Wideleft
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On 9/25/2017 at 8:08 AM, Bomber_fanaddict said:
This is a good article. I have been getting autographs for over 12 years now and the only numbers of players I don't have are 28, 48, 73,75,76,78,79. This article explains 28 and 75. I guess the others just aren't popular numbers or there is a reason for them as well?
Two other Numbers I have but you don't see players wearing are 36 (Buddy Tinsley) and 72 (Mitch Zalnasky).
Leo Ezerins wore 72 for us.
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2 hours ago, The Unknown Poster said:
You're 100% correct, it starts in school.
I would argue that it starts at home.
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Ukraine is not a member in NATO. The invasion of Crimea is at least partly due to ongoing discussions about joining. If Russia had waited until after Ukraine became a member, then the organization would have a duty to react and defend Ukraine.
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Now that we've determined what "great" actually means, can you all please tell me of the other receivers - who are top-drawer and who are merely upper-echelon?
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13 minutes ago, basslicker said:
Which part is unproven, the slain American serving as a medic or not, or whether Khadr killed him or not?
I was listening to CBC the other day and the Journalist who interviewed Khadr many times mentioned the medic aspect.
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/us-army-altered-khadr-report/article668919/
"In the report's first version, penned the day after the firefight and dated July 28, 2002, the commander identified in court as "Lt.-Clnl. W" says U.S. troops killed the person who attacked Sgt. Speer. Several months later, the report was rewritten to say U.S. troops "engaged" the person who attacked Sgt. Speer, implying the attacker was not killed."
The implications for Mr. Khadr are significant. If the person who attacked Sgt. Speer was himself killed, it could not have been Mr. Khadr. He faces a murder charge in relation to the killing, and the possibility of a life sentence if convicted.
Mr. Khadr's U.S. military lawyer, Lieutenant-Commander Bill Kuebler, revealed the previously secret information at the tribunal yesterday. The prosecution did not contest his account."
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5 minutes ago, basslicker said:
I imagine we did, to some point, want him to stay there. He was an enemy combatant and a possible fountain of useful info, what with his father and family having close ties to known terrorist groups.
My guess is those are minor factors in comparison to the political capital gained by the Canadian Government in letting him rot there.
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8 minutes ago, kelownabomberfan said:
How was Canada supposed to prevent the US from incarcerating a murderer found in Afghanistan? How were they to know he was even "Canadian"? As for the fighting this thing would have resulted in more money, I just will never agree that that is true, and in fact just justification for Trudeau fans to let Justin slide off the hook instead of holding him accountable for a really bad decision.
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10 minutes ago, kelownabomberfan said:
What hasn't been proven? You are saying that Speer is still alive? Really?
That Khadr was the person who actually killed him. I'm not saying he was totally innocent - but the US military reports of the incident did change over time.
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Just now, basslicker said:
I heard that technically, he wasn't serving as a medic at the time, but had been in the past. He was a part of an elite squad.
But nonetheless I agree with the majority of what you said. Medic or no, Khadr killed a member of our ally's forces.
That still has not been proven. Facts are important to this discussion.
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1 minute ago, kelownabomberfan said:
and sometimes governments should actually take terrorist scumbag murderers to court and let the courts decide what he should be paid for his "charter rights being violated". The Charter works when it is used to defend innocent people unjustly accused. To see it pulled out of people's rectums in this case to defend a murdering scumbag really just shows how laws have to evolve over time, as they may have unintended consequences.
That was the U.S. military's first mistake. They didn't. Speaking of laws that evolve - the US also made up a new law saying that soldiers could now be considered "terrorists" - whatever that means. Khadr was arrested, detained and convicted without the benefit of a lawyer or trial.
Canada's mistake was failing to prevent them from doing so. As for him being a murderer - that simply hasn't been proven. Saying it more loudly or more angrily won't change that.
This is an application of law. Take the facts of this case and remove Khadr from the equation and replace him with any Joe Shmoe. Then consider if what Canada did was ok. I'm not a lawyer, but if you can prevent emotion from affecting objectivity, this is pretty simple. The Supreme Court found in Khadr's favour. Fighting it would have resulted in a loss of time and probably more money.
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Won't be everyone's cup of tea, but a really solid movie. It even made me like Ray Romano again.
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9 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:
The ultimate decision makers will be voters in 2019. This just won't go away. I think the award stinks.
This is why we have courts. This is about the law. If we let citizens pass sentence, then we'd be back to witch trials and lynch mobs. Sometimes a government should be given credit for doing the politically harmful thing because it is the just thing to do.
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I'll defer to Romeo Dallaire on the subject of casualties of war every day of the week.
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42 minutes ago, Floyd said:
Except its not. The kicker hit the uprights, that really doesn't have anything to do with outplaying them.
Sask kicked our butts in the first half, bombers hung in and turned it on in the second. Exciting win but I still want to see what this team does against Calgary. I think they will raise the bar tbh... they seem to play to the level of their competition.
Some concern that this was another slow start... but on the other hand, the half time adjustments really worked.
Except our kicker outplayed theirs. It is a team sport.
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17 hours ago, TBURGESS said:
We didn't outplay them in OT. It came down to them missing a short FG, while we made ours.
That's pretty much an example of outplaying them.
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And nobody seems to realize what a risk American toddlers pose.
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48 minutes ago, johnzo said:
Senate Republican health care plan is out. It makes deep cuts to Medicaid.
Nearly half of newborn deliveries in the USA are funded by Medicaid.
What the **** does "pro-life" even mean to these people?
The Congressional plan cut almost $900B in government health spending over the next decade. Strangely, it only reduced the deficit by $100B. Where is the other $800B going?
To the richest of the rich, of course. That new swamp is full of greenbacks and I ain't talking walleye. https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2017-06-23/senate-gop-health-bill-tax-cuts-for-rich
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While I'm on this thread, is anyone else watching Fargo season 3 or Better Call Saul? Those are 2 amazing series.
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On 6/15/2017 at 10:10 AM, The Unknown Poster said:
Figured I could ask this in the TV thread. I think we discussed this very subject a year or two ago but I cant remmeber lol
Thinking of upgrading my TV from a 9 year old Toshiba 52" 1080P. Im willing to spend money for something truly magnificent with the intent of it lasting ten years+ also.
I was leaning towards a 75" Sony - 4K ofcourse but not OLED. I've now become intrigued with a 65" LG OLED (the E7) which is on sale for $2000 off.
The sales guy encouraged me to go with the smaller (and less expensive) LG because of the unmatched picture quality and the future proof aspect as it included HDR10 support as well as Dolby Vision support. But others have said get the largest TV you can afford.
I think Im leaning towards the LG for quality but I dont want to spend a lot of money and wish I had got the 75". The 65" will still be considerably larger than my current 52". A 75" would be monstrous...probably in a good way but there is also the issue of going too big. The savings of the LG are nice in the sense I'd want a high quality 4K Blu Ray player as well...
My question is, for you all, what would you do? What do you have? What went into your decision-making process etc? I end up doing lots of research for big purchases and agonize over it...lol
I went to a 60" Samsung 4K for my newly refurbished basement and it's plenty big (standard St. James bungalow). Keep in mind that there is not a lot of 4K content outside of Youtube right now, but it is coming. Also keep in mind that if you want to watch 4K Blu Ray, you need a true 4K blu ray player - not a 4K upconverting etc. Save the money on the bigger TV and spend it on a proper 4K blu ray player. Just my 2 cents.
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3 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:
Are we really surprised about the shooting in Virginia this morning???
Not when you consider how many mass shootings have already occurred in the U.S. this year.
Today's shootings in #Alexandria & San Francisco bring the total # of mass shootings in 2017 to 195. -958 victims -675 injured -283 killed
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27 minutes ago, The Unknown Poster said:
I generally like opposing views. I have close friends who have different views than me. As a Conservative, even during the Harper majority, it still seemed like you had to keep your views to yourself and put up with the over-bearing lefties. Now, most people are anti-Trump but the ones who arent are just absolutely mindlessly obsessed with trying to convince everyone they're correct.
Id be fine if someone put forth an intelligent perspective for liking Trump. But the constant F this and F that in support of him and the cherry picking of facts. Like this "Trump was 100% vindicated". Like really...someone HAS to be either playing a role or completely delusional.
This particular person isnt really a "friend". Just on my friend list. Its sort of like a car wreck though. No one LIKES a car wreck but you cant help look when you see one.
My dealings with these people on social media is that their main motivation is spite. They have no real ideology other than making democrats/liberals angry. It doesn't matter if what they are saying has any facts to back them up as long as it gets a rise out of you and a "yahoo" from their friends. They amount to little more than the spiteful troll that they elected.
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1 hour ago, blue_gold_84 said:
Seems to go against what the Liberals set out to do during their campaign. Although, in light of recent events in the neighbourhood, this development is not surprising.
I have no idea how the gov't expects to afford this. Yikes.
Trump wasn't elected until after they were. Desperate times call for desperate measures. Trump is that much of a threat to destabilizing the world.
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2 hours ago, Atomic said:
Not sure this makes any sense and is more of a cop-out for the spend-happy liberals. What are they worried about? Getting invaded? Or are we planning to wield our military might to make Trump do what we want?
Because Trump can no longer be trusted to defend NATO allies, the NATO commitments have to be accelerated. Of course we can't win a war against the U.S., but we can no longer trust their government either.
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28 minutes ago, The Unknown Poster said:
This is what happens when your neighbour to the south can no longer be trusted to act responsibly, cooperatively or sensibly.
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Palast does most of his investigation on voter suppression now, but "The Best Democracy Money Can Buy" was an amazing and depressing read. Voter suppression is a huge problem in the States already and Kris Kobach and Trump are trying to make it even worse. http://www.gregpalast.com/trump-picks-al-capone-vote-rigging-investigate-federal-voter-fraud/