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The torchlight parade in Charlottesville -- the explicitly Nazi one, where marchers chanted "Jew will not replace us!" and terrorized local people -- was led by Richard Spencer, who was a featured speaker at the main rally the next day. Spencer was not an interloper in those circles. He did not co-opt a movement of benign good-faith Confederate apologists who just wanted to preserve some statues. He was an honored guest of the organizers. (Spencer is a guy who once called for "peaceful ethnic cleansing" in the USA and who has a long rap sheet of association and leadership with white supremacists. He is best remembered for such internet videos as "Nazi Gets Punched to the Music of Depeche Mode" and "Nazi Gets Punched To Beethoven's 'Ode To Joy'" and "Nazi Gets Punched to 'We Will Rock You'". He does not do public rallies anymore, claiming that the antifa has made them "no fun.")

Yes, this is why the US military is still largely conscripted.

Thread title needs to be amended to "Argos at TSN Game Story Johnny Manziel." Argos O is on the field, TSN goofballs are still going on about Johnny Football. Even more annoying than usual for TSN. I like the ref cam tho.

Saw Solo. It was the usual kind of Ron Howard movie, it's really well-made but not great. I give it a B.

Good news for US-based CFL fans -- we now have way better viewing options, via Roku, Apple TV, etc. https://www.cordcuttersnews.com/how-to-watch-the-canadian-football-league-on-roku-fire-tv-apple-tv/

The US / North Korean summit has very quickly fallen apart. Trump is learning, as has every recent US president, that the DPRK regime is not a bunch that's inclined to just sit down and talk things over. I thought this summit could've resulted in an agreement -- Trump agrees to withdraw US troops from South Korea in exchange for some kind of DPRK nuclear arms control treaty. That'd be a huge win-win for Trump, with fewer US forces in harm's way plus a nuclear treaty that keeps the USA mainland safe from Kim missiles. It would have destabilized Korea badly, though, and had huge repercussions for all of Asia, and I really have to question if the DPRK would hold to a nuclear control treaty.

This is a very interesting read, in the context of this thread: http://theoatmeal.com/comics/believe. I encourage folks to read it.

you said it -- Smith / Dunigan is TSN's best broadcast team AINEC. Smith is a real pro at calling the action and doesn't push out much beyond that and that leaves all kinds of airtime for Dunigan to a) break down mistakes and successes like a coach and b) lose his freaking mind with excitement when he sees something amazing, like a fan. I think my dream CFL celebrity scenario is just watching a game live with Matt and listening to him go on about it. Re: the panel changes I like that they're finally putting someone from the D on the panel. Never listened to Sanchez's podcasts, though, so I have no idea how good he is at talking about the CFL. But my main hope for the panel is that they have the same clothing sponsor as they had last year because Milt and Matt were just killing it, game in, game out.

re WR depth, I looked at the numbers for a few teams a couple seasons ago ... the teams I looked at all started 4 import receivers and all needed 10-12 different guys at that position over the course of a year. Since our plan is only to start three we maybe won't need as many but you really gotta have depth at the receiver position. There's no way our import WRs 4 thru 8 will be full-time practice roster bodies.

For me, pushing an airborne receiver out of bounds is just a variation on "Qb and the receiver make the proper reads etc etc" but then the DB makes a play and jars the ball loose and it's no catch. Gotta win the whole play, not just the catch.

I hope that if he gets into a peep of trouble, the Ticats and/or the CFL ship his ass home. Dude's got some bad stuff on his rap sheet.

Speaking of Apodaca: http://boston.cbslocal.com/2018/05/18/patriots-quarterback-austin-apodaca-workout-brady-hoyer-etling-cfl/ (I get the weirdest alerts from Google about the CFL.)

...until he was old enough for the Rum Hut.

More chaos in Montreal: http://montrealgazette.com/sports/football/cfl/montreal-alouettes/kahlil-carters-brief-tenure-with-alouettes-marred-by-conflicts Real interesting stuff in there about Carter vs. Tommy Campbell.

Welcome Bud! All the best to you and Alex!

Yeah, I noticed that. Not a bad pick for handshake line music for any outcome, I think you could hear it as sad or triumphant. Jets win -- you won and we're sad but good series and good luck. Pred win -- we won and we're triumphant but here is a musical salute to our enemy aviators while we all shake hands. I thought it was pretty classy but I think about these things too much, probably wasn't even that intentional.

Damn, I love how our guys skate out to For Whom The Bell Tolls. bad ass. Only thing better would be Creeping Death or Seek and Destroy. Aces High would be amazing and on-point, but maybe it's too fast a song.

All this talk about him wanting a one-year contract so he can make a quick splash and bounce back to the NFL unencumbered doesn't show a lot of respect for the league, so he'll be easy to root against.

Gale, ok. Lindley, hell no. He looked awful against us last year and everyone passed up a storm against us last year.

I think the issue here is that you could get a pretty nasty crowd control problem on your hands turning away people like that. Cops are probably anxious about riots.

Very very nearly Visa'd up a flight / overnight hotel / ticket for Game 4, but in the end gave it a pass. Given how bad the Bombers play when I'm in the building, I'm gonna do my part and stay the hell away .. this was basically paying four figures to hurt the Jets' chances.

Hmm, flights to Las Vegas from Seattle are ridiculously cheap...

YAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!

BOOYEAH

we got a gift non-call after Myers tackled that dude tho.