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Actually, if you can hold off until late September or early October, I bet your accuracy goes way up!

"When nonviolence is preached as an attempt to evade the repercussions of political brutality, it betrays itself. When nonviolence begins halfway through the war with the aggressor calling time out, it exposes itself as a ruse. When nonviolence is preached by the representatives of the state, while the state doles out heaps of violence to its citizens, it reveals itself to be a con. And none of this can mean that rioting or violence is "correct" or "wise," any more than a forest fire can be "correct" or "wise."" (http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/04/nonviolence-as-compliance/391640/)
 
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"When our cultural emphasis is on keeping things ‘status quo,’ then the people who are threatening or inconveniencing that way of life become ‘the violent ones.’ Everyone else is simply engaged in righteous efforts to control ‘the threat’ or expressing justifiable outrage at the world’s failure to do so.   Worse yet, the whole mess is self re-enforcing. Society is set up with the decks stacked so high against certain groups of people that they are – at times – quite literally set up to do the very things society claims not to want them to do. Our societal structures are boxing people in (through poverty, discrimination, lack of choice, etc.) to untenable ways of life. Once boxed in, society then proceeds to keep an extra close watch on those ‘high risk’ types (i.e., people whose basic needs are not being met by that society), just waiting for them to step somehow out of bounds in order to make do in a world not necessarily set up with their survival in mind. Society then uses that as the proof they needed to be boxed in in the first place. And, voila: “See, we told you ‘those people’ are bad!”   Never mind that people are angry and desperate because they want to survive. Never mind that they are even angrier and more desperate because they aren’t surviving. That all was well in Baltimore before the riots befell its peaceful streets is little more than an illusion palatable only to those who have distance from the harsh realities thanks to race, geography and/or some other source of privilege. The violence has been there all along.   Strangely, when I say these sorts of things, people seem to hear them as being 'pro-riot.'  I'm not 'pro-riot.'  But, nor am I willing to see only one side of the violence while remaining blind to the other.  In fact, it's the institutional violence that has the much more longstanding and far reaching impact.  CVS will be rebuilt.  Lives will not.  One needn’t go so far as being "happy" about the riots to understand that simple truth." (http://www.madinamerica.com/2015/05/baltimore-burning-defines-violence/)   --------------------     The recipe for this violence to continue is to keep ignoring the institutional violence. Keep focusing on charges and arrests, on about how throwing rocks is wrong. Focus on punishment, on catching the one person or the few people and putting them in jail. Tell yourself it's not about race or housing or employment or addiction or mental health. Ignore oppression. Simply, keep simplifying. It's clearly working.

This is indeed good news.  Tens of Argo fans are rejoicing as we speak.
 

Here's the thing, it doesn't really matter what I think.  It's what the GM of the Bombers thinks.  Personally, I think that this was the right move for a lot of reasons.  Firstly, it tells Willy that the organization has confidence in him and believes that he can be the future for us.  It also sends the rest of the team a message that the club is serious about getting things done and removing any possible distractions.  It also says to everyone that the days of nickel and dime tactics are behind us.  We'll pay the going freight, so if you perform, you'll get the coin.
 
We call all those things "optics" and guess what?  They matter.

Well, in fairness, it was the style at the time.

Which is, sort of... exactly what we were trying to tell you earlier.  So are you now going to argue with yourself?  That would be fun to watch! 

Which is, sort of... exactly what we were trying to tell you earlier.  So are you now going to argue with yourself?  That would be fun to watch! 

Which is, sort of... exactly what we were trying to tell you earlier.  So are you now going to argue with yourself?  That would be fun to watch! 

I think that in all fairness, you should probably write a strongly worded letter to the the Chair of the Winnipeg Football Club.  In it, you can outline your concerns and include your extensive CV which will demonstrate just how informed your opinion is.  I'm confident that once they read the letter, they will give it the attention it deserves.

To bad they didnt show that remarkable restraint before they killed Freddie Gray.

I think that in all fairness, you should probably write a strongly worded letter to the the Chair of the Winnipeg Football Club.  In it, you can outline your concerns and include your extensive CV which will demonstrate just how informed your opinion is.  I'm confident that once they read the letter, they will give it the attention it deserves.

I think that in all fairness, you should probably write a strongly worded letter to the the Chair of the Winnipeg Football Club.  In it, you can outline your concerns and include your extensive CV which will demonstrate just how informed your opinion is.  I'm confident that once they read the letter, they will give it the attention it deserves.

Here's the thing, it doesn't really matter what I think.  It's what the GM of the Bombers thinks.  Personally, I think that this was the right move for a lot of reasons.  Firstly, it tells Willy that the organization has confidence in him and believes that he can be the future for us.  It also sends the rest of the team a message that the club is serious about getting things done and removing any possible distractions.  It also says to everyone that the days of nickel and dime tactics are behind us.  We'll pay the going freight, so if you perform, you'll get the coin.
 
We call all those things "optics" and guess what?  They matter.

Well, in fairness, it was the style at the time.

I think that in all fairness, you should probably write a strongly worded letter to the the Chair of the Winnipeg Football Club.  In it, you can outline your concerns and include your extensive CV which will demonstrate just how informed your opinion is.  I'm confident that once they read the letter, they will give it the attention it deserves.

Wasn't that long ago when we couldn't find a legit starter, couldn't find a replacement for Buck Pierce.  Stefan LeFors, Michael Bishop, Joey Elliott, and on and on.
 
Yes Willy wasn't as good in the 2nd half of last year as he was in the first  He also took more punishment then any other QB out there and got happy feet from a porous Oline.  We've taken steps to fix the OLine problems this off season.
 
I've seen enough.  In a league without guaranteed contracts, you lock him up long term if you can.

Brock Ralph was the expired Pine-scented air freshener that you keep meaning to replace but never do.

This is indeed good news.  Tens of Argo fans are rejoicing as we speak.
 

Bellefeuille has, to the best of my knowledge, never been described as a great offensive football mind.  If he was, he would never have been out of work for as long as he was.  What you see in his record is what you get.  Middle of the road offence, not too imaginative but with enough talent, workable.  
 
Anyone who expects that he's more that that is setting themselves up to be disappointed.  I see the team working this way, offense scores 25 or so points in a game and the defense does it's best to keep the opposition under that.  For me, our success or failure will likely rest on our D.  Not expect Marcel to be the author of a "shoot the lights out" dominating offensive plan because his history tells us it ain't gonna happen.

Wouldn't putting you, 17 and Noeller in the same room by definition be antiquing?

I'm actually thinking about coming to Winnipeg during TC and taking in one of the days.  I'd gladly report back on what I saw, especially O line stuff, and frankly, other than a few hosanna's and maybe a large gaudy medal, I won't require anything in return.

Sad to see him go. He was one of my favourites when I first started following the Bombers. Seems like a great guy too.
 
Arjei Franklin paid tribute to him on his Facebook page:
 
I wanted to take a moment to share a little bit about a great teammate and better friend Romby Bryant. I was blessed to be teammates with Romby for 5 straight years across two teams. I can tell you this. Romby is one of the hardest working athletes I have ever met. He is also one of the most talented players I have come across. But what is most important is that he is as real as they come. A straight shooter and loyal friend.

Ill never forget the time Romby decided on his own that he was going volunteer at a soup kitchen. He didn't ask for a jersey to wear. There were no cameras our interviews. All he wanted to do was volunteer his time as any other person would. I know that Romby would never share these types of things as he is too humble. But I felt it was important that people know that this guy has a genuine heart to help others. 

If you look through this guys Facebook page you won't see one football pic. Only pics of his family. What is most important to him is not the glamour of being a football star but simply the relationships in his life. 

So as a former teammate and life long friend I want to say congratulations on an unbelievable career. 
Salute!

I've been reading this thread, reading other articles, and scratching my head for the past few days.
 
Running away from Police is a strange decision to make - sometimes people make strange decisions.  Does that mean they should be shot?
 
I dare say not. 
 
I get that some of you are arguing semantics and commenting on the rights of Police Officers in general - but why defend a cop who shot and killed an unarmed, fleeing suspect?

It seems people are getting confused with the difference between individual and systemic racism. I have no idea if individual racism was at play in this murder or not but I have little doubt that systemic racism was, for reasons that have already been better articulated by others.
 
Saying it was racist because it was a white cop who shot a black man is oversimplifying it just as much as saying it wasn't because it was a cop who shot another law-breaking citizen without considering race, and both ignore the larger point of a broken system that teaches human beings how to treat one another.

The rest of the world seems to thoroughly disagree with you.  So do I.