not when they are lies and propagating those lies.
I also hate bullies too
- dmnted

Agreed

When are the hearings?
- Zezel

Don’t need to hold hearings when they’ve got tattoos

Welcome back Dozzer!
- Symba007

Thanks man! Sorry, had to make a run to the grocery store.

The cat should be happy 😐

Illegal immigrants are illegal.
- Rare_Jewel

Shut up, even Neil Young was illegal for 4 years

Nothing is black and white. Nothing.

Don’t need to hold hearings when they’ve got tattoos
- Canada Cup

The only group of people in the US that is not feeling some degree of fear are straight, white males.
I don’t know how anyone can defend that.

Notably better, going to target some work, and I’m already playing live music again which is under the table. Got nabbed for studio time last Saturday pretty quick by other musicians and a lot of engineers have already touched base telling me how happy they are that I’m playing regularly again and how I should expect to get used a lot. I’m turning out to be similar, recorded for a guy I never met, had just a simple comp recording he did without a bass for a week ahead, and I slammed out a bass line I wrote in 20mins and they all loved it.

Being a true leafs fan like I was too

“Yay!! (frank)ers!! Yay!! (frank)ers!! Yay!! (frank)ers!! Yay!! Fuc…….”

Over and over and over lol
- Dozzer

Good to hear

The only group of people in the US that is not feeling some degree of fear are straight, white males.
I don’t know how anyone can defend that.
- shack67

MSNBC.

The only group of people in the US that is not feeling some degree of fear are straight, white males.
I don’t know how anyone can defend that.
- shack67

MSNBC.

Thanks man! Sorry, had to make a run to the grocery store.

The cat should be happy 😐
- Dozzer

Good to see you Dozzer. Drop in more often. You can see that nothing has changed

Good to see you Dozzer. Drop in more often. You can see that nothing has changed
- Canada Cup

You won’t be able to say that in June when we’re still playing.

You won’t be able to say that in June when we’re still playing.
- shack67

We’ll probably be winning the wrong way

We’ll probably be winning the wrong way
- Canada Cup

No doubt. And when we win it all we’ll be laughed for one cup since 1967.

No doubt. And when we win it all we’ll be laughed for one cup since 1967.
- shack67

Bring on the laughter!!

'We're losing sight of something important here. This forum has clearly stated rules that are largely not enforced except in the most blatant circumstances. I don't want arbitrary enforcement, I would like to see equal enforcement.

Don't ban Jewel. Not because of freeze peach, but because he's not the only guilty party.

You ban Jewel and then somebody else comes in and posts similar poop and doesn't get banned unless it's very very bad. So, Jewel gets banned while everybody else keeps doing the same thing. I hate to say it because he's highly annoying to me (my opinion and not a personal attack), but without equal treatment across the board, it would resemble NHL officiating - arbitrary.

What I would humbly suggest to Ek is the following :

1) make a dedicated forum for political talk and let it be a free for all in there.

2) at the same time, empower the refs in the other forums to enforce the rules strictly. Post notices of the new enforcement policy and pin them to the top of the forums. Hand out warnings and move offending posts to the politics forum (if the software supports that).

3) After 3-strikes, temporary ban. Every time. If they come back after the ban for a 4th strike, permanent ban. They can come back with an alt as long as that alt behaves, or it gets banned too. Whack-a-mole until they give up, which they will if you have more stamina for it than they do.

Either that, or just change the rules to reflect the reality. The Leafs forum is actually not the worst offender, by far. If I was a new visitor that was passionate about hockey and I went into most of these forums, I would leave within 5 minutes and never return. Personally, I keep coming back because I'm stupid and have too much free time on some days. But, if this place cleaned up the politics, I would gladly pay for a season ticket and I bet others would too - as a show of appreciation and not so much for rumor charts and the like.

Just my two cents, actual worth will vary.

I am 100% willing to engage in an unconditional ceasefire if everyone else does.

'We're losing sight of something important here. This forum has clearly stated rules that are largely not enforced except in the most blatant circumstances. I don't want arbitrary enforcement, I would like to see equal enforcement.

Don't ban Jewel. Not because of freeze peach, but because he's not the only guilty party.

You ban Jewel and then somebody else comes in and posts similar poop and doesn't get banned unless it's very very bad. So, Jewel gets banned while everybody else keeps doing the same thing. I hate to say it because he's highly annoying to me (my opinion and not a personal attack), but without equal treatment across the board, it would resemble NHL officiating - arbitrary.

What I would humbly suggest to Ek is the following :

1) make a dedicated forum for political talk and let it be a free for all in there.

2) at the same time, empower the refs in the other forums to enforce the rules strictly. Post notices of the new enforcement policy and pin them to the top of the forums. Hand out warnings and move offending posts to the politics forum (if the software supports that).

3) After 3-strikes, temporary ban. Every time. If they come back after the ban for a 4th strike, permanent ban. They can come back with an alt as long as that alt behaves, or it gets banned too. Whack-a-mole until they give up, which they will if you have more stamina for it that they do.

Either that, or just change the rules to reflect the reality. The Leafs forum is actually not the worst offender, by far. If I was a new visitor that was passionate about hockey and I went into most of these forums, I would leave within 5 minutes and never return. Personally, I keep coming back because I'm stupid and have too much free time on some days. But, if this place cleaned up the politics, I would gladly pay for a season ticket and I bet others would too - as a show of appreciation and not so much for rumor charts and the like.

Just my two cents, actual worth will vary.
- GalacticStone

Can we just get back to talking about trailer hitches

Bring on the laughter!!
- Fakepartofme

It will be glorious.

Can we just get back to talking about trailer hitches
- Canada Cup

I wanna hitch my trailer to the Nylander train!

We’ll probably be winning the wrong way
- Canada Cup

not earning the W because of fluky goals.

Bettman about to act to prevent another LTIR travesty

https://x.com/lukefoxjuke...&t=zXygQ9RZlVYvHUlIXsYVmg

Jays time!

You can't take Trump's words literally. He does not need another California to join US, he is playing some games, putting pressure on some politicians, but I don't believe for a second he was seriously considered to make Canada 51st State.
- alex.TML

Things you should know about Donald Trump:

When he negotiates, he uses ridiculous statements to rile up the other side. He then walks it back slowly, until he gets to the position that he'd already deemed that he can make a deal. The tariffs are being used to take away tariffs by the other side, be it Europe, China or Canada. Once they reach net zero, there are no tariffs on either side. That is the Art of the Deal.

Trump also starts a controversy, trying to get the media and those who get diverted by TDS to vent, while he does something surprising elsewhere. He controls the news cycle and keeps his opponents off balance. He makes them sound stupid, or uneducated. The 51st State analogy is a prime example. You can't have a 51st state without a 52nd state. The U.S. has always brought statehood in two's, not single states. If there were to be Statehood in Canada, expect it from the Western Provinces. The Republican's aren't interested in a welfare state that would vote Democrat, if they were admitted.

Trump's goals are for what's best for America, not other Nations. The $36T debt is unsustainable. It's why DOGE is needed and a brilliant move. Bring in the richest man in the world and squeeze out the corruption, be it Republican or Democrat. It's pretty hard to argue that it hasn't made significant progress in finding where the tax money went. The downside of this may cause a short, but sharp recession with all of the money that was pulled out of the NGO's and Illegal immigration leaving the economy. It's a necessary evil to rebalance the books and have a balanced budget. If the U.S. fails, we all go down in flames.

Since this is a hockey website, I'll put my two Lincoln pennies into the pot. I only have one Jefferson Davis penny to my name, so half an opinion won't help. Leafs will win 5 - 1 tonight. It's now a sprint to the finish and it starts tonight. It'll be a tougher test on Saturday Night.

Jays time!
- mr.sir

oh yes, it's 420 time!!!!!

Good to see you Dozzer. Drop in more often. You can see that nothing has changed
- Canada Cup

Oh I look things over routinely, just to make sure nothing is way over the top, but then I just giggle a bit and move along

Like I said… I’ll stick to being a mod but I want to approach it differently. If they’re majority of you guys ask for someone to be banned I’ll do it long term, but I don’t want to do a day here a day there crap anymore. Everyone defends themselves just fine.

How’s things been with you?

Bought a 22" Blackstone table top grill today.

Turfed the old Fiesta last fall after 30 years... and a few burners. Speaking of which the last burner was cast iron. Da best one.

Now all we need now is the folding cart with wheels.

Larger cook surfaces are nice but wife and I don't plan to feed an army...

'We're losing sight of something important here. This forum has clearly stated rules that are largely not enforced except in the most blatant circumstances. I don't want arbitrary enforcement, I would like to see equal enforcement.

Don't ban Jewel. Not because of freeze peach, but because he's not the only guilty party.

You ban Jewel and then somebody else comes in and posts similar poop and doesn't get banned unless it's very very bad. So, Jewel gets banned while everybody else keeps doing the same thing. I hate to say it because he's highly annoying to me (my opinion and not a personal attack), but without equal treatment across the board, it would resemble NHL officiating - arbitrary.

What I would humbly suggest to Ek is the following :

1) make a dedicated forum for political talk and let it be a free for all in there.

2) at the same time, empower the refs in the other forums to enforce the rules strictly. Post notices of the new enforcement policy and pin them to the top of the forums. Hand out warnings and move offending posts to the politics forum (if the software supports that).

3) After 3-strikes, temporary ban. Every time. If they come back after the ban for a 4th strike, permanent ban. They can come back with an alt as long as that alt behaves, or it gets banned too. Whack-a-mole until they give up, which they will if you have more stamina for it than they do.

Either that, or just change the rules to reflect the reality. The Leafs forum is actually not the worst offender, by far. If I was a new visitor that was passionate about hockey and I went into most of these forums, I would leave within 5 minutes and never return. Personally, I keep coming back because I'm stupid and have too much free time on some days. But, if this place cleaned up the politics, I would gladly pay for a season ticket and I bet others would too - as a show of appreciation and not so much for rumor charts and the like.

Just my two cents, actual worth will vary.

I am 100% willing to engage in an unconditional ceasefire if everyone else does.
- GalacticStone

You do realize I don’t listen to your instruction right?

So shut up.

Unless you want to start paying me and then I might adjust my attitude.

Cheers.