Rich

It is still early, but there has been a number of studies that point to plastics (ultimately part of the oil economy) affecting male fertility. More and more data is coming out on this. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7967748/ Moving to EV's is a great start, but we still need to move our economy away from plastics. Some recent strides made in moving away from plastic straws and bags, but plastics are not good for the ecosystem at all.

Hypothetical question here. As more natural resources start becoming available in the arctic and Russia decides they want access to them and starts annexing parts of Canada, would you stand by and fall in line or would you fight for your way of life and country? Don't want to get into a debate on whether or not the US would ever allow that to happen, but trying to put yourself in the shoes of being a citizen of an invaded country.

Here is an article on what Stalin did to the Ukraine. https://www.history.com/news/ukrainian-famine-stalin Can see why the hatred runs deep with this kind of history.

Have removed the posts speculating about players personal lives. Thanks all for self moderating and pointing these out.

With the Jets spending to the cap these last few years since they've put this core together, curious where you see the difficulty for the Jets as a small market? Is it spending outside of player salaries? (ie. coaching, scouting, GM) Attracting free agents? Something else?

No thanks. Pass.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Grey_Cup_champions Queens University 1922 - 1924 Toronto Argonauts 1945 - 1947 Edmonton Eskimos 1954 - 1956 Edmonton Eskimos 1978 - 1982 (5 in a row)

"First Half" Fleming

This discussion didn't want to die, so here is a thread just for it.

Would you accept a 20% raise from what we paid you last month?

Happy holidays to all! Thank you everyone for making this place the best place to talk Blue Bomber football!

That sounds uncomfortable!

Special thanks to @Marshall who won the Lock of the Week and @Fox Creek AB Rider Fan who won the Pick 'Ems for both choosing to donate their prizes this year. $100 has been donated to the Christmas Cheer Board to help give a family in need a Merry Christmas this year.

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He was born in BC.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/32834405/former-denver-broncos-wr-demaryius-thomas-33-found-dead-home-police-say

According to LinkedIn, Joe Mack is still VP/GM of the Bombers. https://www.linkedin.com/in/joe-mack-1416965/

What is the alternative? What is it going to accomplish to ostracize and denigrate those that refuse? It is never too late. People can always change their mind, and for everyone's sake, every effort to do so needs to be made. https://globalnews.ca/news/8245020/former-manitoba-anti-vaxxer-credits-family-with-changing-his-mind-they-did-it-with-love/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/05/03/vaccine-hesitant-americans-change-minds-debeaumont-foundation/

Olympics are a few months away. States announce a diplomatic boycott a few days ago. Canada fallows suit today. Don't think China cares.

If wishes and buts were candies and nuts we'd all have a Merry Christmas. This is my whole point that there ARE people out there who are not getting vaccinated. So how do you expect to get them out there to get vaccinated if the topic is not worth being discussed. If we all just want to call them names and tell them why they are horrible people, nothing will change. So do you care about getting people vaccinated or do you care about being righteous and telling people how horrible they are.

If you think this topic is not worth debating then you are just as bad as people who won't get vaccinated. Do you care about being "right" and simply shaming and calling other people out. Or do you actually care about societal impact like you claim and do what you can to convince people to being vaccinated. Shutting them out, calling them names, and similar tactics will only force them to dig into their beliefs deeper.