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More self-contradictory nonsense from the National Post. Not gonna link because **** giving them traffic. He's not a uniter. He's just got 82% of Canadians backing his approach. it's a total fascist play to portray your enemies as both strong enough to be terrifying but weak enough to be defeatable. It's a line they walk. Umberto Eco described it:

It blew my mind as a kid that the Bombers could shed all that top talent in 1988 and still win the Grey Cup, especially after the great 1987 team crapped the bed in the playoffs. This would have been the era where Ty Jones and James West were having to buy their own socks at Sears, right?

Even now in the crackdown, the cops' tactics have been gentle. Repeated warnings, ticketing, financial penalties, arrests of key people, and leaving the insurrectionists an escape route. No teargas, no LRADs, not a lot of baton swinging. Those crackers are in Ottawa trying to get their heads busted, they have provoked the population relentlessly. (This is funny because Ottawa is the least confrontational place in the world. It makes Seattle look like the Bronx.) They wanted to show the world that the tyranny they imagine is backed up by actual jackbooted new world order cops. That'll legitimize them, bring in more believers and more marks. When they were controlled nonviolently -- like when they were blockaded in at Billings Bridge and Riverside -- they are helpless. I think the authorities' working theory is that this is a fringe movement that won't be popular in Canada, but it could go more mainstream if people get sympathetic to it, and scenes of good honest canadian whiteboys and their kids getting kicked around by evil NWO cops is a great way to build that sympathy and legitimacy in their target audience.

leadership in Ottawa was unprepared. Ottawa is a really sleepy town. it wasn't until the convoy was locked in downtown that they realized how ****** they were. They were justifiably freaked out about the idea of truck bombs or dead kids, they didn't want to be responsible for Canadian Waco or Oklahoma City. They were hoping the goobers would go home on their own.

Clements was my first favorite Bomber. I'll never forget the very cold october afternoon I spent at Winnipeg Stadium watching the Bombers practice, just so I could get his autograph after practice. Still have it in my papers, I've laminated it and it went with me to the 2011 Grey Cup. Because I am a giant nerd I subscribed to the Free Press archive last year and I re-read all the stories from Clements' arrival and departure. The story the Freep told was that Clements was a victim of the end of the Carling CFL sponsorship deal in 1987 -- overnight the CFL lost millions in free money. Clements justifiably didn't want to take a pay cut and had lots of off-field opportunities -- dude has a law degree from Notre Dame, a pretty heavy education -- so he retired. DeWalt was very much a plan B and was on the scrap heap when the Bombers called him.

"Two hours of talking, a little respect, a touch of democratic process and the whole affair could have been washed away." this is hilarious and stupid. Rex spends 95% of his wordcount decrying Trudeau as a complete amateur, a pretender, an insult to Canadians. But somehow JT also has the magical power to placate and soothe some snowbank-shitting **** Trudeau cracker who drove multiple days across Canada just to blare a train horn on Wellington Street in Ottawa ... and who signed onto an insane "MOU" that called for Parliament to be replaced by a committee of truckers. I wish Trudeau was half as awesome as right-wing freakazoids believe him to be.

Other QB stats can be just as dumb: a 5000-yard passer like Kerwin Bell or Trevor Harris can put up elite stats and only rarely win. Everything being equal, I'd rather roll with a winning QB like Fajardo (or vintage Matt Nichols, another journeyman with an elite win-loss record) than a guy like Harris or Bell. The other weird thing about Fajardo is that he's making some chicken salad out of a pretty crappy lineup. The Fajardo-era Riders have had a strong DL and a good placekicker but not much else; their OL was a patchwork mess, their RB was old, their receivers are spotty, etc, etc. how the hell is that team manufacturing wins? There is some moxie to that guy, even if it's not enough moxie to beat the Bombers when it matters.

The bottom line on fajardo is that he's gone something like 20-6 as a starter vs. the rest of the cfl. That's an absurd win percentage, that's BLM territory. No way anyone who wins that reliably can be a total bum. Alas, this superman has a kryptonite -- the blue bombers. He's just 2-5 vs us and has lost four straight to us. He is a good qb who plays on a frankly dominant football team. But he is not a champion. Because. We. Own. His. Ass.

I wonder if we draft a kicker or perhaps several this year.

hah lol. I was in such a hurry to make a joke about the Elks that I didn't look at the date. Old news. Carry on everyone.

hey, question: looking at the Bomber store, there's no option to customize mens' road jerseys. I want to get one of our roadies, I think they look ultra sharp and we are 2x champs wearing them. Can anyone recommend a shop where I can mail order a road jersey that's pro customized? I have always said my next jersey would be BATTLE 34 or KHAN 60 but after these last two championships I think I want to celebrate the current bombers. I'll probably pick a lineman ... Thomas or Hansen ... I used to wear a ROBERTS 1 and that tiny skinny little 1 on my XXL navy chest made me look very very chonky.

yeah, Brandon's point is legit. painting every protester as a nazi is incorrect and counterproductive. Some of the organizers have some serious stink on them, though. Pat King is a piece of ****, if you're lining up behind him or beside him, you gotta ask yourself some questions. Tamara Lich seems to have absconded with a bunch of GoFundMe money that's been completely unaccounted for. Also note that the MOU that the original convoy organizers put forward has demanded that Parliament be replaced with a citizen's committee that would work with the Senate and the Governor General to instantly end all public health policies regarding to Covid. That is uh not how this is going to work guys. So yeah, I'm sure there's people there for whom the health restrictions have been a giant bummer, and who would have my sympathy. Unfortunately the people who are organizing them are various mixes of crazy, dangerous, and grifter.

With Flex moving to LB, the DipshitsElks have turned to free agency to source a new tailback. https://3downnation.com/2022/02/08/official-edmonton-elks-sign-former-riders-defensive-back-ed-gainey/ Also, looks like we won't have Charles Nelson to kick around anymore, he's listed on the Edmonton roster.

gotta go back and rewatch the Edmonton games from last year ... Biggie absolutely stuffed Wilder on one play and gave him a little flex afterwards. perfect gif material. next year hopefully Bighill, Maston, Briggs et all remember that Wilder thinks he could just walk into their position and play it...

Argos got Ambles. I was hoping we'd get him -- he seemed like a high-upside guy to me and I think he'd be a starter on any team in the league.

When I think about a receiver playing into his mid thirties, I think of a guy like Nik Lewis who has the savvy and toughness to cover for the decline of his physical tools. Don't see those qualities in Banks, alas, and I think he's too frail to be running back kicks full time. Not interested in him as a bomber unless we have a midseason emergency or he signs for bottom dollar. (note: I know nothing about recruiting or scouting football players)

Shocking ... another Stampeder heading east to the big smoke. not a Stamps fan but I hate how MLSE can just buy talent from the rest of the league.

nice strategy. Cause a ruckus just as things are scheduled to change, then take credit for the change. Makes you look credible and powerful, even if in reality it's like you're Macho Harris and you're crediting yourself for the bombers' turnaround season in 2016. I'm glad that the border vaccine controls will be more enduring than the in-country vaxx and mask mandates. (nothing against Macho, his was just a name I picked from the 2016 bomber roster)

the Riders soured on Harker immediately after seeing him in game action running the full offence. some Dom Davis energy there. Does this guy have upside?

I don't remember this. I remember lots of people getting by Hecht at safety.

we retained the MOP QB, the MODP, 7 of 9 linemen including the reigning MOOL, the national talent we did lose all had succession plans, except for Kongbo. Kicker and QB2 are my only real concerns.

remember how desperate we were to retain Henoc Muamba, 2013 Bomber MOP? ...and what a bummer it was to lose him?

dude was so clutch in big games. Grey Cup 19, Western Final 2021 .... it absolutely sucks that it went this way but I understand why it had to happen. Great sport, shitty business.

I read this a lot and I wonder, who got the targets in 2021 that should have gone to Woli? Lawler was the best WR in the league, Bailey emerged, Demski made plays all over the field and our running game was on no matter who was carrying the ball. I love Woli but last year he was the WR4/WR5 on a stacked team. He was the perfect field WR, tho: forcing the D to cover the whole field, opening up stuff inside for our other guys, making the most of his targets, blocking like a wolverine, and carrying the right passport.

yeah there are definitely some yeah, definitely gonna wait and see on this one, there are some things that don't add up here.