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"I empathize with these people, but **** em" is what I read. I'm guessing you haven't ever attended or listened to any Truth and Reconciliation dialogues. You should. You live in a black and white world of right and wrong that has never existed.

Cuts to Healthcare. Cuts to Education. One of the worse vaccination rollouts in Canada but Pallister has $25 million for a redevelopment fund for the downtown Bay building? **** this *******! **** the entire Manitoba PC Party!

Travis Rudolph sounds like he was raised by two loving parents. Here is a pic of his dad Darryl, taking a break from his loving wife children and grandchildren (neglecting them, you could say) to answer a few questions about his son. The news reports his dad was shot to death. True, but it wasn't murder, it was an accidental discharge. THAT'S tragic. Sometimes, unfortunately, 2 loving parents can make all the right decisions and their kid can still grow up to make the wrong decisions. Hugs and bedtime stories are a great start, but the world around you and your unique experiences as an individual shape who you become. Once your kids hit public school... you are longer the sole influence if your kid's life. Just wait til they're on social media! Not saying this is what anyone was implying... but anyone who thinks single parents can't sacrifice for their kids, preach hard work, instill respect or otherwise raise their kids properly is out to lunch. Plenty of single parents or children of single parents,. possibly even on this board.... who would have a few things to say about that.

That should be a variant, not the variant... there are a few of them floating around (South Africa, UK, Brazil). My understanding is that the Brazil one is the one of most concern, and hasn't arrived in Manitoba yet, but it's likely just a matter of time.

Under the O ( for old man ) 63 .........Bingo !!! Booked in for Sunday !

Travis Rudolph / ALM / BLM has been moved to general discussion.

If you want to over-simplify the issue of criminality, you will miss a lot of truths. I have worked with those who have committed serious crimes, and almost all have come through horrible childhoods and adolescences. This does not justify them committing crimes, but it does underscore that unless we intervene with people who have been brutalized, we will continue to fill our courts and jails. In Holland where non-violent offenders are not sent to jails but to alternate measures, the crime rates have fallen so far that they have been closing jails. That said, there have been a few that scared the poop out of me, even in a closed setting. These few need to be incarcerated for the rest of their lives.

Haha we should create an unpopular opinion font. We could all get some use out of it now and again

Keeping the restrictions in place is a great move. Big thumbs up. Winnipeg may need to look at adding further restrictions if the TPR continues to go up and if the variants of concern take over.

The CDC in Atlanta is reported by CNN as stating that "long-hauler" COVID victims who have recovered but are still feeling dysphoric are feeling better after the second vaccination. Not all but about 30-40%. No reason has so far been identified.

Anytime a life ends prematurely by an act of violence by someone else, or self imposed, it is both a tragedy and a waste. I don't think that summation is exclusive to any race, religion, creed, or social standing both current and historic. #ALLLIVESMATTER

At this point...no one will believe that it's only going to be two weeks...they have been bounced like that before.

Because it is not that simple. It won't work like it did last spring - lockdown fatigue is a tough steer to wrestle down.

Not sure about how far out, but my mom just became eligible yesterday...either phoned or went online....and got the jab same day at Selkirk. I am amazed it happened that quickly. Also got my step-dad in for the 20th. Extremely thankful for this.

yeah understanding/empathizing with how someone came to a point in their life where an act like murder takes place has nothing to do with excusing their behavior. We need to know these things so we can work towards actually addressing the problems that lead to crimes being committed. Not only that, but there is undeniable evidence that our current punishment system does **** all to actually reform people. Soooo maybe doing something different like taking into consideration how someone ended up committing a crime is the place to start?

just,means, unlike Manafort, or Stone, Gaetz has nothing on Trump. if you have nothing for me, you get nothing from me. Trump rule.

Well as of today I no longer have to worry about losing my grandmother to COVID, she got her second dose today excuse me I need to go swear now I just found out that the person that died from the variant died 3 weeks ago

Not in arbitration(this year). He's only averaging 20g this season. No arbitrator gonna award 6m+ for that.

Reminds me of this, to be honest:

So long as nutbars like Trump, Biden, and the Clintons are out there setting the gold standard on how to succeed through corruption and crime things will not change much down the ranks of their parties.

I agree. As a society we need to stop making excuses for inexcusable acts. I empathize with all victims of oppression, hate, prejudice, poverty etc but my empathy for criminals trying to excuse their behavior based on these factors is quite literally approaching an all time low. Somewhere along the line our societal shift towards political correctness has opened up a gaping hole for scum to crawl through and this chasm only widens the more this insanity continues. A criminal act is a criminal act, we need to stop reflecting the factors that contributed to it into the sentences and punishments. I don't give a crap about what kind of upbringing a person had, they know that murder and violence is wrong.

Way to generalize a whole race based on one guys story. Maybe if the guy was raised by loving parents he wouldn't feel that way regardless of what color he was. For the record if you were to speak with anyone in law enforcement they could tell you dozens of stories of criminals saying that same line regardless of gender/race/background. I've had friends from Africa and other very dangerous places where they had family come to Canada from places from poverty, extreme abuse and neglect and all of their children became extremely successful because the kids grew up in a household with two loving parents who preached hard work and respect and made sacrifices themselves to better their childrens lives. My wife who is not a "normie" by your definition is offended by your comment and says "Don't make excuses for bad people".

What astounds me is how openly these nutbars like Gaetz and company on an ongoing basis for the last 4 plus years openly taunt the Justice department. What is going on here? Yea I know investigations take time blah blah blah. This guy should be in shackles crying to an interviewer in jail. Frustrating.

I've gone to double masking any time I'm in a business for any reason. I have the normal disposable as my inner layer and then a non-disposable filtered one as my outer layer. Definitely feel more comfortable/confident with this system now...

Not surprising didn't Trump and his stooges steal ppe made at 3m earmarked for Canada or at least try to, Trump wasn't America first it was America only and the quicker that Canada realizes that Americans like Trump are not our allies the better we would be

Only the worst people are politicians

what a ******* ******...

Digby. quote of the day. " I don’t make predictions about politics but my gut instinct tells me that Mike Pence’s chances of becoming president are somewhat less likely than Britney Spears." 😅

Saying its a waste just means it's a sad situation for anyone to be charged or committed a murder. Not just the murderer and the victim but the families of both. Their lives will never be the same or reach their full potential. It's a waste of multiple lives, and yes often with root causes that reflect both current and historical situations.

Papa Keith was a jerk and the two sons are as well.

Agreed, but it is difficult for many to escape the trap. On the flip side, there are also those who have every advantage, yet still live and end their lives in tragedy.

If you think jail is to rehabilitate people you're wrong. Never has been. Never will be. Jail is to lock people away who have done something against the law. It's punishment, not rehabilitation. Repeat offenders go back because they did something else that's illegal, not because they were in jail the first time. A bad upbringing doesn't explain away murder. Most folks with a bad upbringing never murder anyone. Fatalistic would be saying that murderers from a bad upbringing had no choice but to commit murder. That's nonsense.

Covid fatigue is a real whether mentally or financially this virus has kicked the **** out of us, except for the ultra wealthy they probably want a few more pandemics in their lifetime.

Fixed thanks

wha? How did you get that from what I posted? I'm on the same page as you. My only exception was for the .1% of people who are essentially psychopaths...which I then said But even then, I'm not convinced there isn't a solution that would help them re-integrate.

Canada does not always do well on the international level because they're so darn exhausted from just getting out of the country. I bet Jones values her Scottie's wins more than her world titles. Olympics is another issue due to the rarity of it and the pomp.

My simple solution. Shut it all down for 2 weeks and we're good. Don;t know why they dont do that.

Government needs to get off their asses and get the vaccinations into high gear, a lockdown is the easiest way to cover up the incompetent way the vaccination program has gone so far

<Start yet another unpopular opinion> The murderer and the murdered all come from the same socioeconomic background and they are all likely the same race. None of that excuses the murderer or the murdered for that matter. I don't want to empathize with murderers nor do I want to understand them. I want to put them behind bars so they can't murder law abiding citizens. Three hots and a cot is better than dead. There are murderers in all walks of life, all races, all financial situations, single parent, 2 or more parents, all religions etc. Simply belonging to a group doesn't make you a murderer, that's mostly an individuals choice. Take a weapon to a place and use it, that's premeditation. There are 2 reasons to look at the murderers background. First to make people look at the background instead of the murder itself. It's the old 'that poor guy had a bad upbringing, no wonder he committed murder' excuse. Yes, I said excuse. Most people from the same upbringing won't commit murder. The second reason is to see if there is something in the murderers background that we can look into to prevent future murders. That, on the surface, sounds great. Figure out what turns one person in any specific group into a murderer, one into a high achiever and the rest into average people. Lets say for argument that we could do that, what next? Take high risk kids away from their parents? I don't think so. Incarcerate folks who may commit murder? Nope. Single them out for 'special' treatment? In this political climate? I think that it's the Government's job to make sure that everyone has food, a safe place to live, health care (Including prescriptions), and a good education. A minimum guaranteed income would go a long way towards achieving that for more people. We need equality for all races, religions, sexes, sexual orientation, economic status or any other way you want to group people. We are no where near any of that. <End yet another unpopular opinion>

We should go into another lock down. We always wait until the very last minute with always the same results... these VOCs are serious- that Bolosano Variant is pretty crazy. Lock it down before we join the ranks of all the provinces west of us and Ontario and Quebec. Interesting opinion piece that kind of sounds familiar: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/opinion-lewis-muhajarine-neudorf-1.5978305 They underline what made other jurisdictions successful: "The key to success was straight out of the preventive health manual: detect early and respond decisively. The east-Asian countries and Canada's Atlantic provinces that did so well locked down fast and hard when case numbers were still low, ramped up testing and tracing, and quickly flattened the curve. They could then lift restrictions and either keep them off permanently"

Trump is intimately acquainted with the concept of blackmail.

Yeah the Bolsonaro variant is looking to be very concerning- I posted a thread by Eric Feigl-Ding discussing the Bolsonaro variant.

I think we are going to see an uptick in cases for the next little while, it's happening all around us we are not immune.

He became "disillusioned" with the right. Gone back to his "liberal" roots.

shoulda put Perreault on the 2nd line with Stastny and Dubois for our French Line seriously though, I prefer keeping the 3rd line of Copp-Lowry-Appleton intact

It is very difficult for us "normies" to understand the mindset created by centuries of poverty, abuse and neglect. One one occasion, I had to interview a black male who had grown up in south Chicago and was facing serious charges. At one point, I asked him what his reaction was to what he was accused of (and had admittedly done). His reply still sends chills up my spine: "I don't care if I live or die, so imagine how little I care if you or anyone else dies".

I.... I get that reference...

If any thing is clear in this off season, the CFLPA doesnt know any more than the fans do.

he Arizona Cardinals are closing in on a veteran backup quarterback for Kyler Murray in 2021. After going with Chris Streveler last season, journeyman Colt McCoy will likely take over that role. According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, McCoy is expected to have a meeting with the Cardinals next week and that meeting is likely to end up in a deal that will make him their backup quarterback in 2021. yahoo