The Unknown Poster

Wheeler is now 3rd in scoring in the league. Scheif is tied for 9th in goals.

Jets are pretty good.

According to CNBC, Disney is in talks to buy most of 21st Century Fox. Pretty much, Fox is looking to sell virtually most of its non-news and non-sports-related assets, leaving behind the Fox broadcast network, their sports programing assets, Fox News and Business channels. Finally, they would also not be purchasing any of Fox’s local broadcasting affiliates. In short, what would be left behind is a much smaller media company very focused on news and sports, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Everything else, it sounds like, would fall under Disney, including the movie studio and a lot of significant TV production assets, and perhaps could even lead to a merging of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and X-Men universe.

Its funny because its such a weird debate. I remember the first time I stepped into the ring, the competition tried to paint us as marks and whatever. I agree when its untrained goofballs putting on shows. But the wrestling business has a history of non-wrestlers "wrestling" as part of stories. I too am looking forward to Korba's performance! ;-)

You never know haha. (But no...). However Kenny will be in action here in winnipeg ln Nov 25th

My point is that when an athlete publicly discusses politics especially as sensitive as being pro vile dictator, then it is news to the sports media. Did the sports media cover Tiger Woods accident and exploits? Ofcourse. Because it was news in the world of sports. News is news. Sports media or cable news. Regardless if its news they should cover it.

Not government. But used to be.

Well I get it off. And that’s what matters most.

Yup

Next weekend isa long weekend for many of us (Monday off) $3million windfall or the team for getting a home playoff game. That’s a big deal.

Seems clunky for only one more season. As good as Claire is she can’t carry the show. They’ll need someone as an antagonist.

Yeah they take a lot of theoretical science and make it work. Or just make things up. Lol the slingshot around the sun was based on the idea that warp 10 was an unachievable speed at which you’d be moving faster than time and be stuck in an infinite time loop. To get there they used the gravity of the sun to slingshot the ship to that speed. In Trek IV they did it and the key thing was programming breaking thrusters to fire and take them out of the time loop at the right moment. When they’re in the time travel sequence you can actually hear dialogue from later in the film.

Was just coming here to post. A ton of allegations surfacing about Spacey now including from people working on House of Cards. Netflix definitely doing the right thing. Sadly it screws everyone else working on that show. I wonder if they’d consider a re-cast. It says they are sill soaking to the production company about a way forward but said Netflix will not be involved as long as Spacey is. Which implies to me they’d consider continuing without him.

But if sports media are free to ignore Ovi's public stance, Slava is just as free to ask tough questions of them. He is as entitled to his opinion as they are.

Cetainly he doesnt represent all of Russia. When some people speak out against White Supremacists someone could say "well those people speaking out dont represent all Americans (or Canadians)" and that is true because *some* people DO support bigots, racists etc. Im not sure we have room (or knowledge) for a deeply nuanced discussion of life in Russia. Im sure most of would not want to be subjected to the rules of Putin though. Just because an opinion is "only an opinion" doesnt mean its wrong. Personally, I think Ovi is an idiot and a clown for publicly supporting Putin when he makes millions of dollars in America. You're free to publicly disagree and support Putin. But you cant blame people for taking you to task if you do.

I dont think being Anti-Putin makes you a rhetoric-spewing lefty. Probably makes you someone who doesnt support anti-gay, anti-freedom, dictatorial regimes. We can debate Trump but let's not pretend Putin has a point about anything. lol I also think media people can choose to ask what they want. But I would not disagree with someone who feels its a journalist responsibility to ask pertinent questions. I mean, thats sort of their job. They might disagree on what is pertinent (or their boss might) but I dont think a media person loses the responsibility to ask tough questions just because its sports. That would be like saying CNN or FOX or MSNBC should ignore Trump when he talks about the NFL because that's sports and they arent. News is news. And a top athlete throwing his public support behind a dictatorial regime that very well might be involved in malicious interference in the US is news.

You called Slava a whacko, no? Did I misunderstand? I realise mixing politics with sports is a tough conversation. But it was newsworthy what Ovechkin did. It is not absurd at all to question someone on their positions when they make those positions public. We do it here all the time. Joe Blow posts on here that Helle sucks and should be traded. 20 people demand to know what he thinks that way. If you make your position public, its fair game Now, as Canadians, we can choose to not care about the US politics. I posted this because it was about one of the biggest stars in hockey. But right now there are investigations happening in the US about Russia interfering in a federal election to get Trump elected President. And then one of the biggest stars in the sport publicly declares that he is starting a US-based support group for Putin. And you dont get why its open to questioning? What if he said he was starting a support group for the KKK? Would it still be absurd to question him? Its actually potentially illegal. But I can speak to the nuances of the laws pertaining to openly declaring yourself a foreign agent. lol So in closing, no, not absurd. But I respect your right not to care. Slava cares because he's Russian and sees what is happening there. I dont know the guy. Maybe he's nuts. Maybe he's an ass. But he can be those things and still have a valid opinion.

Ah, yes. Attack the messenger! lol Sorry, Slava is 100% correct. And Ovechkin is totally out of line and should be taken to task. If he publicly announces he's starting a support group for Putin in the US, he *should* be questioned by the media. If he supports the political ideology of Putin, its fair game to take him to task.

Well I only watched one episode of Mad Men lol But yeah its very high production values. it takes place in 1983 and 1984. And if you grew up in the 80's it will bring back memories. But like, the theme song and some of the score and ofcourse the soundtrack are all true to the era it takes place in. Fashion, hair, cars, homes etc. Really great. If you havent seen it, highly recommend. You'll love the cast, especially those damned kids. Very charming. The lead, Millie Bobby Brown, not only has a great name but is going to be a big star.

This one is important because its not subject to the statute of limitations. She has corroborating evidence from a therapist she disclosed it to at the time.

Im hoping the Manson story is a more grounded one. I think QT has gotten a bit too absurd. Hes such a good film maker and amazing at dialogue though. A little known fact is he did an uncredited script polish of Crimson Tide (and you can tell by the great dialogue).

They whiffed on Stars first goal. But yes, our D has been solid this season (mostly). Nice to know we have Poolman waiting in the wings too.

You think so? I thought Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction were very similar but everything else was quite different.