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Can he stay healthy? That's the question I want answered.

Well thought out and level headed.

No this is flat out 100% wrong. Racism has nothing to do with oppression. Any kind of ism has nothing to do with oppression. Your opinion, and you're welcome to it, but its wrong. You'e confusing racism with being ignorant. Racism is about power. Its about controlling who access resources, and deciding who's restricted from it. No I think you are confusing racism with something else. Racism has nothing to do with power, racism has to do with holding ignorant opinions about specific races. There's another post in this thread that defines it, you should read the definition and adjust your thinking on the matter because you have an incorrect opinion on what racism is.

So why are white older males in control of most power positions in Western society. Where is this artificial advantage you speak of. That isn't what I'm saying, old white males are in power because of reasons from long ago some of which do include racism and sexism. The point I am making is that going forward as a society treating people differently only perpetuates those isms.

A lot of Wallys moves appear to be of the reactionary variety done out of anger over a bad playoff loss... no wonder so many message board fans approve.

No this is flat out 100% wrong. Racism has nothing to do with oppression. Any kind of ism has nothing to do with oppression.

**** that noise, professional athletes MUST be emotionless robots program to make plays.

Racism is rampant among all races and it keeps perpetuating racism and inequality. As soon as everyone starts treating everyone else as equals it all goes away.Affirmative action or harming one group to prop up another doesn't help it, it just shifts hard feelings around. Treat everyone equally, don't just say it, actually do it and Treating people differently isn't the way to end discrimination. A good example is the reserve system for natives. It segregates people and treats them differently and look at all the problems are caused by that.

The penalty that was called he had already beaten that guy. The Stamps can say whatever they want about their lack of effort knowing the penalty was called, but Banks was already sprung when the penalty occurred. Maybe he wouldn't have got a touchdown but he still likely wound up getting a good return and setting up the ti-cats with decent to good field position and you and I both know how much momentum can affect a football game.

Even more shameful on his part was SJ Green calling him out before the east final and them him getting lit up there too. Just not nearly good enough to be a half back in the CFL. The Bombers always hid the guy on the corner because of his limitations.

True equality isn't a pipe dream, it's something that is attainable as soon as people stop treating others differently and that includes treating them differently to give them an artificial advantage.

That's a cop out there. There are certain areas where men are at a disadvantage why should we just ignore that because there are a lot of other advantages? True equality only exists when everyone is treated the same and part of that does include ensuring that men and white men are treated fairly too. Discrimination against anyone is bad no matter how much they are in the drivers seat.

Good, humorous point. Those of us who fit into the category of middle-class white folks have been in a privileged position for a long time and the problem with being in power is that darned few willingly give it up. Those of us who are AWOGS (angry white old guys) tend to see change of any sort as a threat. This is probably an unconscious reaction to the fading control and power in our own existences as we age. Its always easier to rail at someone else's rise than mourn our own fading. http://dailypicksandflicks.com/2014/10/05/snl-whites-video/

Basically it just shows that you can't make that leap... 10% of the general population being gay has no bearing whatsoever on the percentage of gay athletes. What is the percentage of black people in the USA vs. the percentage of black people in the NBA? Doesn't correlate very closely does it? Or the percentage of black people in the NHL for that matter. No you can't make that leap in any reliable manner. So your point re: stats is correct. But the thing is, sexual orientation is different then race. You don't have a lot of black people in the NHL because there aren't a lot of black people tuned into it or growing up playing it. Or blacks playing lacrosse. Sexual orientation though is different. If you have a pulse, you could be gay. That's why the barriers are going to go down so fast. Thank you for saying this. Yes, there are more Afro-American people in the NFL than in the general population, but the reason for that can be clearly explained. Not so much for sexual orientation, but some people can't quite seem to grasp that. Explain it then We did. Pro TEAM sports is a social meat grinder. Until 10 years ago being called "gay" was a huge insult. Hell, probably still is in some locker rooms. What kid wants to go through that? So you figure skate, dive, run, do gymnastics, or do anything else where the entire culture isn't geared around being a "man." It's sad that 'being manly' is now considered bad. And we wonder why our society is collapsing under political correctness. Just because the media tells you most people believe in something is fine doesn't make it fact. Silent majority is just that...silent. They're not complainers and bleeding hearts. They keep their heads down, live well, and do their jobs. Please don't buy into the "real men are being oppressed" nonsense. It's low hanging fruit, to appeal to a "silent majority" of men who are unsatisfied in their lives. But rather than pick people up, it encourages white men to blame women or minorities, or gays. Look, if you are a healthy, straight, white male living in the US or Canada, you have a distinct advantage in probably 95% of the situations you encounter. The handful where you might not have an advantage? Boo hoo. You're a man. Grow a set and do something else. If I may play devils advocate... what other group do people say this to? No one else is told to just deal with it...

Yeah absolutely, Mike Kelly was a fool and he had no problems blaming Lefors for his own shitty coaching and managing.

no it is flexing the muscles because it hurts American production and forces them to come crawling back to the middle east. It's all about trying to stay relevant.

But it rose to the surface as his career wore on... I still haven't forgiven him for showing up to the 07 Grey Cup hungover. Has that every been confirmed as fact? I know it's been rumoured but is this just a players history causing speculation? I don't know if it's confirmed but I heard it from places I'd put enough weight in to believe it's a fact.

But it rose to the surface as his career wore on...

It's not about blinking first. Everyone wants higher price oil, this is purely about OPEC nations feeling threatened because there are other oil producers now. They're just trying to flex some muscle. As I said, US oil shale production will be the first to go, there's already too much invested in the Canadian oil sands for them to shut down. So it'll be a temporary lowering of the price and then it'll rebound. Overall if no one panics it might be for the best. Keeps the Alberta economy from over heating, draws out production for longer etc etc.

OPEC won't keep the same production at low prices forever. They'll be trying to put some pressure on Western countries for a while but they'll eventually want to get back to higher prices, they rely on oil money to fund their countries. Supply can change pretty quick. Unconventionals are more costly and if the price stays low it won't make as much sense economically to keep producing it. I just don't see this being a long term thing, it's a short term hiccup while producers wave their dicks at each other.

Again though, don't get into too much of a panic over a short term drop in the price of oil. It's not bloody likely to stay low forever. It'll be a little blip and likely bounce back before too long. There will still be production of oil in Alberta and there is even more natural gas in the province than there is oil so companies might shift their focus to that if new projects in the oil sands don't get developed. It will be a slow down but if managed right it might not be a bad thing. The bottom isn't going to fall out in Alberta unless the price gets down to like $50 a barrel and stays there for years.

Prices will bounce back before too long. The reason there is so much oil out there now is because the US is doing a lot of oil shale production and they don't need to buy as much foreign oil. How it works is the middle east has huge conventional oil reserves, cheap and easy to get out of the ground. Oil shales and oil sands are much costlier to extract and turn into something useful so it's basically a power play by OPEC. Try and get the price low so people will be forced to go back to them. They rely on all that oil money to fund their own countries though so I don't see them keeping the price low for too long. I don't know if it will have a big impact on Canada simply because a lot of the oil sands projects require big investments that have already happened so they won't just shut down major projects. There will be a slow down in some areas to be sure but it could be a good thing if it's handled well and the price isn't low long term. Cool down an over heated economy in Alberta a bit. The States will likely be hit harder because their oil shale production is much easier to just shut down. In summary this is happening because the states got themselves to a point where they're basically self sufficient in oil and the middle east doesn't like it so they've getting into a **** waving contest. I forsee it being similar to what happened 2010ish. be a brief dip and things should pick up before too long. Now I could very well be talking out of my ass and maybe it'll be a big game changing thing with long lasting effects but I just don't see it. The world isn't lessening it's demand for oil, especially if the price is going to be cheaper.

I don't know about the last time but the Riders did it when Hamilton fired Cortez.

Give the man as much money as he wants to coach here. Would be the best offensive coordinator this team has had since I don't know when.

I had thought it was abundantly clear this was the intention, apparently not.