Mark H.

Capital Punishment does not save money. Evidence proves, absolutely certain, if there are one or two mistakes along the way - those things don't fit together, you can't have it both ways.

The brother of a guy I worked with axe-murdered his girlfriend back in 1998. He of course swore he didn't do it. The cops knew that he did do it. They brought him in for questioning and told him that NASA had supplied satellite imagery of him leaving the house holding an axe. At that point he said that since they had the photos he might as well admit that yes, he did axe murder his girlfriend. And of course he did. Did the RCMP have the photos? No. Did they use trickery? Yes. Am I glad that they did? Yes. Because at least an axe murderer didn't get away with axe murder. BTW - he's already out of jail. I would assume he was found guilty of second degree murder. That would have made him eligible for parole in 2013 or 2014 (15 years after sentencing). There's definitely some room for stiffer sentences there.

Ask any lawyer or judge who practices criminal law, or any criminal psychologist. People who are innocent will often confess to being guilty due to the stress of the situation. I've had lawyers as guest speakers in my highschool classes. They will always tell you that they have seen both scenarios: someone who was guilty as sin saying they are innocent, or the flip side, a person who was completely innocent saying they are guilty. Stress makes people do and say strange things. Also, 90% of criminals are repeat offenders who know the system. None of them are going to confess, unless they are mentally ill. But a first time offender (or non-offender) often sees confessing the crime as being the right thing to do. Morally it may very well be the right thing to do, but legally it's foolish. Being civilized does not mean we are perfect. If Canada isn't a civilized country, then quite frankly, there are no civilized countries. I'm sorry, but I don't buy the argument that we need the death penalty because we're not a civilized country. Which country would meet the criteria for 'not needing' it?

I'm happy that penalty wasn't called. I don't mind the non-call, it didn't effect the outcome of the play, but next one they'll call.

A few thoughts: Liberal / NDP: this actually worked when Martin was PM, but Harper had a little more political savvy and orchestrated the non-confidence vote. But the current NDP with Mulclair as leader, no bloody way do I want to see them prop up a minority. Conservative / Liberal: this is probably the most likely outcome. Question is, will Harper extend an olive branch, or will we immediately see a Liberal MP cross the floor? (Emerson: 2006) Capital Punishment: guilty people don't usually confess. Innocent people are far more likely to confess. My suggestion would be to raise parole eligibility for 1st degree murder up the to 40 years, 2nd degree murder up the 25 years. Capital punishment will never happen in a civilized country. My Saturday morning 0.02

Watching the BC / Cal highlights this morning. There was a blatant block from behind on the Rainey kick return touchdown, literally shoving the Calgary player to the turf. Yes, it was behind the returner, but that kind of stuff has been called this year.

I missed the debate last night as the Broncos game was far more interesting. I did turn over to CPAC at half time, and caught part of Mulcair's interview (I can only watch about 30 seconds of that clown before my gag reflex starts kicking in) after the debate. He was asked why the NDP used $67 a barrel for oil in his platform rather than $45. You could tell he had no clue, and didn't know what to say, so he did the usual Mulcair thing and just channeled Pat Martin, getting annoyed and angry that anyone would dare question anything the NDP would say, instead of giving an actual answer. But what else is new. All three leaders in my opinion are pretty weak, but they are trying to govern a pretty schizo country in my opinion. If you pander to the West you piss off Quebec and Ontario. If you pander to Quebec you piss off Ontario and the west. There is no answer that will please everyone. But it was a good question in my view - why is the NDP using $67 a barrel? I think I know why. Because their total bullshit platform that is "costed and accounted for" is total bullshit. If they used actual oil prices they wouldn't even come close to a balanced budget. So they have to lie to try and make it look like they will. I think promising balanced budgets was a huge mistake. I didn't even hear that much. It was just a bunch of noise that distracted me from my marking and prep.

Trudeau: 43 Harper: 56 Mulclair: 60 According to Con logic, we should all vote NDP. Just sick and tired of this 3rd grade logic they keep throwing at us.

Just to clarify: there are Bible verses that are interpreted as being in favour of capital punishment, especially by fundamentalist Christians. That's what I was referring to.

Not if you really believe in it. It's not emotional for me. If that was my child would I want to rip his throat out? Ofcourse. But unemotionally and taking God out of the debate we can't have a death penalty when we've convicted innocent people. Period. Why is God part of the debate? Piece of advice: just ignore the fundamentalists

Lol - that is all

Brevity is the spice of life.

Listen son...we'll go for a beer and talk about this hitting punts into the middle thing...you just leave that kicking net for now...

This won't solve much. I'm with JBR, punting was the larger issue on ST.

Yes. Then plan on starting 3 American OL and get busy scouting down south.

I'm not sure why the D getting tired and other teams making adjustments need to be mutually exclusive events.

They took our stars! Yeah! No one should ever be a fan of the Patriots EVER! NEVER EVER EVER! Such behaviour must cease immediately, or great deflation shall be heard across the land.

All of the above may be true, but Harper lumping immigrants and refugees together and using that to say we have the most generous system in the world per capita, is deceptive and insulting to informed voters

Because all the stuff on Twitter and Facebook about Canada's peacekeeping reputation spiralling under Harper, I took a few minutes to check the UN archives. I'm not Harper supporter, but I detest false and misleading information: United Nations Peacekeeping Forces by Countries (Canada) http://www.un.org/…/r…/statistics/contributors_archive.shtml Canada - Nov. 30, 1990: 1002 Top country: Canada Canada - Dec. 31, 1995: 1163 Top country: United States Canada - Dec. 31, 2000: 568 Top country: Bangladesh Canada - Dec. 31, 2005: 387 Top Country: Bangladesh Canada - Dec. 31, 2010: 198 Top Country: Bangladesh Canada - Dec. 31, 2014: 113 Top Country: Bangladesh The truth is the North American numbers have been dropping since the mid 90's. Countries like Bangladesh and India have been picking up the slack.

What the cuss is your point? That people who felt we had good QB depth at the start of the season should keep on saying that?

Yup, he spent four years iirc behind Hamm before he started to play like a starter and them Trestman put him over the top. He spent 5 years with Don Matthews as coach before Trestman took over. No doubt he had huge success with Trestman, but he was already a super star and Grey Cup champion when Trestman came in. Thanks for filling in the blanks Rich. I just remember him before he became the starter for the Als and the transformation in his game was night and day. He did have a horrible GC record before Trestman though, something like 1 - 5 and was basically labeled a choker. Then Bellfool got hold of him and almost killed him and ended his career. He was set to retire until Trestman took over and basically pulled him together and rid him of the chocker label. The last point cannot be overstated. Calvillo looked like his career was over after the '07 season. This was due to all the hits he took in an MB offence. Trestman went with more quick hitters and max protect packages.

They took our stars!

The way Willy kept getting hit it was just a matter of time till he got too hurt to play...really. It's the same story, it was just a matter of time.

That's one thing I'm sure that organization doesn't care about

This is pretty much exactly what I thought was happening. He looked like he'd panic and run directly into trouble. Sure he may have a suitable amount of time but was his receiver open? He's trying to make something happen at that stage in the game, throwing into the stands wasn't an option. Single coverage was further downfield - I'm sure guys like Denmark and Moore can get open one on one.