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Why cancel though? Aren't the teams already playing now? Why not just let each league champion quarantine for 2 weeks and then play?

I believe after GS decided to just quickly unloaded first, Nomura took a huge hit... and thus were downgraded by GS, lol.

RBLX might not be a bad choice to get into. I think Nancy Pelosi just purchased like $1 million dollar worth of stocks in it recently. https://www.barrons.com/articles/nancy-pelosi-husband-bought-roblox-microsoft-stock-51618264201

With the return Mantha got... what would Virtanen have fetched?

Best of luck to Jordie Benn. I didn't mind him as he was a fill-in for the 6th/7th defense spot. That being said, if there's a young player needing more playing time time, Benn should have been the one to rotate out.

While I do believe that AG still have more to give.... I will reserve judgement until after Highmore plays a whole season for the Canucks (assuming he does).

I remember years back (20 years maybe?) there were Chinese subs operating in Canada's sovereign arctic waters. I don't think the DND knew about it under China just happened to admit, the US told, or something.

A defensively reliable player, World Champion and Olympic medalist, who has a history of scoring 30+ goals.... lets send them Loui Eriksson, lol.

But religion does play a role since those in power in those area are using it as an excuse to abuse women. Not saying that's the only religion to do so as there are some hardcore Christian, Jews, Hindus, etc, that does the same too... but it's so much more with those who does follow that particular faith. It's no surprise that when you look at the bottom third, they're the usual suspects.... Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar... and those aren't poor impoverished nations with constant upheaval and without any access to the outside world. They are some of the wealthiest countries in the world and some are global hubs too. Though I would admit that I think the study overall is a bit flawed. I mean.... Japan is rated #147. While women there do have it more difficult than men, most of the complaints are like "first world" problems. Some of the metrics they used are a bit flawed.... like whether they had women head of state, the number of women in politics, etc. I mean sure there's less women in senior management positions (common as Japan is more focused on seniority and women do take time off during their childbearing years)..... but to be ranked with some of the countries that still charge women with witchcraft, use public stoning as punishment, and some still practice female genital mutilation. Lets just say it's best to take this ranking/report with a grain of salt.

"Islam is right about women" Progressive or intolerant?

I'm a bit confused.... why were they talking about herd immunity last year, way before the vaccines? Unless they mean the body naturally building up immunity via exposure?

If they have to trade Motte, I'd rather the Canucks trade him for a pick and then use that pick as an asset to get rid of bad contracts. There are many UFA centers that will be available this upcoming off-season. Many are a bit long in the tooth, but sometimes it's better to have a proven veteran to play a reduced role than someone who you are hoping can fill that role. Plus with a flat cap, there are probably lots of vets you can sign for cheap and short-term deals... like when Malhotra took a 1 year deal with the Sharks or Morrison taking a big discount to sign with Calgary. Mikael Granlund, Nick Bonino, Nick Bjugstad, Eric Staal, Derek Stepan, Ryan Getzlaf, etc.... to be used as the 3C, that can still hold down the fort if/when there's an injury to the top-6.

Just curious, is "herd immunity" a thing anymore? What I find interesting is that there are many different jurisdictions with many different rules.... some with full lockdown like Quebec, half-way measures like BC, random rules like the US, or more or less nothing in Japan (they had a national travel promotion a while back).... but the number of covid per capita for each place are still random.

Hence I said "relatively". I mean compared to Charles, Andrew, Meagan, etc....

What happened to Kyle Turris?

RIP. A WW2 vet, did lots of charitable work, and relatively controversy free.

Well technically speaking, there is slightly different genetic differences.... hence there's Northern Han and Southern Han (Cantonese being the largest grouping). Northerners has more genetic influences from non-Han groups (Manchus, Mongols, Korean, etc)... whereas Southern Han does share some genetic link with those from Vietnam. A stereotypical Northern Han person would look slightly different from someone who is the stereotypically Southern Han. To use an European analogy... maybe someone who is from Brittany. They're technically a different ethnic group from the standard French with different culture and even language, but usually just lumped in with those "cheese-eating surrender monkeys".

Never said he was going to get better. Just most likely he will remain stagnant physically for the next little while.

If only the myth about defensemen and power forwards developing longer will also go away, lol.

Lets just remember to keep things in perspective.... He's only 28-29.... so these are still his prime years the Canucks will be getting. $3.25 million is pretty fair.... I mean Baertschi is getting $3.6 million I think. That being said, I would have rather GMJB trade him for more assets going forward.

Maybe it's just the whole Covid fatigue, but I sometimes feel as if the world is in some grand Milgram experiment. That people are doing things and promoting things they wouldn't normally because someone in the position of power is saying they may do so for the "greater good". I'm not anti-vaccination by any means, since due to my first son, I've been in Covid-like protocol since 2017. Heck, I used to wash all my son's bottles, syringes, feeding tubes, etc... with filtered/boiled water. Most people have no idea how those hospital hand sanitizers really affects you skin.... heck my skin used to tear a tiny bit just from making a fist. Plus, we're usually the people lining up for flu shots and stuff too. Yet this whole Coronavirus vaccine being pushed out seems.... "off" to me... if that makes any sense. Health experts with insufficient data (as this pandemic is still on-going), politicians making rules without rhyme or reasons at times, vaccines with varying levels of effectiveness, ever more mutating strains which may make some vaccines not very effective, potential introduction of "passports" for domestic use, etc. All together feels very uncomfortable. To use an analogy, I feel like I'm just a guy already walking forward, then someone just violently shoves me from behind to urge me to go quicker. Now I'm not going to continue walking, I'm going to turn around and be more focused on who pushed me. Not sure if what I wrote made sense to some of you....

Yeah, it wouldn't be those huge properties in Point Grey or Shaughnessy. If such rule applies, it'll almost always 100% be on the working part of town. You know, since the suddenly aesthetics, history, and "character" will suddenly be reasons to not to increase density relatively to areas east of Ontario Street.

But isn't it a slippery slope though? What's to stop TPTB to implement a similar tax scheme on people of residential properties? Government: "Oh hey, your Vancouver special is on land that can be used for a residential tower. You will now be taxed on the space about your home. Hope you have a good realtor to help you sell your house."

The problem when you elect morons to public office and have bureaucrats in positions of power who normally wouldn't survive in the private sector.