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Historically, teams coming off a bye have not done well, and Maier has looked competent in his time on the field, so this is not gonna be a "gimme".

If competition makes you wilt, you are definitely in the wrong business.

I suspect that the Riders would loooove that.

Mitchell finished his career last year. He's just hanging around now.

Nicolle Wallace sounds the alarm: 'Scariest thing I've heard on this program in a long time' MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace confessed that one of the stories she was covering was "the scariest thing I’ve heard on this program in a long time." In a recent report by Washington Post reporter Aaron Davis, it was revealed that allies of former President Donald Trump copied files from Georgia's electronic voting systems and then shared them with Trump's lawyers and other election deniers. https://www.alternet.org/2022/08/nicolle-wallace-sounds-alarm-scariest/

Apparently the drought and accompanying high temperatures in southwest China are so severe that hydroelectric power has been greatly affected to the point where industrial plants have been forced to close, laying off thousands of workers and curtailing production.

Beyond sad- its frightening and will impact those who have no one to advocate for them. But then what would you expect from a PC government?

CALM BEFORE THE STORM? Eight Sources Say Feds Are Not Done With Matt Gaetz When Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) beat his primary challenger Tuesday, he delivered a speech to family and friends predicting an easy repeat victory in November that would allow him to remain with “Republicans with a will to fight and a backbone.” There was, predictably, no mention of the underage sex trafficking investigation that could one day be catastrophic to his political career. That federal probe that generated national attention for a few weeks last year has since quieted down. But it’s not over. Eight people with direct knowledge of the probe confirmed to The Daily Beast that the case is still unfolding—albeit at a methodical pace—as federal prosecutors work their way across a number of spokes of possible criminality. While each zone has its own sets of witnesses, subjects, and targets, all of it spirals out from one man: a crooked local tax official and Gaetz’s former “wingman,” Joel Greenberg. Lyle Mazin, a criminal defense attorney who represents a witness in the case, told The Daily Beast that the quiet should not be misconstrued as reluctance on the part of Roger Handberg, a federal prosecutor who led the local team conducting the investigation and now leads the Florida Middle District U.S. Attorney’s Office. “He’s methodical. He doesn’t let anything go,” Mazin said. “If you’re going after a monster, you have to get it right—especially when you have a bunch of Trump supporters who’ll come after you.” No one who spoke to The Daily Beast believes that the Gaetz probe was closed, and defense attorneys for witnesses and subjects who have recently enjoyed a quiet season said they expect to hear from prosecutors again. Some have struck agreements for advance notice of charging decisions. A Gaetz spokeswoman did not return a request for comment. Gaetz flatly denies all allegations of wrongdoing. A lawyer for one person already charged in the case told The Daily Beast that, in his experience, the prosecutors have “always been tight on the timeline.” “They only strike when the case is tightly built, unfortunately,” this lawyer said. https://www.thedailybeast.com/eight-sources-say-feds-are-not-done-with-matt-gaetz?ref=home

Somehow, Poilievre and his ilk feel that by imitating the violent rhetoric of the Trump GOP, the shine of the American "successes" will rub off on them, but they will find that only the sh1t will. I am trying to stay confident that Canadians on the whole are a cut above such, but am having nagging doubts, and that frightens me.

This is almost a direct quote from Goebbels. But then, the current GOP is almost a copy of the Nazi party. Legal experts say Bill Barr 'should be disciplined' following release of 'garbage' Justice Department memo Legal experts are reviewing a legal memo that served as the basis for Attorney General Bill Barr deciding to not charge then-President Donald Trump with obstruction of justice, and they are calling it “garbage,” “disingenuous,” a “total whitewash,” and “ass-covering.” The memo, published Wednesday afternoon by The New York Times, is dated March 24, 2019. “For the reasons stated below,” it reads in part, “we conclude that the evidence described in Volume II of the Report is not, in our judgment, sufficient to support a conclusion beyond a reasonable doubt that the President violated the obstruction-of-justice statutes. In addition, we believe that certain of the conduct examined by the Special Counsel could not, as a matter of law, support an obstruction charge under the circumstances. Accordingly, were there no constitutional barrier, we would recommend, under the Principles of Federal Prosecution, that you decline to commence such a prosecution.” Norm Eisen, a well-known Harvard-educated attorney, former U.S. Ambassador, senior fellow in governance studies at the Brookings Institution, and a CNN legal analyst calls the legal memo “garbage.” “No wonder a series of judges have slammed Barr for dishonesty in connection with all this,” Eisen writes. “It’s garbage. Anyone else woulda been prosecuted. Barr should be disciplined.” Attorney Andrew Weissman calls the memo “disingenuous” and a “total whitewash.” He adds: “note no discussion of Barr telling Special Counsel Mueller that he should make the decision whether Trump obstructed justice. Why? Because new DOJ memo reveals they thought Mueller Report could be read to say he did obstruct! So Barr should say the opposite.” CNN Senior Legal Analyst Elie Honig calls the memo “ass-covering.” “To recap,” he writes, detailing these bullet points: “Mueller failed by refusing to state a conclusion,” “Barr publicly distorted Mueller’s findings,” “DOJ drafted this flimsy, ass-covering memo,” “Barr misled a federal court about this bogus memo,” “Garland appealed on Barr’s behalf, and lost.”

Damned few of us get a free ride in life. That doesn't mean we repeat the same stuff and not a good reason to commit seppuku as a GM. Barrett was a decent QB who played on some mediocre teams but was even less than mediocre as a head coach.

Brain cramp- I meant Petersfield.

A word of advice: When living in Winnipeg Beach and had to travel to Winnipeg during the time when the lake was not fully frozen and lake effect was dumping snow onto the west side of the lake, highway 8 was usually less snow/ice covered. And there is a decent auto repair shop in Clandeboye.

Buddy Holley was a Bomber??????

Thank God we have a game tomorrow to agonize and revel over. Too many people here have gotten cranky during the bye week.

Sean Connery's Personal Aston Martin DB5 Auctioned For $2.4 Million The James Bond actor's DB5, purchased two years before his death, fetched $1 million more than estimated. By Marco Margaritoff Aug 24, 2022, 12:06 PM EDT Connery popularized the DB5 with his role in 1964's "Goldfinger." MICHAEL OCHS ARCHIVES VIA GETTY IMAGES When Sean Connery took the role of James Bond in 1962, he kickstarted a multibillion-dollar film franchise with a lifespan exceeding any other. His third outing in 1964’s “Goldfinger” made the Aston Martin DB5 a coveted luxury sports car. The actor’s personal model — the only one he ever owned — just sold for $2.4 million at auction. Last week’s Broad Arrow Auctions event in Monterey, California, attracted wealthy attendees with a slew of classic cars, according to the New York Post. None held as much sentimental value as Connery’s 1964 DB5, which he bought in 2018, two years before his death at age 90. “Dad used to talk about owning his own DB5, for no other reason than he loved the car, and I think in hindsight it did represent something in his life that was unique and captured a moment in time,” his son Jason Connery said in an auction company statement.

Quote of the day and it seems to perfectly relate to the Riders and Elks," When a clown moves into a palace, he doesn't become a king. The palace becomes a circus tent".

Mudge was a very good O-lineman, especially for a Canuck, but Bryant has been nothing short of dominant. He will be very difficult to replace when the time comes.

Agreed. I kinds knee-jerk jumped at the prospect of Lirim returning but at some point you gotta dance with the gal you brought to the party. Lets give our soph kicker a chance to redeem himself. Everybody screws up once in a while.

This is more than a resemblance.

Awww....crap! But we ought to get him back in plenty of time for the playoff run.

There's still a lot of them around in Mar-A-Lago, the US senate and in the leadership race for the CPC party, not to mention our current provincial government,

Republicans of late have shown themselves to be remarkably resistant to obvious stupidity, let alone irony, and ethics,