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  1. bustamente

    US Politics

    But the shellac is weatherproof
    5 points
  2. Tracker

    US Politics

    The naked truth is that Trump and the GOP will resort to any means at their disposal to retain power. Violence, intimidation, semi-legal obstruction, and voter suppression are all fair game so far they are concerned. They have enlisted/bought enough African-Americans to provide the thinnest of veneers of respectibility, much as Hitler enlisted Jewish lawyers in pre-war Germany to calm Jewish fears.
    3 points
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  4. TrueBlue4ever

    US Politics

    Another day in the White House https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/proclamation-national-day-remembrance-americans-killed-illegal-aliens-2020/
    3 points
  5. Mr Dee

    US Politics

    👁‍🗨 Grease my palms... “When the Trump administration gave a well-connected Republican donor seed money to test a possible COVID-19-fighting blood plasma technology, it noted the company’s “manufacturing facilities” in Charleston, South Carolina. Plasma Technologies LLC is indeed based in the stately waterfront city. But there are no manufacturing facilities. Instead, the company exists within the luxury condo of its majority owner, Eugene Zurlo. It’s also another in a series of contracts awarded to people with close political ties to key officials despite concerns voiced by government scientists. Among the others: an ill-conceived $21 million study of Pepcid as a COVID therapy and more than a half billion dollars to ApiJect Systems America, a startup with an unapproved medicine injection technology and no factory to manufacture the devices. In addition, a government whistleblower claimed that a $1.6 billion vaccine contract to Novavax Inc. was made over objections of scientific staff.”
    3 points
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  7. Mr Dee

    US Politics

    Not one of these Republicans deserve to represent their constituents. They all failed by their inaction and complicity.
    2 points
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  9. 17to85

    The Star Trek Thread!

    No. terrible idea. You have a HUGE universe you can play in with Star Trek. just make something with new characters that stays true to the older series and people will be happy. Make it good, not a quick cash grab.
    2 points
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  11. Mark F

    US Politics

    YMCA is a gay anthem. lol. just as they, the right wingers play fortunate son, and born in the usa, and rage against the machine tunes all morons.
    2 points
  12. blue_gold_84

    US Politics

    This reply, though: **chef's kiss**
    2 points
  13. Wow this is... the second one? Wow, never thought I would get a chance to use this twice:
    2 points
  14. bustamente

    US Politics

    Here they are waiting for the Biden bus, at the end of the clip you can see a car off the road, read this guyss tweets and you can see that America is in for some big trouble
    2 points
  15. Tracker

    US Politics

    Unfortunately, it does not appear to be headed in that direction. The right-wingers are being urged on by not only Trump but many in the GOP as well. The sales of firearms and ammunition is spiralling upward, the rhetoric is escalating and the incidents of right-wing and police attacks on non-violent protestors are not being challenged by Department of Justice for civil rights violations. Sooner or later some on the left will respond in kind, and if Trump is in still in power, he will inflame the situation by praising the racists. The next civil war that is pending will not be an all-out conflict as in the most recent one, but armed skirmishes within the inner cities while the police essentially stand by and even offer tacit support to the white supremacists. When the Nazis started ascending to power in Germany, the police and military supported them and did not act out of conscience at all, so we can expect much the same in the US. The only hope is that Trump has insulted the US military so much and so often that they may well decide to support his ouster.
    2 points
  16. Mr Dee

    Random News Items

    What are the odds?
    2 points
  17. bustamente

    US Politics

    I have a feeling that Trump supports will not lose gracefully, scary times ahead if their God is not re elected
    2 points
  18. Mark F

    US Politics

    we have plenty of the same people in Canada.
    2 points
  19. bustamente

    US Politics

    As an outsider I can not understand or digest how anyone could say Trump is the person I want to be in the WH and the face of America
    2 points
  20. HardCoreBlue

    US Politics

    No stopping, full court press, no mercy until him, his administration, the enabling GOP, the Supreme Court and his family are cornered with no where to go except consequence land.
    2 points
  21. Tracker

    US Politics

    Appparently, this week past, Trump was determined to order Barr to charge Joe and Hunter Biden with some form of criminal offence and was barely restrained from doing so.
    2 points
  22. bustamente

    US Politics

    Apparently in the US you have the right to vote but it being counted depends on whether the State is run by Republicans or Democrats
    2 points
  23. The trump hearse- i love it.
    2 points
  24. Noeller

    2021 (??) CFL Season

    https://www.tsn.ca/naylor-many-questions-but-few-answers-on-a-2021-cfl-season-1.1543725 The Canadian Football League has been outrageously quiet since it pulled the plug on its season more than two months ago, leaving behind a wake of speculation about where things are headed next. With the reality setting in that COVID-19 is likely to still be around in some form next summer, there is real concern about what the 2021 season might look like or if it will occur at all. There are teams that believe it is vitally important to play in 2021 and that without a season the CFL is in danger of being mothballed. Whether every team believes that is another question. And there is a lot to sort out before anyone can accurately predict what a season might look like and how much pain the teams are collectively willing to stomach to make it happen. The league and its franchises are currently running through various scenarios for next season, trying to get a handle on true costs of each and working at ways to trim budgets and save money. That’s likely to continue until the league can truly choose a course of action, which feels like next April at the earliest. Why? Well, there’s not much point in fully committing to a scenario that’s seven months away if that scenario might be totally unrealistic by the time you get there. There has been no 2021 business plan presented yet, only regular updates to the presidents and governors about what the league is doing to prepare for the unknown. It should be noted that teams will need to make decisions about retaining assistant coaches with expiring contracts by December, which will be the first real economic commitments to a 2021 season. Restrictions on signing players will need to be lifted well before the opening of February free agency, where players are likely to meet a cautious market – one in which signing bonuses will probably be absent. There’s a collective bargaining agreement to amend, if not renegotiate, with the players, which will require some kind of pressure point because it always does. But the league can’t sit down with the players until it gets a true handle on revenues and it can’t do that until it chooses a course of action. Will CFL teams be allowed to have full stadiums next summer? It doesn't seem likely. But just what percentage of capacity will be allowed – if any at all – is impossible to guess. It seems as if the league is counting on the restrictions that currently prevent fans from being in stadiums being lifted. But to what degree? When will we see a schedule? Good question. Or could we see multiple schedules for different scenarios? Never say never. Could it be a 21-week, 18-game season played in home stadiums? Unlikely, given the losses teams are expected to take with reduced numbers of fans in the stands. Could we see a return to the 10-week bubble? Maybe. A nine-game schedule played in home stadiums before fans? Perhaps. The point is no one knows, so demanding answers to questions that can’t possibly be answered right now is a waste of time. All we know is that there’s going to be a lot less revenue for teams to operate with under any scenario, not just because of crowd restrictions but also due to older fans choosing to stay home for their safety. The CFL’s fan demographics do it no favours in this regard. Getting consensus on a best course of action won’t be easy for the CFL’s nine teams. Back in the summer, there were teams that were willing to play without government support and teams that weren’t. And just like then, the biggest challenge commissioner Randy Ambrosie faces now is finding a scenario they can all live with. Adopting a revenue-sharing model so that each team absorbs the same amount of red ink would certainly make consensus-building easier, which many believe should be the direction for the future, COVID-19 or not. The other elephant in the room is federal government, which many in the CFL believe left it high and dry last summer after months of back-and-forth talks where the league believed it was making progress. Is the CFL prepared to go down that road again, knowing it doesn’t control the timeline and larger forces can change things in an instant? Perhaps, although it’s not as though the feds don’t have a long list of people coming at them with their hands out. There will be voices demanding the owners suck up the losses of playing a season under any circumstance, as owners have done in other sports. But the business calculation in sports such as MLB, NFL, NHL and NBA is different because of the percentage of revenues those leagues derive from television. Losses sustained by playing in those leagues can also be viewed as investments towards protecting massive franchise values. That’s not the case in the CFL, where teams can’t just float money on the backs of their franchise values, and where one third of the teams are publicly owned. It would be beneficial for the league to soon announce its formal commitment to play some kind of season in 2021. But beyond that, get ready for months more of waiting with lots of questions and speculation but very few answers.
    1 point
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  26. Wanna-B-Fanboy

    US Politics

    Hoping? They are actively trying to recreate Bush v Gore.
    1 point
  27. Mark F

    US Politics

    republicans probably hope for something similar to almgore v bush mess. Media organizations[3][4][5] later analyzed the ballots and found that, under any considered criteria, the originally pursued, limited county-based recounts would have confirmed a Bush victory, whereas a state-wide recount would have revealed a Gore victory. gore wouldnt have invaded iraq, and wouldnhave started the transition to renewable. doubt that we can expect better from the current group.
    1 point
  28. 17to85

    2021 (??) CFL Season

    If they can make a case that they can do it safely I see no reason why the government won't make an exception. All of these laws are pretty subjective anyway.
    1 point
  29. bustamente

    US Politics

    Oh nothing but deadbeat adulterer Jason Miller showing everyone how smart he is, are proud of me Fuhrer Trump
    1 point
  30. HardCoreBlue

    US Politics

    Which is ironic if one believes the rumours about LG floating around the World Wide Web.
    1 point
  31. bustamente

    US Politics

    Lets see what Blanche is up to .............also are underqualified and used as a pawn, hell of a role model
    1 point
  32. do or die

    US Politics

    But their usefulness to Trump, was already over. A familiar theme....
    1 point
  33. Mr Dee

    US Politics

    The FBI is investigating a “Trump Train” incident from Friday, in which a Biden campaign bus was surrounded by a dozen pickup trucks driven by Trump supporters as it traveled down a Texas interstate, according to a report. The FBI’s involvement was confirmed to the Tribune by law enforcement sources, the paper said. https://nypost.com/2020/11/01/fbi-investigating-trump-train-swarming-of-biden-bus-in-texas/
    1 point
  34. Mark F

    US Politics

    ofox news host pirro re kid who murdered three people Fox News host Jeanine Pirro called Kyle Rittenhouse, the teenager charged with fatally shooting two people in Kenosha, Wis., "innocent" and "demonized" in a Tuesday interview. carlson He then added: “So are we really surprised that looting and arson accelerated to murder? How shocked are we that 17-year-olds with rifles decided they had to maintain order when no one else would?” Dems need to look at Rupert Murdochs role in the current state of things.
    1 point
  35. Mr Dee

    US Politics

    No surprise..
    1 point
  36. Wanna-B-Fanboy

    US Politics

    It's what he does
    1 point
  37. HardCoreBlue

    US Politics

    Can he be anymore cooler?
    1 point
  38. Mr Dee

    US Politics

    On Atlas, a radiologist, Fauci said: "I have real problems with that guy. He's a smart guy who’s talking about things that I believe he doesn’t have any real insight or knowledge or experience in. He keeps talking about things that when you dissect it out and parse it out, it doesn’t make any sense." Atlas on Fauci: #Insecurity#EmbarrasingHimself#Exposed#CantThrowABall#NoTimeForPolitics 👁‍🗨 Hardly any difference in these 2 men at all...🤓 White House covid adviser Atlas - appears on outlet that is described by US intel as one of the Kremlin's main propaganda platforms. - Greg Miller The question is why??
    1 point
  39. 17to85

    2021 (??) CFL Season

    I don't see why they can't play with fans in the stands. Most of the stadiums are outdoors, just limit capacity and spread people out. The biggest challenge is testing players and coaches and staff to ensure the teams remain healthy.
    1 point
  40. Wanna-B-Fanboy

    US Politics

    Love this. I can't help but imagine how that call would've gone if that was trump. *cringe*
    1 point
  41. FrostyWinnipeg

    Covid-19

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/covid-19-brian-pallister-tombstone-signs-1.5785065
    1 point
  42. do or die

    US Politics

    So, the testing is paying off?
    1 point
  43. a little bit of info here, anyhow.... they're REALLY going to try hard to find a way to play in a "worst case scenario" situation, and hope it doesn't come to that...
    1 point
  44. I refuse to set my clock back an hour. Not spending one second longer in 2020 than I have to.
    1 point
  45. Mr Dee

    US Politics

    This explains everything in great detail... No, really. Really.
    1 point
  46. If I was running the league, the first thing I'd do is reduce the salary cap to something like $1.5 to $ 2million temporarily so that the tv contract pays all salaries. When I say temporarily that means once fans can return to the stands then player & administrative salaries can rise. The players wouldn't have much of a choice to agree or not. they don't sign then they don't play. I'd reduce the roster to 32 players with 2 practice or taxi squad members. I'd have a 2 week training camp limited to 45 players followed by a limited season. No exhibition games. Have inter squad games instead. How many games during the regular season? I couldn't say. Only enough for revenues to cover the cost of the season. I'd have a head coach & 2 assistants. I'd cut out the big 6 figure salaries some of these GMs & Presidents make to a more realistic number. One scout covering US & Canada as well as access to a list of free agent players in the event of injuries. I'd cut, cut, cut to the bare bones. As far as costs go, both divisions would only play each other in the Grey Cup. It would be all inter divisional play during the regular season. In order for this league to survive, forget about just playing. It's survival first which is why these Draconian measures need to be done. So, rather than a bubble in a city where everyone plays which may be the best option, it is prohibitively expensive, Therefore, I think you could have teams play out of their home stadiums as long as they're empty & a team bubble is put in place in each CFL city like we see in the NFL & MLB. They had some infections but so far (in a country being ravaged by Covid 19) they seem to be doing okay. MLB crowned a World Series champion 2 nights ago. The CFL should research what those 2 leagues did & how they worked it. A lot of coaches, GMs, Presidents & players may decide to do something else because of the reduced salaries & leave. But the harsh reality is there isn't a choice. Besides, sometimes when one door closes another one opens. New people mean new ideas. Others will take their place. Anyway, right or wrong that is how I see it.
    1 point
  47. Mr Dee

    Random News Items

    Tough footage to get a hold of..
    1 point
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