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I'd be surprised if Jones doesn't retire.

Can't remember is anyone posted this: FL SCOUTING BUREAU: WINTER EDITION RANK (PREVIOUS) NAME POSITION SCHOOL HOMETOWN 1 (1) Chase Brown RB Illinois London, Ont. 2 (3) Sydney Brown DB Illinois London, Ont. 3 (9) Tavius Robinson DL Mississippi Guelph, Ont. 4 (7) Sidy Sow OL Eastern Michigan Bromont, Que. 5 (-) Matthew Bergeron OL Syracuse Victoriaville, Que. 6 (4) Jared Wayne WR Pittsburgh Peterborough, Ont. 7 (2) Dontae Bull OL Fresno State Victoria, B.C. 8 (6) Lwal Uguak DL TCU Edmonton, Alta. 9 (10) Jonathan Sutherland DB Penn State Ottawa, Ont. 10 (20) Lake Korte-Moore DL UBC Ottawa, Ont. 11 (16) Harrison Bagayogo DB Guelph Bois-des-Filion, Que. 12 (11) Francis Bemiy DL Southern Utah Montreal, Que. 13 (-) Anthony Bennett DL Regina Weston, Fla. 14 (13) Clark Barnes WR Guelph Brampton, Ont. 15 (-) Michael Brodrique LB Montreal Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac, Que. 16 (-) James Peter LB Ottawa Ottawa, Ont. 17 (19) Reece Martin DL Mount Allison Moncton, N.B. 18 (18) Jacob Taylor LB Alberta Beaumont, Alta. 19 (-) Quintin Seguin DL Charleston Southern Windsor, Ont. 20 (-) Phillip Grohovac OL Western Victoria, B.C. Profiles here: https://www.goelks.com/2023/01/27/cfl-scouting-bureau-reveals-top-20-prospect-rankings/

My only advice is to run away if the printout looks like this:

The ninth end was a doozy. It's amazing how quickly things changed. This is the first time Team Einarson gets to curl outside Canada in the world's.

People who track such things have noted PeePee's and Danielle Smith's reliance on bot farms as well. Considering that Jeff Ballingall (Canada Proud) has been hired by PeePee tells you all you should know.

If history is a predictor, this will happen, but then Dane will be pulled in the playoffs.

Danielle Smith is legit as stupid and cynical as Boebert.

What makes sense for Toronto doesn't necessarily make sense for Hamilton. I would suggest just the opposite.

Conservative MP's cozying up to Christine Anderson. Here's what her party's (AFD) founding member had to say about Hitler: "In early June 2018, Gauland, who was the party's parliamentary group leader, triggered outrage across the country when he trivialized the Nazi dictatorship and the Holocaust. Speaking at a party event, he said that "Hitler and the Nazis were no more than a speck of bird's **** in over 1,000 years of successful history.""

Toronto was never the only option, though.

Criminalizing the teaching of history in Florida. Criminalizing science in Idaho. The GOP knows their voters are ignorant - just not ignorant enough.

It's an even better move by the TiCats. Have no idea why people thought they would ship Evans to their main rival when they're hosting the Grey Cup this year.

Yup. I think the stats are 140% of HIMARS have been destroyed.

Who votes for these morons? (he asked knowingly)

Or Evans can ask for a release so he can go to the USFL. This ain't by no means a guaranteed Argos cheap acquisition.

Adler's employer hasn't changed though. It was the overt racism he was seeing on the right that made him realize that he needed to change his outlook.

I'm not sure this is a problem that can be solved either by taxation or spending. This is an issue of people building where they shouldn't because there is no access to vital resources (water). Civilizations have been leaving desertified environments for centuries. These people need to take the "L" and move on. Libertarians are going to need to learn that they just can't do whatever they want, where they want.

Stefanson-Glover leadership fight leaves Manitoba PCs with $300K election-year hangover Party used donations to cover legal, audit costs stemming from 2021 leadership race dispute, premier says Bartley Kives, Joanne Levasseur · CBC News · Posted: Feb 22, 2023 5:00 AM CST | Last Updated: 4 hours ago Manitoba's Progressive Conservative Party has to replace $300,000 worth of political donations after using money it already raised to ease a lingering financial headache from its fractious 2021 leadership race. The governing PCs face an additional election year fundraising burden after the central party used donations to pay for legal and audit costs following Heather Stefanson's narrow victory over Shelly Glover, party spokesperson Michele Halverson confirmed. Slightly more than $300,000 was raised by PC constituency associations and transferred to the party, Halverson said in a statement. "This effort started over a year ago with $300,000 raised by our constituencies," she said. "These funds, which were held by the party, have since been forgiven in support of our overall financial and organizational efforts." Those overall efforts, Halverson confirmed, include the financial aftermath of the 2021 leadership race, which Stefanson won by a 363-vote margin on Oct. 30, 2021. An effort by Glover to overturn that result in court was quashed by a judge seven weeks later, on Dec. 17, 2021. Judge dismisses Shelly Glover's application to throw out Manitoba PC Party leadership result According the Progressive Conservative Party's financial statements for 2021, nearly $280,000 worth of legal and audit bills contributed to an overall deficit of slightly more than $415,000. Comments to constituency Earlier this month, Stefanson told members of her Tuxedo constituency association that the lawsuit continues to affect the party's finances. "We were unfortunately in a lawsuit which continues, and that is unfortunate, but it's the situation that we're in as a party," Stefanson said in an audio recording provided to CBC News by a Tuxedo PC association member. "Of course, these lawsuits cost money, and so the central party asked constituencies to forgive the money that was owed back to the constituencies in order to help pay for that," Stefanson continued. "So that was more than $300,000 that was owed out to the constituencies. We of course said we're fine with that; everyone did as well. All of my colleagues did. So I'm very proud of that, but [this is] a very difficult time." Manitoba PCs could take financial hit after abruptly sticking a fork in fall fundraising dinner The premier went on to say the PCs must move forward and focus on fundraising in advance of a provincial election slated for Oct. 3. "We've got a lot of work to do and I think we can spend upwards of ... $55,000 in the constituency for the election campaign. We want to make sure that we've got those dollars in our in our bank," she said, referring to the Tuxedo constituency association's balance. "So more work to do. But that's that's the reason why that is not higher than it should be." The PC's use of donations to help pay for the leadership battle does not appear to be controversial within the party. Several donors contacted by CBC News said they had no concerns about the practice. Keith Borkowsky, a 2021 PC donor based in Beausejour, Man., said he would have preferred to see the money spent on support for PC candidates this year. "From my own perspective, I'm not thrilled the money was used for legal purposes that possibly could have been avoided," Borkowsky said in an interview from Brandon. Royce Koop, a University of Manitoba political studies professor, said he believes the PCs will be able to secure enough new donations during an election year to replace the $300,000. "I think this is probably something that the Tories can make up," Koop said in a statement. There could be more costs related to the 2021 leadership contest. Glover and the PCs have yet to agree to costs related to the civil legal action, Glover said in a statement. While the PCs ended 2021 with a deficit, both the NDP and Liberals posted surpluses for that year. All three of Manitoba's three largest political parties have have yet file their financial statements for 2022. Manitoba PCs still enjoy fundraising edge over Opposition NDP, but gap is shrinking All three of these parties say they will not suffer any financial effects from a separate civil suit: Liberal leader Dougald Lamont's effort to convince a court Stefanson violated provincial conflict of interest rules. Lamont said he is paying his legal bills out of pocket. Halverson said Stefanson is following suit. The NDP are not taking part in the suit.

Year's ago, I'd never say "This Tom Brodbeck column is a must read", but he has seemed to have gained his senses now that he's out of the Sun bubble. This is a must read (I have highlighted what I feel is the the most important point being made): Too many Canadians don’t understand that freedom has to have limits Tom Brodbeck Posted: 7:00 PM CST Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023 Freedom. It was probably the most commonly uttered word during the COVID-19 pandemic: freedom to ignore public-health orders, freedom to abstain from vaccine mandates, freedom to visit dying loved-ones in nursing homes, freedom to protest government interventions. Anger over how those freedoms were curtailed during the pandemic boiled over in 2022, resulting in dozens of large-scale protests across the country, including a three-week occupation of downtown Ottawa. For many, freedom was on trial. It’s no surprise, then, that Justice Paul Rouleau — in his voluminous report released last week on the federal government’s use of the Emergencies Act — devoted an entire chapter to the subject of freedom. It should be required reading in every school across the country. “Tensions between order and freedom sit at the heart of our system of governance,” Rouleau wrote in his near-2,000-page report. His chapter on the relationship between freedom and order is a master class on how individual liberties work in a free and democratic society. “Freedom cannot exist without order, because the machinery of order — such as procedures, laws, police, and courts — create the conditions for the protection of freedom, the enjoyment of freedom, and the mediation of conflicting freedoms,” Rouleau wrote. “While order constrains freedom — laws, for example, limit the range of permissible actions — without order’s constraints, freedom cannot exist.” The relationship between order and freedom is not always well understood, especially among those who believe freedom is an unfettered right. Federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre exploits that ignorance, pledging to eliminate all “gatekeepers” to create the “freest country in the world.” His insinuation is that freedom can exist in a vacuum. It can’t. Freedom needs order to exist. It’s a prerequisite to a properly functioning democracy. It’s not unique to emergency measures, such as those used during natural disasters or public-health emergencies. It’s a tradeoff that exists in everyday life — most people just don’t give it much thought. “The fundamental and inevitable tension between order and freedom is a constant; it is simply more visible, and more stark in a time of emergency,” wrote Rouleau. “In times of emergency, however, freedoms that are usually unconstrained may suddenly be curtailed. This puts a spotlight on the clash of values.” That’s when self-professed freedom fighters jump into action, believing — wrongly — that government is trampling on their constitutional rights. That’s not to say people don’t have a right to protest measures employed by governments during emergencies. Quite the contrary, Rouleau points out. The Charter of Rights and Freedoms guarantees freedom of assembly, freedom of association and freedom of expression, even if that means disruption to society. Sometimes disruption is necessary to effect change, especially when it comes to marginalized segments of society, Rouleau wrote. The right to protest is a cornerstone of our democracy. But it’s also subject to reasonable limits as prescribed by law. When the exercise of those rights causes undue harm to society — including putting the safety and health of society at risk, as it did during the Ottawa occupation — order trumps freedom. If it didn’t, the broader freedoms enjoyed by all Canadians would be in jeopardy. “When the use of emergency powers becomes necessary, this is generally because the order necessary to freedom is under a special threat,” wrote Rouleau. “The threshold for invocation is the point at which order breaks down and freedom cannot be secured or is seriously threatened.” That’s a concept some Canadians have trouble understanding. They have been misled into believing freedom has no limits. Part of the reason for that misconception is we don’t do a good job of teaching those principles of democracy in school as part of a broader social studies curriculum. Many Canadians don’t have a good grasp of how our parliamentary democracy works, including the division of powers between the federal and provincial governments and the application of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. That was evident during many of the protests throughout the pandemic. Rouleau’s report was a stark reminder of that. tom.brodbeck@freepress.mb.ca