This letter left me scratching my head.  What certainty am I ignoring and what "obfuscation"?  Much of Mr. Shrader's claims are patently untrue.  There is no exponential methane release in the Arctic.  There is no abrupt, runaway greenhouse gases, just a steady rise.  Mr. Schrader may not like real science with real uncertainties, but that is the way the world actually is.  He may be certain, but the scientific community knows that forecasting is essentially probabilistic...cliff mass


It's not a political choice,_it_is_constitutional. 90% of abortions, by the way, are by suction, not dismemberment. I would ban the latter and insist on induction (and baptism). What did those children ever do to you that you insist they be born and starved? What did they do to you that you would use their deaths to get Republicans elected while not actually doing anything to stop their deaths?


need a statewide initiative which bars their pay if they don't do their job within the 90 days.  Look at Eastman, completely unproductive and yet whooo boy he's collectin' that per diem.  Per diem the fentanyl of the Alaska Legislature.


The Catholic Church isn't an NGO,, as Bergolio reminds us.

We should pray unceasingly that God puts into power just men or women in Syria, Somalia, and other brewing disaster areas.

(IDEA: offer a period of work each day (an hour or so) -  very well and generously done work - for the intention of these people who desire to flee their homeland.  turn your work into prayer).

But our acts of corporal charity should be focused on those people who are legally in our country and who need help.

God doesn't ask us to solve all the world's problems, man made or other wise.


A WW2 blimp hanger for Anchorage would be a great asset


Don't give them any more ideas!


When I say wealth I am not being literal I am being figurative, I mean, North Anchorage should not be the dumping ground.


A felon in possession of a firearm. What are chances of that?


(continued) I hold him in high regard because of his academic work. That academics tend toward liberalism does have something to do with the meaning of a "liberal education" and science. I'm not sure what is so 'scathing' about the article you cited, except that you are not so comfortable with strong writing? I don't disagree with what Greeley had to say; I don't think priests are all or mostly all abusers. Is that some surprise to you? And, if so, you are just having problems with your unrefined reading of my comments.

As to silence in regard to ethics violations of all kinds, it is a difficult issue for everyone in a profession or organization. We all become part of the problem, given the natural desire to avoid the consequences of action. Whether Andrew Greeley was a part of the "Chicago problem" I don't know. I do know that the novel of his that I found most real was his book "The Priestly Sins", which he didn't really want to write but to me is the most grounded of them all.


At least that is more honest. People know the news if fake as apposed to the Canadian media.


With a couple of consecutive sentences for burglary of an occupied dwelling he could easily be looking at more than six years in prison.  Too bad he didn't meet an armed homeowner willing to share a little lead.


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For centuries, it was assumed that the call to priesthood was predicated on a simultaneous call to celibacy, and that the call to celibacy was binding equally and similarly on all candidates for priesthood, prescinding from sexual orientation. In these latter days, the Vatican has discerned a way to scapegoat homosexuals for the sex abuse crisis.The Instruction institutionalizes that hypocrisy. It creates a problem for all candidates for priesthood. The language of "intrinsic disorder" is not just wrong; it represents a dangerous and false understanding of human sexuality that will be troubling for any mature and healthy person contemplating priesthood. To the extent that the 'powers-that-be' intend to implement this directive, to that extent Catholic seminaries will be increasingly unhealthy places; the priesthood itself and the whole People of God will suffer accordingly. We should not pretend that the Instruction is a sane, safe or serious approach to priestly formation.


It has long fascinated me how easily love can give way to a powerful counter-emotion, like jealousy, hate, rage, etc.  You know: how parents who love their child one day can, the next, boot him out of the house and into homelessness and uncertainity just because they discover that he (or, indeed, she) is LGBT. What makes people do that? Kill the thing they love? (Oscar Wilde: Ballad of Reading Goal)

It obviously fascinated Shakespear too, this human tendency/weakness, since he made it the subject of his tragedies, like Othello.

I guess we'll never know fully the answer to that one.


Incorrect again. Marriage is redefined every few years (ie polygamy, same race, gay, etc)


They are just NOW addressing this High Country environmental nightmare . Climax mine has been polluting since the day it opened .. Decades ago . They rendered that valley a toxic waste dump of titanic proportions and it all flows down hill toward Lake Dillon . Nothing like taking a hard look at some serious pollution decades after it started .. What is not the alien like landscape of the area not enough to make some HEALTH OFFICIAL concerned ..ever . Hell you can smell it in the air .. What is wrong with these people they are just getting to this ..NOW


"And who celebrates anything their daughter wears?"

http://nationalpost.com/news/canada/quebec-man-accused-of-assaulting-daughter-for-removing-hijab

A lot of religious Zealots try to control what their daughters wear.

It goes hand in glove with viewing children as property / slaves, rather than as responsibilities to care for and protect.

https://beta.theglobeandmail.com/news/toronto/father-sues-ontario-school-board-for-not-accommodating-his-religious-beliefs/article4533186/?ref=http://www.theglobeandmail.com&

"My children are my own. I own them."

My father, an alleged Christian, started stealing my dish washing job money to pay for booze and cigarettes when I was 11. He ordered me to keep working and hand over my pay cheques. He had a fantasy that all of his children would grow up, get jobs, and hand their pay over to him. I did not argue with him, just left when I was 16 and started supporting myself.

Christian Family values, no better than Islamic Fundamentalist.


I flew twins otters up there in the 80"s.  There was nothing wrong with the old airport,  other than a little short for a beech 1900.  So may you ask yourself this question...Where are all the high priced engineers with their bright orange jackets that study the daylights out of these projects and concoct all kinds of fancy equations and bs when these problems occur?  They should be forced to stand behind their work and pay for repairs for the millions and millions they charge the state for their ridiculous designs.  You can always tell who these fools are on the state jobs..  they have the brand new white pickups with the lights flashing with a set of plans laid across the hood of the truck looking bewildered ...idiots...they should all be design build put out to bid,  the state of Alaska Dot needs to be gutted.


Opportunity for the CPC for sure, but I am concerned about a minority scenario where Avi and Naomi could be involved in negotiating with the minority leader or forming a left coalition.  They want jobs and capital to be destroyed.


"But the flaw in your analysis is that all sex is forced or unpleasant." Well no wonder you disagree. jamesjohnson did not say or imply that all sex is forced or unpleasant. Please show me the part of his comments that say or imply that. I am just no seeing it.
Assuming that you are reading his comments that way, I believe you are presupposing their meaning and then developing a defense. You defense is logical, but your premise that he said that is an error.  I believe the term is a priori reasoning, meaning formed or conceived beforehand.
The flaw is not in the analysis. It is in understanding what he wrote.


There are many cases these children being sexually abused by these so-called parents.


I don't disagree with you, but ditto for the hypocrisy of conservative commenters standing up for the concerns of indigenous peoples...when it suits their needs.


Gotta wonder why the state pays for a state dinner with a lame duck US VP whose accomplishments while in office (as VP) wouldn't fill a book with no pages.

Must be because all them liberals love to congratulate one another for their "right thinking".


Says a fella with years of skin in the game.........well lets put it this way, ALL highways to Fort St. John are single lane, from Grande Prairie, from Prince George, from Fort Nelson.......... a city this size and busy and we still have single lane highways.........perhaps the money saved by just putting in passing lanes and saving the taxpayers can offset the cost of dam roads?    And we all know the natives find convenient ancestral items in every attempt to move dirt.   Nothing new there.    And as for your last question.......NO, I am not ashamed, the railway would not have been built if the same obstructionists existed back then.


By both definitions I am saying vets are a good thing, certainly much better than your attempts at humor.


My God, just saw a show about Tonga, 80% obesity rate and 40% type II diabetes rate!  Over there they need to just outlaw/ban a whole lot of foods and push the traditional healthy foods. They have a fat tax but it's not enough...it's a deal with the devil. They are still gonna be big people but they can and will be healthier without the junk they just can't tolerate.


I've lived in both SC and SE, and prefer SE over other parts of AK.  However, you live where you live, by choice.  If you chose to move to an area where there isn't a water system or sewer, why is it my responsibility to pay for it? Some of those areas are so remote with very small populations, so providing those services is extremely expensive. Ferry service is adjusted according to supply/demand...basic business sense.  We live in a modern age, but what we have quit doing, that Native Americans have done for centuries in the past, is adapt.  Now we just expect everyone to do everything for us, without any responsibility.   If you want services, move to where they are!


Boo!


Lol at all this debate. I CC every time I step on campus.


Canada's problem is that we believe our only option to develop programming is to hand out government money to the dull, humorless, politically correct, CBC centered, Toronto centered production machinery whose output could only be described with a duller word than bland.

Canada has a huge advantage.  We live next to the largest TV market in the world.  A market that is starving for intelligent content that doesn't involve superheros, car chases or chain saws.  We have the same accent.  We have cities that can pass off as anywhere in the world.  We have some of the world's most majestic scenery, displayed in all four seasons.  We have top film crews, trained on hundreds of American "B" movies.  We have a low dollar.

Why do we need Netflix, the government or anyone else to create quality productions that are quality and profitable?


Answer my question, why does someone who does no wrong need extra mercy apart from the mercy of God in His offer to us of redemption?


I don't. Let me guess: you drive a rig?


So, for whatever reason, you deny that the climate is changing, despite all of the observable melting glaciers and well documented rising temperatures and waters? It seems to me your denial of climate change correlates nicely with those who deny the earth is spherical, in the face of abundant evidence. They deny science and it appears you do as well. They believe in a ponderously unlikely conspiracy theory as you seemingly do as well.Climate change deniers and flat earth believers seem to be cut from the same cloth.


"elitist programming for and being an arm of the multicultural wing"

Yes. I just hate having "Kim's Convenience" shoved down my throat.
 :-)


Surprised comments are actually open on this one...


The pleas in English being today's lingua franca, are naturally placed before Him first especially if the accent is American
Oh dear, are the English still crying over having been displaced in importance?  Poor things, hope they get over it some day.


Sounds like someone actually buys the Lost Cause Myth. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_Cause_of_the_Confederacy

Even the Daily Caller (hardly a progressive bastion) Fact checked your claim that Lee opposed slavery as False. http://dailycaller.com/2017/08/15/fact-check-did-robert-e-lee-oppose-slavery/

Everything I stated is generally accepted fact by most historians, save those who still cling to the Lost Cause.

You trivialize Lee having his runaway slaves whipped with 50 lashes and then having their backs washed with brine by saying "whipping was a common punishment at the time."

155 years ago many people held the "politically correct" standard that no humans should be slaves. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abolitionism_in_the_United_States

If there were a "Civil War II", like the first one, it would be started by those who oppose equal rights for all or "political correctness" and they would once again be the losers.


It is all in the G&M's role of being of the multicultural police.  Everything is A OK with having people come in to your country and ...

Well can't say anything more.  As the 3rd Reich is out there to censor us.


Well it looks like Trumps "cruel" budget will start compensating for Obama's cruel VA Programs which syphoned money to social re-engineering programs leaving many vets to commit suicide.

Didn't see the USCCB making any noise about the Vets.


I commend those that worked to see this expansion to completion.  I am familiar with the situation in the Papahanaumokuakea since its inception.  Expansion plans were always on the drawing board an it took ten years to make it a full reality.   There are no losers in this expansion.  Over the past several weeks I have identified many individuals by name and commented as to each contribution that they made.  Law makers, scientist, native Hawaiian groups, government agencies, environmentalist, cultural and religious followers and so many others have work hard. Other have passed on and did not get to see the full expansion come to fruition.  It is my hope that the fish, birds and sea mammals thrive and that some of them find their way to the main Hawaiian Islands were they can be harvested in a controlled fashion for generations to come.  The government is slow to move but when it does it is powerful and exacting.  This is a magnificent gift to the world.... thank you Hawaii.


I suppose I could ask why you care so much when they quite clearly are not hurting you.  Or did they hurt you? Were you the victim of crime from an illegal alien?  If not then I have absolutely no idea why it should make you so angry.


careful there. you are talking about our beloved "valley trash"-gringo


No dumbahs I grew up in the Plateau I am french culturally, this is not about that but what happened. The Feds could have made sure English rights were not trampled or at least if the fundamental Nature of the land was changing, offered help and assistance for Anglos who no longer had a home.
I have very little in common with guys from even NDG, Westmount other the language so it is entirely possible to make a Quebec Citizen avec anglais. Just not with the bs history taught in English Quebec schools - they need to be more like the New England states schools (me 1-7) that tell the truth about the British BS versus the lies of Canada.
Just FYI


You first.


He's just ego driven and senses a responsibility to carry through with his campaign promises.... (Unlike many other politicians once elected)


I agree with you about taking directions from Pelosi.
Anybody that does is worthless.
But, I see it kind of like taking directions from trump,McConnell, Ryan, mccarthy, palin, etc.
All of them are absolutely horrible and do not care one whit about our nation.
They are busy taking care of self and their close rich friends.


You sound like you need to be de-programmed.  Any environmental concerns are minimized because .. you were told?  So you take it to be true.  This is how you ended up with this pipeline in your backyard in the first place.  Like sheep to the slaughter.

I remove my posts because I think you look silly arguing with yourself over environmental concerns that are obvious: to everybody else.


The meaning of the term "selective cutting" is not moot. That's sort of the point here. Anyone who's bounced around this issue much knows that loggers often destroy healthy trees under the guise of  "cutting for health".

And if you're worried about protecting wildlife and having healthy trees how is this consistent with intensive logging? Why not just leave the forestlands alone long enough for them to become actual living forests?

The only cutting should be done as part of a rewilding program aimed at converting mature tree plantations into living forests.


Plenty of examples!
'
Lies of commission:
-WMDs,
-Bana Alabed tweeting,
-publishing WaPo's made up story about the power grid being hacked.

'
Lies of omission:
-the illegal status of Israel's Occupation of Palestinian lands,
-the illegal status of militaries acting in Syria other than those invited by the government.

'
Lies of construction:
-there is a problem in law enforcement because some cases are classed as 'unfounded';
-the Conservative party could somehow be supported without also supporting Stephen Harper.

'
Assertions without and/or contrary to evidence:
-Russians hacked the DNC
-Russia invaded Ukraine


Yes B. Pajer, I have noticed that so many people will accept any vaccine for their children recommended by the CDC without even looking at what the vaccine is meant to prevent or looking at what ingredients are in each vaccine.  I can't help but feel there is a real lack of critical thinking skills out there. It is just "Get your kid vaccinated." Period.  No ability to parce out the nuances of this subject.  They could make hundreds more vaccines purporting to provide immunity against the most harmless illnesses and people would inject their kids without a second thought. It is not just our right as parents to investigate but our duty but so many just let others do their thinking for them.


My parents are getting too old to run their company and now Morneau says it's somehow cheating of I step in to help.  Rotten *****.


Maybe he's nothing more than a perverted dirty old man?


Castro was a friend of the Trudeau family, simple as that!  I think that Justin should have made a simple public announcement of Castor's death and then quietly go to the funeral, leaving politics out of it.


Time to bake the doughboy.


Alaska's future is not found in funding a State government that is too large, too expensive, too redundant, too intrusive.  Alaska's future is found in the individual.  Alaska's future is found in the private sector.  In case you haven't noticed,  even with the pfd, no State  income tax, no State sales tax,  we have only been able to grow the State to 730,000 residents.  125,000 K-12 students,  70,000 Senior citizens, 125,000 dependents on Federal and State programs, 50,000 in transition.       Any policy decision that results in hardship to the people including capping the pfd check that Alaskans depend upon as an equalizer,  should not be lauded.    State government needs to be downsized to reflect reality.


Yup, I recall Notley did an excellent job. And she visited teh scene, as did Trudeau, but not until the fire and law enforcement people said they could handle the visits. And that wasn't in the middle of a provincial emergency that just got extend another 2 weeks.
And why would Horgan even talk to clark if he can avoid it? Did you not read about the contract she signed over first nation protest, a couple of days before teh handover? To a company that donates bigly to the BCLibs. And you think Horgan might look 'overtly-partisan'? Wow.
And your statement that the new government will ignore people outside Victoria?? Where did you come up with that? Certainly not with facts and data.
 I would prefer that clark stay several klicks away from me, from emergencies and from Victoria.


OK as a taxpayer who did not agree to fork over all that cash I agree with the outraged feelings and expression of anger. However, we must caution that statements such as : "Khadr should have eaten a hellfire missile" have been known to be represented by opportunist left wing wingnuts as threatening. So please stick to saying you don't like it but do not suggest that anything harmful should happen.


Seeking an appeal because he never thought he would go to prison for playing a central role in an elaborate scheme designed to steal money from taxpayers for the benefit of the Liberal Party of Canada then run by his good friend Jean Chretien?

What kind of entitlement disorder could explain that deluded thinking?


That is Obama to a T -  Cool, usually classy, compassionate, articulate
However Obama's actions fell far short of the mark especially on foreign policy.
I only hope the next president actions are better than Obama's but then Obama set a low bar.


'actual Canadians'  and you - mutually exclusive.


Another nail in the coffin of free speech! It's OK for FNs to disrupt Canada Day celebrations by their demonstrations, protests, and ceremonies, not the least the Tepee erected at the parliament buildings to denigrate our Canadian history and culture with accusations of racism, but it is not OK for a few Canadian patriots to carry a red ensign and engage in a quiet debate supporting parts of our history, and express their pride and values, even though not politically correct in the MSMs support of any indigenous protest, regardless of how disrespectful of Canada. There should be no actions  against these men from any of the services to which they may belong. A simple statement by the Defense Department saying their views do no reflect those of the Canadian Armed Forces is all that should be necessary. Would it be any different if they worked for the Post Office, or a pizza place, or were teachers or cab drivers? There is a limit to our tolerance of FNs playing the victimization card.


At 25% poverty rate in Toronto, it is like many developing nations! We have become a very poor city!

Poverty rate as % of population:

Philippines = 25%
Uganda = 24%
Ghana = 24%
India = 22%
Botswana = 19%

Congratulations!


The pot will help to keep the uninformed younger
gerneration baked so they won't ask questions.


Lets at least look at the possibility of generating electricity on the slope and sending to the North American grid via high voltage DC. Has the state done any feasibility  studies on this? There is no question the cost of the HVDC line would be much less expensive to run than the a gas line. Check the concept out below.
http://www.akbizmag.com/Alaska-Business-Monthly/November-2016/Alaskas-Road-to-Power-from-Power-Generation/


I wonder if Bannon knows Darth Vader isn't real?


Newsflash for you. Bitumen is already shipped via batch through the TransMountain pipeline. The Kalamazoo cleanup has occurred and would have occurred faster had it not been for their regulatory response or lack thereof that prevent Enbridge from deploying their equipment sooner.


If I found a strange guy wandering around in my home, I's definitely shoot them dead. If the home is occupied, it isn't a "burglary", it's a "home invasion robbery".


Shannyn, do you know why you have such rich job security as you pen column after column describing your inane legislature?

Here's a little secret.  My industry is run by really smart people.  People with high IQs.  The kind of people who graduated within the top 10% of their universities.

Lets compare our people to your legislators who are very stupid by comparison.  Many barely graduated from high school, or went to some flunky college like Liberty University.  These people are not successful.  They need to bilk Alaskans for phony per diem because they are too lazy to make their money in honest jobs.

We employ some of the best analysts around.  Our shrinks have created detailed psychological profiles of your elected officials.  With this info we manipulate your "leaders" as easily as one could get a kitten to chase a string.  We take billions from you and leave your legislature a tangled, dysfunctional mess.

We use money, booze, flattery and expensive dinners as weapons.


Privatization!  Now, please!!!


Oh Nicholas.  What happens when something like this happens.  The people in other countries are not stupid.  Organizations simply specialize with some doing contraception only, i.e. no problem with funding, and some doing abortion which some Americans do not want to subsidize.  But it makes for a good manipulation point.


I wish I had the temerity to hide behind some moniker like you 77. Gutless at once,gutless forever... Ever had children 77?


Not the right time to discuss gun violence?
Okay, let's watch some NRA propaganda instead!
http://crooksandliars.com/2017/10/its-perfect-time-re-watch-dana-loeschs-nra
Remember kids, right after a mass shooting is never the time to discuss gun violence.
(… right on cue, the Trump White House has already issued a statement.)
White House: 'Premature' To Talk Gun Control In Wake Of Las Vegas Shooting


Really, R.D.?  You seem to be a permanent fixture.


Apatrick,
You ask a fair question. For my part, I cannot help but fall back on what these bishops themselves teach, and ultimately, what they define as a sacrament. The church has developed a language to discuss the numinous. That language speaks of an outward sign associated with an inward change or grace...

Yes, there is emotion and rationality both required in the assessment of the scandal.  As to where the line between those two might be set in a satisfactory way, I suspect that point varies by individual, and over time. And THAT'S where trust, or lack of it, comes to play.  I think the author of the article is correct in the 3 numbered points in the article: the church's leadership has very much earned our skepticism. I suspect that in many/most human relationships, after there is an injury, it takes more that just time to repair. The offending party must work to restore that trust, assuring both at the emotional level, AND the rational.  The bishops have a lot more to do.


Then Netflix is already paying taxes in Canada, eh!

You do know what a server is right?

The G&M is hosted on U.S. servers.


But all you guys were so sure it was ISIS! =( To slightly plagiarize D.L. Hughley, the only place far right terrorism doesn't exist is Fox news and the conservative echo sphere.


Again, we have to ask "Why are you folks so obsessed with that woman?"  She no longer has any bearing on anything.


Perhaps Playboy fits your definition of pornography but sorry...FREEDOM OF CHOICE has ruined lives. Freedom of choice, Freedom of the press, Free enterprise...ever heard of those concepts? That is Playboy. Anything illegal about them?

Can I assume you will post a similar comment strongly endorsing gun control? After all, firearms have ruined many lives too. Or is your logic something like: Guns do not kill people; people kill people BUT porn ruins lives not people choices on how they use it?

Moralists flip flop all the time despite their self-perception of being "holier than thou"....it just depends on whether an issue fits THEIR politics.  If you want to define Playboy as pornography so it fits your beliefs and makes you all comfy, that is fine. However it becomes a ringing endorsement that  freedom of choice and individual rights play no role in the "ruin."

I can write a 5 volume novel on "freedom of choice" and its consequences which will match your porn novel word for word.


Finally SA posts a AP headlined story on the Weinstein story.  I've been waiting and waiting and opted for Fair and Balance to keep current.  Thanks!


Excellent column.  This is spot on.


Since I'll be your lacking any peer-reviewed studies to back your claim, I'll just say that any time saved is likely negated by employees wasting time on internet provided distractions. Productivity in general has been falling in the US for some time, and it's very doubtful the tech sector is immune from that trend.


Chrusty is over cooked.


"I'll choose the best people for my administration."

Donald Trump, 9.15.2016


Condemned to repeat mistakes of the past: at this point in every real estate cycle, the upward swing of sales and prices,public agencies raise the affordable requirement, and thus choke off housing production, the very thing that sustains affordability, today and tomorrow. For 40 years, housing production has declined and these agencies regulating housing never get blamed by the public for making housing more expensive by making it more scarce. The laws of supply and demand are meaningless when politicians and civil servants get energized by public outcry against high prices and/or NIMBYism. Readers, we have met the enemy of affordable housing and it is us.  The time to produce housing is when the economy is strong, meaning now, but regulation kills it off, and once again public pressure and regulatory activism will snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.


Two drunks have sex, in the morning first one and than the other claims to have been sexually assaulted, since both were drunk and could not give consent, who is the victim and who is the perpetrator?


Fairbanks has not recorded a temperature of minus 40 below or lower since Feb. 7, 2015, by weather service readings.


Post an article from a reputable source about this acid attack. I dare ya.


That's it?  Two years of federal investigation with crack team of FBI agents from the mainland and all they got was two lazy cops who supposedly lied about when they obtained  some evidence?  Read the complaints.  Nothing in there about how they could have conspired with "CC1" and "CC6" to fabricate a criminal case.  When is the big reveal coming?
 Maybe the big shoe is going to fall soon, but so far I don't see that this is going anywhere significant.


Would you say that Obama was a "strong man" and a "tough guy" with "balls"? Draw a red line....


Gonna need traffic cams. Not just at intersections but on all highways, freeways, and main streets. Like London and now Paris.


mc.  Have a look at British police TV series.  Compare to American police TV series.  They are drastically different.  The British almost universally portray their police as unarmed and having interactions with citizens that are drastically different than we are used to.  British TV, which shows how the Brits think, shows police interacting respectably with citizens.  The mindset is profoundly different.  American TV shows citizens gunned down by the dozens as if their lives meant nothing, nothing at all.  The British show us that our way is not the only way.  Even though some British police are now armed, the attitudes remain very very far from those that prevail here.  Our attitudes reveal the peculiar American attribute of being willing to flush the lives of fellow citizens into the sewer on the slightest excuse.


Now that's funny.  Hilarious in fact.  I'm guessing that the "administrative errors" consisted of failure to cover tracks sufficiently.


The line between the powers the executive branch has on immigration and the powers reserved for Congress is clear & defined.The executive branch can’t legalize anybody.

“Did I make a mistake? Yes I did, wholeheartedly,” he admitted.“And at this point in the game, I’m not in the finger-pointing business and rolling people under the bus.So, I did what I was trained to do by my father..You make a mistake and you own up to it. And I tried to fix it, I tried to fix it right there.” - Steve Harvey, Miss Universe pageant, after naming the wrong winner as Ms Universe.

So...in this irrelevant case, who benefitted more? Ms Colombia, Ms Philippines, Mr Harvey?  Ms Univ. pageant? Then consider, who was harmed more? Did Mr Harvey "do the right thing" even though it could cause chaos and uproar & discontent? Yes he did.  Am I making light of the DACA recipients and their status' and conflating it w/ a beauty pageant? No. I am pointing out that when something is not right, fix it.

(cont.)


Ha! Like Marco Polo!

Ping Pong!


Yes, they will fight for America after a few rounds of innocent friendly fire! LOL


I would think most thinking Republicans would be horrified at the thought of Donald Trump appointing justices. But, there I go again with that oxymoron.


Not that it matters.


The priest shortage IS very nearly universal, however!  And it is growing, instead of receding.  It's nice, but increasingly rare, to find an exception, like the parish you describe here.  Meanwhile, parishes are still being shut down at an ever alarming rate.  And our bishops are not working towars long term solutions now.  That doesn't leave much wiggle room!


You're supposed to be vetted before you enter the country, not after.  Ask anybody who has tried to immigrate to the USA legally.


I don't know why you called Klastri the failed ACLU lawyer.   It was the Donald after all who filled bankruptcy on more than one occasion.

I would not be willing to be president.  I have no government experience so I would also be like theDonald, a fish out of water.


I think some became addicted to pain pills after needing them for injuries or illness.  Other than that, I also do not understand the lure.


Raymond Justice did it...


Most Flat Earthers are anti-vaxxers. Flat Earth is literally the last conspiracy that critical thinkers look at.It's the last book on the shelf, the DVD that you never wanted to watch. But grudgingly you look at it thinking you can debunk it in a weekend. Then a month later you have more questions than when you started as you get pulled into the tar pit. You eventually realize that if the government's lips are moving they are lying to you. You know that NASA is full of crap and know the Heliocentric model better than most globe believers and can point out all the flaws that you were never taught in school. You learn of experiments that Universities forgot to tell you about. Things about the sun and moon left out of the textbooks.A lot of censored info that does not fit their narrative. After a couple months you understand the difference between "science" and "scientism". One is repeatable honest experimentation and the other is an echo chamber of the establishment continuity of agenda.


BC probably has the same number of drug addicts as NYC. It is a warm city in Canada, and where the addicts go to live and score dope from China.


Let's get rid of the flag and anthem at sporting events?  That's fine right?


WHERE is that "fading into the background"? More news on this front broke in the past week.

The investigation is still ongoing.


"For those who think the answer is to soak the rich, we just signed into law a bill that gives us the second-highest maximum income tax rate in the country. Are we seriously thinking of going to that well again?"

Yes, if that's what it takes to make America great again.


You get what you vote for!! Damn Commies!! This will be a shit show of EPIC proportions, I see
rapes, drugs, drug raids gone wrong (home owners killed), home owners killed by tenents.....


Well above average?  Are you drunk?


Some years ago, my combat-related PTSD hit me. This bit from Paul Simon's "Slip-Slidin' Away" fit:

She said, "A good day
Ain't got no pain"
She said, "A bad day's when I lie in bed
And think of things that might have been."

One of my dogs, Belle, would lie down with me on bad days, giving me loving care. She knew I was hurting, and did her best to help. I got more help from her than from the VA shrink I saw. At that time, this man's best friend was his dog.

A year or so later, Belle got sick and had to be put down. I held her when the vet gave her the injection. I owed it to her.

Another dog, Madison, liked to get into bed with my wife and me, and have me rub her throat. When I did that, she purred. I've never known any other dog who purred. She stopped doing that after a couple of years. Madison got an aggressive cancer, and on the morning we were going to take her to the vet, she got back in bed with us and purred. She then got off, laid down and died. She was telling us "adieu".


Now that the real psychos have arrived, watch the police wet themselves and stand down - just like the federal agents who ran like cowards at the Bundy ranch.  There's something about armed white people that the police appear to respect and fear.


"Trump again faults Obama for not acting during Russian election meddling" Or "Why didn't Obama point out and stop my campaign staff from engaging in collusion with a hostile foreign power" There, fixed it for you.


OK, I see a problem here.

There are 14 candidates. Voters can rank order their top 10 preferences.  The likelihood, it seems to me, is that a great many voters will not get beyond 5.

So after 4 rounds we lose the bottom 4 who might have 5% support between them.  A couple of more rounds and there is maybe another 5% to divvy up.  2 more rounds, maybe another 10%.  At that point, no candidate is over 35%.

So onto Round 9.  And 10.  And 11. At this point, the total number of votes to be counted starts to decline noticeably as many people have not made 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th choices.

The result will be that the winner ends up with far fewer than 50% of the votes of all people who cast a ballot to begin with (maybe 40%).

What a mess for the Conservatives that will be.


The legislators have indeed lost their way in this issue. They are now grandstanding to insure their election next year.


She can't support Trump because she wants the same old same old to continue, she's part of the problem.


Wasn't it the Liberals and New Democrats who conspired to work with the PQ (traitors to Canada) before the election to overthrow the recently elected government?  That was anti-democratic.


The suggestion that the Earth may actually be cooling, not warming, is based not on science-fiction computer projections but, instead, on centuries of real data of how our planetary system actually works. It is time to turn away from supposing and direct our attention to reality.
http://blog.heartland.org/2013/06/cooling-looms-as-earths-true-climate-calamity/


To destroy the enemy you must first dehumanize him - this makes it easier to convince your citizens of the nobility and morality of your task = - Qaddafi, Saddam and Chavez all got the same billing - they are irrational , unpredictable and violent - men who visit upon their peoples depraved acts - we are good and they are evil.
The second thing you must do is grind away slowly at his resources and capabilities - ensure that he poses no threat - chief among these is to remove any air superiority, he might have . Resolution 688 gave us that in Iraq in 1991 - ostensibly to protect the Kurds the real objective was to destroy Iraq's capability and ensure air superiority for the invasion to come.
The third thing you must do is find an ally on the ground - war lords will do, ISIL will work in a pinch - all you need is to reduce your enemy's capabilities.
The fourth thing you must do is find a pretext for invasion - a chemical attack will do- false flag if you must.
voila- war


Gee if we cut troopers like that they wouldn't be able to investigate bootlegging in Bethel, at the same time the town in opening up liquor stores.  Tragedy.


Sorry, the current VA and the Obamacare nightmare are neither *common* nor *good.*


Fake data on marijuana is spewed by a government agency ...
Hello! Fake data on everything is spewed by the federal government. Take Obamacare for example...

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Great story for his grandchildren on Christmas Eve.  'How the Mayor Ripped-Off Oahu' and made-off with millions to pay his friends.


Expropriate all American companies operating in China.


Who was not Himself a priest and ordained no priests.


[with no social or family network]
I provided an example that directly contradicts this and you just ignored it. Quite literally a "Nuh-uh!  You're wrong."  Since you demonstrate that dismissing without addressing is a valid response I see no point in doing anything but the same to you.


I understood what you were referring to perfectly.


Super start to the week,CB. Mr. Friedman has a fast New York style of speech, but some good points.


"We will win...for the safety of the country."  ....taken out of the Dictator's Playbook.

Instil fear through brainwashing. Tell them their lives and safety are in great danger and that the rulers are the only ones who can save them.


Actually it is your comment that is useless. Are you unable to address Mr. Trump's behaviour? How long do you think you can get away with looking backwards and comparing Trump's dismal record to Obama's string of successes? Mr. Trump should be judged on his own terms.


I feel like someone close to me has died. I recently spent a month in Italy, and met many people from all over Europe.  The first thing they wanted to know about was Trump.  They were rightfully terrified.  They are afraid of NATO and the European Union breaking up, and the people from Poland were especially afraid because they are so close to Russia.  This is a disaster.  I am further terrified, if I can believe what I have read, that Steve Bannon is being considered as Trump's Chief of Staff; and that the AG from Kansas, Kobach, whose goal is voter suppression, is already on board.  The anarchists will be in charge.  The ultra religious who are posting here say that God needs an evil person to carry out his plan.  The insanity is breathtaking.


Yikes. Sorry to read that.


Israel is a colonial state, created by colonial powers Britain and America when Britain was transporting a shipload of European jews trying to get any country to accept them. All refused including Britain and America. Instead they plopped them down in the British colonial possession and declared a country called Israel, immediately ratified by fellow colonial powers with similar colonial possessions, stealing from the Native owners.
Since the illegal aliens stole and murdered their way across this country their descendants think it is the normal thing to do, to disparage the Natives undergoing slaughter and genocide, like the 100million Natives here. The Palestinians are watching thieves and murderers colonize stolen lands and thieves steal their natural gas oilfields.
America should get out of the MidEast, quit destabilizing governments on behalf of corporations, and start thinking for the good of all Americans, instead of just a few who bribe. Only then will terrorism end for us


So, you insult me for insulting CNN, they you insult CNN?  Got it.


"Trump approval rating sinks to new low President Trump's approval rating has fallen to 37 percent -- the lowest of his fledgling presidency, according to Gallup. His disapproval rating rose correspondingly, hitting 58 percent, ABC's ERIN DOOLEY notes. In fact, Trump's current approval rating is lower than any other commander-in-chief at this point in his first term since Gallup started tracking the issue in 1945, the year Harry Truman took office. http://abcn.ws/2mKcNXy"

More and more Americans, including many who voted for Trump, are realizing the monument of the error in electing him.  As he makes blunder after blunder, his approval rating plunges.  Hopefully, we have adequate checks and balances in place to keep him from doing irreparable harm. Gary Crum


Nobody likes to give money to people who only get participation trophies. People support WINNERS!


Global warming, climate change  is a hoax to tax people.


While we're there, gimme the good old days when we were just a nation of "free white persons."


The mining of domestic coal, the mining of foreign coal, and the consumption of coal for business purposes, are are all separate issues.

For those states, that still use coal and could not obtain domestic coal, they had to import foreign coal.

Whether the coal was foreign or domestic, there are many businesses, that still rely on coal.

Forcing the domestic coal industry, to go out of business, didn't really solve the problem, for the many businesses, that have used coal for decades, or a century or more.

It is easy for people, to tell businesses, on how to run their businesses.


Remember when Foxnews went on and on about the War on Christmas? They had half the country convinced we were all building atheist Nativity scenes on our front lawns. When actually there was only one idiot in California doing so. Now the Liberal media is doing the same with Neo- Nazis. The country has a few hundred of them, but you would think we had 30 million.  People who get their news from the propaganda cable news need to turn their bloody tvs off.


As far as some are concerned, anyone who isn't a far right conservative who believes that the only part of the Constitution that matters is the 2nd Amendment, is a lefty gun grabber.


No jobs provided, they import their construction workers.


Keith_moon: "people pollute the environment and don't seem to care"
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Using your logic, Prius owners better than truck owners?


PC ALREADY had student housing   which SHOULD NOT have been torn down!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


I detest ISIS.  I'm Shi'a.  They want to kill me.  Do try to keep up.


An increase in the value of Canada's number one export will be good for all of us.


Wow, all this bitterness for such misconstrued, misplaced reasons.  o_O

"...  intellectually disabled, the bigoted, and the ignorant ..."  You have a very low opinion of your neighbors.  Any wonder that they tend to dismiss your other opinions?

"... Reagan presided over no notable bull market ..."  {shrug}  Be that as it may, he certainly provided a vast improvement over what came before - and the whole country thought so, too, when RR nearly ran the electoral table in his re-election.  (If only 5,000 people had changed their votes in Minnesota, poor Mr. Mondale wouldn't even have carried his own home state!)  And gee, EN, the Gipper has been dead >10 years now (and out of office >25 years) --- don't you think it may be about Time To Just Get Over It??

"... shreds your "Carter's fault" BS ..."  Not words I ever used, and regardless, your argument is with the academics who wrote the Gwartney et al. economic text.  They still win; again, you ought to just Deal With It.  :-/


Ige needs to go.  Time for a change.


Have no idea way the "Spenard Divorce" topic entered into this. And yes I know where it came from. Plus what I experience and what you experienced is different.  But that does not address whether crime has gone down recently or not.  Personally I have experienced an increase..  .


To quote Will Rogers:  "I don't belong to any organized political party.  I'm a Democrat!"


... ALL of us have worked hard, have paid taxes, and been model citizens of the USA... and we have been electing pols, from both parties, that have bankrupted this country over the last few decades.


FINALLY!! Hillary, Comey and Loretta Lynch "Might be" Going to Jail after All
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNsfD9yWjfA


This support by the uneducated is a problem.
Lets look at reality, THEN see if you still support Dreamers.
DACA is a DEFERMENT, not an amnesty. No path to Citizenship here. DAPA was killed, but it gave DACA recipients FAMILIES greencards. As many as 3 Million MORE immigrants that get ahead of the line..
Now, ANY Dream Act will give dreamers a path to citizenship, which by present immigration law confers them the ability to sponsor up to 56 Family Members to get CITIZENSHIP after a period on holding greencards. We won't see 50 as an average per dreamer, but 10-12 is a possibility. Then those family members can sponsor up to 56 and and so on. It's called Chain Migration, and takes no added lines to implement. So when those in Congress try to blow smoke by saying the dream act doesn't say this, it doesn't, as the law is already there and you can bet it WON'T be changed.
So how do you like a dream act, NOW?


Great article Dave! Totally outrageous what the OIA is doing to these kids!!


Manafort and Gates joined the Trump campaign together in spring 2016 to assist with preparations for the Republican National Convention. The duo was tasked with convincing delegates to vote in Trump’s favor, and worked from a box on Cleveland’s Quicken Loans Arena nicknamed “The Eagle’s Nest”—a reference to a Nazi Party country home gifted to Adolf Hitler.

The circle of people under scrutiny in the various investigations into Russia’s interference in the 2016 election apparently has widened to include Rick Gates


The city should just start giving out free booze and fentanyl, then we wouldn't need to steal cars, tv's, or your dog.


Proof that bears are smarter than moose.They look before crossing the road.


"the most concerns, however, stemmed from the six zoning amendments on land near Milton Road South".  Think Sound Transit Light Rail.  What is being planned along I-5 that hasn't been put out there for the rest of the public to know about.  Seems odd all 6 of these property owners have come together at the same time to ask for rezones?


"Radiative forcing is a change in the balance of energy fluxes in and out of the atmosphere."

Isn't that precisely what increased sunspot activity does?  You're like talking to a fence post.


First question, Did they pay back the other loan(s)?


Personally PNG, I try to refrain from commenting on things about which I know absolutely nothing. It works for me.


Declining to "advise and consent" is allowed. Ask Harry Reid.


Good old Gary Bettman.  His American owners tell him to jump and his only question is how high?


Should Trump appointees be giving us advice on anything? They should worry more about the future of their own country and it's policies.  It's now being run by a reality television star who is a political rookie.


I think it is a valuable article. Even had there been another like it in 2015, not everyone will have seen it.  And it's good to remind ourselves of the misery Harper imposed on the country, just to remind us that it's over.


"So, OK, other than, sanitation, public education, law and order, national health care, national defense, employment insurance and federal pension, conservation and parks Canada, human rights, library and national archives, transportation safety commision, the judicial council, nuclear safety, correction services Canada and the federal courts and a freely elected government, what has the government ever done for us?"


So now Obama Democrats are hiding from the fact that they are Obama Democrats ?
The last thing Alaska needs another Obama like, liberty loathing leftist.


Don't apologize to klastri, she'll lie through her teeth and would sell her soul to HitLIARy before offering "FREE LEGAL" advice! LOL no matter how a shark spins the story.


Keep the judges, impeach the President.
Impeach President Trump.  Wow, that has a nice ring to it, and it feels so natural to say it and hear it.


you are the one who posts all the racist comments. every day...


Hillary is only afraid she will have to give back the money she took from Harvey.   Hillary is the oldest profession in the world.


Despite the daily gun violence, lack of universal health care, failing educational system and nut cases being seriously considered for President, many people still say and believe that this is the greatest country on Earth.


Given Kelly's disloyalty to Fox News, she deserves whatever happens to her.


Well, they stopped protesting in the streets pretty quick!


By now the response to Sinnott is overwhelming in criticism of this colossal fraudulent attempt by a fringe collection of  misfits fixing to further immerse Alaska wildlife management into the  dark chaos of presumed  wildlife ownership by a tiny minority. Here with the self appointed  fringe of the larger minority of licensed hunters we have a fringe of a fringe. A  majority of Alaskan residents who neither h unt nor trap. Among them a large demographic prefer to experience wildlife alive, ignored in their preference by a rouge Alaska Board of Game made up of hunters and trappers. Add to this the presence of another collection  of more  marginal voices and you have an Alaskan embarrassment that Gov. Walker must quickly disarm. He has ignored these mishaps functioning in his midst and must now step in, resume leadership, and disarm the mess, game board and  this fringe of the fringe.


Another life robbed by heroin, I suspect.


Not that wind could potentially power even a fraction of those items that you cite.


I am replying to myself, as I then realized they are paying homage to the "Don", as in Donald!  You couldn't make this up by the coincidence and is surrealistically an argument for the "devil incarnate"!  The "Don" is also just another form of dictator, which he apparently aspires to be.


More "fake" news. I didn't see or hear an apology.


What’s with the leis?


So 1-in2 Americans is a white racist? Sorry but I don't buy that. Or is the claim that 1-in-2 Americans is either a white racist or a dupe? I don't buy that either. Assigning derogatory labels for those you disagree with is simply a propaganda effort, a tool designed to suppress critical thought and one that is unfortunately employed just as much by the left as the right.


Look. The lady is entitled to her preference. We can't judge her for that. Fact is that in every single country of the world, the number of people applying to visit, study, do business, or emigrate to the US outnumbers those trying to get into Canada by a factor of over 10 to 1. So, for all its issues, more people around the world choose the US over Canada any day.


Philpott was a failure as the Health Minister and I do not see any benefit in trying to find her another fit. Canadians were hoping she could step up and put a stop to tobacco deaths and the excessive cost of treating those people suffering from tobacco related deceases. 30,000 a year die this way and we keep it legal for the sake of the lobbyists. The revenue doesn't even pay a portion of the health care costs. We need someone brave enough to stop the growth, production and sale of tobacco products.


Well, if everyone in the country were Catholic, then it could be that there would be a different consensus about what is right and what is wrong.  That is, after all, what many of our laws are based on.  Eg, as a society, we agree that stealing is wrong and harmful to the social order, so we outlaw it.  There was a time when domestic violence and marital rape were not seen by society in general as being sufficiently wrong to be against the law.  That has changed.  If the population of this country were all Catholic, their views might be more in conformance with the teachings of the church, and laws might be changed to reflect the views of that type of society.


Unfortunately Mr. Gardner works for the Koch Brothers and NOT for us.  He doesn't care what happens to people.  Google the Koch Brothers and their stance against healthcare and also their push to repeal the EPA so that their company (that spews contaminants into our environment) will not be held responsible for bad water and air)


Here's my three pronged vote: No, No, No.


A look at Trustin Dudeau's Tweet's:

--Took selfie in new jeans
- Went for cupping, smoked a bowl, feel so much fresher now
- Read my horoscope, collected some more taxes today....every thing sunny...
- Hired more unqualified women, cause men are ouached.
- Went snowboarding will old drama school students
- Donated to Mascupathy.org
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWFV0McIf0w


I agree with you, some have been living in the lap of luxury. I alo think that some have made money and reputation on fake news. I consider the fake news of some serious hate crimes. Crimes thta should be investigated and dealt with. I know that I myself was called out, insulted by some who had not been in Beijing. I also risked death after someone shot at soldiers in the area I was. I also saw a journalist do something that was more than improper, and that I can not in this format discuss it, may I say in goodwill. The journalsit knows who he is and how he has benefited. I hope to see justice one day in goodwill.


Another Obama apologist.  Americans bad. Everybody else good.  Sorry world. Please love us.  We are a good and peaceful people.  Don't harm us and leave us alone.  We are a stupid people, but very decent and hardworking. We love you all.


Quite sad and my condolences to the family. I have to agree with Fred though. No one should be killed in our city - no one.  But if you are going to be hanging out in front of liquor stores at 1am you are putting yourself in danger. Also, from looking at his facebook it is prolific with guns, weed, etc.  If you hang out with the 'thug' crowd you increase your danger level I would think...  Even if you are a good kid.  My condolences and RIP Mr. Johnson.


Hahaha. Seconds after I post the comment I get a dislike from my dear friend Alceste!! Hahaha


I totally agree with the irony impaired son of President Trump.

It's outrageous that anyone should try and hold a US President to account.  Let alone that his family, elevated to positions of power beyond their competence, should likewise be held to account.

And I further agree that any and all critical remarks are NOTHING to do with the group of narcissistic incompetents installed at the White House, selling billions in arms to terrorist state Saudi Arabia OR taking health care from millions.

No, it's all an attack on wee 11 year old son of President Trump and the exemplar of white women's Christian purity, the daughter/wife of President Trump.

SHAME on the inhuman NOT humans.
Burn them, they're witches*!

(*Actual witch burning to be organized by a competent Trumpian, when and if one is found.)


"..but failed to see the potential political backlash (e.g. reduced federal funding) and now the reported Social Media boycott Hawaii, which in all likelihood could impact tourism way more than the AG claimed as a reason to challenge the limited and temporary travel order"
So are you saying he should have based his decision of the possibility that Hawaii might lose federal monies and not the US Constitution?
Many people out there voted Trump and asked that taxes and federal expenses be cut so here it is and you complaining about losing federal monies?..and he should have known that someone was going to do a social media campaign to boycott Hawaii, right?
"The public should be able to question and if necessary challenge their products and motivations."....We do have the right to appeal to a higher court. I trust you know this?


Foreign students pay a premium to study here, funding more spaces for Canadians


I would wager that the majority of those humans attacked, wrong word, are visitors or surfers. Rarely, in my life here, over fifty years, have true locals been in the wrong place at the right time. The exception to this is driving, usually at dark and riding waves early or late in the day especially in fall. The sharks usually are not "attacking" so much as defending a territory or their young. In the southern Pacific, the islanders rarely have negative encounters with sharks. I know this because I gave spent years both there and in Hawaii surfing and diving. Learn their ways, ask the Kapuna, be aware of the season and the condition of the ocean. The hotels must spend more time educating their guests.


Any medical professional who has kept extended office hours has discovered that the less the patient pays for the service, the less they value it. I've seen patients demand their "right" to be seen at a given time only to no-show. It seemed like far more than 50% of those no-shows were Medicaid patients.


...yes we do.  Barack Hussein Obama.


I had heard this about Sorenson & Hoyle only recently.  And I believe Sorenson's being so vindictive demonstrates something about who he is; and it is not an attractive view.


So when you say change. You mean change the name of the building, so it’s named after a black person. Just like they did at oregon university.  when they changed Dunn hall to Unthank hall. Here’s the guide lines that they had to follow to pick the new name.  “The university asked the committee to look for someone who was black, dead and had a direct relationship with Oregon or the UO.”


As always, people saying all they want to do is defend against tyranny are actually the people wishing to impose it.


Yes, definitely!


Aloha Vito Inca, Please tell me more.


Finally innovation and hopefully a way forward. The tiny house movement has been huge in the mainland serving seniors who are downsizing as well as those just starting out who could not dream of buying a house. It appears that this application is well suited to the needs of many who have waited decades to be able to have land and a home as promised.


Very shameful to know that there are people out there who purposely go out of their way to hurt children.

That should be the criteria to automatically fire folks in office and kick them out of Alaska.


It's not surprising that ADN would latch on to this.  Smear a political enemy and further the anti-gun narrative at the same time.  The only debate is the one they are attempting to create.  What does "kill-shot mentality" even mean, and who are you attributing the statement to?


Huh?  Ok lady we will all get off the planet to make room for your furry pig, err i mean bear.


Skimming Archbishop Kurtz's statement, I saw the words "Too much of our current political discourse has demeaned women...," and my first thought was that he was criticizing the Church's misogyny. No kidding.


My, I do love satire....But, wait, perhaps Mr. Gowins is serious.  Oh, come on now....he couldn't be....but, after re-reading the letter, I think he is quite serious.

Mr. Gowins says "stand up to bullies."  I agree.  However, we need to recognize Donald J. Trump is the greatest bully on the public stage.  Study his history, watch the Billie Bush video where he brags of bullying women with sexually assaultive behavior.  Watch the GOP debates where he bullies and belittles everyone on stage.  Watch the videos of his bullying the parents of a fallen soldier and belittling a disabled reporter....the list goes one and on.  For Mr. Trump, bullying is a way of life.

Fake news?  Really, KellyAnn Conway defended Mr. Trump by asserting he had a right to his "alternative facts."  Read the documentation of the literally hundreds of lies he's told since running for office.  The Donald is the KING OF LIARS.

BTW: I'm proud of America....but I'm ashamed of our President.  regards, Gary Crum


So glad this bozo is gone from Nuggets
 He is one of the softest players in the league. This just another example of why


For Trudeau II, a carbon tax will hurt Conservative western Canada more than it hurts Liberal eastern Canada, so that's why there is going to be a carbon tax.  It's all about impoverishing your enemies and making them less politically powerful.  It's NEP2.  Like father, like son.  The dislike of western Canada runs deep in the Trudeau family.


Business travel survived  without  laptops on  planes and will again.


But it's NOT a "ban"!

Stop calling it a "ban"!

Oh ... wait ... Trump himself tweeted this: "The Justice Dept. should have stayed with the original Travel Ban, not the watered down, politically correct version they submitted to S.C."

And this is just one of at least three recent Trump tweets using the word "ban."


Eric you never ran for everything in your life.. you are just a sore grape ranting and raving so someone would here you.  What's funny nobody listens to you but yourself ..
So you support hillary and Kirk Caldwell hipocrite ..


Be very, very, very careful....the  reasoning that leads you to expel certain people today will one be used---citing your very own words--to expel "people like you" someday in the future.

Stand with the expelled and oppressed, whether you agree with them or not  (heck, especially if you DON'T agree with them) or one day you will stand alone. Does not history teach us that?


I wanna die doin some thing I love. He had more balls then most of us. I didn't know him but I wish I had. When u rattle the cups,  sometimes they break,  sometimes they wiggle, and sometimes, they just dare u...


Costs lotsa money in Alaska for boat, Beaver on floats, remote cabin, and all of those Alaska needed doctor things! Especially when most of your doctor profit goes to big corporations! Except that in Alaska they are called expanding health care free choice.


Right now, people have control over US senators: They vote for them.
How are 35 state senators (in the case of the state of Colorado) any more representative of "the people" than people going to the polls and voting for someone?
If you think that members of the US Senate should have remained selected by state senates, rather than popularly like the US House, I respect your opinion, but I think state senates are just as likely to appoint party hacks or ideologues as the voters of the states are. And, US senators appointed by state senators are beholden to an even smaller number of people than if they were directly elected.


I didn't vote for the Liberals but, I do think they are on top of this. You may not agree with all of their policies but I think that we have a lot of smart people, politicians, civil servants, and diplomats that know what they are doing. Now is not the time to be ideological, we need to trust and support our government to know deal with it. They at least have our best interests at heart.


You really do need to read the available research that deals with this act of "cultural genocide".  We are connected to the land, the water, and all our natural relations.  Do some reading on blood memory.  It is real.

I am one of those "they didn't so much lose it as became separated from it.
And those who were taken very young would not have formed a cultural identity to lose."

Your opinion is just that and differs from the available research and from my personal experience of being separated at a very young age.

I have said many time settler need to stop commenting on Indigenous issues until they have listed deeply and studied extensively.  Our world is totally different than yours (Thank goodness)


There are many dead people in Britain who would probably have wished their own government was as concerned about public safety as Trump is.  it is easy to say there is no urgency when you are alive and only other people die.  It's like the Romans watching people get eaten by lions in the Coliseum: it's nothing to get upset about because it's them and not you.


I hope for your car's sake it's silicone rather than silicon.


The article's banner reads "Trump blames 'many sides' for violence in Virginia".
WHAT happened to this article?


No, I am saying that the Dems, when in control, should have a slowly increasing tax on ALL CONSUMED GOODS/Service. Unlike other taxes, this one will disappear in one form or another, all on its own.

And it is NOT about CHINA POLLUTING. It is about ALL NATIONS and STATES that emit large amounts of CO2 having their exports (directly and indirectly) with a slowly increasing tax. In this fashion, it will get ALL LARGE EMITTING NATIONS/STATES to drop their emissions, OR lose their exports. Considering that China's GDP is over 33% exports, they would likely stop building new coal IMMEADIATLY, and do an HONEST push for AE and nukes.
Likewise, India, Texas, Wyoming, the middle east nations, etc are all large emitters in terms of emissions / $ GDP.


Economic libertarians are on the right. Social libertarians are on the left.


Very Interesting, but Waikiki is the subject matter at the moment and it is totally "over saturated" and still the City council and the State of Hawaii does nothing to reign in the construction there; especially when it comes to being a "top tourist destination" that has lost it's way; as the "golden goose has become a swine trough" for the state to collect taxes from.

If the State of Hawaii wants to continue to be a "top tourist destination" shouldn't the State be doing something to create a better venue for tourists, than creating a ConCrete Monstrosity, that can be found in any American Metro area?  Just exactly what "represents Hawaii and the island cultrue" that is left in Waikiki?


I get what you're saying, but many times it takes addicts and homeless years to hit rock bottom or at least a point when they are ready to make a true commitment to get better. I'm all for helping the people that were productive members of society.  But instead of us trying to decide who deserves help more, I think we should see which homeless will accept help and dedicate resources to them.  You can't force addiction counseling on someone that has no intention to quitting or to change their lives and expect it work.  If they have been homeless for 20 years or 20 months I don't really care, as long as they are making an effort to stay off the streets and out of hospitals, jail and detox.  To me it's about helping the people wanting to get help, which is where I think the City will get the most out of it's money.


If we are to go back in history, can we get rid of the reference to God? I would like to see a separation of church and state, and references to a deity offends atheists.


Yes Eugene, but the one party State, the legal Mafia, will never allow it.  Too many centipedes under too many rocks.


The thing is, they don't care.


We could also track guns.  We could have non sporting guns be sold by the government like liquor in Utah. We could obtain more data. We could close gun store loopholes. We could make it harder to modify semis to be full auto. We could limit the rounds a magazine can have.  We could, but we won't.


And the day trump announces he's tired of the national debt issue and declares bankruptcy we become a banana republic. Think those previous gvmt shutdown created havoc?


Spot on!
The upper class hated FDR because, 1) he appointed and/or nominated people to top government jobs who knew the upper class' dirty methods and regulated accordingly, and 2) he saved the upper class from itself. They'll never forgive him for that.
In the 1600s, King Louis XIV gathered all power unto himself, and in exchange, spent lavishly on the nobility and gave the them special privileges. By the 1780s, the French treasury was becoming bankrupt (thanks in part to French military assistance in the American War of Independence), but the nobility continued to spend extravagantly while the lower classes were starving in the streets and in their shacks on rich estates. Louis XVI convened a special assembly and asked the nobility to tax itself. The nobility refused. We all know what followed.
The upper class has an extraordinary sense of its own worth and privilege -- at times, at the expense of common sense and self-survival.


That sounds like a jjp58 post, not an ericnorstog post.


AJSo
What is the difference between the current situation and the 2 state solution?


The EU thought it was about apples and was ready to provide subsidies if they moved to France !


"Canada would almost certainly be better off without the oil industry."
Without a doubt , and to put it politely , the least informed statement on here today, but it's not over yet.......... I think I found who Cletus shares the jug with......lol.


The more we try to differentiate ourselves, the more we will find those who will divide us based on our self-described differences. We keep making up religions, sexualities, sexual preferences, colors, sexes, political persuasion and then wonder how we became so divided...it's no mystery.


The NDP membership foolishly voted out a smart and moderate leader like Tom Mulcair because he was not left wing enough for some in the party.

Instead replacing him with Mr Singh and trying to get another young photogenic politician like Justin Trudeau. Unfortunately, he seems to be already showing he's a leader with no principles and would do or say anything to achieve power.

More comments like this and he will ensure the NDP will never win a federal election.


so let's see...Putin provokes the West with armed intervention in Syria, then fears confrontation with the West....hmmm...interesting...yeah that must be it mr wizard!!


I think that it is bat powered.


POS's


You've described Trump exactly.

Puppet, despot, murderer, delusional.


Your fake POTUS is the definition of a parody.


"Crimea voted by a big majority to rejoin Russia" ...at the point of Russian guns.


What does Barrack Obama, Steve Jobs, John Lennon, George Washington, Justin Trudeau, Bill Gates and basically everyone who went to college/university have in common? They experimented/smoked weed.

Does marijuana make them a genius? No, but it does allow a genius to have alternative perspectives which in other words opens their minds. Most of these people are intensely dedicated and focused individuals. If your kids are useless and can't get off their ass it's because you've failed to teach your children basic living skills and give them a direction/inspiration.


These chemicals are being released to dumb  us down. Seems to be working.


I will absolutely Boycott this movie. I will tell everyone I know to boycott it. "The Lobster" was an evil, vile movie which was billed as "laugh out loud funny." It was not at all amusing. It featured animal torture, people laughing about a dog being kicked to death. Also, an attempted suicide with a woman howling in pain--at which people laughed. I believe that  Yorgos Lanthimos is mentally deranged & a severe, hateful sadist.
I am horrified that Colin Farrell chooses to be in his films. Disgusting. I had always loved Colin's work until "The Lobster." I read a comment "The Lobster makes you think." Guess what, Dr. Zhivago made me think, so did Cassandra's Dream, It's a Wonderful Life, Alexander the Great & many other films which did Not feature animal torture or making fun of suicide. Evil, hateful, vile, disgusting  Yorgos Lanthimos. He can't fall off the face of the earth soon enough for me.


Hey...I was right about the GoC rate and CPI data,and the probable cause for the dip in the TSX;
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/inside-the-market/market-updates/canadian-dollar-posts-one-week-high-on-inflation-spike-before-paring-gains/article34132428/

Meanwhile...You know what 10 years is...that's a good start :)


Well, MSM encourages violence by the Left and then praises the results.  Sad because all hate groups use the same line to justify their actions:  we are good people and they are bad people.  Don't Libs know that hating haters makes you a hater??.


That's because they're only putting up a pretence of listening to the public. This bill is going to pass despite the fact that many Canadians are deeply opposed to it. Your only recourse is to make very sure not to forget this bill and use your vote next election to oust these hypocrites. Mr. Morneau and his boss have both been born to a life of privilege yet try to act as if they understand the average Canadian. Mr. Morneau has no idea what it's like to really own a business, one you started yourself. He has no idea what it's like to stay awake at night wondering how you're going to keep the lights on, meet your payroll and support your family. Shame on him for pretending he does and shame on both Mr. Trudeau and Mr. Morneau for spinning the numbers to suit their lies and support their unbridled, irresponsible spending.


What a joke. People don't trust their governments because they lie, fail to keep their promises and take freebies from their billionaire buddies while preaching honesty and transparency. Somehow however it is the hard working business owners and their teams that are at fault.


I loved this article!  Ghost Dad Phenomenon is a perfect way to word it.
I was told I was going to died and travelled to the US to have a stem cell transplant for Systemic Scleroderma. My husband walked out when I told him I wanted the kids to come with me. He then proceeded to take me to Family Court during my chemotherapy. He Skyped the kids daily and  resented him for it. He took my insurance money for my illness he then tried to take my home, which I had paid the mortgage out. Later I found out the little design company I own was totally his -  he did the set up - for himself! As I got sicker I had tax loses in this company which he now uses to get his current income down for Child Support. He has nothing to do with the children and has never bought them a Birthday or Christmas gift. He wont pay for medical and my son has needed 2 operations which are left to me to pay. I can't work due to my illness and life is very poor. The ariticle is so true!


You are jumping the gun. There is much more to come. Be patient little snowflake.


Yeah, and I will keep doing it over and over.  We'd fought the KKK down enough to get them to stop, but don't think for an instant they wouldn't again (and maybe still do) if they thought they could get away with it.

So, this decade is yours to pick arbitrarily?  OK y\then Al-Qaeda attacked and killed nearly 3000 Americans last decade, but that was then.  We can ignore them too.

I find it ironic that those (not necessarily you) who complain about "tearing down history" of statures or flags, find it so easy to ignore the flip side of that same history.

Each group has to be taken as a whole.  BLM has to take some responsibility for the actions of Micah Xavier Johnson. I've had a hard time finding any one killed by a Anti-fa sympathizer, but someone could probably attribute something to them, maybe the Congressional Baseball Shooting.  If the KKK had done anything to improve itself in some unimaginable way, they might be worth of some level of reassessment, but they certainly have not.


I knew it!  Criticize and you'll get labeled a racist.  And people wonder how Trump got elected....


My thoughts, exactly, Hapa!  Just one more proposed law that won't be enforced...


The demand for a $15 minimum wage came from Bernie!


I don't see why LBGT folks should offer the hand of friendship to any group which seeks to deny LBGT people the same civil rights that group assumes it's members are entitled to.

Unless Father Martin is prepared to give his unqualified public respect and approval to gay marriage and homosexuality I don't feel he is qualified to lead a reconciliation campaign, although he is clearly qualified to speak to many other subjects.

As example, suppose I said that I have the right to vote, but represent an organization determined to block your right to vote, and won't myself personally call for your right to vote, but I love you and want to be friends.   Credible?

Father Martin wants his cake and eat it too.  Sorry, not buying it.  His sermons on many other topics still welcome.


Betty and her heart of Gold...God is good,  way to go Betty, you ROCK and serve Him well....


There is no doubting that the Chiefs organization is on the upswing.  Ownership, coaching staff, players are ready to win in the playoffs.  You have to get in the tournament then play real smartly and hope to get more breaks than the opposition.  To me, it looks like Andy Reid has dropped 25 or 30 lbs. from last year.  Another observation: Mile High Report has more civil and intelligent discussions than this site.


Damn North Korea!


When shining a light on roaches, they disapear. We can hope Jones does the same.


Santiago's assistant public defender, Robert Berube, who questioned the FBI agent on the witness stand about his client's statements after the shooting, agreed to his detention before trial.


Infill housing is more of a trojan horse. It turns residential properties into attractive investment properties and neighbourhoods into parking lots.  It may ease the rental market marginally but due to the increased property prices not the rental prices unless of course this type of rental unit is subject to price controls.

As for permit fees of $60 grand plus for an already developed property it is bordering on obscene. If you are going to allow the development the fee should be more inline with the cost. Where the district should be recovering is making a special class of multi residential that is taxed much heavier than it currently is for the extra services the property consumes..


Facial recognition software? In any case it will be amusing to hear the bs defense a lawyer comes up with. $5 says they hire Rex Butler.


I work at LCC. I sit in a place each day, helping people gain an education that will hopefully move them from a lower income status to a more stable financial and personal life. My income is limited by public funds for the purpose of educating our community/state citizens, and those public funds are regularly decreased by the same wealthy corporate folks who hold all the power to buy up land, develop it, and use it for their own gain.
I have sat and watched as a truly beautiful place, which has often given it's value of solace and peace upon simply gazing out the window, has been decimated by machinery cutting down tree after tree, leaving only a thin fringe to "hide" what has been done to the land.
If I had money to buy it, believe me, I would have.


TWY:  I strongly disagree with the tactics of antifa.  I condemn their violence, their valdalism and their attempts to (through intimidation) impose censorship of those who would present views they oppose.  I support their being help legally responsible for acts of violence and vandalism.  I do NOT support "beat the crap out of them first."  I trust you see the irony of suggesting using violence against persons who condemn for using violence themselves.    Gary Crum


As a parent and teacher, I know that much more funding is needed at the public schools. But I do not believe the rail is a sound project, and as such, the linking of school funding and rail is highly problematic. This is "sausage-making" and I don't know if the product will be "edible."


I'll willingly concede that homeowners are part of the pricing equation, though I suspect most go with their realtors recommendations. If your thesis is that the many well-documented unscrupulous tactics used by some realtors have nothing to do with the state of the market in Vancouver, then we will have to disagree. Have a nice day.


Quite frankly, it is hard to imagine how transgenders can be accommodated in the military.  So the guy wants to be a girl.  How do the real girls feel when he is put in their barracks and uses their bathroom.  Those who need special accommodations do not belong in the military.


There are a huge number of toxic superfund sites in the flooded areas...is Trump's EPA director going to notice?


Not mentioned in the article, but to save weight, Cadillac has used a mix of aluminum and steel in the body, which makes any kind of body damage repair very tricky and very expensive.  In fact, it can only be done in a few certified shops, so can also require extensive travel and delay.

Also, the notion that Cadillac is a luxury brand is about 40 years out of date.


Back in the 90's, M.F.K. Fisher purchased a bed from us for her tiny, vineyard cottage in Sonoma County. Our 20ish son & a helper delivered it. When it was in place, Mary Frances invited the fellows to stay for dinner. Not knowing of her culinary expertise with "sacred chow" & the priceless gift of presence being offered, they politely refused opting instead to stop at McDonalds on the way home. Ay,yi,yi,yi,yi!


This article is about Trump' failed health reform - try to stay on topic


It's unfortunate that those of us who agree with Kenney won't get our chance to speak out til the next Federal election.  I suspect that the Trudeau would be more cautious about throwing around $10 million of taxpayers' dollars if there was less than two years to election day. But many of us shall not forget this betrayal in 2019.


I'm pretty sure Alaskans have voluntarily (by a majority) voted for increases or improvements to the educational system in past elections, please look into it Art.


"a wall that americans will fund and mexico will pay for in tarrifs"

I'll say it again and maybe it'll finally sink into the heads of Trumpettes...

Mexico won't pay the tariffs. US consumers will. Full stop. Clean and simple. Can you understand that?

Try and keep up...

US gov't applies 20% tariff to washing machines manufactured in Mexico.

Therefore, manufacturer of washing machine pays 20% extra to get it across the border.

Therefore, manufacturer of washing machine raises price of washing machine by 20% to cover extra costs.

Trump brags that the Mexicans are paying for his wall. Trump supporters dance in the street. Then run out and pay 20% more for a washing machine.

Mexican gov't shrugs and has a shot of tequila.


Don't forget the big fuss the Alaska Oil And Gas Conservation Commission made when cook inletkeepers director Bob Shavelson asked for more public hearings on the fracking that is being done in the inlet with almost no consideration or input from the people who actually live there. the commission and the governors top oil and gas adviser attacked him personally saying he "insulted the state" just for asking for more public information on their plans.

This is just another travesty done against the backdrop of a money hungry walker regime wheeling and dealing behind closed doors for the best interests of their constituents; the oil and gas industry and themselves. The governor has hilcorp's back and they know it.

I don't imagine they will ever have to pay a dollar of the fines let alone stop polluting and follow the laws of the state. Which are very protective of the environment WHEN ENFORCED. Cook Inlet is starting to look like an oil field. I thought belugas were endangered!


I've ridden the A line countless times and I've never had someone not check my ticket.  I also take light rail on a regular basis and I've gone weeks without getting checked.  I think it really depends on the time of day, when it's standing room only, it would be nearly impossible and really annoying to riders and officers to try and check fares.


No such thing as alt left except in the White Supremacist propaganda altering the vocabulary to make their own evil ideology legitimate.  The ranting of a pure Aryan White Supremacist glorying of the pseudo-election of his new Fuhrer, Trump, to free the Neo-Nazi Aryans to begin the violence just like Nazi Germany.  This nation needs to stamp out this evil just like it did in 1940s.  The big mistake was not doing it to the embedded racist bigots infesting this nation since its formation.


Automation is going to happen whether or not minimum wages go up. The march of technology means that the cost of automating a job drops every year. If the minimum wage is increased substantially, that may mean that the point at which it becomes economically viable to automate a job will arrive six months, or maybe even a whole year, earlier. In short, holding the minimum wage down will only preserve jobs in the VERY short term.


I just watched a fish and wildlife biologist bear training and the behavior of standing on his hind legs and putting his front paws on the tree trunk is defensive posture, which says basically, "I'm not sure you are safe to be around, in which case I'm making myself feel better by demonstrating that if I am chased I can climb this tree to escape".

At the same time I don't think it's valid to second guess the people on the scene. Let's not get sentimental about one dead animal in a world where animals everywhere are declining. Let's not get judgmental about policy or homicide investigations. We don't have all the facts.


One way yes off topic, one way not. Many including me have not seen my children for years...of course I pay very well, but courts here seem only to enforce the financial part of the court orders...not to talk about the bias and belony...wasted time...theft ..fabricating facts ...putting men in jail for sexual assault but then a year later acquit them as the guys were not even in town..no repercussions in family law...
"Forced" adoption is in the bigger picture the same...
I adopted 2 children financially as they are "alone" in the world...similar stories...that is besides my own 2 children...I never see.
It is a business...family related law...no mercy for parents or children. Lots of it reminds on history...from nazi germany as example to more recent Yugoslavia...that's just ok the so called civilized western world.
I hear this lady ...and can only imagine...it happens to men as well as women. Is it going to change? Unlikely, it's business.


It's not surprising that the Germans would deny using poison gas...so I'm not sure you can call that a "controversy" when it's the perpetrator doing the denying...


Most of the people who will be affected voted for the dummy so they should be tapping themselves on the back.


"And I have been entirely consistent in my desire not to be perceived as bending or breaking any rules," Mr. Trudeau said.

Justin- we all understand how you have a desire not to be perceived, but unfortunately, our perception and not your desire about our perception is what matters.

And moreover,

 "Obviously, we follow all the rules and I am assured that the folks who are managing my personal finances are following all the rules."

How would he know either of these two things  he is asserting as truths if he has in fact devolved all of the asset administration into a blind trust situation. Maybe blind, but not deaf regarding the administration of his assets?

Liberal- thy name is hypocrisy.


Doubling down on deception and corruption by lying to us, and thinking we are that stupid we wont see through his pathetic lies.

This is going from bad to worse for this absolute disappointment.  Promised so much accountability and renewal, dives straight back into grubby peddling of influence.  Hang your head Trudeau.  Liberal supporters out there - demand better from your party.  You can still help them find their way.


I've found that voting in my self interest makes politicians pay for my happiness.  Plus it's fun.  And it's what liberals want us to do so why not?


Ethics Office Rejects WH Attempt To Block Disclosure Of Ethics Waivers


Absolute insanity.  This country has little usable land, and we keep pressuring what there is.  Niagara Falls to Whitby is nothing but malls (mostly all the same), along with cookie cutter housing.   These immigrants, for the most part, will all want to live in Toronto or Vancouver.


For one property, the exact entry/exit is shown on a 1947 aerial photo.


Canada is done for.   We are now a high cost , hugely indebted , high taxed jurisdiction run by everything politically correct.     How we are leading G7 in growth is a mystery.


The Auditor is all about sunshine, unless it's sunshine about the Auditor.
Just another day in the Nei.


Are you saying we need an actual war to tear down all the monuments to racism and tyranny that you Unite the Right guys love so much?

The fact that the white supremacists are willing to have another Civil War rather than give up their monuments to white supremacy, anti-black racism, and tyranny says it all. Wouldn't be a complete day on the internet if a nutty racist wasn't salivating for a new civil war. Pathetic.

See you at the broadcast of the next Unite the Right rally. I'll look for the unhinged guy with the nazi armband over his Colorado t-shirt, waving a mosquito repelling tiki torch, sweating, spitting, grinding his teeth, shouting "bring on the next Civil War, man! Bring it on! White power now and forever, man! You'll have to pry my racist tyrannical statues out of my cold dead hands, man!"


A student of the law quotes something out of context to bolster their case?  I'm so shocked!  I am sure this doesn't happen regularly.


Well mr smith there's media and then there's "media". You may no longer be able to separate the wheat from the chaff due to years of conditioning but the folks at Fox and the bloviators like limbaugh et al have not been telling you the truth for decades now. The disinformation spewed out to so many millions of my fellow Americans by the massive right wing media machine has so confused and angered the viewers/listeners that like you the truth is a foreign concept now. Like a powerful and destructive drug the siren call of right wing media lures you back day after day for more reinforcement, another hit of the lies that sooth your latent need to look down on, hate and fear someone outside your close group of acquaintances. You have been poisoned by disinformation mr smith. The antidote is to shut off the radio and TV for at least a month until the irritation subsides and rational, reasoned thinking resumes. The purpose of propaganda is to make you react emotionally and negatively.


Some guy who was too important to stop. "Just a dog" Where do these scummy people from? Probably the same guy who shot the lab at Campbell Lake.


Better hitchhike then.


Oh I agree the current batch of legislators are a majority of Republicans but It's been going on more like forty years. Every since the common Alaskan no longer had any skin in the game its been a spend fest by both parties.


Not convicted means innocent.   False accusations are common in politics from both sides.   There is nothing particularly special about this election that our nation hasn't seen before.


Green energy funding = cronyism and political favoritism. If green energy can compete with fossil fuels without taxpayer subsidization, I'm all for it.


maybe it was my use of the word imbeciles regarding this group of haters that was deemed unacceptable, but I'll say it again, CB, and see if you delete my comment a 2nd time re this article...

there are likely many in this bunch who would pack the 'closet' of secrets and hypocrisy.


Uber's investors unhappy with the billions per year burn rate of a business trying to kill the competition by pricing them out of the market, eh? Couldn't happen to a nicer guy than Mr. K. My bet is Uber will never go public and the initial investors will have to eat their losses.

Incidentally, U of T's partnership with these spendthrift predators indicates a serious lack of judgement in the hallowed halls......


The gov't. can't do anything efficiently in Alaska as they are too consumed with their personal agendas, so yes it will probably take at least 100 employees.


Check out this recent column by Russel Smith ... www.theglobeandmail.com/life/how-postmodernism-is-infiltrating-public-life-and-policy/article34734386/


The difference is when the wealthy pay their taxes, they are still left with a crap load of money. When us that only make mid five figures pay our taxes, we aren't left with much. I am personally paying over 20%, and 78% percent of not much is even less of not much.


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So I would say that the people then need to go back and rewrite the law so that it accomplishes the will of the people without being unconstitutional.


Columbine, Sandy Hook, Pulse Nightclub, Mandalay Bay, Aurora Movie Theater, Virginia Tech, San Bernardino, Fort Hood, Washington Navy Yard, Oregon Community College, Charleston, and many many more. Those are all the mass shootings I can list off the top of my head...correlation??? Semi-automatic rifles were the weapon of choice. Enough is enough. No more silence and prayers.


1. Where were women when Hill Clinton cackled over the rape-death of Qaddafi?
2. On Nov 1, Americans had 4 options:
a. Hillary Clinton, who engineered the murder of Qaddafi; the wanton destruction of Libya; voted for Iraq war and enabled its after-effect, ISIS, supplied by US allies and USA itself; advanced the non-democratic policy demand that "Assad must go," and as early as 2011, supported provocateurs who turned a relatively peaceful protest into full-out war.

b. Trump

c. third party

d. no vote

3. A vote for Trump was the only meaningful, tho not optimal, option.
Trump may have had prurient thoughts on his mind, but he did not have blood on his hands.

4. Pink hats & participation in an event financially supported by Hillary Clinton's key backer, George Soros, are endorsements for mass killing and the implicit wish that the same policies continue.

btw, you are aware that P**y Riot started out as porn performers, yes?  & that they were the inspiration for the p**y meme, yes?


These people are in jail because they are committing unlawful acts. And, what does this have to do with The POTUS? Don't do something stupid,  then expect the POTUS to get involved. Gosh, people!


And adding on to that, you also need policies that give those locally employed the opportunity to obtain a decent paying job.


“With thousands of members here in the Southland, the gang’s power is widespread..."
hahahaha 21 down and thousands more to go. hahahahahaha
The ATF is working too hard to nab these guys, instead they should throw a giant fiesta in the sanctuary city of LA and offer free burritos and Tequila shots. Once the news of the fiesta spreads they'll come out of the woodwork like cockroaches. Guaranteed to round up thousands of illegals alone that will come out and feast on the free food and drinks!


T:  No, idiocacy is doing more of the same and expecting different results.  Maybe not for you elitists but for most of us a tax break will be a good thing.  No, by "people" I mean exactly that, everyday common middle class people, not liberal elitists.  Don't worry, I'm sure that you and your liberal buddies will ensure none of this happens.


Did you see what Roskell wrote?

Your questions and points are a different issue.  Go find someone who cares to debate them with you.