Fatty Liver

No surprise as the "Guvna" is paid and works for the insurance companies. If anyone can explain the difference between lobbying and a bribe, I would be most grateful.

A well played "fall-down" has it's merit.

Agreed, the source is questionable but the stats. are not. I remember reading a book in the late 80's discussing this exact same phenomenon but can't recall the name of the book or the author. In many respects the US is a third world country but a vast majority of their poorest citizens believe so strongly in the ideology and the economic principles of the free-market that they delude themselves into believing that they or their slack-jawed off-spring will one day rise to the top of the pile. Just watched the movie "Lincoln" the other night and was fascinated to see that the corruption, cronyism and lobbying inherent in their political system was already well entrenched back in the 1860's. Encourages me to do more research to see how their political system evolved and if it wasn't just a carry over from a well established European model from the very start. The problem is finding the right source because you won't find the honest truth in any history book.

Buzz and Boomer just weren't as much fun after they killed off old Green Drop.

An interesting perspective. http://www.politicususa.com/2015/03/26/report-proves-stupid-red-states-parasites.html By now only comatose Americans or fools dependent on Fox News for their information, are aware that states that consistently vote Republican and against their own best interest suck more money from the federal government than Democratic states. It leads one to marvel at the relevance of George Carlin’s saying “never underestimate the power, or danger, of stupid people in large groups.” Residents in red states across the nation are already suffering from Republican policies that are raping the economic life out of the people, and in most cases the only thing keeping the people, particularly the poor people, from starvation and ill-health is the federal government; the entity they hate with religious fervor and elect Republicans to eviscerate. Now, yet another report reveals that those same red state Republican voters who want the federal government cut to shreds are leeching substantially more assets from the federal government they want destroyed at the expense of blue states that are supporting them. This time the report is not from a liberal-leaning think tank, or any government agency; it is from a commercial organization with no political or economic stake in the study’s results. If this were the first report of its kind showing red state economies would wither and die, and the people would starve, without leaching federal funding from blue states, one may be inclined to dismiss it as an aberration. However, study after study has consistently exposed anti-federal government Republican states as being incredibly dependent on the federal government they hate with religious passion and just voted for Republicans to fulfill their wishes and decimate it. Never, never ever, underestimate the power of stupid Republican voters in red states who are a Presidential veto away from seeing their evil dream reach fruition. The new report is courtesy of WalletHub; a commercial personal financial web site that rated all 50 states on the basis of their dependence on the federal government to support their economies and keep poor people alive. The report was compiled from data and condensed into “four metrics” not unlike other studies, but without a political motivation for conducting the research. The categories were; the return in federal dollars on taxpayer investment, or how many federal dollars a state receives as opposed to what the residents pay in. The percentage of state revenue from federal funding that keeps the state from declaring bankruptcy and its residents from starving or dying from lack of medical care. The number of non-defense (civilian) federal employees in a state, as opposed to states supported by large military installations. And last, the per capita federal employee rate in the state such as federal marshals, park rangers, federal highway workers, and federal regulators keeping air, water, and food safe. Obviously, the two most important metrics in the study were the return on taxpayer investment, and the percentage of federal dollars a state depends on to prop up its economy and provide for the people’s general welfare from federal programs. Republican states have benefitted greatly from federal healthcare such as Medicaid, Medicare, and the Affordable Care Act, and it is relatively common knowledge that the largest percentage of SNAP (food stamp) recipients are poor white Republicans in red states; likely because red state legislators enacted Draconian ‘right to work’ laws keeping wages at or below poverty levels. What informs the epic stupidity of red state Republican voters is that they are the morons who consistently send Republicans to Washington to rein in the federal budget and cut the federal government down to size. True to their word, and according to their base’s wishes, the Republican congressional representatives their mindless supporters just handed control of Congress to just passed a seriously Draconian budget that does precisely what red state voters yearned for; ended “federal interference” in their lives. If the Republican budget stands, red state voters will get their wish and can finally stop bemoaning the horrid ‘federal interference’ in their lives; the interference that kept food on their tables, their families in relatively decent health, and their state economies from going bankrupt. It is likely that the same morons and racists are too stupid to comprehend that the damage their state legislatures have been wreaking on them is about to be magnified a hundred fold due to less federal interference (funding) in their poverty-stricken lives. In fact, it may seem inhumane, but one almost wishes President Obama was not inclined to veto the Republican budget proposals just to let the real Americans, those patriotic “rugged individuals” comprehend just how much worse their pathetic existence would be without the federal government, blue states’ largesse, and humanitarian Democrats unwilling to allow their fellow citizens, no matter how stupid, suffer so the rich get richer. One also wonders exactly how red state legislatures will fund their wealthy residents’ tax cuts when their already fragile economies’ revenue streams completely dry up due to budget cuts congressional Republicans voted for to ‘balance the budget and rein in the federal government. It is no secret that, for instance, every dollar spent on SNAP (food stamps) returns $1.70 back in red states’ floundering economies that in turn creates jobs. Obviously, Republicans in Congress could not care less that crucial federal dollars keeping their home state economies from disaster is being transferred directly to the wealthy and the military industrial complex instead of sustaining their idiotic constituency. Some of the poorest states, all red states, are dependent on federal funding for 30 to 45% of their total revenue and the GOP’s budget will slash that revenue and make dire revenue shortfalls already decimating red states seem like an economic bonanza. There is no accounting for stupid people who, as equally stupid Sarah Palin claims, are the real Americans sitting on their porches holding their guns, their god, and their Constitution while supporting Republicans who promised to ravage the federal government they are convinced is stealing their liberty. It has always been a mystery where those dunces who receive federal assistance in food and healthcare think their government assistance originates. Maybe if they would lose that assistance for a while they would get a clue that the federal government they sent Republicans to Washington to demolish is all that prevents them from starving, working for a dollar an hour seven days a week, or going without lifesaving medical care, but even that eventuality is debatable. What is noteworthy is that the blue states that receive 20, 30, or 40 cents in return for every dollar they invest in the federal government are not revolting and threatening to secede. But that is the difference between blue state residents and hateful red state Republicans; they accept that Americans assist their fellow citizens no matter how stupid they are for voting against their own best interests and the federal government that is likely all that stands between their demise and survival. Unfortunately their stupidity is a threat to the rest of the population and it is beginning to appear that they comprehend exactly what they are doing; if that is the case they are not just stupid, they are evil.

We also don't have a population that comes close to 320 million. So what?

Same goes for any QB with a last name that rhymes with silly. Better to trot to the sideline immediately head hung in shame for throwing an intercept and leave the cleanup duties to the likes of Smith and Dressler.

I agree completely, Reality TV and the dumbing down of politics has brought us to the point were Donald Trump has a legitimate shot at being the next president. Spike Lee discusses Trump and this phenomenon around 9:00 in the following interview. http://www.cbc.ca/news/thenational/spike-lee-1.3509378

Also if ball carrier runs into his lane, much higher chance he makes a tackle. If he's free-lancing on ST to increase his tackle stats he's not doing his job properly despite the numbers.

I don't get your angle, you don't like their message but I doubt you're espousing censorship. You understand that the point of their shows is strictly to sell soap, right? Can't blame the producers if a great swath of the general public choose to reference their show and can't be bothered to watch the news in the first place. Just another step along the long path to the dumbing down of America. Edit: Dumbing down is the deliberate oversimplification of intellectual content within education, literature, cinema, news, video games and culture in order to relate to those unable to assimilate more sophisticated information. Watched a video the other day of some talking head interviewing Elon Musk about the Hyperloop concept. After he explained the basic design concept she commented that it all sounded very complicated and probably involved math, Yes dearie, unfortunately it does involve math as I would hope any design that shoots a projectile with people inside through a tube at over 1,000 kms/hr. might.

This has the potential to be the news story of the year. I hope Quicken Loans lets these brave patriots carry arms on the convention floor and allows nature to take it's course.

Players who's careers were terminated by lack of skill or injury. A lot of coaches did not play professional football but at one time that was their goal. What word would you like to use other than failure? Successless???

Pretty sure Matthews wouldn't have taken two years to decide to cut Brohm.

One thing to consider, compared to most HC's O'Shea has been a coach for a relatively short time period since retiring as a player in 2009. Most coaches are failed players who would have joined the coaching profession at the bottom rung in their early 20's after their playing careers were terminated by lack of skill or injury. O'shea is 45 and he got his first job in coaching when he was 39 after a lengthy 16 year professional career. There are exceptions to be sure but for the most part head coaches have 15-20 years of apprentice coaching in their pocket before they get a shot at the big job. O'Shea is a very inexperienced coach no matter how you look at it.

Enough doubt not to convict in this case, happy to see that the courts did their job and didn't fold to public pressure.

Nothing beats a beautiful piss trough for efficiency and cleanliness.

Baseball legend Joe Garagiola dies at 90 http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/15052693/legendary-announcer-joe-garagiola-sr-dies-age-90

BC Lions sign QB Keith Price https://twitter.com/bclions/status/712682771865534465 Looks like Wally's QB pipeline has done gone dry. Heading towards the season with a wonky Lulay, an underpaid and disgruntled Jennings and an in-experienced Price is going to leave the Lions on the bottom of the pile. Wally's glory days are over.

Much higher chance of being killed in a car accident than by a terrorist no matter the country, bad luck either way. Brussels is a nice place to visit, can't live life in the shadow of fear.

I'm not sure a site like that even qualifies as satire as there is no evidence of humor or wit in their articles. They present themselves as a provider of both satire and real news with no distinction between the two and really don't explain their editorial objectives other than in that one line disclaimer. It creates confusion and it borders on libelous when they make up false new stories and pump them out on to the inter-web with no accountability and little indication that they are not presenting fact.

You did notice this statement right? "HotGlobalNews is both a satire news site and real news site. Posts should be read at your own discretion." They also have articles with the following headings. "Justin Trudeau To Build “Statue of Trudeau” in 2017" "Justin Trudeau Arrested For Driving High Returning From New Year’s Eve Party." "Justin Trudeau Wants To “Temporarily Shutdown” The Internet In Canada To Prevent ISIS Recruitment" Not sure what the point of this news site is but there is satire and there is pure bullshit, this rag seems to be composed totally of the latter. Might explain what Harper has been up to since he lost the PM chair though. :-)

Ottawa and Edmonton still squabbling about compensation over the hiring of Jason Maas. A compensation dispute between the Eskimos and Ottawa RedBlacks is back in the hands of CFL commissioner Jeffrey Orridge after the teams could not reach an agreement with help from a mediator on Friday. The teams have been locked in a squabble over Edmonton’s hiring of former RedBlacks offensive co-ordinator Jason Maas to be their head coach in mid-December. “We had a mediation and there wasn’t any obvious resolution so the matter will be deferred to the commissioner,” said Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group president Jeff Hunt on Tuesday. “It’s important to make the distinction it wasn’t an arbitrator who hears everybody out, then makes a ruling at the end. This was a mediator, who kind of tries to say, ‘Hey guys, can you work something out?’ We went through that process and we were unable to come up with an arrangement that both parties were happy with.” Full article. http://ottawacitizen.com/sports/local-sports/redblacks-eskimos-cant-solve-maas-dispute-with-mediator

Somebody needs to tell Stanley that rag is to be used strictly for cleaning his cleats.

Hopefully if you want to end your life you can go to a "specialist" who has some experience in this department. It may create a whole new niche market for "death clinics" staffed by doctors who were never very good at preserving life in the first place....off hand I can think of a few who would be well qualified.

It looks like Bryant Turner has survived the purge and will be present at TC. It will be interesting to see how he performs with a gun pointed at his head.