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Privileged?! You’re being way too kind. I’m hoping with what is going on in Ukraine that the majority of Canadians who have always known this is THE stupidest dumbest thing they’ve seen will run out of patience and be way more vocal and drown out these extremely dumb uncaring it’s all about my rights knuckledraggers. They should be shamed and banished to the kids table until they demonstrate they belong back at the adults table. On behalf of Canada I apologize to any Ukraine Bomber Jet fans on this site for this extremely embarrassing knuckle dragging behaviour we’ve witnessed for the last two years when the pandemic hit full force. I’m ashamed.

Any other party both Madu and Shandro would have been punted to the back bench. But it's kenney so just keep them in cabinet because that's how cronyism works.

Republished article by krugman explaining the effect of sanctions. https://digbysblog.net/ "The sums involved are mind-boggling. Novokmet et al. estimate that in 2015 the hidden foreign wealth of rich Russians amounted to around 85 percent of Russia’s G.D.P. To give you some perspective, this is as if a U.S. president’s cronies had managed to hide $20 trillion in overseas accounts. Another paper co-written by Zucman found that in Russia, “the vast majority of wealth at the top is held offshore.” As far as I can tell, the overseas exposure of Russia’s elite has no precedent in history — and it creates a huge vulnerability that the West can exploit." he mentions britain. uninformed opinion, wonder how much putin has stashed in Saudi Arabia.

The one thing not factored into this is the evolving nature of how qbs are now being trained. How fundamentals of a decade ago are now considered an anchor on most developing qbs. With this change in development, it also changes the way qbs are coached & the kind of throws now being made as opposed to when Peyton Manning broke into the league in 1997. Throws that were once considered impossible to make are now being made by Rodgers, Herbert, Mahomes, Murray & others. The days of the pure pocket passer are coming to an end. Give it 5 more years & watch how the qb position blossoms. Not only in the NFL but also the CFL where older qbs with outdated mechanics age out & replaced by younger guys who throw totally different. And the majority don't make it. Then what?

Sure. I can't imagine a similar protest bring allowed or tolerated in Russia or Ukraine. Thus, they were priveleged. I did say it was mind numbing.

I think it's leadership. Chevy in the off season went out and got 2 d men. The O tho is nowhere to be found. Covid. Injuries. Coach quitting or whatever thar charade was. Lots of things out of Chevys control. Ppl bring up Chicago? He wasn't involved. Like at all. This is more on the players in my opinion. Culture change means moving on from 55 or 26 first.

^^ It's about time the media is saying this...it sure took them long enough It's almost like Winnipeg is supposed to be thankful to just have the NHL...no room for criticism

^^ Meanwhile in Canada - we spend three weeks parking trucks to supposedly protest vaccine mandates That is just - mind numbingly privileged

Venezuela Can Bring Putin to his Knees - Greg Palast I’m sure Putin is laughing when he hears Biden list his new so-called “sanctions” which are as serious as canceling Putin‘s Walmart discount card. It’s about the oil, Mr. Biden. The price of oil. The more Ukrainians Putin kills, the higher the price of oil. Right now, Russian tanks have pushed the price of oil past $100 a barrel. That’s a windfall worth an additional half a billion dollars a day to Russia’s treasury. With 43% of Russia’s entire federal budget coming from oil and gas royalties, Putin doesn’t care if his oligarchs are barred from getting tickets to see Hamilton. The doubling of energy prices over the next year would bring Putin a quarter trillion dollar windfall. Want to stop Putin‘s tanks? Turn off his war windfall. How? Unleash the largest reserve of oil on the planet: Lift the cruel, crazy, unjustified embargo of Venezuela. Venezuela is capable of pumping 2 million barrels of oil a day for export. If Biden announces an end to the embargo, the price of oil will nosedive in 20 minutes. However, the US and Europe have laid siege to Venezuela, stopping everything from food to supplies of parts to get its oil industry back up and running. Stop choking Venezuela’s economy and starving the Venezuelan people, who are no enemies of America, who invaded no one, and the price of oil will collapse. The Biden administration continues to prosecute Donald Trump‘s mad embargo of Venezuela. The embargo was triggered by Venezuela‘s insistence on taking back control of its oil industry—and, Heaven forbid, taxing Exxon. The excuse I hear from Republicans and Democrats alike is that Venezuela is not a democratic state. As opposed to Saudi Arabia, Kazakhstan, Qatar and Russia? It’s fascinating to me that European Union blockades oil from Venezuela but continues to take oil from Russia. We are paying the price of Trump‘s policy, now Biden’s, at the pump and Ukrainians are paying in Odessa. When I was a BBC reporter covering Venezuela, I got to know its people and their presidents, including Hugo Chavez and Nicolas Maduro, as well as the opposition. Maybe Biden doesn’t like Maduro, and Exxon and BP certainly do not like Maduro, but he is the elected president. And I can tell you that while Maduro is not popular anymore because of the suffering imposed by the embargo, he was democratically elected. And that’s more than can be said for the so-called “President“ that the US and Europe have recognized, Juan Guaido, who never even ran for president. Guaido is a rich white guy who has lived in Washington for years. The Venezuelan people, whatever they feel about Maduro, are not going to go back to white “Spaniard“ control of their mestizo nation. So let’s make a deal: We recognize the elected government in Venezuela and Putin recognizes the elected government of Ukraine. And if Putin doesn’t like that deal, we still recognize Venezuela, and unleash their oil, without doubt the greatest weapon on this battlefield. Yes, the Germans have agreed (for this week at least) to cancel Nord Stream 2, the new gas pipeline from Russia. But that’s one more cruel joke in which the Ukrainians are the punchline, ignoring Nord Stream 1. Germany continues to take Russian oil and Nord Stream gas, sending Putin nearly $1 billion a day. This is the commercial equivalent of the Hitler-Stalin pact. The US and UK governments have seized Venezuela’s oil revenues (and even its gold reserves), leaving its people to starve. Yet, we are not holding back payments to Putin. The fact that Germany has, by reports, vetoed banning Russia from the SWIFT international payments system is a clear indication that German industrialists are more than happy to send cash to Putin as long as the carbon keeps coming. End the strangulation of Venezuela and tankers full of LNG (Liquid Natural Gas) from the South American nation could cut Putin’s pipeline noose from around Europe’s neck. So there’s your choice, President Biden: Is maintaining Trump’s embargo of Venezuela so important that you will continue to let Germany fund this invasion?

It appears the stain of the Blackhawk scandal has tarnished him as well. The team needs a culture change.

Well he discusses that..... "There are two uncomfortable facts here. First, a number of influential people, both in business and in politics, are deeply financially enmeshed with Russian kleptocrats. This is especially true in Britain. Second, it will be hard to go after laundered Russian money without making life harder for all money launderers, wherever they come from — and while Russian plutocrats may be the world champions in that sport, they’re hardly unique: Ultrawealthy people all over the world have money hidden in offshore accounts." Deutsche bank executives losing a bit of sleep at the moment.

The mayor and former boxer

Gotta admit, this guy seems pretty badass.

FYP This.

Germany is sending war materiel to Ukraine, and is no longer opposing locking Russia out of the SWIFT banking system, and European teams are refusing to play Russian teams. Every bit counts.

The long term civil servants are really doing the work.

Ukraine is like Mike Tyson in his prime. Just destroying Go Ukraine Go

Same thing that happens to guys who can't cut it in the AHL.

If you can trade 26 u do it.. I'd keep 55 at the moment and see what he's like away from Wheeler. When Mark played with Nikki he was much more engaged

The NCAA has them at least that long, and often as long as 23/24.

Yup I wasn't ripping on you, I really wasn't. Just really really reallllly frustrated with some of my fellow human beings and how they're hard wired in their inability/refusal to understand that individual freedoms and rights can come together with their individual responsibilities for the collective good. This particular issue of taking care of yourself and blending that with your responsibility to others outside your inner circle, basically humanity is not a look at it from both sides. The how can be different but the what is non-negotiable. Either you suck or you don't suck. The people who say I respect all sides here and respect people's rights to choose whatever they want to do on this particular issue are actually imho closet suckers that portray themselves to others as not sucking as a human being.

Imagine being conscripted to fight for your country, fleeing for your life, sheltering in a under ground in a subway system with hardly any food with young children these tools would be hiding in their parents basements wondering why their skip order is taking so long, So tough a life of having to wear and mask or getting a pin prick so that people taking care of others in the hospitals and aren't overwhelmed. Self serving waste of space imbeciles the whole lot of them.

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well, just for clarity......Pascucci is retired, so he is not technically in the media anymore and isn't beholden to anyone. He's a little freer to say what he wants. The actual beat writers are a different story....

and it gets worse...Shandro is now on his 3rd portfolio after being investigated in two others. Currently being investigated by the bar association for improper conduct.... that party is a sewage pile.

either she is being super nice or super savage

They should confiscate and use it to fund the Ukraine!

I said to my son, when the game started, that Schiefele and Wheeler are going to really struggle against this team. And if we overplay them, we’ll be in big trouble. They just make little to no effort in the D zone. They’re both -4 now.

Doesn't matter who starts. This team is garbage.

I feel like they’re playing exactly the same, they just didn’t cash in and we did. Remember when we had a 3 goal lead? That was fun. Jets D zone play is a nightmare. So much space is given… That 3rd goal, no one even touched the guy in the slot. Easy tip in prime real estate. Really frustrating.

Can exploit but won't.

That's what I mean though - they continue to play because, right now, it's just words with no immediate consequences. This didn't happen overnight either so I'm sure they have already made preparations, knowing this is how the West would respond.

Kazakhstan says nyet to Putin and will not get involved in the Putin stupidity.

Was thinking the same thing last night.

My worry is that China makes up for a lot of the sanctions that have been put on Russia.

The LFL is the only other football league i'd be interested in developing

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Welcome... if you're ever looking for insightful, unbias analysis that you want to feature on the pre-game show.... you probably won't find it here 😂

They have one. The NCAA

Good on the Russian people protesting this crap. Standing up to a blood thirsty dictator takes real courage.

The NFL does. They want a developmental league, yes.

Just making my way through the decontamination chamber

I found this to be a very good speech. It was made in reference to the Emergencies Act, but it is comprehensive and very well articulated.

Honestly an upstart football league in the states has the disadvantage of the ncaa being bigly popular already.

yup....that and CFL cuts, or guys who couldn't even make a PR up here....

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Welcome Derek. Please proceed through the decontamination chamber on your way into the province. If any green remains, self isolate for at least 14 days until symptoms improve.