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Jokes tend to be funny though... was there a joke that I missed?

DBs are generally the fastest guys on the team, just the nature of the position. Why do you think a lot of kick returners are defensive backs?

Bass just ran out of steam, that's common with football players, they're so focussed on the explosive short range speed a lot of them really suck when they have to maintain that speed over a distance.

That was the kind of play we used to do on defense in the 80's.Harrumph Harrumph!! I have no idea what that means? We had a championship defense back in the day who made timely plays to win games with linebackers like Jones, Battle & West. That defensive touchdown was as good a play as I've ever seen. That's all I meant.

Why do I have to choose? Shouldn't be difficult to fit both in. Nichols is not in as high a demand as all that that he's going to command starter money.

Yes the thing that makes the oil sands difficult is that because it's heavier it's less viscous. Conventional oil you put a hole in the ground it'll flow out easily, what they do with oil sands when they don't just mine it is they drill two holes and inject steam into one which makes the bitumen flow more easily. That's where the water usage comes from, plus the energy required to heat water to make steam. Oil shale is different, shales have no permeability so even if you put a hole in the ground nothing will flow because the only place you can get oil from is the immediate area around the well bore, so they fracture the **** out of the stuff and create artificial permeability so the stuff can get into the well bore. I am not as familiar with what kind of oil is actually in the oil shales, but even with the fracturing I don't think you recover a ton of the stuff from the rock compared to what's locked in there.

is that you Thomas Mulcair? Surely you don't buy that argument... Yes a higher dollar is worse for exporting done by manufacturing, but I ask again, how is he supposed to save a dying industry without huge subsidization? lol was I suggesting we prop up the typewriter industry? Manufacturing is a pretty broad term and its far from dying. What the **** do you think get done with raw resources after they are taken out of the ground? people drink the oil and buy blocks of copper to look at? its gets manufactured into end use items. Developing countries have the focus of their economy hacking **** out of the ground. Developed countries make ****. The US has a robust manuacturing sector and that is why they are doing much better than us economically right now. The nature of our economy though makes it difficult to be that manufacturing power. We're isolated, small population in the country, the only close market just happens to be the juggernaut that is the United States so any manufacturing done here is also in competition with the manufacturing done there, and they have a closer proximity to bigger markets than we do sad to say. What this country does have though is a lot of resources and since the world is all about free trade these days it simply makes more sense to produce resources. In a vacuum sure, but we're not in a vacuum, we're stuck next to an elephant that can roll over and squash us.

with knees like that it appears that maybe football isn't his thing.

The freedom for territories and Provinces to oversee their own rivers and lakes without a Fed. Overseer seems dangerous to me. And this move, coupled with the muzzling of scientists who would be looking at the effects of this lack of protection scares me, and it should scare anyone who would like to think our resources include more than fuel fossils. And would it be a coincidence that this move would likely make it easier for pipelines to be constructed though pristine land? You do know that overall pipelines are a better option for transporting oil right? If we don't build pipelines it's not going to stay in the ground, it'll get produced and shipped in some other manner. Probably trucks and trains which spill more and travel through our communities as well. People need to get over this fear of pipelines. Let's focus on making the companies that build and run them accountable for their product rather than trying to prevent them.

Fraser had to explain investing to you, so you can explain this to the rest of us. well oil is a pretty subjective term at the best of times and tar is something specific itself. I mean there's lots of types of oil in the world and what differentiates them is the kinds of hydrocarbons that make up the mixture. It's not like you mine or drill for oil in the oil sands, what you're getting out is bitumen and it takes processing and refining to separate out the more useful lighter hydrocarbons. That is also why western canada select generally sells at a lower price than Brent Crude or West Texas Intermediate. It's heavier and doesn't have as many of those really useful lighter hydrocarbons. It's hard to explain over the course of a few sentences, but when you see the difference between oil, heavy oil and bitumen it's just so obvious. I just find that a lot of people really tend to over simplify the oil industry.

is that you Thomas Mulcair? Surely you don't buy that argument... Yes a higher dollar is worse for exporting done by manufacturing, but I ask again, how is he supposed to save a dying industry without huge subsidization?

So much this....I don't know if it's a Madden thing, or what, but people get so worked up about a guy's physical stats. It's so much less important than they realize... So you're saying that I can't walk onto the defensive line based purely on my height and weight? Even if I have the right passport too?

Madani has never met a rumour he wouldn't spread. It's not that he's unreliable, it's that any little rumour he hears gets put out there no matter how strong it is.

The burden of proof is on the person making the claim. You don't get to call things facts without being prepared to source that claim.

As soon as someone uses the stupid phrase "tar sands" I tune out as it is obvious they don't have a clue what they are talking about. Yep calling it tar sands really shows a persons biases and stance on the oil sands. It's enviro propaganda to call it tar sands and make it sound dirty. Actually I wish they'd drop the tar or oil from it and simply call it what it really is, bituminous sand. In fact I wish more people really understood hydrocarbon deposits and the differences between them better. Would save me a lot of head aches when I read some of the nonsense people say.

...But, he's been good for the economy...and that goes a long way.What do you like about what he's done with our economy? Probably all the deficits and recessions. The destruction of our manufacturer sector. So participating in a global economy is your problem? Because how other than subsidising the **** out of the manufacturing sector is a government supposed to save it when Canadian workers expect high wages but over seas workers are happy working for peanuts? All those recessions were caused by global factors too. The deficits I will grant you are his doing but I don't think a deficit is inherently bad, though they did let it carry on too long.

Honestly I don't know how Calgary lets him walk away. Are we really supposed to think that if he wants to keep coaching they'd push him away to roll the dice on Dickenson? As good an OC as Dickenson is he might not be cut out to be a head coach, at least they already know Hufnagel is arguably the best coach in the league. I suspect if there is any truth to this the Stamps keep Hufnagel and whatever happens with Dickenson happens.

Do you think some NDP supporters are backingn away fearing a Mulcair majority and moving to the liberals? I don't know, not really. Why would NDP supporters fear a NDP majority? That seems odd. More like ABC people who wanted change but not drastic change and when the NDP crept into majority territory they got cold feet and switched their vote.

That's the entire Conservative game plan. They have the most loyal base in terms of actually getting out and voting, they are hoping for a low turnout with their dedicated support carrying the day. Not sure it's going to work though, there are a lot of angry people out there.

This is a strange comment... except for the places we lack talent the talent is better... Not sure I can agree with that. Walters has more veterans on the team I think but overall I am not sure I can make the statement that the team is more talented now.

It's been a few years now since Mack had a crack at a draft and there are guys he drafted playing around the CFL, just that the new GM moved them all out. That's what happens when you change GMs, they bring in their own guys

I find the second choice polling pretty useless all in all. Lots of people might say they have a second choice but when push comes to shove won't vote for someone else. That's why you see the NDP and Conservatives dropping and the Liberals rising. The Conservatives won last time by taking a bunch of Liberal seats in Ontario, now it appears that the Liberals are getting Ontario back. Without Quebec it doesn't appear that the NDP have as much nationwide support as it initially did.

Firing him midseason is a trap. Then you get a situation like when Crowton was let go and Bellefeuille was brought in. Hard to make changes wholesale midseason so it's not really improving anything, but hey the guy works well with the rest of the staff might as well just keep him. If the offence is going to be ****** the rest of this season regardless why not wait until the offseason to make the change and then you can go out and find the best candidate and not have the temptation to just go with the easy status quo hire. Except that MB has proven he can't win with our current players. And his playcalling is terrible. Why reward that kind of work? Give something else a try, even if for shits and giggles. Never wanted him here in the first place. I never wanted him here in the first place either, but you can't change an offence completely with only 8 games remaining. We're stuck with his crap all year like it or not, might as well wait until the offseason. But then again I'm not the kind of person who needs a public execution to placate me.

I am not going to get into the rest of it, but how in the hell was Hall a questionable hire and unproven? The man has been a defensive coordinator of note in the CFL for quite some time and he was even so highly regarded that he got a head coaching job. It didn't work out as a head coach, but he's still a solid defensive coordinator. I'm not his biggest fan as he's not as aggressive as I like in a DC, but to suggest he's unproven is ridiculous. You'd be hard pressed to get a more proven defensive coordinator.

This is a good trade. Struggling player for a highish draft pick which is something this team could always use and you get another player who might play. That's two real good trades by Walters. Kudos. Shame it came to the point of having to make trades but whatever, at least he's not sitting on his thumbs, he's actually doing something to improve. Make no mistake, these guys want to win more than anyone.