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He's 77 and still not retired. You may have noticed he is running for president. The rest of this is as incoherent, unsupported and meaningless as something Trump would say.

It does look like it has the potential to hold up for 29 years....

I think you're being a little unfair to Harris, but otherwise agree. Her performances is Senate hearings are something to behold. Also keep an eye on Katie Porter in future elections. She's a Warren disciple and has her stuff totally together.

Yeah, about that: "We've been working very well together on drugs and on trafficking -- beyond drugs, trafficking and drugs, and trafficking and lots of other things. Unfortunately, human trafficking, which has become a very big problem. Tonight, I'll be going -- as you know, we'll be going to North Carolina. We have a big rally scheduled, and that should be, I think, terrific." -Donald Trump I can find 100 examples of the great orator that are just as incomprehensible.

The advantage that Biden has over Clinton is that Joe is eminently likeable. Clinton, for whatever reason is someone who just rubbed people the wrong way. We can now see who she really is and it really isn't that bad. I'm going to make the comparison with Harper and Trudeau: people just wanted to take a break from the anger and othering that Harper brought to the table and chose the least harmless option. The masses aren't necessarily that bright when it comes to knowing policy or how ideologies impact policies, but they do know when something doesn't feel right. I'm pretty sure any one of the remaining top 4 candidates can beat Trump. The candidate doesn't have to be the one waging war, but the surrogates need to be on their game.

I'm pretty sure it will be Biden-Harris and most people will be happy with that. I also don't expect Biden to seek a second term.

Pretty moronic way to attract investment to your province. Disgusting, juvenile and perhaps a Criminal Code violation.

This is crazy. Crazy because it was also so predictable with this administration. Maybe the WH should have stuck with what they know and put the evacuees in cages (/s). It might be significant that the first case in the U.S. where the patient has no direct travel vectors to infected zones or people is from one of the counties where these workers were sent to and allowed to leave freely. U.S. workers without protective gear assisted coronavirus evacuees, HHS whistleblower says By Lena H. Sun and Yasmeen Abutaleb Feb. 27, 2020 at 3:18 p.m. CST Officials at the Department of Health and Human Services sent more than a dozen workers to receive the first Americans evacuated from Wuhan, China, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, without proper training for infection control or appropriate protective gear, according to a whistleblower complaint. The workers did not show symptoms of infection and were not tested for the virus, according to lawyers for the whistleblower, a senior HHS official based in Washington who oversees workers at the Administration for Children and Families, a unit within HHS. The whistleblower is seeking federal protection, alleging she was unfairly and improperly reassigned after raising concerns about the safety of these workers to HHS officials, including those within the office of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar. She was told Feb. 19 that if she does not accept the new position in 15 days, which is March 5, she would be terminated. The whistleblower has decades of experience in the field, received two HHS department awards from Azar last year and has received the highest performance evaluations, her lawyers said. The complaint was filed Wednesday with the Office of the Special Counsel, an independent federal watchdog agency. The whistleblower’s lawyers provided a copy of a redacted 24-page complaint to The Washington Post. A spokesman for the Office of the Special Counsel confirmed that it has received the complaint and assigned the case. The complaint alleges HHS staffers were “improperly deployed” and were “not properly trained or equipped to operate in a public health emergency situation.” The complaint also alleges the workers were potentially exposed to coronavirus because appropriate steps were not taken to protect them and staffers were not trained in wearing personal protective equipment, even though they had face-to-face contact with returning passengers. The workers were in contact with passengers in an airplane hangar where evacuees were received and on two other occasions: when they helped distribute keys for room assignments and hand out colored ribbons for identification purposes. In some instances, the teams were working alongside personnel from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in “full gown, gloves and hazmat attire,” the complaint said. “We take all whistleblower complaints very seriously and are providing the complainant all appropriate protections under the Whistleblower Protection Act. We are evaluating the complaint and have nothing further to add at this time,” HHS spokeswoman Caitlin Oakley said. The whistleblower, in her complaint, states that “appropriate steps were not taken to quarantine, monitor, or test [the workers] during their deployment and upon their return home.” The repatriated Americans were among those evacuated from Wuhan and quarantined on military bases in California and Texas because they were considered at high risk for contracting the flu-like illness. https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/02/27/us-workers-without-protective-gear-assisted-coronavirus-evacuees-hhs-whistleblower-says/

I'm old enough to remember Harper doing the same thing with scientists wanting to speak about climate change.

Alberta government took six months and refused at least two freedom of information requests to release alarming climate report. "Alberta will warm faster than the rest of the planet because of human activity, causing a range of profound impacts on the province’s economy, infrastructure and public health, says a new report, prepared by climate scientists and published on a provincial government website. “Projected changes will profoundly impact Alberta’s natural environment, and have the potential to affect the province’s agriculture, infrastructure, and natural resources, as well as the health and welfare of its inhabitants,” said the report, co-authored by Canadian climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe and postdoctoral research fellow Anne Stoner from Texas Tech University. The projections from the report, entitled Alberta’s Climate Future, are similar to projections for other parts of Canada that are warming faster than the rest of the world. Premier Jason Kenney’s United Conservative Party government released the report more than six months after it received the final draft, leading some critics, such as former NDP environment minister Shannon Phillips who had commissioned the report, to suggest her successor tried to bury it." https://globalnews.ca/news/6600989/alberta-buried-climate-report/

Take away the Bomber content and CJOB is an utter dung heap. I can feel myself getting stupider by the second listening to the other stuff.

This story fell under the radar: Teck Resources purchased a Solar Facility in B.C. in January. Vancouver, B.C. – Teck Resources Limited (TSX: TECK.A and TECK.B, NYSE: TECK) announced today it has purchased the SunMine solar energy facility (‘SunMine’) in Kimberley, British Columbia, from the City of Kimberley. SunMine is located on fully reclaimed land at Teck’s former Sullivan Mine site. The 1.05 MW (megawatt) solar facility, operational since 2015, is the first grid-connected solar facility in British Columbia and the first built on a reclaimed mine site, and has potential for future expansion. https://www.teck.com/news/news-releases/2020/teck-announces-purchase-of-sunmine-solar-energy-facility?fbclid=IwAR2LPqjVQeIO6kesnXDE_Q79IzeZ2EGVDK9jhzqmtjn0tZDCTlJvw7xemjI

My sister did some interning at the Nygard lab in Winnipeg in the early 90's. People warned her about him back then. Thankfully, they never crossed paths. This has been an open secret for a long long time.

When the Pallister government isn't busy breaking something, they're doing ..... not much. Tories slow to tap federal cash Three years in, Manitoba has accessed nine per cent of carbon-tax funds OTTAWA — Manitoba has only tapped a tenth of its federal carbon-retrofit cash, leaving two approved projects unannounced for eight months. The Low Carbon Economy Fund is meant to help provinces and companies reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, but it’s also been a flashpoint between Ottawa and Broadway. The $1.4-billion "leadership" portion of the fund is meant to reward provinces and territories for adhering to a 2016 set of policies on climate change, and to help pay for those commitments. In December 2017, officials leaked a letter showing that Manitoba would lose out on its LCEF cash if it didn’t endorse the deal. The Pallister government signed on two months later, after it secured a guarantee the funding didn’t require adhering to the federal carbon tax. The Liberals hinted at changing their minds in October 2018, when Premier Brian Pallister cancelled his own carbon tax, but have since guaranteed the funding will flow to Manitoba. A month later, former Environment Minister Catherine McKenna bemoaned the province’s delay in submitting LCEF funding proposals. According to a June 2019 briefing note, McKenna approved three projects for Manitoba. The details and amounts involved are censored under access-to-information laws. In the eight months since that sign-off, only one of the three Manitoba projects has been announced, a $5.9-million efficient-trucking program that amounts to nine per cent of the province’s $66.7-million allocation. Three provinces and territories have not accessed their LCEF funding. Among the 10 who have, Manitoba has picked up the least of its share. Those jurisdictions on average have accessed 73 per cent of their funding. The office of Conservation and Climate Minister Sarah Guillemard declined an interview request last week, and would not explain the hold-up. Instead, a spokeswoman said Manitoba has submitted five project applications to Ottawa so far. "A number of projects are being negotiated, or finalized," wrote Olivia Billson. "It would not be appropriate to comment further on ongoing negotiations until the projects and the funding agreements are finalized." A federal cabinet sign-off is generally the last step for funding programs, as bureaucrats have already assessed projects and confirmed provincial cost-sharing by the time it reaches that point. Guillemard’s predecessor, Rochelle Squires, said in November 2018 that her government plans to use the LCEF cash for electrifying vehicles, diverting organic waste from landfills and displacing propane as a heating source in the northern town of Churchill. The Pallister government has bristled at suggestions it’s been slow to access federal cash on everything from gang prevention to infrastructure projects. Before repealing his own carbon tax, Pallister called for a higher levy than the federal benchmark, in order to bring down emissions faster. The Manitoba Climate and Green Plan also calls for expediting funding applications for industries the LCEF is meant to support. The Pallister and Trudeau governments have exchanged accusations that the other is playing politics with climate change, instead of focusing on measures to reduce carbon. The premier has argued Manitoba is among the greenest provinces in Canada, and pledged this past week that his spring budget will focus on environmental initiatives. The LCEF funding could be used to boost those spending numbers. https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/tories-slow-to-tap-federal-cash-568129702.html

He'll be back just in time for the next Grey Cup!

Teck had telegraphed this awhile ago. It's definitely due to oil's market value not being high enough to justify the expense.

That has to do with the new brushes, doesn't it? I hate it. Goes against every curling instinct I have.

Especially in the Mario days. At least the small guys get a shot now.

A buddy of mine got into a Pittsburgh Penguins camp one year (years ago) as a walk-on and outscored every prospect, FA and other walk-ons in camp. He was older than 25, 5-9-ish and never got a sniff. His friend (who played 900 games in the NHL) always told my buddy that he was a way better hockey player than he ever was. Good players don't always get the breaks they need.

You think that's a joke? Wait for the pardon. (I do agree with you, though)

I'm guessing most people have read this article already, but a couple of interesting things: Awe first came to the CFL with the B.C. Lions in 2017 after being recommended by current Bombers Director of College Scouting, Ryan Rigmaiden. “I’m a computer nerd,” began Awe with a chuckle, during a conversation with bluebombers.com from his offseason base in Chicago. “When I was hurt last year in Toronto I couldn’t just sit there and not do anything, so I ended up creating what is basically a prediction app for football. Now I use that technology to predict plays even faster, even more efficiently than ever.“It’s very simple… the great linebackers always seem to know what the next play is based on any number of factors, like down and distance, personnel packages… it’s any variable. If it’s happened before it will tell you, ‘Last time they were in this, this, this and this, this is what they usually do.’ It’s just providing more information and it’s been beneficial to me personally.” “Essentially, I took what I knew and made an artificial intelligence app that confirms what you are already thinking. You always hear coaches say, ‘Don’t think, don’t think…’ Now if you have the facts about a team when they are second and eight on their own 40-yard line, for example, and you combine on top of that your own instincts… it’s almost like cheating.” https://www.bluebombers.com/2020/02/18/im-thinking-dynasty-point-awe-bringing-brains-physicality-bombers/

How Warming Winters Are Affecting Everything February 18, 202012:00 PM ET "Winters are warming faster than other seasons across much of the United States. While that may sound like a welcome change for those bundled in scarves and hats, it's causing a cascade of unpredictable impacts in communities across the country." CALIFORNIA According to one study, cold temperatures that many orchard crops need could decrease by as much as 60% in California's Central Valley by 2100. Apples, cherries and pears, which require the longest period of cold weather, could be hit the hardest. SOUTHEAST For decades, the Southeast actually got cooler while the rest of the country warmed. But now it's warming too, and that includes winters, with the length of the freeze-free season increasing in some places by as much as a week and a half. That's a problem for farmers, who need cold temperatures for their plants to set fruit. The winter of 2016-2017 was too warm for Georgia peaches, for instance, and about 80% of the crop failed. NORTHEAST Deer ticks transmit several diseases, including Lyme, which has grown from a few hundred cases in Maine more than a decade ago to a high last year of more than 2,100. Cases of another tick-borne disease, anaplasmosis, have also surged in the state to more than 680, up from just single cases in the early 2000s. MIDWEST Warm winters are even worse for certain fruit and nut trees, which require chill hours during the winter. If they don't get enough of those, they won't produce the following season. Michigan's cherry trees have struggled with erratic winter weather. And the repeated freeze-thaw cycles of the 2018-2019 winter, among other weather anomalies, destroyed Iowa's chestnut crop last year. MOUNTAIN WEST Warmer temperatures and record-low precipitation can also make trees more susceptible to infestation. The most damaged areas are in and around Rocky Mountain National Park and parts of the San Juan Mountains, the West Elk Mountains and the Sawatch Range. "Forty to 50 percent of the mature spruce in the state has been killed during the epidemic," says Seth Davis, an assistant professor of forestry at Colorado State University. Davis' recent study found that warmer winter temperatures meant slightly bigger spruce beetles that emerged earlier and flew around longer. TEXAS Researchers are seeing more mismatches as a result of climate change, says Norma Fowler, a biology professor at the University of Texas at Austin. "You can get plants that bloom before the pollinators are available," she says. "You can get birds that come north before the insects are out for them to eat." ALASKA Poor ice formation is also making it riskier for Alaskans who rely on ice roads, built on some of the state's rural rivers during winter, to move freight and other goods. In recent years, residents have blamed warm temperatures for the deaths of a number of people whose snowmobiles or all-terrain vehicles fell through thin ice. The state's oil industry needs hundreds of miles of ice roads over land for its operations, which are specially designed for freezing conditions. Companies are investing in technology to help them cope with steadily shrinking winters. https://www.npr.org/2020/02/18/803125282/how-warming-winters-are-affecting-everything

'Dark Towers' Chases Scandal-Ridden Deutsche Bank's Mysterious Ties To Donald Trump February 18, 202011:52 AM ET "Some of the world's largest and most powerful banks spent the past decade mired in scandal, but none descended as far into ignominy as Germany's Deutsche Bank. Its rap sheet includes a staggering array of ethical and legal lapses, including money laundering, tax fraud and sanctions violations — not to mention mysterious ties to President Trump that federal investigators are even now looking into." .......... "Just how disconnected the bank became can be seen in its ongoing relationship with a then New York real estate developer named Donald Trump, whose multiple bankruptcies had made him a pariah in the banking world. One part of Deutsche Bank turned down Trump's request for a loan. But the private banking division, which catered to the rich and famous, arranged the loan anyway — and then, when Trump stopped making payments, arranged another one." https://www.npr.org/2020/02/18/806984703/dark-towers-is-a-cautionary-tale-of-pursuing-profits-at-any-cost?utm_campaign=npr&utm_medium=social&utm_term=nprnews&utm_source=facebook.com&fbclid=IwAR1unqZL6uAUO0xc8FfoZF9miKhHJKm7yVioZjDF8o6iZqtMK1sgAVFlVGk

I felt the same, but the people who sent in money were being taken advantage of and I didn't like that. And then I realized that these are the exact same kind of people who vote for Trump so I'm back where I began.

There are lies and then there are people who peddle in and weaponize lies. Their names sometimes begin with "Z".