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Biden's Inauguration Was Small and Quiet. Good.: https://reason.com/2021/01/20/bidens-inauguration-was-small-and-quiet-good/

Iran, here we come!: https://apnews.com/article/middle-east-iraq-baghdad-d138cf4f0b9bf91221e959ea4d923128 The first chance for Mr. Biden to the nation how "strong" he is?

Anymore the first and primary duty of the vast majority of U.S. Congressmen is to get re-elected. It is simply power for power's sake. The entire body, House and Senate, is dysfunctional.

Here we go: https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-inauguration-a01d1ffa7862661914cb92b22e359854 Congress needs to reign in the power of the executive order. It has made the POTUS a de-facto King. And it needs to stop.

https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/nfl/colts/2021/01/20/colts-news-quarterback-philip-rivers-retires/4227429001/ I like this part of Mr. River's "retirement":

Yep. Colts need to enter the Watson sweepstakes along with Chicago.

Not always. Not if the birth rate doesn't keep up with the death rate. Case in point: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/24/world/asia/japan-birthrate-shrink.html#:~:text=Japan has 512%2C000 fewer people,of Japan's increasing demographic challenges.

Ultra-Woke Illinois Mandates Are Top Threat to U.S. Education https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/ultra-woke-illinois-mandates-are-top-threat-to-u-s-education/ Agreed. This sad push in Illinois is just another example of the evils of government education, in the end it becomes nothing more than a political football, with one side or the other vying for the right to use the power of the state to indoctrinate our young people. And if this take a foothold across the entire state of Illinois, watch out Indiana.

Here are you beginnings of a U.S. "Social Credit Score", where certain goods and services may be denied to you based on your political leanings: https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/capitol-siege-businesses-political-donations-1.5868390 This is an awful slippery slope...................

What are the socioeconomic differences between the New Haven government school geographic boundaries and the East Noble government school geographic boundaries? That could be part of the puzzle.

https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/high-school/2021/01/18/ihsaa-moves-boys-basketball-state-finals-april/4204989001/

Why the Covid Shutdowns of Public Schools Are Driving So Many to Homeschooling https://mises.org/wire/why-covid-shutdowns-public-schools-are-driving-so-many-homeschooling

We Could Be Vaccinating Twice as Fast. The Government Won't Allow It.: https://reason.com/video/2021/01/16/we-could-be-vaccinating-twice-as-fast-the-government-wont-allow-it/ As usual government is just part of the problem, not the solution. And as one of the comments to this stored states:

Yep. Sue me.

Is there someway that neither The Bucs or the Packers win and by some longstanding but never used NFL bylaw the Saints get to go to the Super Bowl?

Exactly, thank you for the example. Hideous.

I don't mind if a high school decides to change it's colors, but what does bug me is this move to more 'accent' type colors in athletic uniforms. For example you have a school whose colors are Blue and White, full stop. Why do you have some uniforms with a significant amount of black or gray in them? Because it looks cool? Black, grey, and red seems to be the big offenders here.

Are academic accrediting agencies like financial bond rating agencies? Just pay them enough $ either above or below the table and voila! you have an accredited school of X or an AAA rated bond.

Ughh

https://reason.com/2021/01/12/antique-plate-fiestaware-school-evacuation/?itm_source=parsely-api What has our country become? A bunch of scared, overreactive nannies for the most part.

No, AOC, It's Not the Government's Job to 'Rein in Our Media' https://reason.com/2021/01/14/aoc-rein-in-our-media-literacy-trump-capitol-rots/ It's true that both traditional media and social media sometimes spread "disinformation and misinformation." But the federal government has no formal role to play in suppressing its spread. The First Amendment explicitly bars Congress from infringing on freedom of the press or freedom of speech, and the Supreme Court has recognized no exceptions for disinformation. If the government could ban disinformation, after all, it could use that as a cover for banning speech that is not actually false but merely critical of the government, or of specific politicians. Recall that Democrats swiftly denounced The New York Post's report on Hunter Biden's foreign connections as "disinformation," even though many underlying aspects of the story have since been confirmed. Social media platforms are currently struggling with how to identify disinformation and what actions against it are appropriate. Certain subjects—such as the COVID-19 pandemic and the 2020 election results—are aggressively policed, while other misleading content is left alone. Users have every right to criticize these decisions, but ultimately Twitter and Facebook are private companies with the right to set their own moderation policies. They can prohibit speech they define as misinformation. Congress can't. In suggesting a role for the government to regulate the media's speech, AOC is echoing comments made by numerous right-wing figures—most notably President Donald Trump, who has repeatedly called for changing libel laws to make it easier for maligned officials to sue the press. Trump has also made threats against newspapers for covering his presidency negatively. It's critical that the law not be changed; the media must be free to vigorously criticize the president, Congress, or any other aspect of the government, even if the reporting is sometimes wrong or off-base. Similarly, addressing disinformation should be a job for private platforms and individual readers, not the government.

The man has had not one but two brain surgeries in his lifetime. Long term complications/issues from these procedures could easily be used an excuse for Mr. Biden to resign.

https://mises.org/wire/there-no-such-thing-treason Nor would resistance to a regime constitute treason even if the allegedly treasonous person had voluntarily given his or her consent to the regime in the past. Only states insist they have the right to demand that one party of a contract (i.e., the taxpayer or citizen) be subject to a perpetual and unbreakable legal obligation forevermore. In the more reasonable world of peaceful, and voluntary relations (i.e., morally legitimate nonstate relations) contracts are breakable, and consent is negotiable and voidable. Moreover, Spooner notes, the regime has long since voided whatever contractual obligations might have existed due to its widespread violations of natural rights. The social contract, if it ever existed, has long since been voided by the regime's failure to keep up its end of the bargain. Thus, under these conditions, it's difficult to see how any person or group that refuses to comply with laws and edicts handed down by “constitutional” government violates any principle of patriotism, loyalty, or obligations to the state. Why the State Has Special Hatred for “Traitors” As one might expect, regimes take an especially dim view of “traitors.” This is largely because so-called traitors—whether through words or overt acts of violence—threaten the state’s monopoly powers. Murray Rothbard explains in "Anatomy of the State": What the State fears above all, of course, is any fundamental threat to its own power and its own existence. The death of a State can come about in two major ways: (a) through conquest by another State, or (b) through revolutionary overthrow by its own subjects—in short, by war or revolution. Note the inherent double standard: In the case of war, the state openly encourages its own citizens to take up arms and engage in open warfare against potential rights violations inflicted by a foreign state. "Fight for your freedom," we are told. But when it comes to rights violations committed by one's "own" state, Rothbard notes, "no 'defense' is permitted." Nor is it surprising, then, that states often pursue greater punishments against those who threaten the state than for those who threaten ordinary people: We may test the hypothesis that the State is largely interested in protecting itself rather than its subjects by asking: which category of crimes does the State pursue and punish most intensely—those against private citizens or those against itself? The gravest crimes in the State's lexicon are almost invariably not invasions of private person or property, but dangers to its own contentment, for example, treason, desertion of a soldier to the enemy, failure to register for the draft, subversion and subversive conspiracy, assassination of rulers and such economic crimes against the State as counterfeiting its money or evasion of its income tax. Or compare the degree of zeal devoted to pursuing the man who assaults a policeman, with the attention that the State pays to the assault of an ordinary citizen. So, we can conclude that the Capitol riot was not treason, and theoretically, at least, it was potentially an act of self-defense. Whether or not that is actually the case, however, is much less clear. As Spooner notes, those who take up arms against the regime under which they live are nonetheless engaging as "an open enemy," and are engaging in violent action. Just because the Capitol riot was not treason does not necessarily make it prudent, or moral, let alone legal. Perhaps the most unfortunate part of the Capitol riot is that many appeared to not intend to commit any acts that might even be interpreted as treasonous. Many rioters appeared content to simply register their dissatisfaction with the election. They roamed the building like tourists and waved flags. Many of these people will nonetheless face the full savagery of federal prosecutors for what the "perpetrators" likely thought amounted to a minor trespass. On the other hand, some rioters attacked Capitol personnel. Some others vandalized the building. Some of these people are guilty of real crimes, such as those who apparently engaged in violent confrontations with Capitol police. Their crimes may amount to assault, vandalism, and trespassing. Some may even be guilty of attempted murder. But none are guilty of the made-up, imaginary "crime" that is treason. Agreed. Treason in the American model is a myth.

Pagano retires from coaching after 36 seasons https://www.chicagobears.com/news/pagano-retires-from-coaching-after-36-seasons?fbclid=IwAR2lZN0wCHHuZHb4DV1CTU44QTmWqr3uVr00y3IUdI0Kij9kvTeZnWSGZoA

Most NFL contracts are not guaranteed, as was Mr. Castonzo's. FTA: