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I like this kid's approach to science vs. football. Married the two and swatted Brady while he was at it. https://www.yahoo.com/sports/10-year-old-kid-won-science-fair-proving-tom-brady-cheater-184439991.html FTA: Some kids make baking soda and vinegar volcanoes for their science fair projects. Others find a way to turn their passion into a science fair project. Meet Ace Davis, a 10-year-old kid from Lexington, Kentucky who created a science fair project about Tom Brady. While kids in New England might be trying to figure out how to scientifically prove that Brady is the greatest quarterback who ever lived, Ace decided to go in a different direction. He created a science fair project that proves that Brady is a cheater. ... Of course, he included more than that on his poster. He used a Brady deflate-gate meme, a picture of Brady crying, and a picture of Brady making a weird face. And for good measure, Ace added a picture of himself in his football uniform (Ace plays quarterback, just like Brady) with a giant green checkmark, and put a giant red X over a picture of Brady.

http://reason.com/archives/2019/01/16/the-lessons-of-the-government-shutdown Rack this post. This government shutdown only goes to show how unessential a lot of the federal government is.

Interest Article https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2019/01/25/515574.htm

Ah, yes, forgot about the SOTU address. Thankfully I'll be watching Indiana High School Girl's Basketball at the largest high school gym in the State that night. I'm sure it's a Government boondoggle kind of a place, but I'm excited to see it for the first time.

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It's a much easier drive now than in the past.. About 75 minutes if you put the coal to it....

The IFCA and the Indianapolis Colts partnered to select the Colts Academic All-State team. These young men were recognized at the Colts game vs. the New York Giants. The 2018 Colts Academic All State team was chosen, and this impressive group will either be Valedictorian or Salutatorian of their 2019 graduating class. All chosen were in the top 3% of their individual graduating classes as well. Congratulations to all! Please see the attached list. 2018 Colts Academic All-State.pdf

I like this idea. There will never be 100% agreement on calls made on the field, as is witnessed every Saturday and Sunday when expert pundits try to tell us which way a review will go. The amount of times these experts are wrong just shows that there is so much subjectivity, and getting an explanation as the the "why" of some calls would be refreshing. What did they see? What made them throw/not throw the flag? Yes, there are many who would still yell and complain just as loudly as ever, but it would be interesting and insightful for everyone else.

We dont have the usual thread so this may start it but West Washington Senior to be DE Caleb Murphy has received an offer from Ball St per his Twitter account. For a 1A school in a cornfield I find this amazing. Congrats to him and interested to see if more come in as year moves forward.

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/nexwag/cannabis-company-giving-government-workers-free-weed-shutdown-medical-marijuana-budtrader-vgtrn FTA: The government shutdown may be entering its second month with no clear end in sight, but one noble cannabis website has decided to lend a hand to some of the 800,000 furloughed federal workers who aren't getting paid—by offering them free medical weed for as long as the shutdown lasts.

Still miss Coach Junction Boy!

While I appreciate that he wasn't a COMBAT vet and you may question the vet classification in association with a war period from your stance, for veteran benefits purposes, here's what the VA says: https://www.benefits.va.gov/pension/wartimeperiod.asp FTA: Eligible Wartime Periods Under current law, VA recognizes the following wartime periods to determine eligibility for VA Pension benefits: Mexican Border Period (May 9, 1916 – April 5, 1917 for Veterans who served in Mexico, on its borders, or adjacent waters) World War I (April 6, 1917 – November 11, 1918) World War II (December 7, 1941 – December 31, 1946) Korean conflict (June 27, 1950 – January 31, 1955) Vietnam era (February 28, 1961 – May 7, 1975 for Veterans who served in the Republic of Vietnam during that period; otherwise August 5, 1964 – May 7, 1975) [my emphasis] Gulf War (August 2, 1990 – through a future date to be set by law or Presidential Proclamation) My father was stationed in Europe during his five-year stint in the US Air Force as a volunteer, from roughly 1960-1965. Never set foot in Vietnam. Upon his death, he received the following type of grave marker from the VA/National Cemetery Association that was placed on his burial site: which specifically listed his rank and states VIETNAM on the plaque. Whether folks want to call a Vietnam vet someone who saw combat duty, or was stationed in the theater, or "in the rear with the gear," or who was in the services somewhere on the planet during war-time at veteran, that's of their own choosing, but someone who served in the armed services is a veteran regardless of war-time or peace-time or "ceasefire" time or humanitarian aid time. Someone who served in the services during the designated periods are considered veterans of that war ... with the exceptions listed above such as the early part of Vietnam or the Mexican Border Period. I would hope that we'd all, especially those of us who have or have had service members, don't get caught up in playing "he's not really a vet." You can make the claim that he's not a combat vet, but he's a vet nonetheless. And by the limitations provided by the VA ... for example, you had to have been "in-country" to be counted as Vietnam vet from February 28, 1961 - August 4, 1964 or in the service, August 5, 1964 - May 7, 1975 ... they have already accounted for the fact that "in-country" isn't a requirement for classification of a Vietnam vet unless it was in the February 28, 1961 - August 4, 1964 period.

My kid probably had the best arm in the middle school and would have made a good quarterback and was downright mean as a linebacker, but I advised her not to play football.