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Loser. Nuff said.
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Well how can you blame me? You did say, " I have a pension from my union pension fund and working union members paying into this pension fund keep it alive." No 'twist' was required. The sentence stands on it's own merit.
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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.
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Caelus: Keep those fossil fuel subsidies flowing, Alaska.
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Boy, you sure hate the 2nd amendment and those that believe in it and don't want it diminished. How would you feel if they came after the 1st amendment like they do the 2nd? I bet you'd be livid! You probably feel the 1st makes us safer, right? I mean you can have your say and call people names(demagogue, cotton candy ...
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Pence ain't no veep he's the Chumps valet and go for. Anyone that can go on national television an tell lies because that was what he was told to say is an embarrassment
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Feels like Trump has found a convenient dumping ground for his immigration problems. And, he knows that Justin will do anything for a smile or a selfies.
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Obama never balanced any of his budgets! There is no mathematical block to balancing the budget while reducing marginal tax rates and spending more on the military. There is however a mathematical block to balancing the budget if we continuing expecting fewer people (less than 50%) to pay for more and more people doi...
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I am confused by your non-sequitur. Who is the pot, who is the kettle, and who called who black?
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This may be difficult for you to believe, but for some people - especially those with families - there are other considerations than tax rates.
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motley: Yes, I have read over the years that the tests can be beaten. I wish the manufacturers would perfect this technology so it would be accepted in court. Then you would not have the EMOTIONAL aspect of juries as the Lie Detector test machine would not have EMOTIONS. As you well know, there are criminals ...
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Another informative article from Ned and the scientific community. Wonderful news about the health of one of the most beautiful birds in the world.
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The guideway is wide enough for the self driving cars of today and tomorrow. Today we have self guided buses that are very small. In the next few years, electric transit buses will be a regular site. Turning the guideway into a self driving Managed Lane is the best solution. The guideway as planned does not make go...
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Not true, it is still an official language in international organisations, and will become more important with Brexit, and most of France's former colonies still speak it as their official language. But even if it were true, so what? It's irrelevant. Malaysians, Burmese, Turks, etc. will still speak their own language...
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I like the new look. I like that the page no longer snaps to the bottom when you go to it, and the ICO "R" makes more sense now.
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looks like we have too many Leftist trustees concerned more with political correctness than with education -
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Interesting only if you're someone who likes to scrutinize people's every move and make an issue out of something as trivial as how people respond to dinner invitations.
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Another "Gee, why doesn't the left become more centrist and court the "conservatives"" solution...no thank you. Why doesn't the left move further left and cater to actual Americans instead of the lowest common denominator?
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I know it is possible for traditional Republicans to organize, finance and push back against the extremists in their midst. But when a guy like Ed Gillespie is using racism in the Virginia governor’s race, it’s obvious that this process has not yet begun. One has to wonder how much of the racist animus is promoted and ...
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Nope, delivering the mail is good enough for oldfolks. It's tough, especially at Christmas time with all those fliers.
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Thanks to Fire, Sheriff and Clallam County PUD for their service on Christmas, taking them from family and friends. Repair of the Old Olympic Highway pole lasted well into the evening. We appreciate you!
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Pandering to Putin, Assad and Trump is not what I consider brave.
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Mr Kelly - don't try to blame the public for a "renaissance". It's the media that will make movies, made for TV movies, mini-series and documentaries about OJ. That has nothing to do with the president, or OJ. It has to do with, as Trump puts it, fake news. If the media didn't try to make this news, it wouldn't be....
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Okay pakeheat, I finally found what you thought I said to dragoninwater about everyone will want to use it. This was a sarcastic reply to dragoninwater saying that self driving cars will solve the problem of commuting. Self driving cars are not yet anywhere near a reality and it's still expensive and not everyone might...
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Currie writes: “The update noted that over the past year, the Canadian economy grew by 3.7 per cent, which led the G7 by a considerable margin. He is referring to the annual real GDP growth rate for 2017Q2, when US growth was only 2.2%. However, a lot of people might think he was referring to the annual growth rate for...
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My, I do love satire....But, wait, perhaps Mr. Gowins is serious. Oh, come on now....he couldn't be....but, after re-reading the letter, I think he is quite serious. Mr. Gowins says "stand up to bullies." I agree. However, we need to recognize Donald J. Trump is the greatest bully on the public stage. Study his ...
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So UH doesn't have enough players to write about? With start of the season less than a month away, is it too much to ask that UH football be highlighted?
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The moral high ground just got flooded by hurricane Trump.
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Oh wow, you've moved on from exclamation points to question marks. I guess that was from your third grade lesson. You can't hide from the fact that you remain a highly uneducated, whiney, white male who screams at the world for having no accomplishments. White males like you are a total embarrassment to the county....
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And out of those numbers you toss out, how many are solid tax contributors or even of driving/working age? How many are retired? Home ridden? Commute AGAINST the grain? How many are kids who get chauffered daily to/from schools in town? I know...niggling little details...
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In Venezuela we see socialism’s last stop once more in all its "glory". A commie “worker’s paradise” like in Eastern Europe during the 50s, complete with long lines for toilet paper and secret police thugs snatching dissidents from their beds in the middle of the night. Is this what the Venezuela admiring Naomi Klein...
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If as you state, funding is necessary for legislation, then how much did the "Dream Act" cost and how much does it continue to cost? Democrats block as much legislation as their caucus tells them to - they play as many "political games" as anyone!
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"I for one am getting sick and tired about hearing about some biker..." - recovering hemorrhoid Sick: I can recommend some fine physicians. Tired: Naps can do wonders. Hearing: Tuck those earbuds in and crank up the rock-n-roll. No more hearing about anything. Problems solved. You're welcome. Glad to help.
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That's what they're saying, but we don't need a $10+ billion rail system in order to have affordable housing.
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Washington DC was not the only March. There was no such problem at the one I attended, but yes, Planned Parenthood was conspicuous and well supported because in my State they are the first source for reproductive and general heath care for both men and women in the less affluent category and they do not provide aborti...
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The usual "pot calling the kettle black" response from the Tween trolling the comments using his tech toys from his bedroom to attack the adults with his juvenile nonsense from an undeveloped brain.
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Since Andrew Scheer - an excellent Conservative leadership candidate - was the youngest speaker ever elected by the House and so had for four years the tough task of herding these cats, he would certainly know. And I laughed with former UK PM David Cameron when during his final PM's Questions he revealed that he had r...
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My freedom of speech is held captive. Its all about what is supposedly "politically correct", and "semantics". As The Unknown Commenter perfectly stated, "No one is touching this because current politically correct climate favors the transgendered as being at the top of the pecking order, the most protected class o...
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I'll even further your education on slavery. Anthony Johnson was the first Slave owner in British America (yes before the USA). Anthony went to court and won to keep John Casor as property for life. Thereby allowing / starting slavery in America. Did I mention Anthony Johnson was black??? And so was John Casor...? Hm...
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I don't know about other provinces. In BC, most criminal defence work is Legal Aid, and Legal Aid does not pay by the hour for criminal work.
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Talk about applying the law with a sledgehammer without regard to the context of immanent legalisation. Even if it's true that the couple jumped the gun a bit, why are my tax dollars being spent on futile persecution of pot smokers? Spend the money on rounding up rapists and killers.
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Don't know about that Larry, the sniveling leftists are the ones who got Murkowski elected. Remember the (I) after her name?
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"Mr. Trudeau surely meant every word of his platform". Hopefully, the author was being sarcastic. The budget/deficits promise was a blatant lie. FPTP was also a lie. You can't look at either either of them any other way and they were both the most important underpinnings of his campaign. On the environment - he mainta...
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And this is why the state is broke. People moved to King Cove when there was no road, but now it's some injustice there is no road? Don't like it MOVE. I would rather not live in Anchorage, but I do it for access to many things. How about the state build me a personal bullet train from Anchorage to some rural site ...
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"The competition in the marketplace, Kennedy said, would “lower costs for all health care consumers.”" . Is a Democratic candidate for Governor in Colorado advocating that competition in the healthcare market place would lower cost for consumers? . That would seem to go against the universal single-payer zealotry conti...
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HRC lost to certain degree because of the false guidance of Robbie Mook.
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That is an interesting argument and probably explains why the Navy is evasive when accepting blame for the recent contamination from fire fighting chemicals. If they can use your argument and get a court to agree that Island County is partially responsible then millions of dollars of clean up will be foisted onto the ...
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The judge knows that this former investment advisor, arrested while driving his 2012 Lexus, whose charges include methamphetamine, heroin and cocaine, who is also under investigation by the SEC, and who has 20 firearms won't skip? How about if he were a black man, with no job, driving a 2000 Lexus or a Mexican in a For...
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The confusion seems to be in not seeing that Christ had the supper only with His disciples and after His discourse in John where He distinguishes between His followers and "the world". When Christ ate with the tax collectors He did no give them Eucharist. When he ate at the Pharisees home He did not give them Euchari...
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Because the press has teamed up against him . This very headline proves it. He gave great speeches . He reached out to all American's . He hired two top notch people . AND he flew to Louisiana while Obama stayed on vacation playing golf. Clinton phoned in her support. The tide is about to turn big time. The game ...
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Failure to plan. No satellite phone, Emergency Beacon (GMDSS) or (SEND) on board. Yes, these two were clearly in the path of the SS Minnow. People do not plan to fail. They fail to plan. So lucky to rescued.
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" Plus we are not saying that all employees do this, just that there is a portion who do and people have heard about it" Yes, the old "people have heard about it." "Ask anybody who knows"..... Well, that would be me and abuse is rare, but I understand that facts do not serve your narrative. Sorry.
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It appears that it is skeleton except for the skull, but that the current cast of the skull will be replaced by the original bones when completed. Definitely worth seeing! http://www.theglobeandmail.com/technology/science/blue-whale-royal-ontario-museum/article34247051/
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Waters said she was “devastated” to learn she was a Canadian citizen and has resigned from office “with a heavy heart.” --------- Welcome to Canada! Consider approaching the CBC for possible employment.
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Garrison, you are quite ignorance so I'll excuse your silly comments. During my years working in the housing units of CIPT, nearly all the native inmates I got to know and there are quite a few of them, nearly all, committed their crimes while under the influence of drug or alcohol or both. Your racist ignorance ignore...
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Why would "knowing them" change truth about the goodness or badness of their behavior. What sort of strange morality is that?
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I don't think the Democrats have any worries; Chump is managing to sway his own voter base 180 degrees in the opposite direction! The Democrats only have to sit back and watch the fireworks!
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Why is mother nature not properly processing the increase in CO2? Is she mean-spirited or just asleep at the wheel?
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Yes we folks on the Hillside do make use of the parks up here in our backyards. We are also constantly out picking up trash and dog shit that is left by others in our backyard everyday!!! Keeping it clean since we live here and have to look at it everyday as we drive home.-- We pay plenty of taxes to live here!! How...
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You really think the marks will never wise up, don't you? So far, the Lump administration has done next to nothing, but all of it beneficial to the party's rich donors and detrimental to the people who actually voted for the Mad King. Smash 'n' grabs can't really go on too long once the alarms start going off.
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Neither you nor JHM4 have been to Quebec for some time, I would guess. The food is quite sophisticated and smoking is way down. As far as the driving is concerned, I see far more Asians and middle easterners running stop signs.
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"before any of were alive" should read as "before any of us were alive"
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Just like I expected, talk down to those you don't agree with and direct them to the dictionary. Tyrant wasn't even in the list of names I was referring to but then I wouldn't have expected an acknowledgment of any fault on your part.
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"with the intent to influence, solely on the basis of partisan political affiliation" So standing for our national anthem is now a partisan issue? If you stand your a republican if you kneel your a democrat.
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Another Trumpette proves that they lack the humour gene....
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She is not my candidate unless she can grow up. She was filming a surfing promotional and missed a key meeting related to the VA in Honolulu.....that is self-aggrandizing behavior which is intolerable. She has seemed like a one-issue politician......military affairs. Sorry, that is only one of many issues our second di...
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Obama and the Dems reached across the aisle and were willing to work with the GOP. The GOP refused to work together to help make legislation for the benefit of all Americans then and they're refusing to work together now.
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Relax and take a deep breath. The article is about personal finances, not about government finances. Apples and oranges. Our government has not saddled you or any other Canadian with a debt burden. The so-called debt that the government keeps on its books will not be paid off, and there is no reason why it should be.
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It wouldn't be easy to plan government spending each year, because you don't know how the markets the fund is invested in are going to perform. If you have a year like 2008, you're going to have a big drop in income.
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Please provide proof of your assertions. Make me a believer.
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Men (and women) are not thieves either. And yet things keep getting stolen. Perhaps the best thing to do is to stop looking for a solution that covers every single imaginable possibility and work on what produces the most benefit most rapidly, which would be avoiding risk. If people then want to keep on working on redu...
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The FBI proved the Witch lied about her emails. Then everyone involved pleaded the 5th at the hearings. She needs to go to jail. Or better yet, send her daughter as well. Poor little thing is only making 900K a year working for the Clinton foundation.
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Actually, it is most often the right-wingers here who don't want facts to confuse them. How else to explain all the excuses for the Trump team? I wonder if you googled GPS Fusion. How about Magnitsky? I found the sites and connected articles very informative and disquieting.
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My email showed your sweet response. Thanks!
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I have PTSD so that means I am allowed to be an online stalker
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Just racist. All societal problems are the result of him being black.
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The self absorbed are always tooting their horns. Who really cares if you leave the party. He just sounds vindictive and like he swallowed some sour grapes... Go do something good and positive, that's all....
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Hey Gordon. Hilcorp doesn't own Badami. The fact that you spout off about things without knowing what you're talking about helps explain why we have Democrats thinking that an income tax will save the State. Rape and pillage the earth? Hey, you do realize that natural gas is creating the electricity to power your compu...
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Housing is a provincial and municipal issue Lobby your premier is the best bet. Surprised Alberta hasn't made any moves since polls typically show them the most concerned by this phenomenon
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Remember Hillary received a bit of "coaching" on that item from ... Colin Powell. Not that it has anything to do with what will be in tomorrow's testimony .... which will be very interesting.
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Well Whaz, Well Clothesoff, the proof is, the Habs are a much better team than your Laughs. The Habs have beaten the Laughs both times this year, the Habs beat the Kings, the Kings blew away the Laughs. Too bad, U need a team in the Nation to win things. That you do not have at this time.
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Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Are you not aware of the sexual assaults that took place in the Superdome during Katrina? http://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/trapped-in-the-superdome-refuge-becomes-a-hellhole/ Only you are responsible for your ignorance.
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Less arm tackling. Bring in Leonard Peters as a consultant, or at last watch his films. He made players think twice about running in his direction. Instill a "killer instinct" (without penalties). Maybe the players should watch films of LSU, or Auburn, or Alabama. They are ready, every play; If not they'll be replaced,...
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my step-daughter is the Anchorage hospital waiting to die from an opiod overdose that happened Dec. 20. Only her brain stem is keeping her alive now, and it's been 12 days waiting. The MRI is as bad as it gets, so says the neurologist. 'm so sorry for your loss, I do know your pain. I've been in AA almost all my life. ...
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Right take a statement from someone who did not like Sessions but completely leave out all of the rest including anything that actually shows him to be a strong supporter of civil rights and completely opposed to racists/segregationists of any kind. Also leave out that many who opposed his confirmation now support him ...
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"Your richer than you think"
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This has to do with the contents of the article how exactly?
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Wonderful & well written article, especially when these "Religious Leaders" made the call for People of Faith to "participate in protests and rallies"!...Nothing mentioned about peaceful protests! Maybe we should follow the example set by the "protest & rally" held at UC Berkeley, on Feb 1st, where violence against peo...
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"…the President said in a weekend tweet that his putative Republican allies looked “like fools”" Yup, as always Trump takes no responsibility for anything. The mark of a real fool.
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Refusing to patronize establishments owned by AB&M damages employees the most. They were strong enough to go to the Labor Board and still keep working even though angry. They shouldn't be punished with losing their jobs because of the owner's management practices. AB&M will pay them their back wages plus fines and i...
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i do not know what you are on but really , grow up, just because many of us have the same ideas does not mean we are all the same, you know there are people out here that do not think and believe as you ultra left wing people do you know! please feel free to continue living this fantasy all you like while the adults de...
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Do you not understand the phrase "like too many"?
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Agree completely Shar! 0ne of the most interesting observations in this article is that from Gloria Steinem who notes that women's role in early child rearing has profound psychological consequences in our view of women. This monopoly of the role of child care may trigger powerful unconscious separation issues that are...
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I saw one near Glennallen years ago. So did my boyfriend and our kids. My daughter saw one near Sterling when delivering papers just a few years ago. They even put it in the paper. My neighbor was not even surprised, saying she'd seen it many times.They're here.
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Calm down. I'm not going to tell you again.
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Not sure how you get that I have range anxiety? Also - what am I surrendering exactly? Lower cost, convenient commuter car is what I need and what I have. Soon, folks that need longer range 385 km per charge will get their car. My point is that it is already a viable and affordable option today. With range and cost im...
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Of the several articles written about the bankruptcy, there are none that describe what the problems were at the facility on Arctic Blvd. (where the press would be relocated). Construction is a risky endeavor and can occasionally involve misdeeds by owners, designers and contractors, so why the lack of detail?
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Psycho babble. They are letting them out like crazy in the state prisons also. Not good. Some folks believe that if you hold their hand, put them through a seven step class and sing kumbayah with them, all will be well. Not working so well.....
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It's not random reduced screening (except for those days when everyone is Precheck) nor is it a reduction in security. Background checks are made, the cost of those checks is paid by the individual desiring Precheck status.
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Amazing! $2,595,000 buys you a 20-minute commute to anywhere! Funny...didn't see the Elon Musk Hyperloop in the basement — it has to be there right!?!
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