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I thought "disgruntled" was what happened when a pig was retired.

What?!?! You mean to say that its too early to panic??? I was all set to start running in circles and crying.

I thought I was wrong once, but I was mistaken.

Rudy Giuliani can’t keep his story straight as he tries to defend President Donald Trump’s increasingly suspicious entanglement with Russia. Just last week, Giuliani raised red flags when he signaled that members of Trump’s campaign might have, after all, colluded with the Russian government as a part of its efforts to interfere in the 2016 election. He claimed that this wasn’t a change from his previous claims of “no collusion,” but it was. He then tried to backpedal from his new claim, saying he wasn’t aware of any collusion by the campaign. Then, after a bombshell BuzzFeed News report said that Special Counsel Robert Mueller had evidence Trump directed his attorney Michael Cohen to lie to Congress, Giuliani slammed the report, and Mueller issued a vague response calling parts of the story “not accurate.” This seemed like a major boon for the Trump team — they quickly used it to attack the media and its Russia reporting more generally. But on Sunday, Giuliani ended up bolstering the BuzzFeed report by saying that Trump may have spoken to Cohen about his congressional testimony before it happed — testimony which Cohen later admitted was a criminal lie — and said, “And so what if he talked to him about it?” Of course, the problem is that if the president knew Cohen was going to give intentionally false testimony, he could be complicit in the crime and possibly guilty on a similar charge. In light of these facts, Giuliani changed his story yet again on Monday, telling the New York Daily News, “The president never spoke with Cohen about the congressional testimony.” Renato Mariotti, a former federal prosecutor, told the Daily News that it wouldn’t necessarily be a problem if Trump and Cohen’s lawyers had contact ahead of the testimony, as Giuliani now claims. “But it would be highly unusual for those attorneys to discuss potential false testimony by Cohen and do nothing to stop Cohen or correct the record, given that it would be unethical and potentially criminal,” Mariotti told the outlet. “The question, then, is whether they discussed the false testimony in advance and knew at the time that it was false.” Mariotti added on Twitter: “That didn’t take long. [Giuliani] already walked back his suggestion that Trump discussed Cohen’s false testimony to Congress with him in advance.” And with regard to the actual negotiations with Russian officials during the 2016 campaign to build a Trump Tower Moscow, the narrative is evolving and contradictory as well. On Sunday, we learned this: The Trump Tower Moscow discussions were “going on from the day I announced to the day I won,” Mr. Giuliani quoted Mr. Trump as saying during an interview with The New York Times. But on Monday, Giuliani had completed reversed himself without acknowledging the contradiction: "My recent statements about discussions during the 2016 campaign between Michael Cohen and then-candidate Donald Trump about a potential Trump Moscow ‘project’ were hypothetical and not based on conversations I had with the President. My comments did not represent the actual timing or circumstances of any such discussions. The point is that the proposal was in the earliest stage and did not advance beyond a free non-binding letter of intent." Giuliani also raised a new red flag on Monday, telling CNN that Trump’s legal team reached out to Mueller’s office after the BuzzFeed report was published but before the response had been issued — raising questions about whether Trump inappropriately intervened in the investigation’s operations. All of this raises serious questions about the BuzzFeed report that, while it is now being treated with high levels of skepticism due to the special counsel’s statement, is still being defended by the news organization. Why would Giuliani suggest that Trump was indeed in contact with Cohen about the testimony, and then quickly backtrack? Why would he reveal that he was apparently trying to influence that special counsel’s reaction to the story, even when this looks to be on its face inappropriate? Why is Trump still unable to answer basic questions about Trump Tower Moscow? It remains difficult to accept the BuzzFeed article as a whole — but Giuliani’s scattershot reaction and shifting story suggest that it’s still worth taking seriously.

Well, you could be exceptionally mediocre....

And he's only get better!

Well, all the noise around this is good publicity, but I do wonder if LaPolice looked at the steam pile in Regina and decided that wasn't for any sane person. However, the optics of refusing to interview for a head coaching position wouldn't look good, so maybe he asked O'Shea and Walters to pose as the bad guys.

And if you cannot recognize your limitations, just ask your wife.

That is my take.

NBC News reported Ken Dilanian pointed out: “To be clear: Mueller is not disputing that Cohen says Trump told him to lie. He’s disputing the line about corroborating evidence taken from Trump Org emails, texts, etc. Still a huge deal. But not a total refutation. In fact, Cohen’s 11/30 memo says Trump directed him to lie.”

Trump is practicing the gesture of the empty hand- wherein something "big" is promised with great fanfare and then when nothing materializes, it is hoped that the hype will be remembered rather than the lie. Its worked for him with his rabid base so far.

Sex involves other people?

'Cuz peanut butter causes a lot of problems.

I hope that Jones left a case of water-based personal lubricant behind because the Riders are screwed for the upcoming season at least.

Not necessarily. These are the same people who still believe that Obama was born in Kenya and is a secret Muslim, and invaded a hapless pizza parlour armed to the teeth on the belief that Hillary was operating a pedophile ring out of a non-existent basement there. There will be some reasonably sane supporters who have seen or will see the massive scam they bought into and fade away but more than half of those who claim to be Republicans would be quite ok with the imposition of a right-wing/ "Christian)" dictatorship in the US. Both the right wing and fundamentalist "Christians" subscribe to the "trust and obey" dictates and delegate their morality to others. You may want to look into the Stanford Project some time.

I am stunned that Trump has ordered some federal employees to report to work without being paid. Firstly, some of these "essential services workers" are those tasked with issuing petroleum exploration permits- hardly "essential". Secondly, I'm pretty sure that being ordered to work without payment under threat is a classic definition of slavery. How can the American courts countenance this?

Oh, yes he has. Hang in awhile longer.

oh, Lord. Please, no.

It would be interesting to watch both of them with their walkers.

Not a lot of data on Jones, and Briggs is huge but slow. Looks like 300 lbs is now the minimum weight for import O-linemen.

Apart from the legalities, Durant would have been better than anyone else the Riders had behind center this past season. But that's a pretty low bar.

The Riders and Durant deserve each other. Good riddance. If the Bombers can get a cheese Whopper and fries, they should go for it.

Sounds credible.

I was referring to Simonise. Wolitarsky appears to be more of a possession receiver who can catch in traffic, punish d-backs and power ahead for more yards. I don't think we have seen anywhere near Simonise's potential yet, and maybe we never will. All the physical tools and talent do no good if the fire in the belly is not there. We just do not know yet.

We might have such a game-breaker already on our roster- big, good hands, very fast and a Canuck to boot. All we need is for the receivers coach to tune him up and give him the playing time to establish a rapport with our QB(s).