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  1. Not sure why I have to google for you... https://epic.org/2018/08/kavanaugh-white-house-counsel-.html https://mises.org/power-market/judge-napolitano-kavanaugh-enemy-4th-amendment https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/courts/privacy-group-seeks-last-minute-brett-kavanaugh-delay-citing-extraordinary-new-disclosure He was right in the thick of it. And defended it. And defends it. And likes torture too. The dude is a dbag and the people fell for the ruse hook line and sinker. A real neoconjob has taken place here. About 4 days ago, Trump was asked in a press conference about Kavanaugh, and I quote, "I hadn't even heard of the guy until a few months ago." LOL Its disgusting how far removed from politics and the amount of Liberty the people have given away for nothing.
  2. Kavanaugh was one of the chief architects of The Patriot Act. Notice how this wasn't even brought up once in the hearings or in the MSM? Does all of this circus side show nonsense make sense now? A bipartisan smokescreen to hide the fact that one of the most unconstitutional wannabe tyrants in the court system just got onto the Supreme Court of the United States. Disgusting.
  3. You can just see the skill oozing from Goldy. His confidence is gaining with every shift. He needed someone else elite to play with all this time. I could see in his limited stints prior that he has exceptional vision, elite distribution skills, and a deadly nose for the net. This season he has been way more confidence with and without the puck. Less hot potato and more pizza with sauce.
  4. Mark Stone would be an unbelievable winger for EP. Assuming that Melnyk is fuming over his arbitration bonanza.
  5. Heh who would want him?
  6. In a game where his team scored 7, Sam Gagner had 0 points.
  7. Lavington. East of Vernon, part of Coldstream.
  8. My last house was in a wooded area, and there was hundreds of crows. Annoying, obnoxious birds. And then a family of Great Horned Owls discovered that crows are delicious. That fall I cleaned out a good 100 pairs of crow wings out of the gutters. Apparently the owls snip them off at the shoulder.
  9. You beat the 2 rulebooks by playing by your own.
  10. His hockey IQ is off the charts. So impressed with what I have seen with him so far. He has already learned break out tendencies of the opposition, stealing pucks in the high slot at both ends of the ice. He sneaks behind the sleeping D too. Just wait until Hughes is feeding him break away passes on the regular.
  11. Motte looks like Chris Higgins on the ice. Compete level and two way game. More than impressed with getting him for Vanek.
  12. https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/canucks-eriksson-hopes-carve-clear-role-disappointing-years/ Canucks’ Eriksson hopes to carve out clear role after disappointing years The debate on HC @ Noon covered whether Vancouver fans will be patient during a rebuild or not, if Boeser can score 40 and if Linden and ownership saw eye to eye. Iain MacIntyre@imacSportsnetSeptember 26, 2018, 4:30 PM VANCOUVER – Some of the sharpest, funniest lines from the media do not make it into print or on to airwaves because they materialize in casual conversation, often in venues less formal than hockey arenas. Last week, for instance, during a lively discussion about video gaming and the possibility Vancouver Canucks veterans might ban Fortnite on road trips, one media member suggested the team should find out what Loui Eriksson has been doing the last two seasons and ban that. Boom. Mic drop. Eriksson actually spent large chunks of the last two seasons in the gym and medical room, recovering from injuries. But in the 115 games the 33-year-old did play for the Canucks, the Swedish winger managed just 21 goals and 47 points. Two seasons into a six-year, $36 million contract, Eriksson has spectacularly under-achieved in Vancouver. After all, he had 52 goals and 110 points during his final two seasons with the Boston Bruins. But when he returned Tuesday to the lineup from a pre-season bone bruise, Eriksson went straight to the Canucks’ top forward line. Considering the Canucks disintegrated in the third period and were shut out 6-0 by the Edmonton Oilers – and have just nine goals in a 1-5 pre-season in which Vancouver’s shooting percentage of 4.5 is the worst in the National Hockey League – “top line” is a bit of an oxymoron. Still, Eriksson skated with Bo Horvat and is expected to start the regular season next Wednesday playing alongside rookie-of-the-year candidate Elias Pettersson. This is because head coach Travis Green and the Canucks want a veteran presence, a player with defensive awareness, beside the wonderfully gifted 19-year-old. But Eriksson’s likely deployment is also because none of the Canucks’ other skilled young prospects – think especially of Jonathan Dahlen and Adam Gaudette – have shown they’re ready to make the giant leap to the NHL from wherever they’ve been playing. And Jake Virtanen and Markus Granlund haven’t done anything to warrant promotion from lower down the lineup. Either Nikolay Goldobin or Brendan Leipsic, each going into his fifth year of professional hockey, will probably get to play the other wing with Pettersson. There is so much riding on Eriksson financially that the Canucks will do everything they can to salvage their highest-paid player. “He has a lot more to offer,” general manager Jim Benning told Sportsnet this week. “Can he be a mentor to Pettersson? Can he play with him? We need Loui. He’s an important guy for us. “He had a good start to camp but had a setback getting a bruised bone in his leg when he blocked a shot. If he can find good chemistry and help make a solid line with Pettersson, that’s big. We need him this year.” Part of Eriksson’s understanding when he joined the Canucks as a free-agent was that he would be a bridge between Daniel and Henrik Sedin and whoever came after them to lead the attack. But Eriksson also understood that he would play with the twins, which under Green and previous coach Willie Desjardins happened only sporadically before the Sedins retired in April. Eriksson knows he can play better for the Canucks than he has, but it’s clear he also wants some linemate stability and an extended opportunity to show he can still be a top-six forward in the NHL. “It’s been tough these two years; I’ve been hurt a lot,” Eriksson said. “Then to find a role on the team, it’s been tough, too. I was supposed to play with the Sedins. We played together a few games and I thought we played well, but we didn’t produce. It’s been tough going through different lines through the whole season. It’s much easier when you find one line to play with and feel like someone believes in you. “I’ve always been a player who produced and put up points. And it’s been tough coming here and, like I said, getting hurt and then playing on different lines, not finding anyone to play with. So it’s been a different role for me. I don’t mind taking on a checking role because that was how I was taught to play the game – to be a good two-way player. But, of course, I want to produce and help the team (offensively) as well.” Eriksson embraces the idea of mentoring Pettersson. He remembers how veterans like Stu Barnes and Mike Modano helped him adjust to the NHL when he left Sweden for the Dallas Stars’ organization a dozen years ago. One of Eriksson’s early assistant coaches in Dallas was fellow Swede Ulf Dahlen, Jonathan’s dad. “It’s not easy to come to a new country, and it’s not easy to play in this league,” Eriksson said. “We’re going to try to teach them. In Dallas, I had a few guys stay in my house; I used to take them in and show them how things worked in the NHL. It’s a little different now because I have four kids and I don’t think anyone else will fit in my house.” But he hopes there’s room for him on Pettersson’s line. That could be home, sweet home.
  13. I'd still take Jack, the prospect of having brothers (again) is a marketing dream (again) and they have been playing together for their whole lives, something that can not be taught, and offers an intangible sum is greater than the parts type of scenario (again).
  14. Too bad Xenu stole her heart.
  15. His mobility was the thing that impressed me most. This team takes one Tryamkin sized step forward with him on the roster.
  16. Pay them to play in Utica is worst case scenario. So many good young guys.
  17. And where is the issue with this?
  18. The Tragically Hip Rush Ween Perfect Circle The Beastie Boys The Red Hot Chili Peppers Pearl Jam AC/DC Metallica Slayer Tool Bush Blind Melon Garbage Skinny Puppy Suicidal Tendencies The Offspring Soundgarden Blues Traveler Our Lady Peace My Morning Jacket Tripping Daisy Primus Motley Crue Danzig Glass Tiger Green Day Smashing Pumpkins Chris Cornell Big Sugar The Odds Nickelback The Watchmen The Inbreds Biff Naked Tom Waits Anthrax Gwar The Tea Party Brian Adams Big Wreck I know I am forgetting some, too many brain cells lost at these shows.
  19. I was posting things like this all year. and Totally looking forward to a NEW BRAND of hockey.
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