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http://www.sciotopost.com/corn-2018-vs-corn-2019-one-year-tells-tale/?fbclid=IwAR3x8OpDgh0kQHrRMML8BPEKw5d0lhZnOkUAAbY5rhy8Mr0iElsuOi1d0fY Corn 2018 vs Corn 2019 One Year Tells the Tale INDIANA – The two pictures you see are a year apart taken in the exact same location. “The Pictures speak volumes to the crisis American Farms are facing this spring,” said Katie Staton. Staton says her husband is 6’3″ and the corn last year was above his head, this year well most corn in the area is lucky to be out of the ground right now. The midwest is in a crisis some farmers didn’t even plant this year because of wet conditions, and farmers insurance does not cover bad crop years if planting doesn’t occur by a certain date. On Monday the U.S. Agriculture reported that Ohio had only planted 68% of its corn, Michigan and Indiana 84%. USDA reduced it expected yield this year to 13.68 billion bushels last year it was 14.3 billion. Corn is now trending to trade at its highest level since 2014. May 2018 to April 2019 was the wettest year for the United States According to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and we are expected more rain all this week. On June 6 President Trump signed a supplemental appropriations bill for disaster relief and aid for farmers for prevented planting. What will be the outcome? We may have to pay more at the pump this year and corn will be more pricey. If you see a farmer this year be kind they are under a lot of stress. OK - Houston, we have a problem........Probably Trump's fault......

Those tariffs "allowed domestic producers to raise prices, but falling demand for steel has blunted the benefit of the tariff in recent months," the Journal reported. Well - there's your problem right there......."allowed", not forced.......The tariffs didn't force the price increases, the manufacturers just got greedy.....

https://www.mediaite.com/news/chill-chill-chill-chill-congressional-hearing-explodes-as-witness-trashes-slavery-reparations-bill/ A congressional hearing erupted when Quillette writer Coleman Hughes trashed a bill to study slavery reparations as a “moral and political mistake,” forcing the chair of the hearing to tell the audience to “chill” several times. The House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties held a hearing Wednesday entitled “H.R. 40 and the Path to Restorative Justice,” at which witnesses testified about reparations for slavery. HR 40 is a bill which proposes a commission to study reparations. Hughes testified for the minority and delivered a lengthy opening statement against the bill in question. After noting that “nothing I’m about to say is meant to minimize the horror and brutality of slavery and Jim Crow” and that he considers “our failure to pay reparations directly to freed slaves after the civil war to be one of the greatest injustices ever perpetrated by the US government,” he went in on the bill for four solid minutes. The audience at the hearing booed Hughes after he said, “Black people don’t need another apology. We need safer neighborhoods and better schools. We need a less punitive criminal justice system. We need affordable health care. And none of these things can be achieved through reparations for slavery.” “Nearly everyone close to me told me not to testify today,” Hughes noted, adding, “They told me that even though I have only ever voted for Democrats, I would be perceived as Republican and therefore hated by half the country. Others told me that by distancing myself from Republicans, I would end up angering the other half of the country. And the sad truth is that they were both right. That’s how suspicious we have become. Of one another. That’s how divided we are. As a nation He went on to describe reparations as not just divisive, but an “insult” to “many black Americans by putting a price on the suffering of their ancestors, and we would turn the relationship between black Americans and white Americans from a coalition into a transaction.” Hughes went on to say that, “Reparations by definition are only given to victims, so the moment you give me reparations, you’ve made me into a victim without my consent. Not just that, you’ve made 1/3 of black Americans who poll against reparations into victims without their consent, and black Americans have fought too long for the right to define themselves to be spoken for in such a condescending manner.” “The question is not what America owes me by virtue of my ancestry, the question is what all Americans owe each other by virtue of being citizens of the same nation,” Hughes said. “And the obligation of citizenship is not transactional. It’s not contingent on ancestry. It never expires, and it can’t be paid off. For all these reasons, bill HR 40 is a moral and political mistake.” As the audience booed Hughes, subcommittee Chairman Steve Cohen banged the gavel and said “Chill, chill, chill, chill!” As the chamber quieted, Cohen added: “He was presumptive, but he still has a right to speak.” SF agreed with Mr. Hughes......watch the video - he makes an incredibly compelling argument.......watch the reactions of the people off the left side of the camera (his right shoulder) - not happy.......Comical is the juvenile response in a Congressional hearing room. Also comical is the Chair's attempt to restore order by banging his gavel and yelling "Chill, chill.." then categorizing the witness as "presumptive"......

Or show them the people in the other countries where things are a whole lot worse than they have it.

Whatever happened to a "teachable moment"? Correct the worker and go on. Maybe he/she will learn something.....

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jun/19/donald-trump-raises-record-248-million-one-day-he-/?fbclid=IwAR3U9akLeszhlnEQkQwJDZUK0SiH0Hq-JUZ-tpBbYUOzujZgqDXGhumabYo President Trump raised a record $24.8 million in less than 24 hours Tuesday as he officially kicked off his reelection campaign, officials said. The president’s one-day total is more than any Democratic presidential candidate raised in the entire first quarter. It’s also more than the top five polling Democrats raised, combined, in the first 24 hours of their campaign launches.... ....Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden received glowing media reports for raising a “record-breaking” $500,000 on Monday night in an event at the Manhattan townhouse of billionaire hedge fund manager Jim Chanos.

Economics 101: Profit = Revenue - Expenses Period, end of story.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/16/politics/buttigieg-response-officer-involved-shooting/index.html Perhaps now the real South Bend story will be told to the nation...... https://www.southbendtribune.com/news/publicsafety/fewer-crimes-reported-in-south-bend-but-shootings-linger-as/article_e6a6368d-5887-5131-8643-0dfdb21f278c.html

OK - so there is a member of the Women's Soccer team that is "protesting" in her own way, yet abiding by the rules of the US Soccer Federation, let's move on. Here's the crux of the matter - SF's first post in the thread may have been incorrect. According to the Wall Street Journal - Women's soccer ACTUALLY out-earned men's soccer. https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-womens-soccer-games-out-earned-mens-games-11560765600 PARIS—In the three years after the U.S. women’s soccer team won the 2015 World Cup, U.S. women’s games generated more total revenue than U.S. men’s games, according to audited financial reports from the U.S. Soccer Federation. The ability of the women’s team to generate gate revenues that equals or exceeds the men’s team is an important battleground in the U.S. women’s March 8 gender-discrimination lawsuit against the federation. In the suit, all 28 members of the U.S. women’s national team player pool allege U.S. Soccer has paid them less than the men’s team, along with denying them equal playing, training and travel conditions and promoting their games less. U.S. Soccer has made revenue generation a key part of its defense. In U.S. Soccer’s May 6 legal response to the suit, the federation said the men’s and women’s teams are separate organizations with separate collective-bargaining agreements. It said that any alleged pay differential between the men’s and women’s teams is “based on differences in the aggregate revenue generated by the different teams and/or any other factor other than sex.” But U.S. Soccer’s numbers show that while men’s games used to generate millions more than women’s games, in recent years the gap in revenue all but disappeared. From 2016-2018, women’s games generated about $50.8 million in revenue compared with $49.9 million for the men, according to U.S. soccer’s audited financial statements. In 2016, the year after the World Cup, the women generated $1.9 million more than the men. Game revenues are made up mostly of ticket sales. In the last two years, at least, the men’s tally includes appearance fees that opposing teams pay the U.S. for games. “The event revenue from the USWNT demonstrates the potential that can be realized when investment is made,” said Becca Roux, executive director of the U.S. women’s national team’s players association. “While there is still a long way to go, I applaud U.S. Soccer, their partners, and our partners for the new marketing initiatives over the past couple of years. I hope it serves as a case study and example for other federations around the world to emulate.” U.S. Soccer declined to comment. To be sure, ticket sales are only one revenue stream that the national teams help generate. U.S. Soccer brought in nearly $49 million in marketing and sponsorship revenue in 2018, nearly half of its $101 million operating revenue, according to federation records. Marketing and sponsorship revenue includes the sale of broadcast rights for U.S. Soccer games and sponsorships sold to Budweiser, Nike and others. That being the case - SF sees the point of the women's fight here. If they are contributing same or even more revenue than the men's squad, then absolutely SF can agree they should be paid as well.

https://dailycaller.com/2019/06/13/mayor-pete-buttigieg-playboy-2020/ PETE BUTTIGIEG TO BE FEATURED IN NEXT EDITION OF PLAYBOY

SF doesn't sing the National Anthem either - My protest is that my public education wasn't sufficient enough to give me the pipes to be able to even sound close to the proper tune, even (when I did sing) getting dirty looks from the other members of the crowd I was in.......So in protest I just mouth the words......I sound better that way, Mrs. SF approves......

Literally cannot roll my eyes any deeper Muda....Again - her actions on the field are not political in my eyes, nor do I really care. She stood during the anthem - good for her. And yes - she did use her freedom of speech in May to make her political point surrounding her observance of the National Anthem during the World Cup. Again - no big deal - her choice. My point is cater to and attempt to build your market if you want to expand your marketshare. Besides - who is saying she isn't catering to her market, maybe she is?

https://abcnews.go.com/US/dozens-officers-injured-rowdy-protesters-man-shot-dead/story?id=63682056 A man who was killed by U.S. Marshals in Tennessee on Wednesday night, which sparked protests that injured dozens of police officers and sheriff's deputies, was wanted for stealing a car and shooting a man in Mississippi, authorities said. U.S. Marshals were in Memphis to carry out arrest warrants issued out of Hernando, Mississippi, for aggravated assault, conspiracy and armed robbery, DeSoto County District Attorney General John Champion told reporters at a news conference Thursday afternoon. The victim of the shooting in Mississippi had placed an ad on Facebook for a vehicle and had been negotiating with the man who was killed by authorities in Memphis, identified as 20-year-old Brandon Webber. On June 3, Webber traveled to Hernando where he and the victim took the car for a test drive, Champion said. Webber then allegedly told the victim that he wanted to see what the car could do, and after the victim got out of the car, Webber shot him five times, Champion said. The victim is alive but is still in the hospital. Warrants were issued for Webber's arrest by the Hernando Police Department on June 8. Officers with the U.S. Marshals Service attempted to stop Webber as he was getting into the vehicle outside a home in the Frayser area of north Memphis on Wednesday night. He allegedly rammed the car multiple times into the officers' vehicles and then got out holding a weapon. The officers fired at Webber, killing him, according to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, which is investigating the shooting. No officers were injured in the incident. TBI said the investigation remains active and ongoing and it will share its findings with the district attorney general. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7137479/Violent-street-clashes-erupt-Memphis-marshals-kill-suspect.html Webber had been wanted in a June 3 shooting that happened during a car theft about 25 miles south of Memphis in Hernando, Mississippi. He shot his victim five times at point blank range after Webber took the car on a test drive and then drove off in the stolen vehicle, according to DeSoto County, Mississippi, District Attorney John Champion. The victim remains hospitalized but is expected to survive. A second suspect in the June 3 attack remains at large. Police said they believe the second suspect drove Webber to the location where he met the man selling his car, but was not present for the shooting itself. 'This was a violent felon who did not obviously want to go to jail. And (the marshals) ended up, from my knowledge, doing what they had to do up there, not only to protect themselves but protect other people in the neighborhood,' Champion said. 'He wasn't a bad guy,' the elder Webber told Reuters of his son. 'He wasn't even living long enough to be a bad guy.' He said his son had sold marijuana but was not a drug dealer. Webber was described by those who knew him as an honors student who graduated from Memphis Central High School in 2017 and was enrolled at the University of Memphis. He had two young children of his own, a 2-year-old boy and a newborn daughter, and was expecting a second daughter soon. His girlfriend Alorea Hardwick, who is the mother of his toddler son, was in labor when Webber was killed. They had been expecting a baby girl but it is not yet clear if she has given birth. She filmed an emotional Facebook Live video of her crying in her hospital bed after hearing the news of Webber's death. Webber and Hardwick had hosted a baby shower on June 1 at the home where he was killed. In the hours after his death, friends flooded Webber's Facebook page with messages of love, grief, disbelief and outrage at the authorities responsible for his death. Well - OK then......Still police brutality? Maybe ought to ask that guy he shot 5 times what he thinks...... Thankfully no new uprisings, but Memphis police are still on high alert.......

I agree Muda, the simple action is not a political statement at least she stands - So we should just overlook her saying "My national anthem protests are an ‘F you’ to Trump administration" last month? https://nypost.com/2019/05/14/megan-rapinoe-my-national-anthem-protests-are-an-f-you-to-trump-administration/

Another word for "getting political". I came and paid to watch you play a game or enjoy your acting, or listen to you sing, not spout off about politics - do that on your own time. OK, I get and can possibly even agree with the premise of removing the national anthem from amateur sports and even professional. But when the league that pays your salary makes it a requirement, I think you should comply. Again - you want to have a "national anthem" argument, start a thread. Back to the thread - the gals demanding equal to men pay to play soccer need to focus on ways to increase their audience to the size of the men's league.

SF never said he was offended - Again Muda, SF couldn't give a rat"s patooty about Rapinoe versus Trump moment in the wide scheme of things. Like you I think it's overdone by the media, and is her choice just like it was Kapernick's choice. If a professional athlete or other celebrity figure chooses to venture beyond their profession where they are at the top of their game(s) then so be it. I don't go to a football game or concert to be reminded of something controversial, I go to see a performance. And if I am not happy, I'm not going to prance around declaring "I'm so offended", I just won't spend my money next time...... Look this whole thread started because I supported the ladies team's right to go over the top and celebrate, but not the demands for "equal pay". It had nothing to do with Ms. Rapinoe and the national anthem....