Jaimito Posted July 27 Share Posted July 27 10 minutes ago, bolt said: You want to compare the violent Islamists who kill LGBQ people and the Charlie Hebdo retaliation massacres to Christians? France would be burning "more" right now if they did the same to Islam. Sure. Christians have been just as bad historically. They have been less violent over the last century as many Christian dominant nations became more secular and separated state from religion, unlike most Muslim dominant countries. But judging by its entire course in history, Christianity and its various subforms are probably more deadly. Crusades, Spanish inquisition, colonialism just to name a few. I don't like any religion. But it's history of humankind and is still a reality today. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeNiro Posted July 27 Share Posted July 27 Leave religion and politics to the other threads people come on! 1 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runningback33 Posted July 27 Share Posted July 27 It wasn’t easy but Canada hangs on to beat Greece in their first game 86-79 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Long Posted July 27 Share Posted July 27 48 minutes ago, bishopshodan said: Leonardo da Vinci started it. He actually had the nerve to paint the Last Supper in white face. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeNiro Posted July 27 Share Posted July 27 1 minute ago, runningback33 said: It wasn’t easy but Canada hangs on to beat Greece in their first game 86-79 Greece definitely had “home court” advantage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift-4 Posted July 27 Share Posted July 27 Very entertaining first day. Wish I caught swimming medal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil_314 Posted July 27 Share Posted July 27 1 minute ago, runningback33 said: It wasn’t easy but Canada hangs on to beat Greece in their first game 86-79 What a game! SGA and Barrett leading the charge offensively, Brooks and Dort both guarding Giannis and contributing on the other end, and clutch basket making at the end made just enough of a difference to secure that win. Now hopefully they can figure out how to cut back on those soft fouls called in order to keep more guys in the game, but this looks like quite the quality team! Still too bad that Kerr and Team USA -- I mean Golden State-- wouldn't release Wiggins, but we've got quite some depth this year. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarneyKook Posted July 27 Share Posted July 27 (edited) 15 minutes ago, Shift-4 said: Very entertaining first day. Wish I caught swimming medal here you go CBC has replays online https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6447563 canada medal is around 32min mark Edited July 27 by BarneyKook 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RupertKBD Posted July 27 Share Posted July 27 1 hour ago, bolt said: You want to compare the violent Islamists who kill LGBQ people and the Charlie Hebdo retaliation massacres to Christians? Well....to be fair, there was that one time when God drowned everyone on the planet except for one dude and his family.... 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RupertKBD Posted July 27 Share Posted July 27 Canada beats Greece 86-79 in men's basketball Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rip The Mesh Posted July 27 Share Posted July 27 (edited) These Paris 2024 Summer Olympics were supposed to be a showcase of the next generation of Canadian women’s soccer chasing another gold medal, with a chance to again celebrate the career of Christine Sinclair thrown in for good measure. That’s blasted off into the ether. Like a rogue drone gone awry. Long before news broke of the national team’s scouting skulduggery, we had done the legwork for a story on this first Olympics for the women’s side minus Sinclair, who retired in December to close out a glorious 23-year run with the program. The squad had played a handful of matches since that game at B.C. Place, but, for many of us, Paris was set to be the first opportunity to see what they looked like without Sinclair. We had talked to plenty of people in the weeks leading up to Paris about it. We had former national team defender/midfielder turned CBC TV analyst Clare Rustad explaining then how “fans are still going to connect this team with Christine and that won’t go away quickly and nor should it.” We had former midfielder Andrea McNeil saying, too, that “Christine has opened up women’s football in Canada to be water cooler conversation. She’s been the pillar and the voice and the face.” She’s remains the connection point for such a majority when it comes to soccer in this country. And now there’s this episode. Using drones to film your own practices is standard operating procedure in international soccer now. A job posting for a performance analyst with the women’s national team that remains on the Soccer Canada website includes “able to operate a drone and possess working knowledge of managing training camera is preferred,” among its requirements. So is a “high level of Mac iOS computer competency using various analysis softwares and programs including Hudl product suite, Wyscout, Coach Paint, Keynote, iMovie and other presentation-based programs.” Minor soccer, minor hockey and other youth sports have their games live streamed on the internet now. There’s so much information out there and so many ways to package it up and decipher it. You’re telling me that Canada wasn’t ready for New Zealand without sneaking info out of their last two practices? Maybe you come up intel regarding a player nursing an injury, but is the reward worth the risk? A hockey coach I talked to about this said simply: “if you need to pre-scout like that 48 hours ahead of a big game at the Olympics then you’re in trouble.” Trouble is what they’re in now. And you feel bad for the players worst of all. Now we’ve instead got Sinclair taking to her Instagram on Friday and writing: “It’s unfortunate that the players of our National Team have had to play through condemnable actions by some of their staff as they attempt to defend our gold medal. Actions players have no control over. I want to be clear that having been a national team player for 23 years, we were never shown or discussed drone footage in team or individual meeting I’ve been present for.” And there’s Rustad going to X on Thursday after the announcement that Canadian coach Bev Priestman was being sent home and writing: “Not at all surprising nor is it unjustified. But there still need to be tangible consequences for the team, as hard as that is to say as a player and to hear as a fan.” The premise that someone from the Canadian program was all cloak and dagger filming other team’s closed practices with a remote-control device way up in the sky is both infuriating and goofy. It’s difficult to guess what comes first here: the ESPN 30-for-30 documentary explaining what exactly happened or the Saturday Night Live skit mocking the goings-on. It does sting regardless. It stings for the country. It stings for Canadian soccer. It stings most of all for the players, and most notably Sinclair. She is one of Canada’s greatest athletes ever. Her 190 goals are the most by any player on the globe in international soccer competition — man or woman. Her 331 caps are the second most by a female player and 105 better than the second-place Canadian woman. Sinclair’s achievements also include captaining Canada to a gold medal at Tokyo 2020, following up the team’s back-to-back bronze medal showings at the previous two Olympics. And there was Brittany Baxter (née: Timko), who’s another former midfielder, speaking about how Sinclair’s positive impact will be felt for years to come on the program’s players, because “how she played and how she led, I think people gravitated to wanting to learn her model.” The climate changed abruptly. That story doesn’t work now. Those quotes have been usurped, what with word that the Canadian team flew a drone over two New Zealand closed practices to sneak footage ahead of their opening round match Thursday and follow up reports that such things have happened before as well. Now we’ve instead got Sinclair taking to her Instagram on Friday and writing: “It’s unfortunate that the players of our National Team have had to play through condemnable actions by some of their staff as they attempt to defend our gold medal. Actions players have no control over. I want to be clear that having been a national team player for 23 years, we were never shown or discussed drone footage in team or individual meeting I’ve been present for.” And there’s Rustad going to X on Thursday after the announcement that Canadian coach Bev Priestman was being sent home and writing: “Not at all surprising nor is it unjustified. But there still need to be tangible consequences for the team, as hard as that is to say as a player and to hear as a fan.” The premise that someone from the Canadian program was all cloak and dagger filming other team’s closed practices with a remote-control device way up in the sky is both infuriating and goofy. It’s difficult to guess what comes first here: the ESPN 30-for-30 documentary explaining what exactly happened or the Saturday Night Live skit mocking the goings-on. It does sting regardless. It stings for the country. It stings for Canadian soccer. It stings most of all for the players, and most notably Sinclair. She is one of Canada’s greatest athletes ever. Her 190 goals are the most by any player on the globe in international soccer competition — man or woman. Her 331 caps are the second most by a female player and 105 better than the second-place Canadian woman. Sinclair’s achievements also include captaining Canada to a gold medal at Tokyo 2020, following up the team’s back-to-back bronze medal showings at the previous two Olympics. Edited July 27 by Rip The Mesh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbriggs Posted July 27 Share Posted July 27 2 hours ago, bolt said: Mocking religion is funny to you? Would it have been funny if they made fun of Islam? George Carlin makes fun of all religions, so ya I guess its funny 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbriggs Posted July 27 Share Posted July 27 1 hour ago, Jaimito said: Sure. Christians have been just as bad historically. They have been less violent over the last century as many Christian dominant nations became more secular and separated state from religion, unlike most Muslim dominant countries. But judging by its entire course in history, Christianity and its various subforms are probably more deadly. Crusades, Spanish inquisition, colonialism just to name a few. I don't like any religion. But it's history of humankind and is still a reality today. Wasn't it Christians who dropped nuclear weapons on Japan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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UnkNuk Posted July 28 Author Share Posted July 28 Looking at Sunday's schedule, the events that jump out at me: Noon - Women's Soccer - Canada/France. Of course. But there's a few more: 8:30am Women's Rugby Sevens: Canada/Fiji 12:30pm Women's Rugby Sevens: Canada/New Zealand 11:40am Women's swimming: Maggie MacNeil swims in the medal round of the 100m Butterfly. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostsof1915 Posted July 28 Share Posted July 28 4 minutes ago, UnkNuk said: Looking at Sunday's schedule, the events that jump out at me: Noon - Women's Soccer - Canada/France. Of course. But there's a few more: 8:30am Women's Rugby Sevens: Canada/Fiji 12:30pm Women's Rugby Sevens: Canada/New Zealand 11:40am Women's swimming: Maggie MacNeil swims in the medal round of the 100m Butterfly. I found Rugby especially Rugby 7's is one of the fastest one of the most entertaining sports out there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnkNuk Posted July 28 Author Share Posted July 28 10 minutes ago, Ghostsof1915 said: I found Rugby especially Rugby 7's is one of the fastest one of the most entertaining sports out there. It's too bad the Canada/France soccer game and the Canada/New Zealand Rugby Sevens game overlap. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnkNuk Posted July 28 Author Share Posted July 28 Canada Soccer, COC Statements on FIFA Sanctions Canada Soccer CEO & General Secretary Kevin Blue has made the following statement: “Canada Soccer is disappointed with the impact of the FIFA Disciplinary Committee’s decision on our athletes. We are exploring options to appeal on the basis that it is excessively punitive towards our Women’s National Team players – who were not involved in any unethical behaviour. Canada Soccer took swift action to suspend the implicated staff members and is also proceeding with a broad independent review that may lead to further disciplinary action. We appreciate the understanding and support for our players from our Canadian fans during this time.” David Shoemaker, CEO and Secretary General of the Canadian Olympic Committee, has made the following statement: “We feel terrible for the athletes on the Canadian Women’s Olympic Soccer Team who as far as we understand played no role in this matter. In support of the athletes, together with Canada Soccer, we are exploring rights of appeal related to the six point deduction at this Olympic tournament.” https://canada-soccer-pressroom.prezly.com/coc-canada-soccer-statements-on-fifa-sanctions?utm_source=prezly.com&utm_medium=campaign&utm_campaign=Canada+Soccer%2C+COC+Statements+on+FIFA+Sanctions+%2F%2F+Déclarationsde+Canada+Soccer+et+du+COC+sur+les+sanctions+de+la+FIFA&utm_content=story+title&utm_id=d0171119-5c27-4371-870b-fda98b4866e1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarneyKook Posted July 28 Share Posted July 28 France VS Fiji Rugby 7's Gold Medal Final around 1:50:00 I think https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6447557 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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runningback33 Posted July 28 Share Posted July 28 South Sudan beat Puerto Rico 90-79 in Basketball Today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Gurn Posted July 28 Share Posted July 28 I'd been waiting/expecting something from the Canadian government in regards to 'dronegate' and here it begins. https://www.msn.com/en-ca/sports/other/government-withholding-funding-related-to-suspended-canada-soccer-officials/ar-BB1qLyUU?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=473ccf3a993043dfa23abc4202eb1b9b&ei=95 " Canada sports minister Carla Qualtrough says the government is withholding some of Canada Soccer’s funding following a spying scandal involving the Olympic women’s soccer team. FIFA docked six points from the team due to a drone spying scandal at the Paris Games. It also banned head coach Bev Pristman and two assistants for a year each and fined Canada Soccer around $313,000. Qualtrough says the funding, which is “related to the suspended officials,” is being withheld for the duration of their FIFA sanction. “There is a deeply concerning pattern of behaviour at Canada Soccer,” she said in a statement. “We must, and will, get to the bottom of this. The Government of Canada will closely monitor the investigation and outcomes of the Canada Soccer process that is underway. The Future of Sport in Canada Commission is also underway which will make recommendations to the Government on improvements to the Canadian sport system. “This issue has caused significant distraction and embarrassment for Team Canada and all Canadians here in Paris and at home. It is deeply regrettable. As events continue to unfold on this issue, I encourage Canadians to cheer on all our incredible Olympic athletes. They have worked hard and deserve our unwavering support.” Two assistant coaches were caught using drones to spy on New Zealand’s practices before the teams played their opening game last Thursday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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