Enjoy your retirement Admiral- if they don't put you on active duty first in order to court martial you.


Your a sick person, we can't survive any more liberal or democratic corruption and lies. Anybody supporting the liberals or democrats have low morals and are brain dead. - like a 13 year old who thinks they know everything, but can't pay their own way to the movies !


And we're paying her to do it.


Why do we stay in Afghanistan, a non-nation of tribal divisions and perpetual lawlessness? Our purported ally Pakistan (a nuclear-armed dictatorship with rule by assassination) has a military that harbors terrorists of all kinds, including the Taliban who just wait out the Americans while striking small blows. When, not if, America leaves, it will leave Afghanistan for the Taliban and other terrorist militia to fight over. Their brutal version of Islam will take their culture back to the fifteenth century, with television and Toyotas. The Chinese will come in, bribe some warlords, and sack Afghanistan of her mineral wealth, leaving the people with nothing. However, we would be out of it.

So let's leave now.


The questions raised weren't about me.  I simply provided some observations for you to consider........uh.....reject.


Ditto !
Also my contractor buddy who lives in one of the smaller places north of Toronto has a lovely acreage just outside of his town, nice big bungalow, heated 3 bay workshop ..... all the "toys" .... cottage .... As for a "job" - his contracting busines cannot keep up with demand. Both he and I roll our eyes at the Toronto real estate insanity.


Autonomous vehicles WILL obey all speed limits.
The mix of driver controlled automobiles with autonomous vehicles sharing the same roadway at the same time is going to create a new form of road rage.
Hawaii will need to address its low speed limits to avoid gridlock, etc...


I suppose any State's unemployment rate could be better (or worse)  if you excluded specific community members
HOWEVER,  the key concept is that the population is made up of three parts:
people who are employed, people who are unemployed, and people who are not part of the
labor force. Only the people actively looking for work are considered
unemployed and make up the rate. Retirees, for example, stay-at-home parents who choose not to work, or those living where they can not be actively seeking work are among those considered outside of the labor force.  So, those living in rural Alaska who "refuse" to move as you put it..are not making the  unemployment rate any higher.


... several years ago ...


Perhaps, as you say, Erdogan supports the groups that are fighting Assad and his Russian ally, but it is muted support, in return for which Erdogan has a free hand along his border with Syria. Plus, they have a common enemy that they seek to subdue -- the Kurds.
Russia will seek to blame the West for stirring things up and Erdogan will willingly accede so as to solidify his position as virtual dictator. He knows that Europe is turning its back on him and feels he has nothing to lose cozying up with Russia. Yes, he is an Islamist, but a pragmatic one.


The belief among the left that if you trade with a country and talk nice to them, they will change thousands of years of oppression, is simply staggering. The message that Trudeau is selling is a watered down version of one of those t.v. evangelists and a step up from a Hallmark greeting card. We deserve so much better from a leader, and perhaps somebody will be able to get that across to Trudeau as he continues his never ending campaign across the country. Anyone want to bet that in the first recorded interview, he says, we have listened to Canadians, and we continue in our efforts to grow the middle class. There are other people in our society beside those who identify as middle class, but they never come up. How can you be an inclusive government, if you exclude parts of the population ?


Its where women want to be taken.....not anymore.


I have some concerns about the strategy of leaving a vehicle unlocked over night in Fairview.


Allegations of child abuse should never be dealt with in church tribunals or, worse, unilaterally by bishops. Criminal allegations should be dealt with by the legal systems of our respective societies. The Church's response should be to remove from ministry those priests and bishops who've been convicted in a court of law.

If you're suggesting the courts in Australia are out to get Cardinal Pell, I hope that's not the case. I hope their only interest is justice and they will follow the facts wherever they lead.


Never underestimate Liberal's or the failed drama teacher's sense of entitlement and arrogance. The media has been taking that same soft glove approach for far too long. The screws need to be applied continuously to make them feel uncomfortable on every issue.

Canadians should NEVER pass on any scandal or ethics breach by this government regardless of how small as that's what gave us Shawinigate which eventually led to much larger criminal activity like Adscam.


I think they should impeach Hillary for the emails, lol


Great article, and not just because I agree with much of it. Two points: 1) I am astonished at how widely  Merkel's comments  are being 'interpreted'. Trump's abuse of language and imprecision of thought have quickly become applied to others. Sometimes, a cigar is just a cigar. 2) Merkel is better placed to speak 'truth to power' than Trudeau, and most other leaders.


And let' s get beaten to pulp.  26% of Canada's GDP depends on the US.   Less than 4% of the US GDP depends on Canada .  Talk sense.    You are obviously one of those that talks loud but carries a small stick.


Some people disagree, but the rest seem to like the idea.


Where are the civil comments? More of this Junior crapfest that chokes every political discussion on the Globe. Tired, folks. Tired.


there was obviously no problem with the cc, they used it to buy the other tickets.  This is just an AC screw-up, and they are trying to evade responsibility for their eneptitude.


Maui County charges about 144/year for thrash pick up 4 times a month.  I think it's reasonable considering our high costs of gasoline/diesel.  But, since I live on a hand-to-mouth monthly budget, the total year cost is just too much for my budget.  Probably why i don't like being compensated through tax rebates at the end of the year...  Makes no sense for me.


Alaska has less than 1% of state lands in private ownership.  The feds own most of the land in Alaska, followed by the state and then Native corporations.  Very little land is available to the general public, even though Alaska has more land than several states combined, starting with Texas.

If you need to rob me in order to continue bailing out corporations then at least allow me to apply my confiscated dividend toward a state land purchase.


..so tired of your shilling for the oil credits longtalker..


Adrian Russell Ajao was born in Kent and raised in England.


I don't believe they have any obligation to discuss another student's discipline or school record with other parents. In fact, I believe, they could actually be sued for doing so. The students and families have a right to privacy.
I trust the school completely to make the best choice regarding discipline otherwise I would not send my child there.


A murder rate 25X that of Canada?? Seems life's ultra cheap in Belize. Sex Pistols sang: "Cheap holiday in other people's misery". Your cheap holiday in Latin America may cost you your life, gringo.


So the billions sheltered by billionaires is ok?


These types of mopeds are all over the City.  The bulk of mopeds have illegally modified mufflers.  They should be summarily seized and put in one of those car crushers scrappers use.


Interesting company and deal for sure....although is Fairfax really interested in the aircraft business,or just getting a good 6% investment ?
(Reminds me a bit of Buffett lending $$ to GE at a premium in 2008)
My thought is he could be getting 6.8% by just buying the equity but he is not doing that.

My only other  concern is that it has a LOT of debt (BMO says debt/equity 4.5...yikes;am I mistaken ?) and has cut its dividend several times since 2011.
Its borrowing $200M @ 6%...fair enough,but its earnings/margins are weak YTD.

I guess if I though t I could understand the aircraft leasing business I would hop aboard,but its already up 10% since mid November.


Man and Developers have it all wrong again, it is not the sea, swells or tides that is imperiling the coast lines, those are all natural functions.  It is the buildings, hotels, homes and development that is imperiling the coast line.


Found a link to this (http://www.businessinsider.com/new-york-times-public-editor-reporters-trump-tweets-2016-12); thanks for sharing; some readers don't necessarily agree with her: http://www.businessinsider.com/liz-spayd-public-editor-nyt-tweets-trump-2016-12 ...


Trump was very wrong on his response to the violence on the weekend. It met the definition of terrorism.

The hooting of Republican Representative Steve Scalise of Louisiana by a Democratic sympathizer also probably met the definition of terrorism. Neither Right or Left want to have a discussion on this act of violence.


The muni messed up. They let the legislature beat them to the punch . The muni should have bought the Wells Fargo building .  As for the current location being prime real estate , prime for what ?   All the new buildings are rising in the best location---midtown .  No one goes downtown unless they have to anymore. Why fight and pay for parking when it's free everywhere but downtown .   Find a new location in east Anchorage. That will give clients easier access since that's where most live.


Actually I was impressed with Story yesterday 2-2 on his first 3 AB (reached on an error his 3rd AB) he looked like he had gotten the message, solid hits are better then lunging SO.... but then the old story showed up in the last AB whifffff


So much for the freedom of speech, eh?


Unless the public sector is making a product and selling it; public sector employees are being paid by the money private sector workers pay in taxes from the money they earn from private sector companies that produce and sell a product. All the money starts in the private sector, unless our state government is printing it.  Which I'm not aware of.


When someone says, "there can be no doubt", there probably is. There were many valid reasons for not voting for Clinton but Democrats don't want to hear it.


That a founding member of the alt-right mouthpiece Breitbart News has been removed from the principal forum used by the President of the United States for consideration of national security and foreign policy matters is yuuuuge news.  The allegations against Susan Rice not so much - but I'll leave that off-topic spin attempt to you.


YES, YES, YES.............  Enough with 'stunned hippie babble'!!!


If I had my way, I'd do it like the white missionaries and white BIA teachers did it: You either call it Utqiagvik or we'll beat the hell outta you. (This was how I was raised in Shatoolik. Beaten till I learned English). That was mighty white and arrogant of them, and I will also say, I do not consider myself American because I wasn't on the shopping list when Seward bought my land out from under the feet of my Ancestors. I am Inupiat.


Trump dastardly deeds in 100 days are well documented. Cancel this, pull that, deny this, hit that. 59 cruise missiles on Syria on a false flag operation, an illegal criminal act of war. Beating war drums on North Korea. My advise to Trump and Mad Dog is: don't worry about teaching the North Koreans a lesson on who is boss in Asia Pacific. The North Korean dearly love to kill Americans to revenge the 3 million you killed them. Just give them a chance.

But what happen to Cold War 2 on Russia? Isn't Russia about to invade NATO and Europe according to Obama? I am waiting for Trump and his gang of Deep State criminals send a couple of divisions to Russia border.

But so far the actual damages Trump did are surprisingly minor, except one. He reserved the actual real damage to his sworn enemy - Canada. His unilateral imposition of 20% tariff on Canada softwood export, effective immediately, is real damage. Yes, he left Mexico, the country he hates so much during campaign, off the hook.


Since oil production is not economically viable in these areas just closed, our Congressional delegation should focus on getting a better royalty share from the remaining areas. Why should Alaska only get 10%, when the Gulf of Mexico states get 50%? We could get bipartisan support for this if the royalty money went to mitigating climate change in rural coastal villages.


Jail time and fines for all involved.  If you hunt/fish know what you are looking for and the rules. I'm pretty sure non-native Alaskans would have the book thrown at them for firing 100s of rounds into an endangered animal.


Some try and succeed.  Some try and fail.  Many fail to try.  Who are the real failures?


Hallelujah!


I would like to know what kind of engineer Knodel and if he designed any structures - will avoid those like the plague since he does not believe in gravity, either.  The most basic free body diagram in engineering accounts for all the forces acting on a structure, including gravity.


Trump needs no help undermining Trump.


As a constituent in the district mentioned, I can confirm Rep Vasquez has never replied to any communications I've sent her. I support Jason Grenn.


Canada does business with China despite that regime's human rights abuses.  Mr. Trudeau apparently sees no problem with this.

Why then would Mr. Trudeau's government give a whit about Poland?


Help people who aided an international fugitive and US traitor. Snowden has divided western Allies, put western forces at risk in conflict zones, and has empowered Russian and Chinese regimes. Snowden committed high treason and took refuge in Russia with the support of the Chinese state - he is self-serving weasel more concerned with personal fame than domestic security operations, otherwise why would he steal information completely unrelated to domestic spying.


I agree with you as long as I do not know that you are Muslim or Christian, or Jew...  Keep your religion  inside your house.


Transgender like the  traitor 'Chelsea' Manning who was  pardoned by Obama.


This particular aircraft has a stated maximum payload of 1300 pounds, including pilot. Divide that by six, and you get 216 pounds. Assuming 40 pounds of luggage a person (some carry much more), that means the average weight of the passengers must be 176 pounds or less. Good for slender people with light bags unless they are flying half empty (and we taxpayers pick up the difference).

Which means on full flights, passenger and baggage weight must be verified, and if over, then somebody gets left behind, ticket or no ticket, empty seat or not. The FAA would crucify them if they took off even one pound over weight.

Kenmore had no problem with this given their Turbine Caravans are essentially trucks of the sky. These Malibu aircraft use a far less powerful conventional piston engine. And passenger number six has to squeeze up front and sit next to the pilot. Only four seats in the back.

Something else to consider.


Satellite photos of the melting ice of the Arctic, at a faster rate than predicted, won't convince them either. The testimony of the Inuit who live in the north won't either. Nor EXXON for that matter, or the view of Ontario Conservative leader PATRICK BROWN, who has publicly stated his belief in climate change...
They are a dead loss. Best leave them to their cozy ignorance.


Wonder also about the nuclear bomb tests on Amchitka.  More "hush hush" history of the Aleutians that we know little about.

It's been quite sometime that clams are safe to eat in Sand Point as well.


One problem with getting more people to use RTD [light rail] is getting them to the station and providing parking. This morning, there were only 12 open spots left (out of 1227) at the Mineral station when I parked, and I saw 4 cars enter the lot when I started walking to the train. There were also 50-plus open reserved spots available, but those aren't available to commuters until after 10:00am. They either need to run the trains deeper into the suburban neighborhoods, or provide more parking. It is great that the Mineral station gets 1000-plus cars off the road, but potential riders finding the lots full will just keep driving into Denver. Buses aren't an option for many as you might have a mile walk from your house to a stop, as is the case with me. And then you have the added time. Taking a bus to the station would make my one-way commute almost 2 hours. I can bike into Denver is less time than that.


Sorry.

But I only asked you a question, I did not make an accusation.


What does this have to do with the article?


"Counter-intuitive twist" is a massive understatement. YK's argument defies common sense.


That would deprive union workers of a job.  That is forbidden in Eugene.


There is no consensus on who reactivated conflict in Donbass.

Has Reuters responded to Russian FM allegations that they are making stuff up aboot how their correspondents are being treated in Moscow?


It's pretty revolting (but not surprising) that Republicans are not as outraged as every other American of good conscience is by clear meddling in our elections by an adversary (leave it to the GOP to put party above country). As far as the "As you know, we're under siege" line ...We are under siege. Our election was compromised and we now have a president who believes it is ok to undermine and mock democratic (small "d") principles when he doesn't get his way. Leave it to Trump to make it all about him and not, hmm, the very fabric of our democratic ideals (free press, judicial independence, etc, etc). Also, those who claim to be "socially conservative," but elected a Class-A pervert - not to mention a misogynist, a racist (check out his history) - to the highest office in the land means they are hypocrites of the highest order. They don't get to call themselves "social conservatives" anymore. Not with a straight face, anyway. And then there's the normalization of the alt-right, etc


distractions piled on top of distractions.  at this rate I may return to reading comic books.


laine makes OV look like an ordinary joe. Go jets go the habs have pastagetti


Where are you getting your numbers?  Alaska has a population of ~700,000 people.  Of those almost 200k are kids.  That leaves just over 500,000 adults.   Our seasonally adjusted workforce hovers around 360,o00.

So it seems to me that most Alskans would be paying something - especially at the household level where you likely have a working adult to offset the lack of income from any stay-at-home-parent or caregiver.  Alaskans

Sources: Census, Alaska DOL


I agree that the blame for much of this mess lies in the hands of Metrolinx and their complete incompetence.

... but to say there is "nothing wrong with Bombardier"?!?!  There is a LOT wrong with Bombardier, top-down.


Wait until she starts making mistakes and big mistakes like the rest of the rich and powerful.  She's laughing now with all her money and power but one day she'll be in sad.


I have no power to issue threats...nor do I want to.

If you enjoy making false accusations and offering unfounded character assassination there is nothing I can do - except point it out. Sad, really.


I’m good, born and raised here and have no issue with the current laws.


And then its off to the stronghold at Christian Conservative Politics at Colorado Christian University.  Seems like this is just a public relations tour to get some photo of happy constituents. Must have learned that from Trump.


The Prime Minister is not surprised that his minister is caught in a lie.  It seems clear that the PM is happy to sustain the status quo and continue his leadership that supports liars and their lies.


Getting a Dr. to  give you a prescription for marijuana is friggin' stupid. I know i need it, and don't need some doctor telling me I do, especially a doctor who's alternative is some opiate that will destroy my liver after 2 years....No thanks.

If the cops want to TRY and bust me for having marijuana without a dr.s note, I will simply tell them I have iatrophobia (fear of doctors) and politely tell them where to shove it. I'm more than happy going to court, so a judge will tell the crown prosecutor where to shove it as well.


With all the problems that our world faces it almost laughable that something as wishy washy as climate change would get so much attention. It just goes to show how much power the wealthy liberal elite has in our world today to set the agenda. It also goes to show how naive people can be to believe whatever so called experts tell them. Thank you President Trump for a little touch of reality.


Who cares how long you have lived here.
The Navy is assaulting YOUR AIRSPACE, sorry, move to the garbage dump, mexico or North Korea.
Really think you would like North Korea, you hate America.

Hillerybeast lost and you are mad at the right and the Greatest President, EVER, President Trump, say it, pissed off lefty.


It will take years, maybe decades, for the next government to undo the disaster that Trudeau is creating in this country.


A practice, to deserve to be continued, needs to serve a purpose. Perhaps this practice is a tradition that needs to be re-examined.


The irony is palpable.


The average salary of a state employee is under $50k a year, and has been studied as being 20-30% below private sector wages. Literally we could outsource all our jobs to private companies paying average private wages and every state employee would make 20-30% MORE MONEY and cost the state 20-30% MORE.

In fact state employees are losing buying power faster than many other groups. Our wage increases do not keep up with inflation so our wage is actually collapsing even if its dollar value does technical increase in the process.


Any alleged cap put in there won't last long, just as the property-tax relief won't last long.


Relax folks.

Justin is not just some glib celebrity style politician, a kid born with a silver spoon stuck somewhere, a young man who never had to worry about paying rent, paying university fees, lining up to get student loans etc.

He is the really, really really smart and compassionate Dear Leader that Canada needs right now to tell us what to do with our money.

Trust me.  I know socks and Justin rocks socks.


So crazy. Donald Trump isn't anybody's pocket. Will take the country back from special interest groups. People! He IS the pocket and the special interest group. Everything you hate that politicians supposedly do for the monied class - HE is going to DO himself because He Is The Monied Class. Why can't you see that??


You are correct that it wasn't written that way. I learned it as "O Canada, glorious and free" as a child and was surprised when others sang it later as "God keep our land, glorious and free". This is similar to the U.S. Pledge of Allegiance that was fine until 1954 when they had to jam the contentious "under God" into it.

I wonder how those who gloat about how the poor widdle atheists are offended boo hoo hoo would react if it was changed to "there is no God to keep our land, glorious and free" or similarly the U.S. pledge had "under no God" added. This is basically how we feel about this change. Just leave the religious references out and one's beliefs or lack thereof to our own consciences.


And Ted Kenndy was a DEMOCRAT....and as such a leftist.


No Jimi, no Janis, and I don't believe Merrilee was there either, although there were some earlier time slots I missed seeing/hearing.  I think any slots I missed would have had lower profile acts.  I had just previously split from Easy Chair who was slated to play using my replacement.  I don't remember if that happened.  The high point for me, and probably for a lot of others, was the set by The Floating Bridge.  Featuring Seattle/Tacoma guitarists Rich Dangel and Joe Johansen, this was the group to hear.  Big-body Gibsons going full tilt on the verge of feedback was a beautiful thing, especially if you were a guitarist or into what had been happening in Seattle area rock music in the '60s.


People like you Rochdale have no credibility. Journalism is alive and well throughout the  world which is why you and people like you are here trying to say it isn't. You are the ones we laugh at, not journalists.


Your pretty dumb just like this woman


I don't mind a good brain storming session and maybe there is something here but if we are thinking out of the box let's put it all on the table. Beat Las Vegas to the punch, let's legalize you know what and you know who would reap a whole lot of benefits.  Oh yeah and bring a few slot machines, cigars and neon lights.  Call it La Valle.  Imagine those skyscrapers with the no building or should I say Liberal building codes. The first casino should be themed a 1960s RV park and marina. Anyone have any old boats or Motorhomes in the Valley?


Typical nonsense for people who just like to criticize anything the PM does.

You would be complaining that he wasn't making good use of his advisors if he wasn't doing stuff like this.


I think the comparison was meant only in the difference between how the two communities moved on from past atrocities.   Many cultural groups experienced injustice in past generations, often without any or with little compensation, yet most seem to move forward and eventually prosper.  First Nations are an exception to this.


This is the best letter ever by the standards of the register guard.
I bet Lynn would just love ❤ a big smooch from those famous lips.
Come on Lynn admit it
Pucker up now


Republicans can't afford to continue to bloat the military budget and to provide additional massive tax breaks to Donald's pals in the 1% without first stripping 24 million Americans-- particularly the poor, the elderly and the disabled-- from basic healthcare. This is what BLOTUS and REPUBLICAN house-members were gleefully celebrating in front of the WH yesterday after passing this disgraceful bill.


Can you give some examples of how Sen. Sullivan has failed to represent Alaska and Alaskans and "thrown them under the bus"?  Or are you just whining, hand wringing and hyperventilating because Sen. Sullivan is a Republican Senator?  And, as to your unsupported insinuation that Sen. Sullivan is improperly aligned with the Koch Brothers, can you provide any proof or evidence that is the case, or do we just have some more overwrought bloviation by the unhinged?  Objective readers can probably already come up,with the answer.


Why do they ALWAYS hold these meetings when those who will be impacted cannot attend?!

Hey, commissioners, I have an opinion on this! But I have to do that pesky work-thing, so, you know, you have a way to pay for these impacts... convenient, huh?


I feel sorry for anyone who hates or encourages hate -doing so is pointless, useless, and without merit.   As MLK said "let no man pull you so low as to hate him."


Made what work?

Did Obama ensure that our election and sovereignty would be free from all threats foreign and domestic?


your ignorance knows no limit, look to the NW states and california who forced such high fast min wage increases and there were lots of layoffs at the small business level!, it always comes true!


Like what? Riots? School shootings? Lynchings?


On Joe leaving the Republican Party--you say that the party is no longer the one you recognize and give a number of good reasons for that. But what you are leaving out is the thread that connects all Republican Presidents and Congresses for more than a century after Theodore Roosevelt--and we know how they rejected him.  Under the guise of small government and giving power back to the people, they have ALWAYS been for replacing government with unlimited power of corporations. The Trump administration has been more blatant than some, stocking the Cabinet with corporate executives and lobbyists, and removing protections ("regulations") of  air, water, land, worker safety, toxic substances and most of all our very survival in the face of climate change, with unbridled greed and no thought of the future. They are reversing 50 or more years of progress, but the theme and the plan hasn't changed.


Two wrongs don't make right.


Same with Boyle up above who gets his government payed for healthcare in his retirement from his lifelong government job. I got mine now screw the rest of ya is all the rage nowadays amongst right wing entitlement seekers.


“I can guarantee we won’t raise an objection” to expansion of the mine, Roeber said.

Love it.


I'm not up on billion dollar spills into the Yukon. The Kalamazoo is a disaster brought to you by the friendly folks at Enbridge.


Sadie said "Instead of aggressively trying to managing nature, you should be trying to manage man." Instead, we should be managing the Board of Game, all hunters and trappers, all uncaring about the impact of Intensive management on the lands that we, the 80% of alaskans that neither hunt nor trap, hold dear. Let's return democracy to the Board of Game.


I think you should invest in some solar panels or wind mills because those diesel engines will all be replaced by electric motors sooner than one might think.  That would save all farmers a lot of money in the long run.


I agree that they should end their partisanship and do their jobs to move the Trump agenda along.


Will be interesting to see what happens.  Perhaps Weinstein will be imprisoned.


Since I got flagged as "uncivil" by the PC police, let me try again:

This poor man deserves justice; he was a violent criminal who deserved more than this.


One more time: The instant that CO2 levels in the atmosphere decoupled from temperatures (the 19+ year long pause) was the instant the theory of manamade global warming due to CO2 emissions was proven false.  All it takes to disprove a theory is a single data point and we have nearly two decades of them.  Additionally, not a single computer model predicted the pause, which should tell us that the models are wrong - all of them.  Ms. Troll is trying to solve a problem that doesn't exist.

OTOH, the last solar cycle was pretty quiet.  This one is shaping up to be even quieter.  Might want to research what happens to global temperatures during times of quiet sun, Sporer, Dalton, Maunder and Wolf minimums.  Hint:  Bundle up.  Cheers -


But, "at least Clinton CAN write her own book."


My.  How peculiar.  This comment gets past the "civil" threshold even though it's message boils down to insulting others and yet my previous comment noting how it is uncivil and unhelpful did not?  What a weird filter.


If he could care less about how much people make per hour then why did he openly oppose the increase in the minimum wage?  The fact that he's loudly complaining about it proves how deeply he wants his employees to live in poverty.

Like I said, as a human being he's scraping the bottom of the barrel.


Actually Clinton has a 7% lead in the overall polls and substantially more in some states....try Five Thirty Eight. And Real Clear Politics.....for up to date polling....

Nate Silver (538) has an amazing record of accurate prognosticating results of presidential races based on his polling assessments....I highly recommend 538


Felix Sater, one of Donald Trump's shadiest former business partners, is reportedly preparing for prison time -- and he says the president will be joining him behind bars.


Governor Walker inherited a mess.  Just think how easy it was to govern for the last 35 years with all that oil money.  For the first time since the oil started flowing we are seeing a government that has to function but cannot function.  So I say let the bomb drop, let the State government shut down and let's see if we can make it without the State government.  I think if the rest of the state was completely organized into Boroughs the Borough governments could handle the job.  At least for everyone but the Delta Junction crowd.  They don't need government at all.


Sorry only a hyper partisan blows something out of proportion without a single bit of proof or evidence other than accusations.

I make no bones about being partisan.  Hyper partisan though is quite the stretch.


Having educational spending as a tax deduction does not seem like a particularly bad idea since it may increase educational spending and at least improve education for some children without potentially taking significant amounts away from others as vouchers could do.
I would prefer to see focused efforts to improve the educational system for all children but the educational establishment has resisted efforts to make significant progress for decades so there is little hope they will suddenly look at the data and start working toward better educations for all children.


Well it seems there a little special pork in this legislation.  Slip in an ice breaker into the bill for a few billion and no-one cares.  Unfortunately no-one also cares what other special things are also included.
I'm all for defense spending when necessary. But when I read reports like this story and the similar reports in other publications that say  this funding will now keep a number of bases scheduled for closure open I wonder if the base is a military necessity or a pork project for the local community.


The U.N. is a useless organization, completely dominated by Muslim nations.


Maps aren't votes.  Did you see the vote totals in the upper midwest and PA?  He only won by a few hundred thousand votes.


Good.  Why is this guy any different from other criminals.  He committed crimes and he has a debt to pay.  The Governor of Colorado may have a soft heart for criminals, but I'm quite sure most people in this state want criminals to do their time in jail.


US Soccer should report this morning:
Bruce Arena fired.
Tim Howard lifetime ban from international soccer.
Michael Bradley lifetime ban from international soccer.
Omar Gonzalez lifetime ban from soccer at all levels.


Many commenters appear outraged at The Center for Biological Diversity.  Where's the outrage at paying a company to drill? BlueCrest isn't undertaking this venture because it's a moneymaker... They're being subsidized by the State of Alaska.  Alaskan lawmakers are giving our clean water and fish away & Alaskans are upset when an environmental group steps in to try and stop them?

Key quotes below.  Read up.

"BlueCrest ... has received $21 million in tax credits."
"BlueCrest looked all over the U.S. and what made the company look at Alaska was the tax credits and the opportunity"
- House Resources Committee, July 2015

"In no cases are we paying anyone to take our oil... With the possible exception of Cook Inlet.”
"Cook Inlet oil companies contribute 5 percent of oil revenue  while receiving approximately 50 percent of the credits. We can’t look at this and not conclude that there is a substantial subsidy on Cook Inlet production'."
Homer News July 2015


According to many corporate code of conduct policies (I know since I have to do this certification every year now), you cannot accept a gift more than $50-$150 from external parties, especially if there are some common business interest.  We can check with HR if there are exceptional circumstances but those are rare now.  And we are strictly forbidden to accept or give any gifts from or to government officials.  Wow, it looks like government is a LOT looser on these.


Libtards love spending other people's money.


Very informative article.  I am a bit surprised the legislature wants to take such a drastic reduction of the amount of Hawaiian needed to acquire housing.  From 1/2 to 1/32 really seems a bit much!


oh  what is a living wage? there is no such thing. its all relevent to the market and location.


"Sidewalks are low on the priority list."

And that's why I sometimes simply think of wintertime Anchorage as one big ADA lawsuit just waiting to happen.


Labeling sounds simple until you consider all the things that will have to be done down the road from the product arriving on the shelf.  Farmers who grow genetically engineered foods also grow non-GMO foods.  They harvest these foods at different times of the year and use the same equipment and storage silos.  In order to keep GMOs separate from non-GMOs they will have to build new silos at a cost of about $500,000 each.  They will have to clean equipment more often.  Trucks that pick these crops up will be washed more often as they take them to storage in new expensive buildings at the grainery, whose equiupment will have to be washed more often.  These expensive steps will drive up the costs of all products more than the printing of a label, because you have the right to know that your food contains ingredients Nobel Prize winners say are safe.  How much sense does that make?


Spain should have said it doesn't recognize the election under the conditions it was run.  Instead, its shotgun marriage approach doesn't leave Catalan secessionists with much in the way of peaceful options.

If the EU was smart, it would lay out a standard path to succession within a member nation and from the EU.  A census followed by election by 50%+1 of eligible voters (not votes cast) would be achievable if the region had a strong consensus, but not easy enough to do it on a whim.


The teaser video doesn't look promising. The best advice in the older guidelines was to eat organ meat at least once per week. Traditional cultures universally figured this out from time immemorial. Watch pack predators and see what the alphas (who eat first) choose. For wolves its liver and heart. For Harris hawks its brain, heart and liver. Organ meats are inexpensive, giving the highest nutrition value of all foods, as they have the highest mitochondrial density.

For "Meatless" Monday I have liver, sweetbreads or brain, and save heart (meat) for later in the week.


True, that isn't fair. It isn't fair that half of Alaskans cannot make enough wages to qualify for paying federal income taxes. The problem is not having enough jobs and then not having enough good paying jobs. Quit complaining because you make too much money. Work less or take a pay cut. Or get mega rich and pay the lowest percentage on your income taxes in the country.


Your name...is it...Cree?


Yeah, I realized that. I was over reacting to the non-uncommon contrast of Centering and Ignatian Prayer as apo/kataphatic.


I used the OBSI office once and found them to be next to useless.


The Big Bang theory, like many technical and scientific advances, was something whose time had come.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vesto_Slipher

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Wilhelm_Wirtz

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Hubble

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Friedmann

Einstein's General Relativity does not support a static universe. Lemaitre followed up on that, after others did.


It is too bad that race, sex, religion and language competency are now the standards by which  judges are selected in Canada.  Whatever happened to judicial accomplishment, skill and proficientness?

So, a question: would indigenous Supreme Court Justices have to recuse themselves on issue of land claims, etc?


Omg you are SO WRONG. I personally know around 30 people who have had cars stolen in the last 6 mo. Criminals are getting away with everything and continue to do so because there are no repercussions now. I live in Spenard so I see the patterns. Get a clue dude.


I like to remind people of the letter, signed by 150 professional wildlife biologists and wildlife managers from Alaska and around North America, which was sent to Gov. Palin. All those years back they told her predator control was a poor method for management and urged her to end it as the voters had already said they wished to happen. Shortly thereafter a dozen former members of the Board of Game sent her a similar letter which went on to say the BOG needed to be made up of professional wildlife scientists rather than by people who profit from wildlife.
The voters voted against predator control but a small group of "wildlife users" hijacked the system a decade ago with the help and support of elected officials. And the peoples will was ignored. When it comes to our wildlife the majority does not rule and that should not be the case in a democracy.


The SABC Board should not be appointed by the president nor for that matter any other state or  chapter 9 institutions. As Frans Cronje has stated in his latest book. Don't for one minute believe that our constitution or chapter nine institutions are safe from the barbarians. In fact I'm convinced none of them have even read past the first page.


Really you have to nerve to talk shit about a family when their is a family member on there death bed and you call it DRAMA! Maybe you should find a new line of work.


LGen Romeo Dallaire, former senator and now head of the Child Soldiers Initiative at Dalhousie University has stated without equivocation that Khadr was a child soldier. Your opinions are personal and not based on facts or the UN Protocol that was signed by Canada on child soldiers.  https://www.childsoldiers.org/finally-seen-light/

Your other opinions are not supported by laws of war, international Geneva Conventions, our Constitution, Charter of Rights and Human Rights.

As a military man, your leaders, like Romeo Dallaire have made this case very clearly both on the floor of the senate and in speeches across the country.


Probably something like Gays for Trump or Act for America.


A trumpster of deplorables


BSPN seldom gets anything right. This is the network that broadcast false PSI readings which triggered the whole deflategate affair. To this date, BSPN has never retracted the false report nor apologized to the New England Patriots.


Looks like Climate B is getting flack on both sides: eco-warriors and carbon tax opponents.  Should contribute to getting rid of Trudeau of 2019.


I am glad and proud to be leading the charge against this madness in my F-350.


Citation please.


>>>and allows fishermen to continue using lead tackle

Why? What's with these anti-environmentalists. Why would anyone even consider allowing lead tackle? Insane!


losing a load is always an unfortunate incident.


Indians are the people on the reserves . They must face up to the problem . Perhaps their culture needs to change, it does not seem to be working.


I think  lamorello will land a top 4 defenseman before trade deadline - he may have to trade kadri to do that.Anderson is moving up in save% and GAA - good to see.


You're talking about EMT work, not firefighting.


The word holocaust means a burnt offering.i.e.nothing left.


"...what he's done at the foreign policy level is take a politically-strong position."

So strong that it will change as soon as the next advisor he speaks with tells him something different.


A lot of the really wealthy foreign buyers can just pay in cash.


The best part of a Trump win will be the comfortable silence as the paid trolls go back to the welfare rolls.


The author has a good point, but not enough. Let's cut the chase and go right to the source: The British Monarch. I can help to sanitize all the Canadian currency notes that bear the image of the Queen, for free. Just send those toxic money to me and I will do the rest.


I don't know.  Ask progressive "Don From Kansas"  and all the others  here who use the ridicule emojis on every post from a non-progressive  poster.


You pat my back Ill pat yours.......Welcome to the "good ol' boy" club!  Never mind what would be best for the state.


Not sure I understand what any of what the author says has to do with NAFTA renegotiation. She seems ignorant about fundamentals. If marketing boards for dairy products are a concern then the governments of Canada can easily change that, NAFTA or no NAFTA. But remember, while we subsidize our farmers through price management, the U.S. helps farmers through direct subsidies, which annually cost taxpayers about US$20 billion.  So one way or another, the taxpayer pays. As for energy, the US already has a sweetheart deal that basically guarantees that country as much oil and gas as they can buy even if it is detrimental to Canadian interests. Now the author wants to open the energy valve even wider. Given that the valves are already fully open, what's to negotiate? As for lumber, well, given that most of Canada's industry is owned by US companies, we should be increasing stumpage costs. Bigger royalties for Canada.


And Saudi Arabia can afford some Churches too.


No such thing as non-partisan when the NYTs is involved.


I guess you be out of bullets. Have a blessed day!


Situations like this made the department the laughing stock o the nation.  Sad... to think HPD is in such bad shape.


Yet again we have a very double standard, trooper its o.k regular person would be seriously  investigated ...Not just in sitka butelse where seems our police  and troopers are above  the law ...there lot person can do to prevent animal death ,like fenced yard  trash etc haveing livedin bear country for 60  years ,bears just don't attack small dogs . Do believe part of this was likely human errer .


Jesus knew nothing of "Holy Orders".  That's an institutional church construct.  Jesus was familiar with His own Jewish religion's priesthood and when He was incarnated rejected being born of the priestly tribe.  He was a layman all His life.  Jesus never discriminated and never excluded.  He affirmed that we all, male and female, are made in God's image and likeness.  If the vocation of priesthood (servant-leadership) is to justly exist, then it must be open to all who hear God's call.


I think its ridiculous that drivers want to get paid what finishers get paid. All they do is drive a mixer. No physical labor. If i wanted Dr.$ I'd become a Dr.  If they get the raise they want i will quit doing hard work and become a driver and get fat.


The depressing thing about this, in my view, is that no matter how low we set the bar for expectations of our politicians, they find a way to slide under it.


This is a terrible tragedy no doubt.  No financial reward will ever replace a lost daughter.  I can also understand that there is tremendous anger at the health care system in general.  It is dysfunctional - perhaps beyond repair.  We need to be very careful where we point fingers though.

Mom's quote makes me very sad, "a mistake was made and justice was served."

Human life is incredibly fragile.  It is amazing that it works at all.  We have grown spoiled to think that the medical system can fix everything.  Tragedy happens daily.    Doctors and nurses work in this terrible system trying to do the best they can (most the time).  Are they to pay out millions of dollars whenever mistakes result in bad outcomes?  They are human.  No physician can be right all the time.  I expect patients everywhere would be a lot happier with their care if their physicians didn't fear that any new patient encounter could ruin them financially. One life ended, another seriously wounded. Is that justice?


Revelation or hysteria ???
Truly how much egg on your face can you handle ???
When are the little green aliens coming.???


Both  Bee and John Oliver provide comedic commentaries that are just too energetic at times and they  offer Canadian/British ironic, sometimes moronic,  humour,  which finds a very enthusiastic, but rather narrow appreciation in the US.
They and their ilk preach to very small, "nichey" choirs,  never unfortunately, resonating in the mainstream.

Trump and his GOP world, as successful as they may be  right now, are  completely devoid of any humour.  In fact,  are there any conservative comedic commentators, ie right wing versions, of Bee, Bill Maher or John Stewart etc. ?

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I have no problem with "non whites standing up for themselves" if this is what this appropriation fuss is all about, but how does that happen if the conversation is shut down?


Are you a moderator for the Globe or Libs..... ? I understand the public can pretty well ask anything.
No need for concern.


Suggest a long term wealth forecasting approach. One low cost but effective solution is the software developed by Strategic Capital Finance.


W. suffered brutal attacks from lefties the entire time he was in office.  He never said a word in his defense leaving those of us who supported him wondering why.  Obama blamed everything on W. for eight years and again W remained silent.  Now he emerges with these senseless attacks on President Trump.  There really isn’t much difference between Republican and Democrat elites and perhaps that’s been the problem all along.


Yes Liberal is JT's party--gets confusing as they are not linked. Maybe Social Conservative Party.


I'll send a check to Jeremy Polk c/o Eugene Animal Hospital? Or if HE opens a gofundme (they skim 5%)


Wonderful tale Amy that brightened my day...thank you!


"Iakio is one of about 200 people who line up around the corner from Ching’s restaurant along Pauahi Street three times every weekday for free meals from River of Life Mission....."  3 free meals/day???????

Why bother contributing to society when there's no incentive to do so?


If you haven't yet learned that the "babies in a septic tank" thing was a hoax you should check it out.  Associated Press retracted the claim.  Forbes, New Republic, and (the Jesuits') America Magazine, and others, gave more detail.  E.g. https://www.forbes.com/sites/eamonnfingleton/2014/06/09/that-story-about-irish-babies-in-a-septic-tank-is-a-media-hoax/#723d7e453637


I'll try to post my comment in a more civil manner for those that found it too much....

Thank you Tabatha for the strong and nutty column addressing important issues.....the alt-right is trying to work its way into modern conservatism in my opinion.

"Where you goin' guys?"


I will get ready to raise my rent when current tenant goes. Works great for me.


They in essence become their own municipalities and residents lose their tax free status.


i only stand up to pee and pledge allegence to our flag- what do u's stan fo mista chris sir maser


Inauguration of America's first Russian Dictator.
Watch the last presidential transition of power.  The conman will never leave power.


The word vacuum is not mentioned once yet is the most important factor for the viability of this technology.

Creating a vacuum tube over hundreds of kilometers including difficult terrain that is not only safe for human travel but commercially viable has never even been close to a reality. The SpaceX competition just showed how flimsy this idea is yet governments are spending money on it.

A viable tech already exists - high speed rail. The issue is cost which hyperloop does nothing to address.


The Sultan of Oman is gay, and had ruled for 50 odd years.


Trudeau is absolutely right in seeking a papal apology for the Catholic Church's role in the residential school fiasco;  and perhaps after the Pope apologizes, there can be some redemption.   That's the only route forward.   The Church should understand this, even though many (making irresponsible comments around here) certainly don't.   I think Francis will do the right thing and apologize.


Intellectual integrity please EFC!  My comment - and I quote - included "...for the most part".  Does that not mean something within a CIVIL discussion. How can a dialogue be genuine when one misrepresents?
By the way you seem to confuse "ideas" with acts of cruelty and barbarism. Those are not "ideas" they are acts of those who have renounced real ideas.


East Jerusalem is not Israel's "own land" and you can't forget about the people who were living there for about a thousand years before the modern State of Israel was plonked down there!


How can there be homosexual and transgender clubs in Catholic schools when the Catholic Church condemns their behaviour as gravely sinful and intrinsically disordered?


When gov't spook agencies believe from the top on down they're above the law and beyond accountability to the gov't they're supposedly servants of - it's time for spook heads to ROLL, starting with the HEAD spook's head. It sounds like Coulombe, at a miniimum, ought to be fired. And so much the better if there are laws he can be prosecuted under. Power abusing spooks, OUT.


Guessing wavy is calling out rhyner for being a hypocrite.  He's a retired union garbage collector yet frequently spouts off anti labor nonesense.
Either way great this punk is off the street.  Glad our mayor is making increased staffing of law enforcement a priority.


That would be a more convincing argument if there were not so many absent and/or abusive parents. There always have been but at least now abused kids have some chance of protection through schools and social agencies. Agreed it doesn't always work well but it's better that the "good old days" when kids ended up traumatised or dead.


Denver fans are the best and they didn't deserve the shameful disrespectful kneeling down by 32 members of their favorite team. My favorite 3 players, Thomas, Sanders and Miller posing in the front row among the other idiots, was just enough for me to want to change the channel, which I actually did. Yes, you overpaid, oppressed divas deserved to lose big time. Karma has a way of coming back and biting you in the butt. It'll be a cold day in hell before I ever watch such a bunch of anti American values  punks again.


All of this only goes to demonstrate how hopelessly naive Trump is about the ways of the political world. Yet, instead of educating himself, he finds time to watch the Golden Globes and tweet about the ratings of his successor on The Apprentice! we're in for scary times, despite what Obama said last night.


Watch out for Zika, Danny Bay.


No thank you please.
  There are two important lessons we should teach kids about WWI: 1) It was a disaster that directly led to the worse catastrophe of WWII, and 2) After the war, the British and French Empires betrayed the Arabs who were instrumental in defeating the Turks, keeping Iraq , Lebanon and Syria for themselves, predominantly for the oil, leading directly to 100 years of opposition and bombing Arab nations.


The author may not, as she states, understand James Damores point - however she sure as heck then rattles on and seems to prove his point.


Your quantitative "mind" lacks initiative. The standard drink measurement on myriad websites is a 12 oz. beer = 5 oz. wine = 1.5 oz. liquor (80 proof). This is true for the Alcohol Help Center’s online “blood alcohol calculator" referenced in the article. A standard drink is defined the same way on the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism website, also referenced in the article. The answer can be found by clicking on the link labeled "What Is A Standard Drink?"
Ergo, the unit of "a drink" is well-defined. Reporters aren't required nor expected to account for each reader's laziness quotient, especially one with a doctorate in physics. Purportedly. That claim has not been well-defined.


I'm afraid you are right......We might need to make a trade for one, maybe around our bi week.....week 5. I think the trade deadline isn't until closer to the end of October.


Almost?! We are there...jussayin'.


Weinstein gets a complete pass because everything he did was with liberal compassion.


It looks like you like to read into what you think is hidden meanings....

I said you had a fair point (about US data) and I meant it.

But it does happen here as well.  I clearly didn't say that Canada and the USA were the same in this.   Religious and so-called "moral" objections to books that they don't like is much worse in the USA.


Are you allowed to be a federal judge if you're not a citizen?

But if he's a citizen he can't be deported.  He's a Canadian then.


Longbob: How do you feel about the $1million donation to the Trudeau charity?


You don't know what is in the hearts of the Pope's dialogue partners, just because they nod their heads and are all sweetness and smiles around him. We already had the spectacle of the Imam invited to the Vatican to give a prayer in the Vatican and he prayed for victory over the infidels and publicly denied that God has a Son in the Vatican gardens. Would Muslims take well to the Pope proclaiming Jesus Christ on their "turf"?  How do you know how Muslims elsewhere view our attempts at appeasing them? Just because you see from your perspective, oh look how nice the Pope is doesn't mean others don't see it that way.


A priest in a confessional is like a Maytag repairman awaiting a call for service.
In over 1500 parishes I've visited the confessional and utility closet viewed for interest.


Trudeau is a somewhat difficult persona for Trump to assault and Justin plays the NAFTA cards reasonably well.
 His political persona must have given the Washington politicians a pause as well reminding them of days gone by. Whatever his substantial domestic shortcomings, Trudeau currently seems unexcelled as a front man on the international stage and these days, a lot of countries, including the US envy Canada for such.


No it isn't - you have to be severely brain damaged or severely illiterate.


BS headline.  He put them on notice that things can change.  He ceded nothing that wasn't already policy.  To do otherwise would have the G&M headline read, Trump inches closer to deadly conflict with China.

I like'm.


I lost the argument, but you quiver in fear with showing the evidence thereof?  Pure trump type fake news + comedy.


It was never banned.


Why don't the Conservatives put up a statue of Mike Duffy to honour CPC  ethics, integrity and honesty?


While on its face your plan seems simple, you're omitting a few challenges.
Poor people have fewer options to increase their efficiency.  They live in cheap, shabby apartments with abysmal energy efficiency, but that's all they can afford.  Wealthier people weatherize their homes and buy LED lightbulbs.
They drive 1993 pickup trucks with 130,000 miles that get 9 mpg, because that's all they can afford.  Wealthier people buy latest energy efficient cars.
As energy conservation goes up, tax revenues go down, and the government is forced to raise the tax higher.
Taxing BTUs is fine, but the revenue shouldn't go into the general fund.  It should be reinvested in helping people become more efficient.


It will be darn interesting to see what James Kallstram and Giuliani have to do with leaks out of the NY Bureau.  The declination of prosecution in the James Garner case and the civil rights division in DC's protest of that situation further splits the bureau.  Giuliani is a sniveling butt hurt reptile.


You are confusing sex and gender, in this context they are not synonyms. Also the fact that you think its ok to talk about another persons genitals is absolutely disgusting, whats in her pants is none of your business.


Maybe Pocho THINKS he unsubscribed but his credit card is still getting hit.

Pocho, check your credit card statement.  QUICK.  Follow your principles.  Completely unsubscribe from the SA.  Do it!!  Hit 'em where it hurts.  Don't access this fake news dribble.


This was the Crappiest Law to ever come into existence...

They are reaping profits, we cant even afford a prozac to tolerate our crappy healthcare, and the dems get to laugh all the way home on their Yacht paid for by big pharma and big insurance.

I bet Obama, Pelosi, and Reid are beyond overjoyed they don't have to ever buy one of these terrible pieces of crud


Are you feeling okay, Schlosser, ol' chap? You sound a little under the weather. Despite your misgivings, I do assure you that ONLY English has appeared in the many postings from myself and the other distinguished subscribers, excluding the occasional foreign language expression, such as "au contraire." Surely, that cannot be the cause of your exasperation. Anyhows, Schlosser auf Deutsch heisst "locksmith", so chin up ol' man, things could be much worse. You could be Ricky Dickie Locksmith..
Damn chilly out tonight. Awful, awful weather. Quite inclement. Jolly hockey sticks. Right on. Best fooot forward and bombs away. Truthfully, I can't get more English than that.
Toodle-ooo.


Right on Don....my kids always ask how I can Vote for Don Young and I tell em "because he votes the way I would if I were in Congress" and NOW I can tell them "and because he's a 'down stoner' ".  Congressman for ALL Alaskans.


You need to go back and read the text of M103 again. While it does refer to Islamophobia specifically it is also clear in that it is to address discrimination as a whole.


That's your upper lip you're smelling.


In a struggle between little Mr Potato Head and the Jaffa cake I rate My Potato the looser.


Taxation is the only FAIR way to do it.  Otherwise, the poor pay the most.


Support for a national popular vote has been strong in rural states

None of the 10 most rural states (VT, ME, WV, MS, SD, AR, MT, ND, AL, and KY) is a battleground state.
The current state-by-state winner-take-all method of awarding electoral votes does not enhance the influence of rural states, because the most rural states are not battleground states, and they are ignored.  Their states’ votes were conceded months before by the minority parties in the states, taken for granted by the dominant party in the states, and ignored by all parties in presidential campaigns. When and where voters are ignored, then so are the issues they care about most.


At the end of the day, none of these pipelines are going to get built anytime soon, regardless of what Trudeau/the Liberals (and the NEB) have to say about it

PM Harper (and his constituency/base/Alberta) spent 9 years pushing for pipelines, how many have been started, completed, in progress? Not many...........

Trudeau who's "base" is FAR less enthusiastic (to say the least) about pipelines knows very well that the the First Nations, the environmental lobby, the Supreme Court and BC/Quebec public opinion  is solid block that is, has been and will be working against any and all pipelines. That is reality on the "ground"

There is a VERY simple solution; offer BC/ON/QC billions of dollars per year in in royalties for "land-use", and watch them jump. It is really as simple as that. The respective governments will huff and puff, announce how this $$$$ will go to environmental projects, pocket the $$$$........................never to be heard from again.

Works every time. Sad but true.


Who is the ultimate person/people responsible for all of this corruption?  Please contact the FBI and investigate them and anyone they dealt with.  We have been had and this is criminal.  There is no other explanation given to date on how the cost could double in just 2 years.  Talking to these politicians is a waste of time, and none of them say anything that means anything.  It is just more and more gibberish.  Investigate using the FBI!   Now they are trying to cover it up by raising taxes on all of us.  Investigate by outside, government agencies.  Internal investigations by the State is going to go nowhere!!


I'm sure the FBI will subpoena any doctors' records in an attempt to find out why. In the meantime we wait for the press who will use every sly means to get the same info plus any new ones the FBI will not share with us. Interesting how the CNN press was able to get and show us photos of the Mandalay Bay Hotel's shooter's room with all its arsenal. The cops are pissed about this. Good job you press people. The cops are now investigating every cop who entered that room with a body cam or cell phone. Some dude got a couple grand for his generosity. I think there was a court case forbidding any prosecution of any reporter unwilling to reveal their source of information. Confidentiality rules protects first Amendment rights. Hahahaha!!!!


Sometimes it appears as if small operators are able to make their profit through "skirting" the rules and less rigorous compliance. We Alaskans need to review this and think about our strategy of encouraging small operator investment.


Great article, well documented and reasoned.

On the barn-door halibut, the canneries/fish buyers pay significantly more for the monster fish. That should be stopped. Maybe a rule to release all halibut of 58" or greater (~100#)- would be a problem for commercial long liners, but the giant spawning females should be let go to spawn their 20,000 or so eggs.

Issue is, can common sense conservatism & stewardship trump the commercial interests?


Roi will be along shortly to defend the honorable gentleman and insist he get top notch lawyers and the finest hotel room with swanky service since his bizarre behavior was rudely interrupted by those silly troopers


Apologies to "Col. Bogey":

Gorka has only got one ball
Bannon has two, but they are small.
Priebus has something grievous
But the Mad King has no balls at all.


I've lots of Rail systems with no riders or very few. I took Rail from the Seattle airport and I think I had it all to myself until a bunch of juveniles(maybe 10)  got on..


It's all very simple.  They ordained Osweiler the heir-apparent to Manning.  And then failed to do what was necessary to keep him here, thinking they could rely on an unproven second-year man or a rookie.  It was all about ego--John Elway's.  He was jilted, and wasn't going to stand for it.


Oh Tim, if only history were so black and white!  As someone who also taught social history at the UO I'd say your remarks, while humorous, reflect quite a one sided view of a man who had a huge impact, good and bad, on Oregon history.  Yes, General Joseph Lane fought in the Mexican War, fought  Indians, supported slavery for a time, was a fanatic supporter of states rights, supported the South's right to Secession, and ran as a VP candidate in the breakaway Southern Democrat party.  Whew.  He was also known as honest, hard working, a great leader in developing Oregon's government , courageous,   so respected by the Takelma (Rogue) Indians that one took the name Chief Joe.

Following the disgrace of his pro-South political debacle he lived in the hills almost as a hermit with only Peter Waldo, a young black man, as company once Polly died.  In his old age he apologized for his youthful extremism, moved to Roseburg and was honored by Republican's from Douglas County to Eugene's OSJ.


People who block the comments of others are not interested in debate or discussion only in what they have to say and to hear what they want to hear.


Anyone who considers Lisa a proponent of anything remotely resembling a "progressive liberal agenda" is utterly brain-dead or a charter member of the tinfoil hat brigade.


A rental contract is not a "lease."  Oregon law, to my knowledge, still allows either party in a month-to-month rental contract to terminate that contract with a 30 day notification.  The conversations I've both read and heard refer to a "no-cause eviction".  To my knowledge, there is no such process.......There is, indeed, a FED (Forcible Entry and Detainer) eviction process for a landlord to regain control of his/her rental - lease property.  This process is separate from a contract termination.  The Portland Ordinance effectively eliminates a landlord's ability to terminate a month-to-month rental agreement/contract. I'm guessing such action will be successfully challenged by landlord/property owners in Portland.  It should be.   Gary (been a landlord for 30 years) Crum


I do read your posts with comprehension, which is why I say what I say. You say things, and then try to pretend that you didn't say them. I shall not say you are dishonest, since that would be uncivil.


More health care choices and lower premiums?  Thanks Mr. President!  You just keep on fixing little Barry's screw-ups while liberal democrats whine and complain and continue to lose elections.  #MAGA


Under Christina Kishimoto's leadership, the Gilbert Public Schools (GPS) overstated student enrollment, resulting in an overpayment of nearly $1 million in State funding, which GPS must return.   The Audit Unit of the Arizona Department of Education recently conducted an audit of the the GPS Average Daily Membership for Fiscal Years 2014, 2015 and 2016. The purpose of the audit was to assess whether the GPS properly reported student enrollment to determine if it received the correct amount of Basic State Aid.  Auditors concluded that GPS inaccurately reported student enrollment.  As a result, GPS was overfunded by $962,767.69, which GPS must repay.  Kishimoto is probably overjoyed to escape from that situation.  One wonders if the Hawaii BOE knew about before it hired her.


It's not just nuclear war that is a life issue that ultimately makes the abortion issue take a back seat. Bad air, polluted water, contaminated soil, poor working conditions all contribute to serious illnesses in adults and increased genetic defects in fetuses.  Climate change deniers will bear responsibility for the lives of an increasing number of people.


And in the 40s we interned Japanese as official policy, and baited people of Germanic origin as an unofficial one.  We also treated the Irish abominably as refugees of the potato famine, and used Chinese as slave labour to build the railroad.  We robbed First Nations people of their land, wilfully gave them smallpox, and tried to disrupt their society with alcohol.  We practiced indentured servitude, a polysyllabic name for slavery.

Canada's past is chock full of shameful deeds.  But in my mind, anyhow, we have tried to make amends, and to a large extent we enjoy one of the most tolerant societies in the Western world.

Assuming the guilt that our forefathers should have helps no one.  We need to remember the past so it isn't repeated.....but we don't need to beat ourselves up over it.


Your "guess" is wrong (again), since I had indeed read Jon82's comment.
No, it's not really a "simple question" for you to ask whether I "agree" with his comment. It was a long comment, containing some good points; others less good. At any event, I didn't agree with it sufficiently to 'Like' it - as you could have seen for yourself easily enough.
But whether I agree with it or not, is irrelevant here.
I replied to your comment (i.e., the one which has been deleted, by CC, as 'not meeting civility standards'), because it called for fraternal correction. For you had accused him of sanctimoniousness, but had then proceeded to use a very great deal of the same against him (hence the deletion, I suppose).
Your odd reaction to my fraternal correction, was to accuse me of the same thing, which made no sense in the context. Just a feeble attempt to deflect.
BTW, your latest reply took a few hours to 'come through', presumably it needed many reviews and/or rewriting. Lesson unlearned, sadly.


Did Texas use income tax to build a Rainy day fund?

oh thats right,  no income tax in Texas but they want to tax our income to bail them out while Texas Senators voted against aid to New York after Sandy!


Hey...he only wants a year of maintenance money...


Um . . . Khadr was repatriated on the Conservatives' watch. And his settlement is a direct result of Harper's government failing to observe its own rule of law -- accountability of illegal actions, you might say.

Sorry to cut into a quality rant with actual facts.


Red8
How about lets ...... HAVE a BUDGET!!!!!!!


Hah I was about to say the same thing.


Well, of COURSE it has, Portia!

But this time, the failure would not be (1) the RCMP--can't trust those cops! (2)  the white BC study or (3) white federal govt.  It would be the Aboriginals who (mis)managed it. That's the point!

Because a FN inquiry did reach "similar conclusions" (and that's a best-case scenario) who could they blame?

You're welcome!


That's good. Perhaps people can relearn a little self reliance again.


I already do in the summer months. I can't stand the heat. I have health problems that can cause me to be sent to the ER if I get too hot. In Texas, where I live June through August is unbearable. I am retired so I can switch my days and nights. Around the end of September, first of October I switch back to regular daylight hours.


What's the market is telling you?


I did not see in the tape where Tillerson denied calling Trump a moron ..........
G&M:  Please correct the headline


So he and Kathleen have two things in common: they are both openly homosexual, and, they both played a major role in completely botching the McGuinty green energy
program.

Good that he left the party, as he realized with Wynne at the helm, that his demise as a politician was obvious. Hopefully others will realize how toxic Wynne is now.


True, I also -miss those ancient days when as a kid I could roam safely, even hitchhike;  families seemed to be stable; folks believed in their excellent public schools;  and we all felt like a part of a warm safe community.  Best of all, in a strange way, was WWII, where we ALL pulled together for the sake of America.

At the same time, our town was probably a "sundown" town, as no blacks or other minorities seemed to live there; girls weren't encouraged to finish college or take most jobs; gays and lesbians, if we thought of them at all, were just "queers";  the environment was too often  a place to dump trash;  forests were overcut and not adequately replanted, etc.

So is life better or worse today?  That is a long and complex question.


Actually 50 years ago there was NOT a much higher share of pensions among private sector workers.

Pension plans were largely unheard of prior to WWII, and through the 1950's and 1960's they were more the exception than the norm.

Pensions only really came to be common-place in the 1970's and 1980's before declining again in the 1990's and 2000's.


wrong the DOH will not say how the mumps came about because of privacy act it probably came from an illegal like I said months ago blame Chin and Ige who wants us to become a sanctuary state like I said they should pay everybody's medical bill that caught the mumps its there fault.


Very disappointing to have such a liberal opinion piece be taken seriously. If you believe Hilary is the lesser evil, then you're bias makes you're opinion not worthy of my time.


Dude NOBODY reads the newspaper anymore dude. nobody watches tv. get into this century dude, skunks legal in paradise and the steep hill is testing. you really need to get with the program dude. turn off the tube put down the paper and get a life. feel sorry for ya dude yer so out of it.


I don't think they are intentinally trying to reduce the number of people who are eligible.  I do think they may be doing more "random" checks of eligibility of people, and this is how you may have been tagged.  Personally, I like it if that's what they're doing.

I agree with your thoughts on the Alaska Bush People TV Stars getting off too easy.  That was flat out crap!


Tennis anyone?...


No rankings  =  "Everyone's a winner!"

Don't forget to pick up your certificate of participation!


And now the rant against Popery begins! Spare me the United Empire Loyalist nonsense.


Hasn't Don Quiote been sold for future high-rise condos?


wouldn't it be good to show pictures of these folks who go missing?


The electoral college is a brilliant construct that saves America today  All this dufus little Reich wants is to flood States with illegal aliens and give them motor-voter or some other ruse to get them to vote Democrat.   The country needs to continue to push most illegal aliens to California; this will prevent stolen elections by keeping the electoral college count at 55.  The national popular vote would take away States sovereignty/rights...so only Democrats that hate America would want this.


The GOP radical racist core is overjoyed and the GOP in congress is backtracking fast as lightning.  Funny as hell to watch the GOP eat itself.  Ah the pressures of leadership.  Poor babies.


Hey Caitlin. Someone invented a dash-mounted holder for cell phones (or you could rig a holder with a couple of rubber bands in air vents) It is possible to set your destination before heading out, put your phone in a holder and...... wait for it........ Use the nav without holding the phone!


Ceasefire! ceasefire!

War crimes!

Russia should go to UNSC and call for a ceasefire like USA did almost daily when Russia was liberating Aleppo. USA could be deliberately targeting civilians, schools, mosques, hospitals. Where's the White Helmets this time? Where's the media?


Good. I hope NAFTA is ended. The sooner the better.

TPP2 is a non-starter.  The main reason for TPP was to isolate China and force it to accept US leadership in trade policy.  There's no reason for TPP2 without the US.

As usual, Trump is right. Bilateral trade deals are far better. These multi-country deals have been proven to be destructive for everybody except the establishment elites.


Just because the liberals approved Trans mountain does not mean it will get built . The approval will be challenged in court


I have PTSD so that means I am allowed to be an online stalker


Why the gratuitous and irrelevant paragraph about the Galloway case? It should be edited out particularly as the point being made by the "literati" was about the very peculiar way the situation was handled by UBC and not about the truth or veracity of the complaint against Galloway.


https://www.prageru.com/courses/history/why-did-democratic-south-become-republican

https://www.prageru.com/courses/political-science/black-millennial-female-and%E2%80%A6-conservative

https://www.prageru.com/courses/history/inconvenient-truth-about-democratic-party

https://www.prageru.com/courses/political-science/what-fake-news

Which "real history" did you learn?  If it is similar to some of the above, then what are you complaining about?  Don't get mad at me.  Attitude is a choice.  If you're mad that the truth is counter to your narrative of events, then write a textbook.

It's ok.  You don't need to be ashamed that you've been so, so wrong all these years.  The road of life allows U-turns.


This is a tax increase borne mostly by non-residents, yet the revenues will benefit residents. And the tax is a trivial portion of the overall lodging bill, not like taxes on fuel, alcohol, or cigarettes. In some localities where the tax is higher, such as Portland, they certainly need to bring theirs down in line with the rest of us.


Among other things, Ms. McAleer told me she and Ms. Goschen intentionally and systematically did things to drive Jennifer States “crazy” so she would quit. Ms. McAleer also expressed to me highly disparaging remarks about the personal appearance of the Port’s former Property Manager (much too vulgar to write here) and that she “couldn’t stand the sight of her”. Most importantly, Ms. McAleer told me these things with glee in her voice and a grin on her face. To say the least, these actions surely “stink” and I believe are straight up evil! I am convinced I too was subjected to this abhorant behavior at the hands of Ms. McAleer and Ms. Goschen. *Ms. Goshen testified she fired Ms. Kerr for “personal reasons”! I believe those personsal reasons were at the direct instruction of Ms. McAleer. *If they could speak freely without fear of job loss, I believe the majority of Prt staff would confirm Ms. McAleer is responsible for much of the discention and dysfunction at the Port. It must stop!


This government should have done this a year ago. These people should have been first in line instead of choosing members of their oppressors ...although they provided some good photo ops for Trudeau and John McCallum ..


Senators Sonnenberg and Hill, Rep Lawrence, you really don't have to listen to Jon anymore (not that you ever really did).  The Independence Institute is rapidly sinking into irrelevance.  The "we don't need no stinking government" wing of the GOP loves to tell you how evil the government is and how they will liberate you from this overwhelming drag on your liberty by (wait for it) giving GOP members a job.  We hate government; government is the enemy; we need to shrink taxes and government so it can be drowned in the bathtub, and, oh yea, give only GOP branded politicos a tax funded job and a position of influence in that system.  Please stop giving Jon undeserved credibility and influence.  Simply ignore the independence institute altogether.  They aren't your (or Colorado's) ally.


For which the Americans must be quite thankful.


USA WASN'T A WAR WITH QATAR TO STOP THERE NG EXPORTS TRUMP THE SKUNK


Never.


(1) Not
(2) going
(3) there


Politics is a sleazy business.

And as we see with Christy, most politicians look up at pond scum.


Government shutdown over incomplete border security would be absolutely appropriate!
I guess most snowflakes don't realize that 13 free nation states united here for the purpose of mutual security. Protection of our borders is why this country exists!


It seems that those who are disagreeing with your comment feel that running a country should be a one-man show. Scary!


I think you're referring to the jungle gym, kind of an inverted cone or space capsule shaped apparatus which was like a cage.  At the top, you were at least 8-10 feet above ground.  In the picture, the child at the top looks to be about that same height off the ground.  Jungle gyms were banned (along with the big merry-go-round wheel with the handles and the see-saw, remember those?) because of the inherent danger from misuse.  I see the same with the pictured play area.  Too bad because we had lots of fun on those things, but all it takes is one fall, a broken leg, and the lawsuits that follow.  What a litigious society we have today!


Jesus is God. This guy is not. The Bible is clear about being above reproach.


Born yesterday. Sorry you're not old enough to vote.


Have to admit, I had second thoughts about reading Konrad's article but I am happy that I did.  He makes an excellent argument about identity politics and reparations not reconciliation. Well done Konrad.  Quite thoughtful.


Really?  "the indigenous people in Canada traded with the colonists and adopted and appropriated many of the ways of the colonists. Was that wrong?"

Is this a serious question?  Is that all there is to the history of colonialism in Canada, 'trading'?


Good news.


Ms. Lange is the PRINCIPAL at Page school. She has a job to do just like all of you well, most of you anyways. If you were constanly late for work or meetings what do you think would happen? You would be fired! If you have one job to do you would be expected to do it not others. Ms Lange might be a good person, but that is not what this is about.It is about her lack of job performanse and experience. Her job is also about safety of the kids and by not doing her job, for example, not responding  when a student is blowing out while she drinks coffee with parents. Thats is not making the school a safe place. Now in my opinon  the principal should be at all school events/funraiser because it benefits the kids-your kids, but instead she is not there.Thankfully the staff and parents volnteer so your kids can have fun. It would not be possible without the Page staff and PTO members. So please think before you speak that's what we teach little kids.
It's not race it's performance.


Match play is a weird format for a regular tournament. I personally don't find it very compelling....(especially the last day with only 2 matches on the course)...pretty boring. Tiger is pretty much done. When he plays, he embarrasses himself. I am not buying the injury excuse. Injuries don't give you the chipping yips and make your putting awful. Tiger has lost it. Can we stop talking about him now? If he ever makes a comeback, then there's a real story.

The tour needs to get past their Tiger obsession and start taking advantage of - and drawing attention to all the great golf being played by the big 4 or 5 young guys on the tour, plus the 5 or 6 older guys like Justin Rose and Martin Kaymer and Dustin Johnson. Golf is way more interesting now, when you have so many really good golfers, instead of 1 or 2 good ones - and then Vijay and Ernie who always seemed to fold and choke when Tiger played. The young guys now all have more likable personalities than Tiger ever had.


The effort by Walker to push for an income tax is putting the cart before the horse. The dividend will need to be phased out before an income tax will be constitutionally permissible. As a lawyer I am sure he understands that but doesn't want to take the heat for it. The Legislature has actually been making progress on oil tax reform and Permanent Fund restructuring - both very difficult and serious issues. Walker has not been helpful by continuing to hype his flawed original plan.


Obviously the Liberals believe they can pander to the ill-informed of this great land when they send out messages blaming Indigenous people for the failures of government. It may seem like they've been inspired by those wily Republicans in this shameless habit, but Canadian political leaders have always behaved this way.


Kevka = classic case of delusional paranoia


Indeed a great and much needed discussion. Living a healthy and balanced life requires care of mind, body, and soul.  Hypnosis  for management of stress, ease fears, weight loss management, and healing support of the wellness and betterment of the whole person. https://www.curo.net


Hoke didn't hold the DC title at Michigan because Lloyd Carr gave him the title Associate Head Coach when he promoted him to the duties of defensive coordinator.

Lubick has been a coach for 20+ years. He's the son of Sonny Lubick, a coach so successful that Colorado State named their field for him.

Your assessment is wrong.


The NEA and unions are not to blame for underperforming schools. People who won't pay $5-10 more per year in property taxes are.


Drink some mag citrate and that feeling will be relieved in just a few short hours.


Because????


Get informed on Levin. He was definitely a Cruz guy but he has grown to appreciate Trump. If I were in charge of US public schools I'd have his books as mandatory reading.


Socialism used to be frowned upon in Canada and USA. Is now perfectly acceptable (as it should be, like any other political school of thought).

The populism seems to get traction and become acceptable too. But we can't have that, can we?


Cool, I was just given the opportunity to reject it, twice.  Spam-be-gone!


Thank you SO much, Elizabeth, for your very informative and entertaining article about the Globe. It's really nice to be invited inside and be shown around the paper we love so much, yet know virtually nothing about.
Greatly appreciated!! :))
Sold to a developer . . . . and . . . . then what???
Thanks very much.  You are a great writer / reporter!!!


From my observations, all of them.  Gary Crum


So what? The Bloc members were democratically elected or voted for and if a per vote subsidy is available there is no reason whatsoever they shouldn't receive it just because you don't like their policies


Yea we cant be getting those jobs back and keeping illegals out. Right on


Silly proposition

Why would the USA trade someone who is bought and paid for by Russian interests for someone bought and paid for by Chinese interests?


I truly feel HORRIBLE for the way our government has treated the Native Americans. It's absolutely heartbreaking. But the question to ask is this. What has improved the lives of Native Americans more: generations of welfare programs, government handouts and generally being treated as wards of the state? Or: the revenue generated from building and operating casinos?

In other words, socialism, or capitalism?


The ACA is not broken; it is imperfect, but then so is everything. It works well enough.

The Republicans are proving that the ACA is the best that we can do, for now. They surely can't do any better.


Why would anyone argue for destroying the evidence? You can seal it until a person has died (+10 years) and so protect their privacy but also ensure that critical reviews and evaluations of the process can be done by future historians/researchers. Most of the records of Canada's first national internment operations were deliberately destroyed at what was then known as the National Archives of Canada so eliminating critical information about what remains a little-known injustice. Let's not repeat that mistake.


The writers of any legislation riddled with the phrase "... the Secretary may..." because the democrats who wrote it, passed it, and put it into force should have considered the possibility that the next Secretary might not be a democrat.

Turning off the illegal and unconstitutional subsidies to insurance companies, congress, and repealing every single one of the O'BamaCare waivers is one of the best ways to bring down that house of cards.

The best way to force repeal bad legislation (and O'BamaCare is awful legislation) is to enforce it as written, vigorously, with gusto.  Trump should have done this on day one in office, but he tried to play nice.  3 Republicans chose to play otherwise.  Too bad for them.

This one is not over yet.  O'BamaCare is going to get repealed.  This will be a lot of fun to watch.  Personally, I am making popcorn.  Cheers -


I think it would be appropriate for you to offer "thoughts and prayers" as well. It's your go to move with other victims.


The proponents of the monument expansion have it backward. The WPRFMC is using verified information from NOAA and NMFS to set its policies. Meanwhile, the people who are pushing for the expansion continue to make unsubstantiated claims that are mathematically refutable, such as saying the expansion will protect tuna stocks by restricting Hawaii's longline fleet.

The fact is that Hawaii's longline fleet harvests less than 2% of the total amount of bigeye tuna in the Pacific. If protecting the stocks are truly a concern, then the people who want to provide greater protection for bigeye tuna have to go after the countries that take the other 98%.

Making fishing harder for the people who catch less than 2% of the fish will only hurt Hawaii's ability to become less dependent upon imported food. It will do nothing to protect bigeye tuna in the Pacific.

That's simple math.


All of your questions clearly suggest what your motivation is.


Good news- for now. Check out Save The Chuitna on FB. That river system is nothing short of incredible.


If we want to protect our future, we simply need to get rid of all the idiots that are doing us in.  I'm all for idiotocide.


"it took Hollywood to bring him to your attention."

Not in my case, Wig.
I first learned of Clouston in May 1990 while watching CBC's excellent documentary of the 50th anniversary re-enactment. The 40 minute film devoted almost 4 minutes to Clouston.

I was stunned. I considered myself to be quite well-informed about Canada's role in the Second World War yet here was a fellow Montrealer who had done so much during a monumental event... yet I'd never heard of him?

I subsequently contacted our War Museum but they said they could do nothing re. Clouston because he did not serve with a Canadian unit.

Thankfully, I videotaped the documentary ("We Shall Fight on the Beaches!") and showed it my students every November. I wrote to various Canadian media prior to the 70th and 75th anniversaries, asking them to highlight this 'unknown Canadian hero of Dunkirk' but none of them replied.

The recent film has provided an opportunity, perhaps the last, to give Clouston some well-earned recog'n.


Those trails need cleaned up badly.  And I don't mean the litter.  Those woods need to be swept all up and down the system.  Give them all a clean and safe camp to go to.  Just go walk through the woods anywhere in town and witness all the creeps that hide back in there and you'll see just how easy a tragedy like this can happen.


A very unique approach to venting ... myself, I'd PEDAL HARDER AND FURTHER ... throw the book at him.


'NCW' is an abbreviation for the Neocatechumenal Way, a movement within the Church which had gained influence and control in Guam, thanks to Apuron.


If you're hard up for more money, go get another job or stop living beyond your means.  That's what responsible people do when they don't have enough money to live and buy toys.


6 companies control nearly all of the media in the US.

When CNN was made irrelevant this week, the many tentacles of the same sick beast responded defensively, flailing excrement in every direction.

With their millions of dollars in monthly budgets, and combined staffs of thousands, the best they could do was wait for this masterpiece to be handed down from their thought leaders at the Washington Post.

I can just picture the online editor at the Denver Post getting this story in email.

With sweat dripping from his brow he thinks to himself "Oh thank god, finally! This will SURELY end Drumpf!!" before hitting the big "repost" button on his computer to bring to this to our local audience.


So where do you live?
Do you live on acreage covered in trees as I do?
Have you been evacuated 4 of the past 10 years, as I have?
Do you actually attend municipal and provincial meetings regarding fire fuel remediation, as I do?

I didn't think so.

You can not let fires simply burn when they are in close proximity to human habitation.  Sure, in desolate areas, let them burn, as they already do, and have done for decades.  Within 1 km of human habitation, the only preventative action is to remove deadfalls and dead standing wood, as every municipality in BC does, and has done for decades.

The problem is crown land (administered by the provincial government of the day) which is located within municipal limits.  Municipalities across BC have made requests ( and been denied) funding to address this key issue.  No one is suggesting that dead wood should be removed from forests located away from human habitation.

Perhaps you should comment on things you actually know something about.


Aha!  THAT explains many of your remarks!!!
😜


How about revising that?  Yes, keep the ban on fund raising during a session.  In addition, penalize incumbents 2 for 1.  Meaning each day of overtime is a day in which they can't scrounge for bucks but, in addition, for each day of overtime they must also be restricted from fund raising for another day AFTER the session ends.  Go overtime by 10 days and lose a total of 20 days of............


Yo, Space cadet, I mean low-Earthman_24, if you think the POTUS is clueless, ask yourself this:  How can a clueless businessman who has NEVER run for any political office, snag the POTUS position, first time out of the chute?  Maybe he's NOT clueless?  Wake up, sport.


Not being able to answer that question on the merits of factual events leading to justifiable criticism of Barack Obama and/or either of the Clintons perfectly explains why Hillary lost the election and individuals like yourself voted for her.


her hon..and stop being so mean


Just like Iraq and Libya had been "heading for conflict with the West".


Excellent column John H. Defines the essence of dividend investing, and why I will continue down this path for many more years.


She said that this initiative was about reducing Carbon Pollution, because she believes that CO2, a molecule that is 2/3 oxygen, is causing climate change. Well fair enough, a lot of people believe that. Atmospheric CO2 has passed 400 parts per million, and they proved a long time ago that CO2 traps heat, ( in a bottle, with no outlet) So, as a fraction, 400 ppm is 1 molecule out of 2,500 air molecules. But that's because of humanity right? Humans account for only 4% of the CO2 that naturally enter the atmosphere. Hint. everything that exhales or decomposes releases Carbon, as well as volcanoes and oceans. So,4% of 400 ppm solves to 1/62,500 air molecules from humans. So, her carbon tax, and all other "green" initiatives  will only shave a fraction of that one molecule in 62,500. Will that help the weather? And even if it did, what is the target weather? What we had during the Little Ice age? I wonder if she knows that she is exhaling 40,000 ppm CO2. - we are carbon based life forms :)


And if you don't have what you need at home, you just have to acquire a little Lebensraum. Strong tariffs build strong militaries.


Dear Mr Caplan it was your party the NDP that imploded not the conservatives. Maybe you should pay attention to the NDP leadership race.


"Lee666, too bad that same establishment didn't reign in George W Bush and prevented the aggression of Iraq.

At least the body count under Trump is still lower than GWB."

The Dems all voted for the war as well.


PM Trudeau's track record on campaign promises is abysmal (see link below for all the data). One promise I remember is more pension money for Canada's seniors, haven't heard a whisper about it since he got in. ONE TERM pm for sure!

https://trudeaumetre.polimeter.org/


Trump loves to talk out of both sides of his mouth. "strengthen and expand its nuclear capability." But at the same time reduce arms "very substantially." Or maybe it's coming from another orifice?


You tell us how Canada, even if every single molecule of CO2 is  stopped in this country, could any meaningful impact on GHG's?  It can't.  That said, if you'd read my original post you'd recall that I made clear the greatest thing we can to do mitigate GHG rise is to STOP all coal-fired electricity production and replace it with Natural Gas, hydro, nuclear, wind and solar.

Even your pals at greenpeace say, "Burning coal is the biggest single source of carbon dioxide emissions from human activity". They are correct and there is loads of evidence to back that up.   We could meet world GHG reduction goals faster, cheaper and almost fully if we did that ONE thing. Stop coal fired power generation.

Harming, punishing Canada's oil+gas industry will make no difference to world GHG balance.


True dat.


If you don’t know what I’m talking about by, now you never will.  Too coddled & entitled.


Wrongheaded thinking Mr. Quinn!
1)Most sensible people with families don't want to live in the high density environment - that's just planners nonsense believing that they do ( or should be forced to).
2) Building transit simply encourages job seekers and businesses to use them.  Congestion and travel times cause both businesses and commuters to rethink where they want to work, travel and do business, and they will move to better options for themselves. Doesn't work for government services though, since they locate wherever they want to ( no market discipline there).
3) Elminate the planning and obstructions like the ALR, and zoning and the market will fix the housing affordability problem.


Whatever it is, it won't be enough. The Liberals can't handle this, even they know they're in over their heads.