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JCon

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  1. Who Won the Game? Stories from the Rum Hut line - Unknown Author
  2. Elimimian already qualifies for induction? Feels like he just retired. Good for him.
  3. Not By Choice: The Story of a Reluctant Stampeder - Quick Six
  4. But there was also an outside factor. It's true that some of the most talented and experienced MLAs left, like Oswald, after the challenge to Selinger's leadership. This caused them to lose a lot of very talented staffers too. Then, in May 2015, the Alberta NDP took a majority in that province and drained out most of the rest. By then, the writing was on the wall, so everyone left. Politicians are just the front facing part of the machine. You still need an effective staff in order to get things done and generate appropriate new ideas.
  5. Why the CFL can't survive without the XFL - Dave Naylor (foreword by Farhan Lalji) Four Out of A Hundred Ain't Bad - Rob Vanstone
  6. There's no budget for Hilti. Ryobi is the best we can do.
  7. They were definitely constrained by resources; however, even with more, I don't think they would have known what to do with it.
  8. JCon

    Curling

    It was called the Highlander. Multipurpose facility with hockey ice built near the airport.
  9. 69% chance to make the playoffs? Noice.
  10. Nashville remains the team I believe can/will knock the Jets out. It's all on Helle because defense isn't really happening and we're still struggling to score.
  11. There are people voting this year that were born after Facebook was invented.
  12. Looks like a calzone.
  13. So, my particular knowledge is limited to the departments I served. Both were primarily granting departments, meaning that they hand money out and someone else delivers the service or program to the public. There were elements delivered by the departments too but those were very few. When I say new ideas, I mean that they couldn't find solutions to problems. So, they would identify X as a problem but when they (they being the MLAs and their staffers) would suggest things that were not backed by science and/or experts or they would suggest things that didn't work in the past. A lot of throwing money at problems without a plan on how to deliver results. They wanted to do "good" and they meant well but they didn't know how to deliver that.
  14. JCon

    Wrestling

    I know Jericho from breaking walls down.
  15. I lived through it. Sat in meetings that were 'bizarre' to say the least.
  16. The NDP were definitely out of ideas. It was a mess. However, the destruction the PCs have done to all systems is criminal.
  17. Of course he will. 🙄 Finally!!
  18. It's a statistical thing. Why do hockey fans think everything is an attack on the sport?
  19. It's always someone else's fault. Oops.
  20. JCon

    Curling

    Manitoba loses to Canada again in the final. Last one was easier to take!
  21. JCon

    Curling

    Dunstone was fortunate. Both skips made some incredible shots. Great game. Bring on Canada!
  22. Thank goodness we have all this "red tape" in Canada, otherwise, that would be us more regularly. Last bank failure was in the mid-90s in Canada. Remember that every time someone is pushing to cut red tape. They're just looking for shortcuts that don't protect consumers and put more money in their pocket.
  23. Why would they want to play for an organization like this one? Show some interest in winning and maybe they'll come. If I were a player, why would I want to come here? Everyone wants out.
  24. Agreed. You can't have a public inquiry because so much would be classified to make any sense but parliamentarins have special clearances and can investigate. But, this picking up random leaks of random intel does a disservice to Canadians. We need clarity on what has happened or we need our parliamentarians to be informed. They need to get on this now.
  25. I think you have to. Nothing else has worked and this team, as currently constructed, has been dismal. Clean house, top to bottom, GM, coaches and players. Be nice if the President would also fire himself but he won't leave his toy.
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