This week in the CFL- Week 13: Who's Playing Who This Week?

 The CFL season is rolling along, and Week 13 is here! If you're looking for some Canadian football action this weekend, there are four games on the schedule, starting Friday night and running through Sunday. You can also watch on TSN but if you have not been to a game, this week is as good of a time as any. Make sure to check out the tailgate parties before the game....tell people it is your first time.....you will find lots of food and maybe some red solo cups if you get my drift. 

Here’s a look at who is playing who this week.

Friday, Aug. 28

Montreal Alouettes

@ Winnipeg Blue Bombers

6:30 p.m. ET

Saturday, Aug. 29

Hamilton Tiger-Cats

@ Calgary Stampeders

1:00 p.m. ET

Saturday, Aug. 29

Toronto Argonauts

@ Saskatchewan Roughriders

5:00 p.m. ET

Sunday, Aug. 30

B.C. Lions

@ Ottawa Redblacks

5:00 p.m. ET

Here is my take on the game this week. I think Montreal is going to continue to dominate the league, and Winnipeg is not as good of a team as people think. They took a 16-0 lead against the Edmonton Elks last week...and then the Elks team bus showed up towards the second half and that was the end of that. The Bombers were terrible against the Elks defence.  

Hamilton and Calgary will be interesting. I think Calgary is a better team than their record suggests and playing home I expect they will win, big time. Tre Ford should be starting for the Ti-Cats and is very hot and cold. 

Toronto vs the Riders.......with the riders at home, they cannot afford to lose this one. I think they will learn from the comedy of errors and bad penalties last week and show up in a big way. 

The Lions vs the Redblacks. Ottawa has been a mess this year, and I am not sure it will get better this week. If there is one upset this week, it could be this game. You can never rule out a team that has a record as bad as the Redblacks. There are many good pieces of the puzzle and if Rourke has an off game for BC and the Redblacks can find a way to not only score but also step up their defence, this might be a closer game than people think. It is the CFL after all. 

It is really nice to not have a game on Thursday this week as well. 

#CFL #Football #Canada #Winnipeg #Hamilton #TreFord #EdmontonElks #Saskatchewan #Calgary #Redblacks #Toronto

Once a traitor, always a traitor

 Here is the problem with Alberta separation. Once a group breaks the rules to split from a nation, they rarely learn how to build a peaceful society together. People who push for separation rarely stop fighting once they get their way. They build their whole identity on being angry. If Alberta separates, these separatists will continue to look for trouble, and blame outside forces for all their problems. 

A new, independent country needs teamwork and shared values. Separatists are used to tearing things down instead of building them up. Once the main enemy (Canada) is gone, they will turn on each other to see who is "pure" enough. Even at this point, the separatist do not get along, there are several factions with differing ideas about how to run the "new" Country of Alberta. Oh, sorry, Republic of Alberta......I know they want it to be as close to America as possible. 

If Alberta ever separates, the separatists will not just settle down and garden. They will keep causing friction. They will fight the new government just like they fought the old one. A leopard does not change its spots. Democracy means listening to people you disagree with. Separatists only want their own way. They want a "Christian nation" but don't even act like Jesus in the first place. 

Alberta separation will not mean a paradise. We will economically suffer, because we will not only make ourselves land locked, but we will also have conflict and more instability than we have ever had before. For the future of Alberta, for our home values and for peace, we MUST do everything in our power to get the vote out in October and put this to bed, once and for all. Because if we do not, you might as well sell your home and get the hell out of here. I know I will be doing that. 

#Alberta #Canada #AlbertaSeparation #DanielleSmith 

Bitcoin will be Bitcoin.

 

Bitcoin. 

When you read that word, what does it mean to you? Hard money? Digital money that loses value? A scam?  The truth is, most people do not understand it. They really have no idea. The majority of people think you hand over your cash, and treat it like some form of investment, like a bond or stock that will produce an incredible return on investment. 

The truth is Bitcoin is MONEY. Money that is earned by people running the network. Money that has a fixed supply, that does not inflate. It is that simple. 

So why should I use this money over the Canadian dollar? Well, Bitcoin isn't something you can always use down at the local gas station. It's price moved rapidly. It can be up 100% one year and down 100% the next. Do you really want your pay getting cut in half? Well here is how I look at it. Long term, holds its value compared to the dollar. If you get Bitcoin today, and spend it next week, you are unlikely to see much of a difference overall. If you hold it for more than a few years, Bitcoin will change your life because it stops your labour from being eroded. 

So how can I have faith in it? Consider that it has been around for 16 years already. Consider that its value over time has increased. Consider that it has never been hacked. Consider that the energy put towards Bitcoin has done nothing but increase. Consider banks and institutions and companies are buying it. It is not going away. 

The best thing of all....there will only ever be 21 million Bitcoin. You can own even a small amount at 0.00000001 of a Bitcoin. 

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If the Alberta Separation votes fails.

We have just 60 days until the Alberta referendum. Considering the latest polls, and that opinions are mostly locked in, Alberta citizens will be voting to keep Alberta in Canada....as long as the voter turnout is good. There are about 3 million people on the list. About 1 million of them, according to polls, want to send Ottawa a message and will vote to start the process to separate. You and I know every single one of them WILL vote. That means there needs to be 60% turnout on the rest of the voting population to make sure the "stay" side wins. I have no doubt it will happen. 

The question I have, is what next for the separatist cause? You have 1 million people in the province who want change. To find that answer, we can look back to the January 6th insurrection in the United States. There is no question in my mind the separatists are a radical group, and they will be pushed over the edge. I believe there will be massive protests, the Legislature Building in Edmonton is going to be ground zero. There are already militias training in rural Alberta for this very purpose....they openly post on social media. They are literally planning to take the province by force. They will start acting like ICE in the USA and immigrants and First Nations will be targeted. The only way Alberta can separate from Canada is by force. They certainly have the support of the American government. There is no other way. After coming this far, there is no going back. They know it is now or never. 

This is active talk between separatists. I was recently getting my car fixed in Southern Alberta and the garage owner and another customer were openly talking about this. I have several separatist folks in my circles. They are more than willing to pick up a gun if called to do so. They aren't smart enough to coordinate this on their own, but it doesn't take many people to start the revolution, only followers to pick up arms (which the CIA would be more than happy to provide).

This is a massive threat no one is talking about, right out of the playbook of the United States government. Danielle Smith and her UCP members are openly pro-trump, and some MLA's openly wearing USA hats on a regular basis. They do not even try to hide the fact they want American control over Alberta. There is much at stake here. 

The Federal Government is very reluctant to step into this at this point. They do not want to look like they are interfering in this referendum.....well they damn well should be, and they should have the Canadian Army on standby quietly in Alberta to respond within a moments notice if need be. 

Now, many will be skeptical about this, they think that the separatists will just quietly go back into the hole they crawled out of. Nope. Not a chance. They are empowered by this vote and they will stop at nothing. There are too many of them, and they are armed and ready and racist. 

You can look at history anywhere in the world. Things happen fast. Bosnia, the American Civil War are the first examples that come to my mind. We could literally be facing some really nasty stuff in the coming months.