The Saskatchewan Roughriders improved to 2-and-3 with a win over Toronto on Saturday at Mosaic Stadium. It was my first time at the new facility (thanks to Bryon Priebe for the tickets) and I have to admit that my concerns about Chris Jones and the way he has done business and gone about constructing a team are, somewhat, alleviated. He hasn鈥檛 been fined, there are no news reports of drama, and the massive roster turnover that we saw last year on a week to week basis seems to be a thing of the past as well. There are, definitely, some pieces to work with going forward. I really like the running back (Cameron Marshall) and there are a number of extremely talented receivers. The defensive backfield also looks like it鈥檚 coming together and the return game on special teams has been decent. I do have some concern at quarterback although Kevin Glenn has been well above average. I just think that if 34-year-old Darian Durant was too old to make a long term commitment to, then 37-year-old Glenn isn鈥檛 long for the job either and no matter how good the rest of the team is, you need your quarterback to shine. And, next year, I don鈥檛 think it will be Glenn.
While some would say it was a long time ago, I鈥檓 inclined to say it wasn鈥檛 鈥榓ll that long ago鈥� that I was a teenager and the go-to sport of choice for my friends and I was road hockey.聽 Usually, 6-8 of us would get together after school and play until dark. The political correct world has ruined this youth pastime to some degree as it鈥檚 now super dangerous to put up nets in the middle of an empty residential street and then stop playing and yell, 鈥淐ar鈥� whenever a vehicle passes by on one side of the net while the driver waves at you with a smile. However, the other thing that鈥檚 changed is what youth seem to be interested in.聽 For fun, I鈥檇 encourage Yorkton people to swing by Dr. Brass School on any given summer day or evening and you will see the basketball court overrun with children, teenagers, even young adults.聽 I鈥檇 go so far as to say it may be in the City of Yorkton鈥檚 best interest to build a few more of these courts (of similar quality). They鈥檇 be well used.
A portion of the highway project between Balgonie and Regina is now complete, but that doesn鈥檛 mean the flow of traffic is anywhere near an acceptable pace. I was, almost, an hour getting from Balgonie to Regina on Saturday afternoon. It was a lot faster when the highway was, partially, closed.
Justin Trudeau is on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine this month and the article was very well written, apparently, although I am not going to waste my time on such drivel. If I鈥檓 understanding some of the posts in my Twitter feed correctly, the person who wrote the article talked about Canada鈥檚 鈥楳ountain Police鈥� and also mentioned how Trudeau overcame the tragedy of losing his father (to old age) to become Prime Minister. Sounds like a well informative piece that I鈥檓 missing out on.
Instead, the article I鈥檇 encourage you to read was in the Washington Post and it is entitled, 鈥楾he World Needs To Stop Mindlessly Fawning Over Justin Trudeau鈥�.聽 There are a number of factual examples in there as to why, although my favorite showing of ignorance isn鈥檛 listed (when Trudeau said First Nations young people want a place to store their canoes and paddles); but there are a few things in there I didn鈥檛 know about, such as Trudeau struggling to say the word 鈥榟eir鈥� and his admiration for China鈥檚 鈥榖asic dictatorship鈥�. The long and the short of it is that Trudeau is highly unqualified to be Prime Minister. It鈥檚 not even that he鈥檚 of a political stripe that I oppose. I can鈥檛 figure out what it is that Liberal people even like. At least Jean Chretien was a real Liberal. I can recall him breaking a ton of election promises, but he did so by using the truth and saying the economy was in too rough a shape for him to follow through on some of the things he had planned on. It turned out that while I didn鈥檛 always agree with Chretien, I did vote for his Party on, at least, one occasion and he was a grown up with a plan and he always had the best interests of the majority in mind for the most part. Paul Martin, his successor, was also a well qualified politician.聽 Trudeau, to me, is more of an ambassador. He鈥檚 not a leader. We should all be embarrassed and those that continue to rave need better critical thinking skills. 聽
I haven鈥檛 even mentioned the $10.5 million payout to Omar Khadr, which makes it official that Canada supports terrorism. 聽
Nice person mentions this week: Brendan Wagner, Kerri-Lynn Larsen, Jon Malcolm, and Crystal Bailey.
