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Tanner Cadwallader 7th round draft pick Coach O’Shea called me shortly after I was picked. That alone was just an amazing experience,” said Cadwallader. “As soon as I saw his name come up on my phone I was on top of the world because he’s somebody I idolized since I was a kid. “He played at Guelph, which is a short drive from my place. You go through Guelph’s facility and there are these 12-foot pictures of him. I’ve got books about Canadian football that he’s quoted in… he’s such an icon and a legend. So, to have that guy calling me – even just for interviews before the draft – it’s incredible. I keep using that word – incredible – but it’s how I feel.“What I like about watching the Bombers is all of those guys seem to play with their hearts on their sleeves and they’re diehards. I’m excited to be a part of that because that’s the way I like to play.“I love the culture they’ve built in Winnipeg. I can’t wait to be a part of it.”https://www.bluebombers.com/2020/05/05/just-love-game-cadwallader-thrilled-play-coach-oshea/

In these times Snopes is a very handy resource

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/1998-trump-people-quote/ Hate to do this but a lot of these quotes are not true

Great idea. When my gf told me of the potato surplus I immediately said they should do this. And/or create an online page where people can purchase surplus food and divert it to specific programs, food banks etc.

If you think that it was a deliberate revelation by Trump, you would be wrong. He is like a rabid ferret on meth and trying to credit him with logic is pointless.

So out of touch.

He’s got the better name. His sister is Theopatra... 😅

I laughed at the thought of him having to call Osh back the next day because he was too much of a mess the first time... ha ha.

“When Coach O’Shea called me and I saw his name pop up on my phone I burst into tears with emotion. Just to hear him say, ‘Congrats and we can’t look forward enough to having you with us and we’re so happy we got a chance to pick you.’ That’s such an amazing moment. I just kept saying, ‘Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you… ‘ “And so,” added Liegghio with a laugh, “I felt like I needed to call him the next day and have more of a real conversation other than just repeating ‘Thank you’ a thousand times over and over again.” https://www.bluebombers.com/2020/05/04/almost-surreal-liegghio-excited-learn-medlock/

My newest treat to myself is...The Plot Thickens A documentary podcast from Turner Classic Movies. The first season is about a young cinephile who quickly rose to become one of Hollywood's top directors. But Peter Bogdanovich soon found himself a victim of jealousy, hubris, public scorn - and a devastating crime. Along with host Ben Mankiewicz, Peter looks back on his life and tries to make sense of fame and failure.

Oh wow, that is actually a sound plan. Good on them.

I'm so hungry, I could eat at Arby's

The guys who were shamelessly pumping Simonise's tires want to believe they were right about him, so the story becomes 'he wasn't given a chance'. It's easier than admitting they were wrong in the first place.

yeah you guys had this convo awhile back like in late 2018

He's been cut by the Bengals, the Bombers & the Lions. How can you say he hasn't had any real opportunities? One NFL & 2 CFL teams gave him opportunities. He had an opportunity with the Dinos but blew that when he was ruled academically ineligible to play for the Dinos. That would definitely raise a red flag by any pro team. If a player isn't disciplined to put in the time to study in university then how can he be expected to be disciplined to learn the intricacies of an NFL or CFL playbook? After dropping out of university he failed a drug test & tested positive for a banned substance when he was at the Bengals training camp. Then his CFL draft year deferred to 2018 from 2017 because of it. In a real head scratcher, after being cut by the Bengals he went to play junior ball with the Okanagan Sun. How would playing against mostly kids a year or two out of high school make him a better player after going to an NFL camp? Why not sign with an Arena League team or stay in the US to train & get better?? Still he got drafted by the Bombers even though he never dominated as a junior player with the Sun. The he was cut by the Bombers after 2 seasons here & last season with the Lions. To me, all this falls on the player & not the teams who cut him. Simonise decided himself to take the long & hard road to the pros. It didn't have to be that way so it was his decision. He was given chances. In some cases more than one. It' was up to Simonise to take advantage of what was given him. Looks like he didn't. Bad decisions played a part. Maybe the reality is he wasn't good enough.

Whistleblower Alleges Trump Administration Ignored Dire COVID-19 Warnings FALSE STARTS The complaint filed on Tuesday by Dr. Rick Bright described an administration that sputtered when the virus emerged. Sam Stein, Erin Banco, Asawin Suebsaeng, Jackie Kucinich Updated May. 05, 2020 3:39PM ET / Published May. 05, 2020 2:30PM ET The Trump administration was warned in late January that it had a critical shortage of surgical masks needed to combat coronavirus and that it needed to prioritize the development of a vaccine. But it failed to take action, a top administration health official alleges in a whistleblower complaint formally filed on Tuesday. The complaint from Dr. Rick Bright, who led the government’s efforts to find a vaccine for the coronavirus before being reassigned to a position at the National Institutes of Health, details what he describes as a staggering degree of inaction from administration officials bracing for a historic pandemic. Bright, who served as a program leader within the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), says he raised alarms about supply chain shortages early on during the coronavirus’ spread. While certain officials inside the administration shared his fears—most notably, President Donald Trump’s trade adviser Peter Navarro—others did not. https://www.thedailybeast.com/whistleblower-alleges-trump-adm-ignored-dire-covid-warnings?ref=home

Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman says evidence suggests coronavirus was not manmade or released from lab https://thehill.com/policy/defense/496241-joint-chiefs-of-staff-chairman-says-evidence-suggests-coronavirus-was-not You realize, that we will now have to wait a day or two, until Trump and his megaphones roll out the next phony baloney narrative. Or perhaps until later this afternoon......

Some beef ranchers are selling meat at reduced prices. But you have to be willing to take an entire quartered beef carcass. Prime, farm grown beef for $3 a pound. DM me if this is something you'd be interested in.

Sounds like a plan.

Well, what a Republican thing to do...😉

I knew a few people who had worked at Arby's years ago..... I don't know about eating meat that came to them in goo form which they then congealed and cooked and pass it off as roast beef. The fries were on point though.

I honestly think people are being a little too hard on Simonise. He's young and hasn't really been given much opportunity yet. Lots of NAT receivers don't come into their own in their first couple years. Here in Winnipeg he just got stuck behind a pretty darned good trio of NAT receivers who deserved the playing time they got, and in BC the Lions were not in a position to give him much opportunity because they could not realistically give developmental reps to him. I would like to see his next year before declaring him a bust. There are plenty of reliable NAT receivers who did bupkus their first couple years before getting their chance.

The religious nut stuff always reminds me of this:

Pretty sure Reagan used the Make America Great Again slogan too. SAD!

CNN Accuses Trump Campaign of ‘False, Misleading, and Deceptive’ Edit of Its Footage Tom Sykes Published May. 05, 2020 5:11AM ET Kevin C. Cox CNN has accused the Trump re-election campaign of misusing CNN news coverage in a way that’s “false, misleading, and deceptive.” The network issued a cease-and-desist letter in response to a new Trump ad, titled “American Comeback,” which edits a segment from CNN’s The Situation Room to suggest that Wolf Blitzer and a guest, Sanjay Gupta, were crediting the president’s travel ban policy issued in January for saving millions of American lives, “when in fact Mr. Blitzer and Dr. Gupta were discussing recently implemented social-distancing guidelines and stay-at-home orders issued by state and local governments.” The Trump campaign has said “the ad is accurate,” said CNN was “the only outlet” to reject the ad and called the news network “effectively a Joe Biden super PAC.”

I think there is a real chance the Republicans lose the senate, but most likely the democrats do the "healing the nation" bullshit and let them off the hook.

Whew! For a second there, I thought you said bleached...

I was thinking more along the lines of:

It's not even hoarding, hospitals are buying a bunch of this stuff where they normally wouldn't. As far as masks go, you are probably not likely to find an N95 mask, and procedural masks might be out there, but you can always use a home made mask with a decently heavy fabric. I am sure there are some online guidelines for help there. Just keep in mind that wearing a mask does more to protect others from yourself spreading than it does preventing others from spreading to you.

Allen won 3 Grey Cups with 3 different teams. He threw for over 72,000 yards, was the GC MVP in all 3 wins plus he won the CFL's MOP Award in 2005. How does an overrated qb do that?

Trump Says 80,000-100,000 Americans Will Die, Calls That a ‘Success’ President Trump on Sunday radically revised upward his estimate of how many Americans would die from the novel coronavirus, saying that anywhere between 80,000 and 100,000 people could die—after he cited a death toll of 50,000 to 60,000 roughly two weeks ago. “That’s one of the reasons we’re successful, if you call losing 80 or 90 thousand people successful,” Trump said in a Fox News town hall at the Lincoln Memorial. https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-says-80-90000-americans-will-die-calls-that-a-success

Sadly this made my day...possibly month! The location on Henderson used to be busy all of the time it was surprising that it closed down. The food is light years better then the crap at McD's and BK....

It's no rumour. The owner had confirmed the news a few months ago that it was coming.

Nah. They did win. I didn’t like it either. But they won. That’s our system.

You said if we didn’t have Aboriginals our crime rate would be lower. All of my ‘bullet points’ are to show that the issues with Aboriginals and crime rate are a collective responsibility. You can’t just abuse a segment of your population, leading to widespread poverty, and then somehow dismiss them - we are living with the legacy of pushing them aside, of categorizing then as wards of the state and of putting them into residential schools. No, you don’t take this grade 12 teacher’s for it, I pointed you to some credible sources.

But but but what about all those refugees (AKA immigrants) bringing crime, disease and filth to our pristine land?

I’ll give it to you straight up. I have taught gr. 12 Law for about a dozen years, and I have several police officer friends, they come to my class as guest speakers. Yes, about 90% of the criminals they deal are repeat offenders. Yes, the correctional system has a high number of Aboriginal inmates. But to say our crime rate would be lower if we didn’t have any Aboriginals? The issues with Aboriginals are not only the fault of Aboriginals, not by a long shot. 1. The longest running human rights abuse in recorded world history is residential schools in Canada. From New France in 1600s until the last one closed in 1996. 2. If you want to learn more about residential schools for Aboriginals, go to the Canadian Encyclopedia and search residential schools. I would also recommend reading ‘Clearing the Plains’ by James Daschuck. 3. Even just a cursory glance at the current situation, shows a situation that will naturally create a higher crime rate. All of it created by government legislation, namely, The Indian Act. a) Funding per person that is below welfare levels, with local politics worsening the situation, due to unfair distribution. b) Education funded at a rate of $4300 per students, when the public education system is spending $10 000 per student. c) Teaching staff that will be snapped up by school divisions in large urban centres, as soon as they have gained experience and proven to be effective. I could go on, but considering all of the above, it is clear that the high Aboriginal crime rate is a shared responsibility. I also want to add one final point - it’s not that Australia and New Zealand don’t have Aboriginals - they actually have world renowned English as a second language education programs for their Aboriginal students.

Waco on Netflix is really good, though it does try to paint Koresh pretty sympathetically. Great cast, Michael Shannon (always awesome) as an FBI negotiator and the underrated Taylor Kitsch as Koresh. Also stars Shea Whigham and my favourite, Julia Garner. I had just seen a documentary on Waco so was feeling pretty Waco'ed out but this is really good. They sort of make the point that the ATF really didnt need to bother with Waco at all, but dont spend any time at all on the weapons they had and they under-play the child abuse (or statutory rape if you want to call it there). Though you do get the sense that Koresh is nuts. Recommended!

lost in all this was Milt put up his numbers for the majority of his career playing with complete garbage for a QB..unlike Pitts and Simon..Imagine if Milt played with a star for a solid 8-10 years of that career

And there will be some here yet again predicting that this new league will kill the CFL.

Nah, give it a few years & some rich yahoo will try again. It just never ends.