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To defend the anti-vax crowd for a minute (and this is the only minute l will spend on them) they could make the same argument against the vaccine crowd. “You are being ruled by emotional fear, so you are jumping to take an unproven vaccine that you don’t know the risks of. My logical research tells me there is no way a vaccine could be developed that quickly with no known risk”. The problem is the “logical” information everyone has access to, and the confirmation bias at play for both sides. Whatever logic is being applied has the emotional underpinning of “wanting to believe that logic”. I want to believe that vaccines will protect me, so I buy the reported science behind its safety and effectiveness, and point to the cases of anti-vaxxers dying or ending up in the ICU as validation of my side. They will point to vaxxers still catching COVID or having side effects as proof the vaccines are not working. Both sides can say that their science is sound and the opposite side is living in fantasy world, and there is enough noise out there on both sides to back up the basic position unless one digs past the chatter and gets some honest infallible research behind it, which can too easily get buried in the crush of “information” I put the blame a lot on the changing media landscape which has replaced hard news with opinion and entertainment for the sake of ratings over objective truth, not caring what their “spin” is and how it warps critical thinking so long as it gets them eyeballs and screen clicks. I have very little time for much of the media and the monsters they have created but take no accountability for under the guise of “journalistic freedom”. I will freely admit to having a massive bias based on personal experience.

Since Kane wanted to declare bankruptcy rather than pay his debts off with his $49M contract, he is probably happy that the rest of his contract has been voided so he can claim no means to pay things off.

Open question for the group, just looking for opinions: If people don’t want to enforce vaccinations but are OK with denying access to things or places as a privilege withheld, then how would people feel about denying access to healthcare or the ICU for those who refuse to take steps (I.e. getting vaccinated) to keep themselves and others as healthy as possible, keeping in mind that health care is a right and not a privilege? I am seriously on the fence here, as I don’t like the infringement of rights but also hate the thought of others being denied care because of the overcrowding of ICUs and it puts others at risk for their cancelled procedures.

So even though interference, not a dirty hit by PLD, yet he has to engage in a fight due to the “code”. Wish the NHL would call instigator penalties more when a clean hit results in a challenge fight.

Beaulieu in for DeMelo firmly establishes Heinola as #8 in the defensive depth chart. Guess it wasn’t all on Maurice.

If in “extreme pain”, then why exit in this fashion? Unfortunately for Brown, his history of petulant behaviour and lying in the past (fake vaccine card) works against his credibility here.

Apparently you forget one thing…….how to finish a sentence. 🤣

We should trade for Vejmelka if for no other reason than we won’t have to face him in net any more. 2 games, 2 goals on 93 shots. .978 save %.

Shechnikov-Toninato-Vesaleinen have looked good for 4th line work tonight. Copp-Lowry-Reichel not so much.

Nah, I don’t take anything you say seriously. 😁

???? Any pictures?

Shechnikov breaks the ice. First Jets’ goal on 55 shots against Vejmelka this year.

Kevin Sawyer and Sara Orlesky in COVID protocol.

Sadly, Trump is not the real problem. He is the “useful idiot” who the Republican establishment only needs as the rallying figurehead for the brainwashed masses who vote for “him”. Like Cheney running things when Bush 2 was the puppet President, there will be a smarter, more corrupt puppet master behind the scenes who will call the shots and more quietly destroy democracy. If they can compete with Putin and his attempt to take down the USA through chaos.

I totally agree with that assessment. Some figure that in a league of nine teams, you can tear down and re-build more quickly, and will take that flash in the pan approach. But I am enjoying the sustained success of the Walters approach much more for sure (it helps to stomach that mindset when the long drought is over and we have more patience as fans).

That’s where I was going. Would certainly be a great rebuttal to #1990.

The unintentional hilarity of the Simpsons clip is that their defence is getting torched by Springfield, so the defence quits en masse mid-game to go try their luck in the CFL with the Blue Bombers - as if there were in any holes in our defence last year they would be a replacement for. One of the greatest defensive units in CFL history.

Not a bad track record for a horrible GM though. As AGM and GM in Winnipeg got us to two Grey Cups in 2001 and 2007, arguably two we should have won (if “fumble machine” Roberts doesn’t drop the Kevin Glenn handoff), as GM in Sask 2 more Grey Cups and one win in 2010 and 2013. And although rare, one does not need to be a former player to be a success in management.

Useless stat of the day: Bombers are in rare air with their current possession of the Grey Cup. Due to the pandemic and the repeat, they will be in possession of the Cup for 1093 consecutive days by the time the next Grey Cup is held in Sask. That ties them for the 5th longest streak in CFL history going back to 1909. Only 7 teams in total have ever held the Cup for more than 1,000 consecutive days. 1. Hamilton Tigers - 1842 days between 1915-20 (1 Cup, held possession through World War I and league dispute in 1919) 2. Edmonton Eskimos - 1827 days between 1978-83 (5 Cups) 3T. Queens University - 1100 days between 1922-25 (3 Cups) 3T. Edmonton Eskimos - 1100 days between 1954-57 (3 Cups) 5T. University of Toronto - 1093 days between 1909-12 (3 Cups) 5T. Winnipeg Blue Bombers - 1093 days days between 2019-22 (active streak, 2 Cups) 7. Toronto Argonauts - 1092 days between 1945-48 (3 Cups) FYI the Saskatchewan Roughriders have had the Cup in their possession for 1454 days total in their entire existence. They also have the longest gap in possessing the Cup at 20529 days between their inception in 1910 and their first Cup in 1966. The second longest drought was 11322 days for the Toronto Argonauts between 1952-83. The Bombers recent streak from 1990-2019 covered 10591 days.

Given the profits that one championship generated for the Province and the team, it was arguably worth it to take the setback for a few years. https://www.google.com/amp/s/leaderpost.com/sports/roughriders/football/roughriders-crack-43-million-in-gross-revenues-for-2013-14/wcm/6a0209aa-a10b-448b-b7ac-2e252c0a5150/amp/ As for the earlier salary cap, it was in place but teams flagrantly ignored it. Taman was on Bob Irving’s coach’s show and I called in and asked why he didn’t violate the cap, given the almost non-existent penalties for going over. He responded “believe me, I wish I could. Lyle won’t let me”. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.theglobeandmail.com/amp/sports/salary-cap-bypassed-or-ignored-by-cfl/article25425105/

Bold statement considering Murphy has never even been a GM.

So I missed this story in December, but Devin Nunes is now officially gone: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cnbc.com/amp/2021/12/06/gop-rep-devin-nunes-resigns-from-congress-to-become-ceo-of-trumps-media-company.html And Marjorie Taylor Greene has been permanently yanked from Twitter for COVID misinformation: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6302175

So with all the lousy news in the world of late, this is a great ray of sunshine: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/02/sports/hockey/canucks-cancer-manager-fan.html

His approach of trading draft picks for players was controversial for some, but it did rebuild a terrible team faster than expected. He felt a known commodity was better than an unproven draft choice that they might lose to free agency anyway once they developed him. Long term it meant the club had trouble maintaining a consistent stable contender, but short term it built a good team from a bad one and brought in key pieces.