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https://babylonbee.com/news/cdc-people-dirt-clintons-843-greater-risk-suicide CDC: People With Dirt On Clintons Have 843% Greater Risk Of Suicide November 9th, 2017 ATLANTA, GA – According to a report from the Centers for Disease Control released on Thursday, people with inside, compromising knowledge of Bill and Hillary Clinton’s financial and political dealings are 843% more likely to commit suicide. “We’ve never seen a single risk factor cause a spike of this magnitude,” a CDC spokesperson told reporters. “Interestingly, in spite of their increased suicide risk, people with dirt on the Clintons rarely show any warning signs of suicide, and they never leave a suicide note.” Remarking about how abnormal it is, the spokesman again stressed the significance of the data. “Therefore, we advise any American with detrimental information about Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, or the Clinton Foundation to forget about it as quickly as possible to avoid a greatly increased probability of taking your own life,” he cautioned. “And—I swear—that’s all we know.”

This thread is about me, thou holier than thou admin/moderator. Now that @DK_Barons and @77Jimmie have welded the bleachers back together with bailing twin and chewing gum from the class of 1973, we can properly have a smack down. 1. Reitz = Gibson Southern south; Memorial yes; Castle no (Why is my niece now enrolled in her first year of kindergarten at Castle?!? Recruited into the gymnastics program, I believe.) Paradise no more? Fair weather fans, can you get enough Walmarts in and around Newburgh? Take an adventure and drive to the East Side Walmart at midnight on the 31st. Good times! 2. PAC ADs finally listened to what we were saying ... after 10 years (yes you can get to TGD archives using waybackmachine.com) ... as early as 2006-2008 some of us suggested splitting the PAC into an upper/lower tier or combining with the Big 8 @Bcaster and @DaveMosbey recall these discussions, I'm sure. 3. Stay humble, but don't get it mixed. @TW (wherever you are) has that Circle City Conference page on lockdown. It's the Cathedral kryptonite. Can't beat Cathedral at its own game? Divide and conquer starting at the CYO level. Boo yaa from the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (7-8 hours ahead of you, no apologies).

The rankings are just a way to drive web traffic. And the C&P preview of Castle required hip-waders to get through all the BS. Sounds like Coach Hurt was running Dale Carnegie seminars this summer... With the focus on D, does that mean there is no longer an assistant coach for "Offensive Quality Control" in Paradise?

Funny how?

This is funny, I don't care who you are! https://shop.donaldjtrump.com/products/fredo-unhinged-tee-1?_pos=1&_sid=f5705956a&_ss=r

https://www.pharostribune.com/sports/article_eb07d28c-9f6e-11e9-a578-3f61bdccf8b6.html With what he accomplished in building the football program at Pioneer, it was just a matter of time before Mike Johnson was inducted into the Indiana Football Hall of Fame as a coach. That became official last Saturday night, as the current Logansport coach was inducted during ceremonies held at Angie’s Catering & Cakes. Johnson’s high school coach at Wes-Del, Jerry Keesling, did the honors of inducting Johnson into the Hall of Fame. It was in 1985 during Johnson’s senior year of high school when Keesling told Johnson that he should be a coach. Johnson recalled the story during his speech. “There’s no way I would have been a football coach had it not been for Jerry Keesling. I was on my way to Ball State University and I was going to be an accountant, I was going to be a CPA and I was going to make a lot of money and I was going to live the good life,” Johnson said. “It was on the wrestling mat my senior year in high school, I had just done a three-step drop and then a five-step drop. He said, ‘How do you know that?’ And I said, ‘I’ve been watching the 9ers and I paid attention in practice.’ He said, ‘Why don’t you come back and coach our freshman football team?’ So actually at the age of 17, coach Keesling gave me my first coaching job. I actually graduated from high school at 17 years of age. I went to my first coaching clinic when I was still in high school and that was the Purdue clinic. Coach Keesling took me to the Purdue clinic with him and it changed my life. “So I came back and coached freshman football and within two years he made me the offensive coordinator. Even though I didn’t know anything about football, but he believed in me. I look back now and I think, I had no idea what I knew about football at that point in time after coaching for two years and he made me the offensive coordinator at the varsity level and that was it. I changed my major, went into education and said I wanted to coach football. So I blame you then Jerry for this.” Johnson was hired at Pioneer prior to the 1991 season. At that point, the Pioneer program, which was started in 1979, had won no conference or sectional titles. Johnson went 3-8, 2-8, 5-5, 2-7 and 3-7 in his first five seasons at Pioneer. His first winning season was when the Panthers went 6-3 in 1996. They then went 15-0 and won their first state championship in 1997. “For me that ’97 season was a remarkable club just because of how things developed and come quickly through the Pioneer ranks,” former radio broadcaster Mike Montgomery said during his remarks. “I came in in ’87, in ’88 they started talking Pioneer football, they were talking about getting rid of Pioneer football. That was a lot of the scuttlebutt that this wasn’t going to last, so they bring in this young guy. I think some were thinking this thing will be over in a few years. But little did they know, that ’97 season was a great run.” Twin Lakes football coach Scott Mannering, a Hall of Fame coach himself, recalled talking to the Pioneer principal at the time, George Hainje a Lewis Cass grad, about hiring Johnson. “He said, ‘We hired a kid, he’s right out of college. I don’t know if he knows anything but he can teach English so maybe he can read poetry to the boys,’” Mannering said. “But after that state championship year, one of my assistants and I called Mike, we wanted to learn the wing-T offense and if he’d be kind enough to work with us. He said, ‘Yeah come by my apartment.' He had an apartment across from Logansport Stadium there. In a couple hours, Scott Rouch was my assistant, he couldn’t take enough notes, the blocking rules, the practice drills, the organization was just incredible. I was amazed that you can furnish and decorate an apartment with 50 pizza boxes. He was focused, that was what he did.” Johnson said a turning point of the program occurred prior to his fourth season in 1994 when he hired Bob Brock as an assistant coach. “Sometimes everything just kind of aligns and at the time we needed Bob Brock at Pioneer to make our football program successful,” he said. “We were running an offense and figuring that out and we still hadn’t had any kind of defensive success whatsoever. Low and behold, he fell out of the sky and right into our lap, we had a guy who knew defense and could coach. It was perfect timing and the stars aligned and we got somebody who could teach me how to coach defense. He taught me how to script practice, he taught me how to stay organized in practice and he taught me how to stay on time in practice. Coach, we appreciate it. You’ll never know how valuable and influential you were for me as a coach.” During his remarks, Brock, a former principal at Pioneer, looked back fondly on his time coaching alongside Johnson. “In my opinion tonight is an overdue tribute to an excellent coach. There are some outstanding former players here and coaches,” Brock said. “I’m proud to have had the opportunity to coach alongside Mike. He’s a teacher, a mentor, a father figure. Mike has influenced hundreds of kids. They’re our most precious resource. I’m glad he’s in coaching. This is a man you want on your side, your son to play for. My three sons played for him, my daughter was a manager. “Congratulations Mike for this Indiana Football Hall of Fame honor. I’m proud of you and proud to call you my friend.” Johnson’s run of success at Pioneer was nothing short of remarkable. In 25 seasons, he compiled a 214-78 record and won eight sectional, four regional and two semistate championships and the state championship in 1997. He coached 16 Indiana North All-Stars, three Mr. Football finalists and one Mr. Football, Jack Kiser, whom he coached his freshman season in 2015. Johnson stunned many in November of 2015 when he announced that he was leaving Pioneer to accept a new challenge at Logansport. One of the reasons it was so surprising was the amount of talent he was leaving behind. Adam Berry knew he was stepping into a good situation when he was hired as the next Pioneer head coach. Berry has gone 44-1 in three seasons with the only loss coming in the 2016 state championship game. He has guided the Panthers to back-to-back state championships in Class A and they will compete in Class 2A the next two seasons due to the IHSAA’s success factor. “We’re very thankful for what coach Johnson has done for our program,” Berry said. “I’m very thankful that he left for Logansport so I could coach that Mr. Football for my first three seasons as head coach. Once again, I’m truly thankful for that. We wish him nothing but the best at Logansport, and we know just by seeing him in the summer with the guys that they’re starting to buy-in and they’re improving every year and we know he’s going to get that thing turned around.” Berry was the Panthers’ starting quarterback in 2004 and 2005 under Johnson. He went on to graduate from Ball State in 2010. He came back to Pioneer after college and coached the junior high program before becoming a varsity assistant for the 2014 and 2015 seasons. “I didn’t play football in college or anything, so all I knew is what coach Johnson knew or what he taught us. Obviously it has worked for Pioneer and us overall,” he said. Berry recalled growing up in the Pioneer system. “After that ’97 season, our grade really wanted to play football. We were interested and we wanted to play for coach Johnson. He helped spark that interest. He kept encouraging us to continue to play. He saw something special with us. We were never over .500 in youth league, but he kept coming to camps, helping us learn the game and helping us love the game. That’s what made us want to continue to play football. We ended up being pretty successful in high school." The wing-T is still the Panthers’ base offense, Berry added. “We really are fortunate because we might be that four- or five-wide, throwing the ball around and seeing the flashing lights and all the excitement,” he said. “The wing-T has been a staple for Pioneer. It starts with the youth league program. We teach the same stuff. He taught us the same stuff as youth league all the way through junior high all the way through high school. That’s what’s made our program really special. “In my high school years there were things we didn’t quite understand as players that now as coaches we do. In the stands on the sidelines we’d always hear people yell, ‘Turn the page.’ We heard them saying, “Turn the page,’ meaning throw the ball. I was the quarterback and I felt the same thing, I felt like we should throw the ball. You see my highlight film back in ’04, ’05, I completed every one of my passes on that highlight film, so I felt like we should throw it all the time. But really that’s what made us special and I’m the same way. If we can run the ball every single play we’re going to. If we don’t have to throw the ball and we can still gain yards, we’re going to be pretty successful.” Six other Hall of Fame coaches were in attendance, including Dave Land, who started the Wes-Del program, Mannering, former Delphi coach Vince Burpo, former Winamac coach Tim Roth, former Crown Point, Highland and Attica coach Brad Smith and current Sheridan coach Bud Wright, the state’s all-time winningest coach with 418 wins in 54 season. “I guess in order to get to the Hall of Fame you have to win some games and have to win some championships along the way,” Johnson said. “Although at one point in time I probably thought I could do that all by myself, that I was a good enough coach that I could be responsible for that and I could get in the Hall of Fame. I soon found out that you really can’t play football at a high level of success without great help, without great coaches and certainly without great and talented players to play the game at a successful level. “So I want to thank all the assistant coaches, the current assistant coaches and all the great players who have played for us over 28 years now.” Montgomery looks at the amount of success Pioneer football has had with astonishment. “Pioneer hasn’t had a losing season since 1995. That’s incredible, especially in single A football and it’s not a single A school where you’re able to recruit kids in. You’re using the kids that are in your area,” he said. “So not a losing season since ’95, and they haven’t had four losses in a season since 2001, in that season you lost in the semistate. They were 6-3 in the regular season and lost in the semistate that year. So I know the folks in Royal Center and Lucerne and those areas, you’ve been spoiled over the years. Since that year in 2001, they’ve lost no fewer than three games in an 18-year span. So that tells you what coach Johnson, and I know he thinks a lot of his assistant coaches, what they have done to a program that every single year for two decades going on three, have had that kind of success year in and year out, so you are commended.” Another local radio man, Milt Hess, is also astounded. “I went to a practice, it was during the state championship year, I was going to interview him to get a pregame show recorded,” Hess said. “I sat there and watched practice and there was 45 minutes at least in just that practice dedicated to just blocking, just teaching technique, footwork, positioning, schemes. And I had not seen that before. That was the importance of blocking. It may not seem like a big deal but from that team you have to realize, this team was outsized every time they took the field. They were smaller than every team they played that year. And so for them to know how to block and overcome their size differential, they had to know what to do, that was being taught. That impressed me on how he taught them to overcome their lack of size and turn it into an advantage, however they were really fast and really smart, but they knew what to do. “I think you have to go back to really recently where size has come into play at Pioneer. For many years they were outsized. So this blocking part really did impress me. “The other thing that impresses me is the youth league program. If you want to know why they’re winning state championships at the high school level, go watch their youth team play. It’s a miniature version of their high school team. My son played youth league football back when Logansport had four youth league teams and nobody wanted to play Pioneer because they were dominating. If you lost 7-0 in youth league football to Pioneer, that was a win. They were taught this. These players haven’t all of a sudden become good football players in high school. They’ve developed it.” In his first three seasons at Logansport, Johnson has went 2-8, 5-5 and 4-6 while also working in his day job as an advanced physical conditioning teacher at LHS, which has a state of the art weight room completed in 2016. “Coach [Don] Baldini and coach [Lee] Gaumer were two other inspirational guys. Now that I’m a part of Logansport football history with them, I have more respect for the influence they had in this community and on their players than ever before,” Johnson said. “As a matter of fact, we open each season and we play for the Baldini Trophy and we open with Peru and play in the state’s longest rivalry game, and we just wanted to let coach Baldini know that we always tell our kids we cannot be unsuccessful in this game because it bears our coach’s name. Coach Baldini, if you’ve never met him, is a great man and a great coach and is well respected in this community.” Johnson is currently the 13th winningest active coach in Indiana with 225 career wins. He said he plans to continue coaching long enough to coach his sons Joe, 7, and Jake, 5. He became emotional at the end of his speech. “The most important influences are right in this room, my brothers and sister,” he said. “It is an honor for me to become a member of the Indiana Football Hall of Fame. It’s an honor for me to get to coach the greatest sport ever played. There is great value in the game of football. The game has taken some hard knocks recently. There is a debate of whether or not we should even play. “I think we need football. Our young men need the game of football to challenge themselves physically, mentally, spiritually. Our young men need the game to learn to not only test themselves but learn how to become a member of a team. The game of football is a great way for them to learn that being a member of a team carries with it responsibilities and obligations more so than individual rights and entitlements. I hope to continue coaching long enough so that I can coach Joe and Jake Johnson and they can experience the same joys and learn the same lessons that we all did from football.”

Here’s a play that you see every once in a while, always controversial. There is now an approved IHSAA ruling on this play. All crews are required to handle this play as directed in the official interpretation. First, the play. With time running down in the 4th period, Team A leads 21-7, and has the ball on the B 14 yd. line. After a timeout the QB of A comes to the huddle and tells the Referee “we’re taking a knee.” The offense then lines up in “Victory” formation. At the snap, the QB fakes taking a knee and lofts a TD pass to A9 in the corner of the end zone. What would you do, if anything? The approved interpretation will follow after we have a few answers.

Everyone thinks that there is something wrong with the CIC and it needs all of this restructuring around football season. I guess the fact that Alexandria just won a state title in baseball or the success of the other sports, along with all of the girls sports means nothing. The CIC is very competitive as a conference across the board!! Not to mention that my Tigers might just surprise some people on the gridiron this year. In the future, I could see MG closing and splitting students between Alexandria, Elwood, Ole Miss, and Oak Hill. Crazy that Madison Grant is the biggest school district in the state (area wise) and it only has 1A numbers. It’s possible!

The only numbers that cause the wearer to be ineligible no matter where he lines up are 50-79.

Spineless move on the part of the Guerin AD.

I would say yes unless the team is moving up due to the success factor. Pioneer (last year's 1A champ) is in 2A this year and are ranked at #5 in the 2A poll. It will be interesting to see if they can stay there since they lost Kiser to graduation. He was a "once in a generation" type player you see at small schools. Saw him play 3 times. He was very impressive. I'd put him up there with the likes of Nick Zachery. It will be tough for Pioneer to find his replacement.

Ok. Snider it 1860, but not a 6a school by enrollment. That's why I mentioned 1200. Kudos to CE, they have a case for being the best program in the state, pound for pound, over the last decade and a half.

Like this @MuleDriver .... simply type @ before you start typing the members name and it will populate automatically. @WilELee - http://www.ihsaa.org/Portals/0/ihsaa/documents/quick resources/Enrollments & Classifications/football schools 19-20.pdf Warsaw is not the smallest 6A school by enrollment. Zionsville, Chesterton, Columbus North and Lafayette Jefferson are all "smaller" than Warsaw, although the bottom 8 schools of 6A are all within 200 students of each other.

The "stay up" points are only for those teams that were bumped up based on success points. The criteria starts with enrollment. Valpo dropped to 5A based on enrollment (and other success factor movements) first. They do not have the required 6 points over the past 2 seasons to force a move up in classification. Trust me, I would prefer Valpo stayed in 6A, but it is what it is.

Oh ...they dominated us! Just wondered how they would have saw it...no implications here.

A friend of mine sent me this picture. I was told the visitor bleachers are up and the concrete is likely being poured today. At latest next week. I have not seen the inside of the stadium so I can’t be for sure but it would seem to me, gold steps are the type of thing that would be completed towarss the end of the job.

Looking forward to the FC/Charlestown scrimmage. Two good teams. Interested to see how they look.

I lied. Option B. Got them confused.

lol oops oratorical!

Good Morning Hoosier Conference Been a long time!! Hope all is well in the land of Mixers, POWS, GIFs, Highlighted texts, and of course @CoachDurham and @foxbat the only 2 who have multiple Caddies!!! Any News or Notes to share? Westside: Rensselaer had a nice article in the Post Tribune this week. Look for a huge announcement on another thread later today regarding week 1 in land of WagonMasters West Lafayette: Their offseason saw 6'5 WR Truitt verbal to Miami, OH, QB Adams give his verbal to James Madison, a FCS MONSTER program in the playoff system, winning a National Title in 2016 and of course National recruit heading into his JR year, Yanni Karlaftis who will have choice of any program essentially in the nation. I believe they also had a slew of other players offered D2 this off season as well Twin Lakes: With WL getting sent to the land of Indy Parorchials, (did IHSAA think WL was private school?) for sectionals, Twin Lakes is left along with Benton Central to hang out in Lake County for tournament play. Could the Indians be the favorites come week 10? Lots of positive buzz up in my neck of the woods along the Crown Point Square on the off season of Calumet, so beware of the Warriors. Lafayette Central Catholic : Year 2 of Coach Nay system looks to improve from their 5-7 record last year, they have SOPH arm of Barrett who got alot of meaningful game time last year as just a freshman. LCC starts off with 3 non conference games against 3a Tri West, 3a Guerin and 3a Northwestern. LCC does not play a 1a school until week 10. EASTSIDE: Cass: Returns a BOAT LOAD of very talented skill position players in a mix of Wing T and Spread RPO action. They were tough out last year and will be again this year. Western: Power run game is back in Russiaville this year for Coach Stewart's version of the Gun Wing T. Panthers have JR OL ERB who is one physical specimen, and I am sure a whole lot more based on their off season weight room numbers posted!! Mercy!! Hamilton Heights: Year 2 of Coach Kirschner will see their "luck" change as they were devastated by injuries early last year, I will defer to my man @gonzoron on all things Heights, as long as I can keep him out of the OOB dungeon!! Tipton: @Fballfan15 was chilling over in the CIC threads already, studying up on their new sectional alignment, Welcome back to the NORTH Tipton, that southern hospitality isn't all that its cracked up to be, I am sure!! Sounds like a transition year for Blue Devils, based on amount of Soph/JR playing, but will vastly improved throughout the year. Though I believe just because your younger, if you have talent, it will show thru!! Northwestern: Coach Robison takes the reins for year 2 of his stint at NW, after a tough start last year losing their coach, he stepped up big time and you could see staple of his principles coming through as the season went on. NW has had a lot of coaching turnover last few years, but he is there to stay (lewis Cass grad) and I know he is very excited about the finish of the facilities!! Opposing teams, bring your ROKU on the road to NW this year, plug into their 75 inch flat screen TV's inside the locker room for Hudl Sideline halftime and or You Tube videos of Farming (that is our plan at least) Its great to be back Hoosier Conference!!!

Thanks @Coach Nowlin! At over 430 pages, this is the biggest book I've ever done. The book goes all the way back to 1894 and goes through the end of the 2018 season. It has conference standings, results, profiles for every current and former football-playing school in the area, county histories, championships, and so much more! FUN FACT: Did you know the first conference in the area was called the Big Four Athletic & Oratorial Association? It was founded in 1904 by Linton, Princeton, Vincennes & Washington high schools. Evansville High joined in 1905, but they kept the Big Four name. One hundred years later, the Big Eight would only have seven teams and now only has six in their final season. This information and more is in the book! Dan "Rudy" Engler

I would have had no problem with: 1. Instantly just punch the guy right in the nose. 2. Kept his mouth shut and kept walking. As it stands they both look like two middle schoolers yelling "come at me bro" Don't wrestle with pigs, you'll just get dirty, and the pig likes to be dirty.

RTCTV4 will have all games for Winamac, Pioneer, Caston, North Miami, Rochester, Tippy Valley, and Culver.

Agree. I think the best scenario for Snider is alternating back and forth from 5 to 6. Best of both worlds. On one hand they get to play other schools with similar population. On the other hand they get to rumble with the absolute best. That being said, if I had to make a choice, it would be 6a. Nothing better to me than watching the Panthers line up against giants like Carmel and Penn.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/13/media/chris-cuomo-racial-slur-video/index.html Chris Cuomo apologized after "Fredo" blow-up........ Should a Fredo apologize? Isn't their regret implied?

Tipton will probably never drop Elwood since they are our oldest rivalry. I have always said that I wish we played Kokomo as our other non conference game and it was talked about for a few years but never happened. I don’t mind playing MG though. The Hoosier conference is really tough so no need to load up your non conference schedule. This year will be good playing MG and Elwood with such a young, inexperienced team. We will be starting mostly Sophomores and Juniors. Next year with an experienced team, it would be nice to play someone such as Kokomo right off the bat. Also Tipton will not be going back to the CIC. If they ever leave the Hoosier, it will be to create another conference along with the Hoosier East teams(Cass, Western, Northwestern and Hamilton Heights).

Why do you have to bring me in to this? Lol. 🤦‍♂️.

Doesn't the Wing-T already have the only passing play they need............Waggle😆

Pick Ems: That old code we used is long gone Keep pick ems on Main Board here under various threads or create a PICK EMS CLUB, much like OOB where all the Pick ems would be placed and enjoyed. I kind of like the idea of Pick Ems in CLUB AREA: Not to clutter up the main boards. Be looking for that.

I love this conference. It's always interesting. Quality coaching and quality play.

So the late Mr. Epstein was arrested for the sexual abuse of children during those years when it was known that Mr. Clinton flew on Mr. Epstein's plane? No, Mr. Epstein was 'suicided' because he had dirt on Mr. Clinton and others, possibly even Mr. Trump. The Clinton have done it before. #clintonbodycount.

I have a feeling that something bad happened to him. He hasn’t posted on twitter since December 2017 either.

https://lasvegas.cbslocal.com/2016/08/10/the-list-of-clinton-associates-whove-died-mysteriously-check-it-out/ 47 - Jeffery Epstein.

https://reason.com/2019/08/13/if-youre-near-the-scene-of-a-crime-authorities-can-demand-that-google-hand-over-your-data/ The slippery slope of the police state continues unabated.

Not so, he was rearrested on July 6th. The court documents that show Trump on Pedo Plane were unsealed on August 9th. Pedo Boy gets the Trump Necktie on August 10th while being held by the DOJ headed by William Barr, an acknowledged Trump bootlicker and son of Pedo Boy boss at his first HIGH SCHOOL teaching job. Coincidence??? I think not!!!

Fakt News!

https://mises.org/wire/abolish-federal-death-penalty Is the Death Penalty Ever Warranted? I am not an anti-death-penalty absolutist. That is, in some cases where the testimony and physical evidence is overwhelming — and the crimes are particularly heinous — the death penalty could be warranted, at least in theory. But given police corruption, incompetent prosecutors, and an over-reliance on circumstantial evidence in court, a great many death-penalty cases are built on a pretty shaky foundation. Moreover, it is extremely likely thatinnocent people have been executed in the United States whether through errors, or through outright fraud on the part of government officials. In other words, the death penalty is serious business, and given that government bureaucrats can't even run the DMV or the VA competently, there's no reason to assume their criminal-justice skills are anything deserving of our unconditional trust. Nevertheless, it is conceivable that the death penalty could be justly applied in some cases. There's No Need for a Federal Death Penalty When examining the federal death penalty, however, it quickly becomes apparent that it is simply unnecessary — and should be completely abolished. State laws already address the need to prosecute violent criminals. Murder, rape, assault, and other violent crimes are already illegal in every state of the Union. If Smith murders Wilson in, say, Pennsylvania, Smith can be tried for murder under Pennsylvania law. This is true even if Smith employs bombs, airplanes, or other tools associated with international terrorism. There is no need for an extra layer of federal criminal justice. For example, Timothy McVeigh, who was convicted of the Oklahoma City bombing, was certainly eligible to be tried for murder under Oklahoma law. Those who perpetrated 9/11 were certainly eligible to be tried for murder under New York and Virginia laws. But McVeigh was tried for the federal crime of killing a federal agent. Zacarias Moussaoui was prosecuted in federal court for his role in the 9/11 attacks, specifically "conspiracy to murder United States employees," among other crimes. Although these sorts of killings are certainly illegal in the states where they occur, the federal government insists on having prerogatives to prosecute defendants under federal law also. This is often done to add an additional layer of possible prosecution, and so that defendants can be prosecuted more than once for the same crime. This is a violation of the Bill or Rights, of course (as explained by Justice Neil Gorsuch) but federal courts have looked the other way on this loophole for years. Besides, cases of terrorism or international crime rings are hardly what's behind most capital cases in federal court. We're not talking about Russian crime bosses or domestic supervillains. On the contrary, nearly all defendants in capital cases in federal court are brought to trial for run-of-the-mill crimes involving drug deals, bank robberies, or other acts that are already violations of state criminal statutes. Moreover, in some cases, federal prosecutors deliberately go against the wishes of local prosecutors. Lezmond Mitchell, for example, is a Navajo Indian who was convicted of murdering a Navajo woman and her granddaughter on Navajo land. He is now awaiting execution in a federal prison. But note the murders took place on Navajo land, and Navajo law does not allow the death penalty. Nonetheless, the federal government inserted itself into the case. According to an analysis by The Intercept: No one directly involved with the case who lived within 500 miles of the reservation demanded the death penalty. But then-US Attorney General John Ashcroft intervened to ensure the death penalty was on the table. Expanding Federal Powers The fact that a car theft had allowed the federal government to demand jurisdiction in the Mitchell case reflects a longtime strategy used by federal lawmakers to expand federal jurisdiction over time. By gradually adding more and more federal criminal offenses to the statute books, federal policymakers have made it possible for the federal government to insinuate iselfs into an ever growing number of crminal investigations. The US Constitution, meanwhile, only mentions three federal crimes: treason, piracy, and counterfeiting. Only piracy involves crimes that necessarily occur beyond the jurisdiction of state laws against violent crime. Counterfeiting, in contrast, is merely a type of fraud. And fraud is already illegal in every state. Treason is only a real problem if it involves violent acts against others — in which case it is already covered by state laws against violent crime. All other federal crimes beyond these three are based on tortured legal reasoning designed to do an end run around the Tenth Amendment. They're justified under the "necessary and proper" clause or the commerce clause. They are redundant and largely function to greatly expand federal intervention into each and every American community. Beyond piracy, the entire federal apparatus for criminal prosecutions ought to be abolished. But the federal death penalty is a good place to start. Agreed. The federal criminal justice 'system' is out of control.

We've Already Blown Past Last Year's Federal Budget Deficit: https://reason.com/2019/08/13/weve-already-blown-past-last-years-federal-budget-deficit/ This combined with this: Dow tumbles 600 points after bond market flashes a recession warning: https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/14/investing/dow-stock-market-today/index.html Good times ahead........................

Catholic snubbing towards Brebeuf now extended to athletic teams: https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/high-school/2019/08/14/brebeuf-jesuit-controversy-extends-girls-golf-cross-country-meets/2010928001/ Methinks the Archdiocese is putting the screws to Brebeuf where students, parents, and alumni will feel it the easiest, extracurricular athletics, in the hopes these groups will pressure the Jesuits to changes their ways and come back into the fold.