years without so much as a 2nd thought, and some member so the fan base, as usual, are fighting their battle for them on these pages.  Good for them.  They did that, 1 must remember, for the 2014/15 roster then, just as they are now.  Not much has changed, if anything.

Could this roster be way better down the road?  Of course, if everything goes right, which it won't.  But if you see it as going that way, while at the same time, hedging your bets--having your cake and eating it too, I guess--go for it.  The other courtiers who frequent these pages, they got your back.

Big things were expected from Your Leafs after the 2013 playoffs, and what came to pass?

Some may think that this time is different, maybe it is, coulda said that bout all the other times too, though.


except trump didn't announce it.


It was an EXCELLENT UN Speech ever!  EVER! You know it just cracks me up to see the "Unfavorable" numbers. Of course Libs will see this as an unfavorable,everything Trump dose or says is Unfavorable in their eyes. They forget why we are here today dealing w/NOKO and IRAN ,it's because of them the Dems & ,the Obama administration, who allowed the NOKO and Iran to scale up their nukes..... We were Bribed to pay them millions and Iran? Billions! And they took the Money and ran,with no intention of fulfilling their promise.

But you know ,irt this poll, It's all fake news. You can tell these unfavorables are lying  because,they cannot stomach or even watch President Trump for two minutes without their heads exploding. So I say; if you did not see  President Trumps UN speech,your vote here is irrelevant!

 I xx dare the libs to watch it in it's entirety(Youtube).There was nothing negative about,it was about putting America and all Sovereign countries all over the world first! IMUA! MAGA!


Wrong again. Put on your big boy pants and face the facts.


Mattis & Tillerson said that the Trump regime has all the legal authority it needs to kill people anywhere in the world.
[Not all homicidal maniacs are on medications, or even get noticed by mental health authorities. That's what you should be shaking your head at.]
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/48151.htm


It's an attempt to muddy the waters. They don't have a sound position against contraception coverage. They try to say "no free pills" but that's not the issue, because they are not free. Then it get weird after that.


Tide is turning indeed. The more immigrants arrive to Canada, the less understanding stay why some  people demand special treatment.


Wow luke this is soo much longer than your normal blathering I was hoping for something to take hold of here....  but no such luck, all of it is as usual non-factual.
*  Hate for civil servants - check
* Believe Trump will fire civil servants - check (when this doesn't happen feel free to admit it).
* luke does not believe there is such a thing as income inequality (but then why do you hate civil servants?  In other words luke is incapable of seeing his own hypocrisy)  - check
* Trump will only become more popular -perhaps a demi-god - check
*Liberal taxes and regulations (ignoring libs have decreased taxes) - check
* Trump will create MILLIONS of jobs - check
C'mon young man give us something to work with......


Safe, but odd decision to not allow dope smoking in the casinos. They'll normally allow anything that will degrade your ability to think correctly. I would think that after a couple of cocktails and J's most people would be making ridiculous bets. Another possible good thing for the casinos and dope smoking is the possible "contact high" that those who are not partaking may experience. Anything that gets people to throw their money away is a plus for a casino.


"But you missed the 2nd order point..."

It is exactly as Jesus said: "Blessed are those who forget to take their meds, for they shall become incoherent."


If you are so fond of ADN and its liberal bias and Sienfeld type articles ( lots of words but little news ) I recommend that you carefully read every word on the next several editions. Because the paper is going away. Hopefully to be re/started by someone who knows something about the newspaper business.


Any chance he'll see that federal money needs to be spent on this instead of a silly wall?  Recovery is estimated to cost $40 billion, and the federal flood-insurance program is bankrupt, pending Congress' decision whether to fund it or not, which may not happen if Trump's budget is adopted.


The problem is that it is dramatically lower prevalence in most workplaces, and dramatically high incidence and severity in militaristic workplaces (armed forced, police, firefighters).


A desperate attempt to retain power.

Christy is as pathetic as Kathy Wynne.

For goodness sake Canada, think before you vote next time. Please.


It_needs_religion,_but_not_religious_power.


Train wreck clearly doesn't mean what you think it means. After total national health care costs rose 0.5% per year in the decade before the ACA, as a percent of GDP, they rose by only 0.5% in the five years the ACA has been in place, a remarkable achievement when one considers that over 20M more people got health insurance.

Now for a train wreck, here's what the CBO estimates will happen with the killing off of the ACA:
1. Uninsured rising by 32M by 2026. Yes, that's 10% of America suddenly joining the ranks of the uninsured.
2. Individual policy premiums will double by 2016.

And the CBO ignores the consequences of losing the pre-existing condition coverage, loss of community rating and the reimposition of lifetime coverage caps. All this so that the top 0.1% can save a few thousand dollars in taxes.


I'm not a Trump fan, but I do agree that at least parts of the media is the `enemy'.   I have been saying that for over 40 years.    Much of the `news' being broadcast in the USA is politicized viewpoints and not the actual news.  One proof of that is to ask oneself if there has been a difference, for example, in the `news' being broadcast from CNN `News' compared to Fox `News' on President Trump.    Of course, the answer is yes, and I think this is a good example of Fake News.   The Media needs to be held partly responsible for all the hatred and division in America.   In the very least, a `News' media outlet should be broadcasting only factual occurrences under the umbrella of `News'.    Currently, the credo of American journalism is to hold someone's feet to the fire, but this often leads to extreme pettiness and repetitive critical nagging behaviour from the Media.


I don't believe HAARP is working on mind control or turn people into zombies, but one thing is for sure since they start working on suppose study research the wheater has dramatically change not only here but other parts of U.S.


As a graduate of the University of Oregon, BA '69 and JD '71, my personal experience as an undergraduate in the liberal arts was that 'freedom of speech', with some few fortunate exceptions, was freedom to regurgitate each particular professor's course notes in the style which he preferred.   Most were arrogant, extremely pleased with themselves and viewed undergraduates as unfortunate necessities.   Those few tenured who would deign to be in the same room with undergraduates were much worse.  I view tenure, like any union,  as a protection for the mediocre who would otherwise be required to actually be productive.


Don’t forget the development friendly policies of Vision* Vancouver...


He who has the gold rules. My personal favourite "quote" from wizard ID.  Canada as a nation sold off its entire gold reserves. We will rule nothing. I personally hold more precious metals than our nation does which is truly saddening. Then you see Russia and China stacking like there's no tomorrow. Sounds to me though like ibby could've stopped the headline and just went with Trudeau should quit. He's a buffoon and will lead us down a path of financial disaster.  The globe should fire all of its writers who would rather give there useless opinions over facts and news. It's getting old real quick.


The amount of tax deducted is less than the amount of income doled out by the government. Therefore, it would be to the government's benefit to lower the OAS threshold upon which it could reduce and eliminate payouts to seniors.


If I voted for change I would be sick to my stomach!  Yes the entitled  who lied their way into office continue to badly stumble along.

Yes the nerve of the media to point out alllllllll flaws we have witnessed over the last 14 months,.

Is anybody surprised the weasel is attempting to change the way we vote so they can stay in power forever???

What a mess, well  at least we have carbon tax to look forward too!!!!


So some cranky PC judge does not like what he says.  Is that any reason to muzzle him in general public discourse.  The PC army is as bad or worse than any of Stalin's  thought police.


"The Prime Minister is now essentially issuing an open invitation to more queue-jumpers... It is a dangerous game..."

Sums it up perfectly.  The open invitation started on Twitter, is continuing with Trudeau's assertion that most Canadians support this (huh?), and is evidenced by his delayed and feeble response plan.

Not to mention the deflections of tough questions, by implying that those who don't support this represent the far right.  Trudeau is only going to test his support of those who voted for him, and create further divisions.

For a leader that often speaks platitudes around tax fairness and the middle class, this sure seems like an unfair and unaccounted use of taxpayer funds.

Together we can make Trudeau history in 2019.


Time for a read of "Dispatches From Pluto".


"clearly there has to be a trade deal with China"
Why is that exactly?


I have no problem with the tradition of calling priests "Father", but do recognize some of the issues from doing so.   I think those who wish to continue calling should be allowed to do so, but those who do have an issue with it, should not be forced to do so.  There are a lot more serious things to get worked up about.


That little mouse is Cate Arriola Larry...


"Hillary won the popular vote by 4M votes."
why is there always "but this"/"but that"?
or "what about"?
Hillary won the popular vote.
Is that fact impossible to accept?


"Garrison, politics is a good way to lose half of your flock."

Why? You shouldn't be afraid to read something that questions your preconceived political notions. If you like his writing, I'm not sure why you would draw the line at politics. Its an Op Ed column after all...


I believe the vote has been held, and Parliament has agree to go ahead. Many "remain" MPs voted in deference to the Brexit vote results.


ED, According to court and diocese records almost 20 % of the priests in the LA diocese were involved.  No-one is exaggerating, but it is denial of the episcopacy and some catholics, in the face of the evidence that makes the situation ever worse and likely will prolong the abuse by priests... Deny as you may but it does not help the situation.  BTW, Holy Orders was created by men several generations after the death of Christ.  It is the Priesthood of Baptism that is Apostolic and the Eucharist was celebrated in the homes of those following the Way of Christ before there was any man made sacrament of holy orders.  The laity by the authority of their Baptism have the right and power to do everything that the ordained ministry does.  The laity also has the responsibility to ask their leadership to clean up its own house--- that is if they have any self respect and wish to have people pay much attention to them.  Clericalism must be radically changed and the sooner the better.


The Post, probably inadvertently, described it perfectly.........."most attending were progressives"


If base entertainment is the definition of "Great", Trump is a man who knows how to deliver on a promise.


Ms. Troll, I have never read any ISER report, seen a video, nor listened to any ISER representative say cutting Alaska's state budget will result in massive job losses.  I have heard, seen and read where they said, cutting the PFD is the absolutely worst thing government can do to solve this crisis.  I have heard them say that cutting government jobs is not the answer, either.  We have $9+/- billion in the Earnings Reserve (ER), up from $6.91 billion in 2015 (even with low oil prices), which the legislature can access with a simple 2/3 vote.  As ISER has said, with managed budget reductions over 3-5 years, and use of the ER to fill the $2-3 billion gaps during that process, Alaska will be in the black again.  Since the International Energy Agency is forecasting $80/bbl oil by 2021, the crisis is averted.  Not only that, we won't send another 12-15,000 Alaskans below the poverty level, nor will we severely weaken government.


That is a terrible hardship. Please add a toll on the Highway of Heroes aka the 401 to raise funds to help them


Spoken like a person with no understanding of the natural world.


Thousands leave? Won't happen. That's a pure bluff. Such an exodus may have been possible 20 years ago but times have changed. It's also not as easy as many seem to think it is.


Such BS here on this bill, as well as by posters here.
How many of the wealthy actually pay 39%? Few if any.
The fact is, if you read your postings, most of you are wanting YOUR deductions/breaks/exemptions, but take from others. None of that is fair or possible for us to figure out how it plays out.
However, if all deductions/breaks/exemptions are removed, then we all know.
Simply require all money obtained to go to same progressive tax scale that starts at 1% on those making 30k, and ends at say 25% for $1+M. IOW, everything above 1M is taxed at 25%. No need for minimum tax. But applies to every penny that u get; lottery, inheritance, wage, dividends, salary, gains, etc.
Otoh, no eic so program needs to give money. Though, I prefer to see it, then hide it.
This would be most fair and easy enough to balance budget.


How do I explain Leah McLaren to my kids?


Interesting.  Didn't realize that they were planning extra stops.  Good/bad on that one, I suppose.  Although I rarely plan to take it so no big deal to me.  Once the N-line opens, that will be my closer service (although even then I rarely have occasion to go downtown now that I'm retired).

Kinda makes me wonder why they bothered with the B-Line to Westminister Station at all though, if the G-Line is gonna cover 2/3rds of those stops anyway?  If we're talking 2040+ before any more of it gets built, seems like just focusing on the G-line and getting it done sooner would have made more sense.

Oh well, no one accused RTD of doing what makes sense. 😀


Actually, "is it legal to record another person....." Yes. In Alaska you may record ANY conversation of which you are a part without advising the other parties in the conversation. It is not the sort of thing that will het you any points from the recorded parties, but the recording is 100% legal and can be used in any legal setting.


Another friendly reminder as to who is the master, & who is the slave.


Strange preoccupation with domestic politics in a nation where politicians bleat about free trade & globalization in a hollowed-out outsourced ... economy?  Here's the question, "Does China really care which 'Canadian political party' is 'in charge' of any of Canada's many government levels?"  When I hear "the party is strong" or "the party is united" re: any political party at the federal or provincial level, I wonder what that means to Canadians. Chinese companies (always state-organized, even if they pretend to be private) own a lot of real estate here, plus Alberta's bitumen sands, etc. Rural Conservative? Steven Harper sold the former Canadian Wheat Board to a subsidiary of Saudi Agricultural and Livestock Investment Co. for $250-million in 2012. Companies from China & India have purchased Canadian farmland. If foreign companies & states are buying up Canadian resources, why isn't Canada interested in owning itself? What does Canada own elsewhere? Politics is EMPTY in Canada.


I saw the show the night before you did in 1989 when he actually did stab his hand with the whammy bar. That was a great show....kinda glad I missed this one...


''Mr. Trudeau did not mention the rules he set for his cabinet when he came to power a year ago, which say, “there should be no preferential access or appearance of preferential access” in exchange for donations. Those rules are to be enforced by the Privy Council, an agency that reports to Mr. Trudeau.''
So the chickens report to the fox.
Trudeau has violated and ignored the very rules he set for his own cabinet. He campaigned on a platform of Real Change, not Spare Change? and when he's appropriately grilled in the HOC, all he can do is stumble out a few talking points - probably fed to him by Butts and Telford, who could see this train coming down the tracks - and repeat them over and over. All the deflection and excuses offered by his apologists won't change the mess that he's in. Very shortly, he'll likely be off on another overseas jaunt, which will get him out of the hotseat for a while. Maybe Trudeau and his handlers thinks that this will just go away. It won't.


... a man's word is his contract in an honorable world.  Cheetolini voters keep blathering on about their reasoning for electing this rat is his 'business skills'.  Cheetolini's word ain't worth boodiddleySQUAT, proof of this is slapping y'all in the face over and over again.  Thousands of lawsuits have been settled, and continue to be settled.  A tiger doesn't lose his stripes.  Cheetolini is 'leading' his country into the same deceit, double talk, lying as he has done in the past with his own businesses.  If Cheetolini really wants this wall, he should pay for it himself along with all his supporters that claim to want this, THEY can pony up for this bill.  Let it 'trickle down' from the cash rich Republican party, THEY can put it all on THEIR shoulders and pocketbooks!!


I missed where it stated there were clauses on indigenous peoples, climate and gender equality and wages.


Unity is not achieved by clobbering those whose life situations do not fit into the neat little boxes that the hierarchy think everyone's should.

It seems to me that some bloggers are always looking at other people's lives and try to measure whether or not these folk fit within the parameters of "moral law"[as the bloggers interpret it].  What a bunch of Catholic Pharasees!


Lol.

Who the hell cares what you think. How about that one?

Who threatened whom, by the way? You say in writing? So you can prove this? Or are you just an outright liar?


Good article Gary.
Now how about digging a bit deeper?

How about talking about the fact that these $10,000 a plate CASH FOR ACCESS to Christy Clark events are being held in secret locations ?
How about talking about the fact that Christy Clark and her BC Ministers who are made available at these dinners for wealthy elite high rollers from BC and other places (wealthy Chinese billionaires and Oil company owners etc. ) are doing this when they were scheduled to attend and should have been working at other events that are government business related and for the benefit of the citizens and taxpayers of BC
...that's you and me.

How about digging a bit deeper Gary and revealing just how bad this CASH FOR ACCESS  BC Liberal Party scandal has become and how it threatens our democratic processes here in BC?

All BC voters would be interested in knowing more about that.


Of course Conservatives 'won't lead with attack' on NAFTA
There's got enough troubles trying to get their fellow MPs back from Azerbaijan.


I will miss our debates. My deepest condolences to all in the family.


So why is the clinton/fbi/russian colusion story nowhere on ADN?


Fill yer boots Lee...


Not complaining about "corporate interests" sir.  If they can make a fair profit without subsidies then fine.  I`m pretty specific who I am concerned with. I`m an old retired Alaskan voter concerned with corruption in the peoples house, enabled through illegal gerrymandering and conflicted legislators who have in the past and still are in positions to steer billions in revenue away from the owners of the oil (us) to their employers.. Or are you one of the republicans who believes the cartel owns the oil just because they leased the rights to share the benefit with the state from it`s production?
I never said Alaska was Kansas. You can dismiss your Kansas corporate socialist brethren`s wise realization that your trickle down economics doesn`t work.  It speaks volumes.   Your a shameful pandering shill.
 62% of the public testimony on HB115 was supportive of a broad based progressive tax or a sales tax.  Try to keep up Hawkins. Do you still put oil on your pancakes in the mornings?


Only a liberal would say such hateful rhetoric


Many people today have blissfully lived beyond their means on cheap credit their entire adult lives. They don't know their true standard of living, because they've never lived it. They don't plan financially for retirement because they've never planned anything financial. Spend now. Pay sometime later, if ever. In our schools and in families, education has been sorely lacking. Consequences will be harder to bear later in life.


The most ineffective secretary general on a par with Ki Moon. Pathetic !


What I took away from prohibition was a life-long disrespect for the police.
Now that I am getting older, and my 'hood is going downhill fast, I am glad to see them around. I still don't trust them.
That's not a good thing.


>>Do you do ask the same question about anything kosher?
.
And if he doesn't?


jimbob -  what difference, at this point, does it make?  Obama would not interrupt his golfing vacay for a national tragedy.  Donald Trump made Obama and Hillary both look like heartless lazybones.


Are you saying it was better under Obama?


If you can tell me how much I have paid for rail surcharge in the last ten years and then if you can tell me how much more I need to pay in the next eleven years (the 21 years we are going to pay), and then if you have a town hall meeting and explain to your constituents how much they each are paying and tell them you want them to pay more, you will change your tune.  It is not "Pono" to tell people to pay a tax when you do not know how much you are asking each person to pay.


What lies? Have you even looked at anything on the site? For instance the "No Go Zones" in Sweden?

Have you seen those videos of the Muslim migrants beating up the female police officers?Not to mention the other videos on the Muslim "No Go Zones"?

Do you really think those are all paid actors by "Alt Right" conspirators?

These topics are too sensitive for the MSN. Provide proof of your statement of any "lies". Otherwise , you are the one guilty of the slanderous lies.

I have an open mind and gladly admit I am wrong, if proof can be provided.


So you're posting a copy of a post from a poster on another newspaper?


Hey Colbert, how're the profits from your sweet insider deal, medicinal MJ "clinic" working out?

BTW, have you figured out how to unf* # k HART yet? Yeah...didn't think so.


Hi, Trumpsters, I thought "Infrastructure Week" was highly entertaining. Was it good for you? Looking forward to next week's theme. Any surprises in store?


Yes. At one point in the "investigation" (if you want to call it that) a big deal was made about "some of the rifles had Scopes"!  OMYGAWD ! Lol! yeahhh...you always want to have a scope when firing simulated "auto"!


Lineups at the grocery store cash register are common, and the store is sometimes out of the product I'm looking for. It takes me longer to get an appointment with my dentist than with my doctor. I've  recently had some home renovations done, and the contractor couldn't start for three months after we signed the contract, which was after it had taken him four weeks just to give me an estimate (and this was the fastest of the three contractors I contacted). I want to get my cat spayed, and the veterinarian can't even look at her for two weeks, and won't actually book the surgery until after the initial examination. In short, the private sector does NOT always provide excellent service, and waiting is just as common in the private sector as in the public sector..


As any Rockies fan can attest, this franchise has provided some truly breath taking pitching performances throughout the years.

My personal favorite, prior to this weekend, was the Jamie Moyer experiment a few years ago (he of the Stanton gopher ball that knocked out the Miami scoreboard lights, among the many other "highlights" of his time with the Rockies).

However, coming on the heels of the fine eight walk (in 21 batters) effort provided by current number one starter Mr. Chatwood on Saturday, we come to the very definition of what fans have come to expect from Rockies pitching.

In a performance likely not seen since the unfortunate meltdown that ended Rick Ankiel's pitching career, we have Mr. Ottavino's Sunday matinee. Clinging to a two run lead, he uncorks two wild pitches (in a matter of a few seconds) gifting the Dodgers three runs (and perhaps the turning point of the Rockies 2017 season) without even requiring them to put the ball in play.

Simply astounding.


I  see. No more wealthy entitled celebrities from political family dynasties.

No more Bushes and no more Clintons; but Trump is OK?


Personnel matters are not everyone's business.


Guns don't kill people, words kill people.

None of this is new but feel free to blame liberals instead of angry white men.

Assassination attempts and plots on Presidents of the United States have been numerous: more than 30 attempts to kill sitting and former presidents and presidents-elect are known. Four sitting presidents have been killed, all of them by gunshot: Abraham Lincoln (the 16th President), James A. Garfield (the 20th President), William McKinley (the 25th President) and John F. Kennedy (the 35th President). Two presidents were injured in attempted assassinations, also by gunshot: Theodore Roosevelt (the 26th President) and Ronald Reagan (the 40th President).


Thanks for the link.  So 2010 was only the largest run in the last 100 years, and it was followed by a 20+ million year in 2014.   The years from 1910 to 2000 were quite low....roughly in the range we've seen for the last couple of years.  Let's see what 2018 brings.


The election didn't magically make Trump something other than an ignoramus.


Totally unintended, but funny!


In what way is it a non sequitur? You've denied the hypostatic union and by association the Trinity.

Go ahead, use your "science" and explain the Incarnation.


Hey there is only one good guy and there are royalties in that catch phrase


Did he ask for that, or did you just make that up out of thin air?


Don't be sore loser...


Why not just give everyone a government job?
Great pay, sick days, benefits, pensions...everyone will be well off.
Heck, I would even settle for one of the many "consultant" positions with a hefty per diem.
Or wait...just one of Saad Rafis appointments...you know, one where you just get $800K + for
being "ready to work".


What if the dog bites the guy and the guy has HIV or some othe bizarre contagious disease and passes it on? Not to mention a dogs mouth is rampantly full of bateria. Dogs clean themselves with their tongue and they dont use soap!


Great Job guys, Indeed we always need to look out for our health... visit labfinder.com/labexams/zika-test/ to book a test and time near you. Godbless you guys!


Freedom  from Religion ...not  of !


The Union would rather see its members moonlighting at roofing or carpentry then volunteering --oh wait doesn't firefighers moonlighting take jobs away from others??


Your Premier - who will be re-elected in 14 weeks - is a single mom who successfully runs a $46billion province, leads the ruling party which has won the popular vote since 1996, and on many, many metrics has lead all other provinces in success. $200k is cheap. The Lost Decade of the 1990s still stinks of corruption.


Are you going to give the same advice to muckamuck, Roy Anthony, Wavemaker and others? There is a whole lot more than 5 in that group.


He does not 'deserve' any privacy. He is a public figure. If he didn't want his life opened up. He should have never applied for the job. He works for us. And is accountable to us. His paycheck is paid by us. And his expenses are paid by us.

He is not a celebrity. He is suppose to be the leader of our country. And so far, All he has been doing is flying around the world on the Canadian taxpayers dime.

You do realize that most countries consider him to be a joke.

At least leaders are scared of Trump. With Justin, they shake his hand and laugh behind his back.

The most II have seen Justin do in Parliament is is strong arm MP's.


Journalists not in the top 100. But plenty of jobs that require only a high school education made it.


The left has never understood postmodernism in any rigorous sense. Derrida and Foucault were derivatives of Nazi Heidegger, simply adding a grab-bag of formulaic deconstruction tactics. This philosophical ethical vacuum suited the Totalitarian moral agenda of the left, who smugly and nihilistically deconstruct traditional discourse and ideology, only to usher in its own through the back door. Social justice warriors are the demon spawn of this ploy, which is ironic as they have no coherent theory of justice.

Postmodernism is an epistemological critique based on math and science (nonlinear dynamics). Nietzsche checked out from the Basel University library over 30 times Cantor's work on set theory (with the diagonalzation proof that the infinity of real numbers exceeds the infinity of rational numbers). Derrida-Foucault minions don't understood Cantor, much less Godel, Turing, Davidson and nonlinear dynamics. So they miss entirely the constructive aspect of postmodernism.


Didn't Benghazi take place years ago?


This guy  flunked the psychology part of the police exam's............ and it got "OVERLOOKED".


A stoned, homeless mentally ill Bernie supporter?  Hey it's Denver, anything's possible.  Maybe the kid bumped into him.


I agree. Good comment.


It isn't "bigoted" to call someone out for their behavior - in fact it is one of the reasons we have laws and government to begin with. I don't see you rushing defending the kayaker who put himself (and others) in danger through his behavior, yet you're defending someone who is endangering us all through their unwillingness to admit their ignorance. It's sad, really. But I'm sure you won't bother to try and understand my point, so just go back to name-calling. It's very constructive.


I am 100% sure that Jesus would support the ACA, and would not consider taxes stealing from your neighbors!! Yes, Desiree, you ARE your brother's keeper!! You DO want to be caves, don't you?


I'm with him ---> [...] “I’m not going to bend over backward to make it work when I don’t believe it should be there in the first place,” said state Sen. Kevin Lundberg, R-Berthoud ..."

It should not exist. And it does nothing to ensure vehicle insurance...that is not tied to a Driver's License at all-only car registrations, and that insurance can be canceled after vehicle registration.


The "civil marriage" IS the sacrament of matrimony.

Learn before commenting.


And so....you did.


"I like the idea of dressing for the weather"

Excellent advice!


I agree Legi should go. He is not qualified for be a college DC. Maybe he should apply for Kaiser High School football coach.


Yes, Dick has shown his hypocrisy more than once on ADN.


We can all rest assured knowing that this is in Myriam Monsef's capable hands.......

What could go wrong?


Firstly, the Conservatives have to become credible, only then can they talk about beating Trudeau.


Silly me.... when their land catches fire, they will sit and wait for the white man to put it out. Until then, they will charge for access.
Natives, gets the best of both worlds. All the revenue, none of the expenses.


The final plan is in Comittee.  Efore we get our panties in an uproar, lets see wgats in it.


I knew a highly successful Tort Attorney once who based most of his cases on what I called "ethnic determinism".  For instance, he counted on Irishmen acting like stereotyped Irishmen(whatever he conceived that to be), whether they were multi-generational Americans or Irish citizens. It worked for him in court more often than not, but I believe one's nationalism trumps ethnic determinism.
For decades, nationalism has been decried by the left as anti-humanist, & therefore anti-American. That's one more irrational, liberal distortion of facts ... & human nature.
I'm all for American Nationalism & putting American interests first.  We American citizens are not the nannies or insurers of the entire world population & we should actively resist all attempts to impose such "duties" on our people.
Immigration once was a benefit to the USA, but that was then, & this is now. Blessed, though we certainly are, we should focus on our exceptionalism and act to increase its benefits & advantages.


Right wing extremists got off to a head start that will never be overtaken with the Oklahoma City bombing.


More executions on an annual basis than the rest of the planet combined, abysmal human rights violations, border disputes with more than a dozen countries, the worst environmental destruction and lax environmental laws on the planet, largest GHG producer on the planet, global state sponsored international money laundering, state sponsored incarceration and organ harvesting of religious people, the list goes on and on.

No thanks China, Canadians do not want Trudeau's deep integration. We will see Kevin O'Leary as PM in 3 years if we don't clean up our act.


Thank yew four spell checking yore post...makes yew look "smart".


If your vote counted for anything things might be different . . .

NAW!!!!


Gummint overreach or not, smoking (anything) in a car with children present should get you forty kicks in the as s and one in the nips and nuts.


True, changing directions in the direction of wind is definitely not what ethical journalists are supposed to do.


It will be interesting.   If they had showed some tact and not so much bravado, a week of saying a temporary ban would be in place starting in 90 days might have helped.

If he seeks a full time ban then I'm wrong to trust the admin explanation of a process review.

I think the entire event is just how you said, already campaigning for 2020


Get the valium out....  U Settle down.


You have a choice to do your banking, insurance, tax filing, etc on line or using the Post.  It's up to the individual to decide whether it's worth the risk of having their personal information compromised or stolen as a result of an on-line hack.

Are you willing to risk having your vote stolen?


The last I heard, she was a Senator for the State of Alaska, not the State of the Republican party.  I didn't vote for her, but her backbone on this one, will make me think twice next time and not just dismiss her.  Party over People isn't a good way to govern.


It would appear that Burke misrepresented Pope Francis, and misrepresented the truth. Burke appears to have been mendacious. Burke appears to have lied. Burke looks like to have been a dishonest man. http://m.lacrossetribune.com/news/local/pope-probes-cardinal-burke-s-removal-of-official-at-center/article_75c1b28c-c085-53e4-b2bf-054da11cbc8b.html


Just trying to make it so the janitor can live a good life and save for retirement. Right now, he janitor can barely pay rent and electric, let alone save anything, while the doctor has a nice vacation home in Bermuda.


Believe me I can/could live with Harper.  Sociopath puts it rather well.


Jumping to conclusions already... Apparently, no gun was used.


Anybody heard from VP Pence lately?


"Sen. Dan Sullivan: If this health care bill comes to pass and the citizens of Alaska are greatly harmed by the changes it will bring, we will not forget."

I hope Sullivan is weighing those words and what Alaskans` concerns are, about losing access to affordable health care.
Both Sullivan and Murkowski are on thin ice with Alaskans over messing with health care..though it seems Murkowski is being pragmatic about the plainly poor results to Alaska of Trumpcare 2.0 if it passes.
The Senate is throwing a "hail mary pass" knowing the September deadline looms over the rule allowing a  purely partisan 51-50 vote to alter such a huge economic engine of our economy "on the fly".
After September it will take 60 votes to repeal the ACA, not 51.  That`s why the desperate rush to passage, and pressure on Alaska`s Senators for support of a repeal.  We survived a national income tax, we will survive a "health tax" (which is all this is in the end) that will cover ALL Americans fairly.


"It will be a tiny church, but a convinced church, and it will be willing to suffer," he added.

This guy sounds exactly like Chaput.  They believe the church is for a chosen few and everyone else can go to you know where.


I almost didn't go because my only experience with Sweeny Todd was seeing the Johnny Depp trailer years ago. I'm glad I went because the show was way more enjoyable than the Johnny Depp film looked!


Can't a fiscally conservative person with a SUCCESSFUL business run?


No foreigner is going to 'deal' with Trump. He will screw us no matter who was in charge, even Harper. That is the type of person Trump is, unless the PM can personally enrich Trump (illegal) Canada will get nothing. Trudeau's only recourse is to respond with his own trade wall and push our industries to trade elsewhere. Our dependence on the US is a disease that we need to rid ourselves of now.


>>>Finally, more and more people are coming to the reality that Mr. Trump is profoundly mentally ill.

Yes, he only seems to make sense when he reads what his aids write for him.


Of course Trump is all wrong if you close your eyes and bury your head in a  hole in the ground.


By "do their jobs right" you mean leading a once-great nation down a Communist rat-hole.  That is most definitely the "job" Democrats seek to perform, and most of the time, they do it right.


The governor of Oregon does not represent the majority of our state. She is a criminal, rogue pos who is doing her best to destroy the population of the majority of the state.


The entire investigation is unfolding as it should.

How will His Orangeness look in orange prison coveralls?


Business 101:  Always be prepared to walk away from a bad deal.  Well done Ms. Freeland.  No need to compromise to make a deal at any cost.  Canada is back!!


Resource development, no kidding? Alaska gets a few truck driver jobs while billions leave the state, is this what he means ? Better be careful on this one unless all of the profits go to the state and the state pays the few truck drivers.


Now that Comey is a private citizen, free to say anything he wants, especially when the Senate is authorizing him to answer these questions, I was expecting to finally hear which crimes Trump committed, & get examples of how he and his campaign colluded with Russia, and at a minimum what Trump is under investigation for and the evidence they had on him.
How on earth could Comey confirm that not only did he see no evidence of collusion with Russia, but that with multiple investigations going on the past 9 months, Trump is not even under investigation, and has never been under investigation?
Are you kidding me?
The past 9 months with multiple investigations and a special prosecutor?
There's even a news report that Comey freely admitted he personally leaked info to the press? Not from multiple anonymous sources with knowledge of the situation, Comey himself admitted it, live on TV during the hearing?
There is something seriously the matter with the way the press is reporting on this.


What's with republicans?


Rod, Your response was thoughtful and about the only argument for capitulating to Khadr's lawsuit. The problem that I have is the moral question. Omar was attempting to kill Canadians and our allies. My opinion is that we should have ignored the law and immediately changed it. Why? Years ago it was against the law for abortions, yet we defended that moral position. Years ago it was against the law for same ex marriage, yet we defended that moral position. If we have to blindly follow the law, more injustices will be "allowed". What if we accept the decision by the SCOC and then charge Khadr with treason. I believe that also falls "within the law". I hope he has a miserable life.


Do you consider junkies that rob, scam, steal, pilfer, B&E from cars and homes as "leading perfectly functional lives"? Are you kidding me? Junkies are far from functional. They are a scourge to the rest of us.


To be fair to Kelly, I'm not sure the airline would necessarily know if the security agencies thwarted a threat. He might not have been lying, just alluding to events whose details were too highly classified for Air Canada to have been informed of.


No an earlier commenter just said there was no affiliation to anything Democratic and I merely pointed out that wasn’t entirely the case.


Both the homeowner and shooter are responsible for this.  The shooter, however, put everyone within a mile radius in FAR MORE DANGER than he was exposed to in terms of any risk of a dog bite.  A terrible decision to shoot.

I get the feeling of needing to protect, have two little munchkins myself.

A similar event happened to me, except the 105lb. mastiff actually attacked, and it was not on its property.  Pinned him to the ground with my hands.  I got a nip and a few stitches, my dog had to have reconstructive surgery.

Mentally mature gun toter's know what a credible threat is, and just as importantly where and where not to shoot.  Unfortunately, immaturity is not a constraint within the 2nd amendment.


Sorry, you lost me there.  What?


I never partnered with Joel but we did have some business interactions. I always found him to be a great guy with a huge heart and a lot of drive. .....
I look at this negative post regarding Joel, written by "Johnnie Law"???
Give me a break!! If you have real beef with Joel Starr at least man-up and use your real name. I suggest readers here consider the negative source of this negative post.

I will thank Joel, Tony V's Garage, and all others involved for making the car show and cruz happen!

Scott Spiwak


I seriously don't understand these allegations against Helen Zille. All the negative articles and statements I have read in the Sunday Times so far do not have much to do with what she actually said but are fantastic interpretations or rather constructs of what the writers would have liked her to say.
One commentator compared her tweet to something like "Hitler was bad, but he had good engineers". What's wrong with that statement? This "good" is meant in a technical sense, not the moral one. It is proven by the fact that Russians and Americans hurried to lay their hands on these engineers and their work.
So sad for this country that DA members (also) cannot state their opinion without being disciplined using fake allegations. In my mind, this process destroys the credibility of yet another SA party.


Now now take your meds and nurse Cratchet will give you your cigarettes.


Those 2 are awful.


While I agree, what lying clown would you vote for instead?