Leaderboard

we will absolutely be taking an OL with our first pick....I have zero doubts about this. Especially with Desjarlais gone and Dobson likely down south as well. Walters has taken an OL first in every single draft, right? Why would he change that now when we actually do need to stock the cupboards....?

I don't know where to put this so I'm putting it here. Presently life is hard for a lot of sane people of many stripes, colors and shapes for similar and unique reasons. So when all this craziness of what's going on around us locally and globally gets tempered to manageable portions we are going to have an in-person Morning Big Blue member party where we can meet each other face to face and uncloak our monikers and meet each other as real people. Because I'm just the idea guy I vote that that the top 5 members with the most reputation points organize this event. 🙂 A victim of your own success so to speak. All members tho will contribute what they can monetarily to make it happen. 🙂 Now back to your regularly scheduled craziness. Go Ukraine.

Unfortunately these bots have already done their damage in lowering even further some people's knuckles to the ground. Hopefully some of them can be re-wired back to being a sane person who believes in science.

FTFY

two hours eh... should be a great 20 minutes of content

Me too but I'm also anti-lunacy. I'd like to cobble them all together (Putin, that lunatic from North Korea, the whole Trump family and their ardent supporters, a good portion of the GOP'ers, knuckle dragging free dumb fighters etc etc) and send them all on their way. A whole lot of pressure in this world sure would be relieved.

In case you missed the World can thank Trump for keeping NATO around and the Ukraine's can thank Trump for the bigly bombs that go boom, all according to the greatest person alive according to himself.

One night of feeling like I couldn't get enough air - was enough to convince me of the same.

I wasn't the biggest fan of Joss Reimer when she compared the persecution of Mennonites to the persecution of Indigenous Canadians, but she's been pretty solid overall during the pandemic.

I agree; a rebuild isn’t necessary. A retooling should do the trick. Along with a complete coaching overhaul.

Your opinion that Ukraine should just surrender. It's patently absurd and entirely ignorant not only of what's taking place but also what's at stake.

Maybe not first, but within the first 2 rounds for sure. OL and DL are definitely his top priorities when drafting guys.

Being the impatient guy that I am with certain things, how about a reload next year instead of a rebuild? We got a pretty good core already to build around even if you took out 55 and 26, no?

No political party gives a crap about people who don't vote. If you want change, use your vote. Not voting is a an abdication of your right to uphold democracy. You don't have to like the government in power, but you can't not like the idea of "government" - especially in a country as free as Canada.

Not all is rosy on the Russian side of things... The Rouble has dropped 32 percent in 2 days, against the dollar and the Euro. To try and stop a this run on the rouble, The Bank of Russia - is hiking interest rates from 9.5 per cent to 20 per cent this morning. The Russian finance ministry also ordered exporting companies to sell 80 per cent of their foreign currency revenues on the market to try to support the rouble - the value of which continued to collapse on the Moscow Stock Exchange, today. The Russian economy has plummeted an estimated 30 per cent overnight as the West's sanctions over the Ukraine war are starting to squeeze the economy. So there is that......

Yup I wound up voting liberal just because they're still more sane than the rest but man do I dislike Trudeau an awful lot.

There seems to be a competition between GOPers as to who can say the stupidest thing, and the competition is renewed every day.

Depending on the weather… Cold air will not help might hurt you even, some of the guys I know with the longest lingering symptoms spent too much time in cold air.

Man, I used to be a proud Conservative. I admired Sir John A, Diefenbaker & Mulroney. I looked up to Eisenhower & Reagan. Now pffffft. The simpletons in power on both sides of the border are pathetic. I can't support these assclowns anymore so as a disaffected Conservative, where do I park my vote? Maybe I won't vote. Nobody deserves my support.

This here is quite possibly the dumbest woman in politics beats out MTG by a smidge, mind your business moron

Of all the teams in the Eastern Division, I hate the RedBlacks the most. Ever since they came back they act like the CFL owes them. Can't stand this sense of entitlement that Desjardins built with the team & it's fanbase.

I actually watched the video where the quote in that headline came from, nobody was crying or complaining. It was actually very interesting getting to see behind the scenes footage from the war room. even if it is for another team. I wish the Bombers had something like Behind the R. Anyone that wants to grow interest in the CFL especially with a younger crowd would undoubtedly agree we should have a show like this.

Well, add me to the list. I'm the second most COVID-safe person I know....never go anywhere other than the office and once a week to the grocery store.... Aaaand I tested positive yesterday afternoon (and again this morning). So far just a mild cold. Had a slight tickle cough yesterday... Today is a little more sinus-headache-y and less cough. Hopefully back to 100% by the end of the week. Thankfully able to work from home this week...

https://www.tsn.ca/iihf-russia-belarus-international-hockey-1.1764847

Amazing the way he can turn on a dime and it makes sense to his millions of followers. What absolute dolts.

Trump trying to rewrite history

Having Ehlers back on the ice is great news.

Assume that all stories are fake right now -- especially the ones that capture your attention, like the heroically dying "go **** yourself" snake islanders.

bear in mind that propaganda machines are in overdrive on all sides, so the facts will not get in the way of a good story at this point. Like, is there really a Ghost of Kyiv? Only the Ukrainian air force command knows.

I'd be interested in other opinions on this, but I don't think this is any indication of China cutting out Russia. I think it is more a bank trying to maintain wealth and not offer credit to corporations that are unlikely to be able to pay off the credit. I could be wrong, but I would also be shocked if China opposed Russia in any meaningful way. China's gonna be China and try to benefit from this in any way they can.

I think we've trended towards picking guys that are a year or two out, because we've had so many bodies. It'll be interesting to see if we continue that or if we draft a guy who we expect in camp this season.

yea Bailey needs to keep being Bailey.....he doesnt need to be a Lawler.....Bailey is gonna be a quicker more elusive version of vintage Nik Lewis....but he can be involved in the run game....Breakout star this yr league wide...just watch

I could see them taking Dline too not sure if there is a fit amongst the top ranked guys

so does this mean Russia would be DQ'd if and when World Juniors continue? (but why does Belarus have to be dragged into this? is this because of their own conflict from a few months back?)

..................and there is no shortage of competitors, they have to market cornered on braindead humanoids trying to woo braindead humanoids This thought goers thru my mind over and over lately

Had it about a month ago with similar symptoms to what you described. Got a little worse over the course of 3 days, day 4 felt much better and then it hit hardest on day 5. All in all, not too bad, but sinus congestion and a little trouble breathing for that one day was enough for me to know that I was very glad to have had the vaccine.

Only about 60% of Americans are double-vaxxed. Stupid or what?

A couple people I know that had it recently felt that it helped to keep active. Did a bunch of stairs inside the house to keep the lungs working seemed to get them over it better it faster than another friend that laid around.

Ukraine is the size of France, with over 40 M people. Good luck with an occupation....

Apparently you can be trained in 1 hour on how to use Javelins and Stingers. If they can access enough of them and with the ground swell of resistance happening that could be a game changer.

What rubes

why aren't apples oranges?

The long term civil servants are really doing the work.

@DTonOB

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 😂

When you've used the term Justinflation to regurgitate Poilievre talking points, I listened, looked up the facts, and proved you completely wrong. You admitted it by saying that leaders sometimes take the heat for things beyond their control. Yet you still think there is some credibility in using it again 🙄 You've admitted that Conservatives can gain support by provoking anger even though it isn't backed up by facts. I agree, but I think this is a bad aspect of our political system and leads to Canada becoming a worse country. Appealing to anger and pandering to those informed by misinformation for personal gain is NOT a way to make our country better. We've seen this show in the US. I have no problem listening to opposing viewpoints, but I have no patience for arguments that are admittedly not based on facts. I will call out bullsh** every time I see it and have time to actually look up the facts myself. I have voted for at least 4 different political parties that I can recall of the top of my head. I do not have my vote parked with any party, but will evaluate where I vote in elections based on who provides the best policy that is backed up by facts. If a party's main arguments are completely, objectively false, I have no reason to support a party without credibility. My hope is that most voters will engage in critical thinking when choosing a political party rather than just listening to their chosen side and utilizing their talking points as facts without actually checking if they are based in reality.