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Hard to make a definitive statement like that when Collaros has a much, much better supporting cast, both on offence and defence.

Fajardo seems to be okay when all around him is at their best, but does not seem to be the leader who will take the game over and drive it when things are not going well. I cannot imagine how much damage he has done to his relationship with his teammates from his recent comments.

In the NHL news today, Edmonton Oiler Nate Archibald has been sidelined indefinitely with myocarditis- an inflammation of his heart muscle and potentially fatal. He refused to be vaccinated and contracted COVID some time in the last 60 days but was asymptomatic but potentially infectious. Stupidity has its price, and in this case, it will be millions for Archibald and the loss of a valuable player for his team.

Bombshell ‘Pandora Papers’ Shed Light On Global Elite’s Financial Secrets Hundreds of world leaders, powerful politicians, billionaires, celebrities, religious leaders and drug dealers have been hiding their investments in mansions, exclusive beachfront property, yachts and other assets for the past quarter-century, according to a review of nearly 12 million files obtained from 14 firms located around the world. The report released Sunday by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists involved 600 journalists from 150 media outlets in 117 countries. It’s being dubbed the “Pandora Papers” because the findings shed light on the previously hidden dealings of the elite and the corrupt, and how they have used offshore accounts to shield assets collectively worth trillions of dollars. The more than 330 current and former politicians identified as beneficiaries of the secret accounts include Jordan’s King Abdullah II, former U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair, Czech Republic Prime Minister Andrej Babis, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, Ecuador’s President Guillermo Lasso, and former associates of both Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta was one of many prominent politicians identified as beneficiaries of secret offshore accounts, according to a bombshell investigation called the “Pandora Papers.” The billionaires called out in the report include Turkish construction mogul Erman Ilicak and Robert T. Brockman, the former CEO of software maker Reynolds & Reynolds. Many of the accounts were designed to evade taxes and conceal assets for other shady reasons, according to the report. “The new data leak must be a wake-up call,” said Sven Giegold, a Green party lawmaker in the European Parliament. “Global tax evasion fuels global inequality. We need to expand and sharpen the countermeasures now.” Oxfam International, a British consortium of charities, applauded the Pandora Papers for exposing brazen examples of greed that deprived countries of tax revenue that could be used to finance programs and projects for the greater good. “This is where our missing hospitals are,” Oxfam said in a statement. “This is where the pay-packets sit of all the extra teachers and firefighters and public servants we need. Whenever a politician or business leader claims there is ‘no money’ to pay for climate damage and innovation, for more and better jobs, for a fair post-COVID recovery, for more overseas aid, they know where to look.” The Pandora Papers are a follow to a similar project released in 2016 called the “Panama Papers” compiled by the same journalistic group. The latest bombshell is even more expansive, porting through nearly 3 terabytes of data — the equivalent of roughly 750,000 photos on a smartphone — leaked from 14 different service providers doing business in 38 different jurisdictions in the world. The records date back to the 1970s, but most of the files span from 1996 to 2020. In contrast, the Panama Papers culled through 2.6 terabytes of data leaked by one now-defunct law firm called Mossack Fonseca that was located in the country that inspired that project’s nickname. Bombshell 'Pandora Papers' Shed Light On Global Elite's Financial Secrets | HuffPost

(NOT GOOD NEWS) Preliminary research finds that even mild cases of COVID-19 leave a mark on the brain by Jessica Bernard, Texas A&M University With more than 18 months of the pandemic in the rearview mirror, researchers have been steadily gathering new and important insights into the effects of COVID-19 on the body and brain. These findings are raising concerns about the long-term impacts that the coronavirus might have on biological processes such as aging. As a cognitive neuroscientist, my past research has focused on understanding how normal brain changes related to aging affect people's ability to think and move – particularly in middle age and beyond. But as more evidence came in showing that COVID-19 could affect the body and brain for months or longer following infection, my research team became interested in exploring how it might also impact the natural process of aging. In August 2021, a preliminary but large-scale study investigating brain changes in people who had experienced COVID-19 drew a great deal of attention within the neuroscience community. In that study, researchers relied on an existing database called the UK Biobank, which contains brain imaging data from over 45,000 people in the U.K. going back to 2014. This means – crucially – that there was baseline data and brain imaging of all of those people from before the pandemic. The research team analyzed the brain imaging data and then brought back those who had been diagnosed with COVID-19 for additional brain scans. They compared people who had experienced COVID-19 to participants who had not, carefully matching the groups based on age, sex, baseline test date and study location, as well as common risk factors for disease, such as health variables and socioeconomic status. The team found marked differences in gray matter – which is made up of the cell bodies of neurons that process information in the brain – between those who had been infected with COVID-19 and those who had not. Specifically, the thickness of the gray matter tissue in brain regions known as the frontal and temporal lobes was reduced in the COVID-19 group, differing from the typical patterns seen in the group that hadn't experienced COVID-19. In the general population, it is normal to see some change in gray matter volume or thickness over time as people age, but the changes were larger than normal in those who had been infected with COVID-19. Interestingly, when the researchers separated the individuals who had severe enough illness to require hospitalization, the results were the same as for those who had experienced milder COVID-19. That is, people who had been infected with COVID-19 showed a loss of brain volume even when the disease was not severe enough to require hospitalization. Finally, researchers also investigated changes in performance on cognitive tasks and found that those who had contracted COVID-19 were slower in processing information, relative to those who had not. While we have to be careful interpreting these findings as they await formal peer review, the large sample, pre- and post-illness data in the same people and careful matching with people who had not had COVID-19 have made this preliminary work particularly valuable. Preliminary research finds that even mild cases of COVID-19 leave a mark on the brain - Alternet.org

Ooooh...the Rider fans are gonna need a lot of cold water for that burn. Cue the foaming at the mouth. Winning covers a multitude of problems but losing brings all of the bile to the surface.

Jeez. How many all-star DBs do we need?

Well if the Elks are going to tar and feather Sunderland, they won't have to go far to get the bitumen. Is it gonna be a race as to who gets to walk the plank first- Sunderland, Elizondo or C. Dickenson?

I think it is safe to assume that the Riderfans' honeymoon with Fajardo and Dickenson is over, or at least hanging by a thread.

Mom's Perogy Factory on Sinclair is the best.

I cannot recall a year when so many teams have looked so bad relative to the best one- the Bombers. I disagree that the Riders will have an easy path to the playoffs. To me, it looks like the Elks, Stamps and Lions all have the potentials and pieces to get significantly better, but the Riders have hit their ceiling and have nowhere to go except down. They sure look like they are turning on each other and while this will not doom them automatically, If they lose confidence in their coaches and starting QB, I cannot see how they can patch that up short of a three-game winning streak. I figure that one more loss will poison the locker room.

There IS a God. Riders lose to a bad team.

Sorta like watching midget MMA. Turns your stomach but can't takes your eyes off it.

But entertaining. Still think the Riders will come up short.

Well, you wanted drama, we got drama.

Rider offence is on life support but not expected to live.

Police, Service Members Bragged About Credentials To Join Oath Keepers: Reports Records hacked from the Oath Keepers show that interest in joining the violent, far-right extremist group surged following the deadly U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6 ― including among law enforcement and the military, according to BuzzFeed News and The Guardian. Some of the membership records were made available to journalists this week by the group Distributed Denial of Secrets, a nonprofit that makes hacked data available to the press and to researchers. “I was wondering what was required to become an oath keeper,” wrote one person who said he was an active-duty soldier at Fort Hood, Texas, according to BuzzFeed News. The email, dated Jan. 19, noted that the author was “not liking what the world is coming to” and had “a growing concern for our nation.” Oath Keepers were among the supporters of former President Donald Trump who stormed the Capitol building in January, leaving several people dead. More than a dozen have been arrested and charged in connection with the violence. BuzzFeed News’ analysis of email addresses found in the data indicated that as many as 500 people who sought Oath Keeper membership over the past decade may be currently or formerly “employed by the military, state or local police, sheriff’s departments, or federal law enforcement.” The outlet noted that many did not appear to be active members of the group. Despite a clear conflict of interest between law enforcement work and the anti-government Oath Keepers, some would-be members bragged about their credentials in their messages. “I have a wide variety of law enforcement experience, including undercover operations, surveillance and SWAT,” one person wrote on a membership application, according to USA Today, although it is not clear when the message was sent. Another person reportedly declared that they were “currently working as a deputy sheriff in Texas” in their message to the group.

I feel sorry for Fajardo. He seems a likeable sort but he is so limited in his passing repertoire yet trying to force the ball that the Riders simply cannot come from behind once they are down by a substantial amount. In other news, the Stamps apparently have a new sponsor.....

Stamps taking all of Fajardo's best passing options away. Feels like it is just a matter of time before the Riders implode.

Stamps methodically taking the Riders apart.

The Als-TiCats game was dull as dishwater for the first half, and then proceeded to get interesting. I cannot recall any games which had the degree of drama in the last 5 minutes and overtime . I was rooting for the Als, being a Khari fan and loved the outcome.

Sure as spit looks like he has passed his "best before" date.

Former Florida Congressional Candidate Organized Capitol Riot Transport: DOJ A former Florida congressional candidate was arrested this week and booked on charges of entering Capitol grounds and attempting to disrupt government business during the Jan. 6 riot. Federal prosecutors allege that Jeremy Brown also helped organize the transport of his fellow rioters to Washington, calling his RV “ground force one” and allegedly telling others he could ferry them to the nation’s capital. He is also accused of carrying surgical shears and zip ties to the grounds of the Capitol on Jan. 6 while decked out in tactical military gear and Oath Keepers regalia. Brown filed paperwork for his congressional candidacy in Florida’s 14th congressional district as a Republican but ultimately failed to appear on the ballot, according to local station WTSP. According to the FBI, Brown drove to Washington from Florida, writing in a group chat, “We have a RV an [sic] Van going. Plenty of Gun Ports left to fill. We can pick you up.” He spoke of “PCIs (pre combat inspections)” in the message thread as well, prosecutors said. Former Florida Congressional Candidate Organized Capitol Riot Transport: DOJ (thedailybeast.com)

U.S. Hits 700,000 COVID Deaths Despite Free, Widely Available Vaccine In yet another grim milestone, the United States has passed 700,000 deaths from COVID-19 despite the widespread availability of safe and effective vaccines. According to The New York Times, the recent wave of deaths is primarily attributed to the Delta variant—add that to those who refuse to get vaccinated and it’s a recipe for disaster. The CDC reports that unvaccinated people have a 10x greater risk of dying from the virus than vaccinated people. Howard Markel, a medical historian at the University of Michigan, calls the deaths after the vaccines’ availability to the public “absolutely needless.” Another defining characteristic of the recent wave of deaths is that the victims are younger, with those under 55 facing their highest death rate since the pandemic began. U.S. Hits 700,000 COVID Deaths Despite Free, Widely Available Vaccine (thedailybeast.com)

He's gonna hafta sleep in the ice tub tonight.