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By the same token, the recidivism rate of executed murderers remains at a steady 0%.

I think Caitlyn Jenner is working hard to drive folks like you to his reality show and website. Because views=$. And it is working very well.

The depth and breath of your ignorance is comprehensive. Perhaps you could spend a few minutes reading about how the oilsands were actually funded and developed in the 60s and 70s, and get back to us with the odd coherent, factual snippet. Yes, it was the 60s saw GCOS (now Suncor) and the 70s saw Syncrude financed and built. Guess who was the Premier for nearly all that development, guess who established the royalty regime you abhor? Start there. I'll wait.

totally irrelevant. This is about money, not politics. Occasionally those two things are different.

I am not assuming anything. What I said was that the EU is at turning point, and member states (not limited to the UK by any means) know that the next logical step is to have a common fiscal policy. That does not imply a loss of soveirngty, it guarantees that loss to all member states. It is a huge and precarious step for the EU.. The European experience in the 2008 global crisis was hobbled terribly by an inability to respond effectively and jointly. A monetary policy, a shared currency, isn't nearly enough. But the power players in this experiment know all that, which is why they are and have been trying to dial it all down for a few years. They are overtaken by events again in recent times: a massive refugees crisis, military adventures by Russia, Greece and the fiscal cesspool of PIGS, and one of their very important members talking seriously of departing. Oh and whomever noted that the EU does not have eelcted members, every citizen of the EU votes on MPs for the Euro Parliament.

You cannot be serious. OK, I get it. You do not understand how this works for old celebs/attention whores. You think this is about votes or something political. It isn't. I'll explain. Of any of the remaining candidates, Sanders is the one with the strongest support from a community with 'alternative sexuality'. Trump and Cruz are the least likely to think like a Jenner and/or hher newly embraced community, therefore they are the ones most likely to be endorsed by the Jenner. . What an attention whore like Jenner wants is to be noticed he must endorse the candidate that garners the most attention for Jenner. Lets say that together: JENNER. Why? Because it will boost paid appearances on talk shows, enhance her reality TV show revenues, and gain the most attention. It is a strong effort to monetize himself, his 'personalty' since he has no remaining skills, talents or intelligence of his own to sell. And it works. See your posts above. Jenner wants people to note her, watch her, and get sponsors to pay for her ongoing 'celebrity'. And she is getting what she wants. I sincerely doubt she gives a solitary shit about who wins or loses an election.

Because most of it is made by tenured civil servants operating in a bloated bureaucracy supported by Other Peoples Money. And the CBC is going to get a big reward soon for helping out Mr Trudeau so often and so profoundly in the last year or so.

But, as in the US, nobody is watching them much anymore. If it wasn't for sports, those mainstream US networks would be in even more trouble. Viewers are watching the movie networks, HBO, Showtime, Netflix etc that are producng some high quality, instead of game shows and horrible sitcoms. I predict that the death knell for ABC, NBC CBS will be when the big pro leagues: NFL, NBA, and MLB stop reselling product to networks and start selling directly to consumers and sponsors themselves with their own 'networks', available only as specialty channels on cable or via Internet. . MLB is already well into the technology. Why let NBC take a fat cut of everyhting? What value do they add?

It should be in Entertainment and Sports. She is only a public figure because she has an excellent publicist. Jenner has nothing to add to any conversation among adults. If I was a leader or spokesperson in LGBTQ circles, I'd want to distance myself very far from Ms Jenner, as I have no reason whatsoever to think her every action/word is anything but self promotion. Jenner would get no airtime supporting Bernie Sanders so guess what she does.....?

Agreed, the term is and will be the concern. I can see Rogers paying him $25-$30m for 4 years, and I can see him taking that. He puts bums in seats.

This has nothing to do with gender politics. It has everyhthing to do with being a sad and pathetic attention whore. Caitlyn, go away. The adults want to speak.

do yo know of any way that fact could be communicated to 24 Sussex.? I don't think they have gotten that news yet.

Nearly all free agents are overpaid. It is the nature of the beast, in all sports. But what is 'overpaid' in pro sports? Paying a lot for an unknown, or paying a lot for somebody at the very top of their game?

No, that is another generalization that is simply not true. I am an indiscriminate movie watcher. I watch nearly antyhing, within reason. I don't watch Lars Von Trier because he is a pretentious idiot. I don't watch many musicals because I get a little edgy when people break randomly into chirping, onscreen or in real life. I rarely watch Bollywood, because.... it sucks. I far prefer subtitles over dubs. And I watch a load of indie and mainstream movies, at the theater. And you can take these things to the bank: sometimes indie movies are at least as stupid and vapid as 'Hollywood' movies, which I guess means movies intended for a wide audience, like they have marketing budgets. On the other hand, both sources produce some very good films. (and some total turkeys). The internet and especially widespread cable production has increased the number of movies that actually have an audience, which means that we are right now in a Golden Age of cinema. There is a lot of quality out there, and of course with a greatly increased volume there is also a lot of lesser quality. Movies cost a lot to produce. If that means that wealthy people, nemely old white men, are to blame or responsible for financing so many these days, I am not complaining. I like having this much choice.

You haven't identified the correct culprits. The management is vastly inmproved since McTavish and Lowe are not involved. The OIlers have fired everybody about a year ago: management(all)m all the coaches, all the scouts. You got Yakupov right, but not because he is lazy. He just has no hockey sense at all. None. He is the worst first overall pick since Patrik tefan. Nugent Hopkins is an excellent player, and works hard at both ends of the ice. A keeper for sure, though he may get traded since he might have to move to the wing. Hall is a very good player, top ten scorer but is not a leader. Doesn't matter, defitniely a keeper. Eberle has loads of skill, but is lazy on defence Bye, and thanks. The OIlers did very well at the deadline. They got rid of Schultz, who was just awful. They got rid of Purcell, who is just too soft. They poicked up some large ad unpleasnt men, which is what they need. Dreisatl is also a keeper, a large skilled and very young center. Mcdavid and him are the 1-2 centres of the future But what they really need is better defenceman. They have a couple guys(Klefbom and Nurse) who may develop into 1-1 players. Chiarelli will be busy this summer. The OIlers will have a high first round pick again, and that will be in play as well. Eberle will be packaged with a prospect or player and will be gone. Possibly RNH too, though I doubt it. Yakupov will be gone for next to no return too. He isn't worth much in a trade. It is also very possible he ends up in the KHL.

Crosby plays a much grittier game than McDavid. The player he reminds me of is Pavel Bure, who could also dangle and handle the puck. But McDavid works harder and has more hockey sense than Bure ever had. He is 19 years old! I guess you haven't seen many Oilers games. That was actually a good effort from them. They are not tanking to get a better draft pick, that is what they are like. Not long ago, they'd have lost that with some bad goaltending too.

Not sure what you mean about 6 years, since you yourself state that he is asking for 5 years and $150 million. That is what I've been saying all along, that they likely cannot afford both beyond this year. It boils down to this, assuming they are not signing one of them and lets assume it is Baustista: Is it better to just let Bats play out his contract this year and hope we win, knowing that we get next to nothing at the trade deadline, or nothign at all after the season OR trade him now for a decent return of players and /or prospects? Same applies to EE. The reason I say trade one of them is that I think the Jays still have a very good shot at winning without one of them, and I hate the idea of getting nothing at all in return for such a valuable asset.

He is at least partly right. In the last few years, the following movies have significant black casts and 'black themes' and were nominated for Best Picture(and one won BP): Django Unchained, Lincoln, Beasts of the Southern Wild, 12 Years a Slave, and Selma, The notion that African Americans are unrepresented is false, and they may not even be underrepresented. Admittedly, 2016 was a bust but the first one in several years.

if if if. future tense. If if if he hits .320 , with 50 homers and wins the World Series MVP.....then we get absolutely nothing for him. In any risk vs reward analysis, that is a complete management failure. RIGHT NOW they have an asset at the top of his value. No 'ifs' Waiting on acting has no purpose except gaining his services for another year, which is a benefit they already have.. We just witnessed a flurry of UFA trade activity where teams get draft picks at the trade deadline for excellent players like Eric Staal, who is not nearly as dominant in his business as Bautista is in his own. Sign now or trade now are the only sane options. When did Bautista become 36, and when did he ask for 6 years?

Bautista is not playing for a contract. That is a future tense, he has already done all he needs to do to get big money, and the Jays are about to lose control of an asset without compensation. That is why there is tension. The jays know there are teams that will give him all or nearly all what he is asking. Guys on the Jays that are 'playing for contracts' are those that had big years last year for the first time, and need to duplicate or better that to get a whopper on the next one. Goins Pillar Colabello and a couple of the pitchers come to mind .

Well that is looking like a completely wrong prediction. No wait, partly wrong. The CBC will surely get more money, but they don't need to crack anything. Just keep promoting The Right Honourable Justin Trudeau, every day in every way. Now that is job security.

A Perfect Day. Disclosure: I went to this movie mostly because I have a serious man crush on Benecio Del Toro, who is IMO a great actor. It is the story of a 'day in the life' of a group of aid workers in the Balkans sometime in the 90s. They spend a dangerous time trying to accomplish a seemingly straightforward task: getting a corpse out of a drinking well. It is sad and funny, a commentary on the immensely frustrating and bureaucratic roles of UN peacekeepers and NGOs in difficult situations. I'd rate it higher if it did not have a somewhat annoying romantic theme. 7.5/10

and I agree that it was an entertaining movie. It reminded me just a bit though of movies like The Mission, or Brazil, or anything by Terence Malick- where the visual appeal overwhelms the story. There was a time when I loved Innaritu, then a period when he really annoyed me with his annoying and cliched out-of-sequence editing. But he has had a couple of very solid outings lately, so he is back on the shortish list of 'watch the movie because of the director'. But Leo was all wrong for that role. He is a good actor, and has made a lot of money for a lot of people in Hollywood, not least of whom is himself. We must never forget that Hollywood recognizes that, often. How else can you explain nominations for Cate Blanchette in an absolute snoozer of a movie called Carol, or Jennifer Lawrence in the poorly written/directed Joy? But Decaprios metrosexual persona just does not work for this immensely hardassed tough guy survivor role.

And what exactly does he have to offer them? More vacuous prattle about resourcefulness and diversity? And you probably meant the meetings in Davos, right? The meeting in Paris was a mass wank with 350 of Trudeaus closest friends, by far the largest delegation enjoying some nice food and a pleasant time while talk talk talking.

No, the problem is a Prime Minster who has cancelled one project after the NEB approved it with an end run(Gateway), and has introduced two specific delays to a project well into the the mandated and suddenly changed approval process(Energy East). He has also declared himself a 'referee', which is in ordinary English mean an impartial bystander , a clear signal he has no interest in that sector of the already weak Canadian export market. No, that is not accurate. Trudeau is 'doing the Liberal', saying one thing and dong the opposite while trying to be vague. Nothing vague aboyut his actions, and nothing vague about his intent. Thanks for that update. Line 3 is 1600 km long and has been in service for about 40 years. The right of way is defined, the replacement is starighforward. The value of the project is about $15 billion bucks split about equally between US work and Canadian work. The value of the oil in terms of taxes for a generation or two: many billions. I fully expect Trudeau to delay this project long enough for both pipeline companies and the suppliers of the oil to say 'screw this, lets go somewhere else that wants the jobs and taxes'. There are countless candidates for that flight of capital. It shouldn't take long now, the signals to these comp-anies could not be more clear from nearly all sectors of Canad: several provincial governents, many First Nations and of course the organization that has the right and responsibility : the Trudeau government. The 'social license' is unattainable newspeak gibberish, and the gents with the money know that no definition or metric for it is forthcoming from Trudeau. They should and will just pack their tents, close their accounts, and leave for elsewhere. This country does not want them.