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OK first of all, Waffle House is delicious. Yes I have a Blackstone as part of my arsenal on deck and I'm certain it gets used more than our kitchen range does. I cooked on it twice over the weekend. Range was used 0. There is NOTHING more entertaining/fascinating than going in an old school Waffle House where the grill is right behind the bar, and watching a guy/gal who's good on the grill ply their craft. I could literally do it for hours. Best I ever saw was at the Waffle House on Roswell Road in Marietta, GA. Dude was a magician. And yes I'm a redneck.

A non-direct consequence was seen a couple of times this season. My daughter is on the dance team for Jeff. For home games, she'd often stay after school and then we'd pick her up after the game. I told her to text us at the start of the 4th quarter and we'd come get her ... from that text, you've got 12 minutes to get to the school with the mercy rule. Used to be able to have time to grab a bite for dinner if you got there by the half and still have enough time to finish up and get over to the school for pickup. Depending on the opponent and the mercy rule, you may have to go fast food or skip the appetizers and get it to-go. 😉

Who are some of the teams to watch out for this fall? Out of the Summit City I think that team could be Carroll. They have many weapons returning from a team that beat Snider and lost to Dwenger by a touchdown. They could possibly be the best team north of Carmel. Will they be? Only time will tell as there are many other good programs who will have a say. I like the direction Valpo and Warsaw are heading in. Snider, Penn, Homestead, Jeff, and Merrillville will always be solid. Elkhart?

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"Well we are" is no answer and you know it. Why can't the likes of Israel, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan defend themselves? Pakistan has nuclear weapons, isn't that a sufficient enough deterrent?

Again - SF could most likely make an argument either way, and I do think the school overreacted in this case, but those darn snowflakes sure melt hard and loud.......over a 2009 video of all things...... The thing about good comedy is there is always a level of truth to it, no matter who it may offend, and today's youth are not prepared to handle much truth even if there is humor in it's presentation.....alas....

I guess Valpo and Dwenger could be considered, and deservedly so. My emphasis was more on the 6a level.

Luers 3rd and 6-11 yards, Jaylon's SR year, meant he went into the I backfield, they run stretch or power and it would be 1st down Knights and he would come right off the field.

We'll have to see how the high school free agency period goes and what players sign with new teams for 2020.

Trump Wants to Target Iranian Cultural Sites, Says His Tweets Shall Serve as Notice to Congress: https://reason.com/2020/01/06/trump-wants-to-target-iranian-cultural-sites-says-his-tweets-shall-serve-as-notice-to-congress/ Destruction of cultural heritage sites and artifacts is opposed by the U.N. Security Council. The council—of which the U.S. is a permanent member—in 2015 condemned "the destruction of cultural heritage in Iraq and Syria … whether such destruction is incidental or deliberate, including targeted destruction of religious sites and objects." And condemning destruction of cultural sites and objects goes much further back than that. As the Los Angeles Times points out, the Hague Convention of 1907 said "all necessary steps must be taken" to spare "buildings dedicated to religion, art, science, or charitable purposes, historic monuments, hospitals, and places where the sick and wounded are collected." And the Geneva Convention states that "any acts of hostility directed against the historic monuments, works of art or places of worship which constitute the cultural or spiritual heritage of peoples." Acts such as these are considered by many to be a war crime, and a lot of U.S. media has been condemning them as such, as have some Democratic politicians. "Targeting civilians and cultural sites is what terrorists do. It's a war crime," tweeted Sen. Chris Murphy (D–Conn.). "The President of the United States is threatening to commit war crimes on Twitter," said Rep. Ilhan Omar (D–Minn.). Trump also announced over the weekend that his tweets shall serve as official notice to Congress of his intent to engage in military action against Iran. "These Media Posts will serve as notification to the United States Congress that should Iran strike any U.S. person or target, the United States will quickly & fully strike back, & perhaps in a disproportionate manner," Trump tweeted on Sunday evening. Rep. Justin Amash (I–Mich.) says all that needs to be said on this one: But for the record, here's how the House Foreign Affairs Committee responded: Quippy principles from Democratic leaders ring hollow, however, when party members in Congress have repeatedly voted against measures to rein in presidential war powers or require more congressional oversight. Trump's dangerous Twitter tantrums come as Iranian people have been pouring out in mourning over Soleimani, ("for now, Iran is united—in anger at the United States," says The New York Times) and the Iraqi parliament has voted the U.S. military out. Owing to that last bit, Trump has started threatening Iraq again. "If they do ask us to leave, if we don't do it in a very friendly basis. We will charge them sanctions like they've never seen before ever. It'll make Iranian sanctions look somewhat tame," the president said. Meanwhile, it hasn't taken long for the administration's justification for murdering Soleimani to start unraveling. Trump and company initially insisted that Soleimani's death was necessary because he posed an "imminent" threat to American citizens and was planning an upcoming attack that would cost hundreds of U.S. lives. But a range of administration officials suggest that Trump's political image was the only thing under imminent threat. The option of attacking Soleimani had been floating around as a potential (but not optimal) plan for months. .... Trump the Dictator.

Get rid of the non-contact days at the beginning of the actual practice season. I hate going from limited contact in shoulder pads and helmets in your competition days during the summer to helmets only to start the season.

Tried to muster some outrage on behalf of Michigan. ... Failed.

😀 So when the point differential against a common opponent in the same tournament does not suit your point of view, reach for something else? hmmmmm 🙂

If you watch the Bears you constantly lower your standards.

Brownsburg and Avon to the MIC. And Laff Jeff, Decatur Central, Columbus East, and Columbus North to the HCC. That would be my 10 team proposal

Why I Don’t Trust Trump on Iran: https://mises.org/power-market/why-i-don’t-trust-trump-iran I have contacted my elected representative in the U.S. Congress and urged him to demand the return of US troops from the Middle East.

Thank you for the clarification. Do you, in your legal opinion, believe Mr. Underhill went too far in this case?

https://reason.com/2020/01/06/divided-appeals-panel-slaps-federal-judge-for-allowing-jury-nullification-defense/ An interesting story, and yet another example of the federal government abusing the interstate commerce clause to effectively terrorize individuals when state statutes are already sufficient.

UMass Amherst Removed a Professor for Showing a Downfall Hitler Parody Video: https://reason.com/2020/01/06/umass-amherst-downfall-video-lowry-accounting/ UMass Amherst is a public university, and punishing a professor for an attempt at humor raises some troubling First Amendment issues. The administration should correct course and reinstate Lowry. No one should be encouraging accounting professors to make their classes even more boring. ..... Agreed. Public universities are not "safe spaces" nor should they be.

And why has the U.S. engaged in these proxy war in Iran over the decades? What is their purpose? If it used to be oil then frankly that ship has sailed. The United State of America has been the world's largest producer of oil since 2018: https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.php?id=709&t=6 So Mr. Trump's solution to these 'festering' proxy wars is to assassinate certain Iranian officials then follow that up with a 'real' war?

FTA: I took Accounting 101 during my college years and let me you if such extra credit would have been available I would jumped on it.

https://jalopnik.com/classic-tractors-from-the-80s-are-becoming-popular-with-1840854969 Modern tractors are incredibly sophisticated and expensive machines, with lots of very advanced technologies for operation and control, but the fundamental mechanical design hasn’t changed all that dramatically since the 1980s. In much the same way that a 1966 Volkswagen Beetle can get your ass to and from work at generally the same sort of speeds as a 2019 Volkswagen Passat, on the exact same roads, using the same basic principles, a 40-year-old tractor does essentially the same job as a modern one, at a fraction of the cost, and with the ability to effect repairs without involving John Deere reps to come out with a USB key or enlisting the help of Ukranian hackers. What would be interesting is if one of John Deere’s competitors were to look at this and see an opportunity for lower-tech but still useful modern tractors, sold at a price well below what a modern, CPU-choked Deere goes for. Perhaps Mahindra & Mahindra or Case or one of the other big tractor makers will wise up? With less regulations than the automotive world, and with a significant portion of the potential market actively hostile to massive increases in tech, you’d think this could be a good idea. To be fair, though, I don’t know jack feces about farming. But I do know it’d drive me up the wall if I legally wasn’t allowed to repair a vehicle I owned. Yep, sometimes "modern technology" isn't all it's cracked up to be.