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The forecast for gametime in Regina, which ought to be pretty accurate, is for mainly sunny and a high of -9. Looks like a day which will lend itself to the running and short passing game.

Yup.

No question that the Sessions firing was intended to impede or halt the investigation into Trump's affairs and the affairs of his family. There may be a much larger game afoot here from the Russians. Trump is heavily indebted to the Russian mob and Saudi royal family and he has always placed his welfare above that of others, even his son Don Junior. Trump has probably been a Russian asset since the early 2000's when he was on the verge of his biggest bankruptcy. The banks in North America and Europe would no longer touch him and he was desperate. Enter the Russian mob/big business/government. Eric Margolis, the noted reporter who has been watching the Russian and Asian political scene for some 30 years, maintains that the Russians have been far more successful in penetrating the American and British intelligence and political machinery than the CIA or MI6 ever were in accessing the Russian equivalents. Russia has succeeded in influencing American foreign policy beyond their wildest dreams, but their real endgame may be to destroy American societal cohesion and set the different factions at each others' throats. Trumps denigration of his intelligence community and discounting of their advice is another step in undermining trust in these institutions while he looks the others way. The prime and recent example of the hither-to respected FBI being ordered "investigate" the allegations against Kavanaugh and then being manipulated so as to produce an exculpatory report on Kavanaugh with them interviewing Kavanaugh, Dr, Ford, Kavanaugh's best friend or either of the other two women who came forward, has to undermine Americans' trust of even the FBI. All this is likely intended to produce exactly what has happened- fatalism on the part of voters that no matter how or if they vote, it produce no positive change. Then, if there is no trust in democracy, all that is needed is for a semi-charismatic leader to step forward with a simplistic "plan" and extravagant promises and voila! we have Germany at the end of the Weimar Republic. America then either becomes a thinly disguised dictatorship or a helpless giant ripe for the picking.

From 3downnation: Alouettes talking to potential general managers in case they fire Kavis Reed Posted on November 6, 2018 by Justin Dunk // 0 Comments Montreal Alouettes president Patrick Boivin refused to discuss the status of anyone in the Als football operations department but that hasn’t kept the organization from having conversations with potential general managers. Sources say the Alouettes have spoken to multiple people regarding the GM position while Kavis Reed continues to work in the role – orchestrating two trades at the deadline while re-signing quarterbacks Antonio Pipkin, Vernon Adams and Jeff Mathews recently – and Boivin remains mum on his future

That egregious failure had to be more on Popp than Trestman. You cannot make chicken soup out of chicken feathers.

It's shocking but true.

You may well be right- the next week or two will tell.

Take that news with a pinch of salt.

Welcome to this forum which usually, but not always entertaining. You have our sympathies for living in Alberta.

If the Edmonton Sun has the same degree of credibility and integrity as the Winnipeg Sun and all the other Sun papers, I would not put much stock in this report. Reilly had the same expression as someone who had to clean out a septic tank during the game. Body language is not infallible but its usually pretty darned accurate, and Reilly's looked to express a lot of dissatisfaction.

No real point in further slagging Maas- he is a dead man walking and is probably packing all the while dreading The Phone Call. Can't be fun to be him these days.

Samuel Lenghorn Clemens' non de plume was Mark Twain. He took the name from the calls sounders would make as they threw out measuring weights on lines at the front of Mississippi steamboats to determine channel depth. The channels changed yearly so had to be re-marked every few months.

The trouble with stupid people is that they do not realize that they are stupid. I think Sam Clemens said that.

But if you take that away from Rider fans, what do they have left? Not much.

It doesn't take many cretins to spoil the atmosphere of any gathering, even if its an online forum. When the bashing becomes ugly, the best members will simply check out or just lurk and everyone loses. Then we have another ourbombers.

Yes, but his detractors will always say that he Sukhs.

As infuriating as it is on occasion to see a eastern poor team stumble into the playoffs with a worse record than western teams (and sometimes win the Cup), there is a value to the east-west rivalry tradition. To me, it is part of the character of the CFL and non-negotiable.

Probably at the local Lada dealer.

Whatever kind of goat gonad supplements Lulay was on have worn off and their defence is porous.

Because Collaros has done playing his normal two good games per year and the slugs backing him up are little short of pathetic.

I would have believed that performance if they had done a field amputation on the spot.

Would that not fall under the heading of "unsportsmanlike conduct"?

I really liked how Peter Dyakowski came across in his interview. He might make a great panelist if he can do that while being in the CFLPA.

No matter the outcome, this will be a memorable game for many reasons. Not the least of these is that one team or the other will have bragging rights for six months while the other will be proposing excuses and/or damning their coaching. This is for all the marbles and may even have greater emotional value than the western final the following week.

Why the heck not? Playoff games often come down to the kicking game making the difference and this is really a nothing game to the Bombers although the Eskies are dressing all their starters, at least to start. Might as well give Medlock the day off.