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True equality isn't a pipe dream, it's something that is attainable as soon as people stop treating others differently and that includes treating them differently to give them an artificial advantage.

That's a cop out there. There are certain areas where men are at a disadvantage why should we just ignore that because there are a lot of other advantages? True equality only exists when everyone is treated the same and part of that does include ensuring that men and white men are treated fairly too. Discrimination against anyone is bad no matter how much they are in the drivers seat.

Good, humorous point. Those of us who fit into the category of middle-class white folks have been in a privileged position for a long time and the problem with being in power is that darned few willingly give it up. Those of us who are AWOGS (angry white old guys) tend to see change of any sort as a threat. This is probably an unconscious reaction to the fading control and power in our own existences as we age. Its always easier to rail at someone else's rise than mourn our own fading. http://dailypicksandflicks.com/2014/10/05/snl-whites-video/

Basically it just shows that you can't make that leap... 10% of the general population being gay has no bearing whatsoever on the percentage of gay athletes. What is the percentage of black people in the USA vs. the percentage of black people in the NBA? Doesn't correlate very closely does it? Or the percentage of black people in the NHL for that matter. No you can't make that leap in any reliable manner. So your point re: stats is correct. But the thing is, sexual orientation is different then race. You don't have a lot of black people in the NHL because there aren't a lot of black people tuned into it or growing up playing it. Or blacks playing lacrosse. Sexual orientation though is different. If you have a pulse, you could be gay. That's why the barriers are going to go down so fast. Thank you for saying this. Yes, there are more Afro-American people in the NFL than in the general population, but the reason for that can be clearly explained. Not so much for sexual orientation, but some people can't quite seem to grasp that. Explain it then We did. Pro TEAM sports is a social meat grinder. Until 10 years ago being called "gay" was a huge insult. Hell, probably still is in some locker rooms. What kid wants to go through that? So you figure skate, dive, run, do gymnastics, or do anything else where the entire culture isn't geared around being a "man." It's sad that 'being manly' is now considered bad. And we wonder why our society is collapsing under political correctness. Just because the media tells you most people believe in something is fine doesn't make it fact. Silent majority is just that...silent. They're not complainers and bleeding hearts. They keep their heads down, live well, and do their jobs. Please don't buy into the "real men are being oppressed" nonsense. It's low hanging fruit, to appeal to a "silent majority" of men who are unsatisfied in their lives. But rather than pick people up, it encourages white men to blame women or minorities, or gays. Look, if you are a healthy, straight, white male living in the US or Canada, you have a distinct advantage in probably 95% of the situations you encounter. The handful where you might not have an advantage? Boo hoo. You're a man. Grow a set and do something else. If I may play devils advocate... what other group do people say this to? No one else is told to just deal with it...

Yeah absolutely, Mike Kelly was a fool and he had no problems blaming Lefors for his own shitty coaching and managing.

no it is flexing the muscles because it hurts American production and forces them to come crawling back to the middle east. It's all about trying to stay relevant.

But it rose to the surface as his career wore on... I still haven't forgiven him for showing up to the 07 Grey Cup hungover. Has that every been confirmed as fact? I know it's been rumoured but is this just a players history causing speculation? I don't know if it's confirmed but I heard it from places I'd put enough weight in to believe it's a fact.

But it rose to the surface as his career wore on...

It's not about blinking first. Everyone wants higher price oil, this is purely about OPEC nations feeling threatened because there are other oil producers now. They're just trying to flex some muscle. As I said, US oil shale production will be the first to go, there's already too much invested in the Canadian oil sands for them to shut down. So it'll be a temporary lowering of the price and then it'll rebound. Overall if no one panics it might be for the best. Keeps the Alberta economy from over heating, draws out production for longer etc etc.

OPEC won't keep the same production at low prices forever. They'll be trying to put some pressure on Western countries for a while but they'll eventually want to get back to higher prices, they rely on oil money to fund their countries. Supply can change pretty quick. Unconventionals are more costly and if the price stays low it won't make as much sense economically to keep producing it. I just don't see this being a long term thing, it's a short term hiccup while producers wave their dicks at each other.

Again though, don't get into too much of a panic over a short term drop in the price of oil. It's not bloody likely to stay low forever. It'll be a little blip and likely bounce back before too long. There will still be production of oil in Alberta and there is even more natural gas in the province than there is oil so companies might shift their focus to that if new projects in the oil sands don't get developed. It will be a slow down but if managed right it might not be a bad thing. The bottom isn't going to fall out in Alberta unless the price gets down to like $50 a barrel and stays there for years.

Prices will bounce back before too long. The reason there is so much oil out there now is because the US is doing a lot of oil shale production and they don't need to buy as much foreign oil. How it works is the middle east has huge conventional oil reserves, cheap and easy to get out of the ground. Oil shales and oil sands are much costlier to extract and turn into something useful so it's basically a power play by OPEC. Try and get the price low so people will be forced to go back to them. They rely on all that oil money to fund their own countries though so I don't see them keeping the price low for too long. I don't know if it will have a big impact on Canada simply because a lot of the oil sands projects require big investments that have already happened so they won't just shut down major projects. There will be a slow down in some areas to be sure but it could be a good thing if it's handled well and the price isn't low long term. Cool down an over heated economy in Alberta a bit. The States will likely be hit harder because their oil shale production is much easier to just shut down. In summary this is happening because the states got themselves to a point where they're basically self sufficient in oil and the middle east doesn't like it so they've getting into a **** waving contest. I forsee it being similar to what happened 2010ish. be a brief dip and things should pick up before too long. Now I could very well be talking out of my ass and maybe it'll be a big game changing thing with long lasting effects but I just don't see it. The world isn't lessening it's demand for oil, especially if the price is going to be cheaper.

I don't know about the last time but the Riders did it when Hamilton fired Cortez.

Give the man as much money as he wants to coach here. Would be the best offensive coordinator this team has had since I don't know when.

I had thought it was abundantly clear this was the intention, apparently not.

Pretty much by the book as expected.

I just find it ridiculous that his orientation is the thing that always gets brought up... Seriously who cares? Can he play football? Just seems that there's too much intolerance out there. I'd be awfully shocked if there weren't a hell of a lot of gay men playing football already.

There is so little difference between the systems, it really comes down to I think their online system since that seems to be the big thing these days and the controllers. I've never tried the xbox really so I can't say but I found the playstation controllers always seemed to be too small and hard to hold. Best controllers for a system in my mind was the gamecube. Just so smartly laid out, shame that people loved to crap on that system cause they were too cool for Nintendo. Was a real nice piece of work that got ignored by developers because the playstation was the hip thing.

Proulx has been the best ref in the CFL for a while now.

If Dave Dickenson wanted to be a CFL head coach that badly he would be one already. His career goals though seem to be Calgary Stampeders Head Coach and he's happy to wait for his turn once Hufnagel steps back from the sidelines.

I'd even take another Mike Riley (Coach not QB) era! Who are we trying to fool, at this point we'd take a Dave Ritchie era

looking down your nose at community (clown) college types is a required course for completing any degree, though McArts degrees are doing it purely to have that sense of smugness and no real career prospects.

There's legit science behind the winter blues. Lack of vitamin D can mess up people like that. In a climate like we have in Canada where sunlight hours in the winter are so short lots of people suffer a vitamin D deficiency.

As if the mocking of Reilly and EDM for losing wasnt enough. A significant % of Riderfans are complete dickbags. The number is barely shy of 100%, so yes...agreed...it is a significant number. Still wringing hands over Austin leaving - the better he does the petty jealousy and general dickbaggery increases equally. Desperately need another Al Ford era...thin out their ranks a little... All I really want for Christmas is another Al Ford era in Regina.

Guys who are most likely friends using social media to comment on things only they know about? THIS IS AN OUTRAGE!!!!!!!