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  1. perhaps this is the problem, perhaps people are lumping two different things together... naturopathic I got no problems with, there is merit to that because a lot of the beneficial elements of natural remedies are the things they capture for medicines, but homeopathy is something else entirely.
  2. Reynolds pushed hard to get this movie made because he actually gave a **** about the character so hopefully that means it's done well. I've always liked Ryan Reynolds, it's a shame he's found himself in so many shitty shitty movies.
  3. Honestly a game of Marve probably gives them a chance, at least he can use his legs to break things down and maybe fluke out a few big plays. In the long term it's not a good option but short term sure why not?
  4. Exactly we are 0-3 against the best two teams in the league only have to face Edmonton once more at home. 3-1 against the rest of the league. If we can win 7 or 8 games in the next eleven, we should make the playoffs. I doubt that a 9 and 9 season even with crossover potential gets us there with three teams in the east already with 4 wins. Gonna have to start counting the free squares on the bingo cards to see what our chances are for the post season. The only way 9-9 won't get you into the playoffs is if everyone is 9-9, but that's just not going to happen. Riders are going to lose an awful lot more games before the year is done, the eastern teams will start playing each other more and they won't all stay above .500. The Western teams likewise will start beating each other more. Everyone over reacted to the early records last year too, not sure when people are going to realize what a long season we have here and how many things change come fall time.
  5. Wanting federal money to support homeopathy is a big deal because it shows a willingness to waste public money on something with no benefit. The only effect it has is the placebo effect and there is no way quackery should be funded by the government. That the party policy supports this tells me that a vote for that party is wasted because it shows how poor their judgement is in a significant area. What else do they have these kinds of poor judgement on? FYI blue cross covers homeopathy. But I guess it's all a placebo effect just because you say it is. No it's all the placebo effect because that's what all the scientific studies say it is. Yeah I am sure people can come up with examples of someone getting better after taking it.... but that's the placebo effect. There is no basis in science for homeopathy. It's no different than praying for someone to get better. Maybe it gives someone peace of mind of lets them think they're doing something but it is not a replacement for actual real medicine that has a strong scientific backing. Dude you need to just stop. Why? Should we invest money in witch doctors too? Maybe the government gives out leeches to everyone to drain the bad blood out. Bullshit medicine is bullshit medicine. It's dangerous because there are people who actually believe in that. natural remedies OK I can get behind stuff like that but some things are quackery full stop.
  6. It's part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe now, so this should be the last time. At least for a very long while. This is what really annoyed be about DC's decision to go with a new Batman. TDK Trilogy was so good and Bale was good and we were all invested in it emotionally and then they start over? Hate that. Im glad to hear they want to lock Affleck up as the Robert Downey of DC. Although it does make you wonder why they went with an "older" Batman if they want to get 6-10 films out of him. I guess if they are smart they can eventually tell the Return of the Dark Knight story. I like Affleck and think he will be really good. Affleck is the same age Downey was when he did the first Iron Man (Affleck will be 43 when Batman vs Superman comes out. Downey was 43 when the first Iron Man came out). Granted, I don't think they had the complete foresight of what the Marvel Universe would become when they made that first Iron Man movie in 2008. It also begs the question. Now at 50 and moving in on 10 years later, how much longer will Downey be able to keep playing Iron Man? I think the real question is, how long is Marvel willing to keep paying Robert Downey Jr.? The guy doesn't come cheap anymore and I believe Marvel has already said they're quite comfortable just re-casting characters... now obviously with that one it's going to be tough because people just associate RDJ with Tony Stark and I dunno if they'd just accept a new guy. But when they can take obscure stuff like Guardians of the Galaxy and make big money maybe they just stop using Iron Man entirely for a while.
  7. The first 2 movies Marvel made on their own were The Incredible Hulk with Edward Norton and Iron Man. All the comic movies before that were done by other studios, that includes all the spiderman movies as well. Which is sort of the point, Marvel studios has a track record where even their worst movies are still fun watchable flicks, it's the other studios that keep screwing up properties. Just look at how trash every fantastic 4 movie has been.
  8. well really when you've had so much practise at it for the last 4 years it only makes sense.
  9. I don't understand why this is so hard to comprehend. Reading blitzes, making quick decisions, and getting rid of the ball is how Danny Mcmanus made a career. It's where Willy is lacking. Just because you don't like the argument doesn't make it invalidNo the argument loses validity when you expect a qb to catch the ball and instantly throw it. Even Danny Mcmanus and Kevin Glenn, two notably quick throwers had trouble when the pressure was in their face as quickly as it's been coming for the Bombers this year. Drew Willy is the least of the problems on this team. This post is ridiculous hyperbole. well if anyone is an expert on that subject it's you.
  10. My uneducated opinion on the biggest OL issue is that they have no idea what to do when teams pressure you. Too many guys going to the wrong areas, picking up the wrong players and leaving guys having a free run at the qb. Maybe they're trying to out think themselves and are making it more complicated than it needs to be? The fact that guys like Picard have never been strong blockers doesn't help. It's one thing if it was always the guy from the edge getting to the qb, then you can probably put it on the qb for not recognizing, but too often it's pressure right up the middle that disrupts things. That should be inexcusable. Isn't blocking from the inside out a thing? Make the guy with the free run at the qb have to go the longest distance to get there?
  11. I am still not sold on Ritchie Hall entirely but I'm going to give the guy credit, he's been adjusting and the D has been improving as the year has gone on. Hurl is getting better too and I'm OK leaving him in there for now, but god damn it I am sick and tired of Bucknor. Guy isn't totally useless but teams do pick on him. After the fumble on a punt in Calgary the Stamps went right after him and got a td, then they went right after him and got the 2 point convert, last night they went after him for 2 or 3 more TDs. Guy is just not good enough to be starting when we already start 7 other NIs. Especially when the one positions Walters has been successful at finding players is DB. The problem as I see it is we're starting 8 Canadians when we only need to start 7 but our 6th and 7th Canadian starters aren't really good enough. Yeah maybe the 8th guy is on a similar level to them but that doesn't make it better. It is a handicap for the team starting that many Canadians when the overall talent level of our Canadians isn't that high. Yes there is depth there, but we still lack enough truly high end Canadians. We have a lot of low end Canadian starters and borderline Canadian starters but that isn't good enough.
  12. I think the real issue here is that regular movie studios are trying to make comic book movies where as Marvel is making movies with comic book characters. I don't really buy the scale of things and honestly I felt that the constant need to tie everything into Avengers can be a bit much sometimes. The other big issue is that because the dark knight worked so well with such a dark tone they wanted everything to be dark and gritty. Marvel really doesn't care about that, and they have no problem being in on the joke and ridiculousness of some of these situations. Sometimes a movie just needs to be a fun ride and it doesn't need to be a brooding super hero dealing with his internal emotional drama for 2 hours. You can have dramatic aspects sure but don't make it gloomy the whole way through. Throw a little lightness in.
  13. Warner Brothers just doesn't get it. You can't shoe horn everything into a shared universe just because Marvel made it work. Fact is that none of the DC super hero movies have been all that great with the exception of the Nolan Batman movies (and the third one was pretty much a mess that only worked because of the goodwill the dark knight had built up) Batman is a pretty reliable movie character, I think that's been proven a few times in the past, but superman? Sorry but it just doesn't work in movie form for me, let alone when Batman and superman are supposed to be on the same kind of level in a team up movie. Just no way. They really should focus on making good stand alone movies first and then worry about your team up nonsense. Even the worst Marvel movies, which are probably the Thor movies are still pretty watchable.
  14. I don't understand why this is so hard to comprehend. Reading blitzes, making quick decisions, and getting rid of the ball is how Danny Mcmanus made a career. It's where Willy is lacking. Just because you don't like the argument doesn't make it invalid No the argument loses validity when you expect a qb to catch the ball and instantly throw it. Even Danny Mcmanus and Kevin Glenn, two notably quick throwers had trouble when the pressure was in their face as quickly as it's been coming for the Bombers this year. Drew Willy is the least of the problems on this team.
  15. Anyone who thinks Willy isn't the best thing this team has going for it simply doesn't understand how football works. I don't care who your qbs is when you have that many break downs in protection no qb is going to do any better. Willy is passing the ball like a beast when he has time to actually set his feet. Reading the D well, making good accurate throws and doing everything you need a qb to do. Then there's times when the OL is not just getting beat but not even slowing anyone down and it all falls apart because he's got the DL in his face instantly.
  16. Except for the first pass of the game which was a designed sprint-out, Drew Willy always seem to be locked into a 3 step drop. If he rolled a bit and moved the launch point, he'd give himself more options - including the option to run. Also, I agree our Oline gets manhandled and pushed back way to often. But on at least 3 of the 6 sacks the defender got into our backfield untouched. That is what happens when you don't properly identify the scheme you're facing. So it's mental, too, not just physical shortcomings. I think we also just got out-coached by a team with superior talent. I don't even know about the superior talent thing, but I think at this point it's pretty clear that Bellefool has an absolute mental block when it comes to the Hamilton defense. Other teams don't have that much trouble with them but for the Bombers it's just like there's a brick wall in front of them.
  17. Bucknor needs to not be starting any more. We don't have a need for it and Hamilton went and picked on his side of the field every time they got one of the turnovers and it got them points.
  18. So many times after the qb was sacked you saw Picard just standing around because he didn't block anyone. I'm sick of that guy... and then to think of the money we're paying him to not block anyone....
  19. Wanting federal money to support homeopathy is a big deal because it shows a willingness to waste public money on something with no benefit. The only effect it has is the placebo effect and there is no way quackery should be funded by the government. That the party policy supports this tells me that a vote for that party is wasted because it shows how poor their judgement is in a significant area. What else do they have these kinds of poor judgement on? FYI blue cross covers homeopathy. But I guess it's all a placebo effect just because you say it is. No it's all the placebo effect because that's what all the scientific studies say it is. Yeah I am sure people can come up with examples of someone getting better after taking it.... but that's the placebo effect. There is no basis in science for homeopathy. It's no different than praying for someone to get better. Maybe it gives someone peace of mind of lets them think they're doing something but it is not a replacement for actual real medicine that has a strong scientific backing.
  20. This man speaks truths... Oh come on, MTL and their dirty defense is way more unlikeable than HAM. If you'd'a just stayed the **** out my boat......but you didn't.....so go **** yourself..... Sheesh none of those guys are on the team anymore. when was it 5 years ago ? The North (end) remembers . . . I love the fact that Noeller liked this post, a clear game of thrones reference and he likes it. got something to hide buddy?
  21. Wanting federal money to support homeopathy is a big deal because it shows a willingness to waste public money on something with no benefit. The only effect it has is the placebo effect and there is no way quackery should be funded by the government. That the party policy supports this tells me that a vote for that party is wasted because it shows how poor their judgement is in a significant area. What else do they have these kinds of poor judgement on?
  22. And they totally forget that his daddies name is poison in a lot of the country. They thought Justin was personable enough to shake off the Conservative attacks, forgetting that the reason Dion and Ignatieff weren't able to wasn't their qualifications, both were smart dudes, but Dion was a wimp who couldn't play dirty enough, and Ignatieff had no hope of inspiring the public because every time he talked he sounded like a professor lecturing people. Voters don't want politicians who lecture them. Trudeau might have the personality but he completely lacks any substance. He was a star candidate because his family name is Liberal royalty and they mistakenly thought that was enough. It shows up out of touch the Liberal party is with Canadians.
  23. You act like watching practise is important to these guys. They can get all the information they need talking to the coach and players and they can't really report on anything interesting they might see at practise anyway. Time to get off the high horse and just realize that the media who are bad at their jobs like Friesen are bad no matter if they watch practise or not and guys who are good are good regardless of how much practise they watch as well.
  24. See this is a problem for me. the Conservatives have done some things that have irked me, but Trudeau is a tool and the Liberals selecting him as leader tells me they haven't come to grips with the idea that they aren't the diving rulers of our land. I will never ever vote NDP because I am just so opposed to their ideals. It's too much pie in the sky dreaming.
  25. Elizabeth May and the green party support homeopathy (aka quackery) and she thinks wifi is bad. How can you take someone seriously when these are positions they take?
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