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Same side as al. . .wait I think I slithered off the bottom cus I left my cell phone at my computer desk and getting out from the covers was unthinkable. . .and I fell.
And no Trouv. Republicans will never figure out that you cannot have your money for nothing and your food free. Someone back me up I need ugly early 90's computer animation!
We found ourselves this week talking about two very different guys, both born in Canada, who skated to triumph thanks to their fans.
If you follow hockey, you have already guessed the name of one of them: John Scott, the 6’8,” 275 lbs., unlikely Most Valuable Player in last Sunday’s NHL All-Star Game. As Kelly McEvers put it on NPR’s All Things Considered, Scott is a “goon-made-good.” She was invoking hockey slang to describe an enforcer — the “goon” who is charged not to score goals but to knock heads. A professional brawler, if you will, who relies more on brute force than technical skill. He protects his teammates by starting a fight; defends the goaltender by starting a fight; and entertains the crowds by, yes, starting a fight. Scott was a “journeyman” to boot, meaning that he travels from team to team and isn’t considered an elite player. Essential, yes; elite, no. Sort of like the bouncer at a nightspot.
Now, to win the White House, Cruz has switched to the God Squad. He is the new Chosen One. His ground game in Iowa relied on scores of fundamentalist clergy, hundreds of volunteers, and his own father, Rafael, a Texas pastor who told a Christian TV channel that his son’s race for the White House was divinely inspired by the Holy Spirit.
It is as calculated as any of his previous plays. Robert Draper, in The New York Times Magazine, did the math: “Of the 22 states that will be casting their ballots for a Republican nominee between Feb. 1 and March 5, 11 of them feature a Republican electorate that is more than 50 percent evangelical. Even more significant, the first state to vote is Iowa, roughly 60 percent of whose Republican caucus-goers describe themselves as evangelical Christians.”
Republicans have still not learned the contradiction between desiring tax cuts, a more expensive military, and a balanced budget.
When will they ever learn?
When will they ever learn?
You could right a song with these lyrics.
You could probably wrong a song with these lyrics too.![]()
You could probably wrong a song with these lyrics too.![]()
Thank you my fine editor....when you are write, you are right.
Oh don't complement him. It just makes him more vocal.
Which gives you more opportunity to be snide.
Oh don't complement him. It just makes him more vocal.
You shouldn't try to complement him, but it's probably alright to say nice things about him.
Bill Moyers: Ted Cruz is America’s ‘God Squad’ bully-boy goon
Oh My God, why has thou forsaken America?![]()
Canada seems to be doing well though.
If Trump has shot at POTUS, Scott can be MVP. And my apologies to John Scott for the comparative reference. John is 6'8" and two seventy pounds. Not light on his feet. Only role open to a heavyweight like him being a goon. Many a successful major junior or minor pro coach or owner were goons. The Hunters are hockey royalty in London. Canucks had their all-time PM leader coach their Winterpeg AHL affiliate for years. Gino Odjick inspired fear when he protected Pavel Bure and never managed to get suspended. Gretzky would have not been as effective if not for McSorley.
I read there are 100 million Americans who consider themselves evangelicals. That is one big MF voting block! What nobody has tried to harness it to their wagon before?
As the men were being removed from the building by police officers, Cruz noted that the interruption was an “odd thing.”
“Usually lefties don’t believe in God,” Cruz quipped.