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Writing about our fantasies is entertaining, isn't it, Mr. Sylwester? I enjoyed your letter for that reason. Since we're sharing, here's mine:
Men (and women) who presume to violate the boundaries between themselves and their fellow women citizens will be required to register as 'misogynists' with the state. Those on ... | 0.166667 | 0 | 0.166667 | 0 | 0.166667 | 0.166667 | 0.166667 |
Always good to have a backup plan if your business relies on the interweby thingamagicy. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Like the cops, afraid of their shadows? 6th Grade reading, worth $15,000.00 for you policemen who attended college, but flunked 8th grade.
Now Bellingham has agreed to pay Laigaie $15,000 for violating his rights.
One can’t help but wonder, however, why the officers were not receiving this training in the first place.... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
How about guns in the Capitol building and the LIO? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
" this outrageous ruling"
Again simply your opinion, many think differently, and your inability to challenge others without calling their intelligence into question, speaks volumes about your position.
I have never ran from anything in my life, and in answer to your question, until that "heart" is able to sustain it... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Guns are NOT needed on campus! | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Safer? Don't believe everything you think. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
If one accepts the notion that the mixing of human chromosomes represents the full essence of human life, then other arguments "after the fact".
The author posits the root argument here: "Some dismiss this being as a zygote, which is a stage of human development like infancy, adolescence, adulthood and old age. A zygo... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bruce: Thank you for your letter, it offers the most valuable perspective I can imagine. I'm 73 and have recently witnessed the very "difficult" deaths of two good friends...One from ALS, the other after a long, "losing" battle with cancer. Both men reached the point where they were in constant pain, needed heavy, he... | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Very well put. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What the heck, let's just continue in our current twilight zone. | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What a waste of time. What the university was doing was already illegal. The law says that if you are an employer, it doesn't specify public or private, if you want a gun free zone you have to have a security point. You just cant simply make a gun free zone by edict. The university board was simply making law onto the... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Isn't that what the all these white politicians, regardless of party, have done since time immemorial? Didn't hear you whinging when we had an oil company lawyer in the governor's chair.
Methinks thou dost protest too much. Most of us, on the other hand, don't protest enough... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1. Public Education
Schools and institutions so established shall be free from sectarian control.
4. Public Health
The legislature shall provide for the promotion and protection of public health.
http://ltgov.alaska.gov/Mallott/services/alaska-constitution/article-viiA096A0health-education-and-welfare.html | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
I see your argument but if it is "convenient" it is so in the same way that it is convenient for a man to have cancerous cells removed from his rectum or a tumor from his brain. If you can say that your moral system requires that I not terminate a pregnancy then I can say that mine requires you to leave your cancerous ... | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0 |
Sorry Bill, but I have answered your question, and your inability to understand my answer isn't in any way my fault, therefore I am simply not going to waste any more time on the subject.
Countering your opinion is my only interest. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The law is very clear. If you are an employer, public or private, unless otherwise exempted, if you want a gun free zone you have to have a security point. Beyond that point it can be a gun free zone. You cant simply make a gun free zone by edict. Any public area is by default a carry area. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
just glancing at the sketch they did...if they just used matching red brick on the façade that is "wall" - leave the glass windows that are in the design and use some white trim that blends with, but is less ornate, than the main building. a little something on top to give it dimension and some matching lines for th... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sound like an unconstitutional infringement if you listen to Pete Kelly....there is a law banning weapons in sensitive areas... Like schools.... and Kelly said that's unconstitutional... Can't have it both ways can you? Kids have constitutional rights too.... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Slashing higher education budgets, which is happening all over the country, is one of the popular "penny-wise and pound-foolish" fiscal approaches favored by many state legislatures. We should be investing more, not less, in our schools and universities. We are doing a serious disservice to our young people, and to our... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Exactly, no means no, yes means yes, and Right means Left? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Senate passed it 13-5 that is 72%. They only need 66% to override a veto. The governor is not a dictator. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Unfortunately, there's a lot of folks out there who value stiggin' it to the libs more than their own economic well being.
"There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there always has been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural lif... | 0.166667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.166667 | 0.166667 | 0 |
Just keep Alaska Standard Time and dump DST. The hubaloo over whether we are 5 hours or 4 hours off from East Coast is not anything to get worked up about. I dealt with East Coast almost daily in my job, and well, you simply make sure you make those calls first in the morning. Really not a big deal, and one hour won't ... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Military bases are actually gun free zones for some insane reason. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
I believe the story quote from young Mr. Ostrander - the UAA student union VP and economics/poly sci major - blaming the legislature for gutting "higher education" - and saying the Univ has no choice but to "raise tuition" drastically - tells us all we need to know about the quality of his education at UAA. Anyone wil... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Its going to be interesting to watch the exodus of advisors from the financial advisor along with the numbers of people who will no longer have professional advice available to them because they do not have a high enough level of investible assets to justify any advisor putting their E&O liability insurance on the line... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Elvi is solid people with support from both sides of the political aisle, and a track record of hard work and effectiveness. There's a reason her politically diverse district keeps sending her back.
...I'm generally not one to suggest that those who criticize someone who happens to be a darker-skinned human are automa... | 0.4 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0 |
I know, its nice to be retired right? I look forward to that someday too. But right now I work and look forward to my evenings. In the summer before I go to work its 40s and 50s outside. In the evening when I get home the temperatures are more conducive to outdoor activities. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
This article is a complete waste of time! | 0.166667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.166667 | 0 | 0 |
Good luck young man | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Actually Jay Elvi is and has been one, if not the best Assembly rep we have had. Midtown has had Dick Traini as well and he is a good rep. I have not always agreed with Elvi and Dick but have never had an issue that went as far as a heated discussion. Private or public. We had Dan Coffey for many years and in my op... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
"the mother is the victim now!"
Never said that, you and your comments make me understand that she would be, if you had your way. But you also show way to much interest in what other people do regarding their personal lives. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The truth is that people with no or low incomes are in favor of increased taxation, it won't effect them. Those with an actual income are opposed to letting the government have it. Cut state spending. Stop the waste. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Right. And of course surrounded by 'tolerant, fair-minded' individuals such as yourself creating such a 'positive work environment' for her, I'm sure she had no grounds whatsoever to do so. And I actually managed to type all that with a straight face.
Point is, I don't know about that one way or the other. Neither ... | 0.166667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.166667 | 0 | 0 |
Absolutely! Have you ever watched a loved one in the final stages of incurable cancer writhe in pain, babble incoherently, emit blood curdling screams? Have you seen a vibrant, capable man overcome by ALS wither into a useless body, shutting themselves, wanting to die, but being denied that dignity? Do you think Tessly... | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
I always thought just keep Alaska on permanent Daylight Savings Time -- no switching back in the fall to standard time. Then we would be on the same time as the west coast in the winter, still benefit from additional evening light in the spring/summer/fall, and not have the stupid clock changing twice a year. | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 |
I was was really confused for a minute about billhooper's question, "how do you justify accusing somebody of two murders when a pregnant woman is murdering" as 1) I have not heard of too many pregnant women going around killing people, and 2) I had never heard of anyone accuse a pregnant woman who had killed someone of... | 0.166667 | 0 | 0 | 0.166667 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Can you reference that law? The crux of the matter is this: If you restrict people's right to self defense in a certain location, you have a moral obligation to provide security there, which would require metal detectors and a controlled perimeter. Without this, you just have a bunch of signs, and good intentions, w... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
I thought it was fun. Insightful, even. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ally, Medicines are kept in many locations in a home. These happened to be kept in the kitchen, which is the most common place for most seniors with a large pill containers. Secondly, if you read my comments, they agreed to have the camera. Of course we would never install a camera without consent. That would be illega... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rachael: I respect your right to your opinion. I will probably run 19 hour days until I die and I enjoy my evenings outside, too. Perhaps you should use a day-stretcher:) | 0.166667 | 0 | 0 | 0.166667 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Obviously she is oblivious to both of those things. She also needs to look at a map, this isn't Russia or China. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Taku - Campbell Community Council has the unique case in the city where our Council boundaries are in three different Assembly districts with technically 6 Assembly Reps! Midtown is by far the largest district with Elvi and Dick being our very capable reps. We rarely see or really have a need for the other 4. They c... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Kansas II: Alaska Boogaloo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
As someone who works near Bridgeport I would love being able to take a single line downtown. If I were to ride from Beaverton Transit Center to Rose Quarter it would be roughly 40 minutes. Currently a trip from Bridgeport or Tigard is roughly an hour with buses. If this can save time, add capacity to the I5 corridor... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Um, how long has it been since ATT went down on cellular in a widespread way??
Oh....weeks! | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Voting in the Democratic primaries thus far has shown that Hillary is the favorite of African American, Hispanic and other voters of color and that Bernie's support is, in large part, from privileged white youth. I find this very interesting, especially given that many universities are using this month to make whites ... | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 |
I don't have the citation at hand... Berta Gardner quoted it during the debate on the bill. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Here's an idea--replace 'recovering' with 'flaming', and spell 'hemorrhoid' correctly. I believe in 'truth in labeling'. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
SD:
Due to past history, I simply scanned it, and didn't catch the typos. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
No porn or Facebook in the trailer parks. Guessing that p'd off a lot more people. | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 |
Time to stop this arbitrary clock changing in the fall and winter. Just move the hands forward or move them back then leave the damned things alone. Daylight savings is meaningless when you lose it in the morning only to regain more than you can use at night. Stop manipulating our natural circadian rhythms with this se... | 0.3 | 0 | 0.3 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
Charlie, I'd suggest you contact Elvi and get her Community Council meeting schedule. The Councils are not paid, are not "rich" nor all that influential. If you can find room in there and the Assembly working schedule for much single interest time you will be qualified to advise the Alaskan Senate Majority on their T... | 0.166667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.166667 | 0 | 0 |
Example? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Why don't we put Alaska time where it belongs for the majority of the state?
UTC -10hrs .
Right now we are on double DST. If we move it to Pacific time we'll be on triple DST | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Either they never called for a locate or the locator got lazy & marked it off without doing it. In any case it's a safe bet more than one will lose their job over this. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
But the West Coast STILL has DST - so California would be an hour ahead of us in the summer if Alaska got rid of DST. That makes no sense. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Just like one more cigarette means one less lung cancer death.
Your grasp of logic is astounding. | 0.166667 | 0 | 0 | 0.166667 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
love the word "sloth" - i'm not catholic.... and if i'm not doing my own digging pers se - it is because I am working - from about 5;30a to about 8-8:30p - taking breaks to water plants, walk dogs , check my website and take care of biz there and check in here - I love the "conversation", sharing of info and ideas, ... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Very well said. Thank you. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Your post makes absolutely no sense. He spoke the truth. What's wrong with that? What other choices do they have? | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
That statement is not true. Low income people pay more taxes because they have less income and the taxes they pay compared to what they take in are a higher % of their income since their income is smaller. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Alaska lawmakers propose putting the entire state on TRIPLE Daylight Saving Time. Tell it like it is. Write a headline that spells it out. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
I would rather watch grass grow. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
California is making a big move away from DST. When that happens it will signal a sea change for the rest of the states. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Where is the "accompanying image" | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Correct but many people that live and work between Bridgeport and downtown will use this line. It's like people forget this line will have other stops... Doubt many in downtown Hillsboro regularly ride the Blue line but yet its always full of people from Intel / Nike somehow... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ending Daylight saving time is a great idea. Putting all the clocks ahead and back is pain.
Making all Alaska one time zone is a good idea too.
However, shifting all Alaska one time-zone to the east, is not a good idea. Clocks would be just too out of synch with the sun. | 0.00175 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000875 | 0 |
Perfectly said. The entertainment value of the RNC is going to be priceless! | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
I have a sister who lives in a portion of Indiana which didn't make the time change. They have since seen the light, so to speak, and got in sync with the rest of the state cause it was a hassle being different. With the rest of my family (living in different time zones) timing calls was easy. With Chris it was a nuisa... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Yeah I would think there should be some financial penalty to the company to serve as an incentive to be more careful in the future. But the notion of charges is pretty ridiculous -- leave it up to the company how they want to handle it with the affected employee(s) internally... fired, disciplined, whatever. | 0.3 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |
Ms. Evingson, you'll get something of an answer to your question when they sentence that Alaskan Native guy who killed a sled-dog while driving drunk on his snowmobile. Five'll getcha ten he'll get WAY more time. Shows our 'court officers', including the DAs and judges, perverted priorities, to say nothing of their e... | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0 |
There are a million things that could take out the internet connection. I would suggest you have a contingency plan. You can pull in Alaska Communications or Borealis Broadband as a secondary and use the bandwidth of both carriers. Then if there is an outage on one carrier, you have a backup. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
For the safety of students, getting them to school in daylight, DST is worth the trouble. Arizona forgoes it, which may be semi-practical in low-latitude bailiwicks. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Riddle me this: Are abortion clinics "sensitive areas"? If so, do people of your ideology support the rights of abortion providers and patients to possess a weapon on the premises, or would signs declaring this a "safe space" suffice? Liberals feel instead of rationalize, and can't support their positions without re... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Have fun Skankorage,, EG was fired for incompetence and raised a stink,, now she's gonna runna the show,hahaha | 0.34 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0 | 0.28 | 0.02 | 0 |
As a Norwegian who spent a semester at UAF, and were planning to return to UAF to do my Masters, I have to say this article has made me reconsider my plans, not only because of the quite dramatic increases in tuition, but more importantly the effects this will have staff and programs. As I see it, cutting spending in h... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
An uplifting letter and tribute to the best that is in us all. There is so much negativity and conflict of one sort or another in society these days, it's easy to get sucked down by it all. Thanks for the reminder that we have it within us for it not to be so. You guys must be good friends. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Oh the drama! | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
There should have been a lawsuit by the victims of Sandy Hook and VT, holding local governments liable for creating a weapons-free zone while doing nothing to enforce it. This is criminal negligence. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Yes, because it's such a huge problem. Why, it's even bigger than the budget! | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
I despise Trump but began this article by thinking even these nitwits have a right to a peaceful meeting. Then I read this by the ringleader;
"And we wanted to see what the leftist radicals would do about us."
So the hell with them. | 0.644737 | 0.013158 | 0.328947 | 0 | 0.552632 | 0.039474 | 0 |
Allow concealed weapons in our Legislative halls. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
I don't believe imposition of Islamic sharia law is the answer. Especially since decapitation is required for the third offense. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Well look on the bright side, at least the disgruntled former employees and broke students can carry their concealed weapons on campus now......oh wait. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nothing better than my 5am to noon "work day". Gives me all day to play. 9 to 5..lol! | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Alaska Standard Time cannot be legislated away, masters of time & space. They fail us daily in both matters. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
William, did you say this or did you not..... "add another burden to the already stressful decision of ending an unintended pregnancy,"
That sound like "victim" to me, much to your chagrin.
I'm actually in favor of abortion whenever the mother does it for convenience for the obvious reasons. What I disagree with is... | 0.166667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.166667 | 0 | 0 |
In 1864 President Lincoln (a republican) signed the Revenue Act of 1864 that established a progressive income tax structure with four income brackets. This tax paid for the Civil War expenses. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sorry to lose you, Glenn, but unless you were planning on writing the tuition office a check for 28 million, cuts have got to be made. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The self righteous left thought police. Censorship is wrong no matter where on the political spectrum it initiates | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Oh the drama! | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Oh please. Where did he say he didn't like her color. F.M.'s calling card, the automatic race card. I'm with the person who said hang onto your wallets. She's never met a social program she didn't want take other people's money to pay for. Heaven help us. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
I'm glad they're considering getting rid of daylight saving time the idea that you can save daylight is stupid. Changing our clocks and schedules twice a year however does waste time. Here in western Alaska we are already a couple hours off real time because they got rid of a couple time zones back in the 80's daylight... | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 |
Very impactful program. Here is a video depicting the Every 15 Minutes program in Blue River, created for Lane County. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIZDDap4nEg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Now that heartless statement is a double entendre. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
That makes the false assumption any culture that punishes in this manner is Islamic sharia law. That law takes the whole hand. My law would remove a finger giving fair warning if they want to keep the rest, don't be stealing other peoples belongings and denying them their rights. To be moral I'd require 18 and older on... | 0.166667 | 0 | 0 | 0.166667 | 0.166667 | 0.166667 | 0 |
Do not put anymore cash Native into Wells Fargo. In private, nothing for us here, but business bucks, Native leaders give it all to Wells Fargo? | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
And if oil prices still aren't high enough in 3 years, and the PFD is gutted and empty, then what Gerald? That's like living off your credit card instead of looking for a new job: only going to last so long and when the money's gone the money's gone. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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