Don't know how to take your comment.  Its either funny or hilarious.  Sorry about the boat, plane and horse.  Thats really beyond the pale.


Are you kidding? "Vital coverage" in the time of Internet, Social media, smartphones, Global radio and TV stations available? I'd love to know the numbers of millennials who bother with the CBC.
The CBC is still relevant to an aging, left-wing boomer population and no one else.


Hard to pick a side.. however, not picking a side seemed to support Boko Haram because he seems to be winning more than losing.


I am certainly not suggesting that we put statins in the drinking water.  All therapy should be directed to people at significant risk to warrant the risk of the treatments.  Heart and stroke is the number one killer for most adults.  There are many people who benefit from taking statins.  I never said it was for everyone.  But others have made general statements herein that they are of no benefit or as you seem to suggest, do not have enough benefit to warrant their usage.  There are many selected people (you may not be one) who benefit and this data is highly compelling.  You are selected the lowest possible risk patients from the study and suggesting this applies to everyone.  Not correct.  Relative risk and odds ratios are an excellent way to analyze and compare data.  I do agree that in low risk patients for primary prevention there is much weaker evidence.  But also this group by statistical power will also be the most difficult group to prove a difference.


Why would they need a COLA when they are getting automatic 3.5% raises?


It's a frackin' mile and a half away1


Eliminating the special envoy for climate is the Mad King regime's response to record flooding in Houston. Of course, they're probably having trouble finding qualified people to board the Trump Trainwreck.


May I have your source for this "evidence?"


Jay: I don't trust politicians, period. The studies that examined the situation relied on just numbers; as a math guy I trust numbers. I inferred that due to the numbers, these groups are targeted; however you and I both know that there is more to this. Other crime is reflected in societal differences. I find myself wondering about those differences.

As I've stated repeatedly, I wish to reduce the harms from substance use: I don't care what the substance. One of the reasons I don't trust politicians has to do with the legality of alcohol, while less harmful, and sometimes beneficial substances remain illegal.

Did you happen to catch the Salk Institute study that shows THC dissolves the plaque in the brain which caused Alzheimer's Disease and can serve to return cognitive ability lots to it?

If we quit attempting to do better, we will all be worse off because of that failure.

Good day to you.


I was adamantly against cutting TJ Ward. No one hits like him and he was a key motivator to this defense. His absence really showed yesterday. (Like Elway says of a great player, raises all boats.)


What I'm looking for in political representatives are people who put people first; muslim, christian, atheist, gay, straight, man, woman, trans, ---The people who actually make up our nation and our world.  I don't want someone who views his or her office through the narrow confines of ANY religion:  The law and the constitution have to come first in that job, and the ability to represent all people who happen to be citizens on that criteria alone.  Our ongoing experiment in liberty is too important to have it otherwise.


you are joking right ? Or totally out of touch with what is going on ? I have already let one employee go, and will let another one go when this is in full force. Combined with Higher Hydro and Carbon taxes, it is very difficult to stay afloat in Ontario.

But not to worry I hear that Bankruptcy Trustees are doing great business.


Everyone?  So the definition of "everyone" is 36% disapproval rate, while his approval rate is 56%.
Ah yes, "corrupt" and "criminal".  How easily those words flow of the tongues of the conspiracy theorists, despite exhaustive investigations and a huge waste of public money.  Where there's nothing, there must be fire, right?


I read this book and identified with Maura as a Queens Irish Catholic but could only marvel at Maura as a missionary in Nicaragua and El Salvador.  What courage she and the other missionaries exhibited in their living out the Church's preferential option for the poor.  It really highlighted for me that we have hidden saints among us who do the hard work for us of building the kingdom here on earth.  Maura elevates the word sacrifice from giving up something during Lent to giving up one's life for one's friends.  It continues to disturb my conscience.  Deo gratias.


I believe you got the reactions that you hoped for. You got people thinking, writing down their thoughts,  and the rest of us got in on it.  A successful article. Clever you. :)


I'll be on tonight against my GOP opponent if anyone wants to watch. The show begins at 8pm. It's unfortunate we won't see a mayoral debate on PBS this election cycle.


Nothing good happens in Waikiki after 9:00 a.m.


We do need all seven pipes.


A judge in Winnipeg gave a pregnant Indian women the right to continue drinking and doing drugs while she was pregnant, She already had 4 other kids the same way. She looks after none of them, Social workers wanted her forced into treatment but the Judge said it is an Indian right to produce children that Canadians will pay for and probably be victims of the kids when they grow up all screwed up.


TMT/TIO does not meet the 8 requirements for a conservation area... YOU MUST MEET ALL 8....Not following the LAW is exactly why the Supreme Court invalidated the permit in the first place and made them start all over again....Quit using our Mo'i as your "spokesperson" and telling us what our Cultural practices, our Cultural beliefs and WHO we are as a people....PUEO doesn't represent ALL Hawaiians and I didn't see any PRO TMT people on the Mauna except for the ones that were getting paid.  The opponents of TMT/TIO/PUEO have the support of many in the scientific community as there are more people of color, women and culturally aware professionals that AGREE and SUPPORT the Protect Mauna Kea movement... That is a fact, majority of charges were DROPPED on protectors and social media marketing campaign fueled by Aloha Aina Lahui, not the THREE public relations firms hired to try and "sell the worldly benefits of this telescope" #AlohaAinaIsStanding #DontBeSoBitter #FollowTheLaw #AlohaWins


If they're not fleeing persecution (e.g., legit refugees), process them as skilled workers but with a 5-10 point penalty for crossing illegally.  If unsuccessful, deport immediately to country of origin.

Very few would be successful.

This will keep the lawbreakers from jumping ahead of those who follow the rules, protect the border, and not completely shut out legit asylum claims.


But as far as you consider her sexually, you see her has nothing more than an object for your lust.


Nothing but a revenge law, representing drivers ticketed for the same whilest driving. Did mr Elephant ever get such a violation?


The real laugh is these Indians have pocket Billions whilst their ANC enablers have helped them for peanuts!! Impressed by a stay in a 5 star hotel. By the way Gigaba purchased a R300,000 watch with a bag of euros just over a year ago.


Oh supporters of the President or a Prime Minister get it. Usually though they've had a chance to govern and have implemented a policy or take some concrete action that might have actually effected a segment of the population negatively. This bunch is just out there just because their candidate didn't win and for a perceived slight.


Get rid of the community hunt...it is being used by mostly non native groups and they kill way more moose than they need....I don't even hunt the Denali anymore cuz of the traffic and the "rookie" hunter who simply signs up for a Tier 1 caribou tag, automatically gets it, and decides I'm a hunter. Get rid of the automatic Tier 1 tag and put everyone who would like to harvest caribou in a draw system with dates that spread the hunt out over the longest amount of biological correctness to sustain "maximum sustained yield"....those drawing permits would have blocks of times to apply for and be in the field...thus spreading the pressure throughout the unit by using time blocks issued by draw permit.


Maybe she was hoping we were evolving, a little more evolved.


agree.  At least one ranger should be on duty at all times.  This is a precious public asset


Burnt,

  We seem to have our own serious intolerance, serious resentment, and now, like you say, they've devolved into a free speech problem, thanks to the crappy changes in comment format and childish emoticons. How does it feel to be treated like a child? I don't like it. How does it feel to be censored by my fellow posters? When the Establishment is challenged they always smack down the most vulnerable powerless people like us. Sad.

  I have no idea who is nixing my comments. I've been quite outspoken here these last 11 years. Often disliked by liberals and often disliked by conservatives so who knows?
   One thing, though, conservatives call liberals "left wing" but they are not. They are right of centre. I sometimes feel like the only left winger left in Canada. Just because I support workers and don't support corporations. That's what left wingers were in the 1960's and that's the way they need to be now - to bridge the gap between middle and working classes and rein in the 1%.


It certainly sounds like he tried.  An electrified fence seems to be a lot.  I know that I usually advocate for a safe, but an electric fence I would hope would do the trick.


Not really. I am old now and tired of it all. Voting in primaries for people on ego trips to get fame through politics isn't for me anymore. Too much lies and hollywood drama and no hope.  You young people can carry it now because nobody listens anyway. There were a multitude who tried to keep it accountable, but too much greed. But.....my wonderful remarks will continue. Also, I don't believe all this hacking stuff. I think it was an inside job on Equifax and other firms for years with some twisted, desperate for gambling, drugs or disgruntled employee selling off info. Maybe they just caught it. Sorry, I question stories when things don't add up. Like two executives selling millions of stock options  days after hacking found but said they didn't know about breach that could cause stock to drop?  Yet customers/stock holders didn't get info or  know till Aug/Sept when stocks took a hit.


I won't miss Sears, though I know many people will. Haven't shopped there for 30 years after they hounded me (at least ten calls in 2 weeks) over 2 missed credit card payments, and this after I'd been a good customer for 10 years, buying 4 major appliances and many smaller items, and never missed a payment until then. I paid the card off of course, all remaining payments on time, and haven't entered a Sears store since. I also stopped shopping at Land's End after Sears bought it, knowing they would turn its goods from classic and good quality into something just like everything else, which they did.


Garrison:  To begin with, I truly hope you don't think Judges wade through the 'books' on sentencing guidelines before issuing their sentence upon some defendant.  They don't!  What they do is to read the presentence report which contains everything they need.
Secondly, not all grand juries are secret.  As a practicing attorney, I can't remember the last time a client of mine was a subject of a proceeding where I was not advised of it ahead of time by the prosecuting attorney.
Finally, as you seem to think we should not keep 'throwing away the key':  Are you aware of the simple fact that for the last decade or so the majority of Americans believe sentencing has been to lenient and that we 'should' 'throw away the key,' (Check the numbers in Polling Report is you are not aware).  The reality is that by the time a person is sentenced to prison he has been involved with the criminal justice a number of times.  There are likely exceptions but there would be few and far apart.


"Pathetic" only if you happen to disagree with him.  That's how we roll in this country.


There seems to be several inferences to factual inaccuracies on both ends of this discussion.  I would prefer (and defer) to have an "appropirate" institution whom all can attest to validity of what is being shared.  If deemed to be inconclusive, so be it.


Gave up on counting Clinton's did you?


Maybe governments should only spend money they actually have instead of banking on "Pie In The Sky" money on paper only?

Question for Colorado: when you welcome low income families needing sanctuary, did you think income tax revenues would rise and if so, why would you think that?

 And btw-I know several current 'tax producers' who have had it with Colorado's increasing number of  'tax takers' and they will be out of the State of Colorado just as soon as they can do so. Colorado is now the new California, very high costs of living and unaffordability,sadly enough.  So be prepared for that too with the next budget.


Hey there Harold's IV Head!


FishOrSpoon:  You state Addiction is NOT the problem.  How does one get Addicted, without using POT FIRST.


As for being "social engineering", that's funny. The whole Left/Progressive is about social engineering, and the notion of Human Rights and Charters and Tribunals, etc., are all the result of "social engineering".

We just seem to differ o what kind of "social engineering" we want.


We're in agreement that closing loopholes is a good idea.

There is plenty of evidence that confiscating earned wealth from party A and giving it to party B that has not earned that wealth leads to disaster.   Venezuela is a perfect example.

You seem to have a fundamental misunderstanding about the nature of wealth.  It is not distributed. It is earned.  Of course this excludes cases of government-controlled wealth which is controlled by a select few to benefit their friends.


Muckamuck, it's public information but you are affraid to look at it because it may force you to sing a different tune.


I watched the show 48 hours on this,(an accident, I don't watch 48 hrs by intention).  I think the story was food for thought and found it interesting enough to watch for awhile.

I assume Parker has a contract that allows her to write on topics that she finds interesting?

I don't know what you mean by 'Headliner strikes'.    I'm guessing that is short for 'fluff' piece that has no particular value?


"Fundamentalist and Evangelical Christians call themselves pro-life."

My, my.  The CHURCH is pro-life.  Yes, many so-called Catholic women disagree.  They are at great variance with the Church they claim to respect.  And if they directly support or obtain an abortion, they're in grave sin.

Besides, of what logical relevance is it that "fundamentalists and Evangelical Christians call themselves pro-life"?  They also believe it would be wrong to break into your house.  Your statement is a complete non sequitur.  If you think your pro-abortion stance requires on some semblance of logic, you must either abandon your position or find a credible premise for it.


Well, Larr, I guess ultimately the important thing is that you continue to view yourself as a victim of shadowy, unsubstantiated liberal forces that keep you voting Republican.


The New Deal was about creating infrastructure-based jobs that were either directly or indirectly paid for by the government. Where do you suppose the money for these projects came from? As far as bankers: Banks were failing in 2008-9. They were propped up by Obama's stimulus package. Where do you suppose that money went?


She was clearly proven guilty for all to see when Comey publicly reported this. Then for only one reason, he stepped out of his responsibility and said; "She didn't mean to." So she didn't mean to be guilty, or didn't need to be prosecuted? Either way, she is guilty of mishandling classified information.


Calling the other side "SJWs" is kind of insulting, and an easy way to shut down a dialogue too. Last I looked, that label came from right-wing media outlets looking to dismiss the issues raised by some individuals. If you truly want a fair discussion, I'd suggest that you not use that label.

I'd cheerfully agree that equal opportunities is a great goal. So, how do you get there for groups that don't have the same set of advantages as others, and what do you call equalizing those advantages if you don't like the label of "affirmative action"?

Telling someone who faces subtle disadvantages -- in particular ones you're not aware of -- that they should just "get over" race could be taken as kind of insulting too. And I say this as someone who, as you can see from my own posting, finds the label "white privilege" as being kind of insulting as well. But equally, I think it would be ridiculous to claim that there aren't a bunch of advantages in being part of our society's dominant group.


Very good points and I'd be interested to know the number of businesses and people employed when Cascade Center was in full operation versus now. Revamping some of that real estate for the center would be perfect and then hopefully attract more businesses and opportunities for employment overall.


Silverhorm"  you're right.  my error...thanks and my apologies.  Gary Crum


10 years of Conservative Governments and all they could achieve was Race Baiting. Congrats to the PM for helping the residents of Alberta... who may vote for him another term. Congrats to Ms. Notley for succeeding  in Pipelines when all Cons want to talk about are Canadian Values. Cons must be really embarrassed.


Only God will term limit Don Young...


Clearly this is the fake "legitimate" news we're supposed to buy into and this would be the government approved version. For some proper context, its worth giving the National Posts coverage of this a read. As usual...


I'm for the automated strike zone as well, the umps miss somewhere between 50 and 80 plus pitches a game, EVERY game. I think the pressure of the playoff chase, and knowing if you don't produce, you won't win is starting to get to DJ, and Nolan. The effect of having to drag, pull, carry the dead weight of Cargo and Story is too much. Story look like a lost child at the plate, 3 times in the last 4 games he simply had to put the ball in play to score a rune,STRIKEOUT, STRIKEOUT, AND STRIKEOUT. The rocks lost 2 of those games by 1 run.


Trudeau should skip Bush and Cheney's funerals too..................
............ even if he is on holiday in a nearby location


That's just what the right wing said about Bill Clinton's tax increase during his first year in office. The resulting boom during his administration put the lie to that mindset. Similar things were said about Obama-Hillary Care; however, private employment has gone up at levels no seen since Bill Clinton's presidency since the ACA came into force. On the other side, two months after taking office, George W. Bush pushed through the biggest tax cuts for the wealthy in our history; one month later the first recession of his presidency started.

Anyone who has looked at economic history at all has seen that lowering taxes usually results in weaker economies. Conversely, raising taxes often has the effect of allowing better safety nets for the poorest among us, who spend a much higher percentage of their incomes and thus stimulate the economy better than giving tax breaks to the wealthy. Trickle down has been tried and has failed each and every time.


North Pole police officer Phil McBroom, best friend of Sgt. Allen Brandt, was clearly addressing Sen. John Coghill's signature crime reform bill, SB-91, while speaking at yesterday's memorial:

"...Same individuals are arrested and turned back on to the streets with no fear of repercussion because there is little penalty for wrong doing... Today I will bury my best friend- and my brother- and there is no dollar savings and no amount of social experimentation that could make that worthwhile."


Old talking points built on alt liberal divisive politics, aka blather!!!
How one muses seeing a Liberal stumble down a hallway like a drunk with nothing more to add than slurs falling on deaf ears,megalomania, paranoia, demagogue - sad indeed.
The joke gets deeper, their  is NIO evidence of collusion between Trump and Russia, this Paranoia has gone on for months.. The Democrats simply look foolish and desperate regardless how many anti Trump establishment articles  are printed.
WikiLeaks has already stated the CIA could have masked themselves as the Russians. If there is further investigation of the CIA that shows they did this, it's goodbye Russia theory and hello deep state deep state.


How can you believe you have purchase here to rail at me with nasty 'personal spin' justifying the equally nasty insult of Mr/Ms Knight who decided to *personally* put-down Mr Summers?.. because that is indeed what it was.

Deprecating *personal* insult you reinforced at the political notations made by Mr Summers; You said, "He doesn't get out of that one by posting a sad story half-way through."(c) (Alceste)

Really??

?Your response to Mr. Summer's admission of "I'm on medical disability due to a severe on the job physical injury so I have some spare time to watch the fake MSM narrative at work. Thanks for your concern."
You are saying Mr. Summer's response of being 'disabled' is a supposed cop-out?

Tip: .. sometimes one has to shake the final grains of sand out of one's head when attempting public discourse in our 'diverse' society.. Compassion is a Human element.. & not just a word one kicks around when convenient or only used for those whom we Choose to be of our own likeness.


Hey Gary, a little fact checking would go a long way to your credibility, Calgary's Sept 2017 unemployment rate is 8.5. according to the latest info, not 4.6% your reporting
 Should Alberta cut it's spending? Most definitely. Should Alberta have a sales tax? Probably will have to, once all the NDP's bills come in and need to be paid.
Will Alberta need new revenue streams? You bet, starting with a tax on BC, Ontario and Quebec goods crossing our borders. If they don't allow our oil to travel across there's, then we'll need to charge them a road tax. If they don't like the idea, the Chinese companies can send their goods the long way around.
Alberta buys most of it's goods from the US already,  so Ontario and Quebec can also pay the road tax to send it's goods bound for BC the long way around too. Works for me and probably the majority of Alberta


You will find lots more rigorous academic analysis showing that an increasing concentration of presidential power preceded Trump's administration - crisis is the enabler for that and has been in play since Clinton. Under Obama   the use  of force  under presidential authority expanded even further to including extra judicial killing using drones.

People like  Dixon want to show that Trump is the great unravelling but the reality is much different.


haters do love their oppressive coat hanger solutions, don't they?


Just another example of the path that sensible companies are taking. By embracing the future, they will guarantee their place in a changing world where the most advanced and progressive use of technology wins the day.
Very soon the oilsands of Alberta will be facing a decling demand for their overburdended asset in respect to extraction, delivery and cleanup.  Tailing ponds anyone??
Maybe we should contact the Chinese to bring over a factory or two of Volvo plants to replace the tarsand goo that we have created.  Thats if the wasteland that we have created will be able to sustain human life in a decade or two.

Shut em down now folks and lets move on.  Its now or later, so why not start now.

Close them up!!


Ho, Kristan, you must be the girl at the party that every loves to love. The good fun girl.  The life of the party.  Seems like you have a lot of familiarity with sofa's.  Don't even need a bed.  Nobody needs to tuck you in.  The top of the sofa will work just fine.  Toilet seat reminder... yeah, it's good to get to the bowl if you have a sudden desire to vomit.  If I were you I would remove all of the toilet seats in my home to avoid accident when family members are drunk.  You did not mention your husband.  But grandma, adult children and you in the same house.  Three generations in one house. How cool is that? You know the family that drinks together always sticks together. I was just thinking that your adult children may have their own children.  That would make it even better for everyone if they all lived with you and grandma.  Maybe your mom can move in.  Buy Tylenol when it goes on sale.  Spam, eggs and rice.  Always a winner.  Oh, an the kids, give them baby aspirin.


Not a chance.
Massive demand for refined products in the developing world.


St. Francis would admonish you for being a heretic.


Now that's a double metaphor.


Small claims court really doesn't work You can get it settled faster, paid faster (at a discount for the debtor) while totally online -- never missing work or having to stare down the other guy in court. Services like OneDayDecisions.com are becoming more popular, especially because they are cheaper and f aster than small claims court and pay more than collection agencies -- and over 85% of all small claims settle anyway. Also, because there is no court award, there's no damage to your credit rating. Most people don't know that even if you pay the court award after losing the case, your credit score can still take a hit.


You don't have the faintest clue how research works or is funded in Canada, do you?


Why are most articles today have the writer always demanding that people think or act in a certain way.

I remember a time when articles reported the facts.

Today, every article is a scolding on what we must do, how we must think and behave.

No wonder Trump won.

And they are blind to see their arrogance in lecturing everybody on their bias.

Surreal.


stop writing, already.  get a pen pal.


Eh.  I've lived and worked in Samoa extensively.  I'll trust Samoans over rednecks any day.  Fa'afi tai, pukio...


And will it be Great Britain or Little Britain?
It's been Little Britain since the end of WWII. Just look at the figures and analyse the geopolitical scene!


It is funny how the media glosses over the illegal re-entry in 1998.  That act alone makes him ineligible for a green card.  The re-entry is a felony.


Maybe hes not into killing himself with lung darts 😥


You could certainly add benching Story and using him only as a late inning defensive replacement.


I stand by what I said:"Am I alone in understanding its a lame argument to speak of imagined of people that weren't arrested?" Although I should have proofed it sooner to eliminate gaffes,you understand my point perfectly well. I am saying I was wrong to say scores of violent protesters and you were wrong to state thousands. If you can't admit you were engaging in hyperbole to support your argument, there is no point in my continuing to engage you. I agreed I had engaged in understatement based upon my mistaken beliefs in the matter.

As for Trump? I don't know what color the sky is in his world and I would be very upset if I understood what he chooses to make important or unimportant on any given day and change his mind regarding tomorrow!


Hail to the Globe and Mail for your policy of keeping comments closed on these highly sensitive stories.  I call upon you to close these ones as well.  There is far too much hate here directed toward Islamic terrorists.  People of the middle east are struggling.  If westerners can't take a few hits to help them address their many grievances then we are not as tough as we pretend.


From where?


Thanks for your concerns, Michael.  We'll do just fine.

Nobody is keeping anybody in the margins of the Church, but immoral behavior will not be called a Sacrament, which is apparently what you want.  Sorry, you're going to be disappointed, like the VC2'ers who thought it was a mandate to turn the Catholic Church into the Unitarian Universalists.


Are you kidding me? "Of course they realize it ?" [that judgment and coordination are the first things impaired by alcohol]? No they do not. Then why would this happen if they realized the results?  And our society is not "surrounded by warnings."  They DO NOT have a full realization of facts. By omission, you are insinuating that this was done on purpose which I very well know it WAS NOT. It IS A TRAGEDY, it is a horrible mistake and no one has any passes and no one is making excuses or not being held accountable and you are bragging about cleaning up bodies . .  what are you, a carrion beetle?


Rampell makes good points. Some, however, don't apply to Eugene.

Two of my children still paying on student loans live in Hawaii and for many obvious reasons aren't likely to purchase a home. I remind them of the fragile economy and even more fragile overvaluing of Hawaiian houses. What will Hawaiian housing be worth if N. Korea lobs a small nuke onto their reachable shores or a Katrina sized storm sweeps them ?

My youngest bought his first house in Eugene at 21, bought a second house with his new wife, and is shopping for another rental. Eugene has no military targets, modest house prices, mild climate, plentiful water, good soils, good health care, and room for more people. They will come whether some of us resist or not. There is already a shortage of starter homes and rent prices are increasing.

My advice to millennials... buy a house here as soon as you can, even if you have to borrow a down payment from your folks or rent rooms to friends. In ten years you'll be glad you did.


And Pope Francis I or II or V could change this teaching on down the road did he wish to do so.  One hundred years ago they were saying the same thing about Mass in Latin.   -


I believe the Russians have hidden a secret radio receiver in Trump's hair.  When they broadcast the code word "tweet" he is powerless to resist the urge to whip out his phone and type gibberish.


You haven't improved at assembling and reporting facts.

Fra Matthew Festing in fact is in religious vows. None of the Germans are, including Albrecht Freiherr von Boeselager.


this family may be a group of slow adults, but watch it once and you'll be hooked. its like watching a train wreck .


No, Beegor, I think that's what you are doing.  I thought that was clear.  Accusing people of dishonesty when they disagree with  you, thereby declaring yourself the winner.  You have problems, and it's not me.


Give us an original opinion next time.


Public sector workers when pensions and benefits are factored in make twenty to thirty per cent more then the private sector.


What, are you drunk or something? Read the Constitution.


Yes - stop celebrating retirement - that sounds like Canada.  We encouraged people to work hard and save so they can enjoy their retirement.  Only a minority make the required sacrifices.  Now to reward the majority which was unwillingly to make those sacrifices and will therefore depend on government subsidies, we will tell those as did as they were encouraged to keep working so they can contribute to supporting those who spent everything they made.


Point taken.

For starts, I think the disproportionate congressionally appointed annual road and timber sale budget given to federal forest management agencies should be invested instead in understory removals and prescribed burning in crucial areas like highways and logging road mainlines. This would create more local jobs in rural areas than logging typically does.

Apart from agency budget reallocation to help reduce landscape level forest fires, furnishing federal disaster assistance funding for fires may simply encourage wasting more money on often futile fire fighting.

I lived inside the 500,000 acre Biscuit Fire and personally witnessed much of the $30,000,000 suppression effort, mostly to no avail. It was the Fall rains that extinguished Biscuit, as it is so often with the big wildfires.


What failures Rick? Reagan's cuts were amazingly effective in stimulating the economy and pulling us out of the recession that carter sunk us in. Bush's had a similar tho smaller effect. The con, is the Progressive idea that they will or even can make anything better. Obamacare is a good example of just how bad progressive ideas are.


My father worked for ADN starting in '96 and I remember as a kid spending a lot of time around the ADN press (and the press room of his previous job). ADN had the largest press of any, and it was like watching a construction operation, complete with equipment. I remember marveling that the little bundle that was the newspaper came from rolls 6 feet wide that had to be moved by forklift to load them onto the press.
I probably met a lot of these men and women back then (its been too long, and I was too young to remember names), and I'm sad that it's shutting down ending in some cases a literal lifetime of work for these folks.


Parallel societies via multiculturalism tears a nation apart.  Not exactly the national character most of us want.


Thanks---learning, empathy, trying to gain the insight in walking in another's shoes...and yes having a friend or mentor who helps what makes our live meaningful. And each generation then shares, and we all get better. I'm better than my Mom, my son is better than I. So why is this learning such a struggle? How does hidden bias and fear undermine? Have we become more cruel as we attribute intention rather accept/expect naive understanding? I see too many locked in out of fear...fear that they may be 'wrong' and this too is two-sided. I meet Dr Coleman at Ila's house and then I learned about the sharer love of music, and people. The emotion of music was part of the love of folks. I will miss his insights...and in that we bear responsibility to continue his work as respect for his work.


We don't know, he may have actually had some sort of training. These sort of incidents are so mindless, that one wonders if training would have even made a difference. Some people are just idiots and/or careless, period.


Privacy is the concern.  How does one clean up after a period or diarrhea without being seen on camera?  What happens when a kid exposes themselves on camera? Is this not child porn?


Helen Zille is day and night better than anything the ANC could ever produce.

But she suffers from the politically fatal condition of being white.

She would have been an incredible President.


Calling Trump a "businessman" is too broad a stroke.      There are all sorts of "businessman" the majority of whom are NOT dishonest, pathological liars like Trump.    How many times has Trump gone bankrupt?     How many suppliers has he stiffed in his years as a "businessman" while he sheltered himself behind bankruptcy laws?

Trump has never run a public company where he is answerable to shareholders.    He's never held public office.   In other words, he's grown up and lived in a world where he's never had to explain anything and where his Dad's money and influence helped hide all of his failures and faults.    It's becoming more obvious that what Trump is, is bat-s**t crazy, and not in a good way.


The difference was the wildlife refuge was in the middle of nowhere and at the end of the road. This is at a bridge along a state road. Which means the barricade and the torched vehicles blocked the free movement of people. Then there was the bright idea to set the barricade on fire, which may have damaged the bridge. Then there is the fact that the leaders of that protest are still in jail(surprise) and one of them was killed by police during the initial arrest. But hey, if you feel the need to pack heat and threaten people....


The social factors cited in Ms. Kahn's letter are not addressed or corrected by simply "teaching about American History, free-maket economics and the workings of the US Constitution."  I taught in public schools for 28 years, and we were always trying to "do something different than what we [had] been doing" to get more kids to succeed.  We innovated like crazy, usually for minimal results, and then we were attacked for "failing" out students. If you've got a specific idea, a truly innovative, effective idea, let's hear it.  Otherwise, you need to let the trained professionals keep working for our kids, regardless of cost.


It is not so much that an animal died within such a gruesome manner, not understanding   why it was happening, but the lack of caring, or empathy, for the animal, by the a-holes that allowed this animal to die, simply because they could not be bothered to simply open a freaking door to allow the animal to at least be given a chance upon their own survival skill, from a drugged out psychopathic couple, whom chose not to do so.

Many studies about serial killers of humans have shown that said killers began with the killing of various animals through torture, whether wild, or domestic.

So.

Mine own query unto those that state that this was 'just' a dog, or any other animal, do you think that they would have held any greater empathy for a young human child, stuck within a car seat, and left to die the same way?

The issue is not the type of animal involved, but the attitude of the arrested individuals that allowed the animal to die within such a horrific manner.

They deserve punishment.


Coming soon to a train station near you.


Is that you Angela Merkel?


1) In your lexicon---murder and failed marriages as sins are equal.  Was Jesus' actions, in giving us the sacraments----based on reason?  Or are sacraments gifts of God's life given FREELY to us by God?  Who put the restrictions on the reception of the sacraments---Jesus or the official church?

2) In reality, John Hobson's understanding of the Sacraments is closer to the mind and heart of Christ, rather than are your concepts.

3) You don't know the real meaning of 'pagan'.  Pagan does not mean 'a God-less world'.


Outdated bakery items are often "donated" by the grocery stores to churches and other organizations that provide meals.


The larger vessel has the right of way.


There must be something in the drinking water in Toronto.  So many inane ideas being produced.  Witness the memo about 'offensive' Halloween costumes as well.


Blind your bedrooms/bathrooms


ok. let's discuss an abject lifestyle that has higher rates of std's, promiscuity, domestic violence, suicide thoughts/attempts, and drug and alcohol abuse, than 'straight people'. tell me one redeeming quality. do what you will. but as long as you continue to fight to make this self and other destructive lifestyle accepted as 'normal', to sow depravity among our young, we will have to stand up, speak out, and push back. we have been silent far too long.


And what are we going to demand that they put on the table???  Softwood lumber for starters!


In a big sense the Cardinal is precisely right on the point about contributions.

Think about it.

When you ask someone to give you're doing them a big favor.   Yes. you are.

You're encouraging them to be generous. To say yes, to examine their priorities, to practice detachment and self gift.

These aren't awful things....they are great goods.


I realize that. A little extra ticket revenue could help ratchet that figure downward


John McCain is not a Republican nor a patriot.  He keeps proving over and over again why he should retire tomorrow.


i'm reading down the comments and get here and  can't stop laughing - thank you... everybody.


Weld does NOT support gun control and said so last night, John.


Before  you take apart the Permanent Fund as we've known it and give 775 million dollars in credits to the oil and gas industry: how much of the 400 million going into Cook Inlet gas is for the Donlin Gold mine? At least make it a loan with strict repayment schedule. Please...


Too bad CPP could not invest a few more $$ in Canadian infrastructure.


And you know everything about India because you ate butter chicken a few times?

Rape is underreported everywhere. But the implied idea (from the media) that non white men rape more is not backed by data.


Perhaps you can apply for a refund for anything 'humanitarian' done with monies you've paid into the system ... and how DARE we do anything for anybody who hasn't paid up front!  The slackers ....


Thank you, Miss Ann.  It appears the data supports Shakhova's conclusions, but it seems serious scientists are being pressured to downplay reality.  Neoliberal exploitation depends on the illusion of growth and everything appearing normal, even as oil and global shipping have collapsed.  And methane sinks ships.

I wonder if Shell fled the Chukchi for having struck methane.

Pools of bubbling methane that were six inches across in 2013 became miles wide in 2014.  The massive deforestation in Indonesia for palm plantations has ignited underground peat fires that will burn forever.  The peat is 60 feet deep there.

There is evidence that global oxygen is decreasing faster than CO2 is rising.
Projects Lucy and Alamo may be operational, even though they utilize every molecule of oxygen in the process.  Then the question becomes, "What living creature can breathe nano-diamonds and survive?"

https://tabublog.com/2015/07/01/geoengineering-to-death-our-extinction-event-time-


"The safety of unrequested volunteers can become a problem for the professional search and rescue members conducting a search."
I would have to think that a real "professional search and rescue team" would be able to handle the "unrequested volunteers" in a manner that wouldn't disrespect them and their willingness to help. Im not sure I would want this team searching for me if I were lost.


"If both parties are drunk.... "
Just to be clear this was in response to my comment "So when two people get drunk it is only the one that violates bodily integrity that has committed sexual assault."


Yes, 7% is too high.   We gave directly to our favorite charity instead


Civility was so overrated it would be better to get a full diet of nothing but niagra. Gaurenteed to be boring, statistically disingenuous, and insulting to ones intelligence and moral ethic. Much better if not psychiatrically journalized


Hmmm.  I won't launch into argument with the author here. But I do wonder why we cannot simply do away with any gender bathrooms and simply go to a common sink area with private stall bathrooms.  Or just private bathrooms period as often found in coffee shops such as Kalafi Brothers or Starbucks.  Hence one person at a time uses a bathroom no matter who they are or what gender, thus removing gender as an issue in regard to bathroom facilities.


Now the rumor is the Broncos are actively entertaining offers for TJ Ward.  He's 31, in the final year of a contract that will surely jump outside their price range next year.  So it's one of those "try to get something good in trade now or get nothing next year" things.

Plus they really like Parks and Simmons as young guys to replace him.

Interesting.  Curious to see what another team might offer.  The cat is sort of out of the bag now so it might be tricky if the DON'T trade him now.


Chair Menor, the reality is there will NEVER be enough money for the rail. You and the Mayor are living in La La Land. The entire vision,  planning and funding of the rail has turned into this state's biggest financial nightmare. You and other government officials, are dragging the people of this state into this nightmare to satisfy your and the Mayor's (including Mufi's) ego and your campaign "war chest". The Star Advertiser should do a front page story and list ALL politicians that receive campaign donations from rail related businesses.


Not keen at all on this.

U.S. dairy farmers get back end subsidies which they would be loathe to dismantle.
Despite this, half the small U.S. dairy farmers are broke or near broke as the ride out the inevitable price cycles.
That's why supply management was introduced in Canada - to allow for price stability and give farmers a fighting chance. Pure capitalism rarely works and this would be devastating to Canadian farmers.
Think of all the deregulation under Reagan and the havoc it caused.


Aid to the Church in Need would help Catholics in Orthodox countries the way they don't seem to support those who oppose African dictators. I speak from personal experience of the latter.


It's simple accounting: The Bank of Canada releases a certain amount of money to the economy, in the form of government spending. And it takes a certain amount back as taxes, fees etc. The difference is called the federal government deficit (or surplus if the taxes, fees etc exceed spending). So the size of deficit exactly equals the amount that was left in the account of somebody outside of the government, possibly abroad in case of trade deficit.
So yes, deficits don't matter by themselves. What matters is inflation and unemployment.


Best use of that lake I've seen so far.


All bribes from Juneau for elections and nothing but bankruptcy for Alaska, higher taxes on Alaskan's.  People are leaving like rats on a sinking ship with properties standing empty. Cutting seniors and stealing pfd. Try getting your taxes out of thin air.


Leave it to the Republican controlled Legislative Council and the likes of Valley Rep. Mark Neuman to reject a free building valued at nearly $1,000,000 that could generate income and has low maintenance costs.  With decision making like that, no wonder we descend deeper into a deficit disaster as we make Taj Mahawker building blunders and countless others.  This is embarrassing folks.  Neuman says, "I see this as more of an expansion of more government."  Get a grip man.


That was exactly it for me as well.  Too much national news available from other sources for free, and not enough well written, thoroughly researched local or Alaska pieces.  It's not worth paying for in its current state.


Is this a terrible article or does Dr. Soberman just offer terrible quotes? Or both?


Based on the interim budget negotiated by both parties in Congress over the weekend, which looks more like an Obama budget (where Trump gets nothing, not a penny for his wall) I prefer to wait for actual negotiations, actual proposals, actual counter proposals to decide whether the US is sticking it to us over NAFTA. There is very little he's done that the Courts, Congress and even his own cabinet members haven't struck down, watered down or walked back. And we know he claims even tiny gains, or bad legislation, as victories. So he may well do so in trade, because he's a transactional president who lives for things he can claim as victories, even if they aren't.


Maybe its a good thing his kids are there with him in Washington.  Possibly one of them is his Power of Attorney.


If your afraid than you might stop attacking everyone in the ME and in America.


Ill bet your a hit at parties 😃


So your doctor probably spent 200k in money and time treating you and was 'allowed' to bill medicare for $150k and will now take the rest of the money needed to treat you out of the insurance coverages provided by everyone else.


Let's go with Latin only, this way no matter where you may be in the world, you can fully participate in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. It's that simple.

Our parishes would no longer have to purchase hundreds or thousands of missals each year, as well.


Great column, but I don't see that enriching himself or his family is truly a priority. Yes, his Washington hotel is doing well, but its relative chicken feed.


I lost count at 50 something the number of times that the Republicans tried to repeal the Affordable Care Act. Not one single time has any Republican put forth a replacement health care alternative. The bits and pieces that they throw out there are mirrored in the Affordable Care Act. It reminds me of McConnell and his statement, "The single most important thing we want to achieve is for President Obama to be a one-term president." How's that one working out for you Mitch?


Some people got to learn the hard way like this.  I still see people driving while on the phone or looking down every 2 seconds...is the text or call THAT important???


How the life crushing gears of family law  were gonna come down on him,,,like Darren Mack, OJ, Ramon Salcedo, Robert Blake etc


Sometimes the most horrific explanation is the simplest-- "because I can!"

Why shoot people?  Because I can.

Why act like an arrogant lout?  Because I can!

Why become the President of the United States?  Because I can!

Do I blame Trump for the shooting?  Absolutely not.  Do I consider him a model of benighted entitlement that facilitates these kinds of abhorrent behaviours?  Definitely.

Trump simply represents the pinnacle of a long history of shoddy, uncaring, incompetent, immature, self-centred leadership that finally stripped away the veneer of civility and revealed its core nature.

Every leader in every position in the US, from industry, to politics, to education and government owns these deaths and injuries.  Their own greed, avarice and dishonest disinterest in the welfare of others has led everyone down this path.

Read about the Berlin airlift and then look at America today ... what a disgrace it has become.


The Church is what it is.  Are you familiar with the seven sacraments, one of them being marriage?  Yeah, perhaps that's why the Church is so obsessed with people getting married.

Any other sacraments that you think the Church should emphasize less so that young single people will stop by mass once in awhile?

The Church is under attack by secularists and radicals; has been for much of its history.  So should it self-destruct by cowering to its detractors or stand firm and continue Jesus' mission for it?  It's hard for young people to be faithful to the Catholic Church when there is so much pressure from government and well-healed interests pummeling them with propaganda.  That's trouble for the youth, not the Church.


Clapper is a Dhimmi!


Wow, what a statement:   To my knowledge, you're the first person to claim the tape is not legitimate and has been altered.  Trump admitted its accuracy; he merely trivialized it as "lockerroom banter."  Billie Bush admitted its accuracy; he tried to excuse his sycophontic behavior based on his youth and inexperience.

You can try to excuse and minimize these amazingly terrible comments by Mr. Trump....good luck on that one.  But please don't try to present the position that they were, somehow, altered to make Mr. Trump look bad.  That simply suggests that you're A) a hard-core right wing conspiracy theorist and/or B) not too bright.

Both Trump and Bush accept them as accurate and both acknowledge how bad they make them look.  Your attempt to delegitimize the tape simply makes you look bad.......you might want to reconsider that assertion


You make me laugh, the gop are always telling us they are for small government, but are some of the biggest liars and crooks.  When will the gop party actually live by the words they say, you defend them them by listing companies given money during Obama's time, what is the purpose?  To show the gop are liars and frauds?  I live in one of the biggest red states and they give away billions of tax dollars to corporations, they are the biggest small government frauds.
    You should be saying, I listed all these companies that got corporate welfare and what the gop is doing with Carrier is wrong, but you won't do that, you will keep defending the crooks in the gop by using examples from Obama.  If Obama was such a failure, why do you approve of doing things his way.


The developers are doing a great job of building the slums of tomorrow.  Glass boxes with poor insulation and glass panels falling onto the street below is not what we need.  Mid-rise development with buildings that foster community are needed.  The developers don't make enough profit with the  lower buildings  and the OMB almost always give them what they want, which is not what the city needs.   Look at Britain and France to see what older high rise communities that are not well planned and built can turn into and be afraid.


Jedediah Smith? Really?


You've been saying the same thing for over a year now.

Funny how your predictions never come true.


Nothing but bad things happen when your leader makes Bozo the Clown look like a genius.
tRump will be a disaster for the USA's present and future, since he has no clue what he is supposed to be doing.


Nixon and Reagan are turning over in their graves. An American presidential candidate who praises a Communist strongman, a man who turned back the clock of democracy? A man who has had journalists and opponents murdered? And who has invaded and massacred many Ukrainians?
One wonders what is keeping GHWB silent. Is he such a slave to party loyalty that he puts it ahead of his country?
Trump is walking a tightrope of villainy and betrayal of his country. Would anyone reading this trust this man to keep secrets shared with him by the CIA (part of candidate security briefings)? Imagine this scenario, "Hey, Vlad, get me those emails and I'll tell you some juicy security facts!"
Unbelievable that Republicans have fallen so low. When one thought W was the nadir, the bar keeps getting lower and lower.


Wouldn't a 100' wide strip of land minds be cheaper.  Birds can clean up the mess.


I'll bet it wasn't easy 'to load them into shopping carts'.  Some of those campers are pretty hefty when you are trying to do that.


True. The use of "intelligence" is completely inappropriate.


Seems like it's planned parenthood trolls that are trying to shove their agenda down everyone's throat.   Why do you want to give planned parenthood so much power over childrens minds?   Planned parenthood is not your new god is it?   Because that's what seems to be happening here.


Lots of libertarians here today!


Again, the continuous lying to prop up a complete imbecile who has delivered absolutely nothing as President is amazing.  The guy has taken 55 golfing trips (WOW!) since taking office at a cost of more than $62 million.  You couldn't even make that up.


Hear, hear!


It will get far worse for Puerto Rico, but from the effects of anthropogenic climate change. Per the EPA in https://19january2017snapshot.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2016-09/documents/climate-change-pr.pdf
"Puerto Rico’s climate is changing. The Commonwealth has warmed by more than one degree (F) since the mid- 20th century, and the surrounding waters have warmed by nearly two degrees since 1901. The sea is rising about an inch every 15 years, and heavy rainstorms are becoming more severe. In the coming decades, rising temperatures are likely to increase storm damages, significantly harm coral reefs, and increase the frequency of unpleasantly hot days."

Future generations will place the blame for environmental calamities in PR and elsewhere in the US squarely on today's GOP run, corrupt, non-working Congress and Administration who chose to ignore the evidence that is obvious to the rest of the world.


Justin gave Omar Kahdr $10,500,000.00
Why don't each one of these people get that much too.
They didn't kill anyone and they aren't terrorists.


Left wing kooks started the conspiracy theories. Their minds are controlled by things they inhale, ingest or inject allowing them  to  see flying saucers and little green creatures


He is No Better than harper...


What a sad story. With high elderly pooulation of Ocean Shores it would help to have more help. It’s great that police was able to assist and prevent more damage or worse.  I wonder, if they still have a call-in volunteer program to help when resources are limited.


.
"Members of the Communist Party accused of graft routinely disappear into buildings like those behind the grey wall after being placed under a form of extralegal custody called shuanggui."

--

Ludicrously, the fully corrupt Communist Party (which is in no manner, communist), sends its  selectively "corrupt"  members here for a little good old fashioned CPC "re-education".

The reality is that those being sent here are perceived as less-than-loyal, or potential rivals, by the thoroughly corrupt "communists" currently in power in the Party.

One man's "corrupt official" is another man's "President of The People's Republic Of China".

Mao's "Re-education Camps" are thriving in the PRC.

We should never be shocked by what we learn about the excesses of the government of the PRC.

It is the most successful dictatorship of modern times.

But it's still just a dictatorship.


Absolute garbage.


There is very definitely politics in the decision to visit the person who politicized this event. tRump politicized this even by uninviting people to his house. That was classless and crass. Then he further politicized things by opining on the fine young men who exercise their constitutional rights during the Anthem.

To go to the White House after all this is to demonstrate support for the person in the White House currently. It is not an act without symbolic significance.


I can see the bishops not being serious about coaxing folks back.  After all, those who left once might leave again, so they can't be counted on.  And they might question or continue to question and challenge what the bishops say.

The abuse situation may have prompted more of the average pew sitter to pay attention to the broader situation.  Just seems to me, from the admittedly small sampling of family, friends, co-parishioners, and local articles and letters to the editor, that some don't know, don't care, or maybe, as you noted, choose the easier and less challenging path.


You are wrong sir.  Just caught a couple kings. If this doesn't get fixed real fast, the spawners will be in trouble too.


You don't think Trudeau is muzzling the researchers, do you?


So what?  We won't do anything about it because we're afraid to do anything about it.  If you think your way all the way through what would have to be done to effect substantive change in the method of governance to which we consent, you must inevitably arrive at the immutable truth that Mao Zedung articulated many decades ago.

It's a very inconvenient and unpleasant truth that the G&M has expunged when I quoted it verbatim in the past, so I will only say here that it has to do with the ultimate source of political power.


what is "rarely" and where are these countries?
.
egypt, no pedestrian right of way, but 20% of traffic deaths are pedestrian. india, no pedestrian right of way, estimates are 10-20% of traffic deaths are pedestrian.
.
that's just pedestrian deaths. the number of pedestrian injuries from traffic collisions would be much higher.


Why would we give up our dairy quota system when the US continues to heavily subsidise certain agricultural industries; grain, sugar, etc etc as well as protecting its softwood lumber industry? With food prices set to rise its time Canada promoted its fresh fruit and vegetable market so we are less reliant on US produce. Just because we don't have a trade agreement doesn't mean we can't trade, we just don't have the threat of a corporate suit hanging over our head if theBbig Boys don't make the profits they were expecting.  True free trade would be just that; trade with no indecipherable multi pages book of legalese that makes the lawyers rich at the expense of consumers.


"Don't let the lack of facts get in the way of making up fake news."
Why not? You offer nothing backing your opinion, based on fake news!


Trump and his tough guy tweets had no impact. Jong Un got a call from China and was warned that if NK attacks Guam, they will be fighting the US alone with no Chinese assistance. Jong Un knows he would get crushed quickly by the US military without help and backed down.


Clarence Crawford, excellent letter. Great points. I, too, respectfully disagree with Mr. Wohlforth.


Are you suggesting 37 other countries have superior care? Are you talking about the number of individuals receiving care or quality of care? Single payer counties have a good program if your focus is on treating little boo-boos, however for superior quality and in a timely manner for specialized treatment they are seriously lacking. People do get it, socialism works great for a while, right up to the point where they run out of other people's money.


Sour Grapes crowd is running out of fake news. What's next, Trump's an alien lizard creature?


You're still the one enjoying a Turnip. So much winning!


Well played!


Trudeau is well on his way to a non-confidence vote in the first 2 years.


"How do we create a high-value Health Care System?"
Put the legislators in the Health Care System queue!
Simples!!


Best comment I've read so far. I don't think the dog should have been in the front yard with an electronic fence. Should have been behind a traditional fence in the back yard or on a leash with the owner. However, it makes me VERY uncomfortable that someone discharged that many bullets at a dog in a neighborhood. Someone could have easily been hurt or killed.


Yes.


Kook is an abbreviation for "cuckoo."


and you, yours, my friend. Read the column again. It deals with more than Trump, thank God.


This punishment is actually too much, per Alaska's justice system.  In Alaska if you drive drunk and high and kill a cyclist and flee from the accident, you only get three months.  So if 3 months is what you get in Alaska for killing someone, then lying on PFD applications should only be about a 30 seconds in an ankle bracelet.  That would be a proportionally correct punishment.  Would 30 seconds be enough punishment?  Hell no!  And neither is 3 months for murdering a cyclist.


They went thru due process unlike Trumps 1 pardon. Sorry there is a difference and a big difference at that.


[The "Donald" handing out a favor to Sheriff Joe, his old pal and fellow birther from years back is ridiculous.]
The Donald treats the Presidency like his own personal plaything.  He's President when he wants to be.  Hands it off to his subordinates when needed but he doesn't want it.  Plays golf when it feels appropriate.  And brooks no dissent or criticism without seeking retribution even if it means sullying his plaything.
He doesn't understand the honor or the privilege of serving because he cannot grasp the duties and obligations that comes with the office of the President of the United States.


This is EXACTLY what I have been warning people about for the last 20 years.  I have consistently stated that counties are over planning for "growth" and allowing folks to invest in property with no guarantee of water.  WATER BANK, are you kidding?  Water banking relies on "willing" water rights holders selling their rights for development purposes.  What they don't tell them is that once they sell their water rights they no longer have ANY right to continue to use the water much like selling your car or home forcing the "willing seller" to connect to a Public Water System at their own expense.

If you doubt me on this I can provide you with quotes from the Department of Ecology.


There is nothing that Comey can possibly say that does not contradict what he has already testified to that would be harmful to Trump.


From: Casablanca ;-)

Ugarte: You despise me don't you?
Rick Blaine: Well if I gave you any thought I probably would.


Tillerson did his job correctly. Tonga doesn’t offer the same rights as we do. Yes, the evidence (reported in this short article) suggests this guy is guilty. But Tillerson is obligated to protect an American citizen from being tried without legal representation—his job isn’t to judge the case.

Imagine that another US citizen was wanted by North Korea for “conspiring against the great Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.”  Imagine they had “witnesses” like they did against the student who fell into a coma while detained. Should we send the US citizen to Kim Jong Un’s kangaroo court?

Of course, Tillerson’s greatest deed so far has been to stick with his post amid all the political storms. He’s being a boy scout, protecting us from potential calamity.


It's pretty easy to do a Google search on electors being threatened. When you weed out the far right and far left sites looking to stir things up and garner web hits and just go to sources that use old fashioned fact checkers (now there's a quaint idea), you find that electors on both sides have been threatened, and they've been threatened from both sides. In other words, Trump electors have been threatened by Trump opponents if they do vote for him as well as by Trump supporters if they don't.  To a lesser extent, Clinton electors have faced the same. The problem isn't the partisans of one side or another. The problem is Americans across the spectrum who no longer value our Constitution. Just one more sordid chapter in the worst election in modern American history (an election that brought out the worst in everyone) and another indication that this may well be our final election.


Didn't he promise to abolish the Agency?


I'm curious, did she ride a scooter to New York or did she actually get a real motorcycle at some point?


Exactly. I remember back in the day when we attended LE training and afterwards every officer went to the strip bar in our department vehicles. You should have seen the unsavory people bailing out the back exit when we walked in.  It's a PC world now days.


Neshek is still a big upgrade over the other RH arms (besides Holland) the Rockies have in the pen. He's certainly not been unhittable, but he's also not allowed any of his outings to balloon into a meltdown - even in the series opener against the Mets, when the Rockies played sloppy defense behind him.


Sorry Anchor, if women feel that advertisers and manufacturers are sexist in their portrayal of women they need to protest with their wallets, and just don't buy the product. Only then will the objectification of women end. The same goes for men. I refuse to buy products whose ads portray men to be incompetent and bumbling idiots. I'm not certain how effective it is but it sure works for me.


You have to know, as well as I do, that causing terror and suffering is a big part of your industry  Your defense of the ongoing horrific cruelty to elephants in circuses is yet further confirmation (not even needed, at this point) that you'll say anything to cover for fellow agribusiness corporations.   We don't even have to go behind the scenes to know that standing on their heads is not natural behavior for elephants, nor is being chained in boxcars for long trips between shows in all kinds of weather, or out in the heat of the day without water (so they won't urinate during a show).

So, I have explained my position, and you have identified yours.   I will reiterate one more time, if you don't want it done to you, don't do it to them.   And leave it at that.


FYI...The GM Whitehorn, recently submitted a letter to the editor of the News Miner stating that the Fair was changing, that old vendors were retiring thus not there, come on Joyce, we retired from your sour puss non professionalism mannerisms and your high priced fair!  Let me name a few that quit your fair last year that can be found at other events and Fair… Strictly Strawberry’s, Chipstix, Ruppys Toy World, The Toymaker, Big Daddy’s BBQ, Denali Cream Puffs, Mermaid Imports, Zorba the Greek, Teddy Bear Stuffers, The Guesser, Golden Wheel Amusement, a 50 year Alaska Family owned business replaced with a dirty out of country carnival from Canada, and the list goes on, we cannot all be at fault or wrong….come see all of us retired vendors at the Alaska State Fair, as you cannot trust one word they speak at the Fairbanks Flea Market Fair.


As the Health Care legislation debate in the US Congress demonstrated, Trump is incapable of either negotiaton or compromise.


The USCCB is partly responsible for saving America from going over the cliff it's been headed toward for 50 tears.  Decent-minded Americans --- Catholic, Protestant, Jew, and those who value our country, Constitution, and culture --- are in a conspiracy with the USCCB to take this country back.


sylvia, females overwhelmingly support Mr Trudeau - it appears sexism is very acceptable to liberal Canadians.


I never forget anything that you post Ms. Lee.  Your comments are seared indelibly into my fragile psyche.


Why do some parents fear their children being tested? For the same reason some teachers fear the same tests. Just as the tests expose naked the incompetence of teachers to teach, they expose naked the incompetence of parent's to be parents.


1.  To allow parking after 11 pm and before 11 am as "FREE" is the way we say: we would rather they NOT drive, not have finances hinder keeping drinkers in cars off the roads, and provide a safe place for their vehicles. Why would anyone penalize people trying to do the right thing?  Keep it free, it's not hurting anyone and in fact, is saving lives --- the next time someone tries to drive home, drunk, when they COULD have simply parked and taken a taxi, and kills someone, I can guarantee I'll  point them to a great lawyer - against the City for pulling this rip-off stunt.
2.  Mr. Halcro can be in any legal business he wants off city council. BUT he cannot have it both ways ... either allow drinkers the easy park overnight, because Mr.Halcro, you are being deliberately blind if you think the product you are helping grow and sell doesn't also cause wrecks. Smaller, true, little loss of life, true, but nonetheless, it happens. LET THEM PARK FREE! Harms no one, potentially saves lives.


Time is on Trumps side, so let's sit back
and wait for things to unfold. Let the chips
fall where they may. We all know already
that the Dems and liebrals are not worth
crap. So when Trump wins, I predict a civil
war that will spill over in mexico and Canada
with President Trump and his Military destroying
both mexico and Canada. The USA will come out
on top as they have the ability.


Cool! Do the Carpenters have any statues of Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot,or Castro,?  They love statues of mass murderers?  Great Democrats, these.  Come for me...no really, go for it!


I'm not sure why you'd single out campuses for having "strict codes of what our community can tolerate" - most places of business have those.

If you take your shirt off in a restaurant, you'll be asked to leave. If you throw garbage at a movie screen, you'll be asked to leave. If you get drunk and start swearing at the bank, you'll be asked to leave.

Unfortunately, the Blue Jays have decided to drastically reduce the codes of what our community can tolerate, and that means I won't go to games any more, and I certainly wouldn't take my daughter.


OOOO not just an internet smart guy but also:
https://imgflip.com/i/7khn9


I think the cost of my wife and my wedding was under $100.  A friend picked up the tab for ice cream sundaes near the court house.  There weren't very many of us present.  So don't let lack of funds interfere with a desire of the future couple to be lawfully wed.  My thanks to Bob Pereira for his contribution.  My love to all who attended.


You are contrasting apples with oranges, dufus.


With a KMX green light the federal Liberals have decided to calve off the hard core anti-Canadian oil fringe of their supporters in favor of the moderate majority in B.C. and elsewhere.

Those finding themselves outside the big red tent will have few choices.  Shifting their votes to the NDP or the Greens would likely end up helping the Conservatives.

As for Beech he could resign from the Liberal caucus.  Or he could try to explain to some of his more anti-Canadian oil constituents that just like the people in Alberta who wanted the now defunct Northern Gateway pipeline you don't always get what you want everytime.


Were you one of those kids too Amy Lou?  Do you still feel the wrath?


Fox's country is in shambles, his people flee over our border, and he praises our state for taking the problem off of his hands.

Take care of your own people, what a dillweed!


Oil Sands has only replace Tar Sand for folks who make a living from the Fossil Fuel industry, or from related industries such as trucking. The original re-branding as "Oil Sand" was to focus on the potential to convert the tar to other petrochemicals. Later it was convenient to hide the dirty, sticky, truth. My father had to clean the tar off Atco trailer floors in the early camps.


1.  Sales are currently NOT allowed over the internet, as only FFLs are allowed to mail / ship firearms (other than for repairs to the manufacturer).  Advertising on the internet is allowed, but any interstate sale is also required to go through FFLs and obey the sales rules in both states, as well as federal rules.
2.  There is no "Charlestown Loophole".  The remainder of the process is that if the delayed check is a refusal, the ATFE is notified to confiscate the firearm.  To institute a "no buy until completed" scheme was specifically rejected by Congress because of the potential for abuse by an administration that wanted to cut off all sales by simply not conducting checks.
3.  The DOJ conducted a study to identify the effects that the "assault weapons ban" had on crime and violence - their study showed that the ban had had NO EFFECT whatsoever.
4. HRC has specifically stated "The Supreme Court got it wrong on Heller" - the decision that confirmed the 2nd is an individual right.


Give him another month or two and I'm sure he'll do something impeachable .
The bufoon is incapable of shutting his big mouth and acting like an adult.


Another stride in the Liberals' long march to mediocrity.


The left gets so frustrated when they attack people and then those people takes steps to protect themselves.  This insurance is to protect good people from sociopolitical activists.


Interesting move.  It might have made more sense to have a backup for Andy Janovich on the practice squad given how critical that position is to opening holes for the running game.


"A demoralized person with no healthcare and with no education is easier to control."
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Ah-ha: now you understand why the governments of Detroit, Baltimore, Chicago, and others have stayed in power for over 60 years and have driven their communities into the ground.
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Liberal Social agenda has done more to destroy the modern black communities than the legacy of slavery ever did.


Said the draft dodger....


Okay, Connie - who's responsibility is it to provide affordable housing? Affordable to whom? The 20-hour-a-week pizza delivery person? For all of the people whose choices have put them in the low income bracket, or who decide to have kids without the means to support them, who is responsible for procuring low-cost land, low-cost materials, low-cost labor to make the housing affordable?


The Church taught it that way to make the case for original sin as they understood it.  The reality is that it came from three lines teaching and was an adaptation of the Sumeric story.  It was all the science they knew, because it was not separated from Theology and Philosophy.  The evidence places the first homo sapiens in the Kalahari Dessert, where the Bushmen until very recently did not seem to have knowledge of good and evil (see The Gods Must be Crazy).  Sadly, these people are now in the modern world, living in air conditioned apartments in Jo-Burg.  We are certain that people came out of Africa to the Middle East, not the other way around.  Africa has the highest genetic diversity in the planet, while outside of Africa there is less diversity and an unfortunate mix with the less than fully evolved Neanderthals.


Gorsuch reminds me of Stewart.

Martha, not Jimmy.


"Crushing defeat for the harbingers of hate."  Sounds good.  Like to believe that.

"A battle not seen since World War Two."  Nope.  Didn't see it then, either, moon.  See my comment re: D-Day to Paris.

The "best-trained" Iraqi forces STILL lost 40% to rag-tag bands of guerrillas who rely mainly on small-arms fire??  Coalition could ask pretty uncomfortable questions about training and the will-to-win.

And spare us the rhetoric about "human shields" and "protecting the civilians."  The people of Mosul were given ample opportunity to escape--WEEKS AND WEEKS of it, (Only 1/3 of the city's population saved themselves by leaving.) They had an advantage the people of Cherbourg didn't have.  Did that stop the Allies? No.  War is war, sacrifices must be made.

I suspect "human shield" stuff--while possibly true-- a handy excuse to AVOID fighting.  Also suspect that war has truly become a way of life...and provides a good life for Iraqi troops: feed, housed, clothed, in a destitute land.


"Yes, I am better off. I'm an accountant, so I'm well aware of the tax deductions and my income. "

If you are better off under this government and you are an accountant one of two things is happening:
1) You are underpaid.
2) You have 3 or more children.


Lucky for Hillary that she wasn't prosecuted for some fantasy crime you made up out of whole cloth? You do realize that you invented out of your own imagination a crime she is not know to have committed after years of investigation by the FBI, and now you are putting her in jail for it. You realize that, don't you? Hillary was exonerated. That I history, and nobody I interested in her and her family anymore, from a legal standpoint. Your speculation is intended to distract from the present truth, which is that the Trump family and organization met with Russians intent on throwing the election to Trump, and this is now admitted by Trump Jr. after an entire year of lies and denial.

The nothingburger is your phony made-up speculation about Hillary, an irrelevant party. This "tea party" concerns only our current president and what he owes to the Russian dictator Vlad Putin.


Please don't stereotype a whole race of people, with such a racist, generalist comment.


Which party started the KKK, and which party was pro-slavery?
http://www.history.com/topics/ku-klux-klan
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/republican-party-founded

Talk about rewriting history Chimbo.


"Amen, I say to you, Judge not, lest that you be judged. For the full measure that you mete out shall be meted un to you...Before you point out the speck in another's eye, take the plank out of your own."
In my experience most Catholics do not divorce out of convenience but rather dire, chaotic and even dangerous circumstances such as alcoholism, addiction and abuse. Staying together  "for the kids" in those types of circumstances is not advised. We might due well to remember that Christ does allow for divorce in cases of sexual immorality. Scratch one of those causes that I listed and see if you don't find such.
So easy to judge those who have divorced and remarried isn't it? So easy to tell others how to navigate this difficult world. So easy to mark with the scarlet "A". Harder to try and understand that you don't know all. That communion, or not, is between the sinner and God. "Sinner"? Yes, everyone approaching the altar is a sinner, don't kid yourself.


Never heard of this dude


As if a successful billionaire who got himself elected President of the United States is going to take advice as to what to read by a self-important nobody from, of all places, Canada.


Author deserves a Pulitzer prize....for best fiction!


No. The money from the oil and gas industry has not driven us to spend billions more than we collect. That problem is the clear result of the actions of the state legislators, and to a lesser degree the local governments and schools and others always begging for more money from them.


It isn't gibberish at all. It makes perfectly good sense, and is likely a correct diagnosis.

Read the article again. Objectively if you can.


No, we should not violate centuries of sanctuary tradition all in the name of deporting people. You should be standing up for this principle, not trying to tear it down just because it's being used in a cause you don't like. The next time, it could be a cause you do like.


Flattered I am.


You're an absolute cretin.


Hey Kapernick, it's called responsibility...as in, YOU are responsible for YOUR actions.
Did you think you could make a big stink and there would be no repercussions?  Shouldn't have walked away from that contract, eh?
SO THINK AGAIN.
No team can ever get Kapernick the 'player' without getting Kapernick the 'attitude'...and it's not worth it, at any price, let alone the $millions$ you're demanding.
So no 'collusion' required, you're done.  Better start calling CFL teams!


any anti-Trump bias should be applauded and intensified, he and those bum rushing his coattails are the ultimate worst case scenario this dead-man-walking nation has ever faced and such rear view mirror whining about Obama, no matter how legit, will soon become intensely laughable.


Your moral indignation here is confusing quantity with quality.

Some people may be responsible for MORE deaths than other people.
But a death is a death ...

[And apart from that, history shows that people who march around with guns, and who are left unchallenged, start to use them.]


You big, big man?


I don't think they "have to" play it.


If millions of people voted illegally, please cite figures to show how many have been charged so far.

Even winning the election, Trump is a sore loser and a liar.

All the voter ID laws do is prevent poor people from voting.

And as you can notice, voting laws are set by each state, so the "Trump administration" has no business in it.

Anything else, El Duque 2?


The bishops keep saying it would be a scandal to allow such a group to exist as that would cause "confusion" among the faithful about what the church teaches regarding LGTB sexuality. Since the bishops live in an impermeable bubble of their own making, they seem completely oblivious to the fact that to most ordinary people of goodwill the real scandal is what the church teaches on this issue: an outdated, discriminatory, cruel teaching that leaves LGTB people completely out in the cold with no other advice than, "go and sin no more," as if truly loving someone in heart, mind, spirit, and body could ever be a sin. Perhaps one of these days someone outside their bubble will clue them in.


Lee Cataluna getting prissy.  LOL!  Those are fighting words.

2016 can't be over soon enough.  We need to turn the page.  Its been a really, really bad year.  LOL!


The briefest look at the DOH's performance would make clear why you want non-DOH scientists funded.   "No can" is DOH's motto.  Leave this to DOH and the listening to the coqui will be a welcome distraction from the worry over the spread of rat lungworm.

http://d3583ivmhhw2le.cloudfront.net/images/uploads/publications/EPA-HDOH_Waiopili_Sanitary_Survey_letter_7-26-16.pdf


"We already have all the monumental architecture we need"???  Setting the bar this low , regardless of your wonderful and compassionate reasons to funnel resources to the most needy, will certainly keep Eugene from ever becoming more than a rest stop on the way to Portland for most visitors.  City halls are arguably the most important and noteworthy buildings in most "normal" cities, the mere fact that we are currently in all likelihood the only city of size in America without a city hall speaks volumes to our incredibly low earning population and meager resources to struggle with issues that are non-existent elsewhere...we need to somehow fire up this economic engine and get our citizenry good paying jobs and lots of 'em...just like the Portland area you referenced has been doing for years and years.


The pen! The phone! Tee time!


Great!  Now they can smoke weed in the streets...oh wait, it's Girdwood! THEY ALREADY DO!


This is why it's important to get a government job, where the wages always increase and the only drawback is the "politics".


Here we go again..."my Senator" speaks and we are suppose to support his obvious anti-Trump mantra?  Per prior comments, it's apparent Schatz tows the partisan party line.  Vote policy not party..."Drain da Swamp"


Obamacare death spiral.  We were better off with a high risk pool;  What a disaster of a law


Fine.  A bad idea is a bad idea--whether Republican or Democrat.

I voted for Bush 43.  That does not mean I think he was a good president who had good ideas.  He totally messed up Iraq and never took responsibility for it.  It does mean I thought he was better than the alternative.

I voted for Trump--not because I liked Trump--but, again, because he was better than the alternative.

We have a two party system in this country.  That means I have to choose between a Republican and a Democrat or throw my vote away.  I like neither--but I tend to see the Republican as the lesser of two evils.


Isn't it a bit ironic that Catholic Churches ring the Church bells on Patricks day to welcome destroyers into the country, and, right on cue one such savage kills our people in London.  The clergy are complicit!  They step up to the pulpit and pray for 'world peace' as if they are dimwitted beauty pageant contestants.      The clergy have despised their noble birthright and sold it away for the sod pottage of social-work.  'Preaching' enviromentalism as incompetent 'scientists'; they make themselves fools addled alongside 'global warming' hot-shots who have been ridiculed for decades.  [even 'global-warming' has had to have been changed to 'climate change' because the 'scientists' are always repudiated by the evidence...which contradicts 'warming'].  [Or, 'cooling';...because in fact the nature of it is CYCLICAL; driven by the sun][indict me for mortal sin of 'climate denial', or, call me Capernicus]


Then someone that will run a more profitable more efficient business will buy the existing building. Economics 101.


Traplines don't have to be registered. Wish that was so. Anyone with a trapping license can trap virtually anywhere. Even on private land if the land is not peppered with No Trespassing signs (see: http://www.adn.com/alaska-news/article/wildlife-trooper-traps-private-land-sued-trespass/2013/12/15/).  S/he doesn't have to post any signs that traps are in the area, they can set their trap one foot  from popular trails and they don't have to tag their traps with any kind of ID.

And if my dog is maimed or killed in a trap, as I extract him, I am breaking the law by tampering with the trapper's set.


I agree, we should impeach Hillary for her emails, lol


Admitting women to ordination will not be a cure-all for clericalism. It would however have more effect than, as you contend, Pope Francis could have by fiat.  "Clericalism" like institutionalism is a defective gene in the civilization psyche; it seems to be recurrent. The involvement of women however would set back clericalism and institutionalism by centuries. "We" will seek an appropriate solution for that intransigance then.


Capturing Aleppo will be a resounding parting kick to Obama.


On the plus side, you'd eliminate some state workers at the PFD office and many small time carpet baggers who leach off the system would go back home, which would save the state even more.


How dare those workers take pensions and health benefits!  They should be in tents on the streets, every one of them.


So sad that they will all be disappointed when their wishes come true.  Or they will twist the truth to fit their reality.


Maybe I shouldn't admit this, but what am I missing?


Sir you are welcome to move there !


Right, because a cabinet secretary has the time for a nice leisurely 6-hour drive...


Wherever there is a meaty carcass to pick the brazen ANC vultures gather for the feast. When chased away by the lion they momenteraly fly up in the air but then settle in numbers on the carcass again.


I'm a Bernie supporter, but I have to admit that the attitudes of some of his supporters are frustrating to me too. Yes, it is correct that "“Rich people would still have a lot of money” if their taxes went up". The real difficulty is, how do you get them to pay these taxes? Closing the loopholes they use - offshore accounts, inversions, etc. - will take a lot of effort, and these people are slippery and hire smart people to help them. Further, tax avoidance is almost an American tradition; it's practiced at all levels of society. I will vote for Bernie and hope he wins, but if he does it will be an uphill battle. At least he understands what's wrong and will try to wrestle with it.


Corrupt Canadian Politics, perhaps. With Gerald Butts pulling the string be prepared for the worst.


This is a positive first step. In view of the well-documented health effects of smoking and second-hand smoke all efforts should be made to expand this law to include non-smoking adults. Every effort should also be made to separate smokers from other residents in all public locations and to induce smokers to end their filthy, deadly habit.


Seems 30 years of immigration did not improve things?


This road is only being built to permanently keeping the capital in Juneau although Alaskans have voted to move it to central location!


Pit bulls...it's what they do.  They do it in America, Africa, England, Canada, wherever pit bulls are not banned...they maul, maim and kill people and animals.  It IS the breed...BREED, get it?  BRED to kill each other hundreds of years ago in England and killing right up to this very day BECAUSE it IS the BREED.


Title VII is for employment discrimination.  Sex refers to a persons gender, not their sexual orientation. So how does title VII pertain to this?


Of course FB declined to comment, because many of the adds were in line with their political agenda, and they do not want to disenfranchise any of their users. Their stocks would fall and may interfere with Marks Great American Road Trip.


Cut the rant and read the article again. Valuable advice is offered there.


This guy is not the voice of my generation.


I will have a hard time determining whether my vote will be going to him or Kellie Leith for the party leadership. Bot are excellent candidates.


Trudeau endorses this gender apartheid which is really terrifying


The most troubling statement of all: "...and what happened ...that eventually made Trump's behaviour seem normal."

A CBC Washington journalist said basically the same thing on the National a couple of weeks ago, during another chaotic "Trump" week.


“I am disappointed and now I will have to leave the country, I’ll have to return to Peru,”

Peru is a nice stable country.


They could have just picked one of the inmates as the Liberal Corrections Minister.  It wouldn't have been much of a stretch.


Perhaps Bob Corker has grown "tired of winning".


OK so you're saying Bill Clinton was "dog whistling" when he said "MAGA" in the 2008 campaign for his wife. Did Bill saying it "embolden" anyone?

Now please refresh my memory: Was it Donald Trump or Bill Clinton that belonged to a white-only golf club?


Seems very odd how much time and effort the left invests in defending Muslim terrorism.


All good point but you can expect the token deflections from the smug self-titled "progressives" who champion immigration policies highlighted by symbolic puffery and naive idealism. Canada's immigration system is a joke, illegal migrants are rewarded by entering Canada illegally (50% of Haitian migrants had their asylum claims approved - effectively succeeding in jumping the cue). The average hearing takes 16 months, there is a growing backlog standing at 40,000 illegal migrants who collect $643/month in welfare in addition to free healthcare and dental. Canada spends $300 million/year in supporting illegal migrants in welfare alone - many are virtually guaranteed asylum after giving berth while they wait for a hearing.
Meanwhile, Trudeau is dividing Canadians with a cynical attack on small businesses for $250 million/year while he runs $30 billion deficits to bribe his base for the next election. Canada's growth industries are career activism and government unions.


Australia, Canada, Japan and Switzerland, along with seven European Union member countries: Belgium, the Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Germany, Sweden and the United Kingdom

Pretty much like bug's noise to Chinese ...


Think about it, there have been more people hurt or killed by drunk driver's, yet they don't have a registry. They get 5 chances till the state permanently pulls their license. 96% of rapists and ped's are only one timer's, and that's it. The rapist's and ped's not on the registry are ones you need to watch out for. Lenore Skenazy, a well known public speaker, say to people" It's more likely for your child or someone you know to grow up to BE ON the registry, than for your child or someone you know to be molested by someone ON the registry".


Where Trump lost the popular vote.


I posted  the actual tax rates in Germany.  That is where your "Disagree" face is posted.

I am apologizing for nothing; just posting factual information you can't dispute or deny;  that is just your super sensitive knee jerking because of "an inconvenient truth"!


I think you have made your point.  There are a lot of not too bright people out there....ex. ones that watch Alex Jones and ones that vote for Trump.... point proven....   The world is a scary place and the Americans do a poor job educating the populace.


The state simply does not have the time resources nor manpower to make sure the roads are plowed and safe when there are marijuana stores in Anchorage right now as I type selling CBD products.  Where are your priorites?  Pull your heads out!


Where is it established that the Senate has the authority to eject one of Her Majesty's appointees?


My biggest problem with guys like TomZ who bring up gays in straight marriages as the cure for the G is they ignore the B in GLBT.  I'm sure considering the B would be well beyond his Catholic mindset.  What would a B be?  Semi intrinsically disordered?


Thank you WV and all those who have donated. Thank you FW Mirror for posting. So heartbreaking to see the devastation. So heartwarming to see the outpouring of donations, love and concern


What is the sense of stating he has trouble with reckless driving and driving under the influence.  By making that statement does it justify shooting Micah McComas over a routine traffic stop.  The girl in the car tells a complete difference version of what happened from the officers statement.  I smell a cover up!


I am surprised and happy that David is writing about the importance of community building.  I started a farmers' market in rural Lane County, and it has been the most rewarding volunteer work in over 20 years of activism.  Not only does it help support local farmers and artists in our local community and food security,  it has been great for neighbors meeting neighbors; we have had community picnics, emergency preparedness and other events and efforts as a result of the farmers' market.   I believe local grassroots efforts are the path to resilience and good health.  Implementing decentralized energy and agriculture is key.  Bioregionalism is key.  Sourcing basic necessities close to home. Protecting our ecosystems and their basic services.  We are headed towards mass species extinction due to global warming, human population explosion, toxic chemicals, factory farming, etc. and it should be "all hands on deck" to mitigate and change this course. Keep it local, organic and sustainable.


Wow, this must prove that Dems are much more capitalist than repubs. What a stupid article


Sorry, been watching way too many opening monologues on Stephen Colbert...


Good point on wages. It wouldn't hurt to pay a good wage thus making working in processing business more attractive and worthwhile.


Agreed!  It is a little start---a 'baby step' but a start.


Which is which?


Even Breitbart admits it:

"How Catholics Helped Propel Donald Trump Into the White House"

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/11/10/catholics-helped-propel-trump-white-house/


To Nancy Pelosi: Why is Building The Wall an immoral and expensive one? Is it just as immoral as saying "You have to pass the Bill to know what's inside the Bill?"lol! And btw what's the concern with California's Money woes these days? You along with Gov. "Jerry Lewis" Brown & the rest of the Democrats,controlling this state has out spent California into Oblivion.!

Unlike Politicians, for me I trust POTUS Trump to get more things done,than an ATANA politician or "All Talk And No Action" politician like Nancy Pelosi. Time to Retire. I'll check that box!

Prediction on the Budget/ Funding the WALL. The GOP will Throw POTUS Trump under the Bus and will NOT grant funding for the Wall.If it passes it will be a close one. Cross your fingers
IMUA!


Dear me, Mr. Sorenson reveals clearly his political orientation to the point of making statements which are just unfactual.  But the AT website is not a place to argue about such things -- unless, of course, they have a clear ethical,  religious or Adventist subcultural relevance.

However, I note that Mr. Sorenson did not even touch the original question: "Perhaps Mr. Sorensen would enlighten us as where someone who wishes to work full time might go to obtain a full time job in the current economy."


He's overstepping the boundary of executive propriety.


'held hearings this week on legislation proclaiming April as Sexual Assault Awareness Month'

This is how they usually waste time during the session, now they are in an extended session with increased per diem wasting time?

We are all very aware of the horrible statistics in Alaska.  The legislature is wasting money talking while cutting funding to  troopers and courts.

Uber, smoking ban should have been voted on already.  Instead, the legislature spends their time at free breakfast meetings with the oil companies, and free "lunch and learn"s presented by oil company lobbyists.

Kara Moriarty and lobbyists testified to the legislature for hundreds of hours.... about how hard it is to make money in Alaska even though they make their highest profits here.

This criminal legislature should be held accountable for their corruption by the FBI, just like the first proud corrupt bastards club.


You said "Canada's in for a world of hurt" and that you love that.  I find that distressing, not to mention, the other comments and 'likes' displaying the same attitude.  It's called cutting off your nose to spite your face.


So, the NFL players are telling us that they have no problems with crimes committed by black people.   What they want is to reduce their punishments.  No doubt that crime victims feel differently.


Conservative - please inform yourself before making idiotically false statements.