Eternal optimist

Man, that reminds me of that stellar home opener (O'Shea's first game as head coach) when they absolutely mopped the walloped the Argos (who had Ray). I'll always remember that random fake punt O'Shea called that went to none other than ... Feoli-Gudino. Reminiscing aside, preseason is one of my favorite times of the year, between the myriad of newbies, and the office banter about who thinks which teams are gonna make some noise this year...just the buzz in the city surrounding the upcoming season. Nothing quite like it. ...Can we do a virtual rum hut and re-stream the 2019 playoffs?

Well, not really a training camp memory; but preseason at least... 2018 season, Bombers hosted Edmonton for our home preseason game, then also played against them in our home opener two weeks later. Anyways...during the preseason game two Edmonton players were talking trash to a fan behind us. This fan sometimes just roasts players, quick-witted he said to them (and I quote) "I'll bet you $20 CANADIAN that neither of you make it to the home opener"... sure enough, two weeks later, Edmonton team is introduced and both of them had made the team (and had remembered the bet). One of the players came out doing the Johnny Manziel money thing... Fan was a good guy though... paid them both their $20.

I agree he should be given a fair chance, it is laughable to think it is anything above a PR stunt though. Reminds me of that time Riders brought in Vince Young in training camp well past his prime lol.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/vienna-police-fart-fine-1.5614650 Protestors getting creative lol.

My favorite part of both of their games is the selflessness of providing blocks to receivers or whomever as necessary. Hard to come by gritty receivers that do that. Adams does it away from the ball well as well.

Fun fact: A group of parrots is called a pandemonium. Just like this thread lol.

Maybe, maybe not. Point is, we won't know for sure unless you give her (or any other candidate applying for that matter) a fair shot. Assuming she'll be poor at it just because she is a female on the basis that historically there have no female play-by-play announcers is just confirmation bias of a sexist and dated perspective. If she's going to lose out on a job, it should be because of better candidates, not because of her gender or preconceived notions of it.

Reminiscent of Bowman's reelection campaign for mayor. Race is Biden's to lose right now, for sure.

Welp, time to become a nihilist, I guess. Not that it matters...

Human beings are despicable.

Okay, I'm by no means a lawyer... but under applicable medical privacy laws, would an employer be allowed to disclose that certain politicians (i.e. employees) have a given medical condition? How does that work? I mean, if my Saskatchewan coworker had a medical tooth condition that is somehow contagious, my employer can't tell me anything about it, citing medical confidentiality, but at the same time, they are required to offer safe work. That's just about the only thing I can think of where this inaction could be considered reasonable by some. I would argue though that even if that were they case they could've just indicated "some staff members" were infected, which I would think is nondescript enough to get around that rule...

Dude, 3% increase year-over-year barely covers inflation... Trump's impact on the economy has been positive... but for all the wrong reasons, the stock market boomed when he got elected not because of investor confidence in his abilities to steer the American economy, but because most investors knew corporate tax cuts were part of his platform, they knew large American corporations would pay even less corporate tax than they previously were before he was elected. On top of all that, arguably the most archaic issue in the states - a lack of a national healthcare system - continues to dog the average, everyday wage earner, and remains completely unaddressed. Although median wages have increased, so has the number of Americans with absolutely no health insurance at all. Although less individuals are using social welfare programs (like food stamps) - Trump has persistently talked about cutting aid to these programs... of course usage is going to go down if you cut a program, that's like saying (as an example): "Hey, the number of youth offenders in Manitoba Liquor Marts is 0 now! Boy the police are doing a good job with that!" ... In this instance, we're giving credit to police for something they aren't even responsible for (youths in liquor marts, security guards deal with that). Source: https://www.npr.org/2019/09/10/759512938/u-s-census-bureau-reports-poverty-rate-down-but-millions-still-poor

Filled Streveler's role adequately in the last regular season game too. Also, Bennett did a fantastic job of getting sacked in the Western Final last year.

I'm just glad the CFL had the foresight to realize SSK will be so bad they won't be in the Grey Cup for 2020, give some other teams a chance to host...

I'd rather burn out than fade away, I guess.

Am I the only one enjoying discounted stocks whilst this whole thing is going on? As a millennial, it gives me false hope of possibly retiring (even without a pension) before like... 80.

Y'know I was going to post about how I don't pick on you and stuff... but then I went through my recent posts and I have, for whatever reason, commented on your posts more often than not. Just wanted to apologize lol. Also, thanks for making me question my own subconscious and overall existential purpose.

Aside from misguided pride, remained me again why we would want the CFL playing here in pandemic situations? We wouldn't be able to go to the games either way, and being a "hub city" would the risk of COVID-19 in Winnipeg as players from other provinces would be traveling in from outside.

Anyone trying to claim they know the financial stability of a team they don't have access to at minimum the most recent financial statements for is just spewing nonsense... just because the owner also owns an NHL team or some other venture means absolutely nothing, even if this preconceived notion would indicate said owner has the financial means to keep a CFL franchise afloat, there's nothing stopping them from scuttling it regardless, even if they just thought it was bleeding too much.

Preventing the Bombers from registering an even greater profit were expenses from an all-road playoff run to the Grey Cup, an $800,000 increase from the previous year’s playoff costs, and the CFL’s temporary takeover of the Montreal Alouettes, which cost each team $660,000. ...It is good to know we currently own the Alouettes both on and off the field.

Thought we could all use a humorous article given the dark times... https://torontosun.com/business/money-news/whoops-cibc-customer-phone-number-leads-to-adult-party-line

Oh don't even go there... I don't want to go back to the knit vs. crochet argument.

I can't find any source online, but I recall hearing Simon say in an interview that the reason he did the pose was so when his son was watching the game, he'd know it was his dad scored a touchdown. So as stupid as it looked, that's a pretty darn good reason to do it in my opinion.

Personally, I think it's because the Feds have the ability to just "make" money like wizards... as for Ambrosie's pie-in-the-sky figure of $150,000,000, I think that was a negotiation tactic... Probably doesn't expect that full amount to come through, but it's easier to bargain down than up. Just my 2 cents.