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Miley can wail....she's absolutely bonkers crazy, but she can wail. The amount of respect she has within the music industry is large...

I saw someone on Twitter refer to him as a real life Hank Scorpio from Simpsons.... Seems like that might check out.

Back on topic, Our Man Tait has another really great "First And 10" at BB.com... https://www.bluebombers.com/2021/04/25/first-10-jeffcoat-neufeld-optimistic-hopeful/ This but in particular is worth checking out the whole piece... A couple of leftovers from Bombers President and CEO Wade Miller from my interview with him earlier in the week. First, I asked him about the suggestion the CFL should just go dark for another year and simply regroup for 2022. There was a pause before he answered, and when he did there was a sense that, if he could, he would have reached out and slapped me upside the head for even bringing that up. “That,” he said, “is NOT an option. We’re playing football and we need to play football. We need to play football for our players, our coaches and our fans.”

If he's on your team, Thornton is a guy every single fan would love. He's just a man out there compared to everyone else. Similar to Weber... Buff is the only guy the Jets have ever had that's even comparable to their personality.

So what's the deal with why everyone hates Musk so much? Is it just that he's rich or is there something more that I missed about why he's actually an *******...?

Part of his base... Old people... Are inoculated, but the other half.... Bible thumpers from south of the Trans Can... Will never take it because God will protect them.

Right?? I mean he's the reason we don't have vaccine manufacturing facilities in Canada... Was too expensive and we'll never need it. Oi. Vey. Absolutely terrifying.

Slugs on D??? Pionk is great, Morrissey is better than good but has been tasked with too much, DeMelo is better than good and at times great, Forbort is underrated, Stanley and Heinola are learning and getting better with every game. Jets D is underrated.

I'll say better... But it's a low bar. I feel like traditionally compassionate parties.... Progressives... Handle these things better than Conservatives who value money above all else. I thank Christ every single day (ironically) that we have a Liberal federal government during this thing rather than a Con, which wouldn't give a **** about bailout money and killed as many people as necessary in order to save businesses.

Yes.

I was intrigued by a Yoshi quote from the other day saying that he doesn't want to get the vaxx (yeeeeeeesh...) but if it was the only way he could come to Canada and play, then you could stick him with it 8 times....whatever it takes to play, he's in.

this is huge news....but we'll need more OXAZ from the States because India has shut down all exports of it. Hopefully Biden can bail us out on this. If you thought the GenXY's did a hell of a job, wait till the GenZennial's get approved for vaccination....

he didn't get rich by writing a lot of cheques......

Music achieved perfection in 1994...everyone knows that. It's a scientific fact.

I'm from Pinawa....I can only assume that my shot (tomorrow - woooooo!) will enhance my pre-existing irradiation....(We are baptised in it at birth....rite of passage and all that...) My hope is that I turn into Captain America, but more likely to be The Hulk or Abomination...

Inter provincial traveller, says our CMOH.... only person with it so far. Praying it's contained.

Feds close the border to all incoming India flights for 30 days.... hopefully not "too little, too late"...

I'm so done with the assholes claiming OXAZ is somehow worse....**** all the way off. Gen XYZeneca proving we're the intelligent generation. As mentioned, the best vaccine is the one you're offered. Just ******* get it in you.

I swear, Gen XYZ will single handedly drag this country out of the pandemic. ******* Boomers, as always, ruining everything by being entitled assholes...

JJ 1-Shot arriving next week...300k+ doses in the first shipment. Will be a massive game changer. Keep 'em rolling in!

woooo hoooooo!! That JJ 1-Shot is gonna be a game changer....fantastic news!!

from what I can tell, the biggest problem has been vaccine hesitancy from older people. Once GenXY became eligible this week in AB/MB/ON, there was a massive uptick in % of people getting vaccinated per day. On the first day of Gen XYZeneca vaccinations, Kenney in AB said there were more vaccination appointments booked that day than the entire week previous. So I think as more and more age groups (younger) get eligible, you're going to see the numbers fly up. I am really really really hoping Biden comes through with more doses, as was hinted at yesterday. They still haven't approved OXAZ in the US, so send us everything you've got....and if there's excess Moderna/Pfizer (the story yesterday was that they actually have too MUCH doses and not enough people wanting to get jabbed) send that too. Keep opening up the eligibility, and the % of Pop vaxxed will start rising dramatically...

couple of notes, one positive one negative: -Ambrosie said they have back-up plans to their back-up plans.......so they really are working hard to make sure some kind of 2021 season plays. (Positive) -Ambrosie says the planned start date is "contingent on a 'significant' number of fans in the stands", with no real clarification on what that means exactly.... (Negative) So much is up in the air right now, but I really believe that, as fast as the case counts escalated, they will fall just as quickly once the vaccines start taking effect. By mid-May, I think we'll already be seeing a significant decline...

I really and truly believe this is going to work..... if we maintain our current rate of vaccination (or, God forbid, increase it...) we're going to be in good shape come July 1. Open camps in mid July, and fire up the season on the August Long Weekend... let's f***ing GOOOOOOO.......

https://www.tsn.ca/cfl-announces-plans-for-shortened-season-starting-in-august-1.1627462 The Canadian Football League has announced a plan to cut its 2021 regular season from 18 to 14 games, while moving its start date back nearly two months from June 10 to Aug. 5. The Grey Cup, originally scheduled for Nov. 21 in Hamilton, is now slated to be played on Dec. 12. While a target date to resume play is a welcome bit of clarity for the CFL’s various stakeholders, the league stopped short of committing to play without governments lifting restrictions on fans attending games. It all points to a period in mid-June when the league will have to assess whether its new start date is attainable. “Aug. 5 is based on a lot of conversations with public health authorities that we would have a lot more information and will see a real decline as this third wave passes through,” said commissioner Randy Ambrosie. “With more and more people getting vaccinated, there’s a lot of indication that early June will give us more information for a final decision to go. “In early June we’ll be collecting all of our data and be in contact with public health officials.” Ambrosie said he could not be specific about what percentage of stadiums would have to be open to fans for the league to play, given the different capacities. “We will work with each team and their local health authorities to see what is possible in their market,” he said. The CFL’s announcement follows a meeting of club presidents and governors on Tuesday, roughly three weeks before rookies were due to report for training camp. While a delay to the start of the season has been obvious for at least the past couple of weeks due to the third wave of COVID-19 in Canada, the league has been under pressure to reveal as much of its plan as possible. The CFL has received at least verbal approval of its return-to-play protocol from four of the six provinces in which it plays, with Ontario and Quebec as the exceptions. That isn’t expected to be an issue once the third wave subsides. But the issue of fans in stands remains a potential hurdle. If restrictions on fans in stands are lifted in Western Canada sooner than in Eastern Canada, the league is prepared to relocate early-season games to the west. “We may think about taking our teams on the road from the east to play in a place where they may have opened up fans in the stands,” Ambrosie said. “There is a commitment to play in 2021 and all the work that will happen to where we can make a comfortable final decision to go.” Making a decision to go could mean such things as eliminating preseason games, rookie camps or shortening training camp. “All of those issues are up for grabs,” said Ambrosie. “Everything is on the table.” A new start to the season will also require an amended collective agreement with the Canadian Football League Players’ Association. “I’m confident we can work together to put together a plan,” Ambrosie said. As for what happens if the league cannot commit to its Aug. 5 start date by mid-June, Ambrosie said the league would continue to press on with alternate plans. “We have backup plans and backup plans to our backup plans … we are committed to playing in 2021,” he said Interesting stuff about moving East games out West, in order to get fans in the stands. I have absolutely no doubt that AB will be among the first to allow fans in attendance. Limited capacity, with masks, at outdoor venues sometime in June, I truly believe. Alberta will go Full Texas, and try to reopen fastest....for better or worse.