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  1. Of course they're not, but he asked which one I'd want.
  2. Ufa is Soderberg Rfa is Tarasenko
  3. Where did you see that? Edit: Saw it from Bauming. That kind of sucks...
  4. Chungh signed his contract this morning. No details http://bluebombers.com/article/bombers-ink-second-overall-selection-sukh-chungh
  5. How does he get a helmet over that mane?
  6. You can't honestly believe we took a guy #11 overall b/c of spite? That's so ridiculous I don't know how to respond to it.
  7. My first round. I think Demski goes to Ottawa at #10 unless we trade up for him. 1. Ottawa - Mateas 2. Winnipeg - Chung 3. Toronto - McEwen 4. Montreal - Durant 5. BC - Ruby 6. Sask - Groulx 7. Edmonton - Ackie 8. Hamilton - Lavoie 9. Calgary - Waud
  8. I like the #bringhimback hashtag for Muamba. It really is that easy.
  9. Other than Mayweather's retirement fight, I can't think of any fight that will draw mainstream attention for boxing Canelo who lost to mayweather at 22 is the next big thing. Dont think team money would fight him again. He just boxed this weekend in an amazing 3 round fight, more action in a round than may vs pac. Check out the link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LehQX1bbGQk#t=12 Yeah, I know who he is. I follow boxing casually, and actually saw his fight with Mayweather. It's too bad he couldn't have had a few more fights before that much of a step up in opponent. His fight with Kirkland was a million times more exciting than Mayweather-Pac. The Russian guy, GGG, is pretty good too. Those are about the only current names I pay any attention to now. I'd love to see Mayweather fight GGG, but I'm not sure he'd want to go up another weight class. I think Alvarez will be hugely popular with Mexican fight fans, but I don't think he'll ever reach the Pac or Mayweather level of popularity with mainstream NA audiences.
  10. I think they keep #2 and look to trade up for a second 1st rounder. It's also possible they don't do that. I have no idea...
  11. So why do they have to add to the trade to be able to get a long snapper for Watson? After they traded a 2nd round pick for him... Is this guy coming from Edmonton supposed to be really good?
  12. He didn't seem very high on Groulx.
  13. Walters is doing a presser in approx. 5 minutes http://www.bluebombers.com/live-press-conference
  14. I don't see Demski dropping to us at #11. I'm full of cynicism though when it comes to things ever working out for us.
  15. This is just stupid. I meant individually, not cumulatively. That should have been obvious.
  16. It's personal preference. I get the thinking behind income splitting, I just disagree. I think tax rates should be based on individuals, not households. For GST, I think the benefit of lowering it for individuals is pretty insignificant in comparison to the cost of lost revenue for the government. but why? The whole idea behind marriage in this day and age is to combine things, why not income? Why should a house hold with two people making $60k pay less taxes than a household with one person making $120k and the other making nothing? Until my paycheque shows more than just my name on it, it's individual income. Why should somebody making $120k, with a wife also making $120k, have to pay more taxes than another guy making $120k, but whose wife chose to stay home with the kids? It's an unnecessary tax break for people the Conservatives see as being part of their base.
  17. It's personal preference. I get the thinking behind income splitting, I just disagree. I think tax rates should be based on individuals, not households. For GST, I think the benefit of lowering it for individuals is pretty insignificant in comparison to the cost of lost revenue for the government.
  18. I completely agree with you on this point.
  19. I have yet to ever meet a happy provincial or Federal employee. You guys always seem pissed off about something or other. Not saying you don't have the right to be. I just wish there was a way to fix this, other than of course, just throwing ever bigger gobs of cash your way. I really like my job and think I'm paid fairly. What bothers me is how the recession was used as a reason to gut our benefits and tear up our contracts. Our sick leave is such an insignificant amount in the big picture, but it was a major point of emphasis in this year's budget because those overpaid, lazy feds don't need it. It's such populist nonsense to attack government workers. There are some things I think the government has been right about though. Being paid a week's salary for every year you worked when you quit your job or retired was crazy. Severance shouldn't be for somebody voluntarily leaving a job and they were right to ditch it. I also think it's fair to expect us to pay for 50% of our pension plan. Having said this, being a fed is a cakewalk compared to working for the province in Manitoba. Four people in my wife's building have left on stress leave. They work in a building that is around 29C everyday b/c they won't fix the ac, they're all crazy overworked b/c they aren't hiring anybody, and they've all been given way more to do. They don't get promotions for this though, b/c they can't afford to re-classify anybody.
  20. Whomever wins, I'd like to see a minority government. As a Federal employee, I'd also like to see Tony Clement lose his job. That goofy looking pos has called me overpaid way too many times. Maybe I'll fly out to his riding and drop a deuce in his fancy new gazebo that we all paid for...
  21. I think that the anti-Harper crew have to play any card they have in the deck. In 2011 all I heard was that Harper was a Nazi who was going to make abortion and gay marriage illegal and stack the Supreme Court with right wing judges. Well none of that happened. They can't really say their guy is going to do a better job of managing the economy (well they can try, but no one is going to believe it) so all they have left is the fear card. According to the polls not too many are buying this. This new security bill is a bit of a head-scratcher. I don't now why Harper is doing this right now, but I guess I have nothing to hide so I don't really care. People went way too far demonizing Harper in his early days. It's happening again with Trudeau, only with different talking points. People are scared of what's new in politics. A few things I dislike about Harper: - the new security bill seems unconstitutional and overreaching for what a government should be able to keep secret - very little debate has been allowed in the house - He wanted to abolish the senate, but has since appointed more of them than any other pm in history - has very little use for the collectively bargained agreements with the Public servants that the government signed - the Supreme Court has had to slap him down several times, then had a little fit after his choice for judge was disallowed - lowering the GST and income splitting are bad ideas imo. - his views on pot - mandatory minimum sentences for non-violent crimes - wearing a Canada jersey instead of a Jets jersey
  22. The thought of Justin Trudeau representing Canada on the world stage, and being the guy who has to stare down people like Putin. Yikes. Talk about a boy among men. Oh I agree! he is also a rich guy who seems to completely lack any understanding what it's like to be poor or have to work for your middle class income. He'd be a laughing stock on the national stage. I meant what terrifies the poster about Harper. he's pretty even keel. Its one thing to play the scary Harper card in 2004, but 2015? Trudeau's already on the national stage, and rather than embarrassing himself, he's running neck and neck in the polls with Great Leader.
  23. More importantly he's no Jonathan Toews. Switch the D corps for Chicago & Pittsburgh and Crosby is a multiple Stanley Cup champion. He's got 28 more playoff points in three less games. Chicago's forwards are better around him too, but the D is where the biggest difference is.
  24. I feel pretty confident saying Newman will not see any time mlb this season. He's only 210. That was more of a crazy Etch thing imo.
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