Mark H.

Calgary - they'll be good again. Even with questions at QB, they've got Cornish and a great OL. BC - KG was a good pickup, OL should be ok with his quick release, OL could also benefit from dominant imports Saskatchewan - Durant and the OL are solid, question marks at key positions (no, good RBs are not a dime a dozen) Winnipeg - A team on the rise, like the new attitude we're seeing, admit that I'm being overly optimistic Edmonton - I still have visions of Reilly getting killed last season, no reason to believe that will change

Not any Catholic who knows a thing about their religion. Or are you confusing Catholics with Christians? Here's the thing, the church absorbed all the pagan holidays because it was easier to convert the heathens if they could say "hey look! all our holidays are the same as yours!" Halloween is All Hallows eve, ie. the night before all saints day. No one with a brain has a problem with the dressing up aspect because it's a harmless throw back to the pagan origins of the holiday. That's a bit insulting to say one has no brain because they don't share the same belief as you do. No need to be narrow minded! I can also say that the extreme religious folks also hate on the commercialization of Christmas with Santa (Santa isn't suppose to be wearing red and white!) and Easter should not be about Bunnies lol! My favourite is people who have a problem with XMAS. The X actually represents the Greek symbol for Christ.

Grow hops and barley and make your own. I don't, but friends do and it's fantastic.

Not any Catholic who knows a thing about their religion. Or are you confusing Catholics with Christians? Here's the thing, the church absorbed all the pagan holidays because it was easier to convert the heathens if they could say "hey look! all our holidays are the same as yours!" Halloween is All Hallows eve, ie. the night before all saints day. No one with a brain has a problem with the dressing up aspect because it's a harmless throw back to the pagan origins of the holiday. Christmas is on Dec. 25 because it was put there to counter a pagan holiday. Historical records indicate that Christ was probably born in summer. So much for all the carols about a cold stable.

I'll just post a quote that covers both extremes and call it a day. "Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite." ~John Kenneth Galbraith~

I like this one better: Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery. Winston Churchill With all due respect to Mr. Churchill, presenting either / or scenarios helps no one.

After the last couple years...I wouldn't assume anything.

Wow. I find that it's 'the other side' that doesn't want to use e-mail, because it leaves a record of whatever they communicate. An effective union should be using e-mail whenever and wherever possible.

Absolutely not. I have been vocal about that exact issue. "Oh but, we're non-partisan." Right...

are the most out of touch people on the planet. They really don't seem to know anything other than it's not fair that some people have more than they do so **** those people. "The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other peoples money" Baroness Thatcher. Disagree. No one gets rich without other people working for them. Who's benefiting more: an employee at Microsoft or Bill Gates? AND... who took the risk? True. There are always a variety perspectives. But I find that mostly the same one is presented on here. Just thought I'd bring in a different one. If you look back to the industrial revolution...those business men took risks too. Did that give them the right to shamelessly exploit workers? To exploit children in coal mines and factories? To amass ridiculous fortunes until World War One brought income tax? All of that was their right, and no one questioned it. Today, both sides should be questioned, business and union.

OT tonight was some of the best hockey we're ever going to see. Speed, strength, and great goal tending.

are the most out of touch people on the planet. They really don't seem to know anything other than it's not fair that some people have more than they do so **** those people. "The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other peoples money" Baroness Thatcher. Disagree. No one gets rich without other people working for them. Who's benefiting more: an employee at Microsoft or Bill Gates?

Retro pay cheques are largely lost to income tax. I speak from experience as a bargaining chair. We had a contract that expired in June 2010. It was September 2011 till we finally settled. The net benefit to members from back pay was negligible.

Well, that would defeat the purpose of a union if they took any other approach. Let's not pretend governments wouldn't take full advantage of them if they did. If a government isn't happy with a contract, they shouldn't sign off on the bloody thing.

Rangers barely hung on in the third - this ends Friday

Pallister is also the wrong guy to win them votes in Winnipeg, where they need to win votes, but they don't have a lot of options. He may swing some of the rural ridings that are currently NDP (Interlake, Gimli, et. al.) but Winnipeg will stay about the same. More votes from rural folk in Tory strongholds will not get them anywhere.

The best of a shitty lot got re-elected. I have to agree with JBR. The PC's tried to run with an NDP lite campaign last election - it failed miserably. I for one will not be surprised if the NDP wins the next MB. election as well.

Consensus. Closely followed by Rae & Jerrys, Hys, 529 (if you like $55 steaks) Hermano's - I have had an amazing steak at Hermano's.

We gave up good value to get him. Hope he can live up to expectations. The Andre Durie we have is getting up there... so we needed a new one. IMO, Durie is the most underrated Canadian in the CFL.

Ice Cream. The best Ice Cream is the Shop that's part of the driving range on Plessis.

I do some work for the teachers' union. Homer's is what they order whenever we have a Saturday meeting. It's unbelievable, the exact same food every time.

Do you know what a jersey devil is? The only people who fight "real" jersey devils are Mulder and Scully on the X-Files. Do Catholic folks also object to tasmanian devils? Devil's food cakes? Dust devils? I died laughing. Thank you. The most catholic people I know have no issue with Halloween. If your catholic acquaintances do, it is not due to religion. Devilled eggs...could be the next evil fetish...who knows what lurks in the hearts of men...

Do you know what a jersey devil is? The only people who fight "real" jersey devils are Mulder and Scully on the X-Files. Do Catholic folks also object to tasmanian devils? Devil's food cakes? Dust devils? I died laughing. Thank you. The most catholic people I know have no issue with Halloween. If your catholic acquaintances do, it is not due to religion. It's religion , it's the Church / Priest saying this. Of course most people these days in North America are not religious , but the die hards and the ones overseas still have weird beliefs like this. Next Halloween and Christmas I'll post some scans from their bulletins which are quite comical and it'll be a good laugh. I wished I kept the stuff I was given during Marriage Classes which was super hilarious , I could of shared the knowledge of the rhythm method which is much more morally acceptable compared to those evil things known as condoms lol. Did they tell you when the fertile period is? I'll bet you'll sire the next pope...

Chuck was doing some kind of segment on the morning show. Hal called him on something and pretty much exploded. Can't recall the topic...

I made it over there yesterday - used up a personal leave day at that. O'Shea was working them hard, but it was all pretty basic stuff. Yep, the DL looked good during running drills, they were really stuffing it, but also got fooled on a few misdirection plays. Receivers and DB's were interesting. A few tall receivers with good hands (names escape me). Some nice one on one coverage skills among the DB's (granted the receivers were mostly rookies) Agree with what O'Shea said re: QBs and RBs. Some crisps throws and good reads from the QBs during drills.