Everything posted by Rich
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2019 Week 16 Pick 'Ems
Top 3 remain unchanged this week. @M.O.A.B. and @bigg jay tied with 46 and @wayner in 3rd with 44. Picks this week need to be in by Friday @ 7:30PM Standings below:
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2019/2020 Pre-Season
Following tweets for context.
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Canadian Politics
I get the allure of the principles of communism, the problem is it has never successfully been implemented. And most countries who try have always said .. yeah but what happened before wasn't TRUE communism, we will do it right, but nobody has. You may be able to successfully implement it in a society of 100 - 250 people, but at mass scale it does not work. In pretty much every instance the people with the best of intentions for the populace are either dead or in prison within the first few years. Then the fun happens. This book should be mandatory reading to understand the dangers and what has gone in in communist countries. https://www.amazon.ca/Gulag-Archipelago-Aleksandr-Solzhenitsyn/dp/1843430851/ref=sr_1_2?crid=309F29F30CCWZ&keywords=the+gulag+archipelago&qid=1568921052&s=gateway&sprefix=the+gulag+ar%2Caps%2C171&sr=8-2 What we have here in the West isn't perfect, but it has lasted longer and has spread more wealth and improved the quality of living of people at all levels of society far more then other then other structures. Is it perfect? No. Should we keep trying to make it better? Of course. But it doesn't mean the whole system should be thrown out.
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Random News Items
Came across this clip of an old Bill Hader interview on David Letterman. This Ctrl Shift Face channel is showing people just how crazy digital manipulation and deep fakes can be. Can't believe a lot fo what you see these days. Watch how Hader's face pretty much seamlessly shifts in and out of Tom Cruise and Seth Rogen when he does their impressions.
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Canadian Politics
Third instance with video comes out. https://globalnews.ca/news/5922861/justin-trudeau-brownface-video/
- 2019 Week 15 Pick 'Ems
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Morrissey extended. 8 Years. $50 Million. $6.25M AAV
Super happy with this signing. Steal of a deal for 8 years.
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2019 Week 14 Pick 'Ems
Top 3 remain unchanged with @bigg jay and @M.O.A.B. tied for first with 40 correct picks and @wayner in third with 39. Picks this week need to be in by Friday @ 9PM. Standings are below:
- Week 13 Pick 'Ems
- Week 13 Pick 'Ems
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Around The NHL 2019/2020
- looking ahead-LDC
Click your name in the top right, then Account Settings. You can then change your display name.- 2019 Week 12 Pick 'Ems
@bigg jay and @M.O.A.B. currently tied for first with 33 correct picks and @wayner right behind them in 3rd place with 32 correct picks. Picks this week need to be in by Sunday @ 2PM. Standings below:- 2019 Week 11 Pick 'Ems
@bigg jay and @M.O.A.B. are still tied for 1st place with @Albertabomberguy and @wayner nipping on their heels in 3rd. Picks this week need to be in by Friday @ 8PM Standings are below:- 2019 Week 10 Pick 'Ems
- GDT-Stumps @ Bombers
Then why does he claim “desire” is what has set Calgary apart from other teams? If that was coming from the fans, Winnipeg or Saskatchewan would win every year.- GDT-Stumps @ Bombers
You have to be crazy to think that “desire” is what sets Calgary apart from the rest of the league. What kind of crap to you keep spewing around here Every other team goes into the office every day thinking what can we do to just be good enough. If this is how you really feel people think, I feel sorry for you and the organizations you’ve worked for. Everyone doesn’t make the correct decisions or executions, but I can assure you desire is not lacking in this organization.- 2019 Week 9 Pick 'Ems
Tough week last week with most of the picked favourites in all games losing, @bigg jay and @M.O.A.B. are currently tied for first with @Albertabomberguy, @kelownabomberfan, and @wayner tied for second. Picks this week need to be in by Thursday @ 7:30PM Standings are below:- 2019 Week 8 Pick 'Ems
- Pregame talk: Bombing the Hammer
Said on the 1290 today he will be flying after the game out and meeting the team for practice.- Around The NHL 2019/2020
Well, Trouba and Copp both have the same agent. So there is that. Look up how many of Kurt Overhardt’s clients go to arbitration or hold out.- Jets Sign Pionk
- 2019 Week 7 Pick 'Ems
- Rivalries, Late Starts, & Game Days - Attendance
Attendance is also down league wide. There are bigger league wide problems for attendance then to blame this on location.- Rivalries, Late Starts, & Game Days - Attendance
This on going narrative about taking long to get out of IGF is for sure an issue, but it is a false narrative. They really botched things the first couple of years at IGF and now can’t shake this perception. Getting out of IGF is now faster for us then it ever was getting out of Polo. Polo wasn’t perfect either. Can’t expect traffic to be no line ups anywhere 25k people are leaving at the same time. At most it is 10 minutes for us to get out of the U of M area once we get to our car. Often less. - looking ahead-LDC