WildPath
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A little late to the posting party, but maybe a specific thread for just expressing the immediate feelings right after a loss (maybe a win too)? I know I was extremely upset right after the loss and it kinda helps seeing others express those first feelings that occur before realizing the sky isn't falling. Soon after I don't envision the team going winless this year and can take it in perspective and realize its just one game. I think I remember someone saying that is what the chat is for, but I for one rarely have access to chat during, or immediately after the game. Perhaps it could filter the hyper-negative stuff post loss from all the other threads. Just a thought.
Second, I am a teacher in Northern MB and I introduce my students to football, most of who have no idea about the game other than what the actual ball looks like. After playing it a bunch they quickly gain interest.. Its a great sport after all. Every once in a while I show them clips from the CFL, return tds, exciting plays and such and the become really excited about watching the game. Get some of them to watch bomber games, but lately its pretty frustrating with the bombers not winning and often putting up boring and depressing games. Hard to get them hooked to following the team, but I'm in my early 30s and somehow I'm fully into it even with what's gone on in the 25 years I've been a fan.
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Regardless of whether the writer of the story supported Bush (news flash, a lot of people did), it doesnt change (or add really) the quality of the content. Some of us jump to politics awfully quick around here.
As for me, I wouldnt eat a chicken in an egg. In fact, I am ashamed I eat animals at all. We dont need (goes for Milk too which, I hear, appears on some school lunch programs 'must have' lists, which is idiotic) But when it comes to that, Im weak. Watch the documentary Earthlings. You wont eat animals (unless maybe if you caught it/killed it yourself) for awhile.
I noted about them supporting political candidates and having political guest authors to point out that their stories are likely going to have a perspective or bias which they try to influence the reader with. Not that their opinion is wrong just because they supported bush.
I have some of earthlings, but even further, I have seen similar stuff in person and the food system we have is sickening. I do not eat that much store-bought meat as a result and instead eat what I have raised, hunted or has been hunted or raised and given to me. I don't make a big deal about it at restaurants and stuff, nor when I am offered food by others. Guess that's a bit of a quiet compromise I make.
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Don't you guys watch Survivor? In the gross-out food-eating competitions (which apparently are now considered "cultural appropriation") they have on Survivor usually one of the grossest things people have to eat is "Balut", which is a duck egg that has been fertilized, so there is an actual almost ready to hatch duck in the egg, with feathers and beak and everything. I honestly didn't know that people actually ate that stuff until my tour guide in the Philippines bought one and ate it while we were driving to the rice terraces (and it smelled awful in the car). He also ordered us some "authentic" Philippine food on the trip which all just seemed to be different animal intestines fried or steamed, and pretty gross. It was obvious he was just doing it to gross us out and get a laugh at the looks on our faces when we would try something. I told him after the second stop to cut it out, and just order stuff that was edible for Western palates. That may have been inappropriate, but we were starting to get pissed off.
That's right! I forgot that it was duck and not chicken. Shame on me for forgetting that as I actually raise ducks! For some reason I believe it is also done with chicken fetus, perhaps in a different culture, though maybe I am wrong about that too.
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It's easy to criticize something when a few quotes have been pulled out of a book in a blatant attempt to demonize a social justice movement. I know it's obviously just an opinion, not an actual review of the book, but its comical to me how it has been used to inflame people against a certain point of view. I don't really see anything wrong with the actual quotes from the book, though I doubt I'd agree with the whole book had a read it.
To think of a food from another culture as weird cause it doesn't fit with our experiences does seem disrespectful to me. I think it can be viewed as different or unappealing though. I wouldn't be surprised if someone saw it strange to consume lactations of a mammary gland of other animals, though it is largely a staple of my diet. Or eat food that is filled with ingredients that we don't even know, created through I process that we don't understand, but I do love my jalapeno cheddar cheetos.
What I'm basically trying to say is just to make sure its understood this is from a conservative opinion piece from a company who has endorsed both Bush presidents (W twice) and feature Newt Gingrich and Sarah Palin as guest authors.
And I find it offensive that I'm not able to feel that some things are weird. Perhaps if we both learned to manage our own emotions better we'd be more ok with those of others.
You're welcome to find it weird. Just as I can find that a bit disrespectful. I think there's room for both of us to have our opinions.
I find it surprising and unappealing to eat chicken fetus in the egg. I am friends with people that do and I attempted to try it..... the result was unsuccessful
Absolutely (and I edited my original post to not sound so much like I was attacking you), it's when people are shamed for their opinions (like the first example)and when programming and policy decisions are influenced (like the second) when it becomes a problem.
Okay, didn't notice the edit till you pointed it out. I think people being shamed for their opinions is partially why I commented in the first place. I found the article to be a completely biased attack on the opinions someone wrote without them having a chance to respond to defend or clarify their point.
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It's easy to criticize something when a few quotes have been pulled out of a book in a blatant attempt to demonize a social justice movement. I know it's obviously just an opinion, not an actual review of the book, but its comical to me how it has been used to inflame people against a certain point of view. I don't really see anything wrong with the actual quotes from the book, though I doubt I'd agree with the whole book had a read it.
To think of a food from another culture as weird cause it doesn't fit with our experiences does seem disrespectful to me. I think it can be viewed as different or unappealing though. I wouldn't be surprised if someone saw it strange to consume lactations of a mammary gland of other animals, though it is largely a staple of my diet. Or eat food that is filled with ingredients that we don't even know, created through I process that we don't understand, but I do love my jalapeno cheddar cheetos.
What I'm basically trying to say is just to make sure its understood this is from a conservative opinion piece from a company who has endorsed both Bush presidents (W twice) and feature Newt Gingrich and Sarah Palin as guest authors.
And I find it offensive that I'm not able to feel that some things are weird. Perhaps if we both learned to manage our own emotions better we'd be more ok with those of others.
You're welcome to find it weird. Just as I can find that a bit disrespectful. I think there's room for both of us to have our opinions.
I find it surprising and unappealing to eat chicken fetus in the egg. I am friends with people that do and I attempted to try it..... the result was unsuccessful
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What I'm basically trying to say is just to make sure its understood this is from a conservative opinion piece from a company who has endorsed both Bush presidents (W twice) and feature Newt Gingrich and Sarah Palin as guest authors.
Sure, attack the source (we see that a lot here), and yes, I admit it was an attack piece to some extent, and I also admitted that there is some real cultural insensitivity out there like dressing up in black face etc. that needs to be frowned upon in our society, but what got me worked up wasn't the lunatic lady with the food issues, it was the yoga story (I notice you didn't mention that one). That is a ridiculous use of the term "cultural appropriation" to ban yoga from a school campus, but no surprise that it is being banned at one of our uber-hip and uber-PC universities, and of course, at the extreme PC University of Ottawa, one of the worst campuses in Canada for jumping on whatever stupid politically correct trend is fashionable.
Here's part of the yoga story:
People are just looking for a reason to be offended by anything they can find," said Scharf."There's a real divide between reasonable people and those people just looking to jump on a bandwagon. And unfortunately, it ends up with good people getting punished for doing good things."
There were about 60 students who participated in the free program.
Acting student federation president Romeo Ahimakin denied the decision resulted from a complaint.
Ahimakin said the student federation put the yoga session on hiatus while they consult with students "to make it better, more accessible and more inclusive to certain groups of people that feel left out in yoga-like spaces. ... We are trying to have those sessions done in a way in which students are aware of where the spiritual and cultural aspects come from, so that these sessions are done in a respectful manner."
The verbal diarrhea coming out of that student federation president's mouth sounds extremely Orwellian, in that it makes no sense whatsoever. "Yoga-like spaces" - ??? Just ridiculous.
I didn't comment on the yoga story because a) I don't much about it and
that wasn't what the topic was about. I was just trying to point out that some seemed to be jumping on board with the posted article that was blatantly biased. The author of the article may have a point, but so might the actual book being commented upon. I am not familiar with it other than what has been quoted in the article you posted, but I am supposing that is also true of many if not everyone else commenting.The yoga story does seem strange to me, I have no clue why it would be cancelled, but again, I haven't taken the time to check the source. And I probably won't.
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It's easy to criticize something when a few quotes have been pulled out of a book in a blatant attempt to demonize a social justice movement. I know it's obviously just an opinion, not an actual review of the book, but its comical to me how it has been used to inflame people against a certain point of view. I don't really see anything wrong with the actual quotes from the book, though I doubt I'd agree with the whole book had a read it.
To think of a food from another culture as weird cause it doesn't fit with our experiences does seem disrespectful to me. I think it can be viewed as different or unappealing though. I wouldn't be surprised if someone saw it strange to consume lactations of a mammary gland of other animals, though it is largely a staple of my diet. Or eat food that is filled with ingredients that we don't even know, created through I process that we don't understand, but I do love my jalapeno cheddar cheetos.
What I'm basically trying to say is just to make sure its understood this is from a conservative opinion piece from a company who has endorsed both Bush presidents (W twice) and feature Newt Gingrich and Sarah Palin as guest authors.
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What I remember of Berry was him hating Serna and causing Serna to lose confidence. Far from what is being suggested. Plus, O'Shea did fire Etch. I don't think firing him during the season would have salvaged much anyhow. I'm not sure the cronyism still exists. It's to early to tell with this management. I don't think O'Shea should be fired anytime soon, but I did wonder in a curious way if Walters would be able to pull the trigger if need be
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And by starting, I mean..... starting in the third string spot.
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I wonder if something fishy is going on here. If he wasn't in shape to play or practice why was he taking up a roster spot instead of starting Davis?
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Well O'Shea said on CJOB that he didn't practice this week because he was 'nicked up'
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The entitlement they show in those tweets is concerning. If they were committed to doing their job well, not just the tweets would be different, but they would actually want to watch practice. Like many, I have been disappointed with coverage for a long time, but on reflection have noticed it has hit a new low this year. Filler is a good term. If only they gave a press pass to someone knowledgeable from this site there could be some really good info out there. As it is, the site is usually better for information than the papers. So I guess that's the positive side of having horrible media coverage.
I also wonder where the weak link(s) are between the club, media and fans. I think O'Shea might believe in controlling the message to the degree Mike Kelly did, but he's able to control his emotions better. I can't stand how dull interviews with O'Shea are. Doesn't give anything to add interest to the team. If that ends in results on the field I guess that's the goal though. But its hard when fans are not even allowed to know information about injuries. I believe the press is frustrated with the team too, but they should still at least try to do their job.
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I was just thinking about this the other day. And I was thinking specifically about Ritchie being interviewed from his office. My memory is failing... Was Ritchie regularly interviewed behind his desk or was this just once or twice?
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Sears was a game changer for us. What I loved about him was his ability to lead others on the team to play better off the field and certainly motivated them on the field seeing him knock guys around. Brought a good deal of entertainment for the fans too.
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Chijoke Onyenegecha, love that one
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I'm not particularly against the logo, but gotta have the royal blues. On a side note, probably my favourite jerseys of all-time (any sport) are the BC Lions gunmetal jerseys they brought out recently. They are sharp and I wish we would have come out with something like that, but I'm not sure it would have fit our colour scheme.
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I was really a fan of Renaud when he first joined the team. I had never seen a punter pursue his kicks like Renaud and he made a couple of game-changing plays as a result of recovering his own punts or causing chaos getting downfield fast... Wish I still had some video footage of it. Unfortunately, if I recall, his downfield pursuit caused an injury and he never resumed that part of his game. Seemed like a great team player and character guy though.
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I wonder if there`s a chance that Toronto could be hoping this would make him more likely to land in Winnipeg. If they believe that he`s going to be a good player, they`d want him out of the division. Right now I think Hamilton doesn`t have a clear picture of whether Burris will be back or not, making Winnipeg look like the best opportunity for Collaros. If they waited until free agency to let him look that could mean Burris is out of Hamilton and Collaros would be more likely to sign in Hamilton. Or maybe this theory of mine is a reach.....
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I think the big reason for the changes on offense is to get a good evaluation of our quarterbacks. Give them the best possible oline and see what they can do. I don't mind what they are doing there. Pencer does need playing time to develop, but we know he'll be back next year, so might as well focus on getting a good read on the QBs.
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I am still in support of giving Goltz more time to develop, but I am slightly disappointed in his scrambling abilities. Perhaps Goltz is the fastest QB in the league, or at least one of the quicker ones, but I haven't seen much of the ability to scramble when he's in trouble. We saw Durant get away from pressure frequently and I even think ol' Buck still has a decent ability to get away from pressure(when given the green light), but when I see Goltz try to run under pressure, he usually moves forward a few yards and then gets taken down. I don't see him buying himself extra time or breaking contain to get a first down all that often.
I will say that he may improve in this area, but I sure was jealous seeing how great Durant was at escaping pressure.
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The guy hasn't played a NFL game since 2009 (equivalent to 3 head coaches in Bomber time), hasn't been under contract to a NFL team since first cuts in 2010 training camp, hasn't played a professional football game for 2 seasons. For him to come to the CFL and all of a sudden have NFL teams interested the same week seems dubious to me.
Its almost like... our scouting department discovered someone that was forgotten by the nfl. We sign him, they see his name in the news, and then say "Oh yeah, I remember him now, we should take a look at him"
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Wow, now this move is out of left field. What is Burke/Miller thinking? Clearly Crowton was just about to break out of his sophomore slump
How much data does a game on cjob run?
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Do you guys use the CJOB app for streaming? When I just have a cell I use TuneIn Radio (android) and it hasn't been stellar recently, so I might try the switch today.