One minute you have Ron “the Snake” MacLean rambling on about his sister’s kid in Oakville marrying a deli owner who used to be an Olympic-level curler, who makes the best pancakes he’s ever had.
The next minute you have Jennifer Botterill campaigning to make face washes a suspendible offense and crying about violent actions performed in an inherently violent sport in which everyone who plays does so by their own volition.
Finally, no Social Justice Night in Canada would be complete without Kelly Hrudey trying to score some leftist points by going on and on about his or a player’s “mental health”.
HNIC was an institution—something Canadians once considered a highlight of their week. It introduced a lot of Americans to Canadian hockey culture from afar. It had a captive audience during the first intermission, when one of the most entertaining figures in NHL history, Don “Grapes” Cherry, would shoot straight from the hip with amazing and insightful hockey analysis that has not since been matched.
Today, that same program stands as a source of embarrassment for the same fans that once made it the institution it was.
The worst part is that it doesn’t have to be this way. HNIC could be resurrected by simply hiring the correct analysts for their audience—a task so easy that a child could do it.
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The UK bans cigarettes and France bans nicotine pouches. Meanwhile you can't go more than 15 feet in London or Paris without inhaling clouds of marijuana smog. Anything that enhances focus and productivity has to be banned. Anything that makes you slow and stupid is fine.
@JonLemire Well Jonathan perhaps he hasn't faced the same scrutiny because journalists aren't coordinating with the White House to ask him questions.
And until you guys answer for this no one will give a shit about what you're trying to do here
No generation has done as much harm to the reputation of musicians as this one. I listen to music now with a much more jaundiced ear, knowing so many of these people are fucking morons.
Sanders allowed the DNC to rig a primary against him twice and when the time came he fell in line and worshipped the party so he could make money and maintain his status
He isn’t an outsider or a revolutionary, he’s a coward and an establishment hack