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https://fortwaynesnbc.com/2020/06/06/fwpd-officer-james-payne-shares-message-of-peace/ Let's all take a breath of air, and appreciate that we all need one another....always! I don't like "exposure" that much on forums, but I think that perhaps I am past that now. I hope for peace, understanding, love and a full academic and sports year in 2020-2021.

I don’t need to- I just need to have people like you buy gold.

im not as forgettable as I wish I was.

I do think they need to find a few other schools. Carroll and Delphi make a lot of sense... Huge problem is.. When Frontier, Tri County, South Newton, West Central and North White are bad.. They are horrendous. Its one of the big reasons why Winamac and Pioneer left.

Dayton Town Council president drives lawn tractor over former council member's foot after argument: https://www.jconline.com/story/news/local/lafayette/2020/06/10/dayton-council-president-drives-over-former-council-members-foot-after-dispute/5336567002/ Good stuff.

Nope just Drunk (perhaps)..gonna leave the other part to others...😆

I remember playing at Hanover College and losing on average 12 lbs each practice. I was a d-lineman and sweat a lot, but still players have to consume a lot of water!

Nope; my pension is funded in part by a Net Proceeds of Minerals tax, which applies primarily to gold mines.

Nice Flip for Purdue: Not sure if he sticks at QB, but sounds like they will give him every opportunity I wonder if that means McCulley is known to be announcing somewhere soon that is not Purdue. Either way, always nice to flip a 4 star from another B10 Team https://www.si.com/college/purdue/recruiting/naperville-qb-sam-jackson-commits-purdue

Try serving on a church board......that runs a daycare......Geez.....the longest 4 years of my life.......and my wife's......she was the treasurer.......

Noted. But standings always do cascade. Although it’s SN’s turn at the bottom now, they’ll start winning eventually while some other team, such as NN or TC might find a hard time winning, And with Pioneer and Winamac bolting, I think it had to do with geography as well as wins and losses.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/11/us/seattle-autonomous-zone.html Free Food, Free Speech and Free of Police: Inside Seattle’s ‘Autonomous Zone’ President Trump challenged Seattle’s mayor to “take back your city” after police vacated a precinct and protesters laid claim to the neighborhood around it. By Mike Baker June 11, 2020Updated 8:48 a.m. ET SEATTLE — On the streets next to a police precinct in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood, protesters and officers spent a week locked in a nightly cycle of standoffs, at times ending with clouds of tear gas. But facing a growing backlash over its dispersal tactics in the aftermath of George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis, the Seattle Police Department this week offered a concession: Officers would abandon their precinct, board up the windows and let the protesters have free rein outside. In a neighborhood that is the heart of the city’s art and culture — threatened these days as rising tech wealth brings in gentrification — protesters seized the moment. They reversed the barricades to shield the liberated streets and laid claim to several city blocks, now known as the “Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone.” “This space is now property of the Seattle people,” read a banner on the front entrance of the now-empty police station. The entire area was now a homeland for racial justice — and, depending on the protester one talked to, perhaps something more. What has emerged is an experiment in life without the police — part street festival, part commune. Hundreds have gathered to hear speeches, poetry and music. On Tuesday night, dozens of people sat in the middle of an intersection to watch “13th,” the Ava DuVernay film about the criminal justice system’s impact on African-Americans. On Wednesday, children made chalk drawings in the middle of the street. One block had a designated smoking area. Another had a medic station. At the “No Cop Co-op,” people could pick up a free LaCroix sparkling water or a snack. No currency was accepted, but across the street, in a nod to capitalism, a bustling stand was selling $6 hot dogs. It was dealing in U.S. dollars. On Wednesday night, President Trump tried to portray the scenes in the city as something more sinister. He called for government leaders to crack down on the protesters, declaring on Twitter that “Domestic Terrorists have taken over Seattle.” “Take back your city NOW,” Mr. Trump wrote in a tweet directed at Mayor Jenny Durkan and Gov. Jay Inslee. “If you don’t do it, I will. This is not a game.” Ms. Durkan responded with a tweet of her own: “Make us all safe. Go back to your bunker.” The protest zone has increasingly functioned with the tacit blessing of the city. Harold Scoggins, the fire chief, was there on Wednesday, chatting with protesters, helping set up a call with the police department and making sure the area had portable toilets and sanitation services. “I have no idea where we’re headed,” Mr. Scoggins said in an interview. “We’ve been working step by step on how to build a relationship, build trust in small things, so we can figure this out together.” The demonstrators have also been trying to figure it out, with various factions voicing different priorities. A list of three demands was posted prominently on a wall: One, defund the police department; two, fund community health; and three, drop all criminal charges against protesters. But on a nearby fence, there was a list of five demands. Online was a list of 30. While Mr. Floyd’s death in Minneapolis drove most of the energy in the streets toward ending police violence and racial injustice, some of those here in recent days have pushed for a wider focus. Some of the messages mirror the 2011 Occupy movement and seemed aimed at targeting corporate America for its role in social inequities. “The more we encourage and focus on the race thing, the greater our attention is not focusing on the fact that this is class warfare,” said a 28-year-old protester and self-described anarchist who identified himself only by his first name, Fredrix. On Tuesday night, Kshama Sawant, a City Council member affiliated with the Socialist Alternative Party, led protesters down to City Hall, holding a gathering inside the building in which she promoted her plan to tax Amazon, which is headquartered in the city. But some of those who mobilized here over race and policing have begun to worry that these broader priorities could cloud the agenda at a time when vital progress for African-Americans seemed within reach. “We should focus on just this one thing first,” said Moe’Neyah Dene Holland, 19, a Black Lives Matter activist. “The other things can follow suit. Because honestly, black men are dying and this is the thing we should be focusing on.” The city prepared for the possibility that the street demonstrations could linger. On Wednesday, a team from the Seattle Department of Transportation came through and hoped to remove some of the orange barriers — including one marked with the message “People’s Republic of Capitol Hill — and replace them with planter boxes filled with coral bells and other plants to give the new pedestrian zone an air of permanence. But when the crews went to remove the barriers, some of the protesters objected. The crew stood down, and Rodney Maxie, a “This is good practice for the 9.0 earthquake,” he told his team. The protesters also had differing opinions about how long the autonomous zone would last. Some wondered if the police department would try to reclaim the territory. Others said they expected the barriers to be up for weeks, until state and city leaders had done enough to meet their demands. John Moore, 23, said he hoped to see the autonomous zone become legally recognized. Mr. Moore wore a stethoscope and paramedic apparel in a makeshift health center set up on the patio of a taco restaurant. The medic team was looking for a more permanent space to provide health services, and Mr. Moore said they had dozens of people with a range of qualifications, from C.P.R. certifications to experience in a Level 1 trauma center. Mr. Moore said the experiment in a place without police could work. “We are trying to prove through action and practice that we don’t need them and we can fulfill the community’s needs without them,” he said. "We can do this on our own, free water, free food, free this, free that........but we need the FD and others to help us with the sanitation issues, and stuff.......But WE CAN DO THIS!! Anarchy - YAY!!! SF feels this is not going to end well........

Yeah, you have. But as you usual you say it out of the side of your mouth. It is clear by your comments to Howe that regarding the understanding and impact of racism on racial minorities you believe your views are personally superior to his.

I think I saw it in the Pulaski Hook Times.

I have no doubt that I know more than you. You pretend to be the GID authority among white people on the subject, however, a Trump supporter has more personal experience and has spent more time around more black people than any white liberal on this forum. It isn't even close.

First he came after Elmo and I was......wait a minute, I'm not gonna be silent. Gonzo might be next! Tucker Rages at Elmo and ‘Sesame Street’ Over George Floyd Special https://www.yahoo.com/news/tucker-rages-elmo-sesame-street-020821602.html

Then you don’t know nearly as much as you believe you know about racism.

Got no opinion on this....but I am a fan of Radtke....coaches truly do matter. Despite this Coronavirus nightmare, my wonderful Aunt from Connersville has a brain tumor (a terminal one). In the sad course of that (my Aunt is an incredible woman for the record), my cousin’s husband reminded me that Connersville wasn’t always a pushover....they had this coach many years ago named Russ Radtke....and they WON. Connersville NEVER wins (though one of the bigger schools within 40 miles there for 50 years) going back as far as my old days. Radtke won there. No one has since (or before). Gotta be honest. Radtke is a special dude. In general, measuring the relative loyalty or honor of high school’s versus coach’s is a draw at best. There are no innocents. Radtke is a rare commodity. He’s earned the right to do whatever the Hell he wants.

West Central administration wised up and realized they were in over their heads and did what was best for ALL their sports teams. Caston would be very wise to follow. They have no business in this conference.

You’re wrong

“I have a black friend “

If there weren't vast personal ties attached to his decision, I would agree with you, but I can't fault a man for following his family, especially in the latter parts of his career. Some career opportunities come up only once and a person has to take advantage and not struggle with "what-ifs" for the rest of their life. This gives Coach H the chance to reunite with his Warrior family and gives him a short drive from home. Radtke can now be closer to his family as well. It also beefs up the HNAC into a potential small school powerhouse conference, with Pioneer, LaVille, Knox, Winamac, and North Judson all looking to have some strong teams in the upcoming years. The HNAC is looking to be a slugfest at the top.

gonzoron knows a lot more than most white people of any political persuasion about how black people view other blacks and how they view themselves.

well, I think you know what Western and Rensselaer wants to do with their style of offense, throwing is the least of my concern!! 😂

My better half is a Hamilton Heights Huskie alum. I'm pulling for Kirschner to turn it around this year. He's a good guy. I don't know what's happened up in Cicero/Arcadia/Atlanta. They were turning into a juggernaut under Street and the bottom just completely fell out. Not sure if they're going through a down-cycle with talent or injuries are piling up. Just doesn't seem right to see Heights on the losing end of seasons. Their teams of the recent past would have a decent number of guys good enough to start for neighboring Hoosier Crossroads teams. Of course, what's most important in the Hoosier Conference this year is for Yanni to be injury free on his way to Purdue. 😉

Hmm. In the future I'll try and see that I purchase only non-Nevada sourced gold.

Calling me a liar is the best you can do? What is the foundation of your vast knowledge? The fact that you claim black people cannot be racist is evidence that you have not spent much time around black people.

I married a black woman in the early 90's. She is an attorney and has been black her entire life. Her opinion is black people are the most racist of all people in America. I have asked dozens of black people the same question and every one of them has said the same. Rasmussen conducted a poll in which blacks, whites and Hispanics were asked which race is the most racist. A majority of white people said blacks A majority of Hispanics said blacks A majority of blacks said blacks More Americans View Blacks As Racist Than Whites, Hispanics https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/lifestyle/general_lifestyle/july_2013/more_americans_view_blacks_as_racist_than_whites_hispanics Americans consider blacks more likely to be racist than whites and Hispanics in this country. Thirty-seven percent (37%) of American Adults think most black Americans are racist, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. Just 15% consider most white Americans racist, while 18% say the same of most Hispanic Americans. There is a huge ideological difference on this topic. Among conservative Americans, 49% consider most blacks racist, and only 12% see most whites that way. Among liberal voters, 27% see most white Americans as racist, and 21% say the same about black Americans. From a partisan perspective, 49% of Republicans see most black Americans as racist, along with 36% of unaffiliated adults and 29% of Democrats. Among black Americans, 31% think most blacks are racist, while 24% consider most whites racist and 15% view most Hispanics that way. Among white adults, 10% think most white Americans are racist; 38% believe most blacks are racist, and 17% say most Hispanics are racist. Overall, just 30% of all Americans now rate race relations in the United States as good or excellent. Fourteen percent (14%) describe them as poor. Twenty-nine percent (29%) think race relations are getting better, while 32% believe they are getting worse. Thirty-five percent (35%) feel they are staying about the same. These figures reflect more pessimism than was found in April when 42% gave race relations positive marks and 39% said race relations were improving. However, the April number reflected all-time highs while the current numbers are more consistent with the general attitudes of recent years. (Want a free daily e-mail update? If it's in the news, it's in our polls). Rasmussen Reports updates are also available on Twitter or Facebook. The survey of 1,000 Adults was conducted on July 1-2, 2013 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology. The U.S. Supreme Court recently killed a key portion of the Voting Rights Act as unconstitutional and sent a lawsuit challenging the University of Texas’ use of race as a factor in admissions back to the appellate court level for further review. Most Americans believe affirmative action admissions policies discriminate against whites, as the lawsuit argues, and think it’s better for colleges and universities to accept the most qualified students.

Alarming Study Finds US Public Pensions To Run Out Of Money By 2028 https://www.zerohedge.com/economics/us-public-pensions-run-out-money-2028-finds-alarming-new-study All of this also suggests increasing heavy reliance on Social Security for retirement - nothing new - but further alarming given all three legs of the "stool" - including private pensions and individual savings, are now at huge risk. So how much of your hard earned money are you willing to pony up to keep these public section pensions solvent?

So having children is now a prerequisite for learning about racism?

I have, a little. Have you?

Yep, more mealy-mouthed gobbledygook and personal superiority nonsense. That chip on your shoulder must really weigh you down.

The New York Times Says Tom Cotton's Essay 'Fell Short of Our Standards.' What Standards? https://reason.com/2020/06/10/the-new-york-times-says-tom-cottons-essay-fell-short-of-our-standards-what-standards/ Healy again on a Friedman column from the following year: More (so much more!) on Friedman from Matt Welch here. The Times also says Cotton's essay included "allegations" about the role of left-wing activists in violent protests that "have not been substantiated and have been widely questioned." What about the claim, frequently made in the Times opinion section, that arbitrarily defined "assault weapons" are uniquely suited to mass murder and have no legitimate uses? Surely those assertions qualify as allegations that "have not been substantiated and have been widely questioned." The merits of banning so-called assault weapons may be too timely an issue for the Times to clearly see the erroneous factual assumptions underlying such laws. What about stuff that happened more than a century ago? Katherine Stewart claimed in a 2017 Times op-ed piece that "attacks on 'government schools'…have their roots in American slavery, Jim Crow-era segregation, anti-Catholic sentiment and a particular form of Christian fundamentalism." To support that claim, Stewart offered an 1887 quotation from "Presbyterian theologian A.A. Hodge." But as Jesse Walker noted here, Hodge was not opposed to government schools, and he was not expressing anti-Catholic sentiment. Walker added that, contrary to Stewart's thesis that the rhetoric she decried can be traced to supporters of slavery and segregation, the abolitionist Gerrit Smith "used the phrase 'governmental schools' sneeringly," and "he did it in 1858, three decades before the lecture that Stewart called 'one of the first usages of the phrase 'government schools.'" Then there was Kristen Ghodsee's risible claim in a 2017 Times op-ed piece (later expanded into a book) that "women had better sex under socialism." Cathy Young, who described Ghodsee's original essay as "one of the most mercilessly mocked New York Times op-eds of recent memory," spoke from experience in debunking her thesis: "As someone who lived in the Soviet Union until emigrating as a teen in 1980, I can say that Ghodsee must have a truly enormous pair of rose-colored glasses." Finally, the Times says Cotton's "assertion that police officers 'bore the brunt' of the violence [by rioters] is an overstatement that should have been challenged." If the Times is keen to avoid overstatement on its opinion page, what are we to make of legal columnist Linda Greenhouse's assertion that a unanimous Supreme Court defeat for the Obama administration in a 2014 cases involving recess appointments was actually "a major victory for the president…by any objective view"? Or columnist Nicholas Kristof's unsubstantiated 2015 claim that "some 100,000 minors are trafficked into the sex trade each year in America," which echoed similarly dubious guesstimates? Or the 2019 op-ed piece in which former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and anti-smoking activist Matthew Myers averred that the e-cigarette flavors overwhelmingly preferred by adults are clearly designed for children, then falsely implied that vaping-related lung injuries were caused by products like Juul? At the risk of making an unsubstantiated allegation and speaking hyperbolically with unnecessary harshness, I am going to suggest that the Times does not really care about its alleged "standards," except when they help rationalize a decision it has already made for other reasons. More charitably, the paper's editors are simply blind to violations of these rules when they are committed by writers whose conclusions they like. The NYT and what's left of the other major newspapers are in a quandary. The old print advertising model they employed for decades no longer works, so a larger and larger portion of their income now comes from individuals purchasing subscriptions and reading the paper online. So in order to grow and maintain this subscription model they have to kowtow more and more to the political leanings of those subscribers. Advertising is a politically risk-adverse industry and under the old model most advertisers wanted the paper to "play it safe" in order to satisfy the vast majority of the readership. After all the companies paying for the advertisers don't want feedback like "I now refuse to purchase products made by Company A because of that horrible op-ed published in the NYT. Company A must support that position!"

Seattle Protesters Establish 'Autonomous Zone' Outside Evacuated Police Precinct https://reason.com/2020/06/10/seattle-protesters-establish-autonomous-zone-outside-evacuated-police-precinct/ The SPD's announcement said that the precinct would continue to be staffed. However, pictures from the scene show the building totally boarded up and heavily graffitied, and the Capitol Hill Seattle Blog—a neighborhood news website—says that the building is empty. That Monday night, in the absence of a police presence, protestors formed what's now being called the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone (CHAZ). Reassembled barricades went up around the new zone, with some featuring signs welcoming people to "Free Capitol Hill." The Seattle Times reports that tents have started to go up in the CHAZ and that folks are hoping to turn the boarded-up cop shop into a community center. The first night of the autonomous zone reportedly saw some speeches from demonstrators and an appearance by socialist Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant, who sparred with some protesters about how much to cut the SPD's budget. A few assembled demonstrators reportedly demanded a 100 percent defunding of the police. Sawant, reports The Stranger, said that that was infeasible under capitalism, and touted her own plan to cut the department's budget by 50 percent. A news crew from the local Fox affiliate was reportedly chased out of the zone by some demonstrators. Tuesday saw more activity in the zone, with more barricades going up, and some businesses in the area opening up to offer water, bathroom facilities, and food to demonstrators. That night, Sawant led a crowd from the CHAZ to Seattle city hall for an hour-long protest inside the building, where people chanted and demanded the resignation of Durkan and the defunding of the police. The City Hall occupation, reports Capitol Hill Seattle Blog, saw more fights between Sawant and some demonstrators wary of her coopting of their movement. The councilmember touted her plan to tax Amazon. Another speaker countered that the focus should remain on racial justice issues. Afterward, protesters returned to the CHAZ for a screening of the documentary 13th. The zone has attracted national and critical attention. Sen. Ted Cruz (R–Texas) tweeted about how the situation was "endangering people's lives." Yet so far the zone appears neither as lawless as conservatives fear nor as autonomous as some of its occupants might like. The city's Fire Department says it has committed more staff to cover the area. Other city departments have been on-site to clear away trash and empty dumpsters. SPD says it will still answer 911 calls in the area. With the situation on the ground in flux, it's impossible to know where the CHAZ is headed. While the movement behind the zone can't be described as libertarian (a Medium essay purporting to be a list demands from the Free Capitol folks includes calls for both police abolition and rent control), it is still vaguely encouraging to see people try to set up their own self-governing enclave in the vacuum left by the police's withdrawal. Anarchy!?

Hmmm, is that some kind of implied threat?

Thank you for the info, sorry about that.

Agreed. What will they do when these local business stop giving them free stuff? Will they demand the state give it to them for free?

Wizards Of The Coast Bans 7 Racist Magic: The Gathering Cards https://kotaku.com/wizards-of-the-coast-bans-7-racist-magic-the-gathering-1843987502 At first I thought this was a Onion article or something. Good grief. Just people looking for something to the offended by.

Yes, legalized theft along with wealth distribution.

https://scholarship.law.duke.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1812&context=lcp https://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/is-there-right-social-security https://tenthamendmentcenter.com/2010/08/13/is-social-security-constitutional/

And far more than you ever paid in.