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this is America! it's a pop a pill culture. we're programmed from an early age that a pill is gonna fix our problems . how is it a surprise that we have so many drug addicts and alcoholics? cannabis is not the problem. teaching our youth that a pill or drug will not solve their problems is more of a solution. education...
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Great thought!
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Yes, 82 y/old and approx 800 p/m
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I thinl kids rights to accurate safety information supercedes parental child "ownership" if they are attending a publicly funded school. I'm sure you can, unfortunately, opt them out. Or you can teach them your version at home, or send them to a private academic or cult school. Her sin was not being against this safet...
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UAA fan's need to face the facts. Thanks to the old Daily News, and now the Dispatch , with the same old News cheer leading reporters , UAA sports teams won't win at the national level . Sugar coat it any way you want----UAA will NEVER get the very best players needed in any sport to win at the highest level. Every ye...
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Little mouse, I always find it amusing that a bb hearted troll hiding behind some kind of anonymous phony sissy moniker is so opinionated and fearless. I'll bet your in the basement at your mom's house, little mouse. I'll promise you one thing, some punk junkie comes on my property and attacks me he won't get a chance ...
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I remember reading The Catcher in the Rye at 12 and my parents went bats#;/% crazy over the fact it had a certain word in it. They called the school and the Librarian on the carpet over it. They didn't even read the book, they merely flipped through it for dirty words! Gee whiz, didn't I just hear you use those words l...
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In order, Young is corrupt and an embarrassment to Alaska, TSA is a ridiculous infringement of the rights guaranteed by the fourth amendment. FDA standards would be nice if someone actually enforced them. The highways in Alaska are all built by the State DOT with a serious lack of oversight or accountability. The Coast...
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Alaskans used to be taxed 10% of their federal tax and the territory survived. At the development of big oil the people should have received the oil royalties directly then be taxed. That way they would have seen and felt what was and is really going on.
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Larson should be charged with shooting this poor criminal... Charged for having poor aim that is. He would have done infinitely better had he shot him in the face. Now this guy will bail out next week and be back to robbing / stealing to shoot junk in his arm. Best case scenario, he'll cost thousands in public funding ...
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Over the last few election cycles, Alaska politicians have used the cries of "federal overreach" and "Obama" more than any other phrases. A case in point is Senator Sullivan. His campaign was based almost entirely on campaigning against those two "enemies" of our state. The belief is so pervasive, whether true or no...
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Bob - yes thank you, I take your point. But the rules (laws) that have prohibit pension managers and corporate bosses from reducing the pensions that retires took as "terms of employment" when they were working have been chucked into the garbage pail. I must say I'm glad Justice Scalia died and that the political majo...
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lets see, a study released by the white house and his appointees, climate change or a terrorist with a dirty bomb, let me decide which is the most urgent and keep in mind Iran, maybe you should go back to Cuba, President Obama
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How wrong art thou? Let me count the ways: (1) I'm an 'Ahmed', not a 'Judah' (2) And you offer yet another example of what my dear friend, returned to his Lord eight years now, once observed--no people make a greater show of their 'humility' than so-called 'Christians' (3) And none so frequently--and falsely--claim...
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I do believe they work for the state.
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If Public Schools are doing their job putting condoms on bananas as early as sixth grade I fail to wonder how aside from a refresher course in banana prepping is going to make a big difference. No more "mystery of life" is going to happen on your honey moon, by the time you are 7th grade you know it all. I fail to sur...
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Bet you really like Sanders
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Thank you Julie, make this stick forever!
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As stated earlier; America & Alaska do not have a Criminal Justice System, we have a Criminal Legal System, as does any other country. It can be bought & sold by the highest bidder, i.e. the wealthy, Professional Re-Elected Politicians, other assorted criminals with connections, Special Interest Groups, lawyers, judges...
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SB 91 / HB205 do nothing to reform criminals or offer treatment to drug addicts. It is basically a bill that just gives up on using jail as a deterrent for crime. SB91 and HB205 completely miss the mark, as does McDannel. People have no money because they have no job. They often have no job because they are vagrant ...
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While in another context I might have agreed with you, in this one you display the self-absorbed complacency of someone who has never been subjected to institutionalized discrimination. You've never come into a town where you couldn't find a public restroom, for example, that wasn't 'whites only.' So pardon me if I d...
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Matthew 24:9
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Look, I have read this legislation and understand what it is and what it isn't. You need to ask yourself: What about protecting the community? Don't we as a society value victims? Since when did we start to care more about the perps in our society than the innocent people they hurt? They ought to rename this legisl...
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John 10:16
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Exactly: You are known by the company you keep. Why is the author of this op-ed publicly espousing severe limits on development while at the same time privately joining development interests in supporting the pro-development candidate for mayor? (Note: Republican, pro-business candidate for mayor Mike Clark is trying ...
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Read the story: "Pass a dollar bill or sandwich to a panhandler while *STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT* and risk paying a lot more." No one is going anywhere while you all wait for the light to change.
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As I've posted here previously, the school board owes the public an explanation for Graff's termination.
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They should probably all be forewarned that they'll work in a former failed mall, overseeing increasingly incompetent and fundamentalist teaching staff and dealing with a public that will demand a pound of their very flesh if they have the temerity to ask for a bond to fix a roof on a school or expect to be paid on a c...
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What's a 'transgender boyfriend'? How many 'x'-chromosomes? And may I suggest you take the trouble to actually become informed about the authentic tenets of my faith before presuming to pontificate on it? That way you can avoid slagging your own arguments. And the real joke is that I couldn't marry a second wife--a...
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Federal governmental control is a function & fact of life in America & Alaska, sometimes good, sometimes bad & a lot of the times, ugly! What becomes abusive & illegal is when individuals or groups of employees within Federal Government Agencies or Departments decide upon themselves, they want to set policy or selectiv...
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This turkey bill can get a hearing, but any bill that stops Big Oil from screwing us won't. Typical Republicans.
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Right. Politically-expedient history revision. Fascism is, and always has been since its inception, a right-wing political ideology. It's proponents said so themselves. They openly opposed left-wing political movements. Frequently violently. And while we're at it, black folks did not keep white folks as slaves, t...
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Stan Leaphart: the University Press of Kansas is among the most prestigious academic publishers of environmental history and history of the American West. Haycox has presented his work at the nexus of these interrelated fields for over thirty years. This book will be widely read in the profession and is sure to garner ...
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HB 247 should not be passed at all since oil prices have fallen as a plan of Saudi Arabia to flood the market with it's oil so America, Alaska and other producing Jurisdictions around the Globe would not be competitive with Saudi and so Saudi can manipulate and enjoy Alaska's and oil market share!! Gov. Walker and th...
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Could be worse. You could be one of Jerry's Kids and attend ABT. Talk about embarrassing!
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If they changed the rules ( C-Plan bonding and permitting cost) that make it 300% higher to drill Alaska than the other oil states and this prices Alaskans and others out in favor of the majors! If we made this change we would have more money from oil then these guys can spend!!
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Actually, he kinda addressed the issue, albeit not explicitly: "Think not that I come to destroy the Law (Torah) nor the Prophets (the other Old Testament Scriptures). I come not to destroy, but to fulfill. Until HEAVEN and EARTH pass away (look around, they're still here), one yot or one tittle (smallest letters of ...
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HB 247 should not be passed at all since oil prices have fallen as a plan of Saudi Arabia to flood the market with it's oil so America, Alaska and other producing Jurisdictions around the Globe would not be competitive with Saudi and so Saudi can manipulate and enjoy Alaska's and oil market share!! Gov. Walker and th...
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Oh please. I knew a young Kurdish kid who had to claw his way out of a ditch filled with the bodies of his parents, siblings and everyone he knew after they'd been shot by "Chemical 'Ali" and his minions. THAT is persecution. American Christians aren't persecuted, just "offended".
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Before this thread gets any nastier, I would like to point out to Mike T that SAR are forced to come and get folks. A couple of years ago in Denali when the NPS was giving me "the talk" because they were quite concerned and unhappy I was planning a 5 day solo hike, I told them I would gladly sign a do not rescue waiver...
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Everyone has jobs here. This is a work camp community. You did not already know that? Dutch Harbor has highest job rate in the state due its International Port of Dutch Harbor. The only issue is the price to live here: Anchorage is considered at 90% national cost to live there- Unalaska is at a 120% national living st...
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Actually, they are the first Alaskans. by about 5000 years.
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Its actually a out of state woman. Does that surprise you? We have endless liberal trolls infesting our news sites it seems. Entertainment, nothing more or less. Carry on
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A 2014 summary of a workshop that involved the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the American Academy of Pediatrics said that “in general, those born at 23 weeks of gestation should be considered potentially viable” because more than a quarter of such babies survive when treated intensively. http:...
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“Babies born 23 weeks into a pregnancy have a decent chance of survival outside of the womb if given treatment. That finding places the debate about attempts to ban late-term abortions except in cases where the life of the mother is at stake on ground that is decidedly different from the one Democrats want to have. Pu...
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How about a 35% tax on politicians. Or a 35% pay cut.
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Those of us that have been paying attention understand that Hussein Obama is a pathological liar, so....... In the 4.5 billion year history of the Earth, has there ever been a time that the Earth's climate was NOT changing ?
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What's wrong with this people and that building ?, do they know all this doing is illegal.
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It's usually the do-gooder a few cars back from the stop line, who holds his donation out the window and waits for the beggar, and then the light turns green before the transaction is consummated. Or the driver starts at the green but stops again right at the intersection to make the donation. And ultimately the donati...
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How about stop feeding peoples addictions through handouts.
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It's something wrong with the words don't drink and drive ?.
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It doesn't surprise me that an out-of-state paid shill would say that.
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The tax was 1/5th of the federal tax, or 20% until it was repealed in 1980. We also paid a $10 school tax which came out of an individual's first paycheck annually.
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Well it's really none of your business but I don't go to one particular church because they all too often get into politics or have some spin to the bible I can't relate to. Your racist implication really chaps me off Fitch. I've got hundreds of friends in different shapes, colors, genders, religions, and of opposite s...
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It is not a vigilante act to defend yourself, on your own property against an assault by a criminal. This guy did the correct thing, will not face any charges and will never be convicted by an Alaskan Jury. This is called self defense. The criminal is lucky to be alive!
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I support a return of the income tax at the 20% of the federal tax and a $100 school tax each year. the school tax used to be $10., but that was 36 years ago: times are a-changin'....That is saying something because I was one of the people pushing the income tax repeal through in 1980. Alaska history is very interesti...
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If they attack people, they should be shot!
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Why is it that only "social conservatives" seem to view education as "intrusive"? According to your logic, Andree, we shouldn't have a problem; Alaska's a conservative state, parents are perfectly free to teach this stuff to their kids, but it's not happening. Why not? Could it be that many feel their paint-by-numbe...
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Remember to hit the "flush" valve at the voting booth this fall...
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The $700 million per year tax credit given to the oil corporations for free, has to be stopped, because the big three failed to increase oil production.
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You don't know me Minshall and what I've been through in my life so don't assume anything. I've lost jobs over discrimination so I get it a little bit, but not as much as some. And yup, when I go to a big city there are typically places in it this white guy don't go looking for a bathroom.
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Pretty sure that the man strung up by Iraqi citizens was a body double and that the actual Sadam Hussein has been hiding out in Eugene, until now that is, a as the picture clearly shows lol.
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There is little doubt about the role cannabis played in the Judaic religion, including the recipe for the "holy anointing oil" found in the Old Testament, as in "Christ", the Greek word meaning the anointed. If water served as the catalyst for Jesus's spiritual ascension, why does he never perform a baptism? Why take t...
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Fantastic! Thanks you Springfield city council! Finally something done about this problem. This works very well in Roseburg and has for several years. To those who are saying this is not a traffic issue, well just the same, it's not a free speech issue either. Those folks are not practicing they right to free spe...
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I don't live here because of the PFD - that's ridiculous. And I don't know of anyone that lives here because of it. $2k doesn't offset the increased cost of living. Besides, even if you could find people that live here for a PFD freebie, we'll be better off without them.
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Funny, I thought Hyland Construction was in Springfield off Laura street. At least they were yesterday. When did they change the city limit??
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That sums it up very well. Wonder why ADN did not print that before?........because the paper is owned by a female who invited obama to stay at her home could be part of the reason.
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Why does anyone really care about the person's arrest? There were two gang shootings in Portland yesterday and four over the weekend. I'm a bit more concerned about those in a city with strict gun laws than a woman getting a DUII.
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Thank you Cindy Moore for another exposure of how incompetent Mike Dunleavy has been to Alaska children. Sen. McKinnon must have had a major memory loss or she is just plain dishonest. The majority of the audience were stunned at her rambling on about a very unpopular Senator who has done nothing but be hateful to Al...
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The key words here are "illegal aliens." Democrats now can count them to rig the elections.
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The home owner was smart and had his own handgun and returned fire. It very well saved him and his families life.
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So sad for Genghis Muskox.
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My friend says she will not let some anal politician force her out of her beloved Alaska. She will stay and vote each out till they leave or a bear eats them or an earthquake buries them as fertilizer or till hell is their tourist destination.
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No it is not "fair". It is almost as "fair" as having the state of Alaska guarantee the performance of Knik Arm Bridge revenue bonds. Or having the state guarantee the performance of Susitna-Watana Dam revenue bonds, that you have personally stated, want to see built.
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No time now James gotta go to work. You? Enjoy your day on the comments section.
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Mr Larson deserves a medal for patriotism, for helping police officers in the apprehension of this high speed 1 jerk crime wave.. The "suspect" needs to thank all concerned for the restraint and marksmanship exhibited by Larson
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Keep it up, professor. You honor us.
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Good for Larson, we are tired of the thugs,time to hold them accountable! What ever it takes to catch these individuals and stop their criminal intent and preying on the innocent. People work to hard to make an honest living!
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This is outrageous. Social parasites professionally begging to get out of their responsibility to work and support themselves, have the American right to prey on the mentally ill. It is outrageous social parasites now must use the money gained from breaking into your home and car to feed their drug-alcohol addiction wh...
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Actually, no you are wrong. When Alaska was named Alaska many races and cultures inhabited the area. Many races were the real first Alaskans. DNA shows that 3 other cultures were here before the present natives moved here and before Alaska was named Alaska. 5000 years ago was it named Alaska?
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They're starting to act like democratz..tax and spend, tax and give away, tax and take a raise,
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This is such a dire emergency scientists are still driving their cars and using coal powered electricity, though they want everyone else to stop right now.
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How odd is it that the RG published a story consisting of 3 sentences and a quotation of a press release in its entirety?
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Amazing how the mentally ill are taken serious in Oregon now that liberals have taken over.
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Stupid rule.
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All good except that when the US bought Alaska from Russia, the Russians did not actually own it.
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Unfortunately is not only Republicans.
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Let the wailing begin...
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If giving money or food to panhandlers is really important to you, park your car in a legal parking spot and walk to where the panhandler is flying his sign, hand over the goods and walk back to your car.
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No, it's about an oil glut created by our besties in the Middle East and a failure for our government to push the permitting process for more refineries in this country.
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They can't vote. Go back to bed
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All good except that when the US bought Alaska from Russia, the Russians did not actually own it.
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You were always my favorite Springfielder Bruce !
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The only down side of this? The poor little thing will get ACLU to sue Mr. Larson for using excessive force and win enough money to enjoy himself in valley gutter with friends. You see it stands for Aiding Crooks and Legislators Unwilling to be responsible and pay own way.
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And that's a bad thing ?
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Judith Mowry, policy analyst with the city of Portland, said at a Eugene City Club meeting that a disproportionate percentage of the homeless are people of color. What I experienced last night at the Springfield City Council meeting qualifies as an example of white privilege. White, housed people trying to push our ma...
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The "elected" officials have spent R money frivolously for many years! WeThePPL never asked for the LIO building!(1 shining example)WeThePPL are the ones hit by the decisions They have made for US..while they get richer we struggle more daily! WeThePPL demand YOU get serious and start making REAL cuts to the budget and...
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That's exactly the point Junior. They cannot vote but this ruling states they can be counted in districts, and therein how the vote is rigged. Perhaps you should stick to subjects for to your mental grasp, such as cartoons and color books.
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Eugene neighborhoods that have felt slighted by the absence of panhandlers can now sign up and obtain a chance to get your very own from the future Springfield overflow.
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You would think the Springfield Police have better things to do other than ticketing those drivers and passengers who donate. Where will the proposed $50 fine go? To help the unhoused in some way? To hear Springfield councilors talk about all the services they provide for the homeless is nothing but an attempt to put l...
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