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I want Notley to lose in Alberta, and move to BC.  If the NDP here in BC would have her as leader, we'd be so much better off. Notley is a freaking dream compared to the dumb-dumbs we have here.

I honestly don't see anything wrong or insulting about what he is saying. He's just admitting to not being able to grasp fairly simple rule changes. And this is likely because he didn't put in the work...sorry, it's absolutely because he didn't put in the work. Now he's going back to a game he knows extremely well. And I honestly think Johnny is going to get back to "star" status in the AAFL, mostly due to the QB protection they have there. What are his strengths? Creating time, moving out of the pocket and getting away from pressure. He won't have nearly as much pressure to escape, not even on par with what he faced in college. He'll do very well in that league, get an invite to the NFL again and flop once he has to play real football.

No, but someone who is willing to hand wave away the **** Kenney did to win the leadership of a party that really only exists because he wanted it to exist.... This is what you want for a premier? Because of a carbon tax from the NDP? We were getting either that or a provincial sales tax last time regardless so 6 of one half a dozen of the other. 
Kenney gonna cut taxes on the rich and starve the beast, that sounds lovely for regular Albertans like you and I. But hey, we can just all bootstrap ourselves up right? 
Kenney is garbage in a human suit, I am no NDP supporter but at least Rachel Notley has been a pragmatic leader, arguably the only one of her kind in Canada right now. We need more like her, not Jason Kenneys who are more concerned with making the rich richer and making sure that gay kids know that it's not OK to be gay. 

Wasn't sure where to put this, it just made me smile...
 

Well, based on the number of times the federal NDP have held power, I'd say the system works!

Still think the biggest losers of deadline day were the Riders

I’m pretty friggen  excited to get Hayes 

Ended 20 years ago. What you're seeing is not The Simpsons. 

Eh. From what I can tell, they're all just garbage in different coloured bags at this point. It's pretty disheartening as a voter.

The man is doing things to give the CFL more exposure and opening up possibities for future development of players, and more importantly, revenue streams. 
Better than sitting and waiting for the football world to pass us by while we wait for things to happen.
We need more forward thinking like this. Absolutely no harm in talking and exploring this avenue.

Top Canadian prospects will still be competing....these international adds just means more players at the combine, and I bet of all the affiliations...you maybe might see 1...maybe 2 make it to a TC on a couple teams....but if it increases exposure..revenue possibilities etc....whats it hurt...rather have the Commish be progressive and think outside the box then have another Orridge or someone who has no clue

Now Scandinavian players attending CFL Combine...  this whole international plan just seems to be leaving less space for Canadians imo
Ambrosie is a train wreck

There's never a wrong thread for hating on the Leafs. 
 

I think I will side with #33 on this one and give an FU to Mark Shouldice. 
 
You should do a bit of research on Mark... he's a bit of a travelling snake oil salesman... Plus, nothing he says is really original, it's all a rehash from other alt-right youboobers. Just check out when he is releasing his material- it's almost always after someone else has posted the talking points.
Plus, you make it a point to be civilized and denounce hate, yet you post this ****? 
It's like if I were to denounce racism and make it a point to be civilized and then post a Charlottesville video with pro-alt right view point.... I don't understand, do you not see how gleefully hateful and intolerant Mark Shouldice is?
What you post to share with us, reflects on you. If Shouldice is someone that reflects who you are, then ok... keep it up, that is your prerogative..

we can all do better to remember we're interacting with real people.  It gets lost in the fact we're typing.  But I do think this forum is one of the best I've posted at in terms of mutual respect and when it steps outside that, in the moderators reminding people.  
But your post is a good reminder that we should always be cognizant that we're all human beings.

I'm just gonna say this & I'm NOT pointing fingers at anyone here but making a general observation. The same people on this forum that are abhorred by bullying in a Christmas story are the same ones who seem okay with anyone else bullying others on this forum with insults & mockery if another poster says something they don't agree with. Why is it okay to belittle members on this board & yet then be outraged over whether a flying reindeer with a red nose is bullied by other flying reindeer & an overweight senior in a magical sled? I just don't get it. Bullying goes on in here every damned day & yet that seems to be acceptable. We need to have a serious discussion about why some posters here are always on the outside looking in & aren't part of the "in crowd" here. 

I had this debate with my gf who believes the song is not appropriate today.  I think we have to be really careful about censoring creative works.  And especially in the PC era (and I dont mean that in a bad way because I dont rail against common decency/respect as an attack of the PC police). But, this happened with Money For Nothing a few years ago because ONE person complained and didnt understand the point of the offending word in the song.
Im 99.9% on the side of women (or more accurately 100% on the side of women in 99.9% of things).  But many historians have said the song is not about coercion, but about the fact the woman wants to spend the night but is afraid of judgement.  The perspective as judged by "the time" isnt that it was okay for men to coerce women, its that women had to play a role lest they be judged or "**** shamed".  
On its face, its playful.  I would wager most adults have experienced playful moments of banter in romantic situations (both ways, not just man towards woman).
If you read the lyrics its pretty clear what its about.  But people pop out lines out of context.
So, out of contest the offending lines are:
"Say what's in this drink?" - but that follows her asking for another drink.  The male replies that she should put on a record while he pours.  The clear indication is not that he's slipping her a date rape drug but that he made her an extra strong drink.
Next offending line:
"I ought to say no, no, no".  Her repeating the word "no" is not for emphasis.  Its to keep the melody of the song.  It follows her lamenting that she wished she could "break this spell".  In other words, she wants to stay, she's enamored.  She wishes she didnt want to.  The line is immediately followed by "At least I can say that I tried".  This isnt an example of a victim shrugging off an attack.  Its her going through in her mind how she'll respond to people shaming her the next day.
She repeats "no" in the next offending line:
"The answer is no".  This follows "I really must go."  The male's response to both is "Baby, it's cold outside."  Almost as if the writer purposely has a mundane, generic male statement that she is responding to.  Why?  Because she's not responding to him.  She's talking to herself.  She's trying to convince herself she should go.
Have any of us been in that position?  Heck yes.  
She immediately follows that line by complimenting the man.  She is now back to addressing him (rather then internalizing).  She tells him his "welcome has been so nice and warm".  The man's response to this is to say he's lucky she dropped in (which tells us that she initially went to his home).  It also tells us he's complimenting her, not forcing her to stay.  His next line is "Look out the window at this dawn".  This implied they've already spent most of the night together.
That's a key line because it gives us context to the song.  Its not a two minute conversation.  It's a narrative of the evening.  Its possible this narrative tells us her internalizing was her final thought process on whether to stay or not, clearly her choice.  And the next lines referring to it being nice and warm and look at this dawn could be the AFTER of their coupling.
The next lines are her being worried about what her family will think about her coming home so late (or the next day).  She refers to her sister being suspicious, her brother waiting at the door and her Aunt having a "vicious mind".  This is all about other people's reactions to her decision to spend the night.
It could be read, again, as AFTER they've spent the night together and now she's laying there thinking about the consequences...the shaming and judgement.
The male's response is to refer to her lips as "delicious" (this is 1) a compliment 2) confirming they have been intimate 3) a flirtation).  She immediately responds by making another excuse to STAY (he never asked her to at this point...).  She says a half a cigarette more.  Again, giving herself an excuse to stay.
She then goes back to saying she had to get home.  If we accept the narrative that they have spent the night together, his next lines make sense "But baby, you'd freeze out there", "Its up to your knees out there".  The weather is now worse than it was when she came over.
She asks him to lend her a coat, implying again that the weather is now much worse than when she went to his home (and confirming some time has passed).
She gives him a compliment that suggests she is getting ready to leave "you've really been grand".  Her opinion of him is he's been great, its was a great night.
Her next lines wrap up the narrative:
"But dont you see, there's bound to be talk tomorrow, at least it will be implied".  That tells us this whole routine is about her wanting to stay but fearing judgement and that she DID stay and is now fearful of that judgement.
We could read it further as expressing the dichotomy between men and women where he simply has no understanding of how she will be judged because he's a man and she's a woman.  That's the victimization in this song.
Her last line is "I really cant stay" and he replies "get over that old out".  She's reiterating that she cant stay because of the judgement and he's saying it doesnt matter, the judgement doesnt matter, he doesnt care what people think.
I cant believe I just analyzed that song haha

Can't fire Osh after the miraculous recovery from our September swoon. The playoff win in Regina gives him another year to try to get the Bombers a GC. My question is, Can he?? I have my doubts but he deserves another shot to try.

Can change the name of this thread? No reason we should be using variations of the word ******* here. I'm all for making fun of the Riders but don't need to use slurs against people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Had a funny phone call from the UCP here in Alberta last week. I don't remember the script exactly but they started out by identifying themselves as calling on behalf of the UCP and then saying "Don't you think it's time we had government..." and then bashing the NDP on an issue, I think it was about their  financial management. I've actually been a fan, for the most part, of the provincial NDP (I have no idea which least worst party I'm going to go with federally but I know it's not NDP) so I said "nope" in a friendly, half-amused tone and he said thank-you and hung up. I thought, wow, if you were trying to convince me to swing to the UCP you might wanna switch up your tactics. I'm not sure the abrupt-end-to-the-phone-call-when-I don't-agree-with-you route is gonna take you a long way.

Time : Monday 7, TSN3
Stats : Blues 1-3-2 , Jets 5-2-1
NikWatch : 4 goals in last 42 games
 

Mass use of self-driving cars can't come soon enough...

No doubt. I'm in exactly the same boat. I just don't want to spend that much money on a phone. I believe that they pushed a bit too far.
We'll see if they meet their forecasts. 

It seems iMessages keeps a remarkable number of people in the Apple ecosystem; I know that was one of the biggest factors for us. That and Apple getting into the mid-range market (my wife and I got SEs). Now that they're back to being high-end only I don't think even iMessages will be enough to keep us when it's time for a new phone (I was very close to getting a Nokia 6.1 a few months ago but had trouble even justifying that expense with my SE still ticking).  I'm impatiently waiting for the day when there is a capable iMessage equivalent on Android. 

You know I really get angry at these whackos who don't understand how economies work. There isn't some money fairy that gives governments money to fund their little pet social projects, and opposing a pipeline isn't just about keeping the oil and gas sector in this country at a disadvantage it says to anyone looking to invest in Canada for anything to not bother cause the courts might just stop everything anyway. 
Time to stop acting like a bunch of petulant children and starting working together as a country for a change.