RagingIce
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Time for the Rod Black Drinking Game™
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So am I crazy, or did I hear the old FNF theme song on one of their promotions for tomorrow?
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If the bombers do well, it will rise, if they suck, it will stay around the same (and drop towards the end of the year)
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This is the second year in the row - the endless flags need to stop. Stop calling every borderline 'illegal' play. It really kills the enjoyment of the game.
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not good, not atrocious. I wanna say mediocre.
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"Into the endzone; unmolested!!"
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The riders' transportation to the game
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Rider be like
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laaaaaaame.Plans are to take Mrs. mbrg out on a date. Record the game. Start watching it around 11:30 pm. Fall asleep midway thru the first quarter. Find out what happened the next day. Delete the recording largely unwatched sometime in September.
Got a BBBBQ going on here tomorrow. Working 7-11am, hopefully drunk by Noon. Gonna be epic!
Nothing better than day drunk on the deck in the middle of summer.
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Because people elevate themselves. We should help those who are unable to work and support themselves but we should also allow those who want to be great, to be great. Everyone gets what they earn.My question to you would be, why should we stifle the best and brightest in order to elevate those who aren't willing to work for their rewards?
In a perfect meritocracy where those who put in more effort got equivalent rewards, I would agree with you, but our society doesn't reward people like that.
Often times, those on the lowest rung of society have mental illness or come from underprivileged backgrounds or are visible minorities. One of the largest predictors of a child's Socio Economic Status is that of their parents.
I have no problem rewarding people for hard work, but it shouldn't be at the expense of the disadvantaged in society.
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Ah Norway, tax everybody to the hilt, tons of state intervention to keep everybody at the same level. Socialist BS.
I would argue that keeping everyone at the same level is a worthy goal. Wealth and income inequality are not things a country should aspire to.
Reading this makes me sick to my stomach.
Why does it make you sick to your stomach - why does anyone deserve to be elevated over anyone else?
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but people aren't equal. Once this silly idea is purged the less we'll have to hear about what a noble goal this is. Some people are just flat out smarter than others or harder workers or better athletes or whatever. Some people are lazy lumps who are happy to accomplish nothing, why should they be equal to someone driven to succeed?
This implies that people who are smarter or who work harder are the ones who get ahead in our society.
A hallmark of advanced society is the ability to feel empathy for your fellow human. If not, then why have things like socialized healthcare, education, and social assistance. Without those, those who are "smarter and harder workers" could gain even more advantages.
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Ah Norway, tax everybody to the hilt, tons of state intervention to keep everybody at the same level. Socialist BS.
I would argue that keeping everyone at the same level is a worthy goal. Wealth and income inequality are not things a country should aspire to.
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Oh please not this nonsense. Worst talking point ever. I ain't talking about balancing budgets which is all you are referring to because quite frankly simply balancing the budget isn't what I'm looking for out of a government. I want a balanced budget WITHOUT having to tax more to do it. I want the government stream lined and cuts made AND a lower tax burden on us the tax payers. I am not interested in having my finances raided just so the idealists in the NDP can fund whatever half baked program pops into their head. Being highly taxed stagnates an country. There is a reason why both the Conservatives and Liberals agree that taxing people isn't the solution to the country and are in favour of lower taxes for the most part. Promotes investment in the country and if people have more money in their pockets at the end of the day they have more to spend which keeps the economy going. The NDP would have us all be utterly dependent on the government for everything.
Taxes aren't objectively bad - just because you don't want tax doesn't make the NDP bad fiscal managers. Your post is full of right wing talking points that aren't backed up by any evidence. You should examine your preconceptions more critically.
Just look to the Nordic countries for what a higher level of taxation can do for a country. Norway has a huge heritage fund that they created by responsibly regulating the oil industry (taxation) that Alberta could learn a thing or two from. Norway also has one of the best health care systems in the world. All of them have made far more progress on environmental issues than Canada has. No one would argue that they are stagnant.
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Hopefully the NDP win federally. This country needs a shakup. We've been stagnating for the past 20 years.
What the hell does that even mean? Canada has been leading the world in economic growth consistently and are one of the best countries in the world to live in. If that's stagnation I'll take it. Go travel the world a bit and come back, and you'll appreciate what we have a lot more. Have a look at those idiots in the EU, trying to prop up those lazy commies in Greece. Now THAT"s stagnation.
Perhaps be a tad less patronizing? You don't know what I've done or experienced.
The economy isn't the be all and end all (and we're nothing special in that regard) - we're stagnating in social progress, environmental progress and healthcare among other things. I didn't say Canada is a bad country to live in.
Raginice, your the one that that brought up the economy. What I have said is who I would vote for. Does that bother you that it's not the NDP? Does it bother you that I'm doing better under this government than any other?
You are welcome to join any organization you want, have them tell you how to vote. I'm voting with my conscience.
No, actually KBF is the one that brought up the economy. I don't care who you vote for or how successful you are.
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Raging ice. Do you have an idea why it's refered to as a balanced budget? Do you realize when you tax people, like Paul Martin did, your going to keep raking in the money. A balanced budget is not economic activity.
Referring to intellectual honesty, do you know what that means? in fact you are the phrase in an incorrect context. The author and your interpretation is dishonest.
The guys a hack. He has an axe to grind. He works for a union. Get it?
Actually, you are the one using the term economics and confused it with budgets.
I know I'm doing better under the current federal government. That is the weight that I measure. And that is what matters to this citizen.
No leftie gets my vote. And I'm proud of that.
Being patronizing isn't conducive to a civil discussion. I never claimed a balanced budget was "economic activity", I claimed that NDP know how to balance a budget better than the CPC or Liberals (one sign of being a sound fiscal manager).
By intellectual dishonesty I was pointing out that you're engaging in an ad hominem argument to discredit the source. This is not a sound argument unless you can show that his background is tainting his argument.
I did not confuse "economics" with "budgets" as you so say. I did not conflate them anywhere in my post.
Until you provide a shred of evidence to support your view, you're far more of a "hack" than he is. If you think the Conservatives are better fiscal managers, prove it. Spouting ideology like "No leftie gets my vote" is essentially giving up on your argument and resorting to talking points.
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Raging ice. Your using anarticle that is over four years old, speaks about balanced budgets, not economics, and is authored by a union hack. None of that inspires this vote to go left. I want business people, problem solvers, running this country. Not union hacks and idealists with no sense of work ethic, and out of touch with real productive people.
The numbers are pulled from Stats Canada and are referenced directly in the article. Discounting his argument based on his political leanings is intellectually dishonest. The age of the article is irrelevant because pretty much every province in the country has been running deficits the past 4 years (so unlikely to change comparative rankings).
What metric do you use to measure "economics". Unless you back up your claim, it holds far less weight than the article I posted.
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The tax and spend philosophy of the NDP is a surefire way to stagnate the country, at leas the Conservatives and Liberals agree that you need to entice businesses to actually operate in the country. The NDP views corporations as their own private money stash for half baked social programs.
There's really no evidence to support that position. The NDP actually have the best fiscal record of the major parties at the provincial level. This is straight up cold war style ideology and it hurts political discourse in this country.
The country is already stagnant, the NDP literally couldn't do any worse.
Just because Tommy says it doesn't make it true. Look at the NDP in Ontario from 1990-1995, terrible fiscal record, In B.C. 72-75, terrible, B.C. 91-2001, terrible, Manitoba 1999-2014, terrible, Nova Scotia 2009-2013, terrible. I'll give you Rommanov in Saskatchewan. The rest? Higher taxes and fees, government waste and scandal, huge increases in debt.
No, it's true because it's true
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I read today that TSN can't even stream Friday's game because IGF doesn't have the infrastructure to support it.
Meh, up until recently we didn't even get the majority of our regular season games on TV. I'm more than happy to listen to 1-2 preseason games on the radio (especially with Bob Irving doing the play by play).
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The tax and spend philosophy of the NDP is a surefire way to stagnate the country, at leas the Conservatives and Liberals agree that you need to entice businesses to actually operate in the country. The NDP views corporations as their own private money stash for half baked social programs.
There's really no evidence to support that position. The NDP actually have the best fiscal record of the major parties at the provincial level. This is straight up cold war style ideology and it hurts political discourse in this country.
The country is already stagnant, the NDP literally couldn't do any worse.
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Yea I'm done talking to you. If you want to have a civil discussion on politics, you should be a little less hostile to people that hold different views than you.
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Esks don't look nearly as impressive as last year.