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More Mr. Biden the hypocrite:

https://mises.org/wire/it-time-end-fixation-federal-law-enforcement Agreed. As an anecdote a relative of mine recently told me he filed an FOIA request with the FBI, asking to see if they had "file" on him. The FBI responded back with a four-page long letter full of legalese basically saying "no, we don't". I then told him "Well now the FBI does have a file on you." 🙂

So is this a positive spin on NIL, college athletes actually choosing to stay for 4 years of college instead of going pro early?: https://reason.com/2022/04/21/americas-best-college-basketball-player-might-earn-2-million-without-going-pro/ Prior to NIL deals being legalized, college players with the talent to play professional basketball were foolish not to make the jump to the next level. Coming back for another season at school meant uncompensated work and the risk of an injury that might reduce or eliminate their hopes of playing in the NBA. The erosion of the NCAA's cartelized control over student-athletic revenue has created a more dynamic set of choices for players like Tshiebwe. Though he was undeniably the best player in college basketball this year—in 34 games, he recorded 28 double-doubles (basketball lingo for games in which a player scores at least 10 points and at least 10 rebounds), including 16 in a row at one point—most experts projected Tshiebwe to be a second-round draft pick, largely due to the different skill sets required to excel in the college and professional versions of the sport. Staying in school for another year, and getting compensated for it, means Tshiebwe will get to further develop those skills in the hopes of a larger payday in next year's draft. It also means another shot at a national championship, after Kentucky was stunningly eliminated from this year's "March Madness" by Saint Peter's College, the Cinderella story of the tournament. "That's not how I wanted it to end," Tshiebwe told ESPN. "It's the best motivation." He's not the only student-athlete getting what they deserve from the NCAA's new rules—which have created some weird and wonderful results. Doug Edert, who became the star of Saint Peter's upset run in March, landed an endorsement deal with Buffalo Wild Wings. A University of Arkansas wide receiver earned a deal for his dog, Blue. An offensive lineman for Ohio State is getting paid to hawk, yes, scented candles. And Louisiana State gymnast Olivia Dunne has reportedly leveraged her massive social media following into NIL deals worth over $1 million. Even the NCAA—which for years fought the idea of letting players profit off NIL deals as it sold players' likenesses to video game companies and sold jerseys with players' numbers on them—is a winner here. By staying in school, Tshiebwe gives college basketball "a rare win for the sport in the talent tug-of-war with the NBA," writes Sports Illustrated's Pat Forde. "So this is a win-win for college hoops as a whole and Tshiebwe in particular. He has established marketability in a place that loves its college basketball heroes. Put his face on billboards on New Circle Road in Lexington. Let him sign autographs at Keeneland Race Course. If he likes the steaks at Malone's, have him endorse those. Pay the man for being the star Wildcat he is." Mainly, this is a story about how opening up markets benefits everyone. Well, everyone except perhaps the college teams that end up facing the brunt of Tshiebwe's revenge tour next season.

Pickles, mustard, and sometimes mayonnaise are the only items I will put on a breaded tenderloin.

Go Sycamores.

https://mises.org/wire/great-reset-vii-capitalism-rich-and-socialism-poor Socialism as an economic system will always be a failure. Full stop.

Look for the Mouse to take this all the way to at least the Florida Supreme Court. So does this mean the Orange and Osceola county governments now have to take over the functions and services that the Reedy Creek Improvement District has been providing for the last 50 years? That should be a smooth and seamless transition.........................

Some more great NIL news, this time from the wide world of college golf: https://deadspin.com/it-runs-in-the-family-1848814115

Patients Beware: Washington Is Pushing Woke Health Care https://www.nationalreview.com/2022/04/patients-beware-washington-is-pushing-woke-health-care/ Disgusting.

https://reason.com/2022/04/19/desantis-calls-for-end-of-walt-disney-worlds-self-rule/ Good luck to Mr. DeSantis is trying to get this legislation passed. It won't work. And while I find the news that Disney has been pushing pro-LGBT messaging into various children's media products for years abhorrent that doesn't mean parents are being forced to have their children consume Disney products and services.

My wife kicked me out because of my terrible Arnold Schwarzenegger impressions, but don't worry. I'll return.

Heh heh, looks about like the work from the UofM School of Engineering.

The last time I was in Michigan Stadium, which I'll admit was in the mid-1990's, it was a crumbling dump. And they crammed you in there like sardines to the point that if you didn't sit down when everybody sat down you had lost your seat on the cold, hard, bleachers.

Why Does Elon Musk's Potential Twitter Takeover Scare the Media So Much? https://reason.com/2022/04/18/elon-musk-twitter-takeover-poison-pill-media-speech/ Axios writes that Musk has gone into "full goblin mode" and is acting like a super villain. City University of New York journalism professor Jeff Jarvis implied that Musk's takeover would be akin to the rise of Nazi Germany. These people are desperately scared by the mere possibility that a wealthy person with somewhat different politics—and a somewhat more favorable disposition to unfiltered speech—is going to tweak their favorite toy. Agreed. They are frightened snowflakes.

I've tried to get into watching Breaking Bad a couple times now, and it just couldn't hold my interest. Don't really know why. However I did recently binge watch both seasons of Barry on HBO Max, and was pleasantly surprised.

What Old-Time Saloons Tell Us About the Pandemic's Damage https://reason.com/2022/04/16/bars-are-full-of-good-ideas/

Yep. If it is a material that is put into a battery, solar cell, or windmill then any form of exploitation to get such material is justified. Think about the planet!

They provide a service to the market. Too bad government regulation and laws have basically made them mandatory, along with our society's post-WW2 insistence that employers pay for said medical insurance.

So under this 8-man system could an established Mega-School, say a Carmel, Ben Davis, or Center Grove field a team as well? After all these schools often have very large rosters, and frankly there are athletes who spend most of their time "riding the pine" on the 11-man squad that could contribute and excel on an 8-man team.

Do you think if Mr. Musk succeeds and takes Twitter private he will unban Mr. Trump?

https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/high-school/2022/04/14/8-man-high-school-football-coming-indiana-2022-pilot-season/7274754001/ Meh, I wish them luck but am skeptical that this will take off. Call me when the like of Rossville fields a team or Clinton Central, with an slowly eroding 9-12 enrollment, decides to switch to 8-man football.

No, that was Mr. Sasso IIRC. Neither, friend. It is you attempting to move the goalposts and lambast insurance companies and not the federal government entitlements like medicare and medicaid.

Also gets 5 out of 5 bites at The Tenderloin Connoisseur, my go-to place for Indiana Breaded Tenderloin reviews: https://breadedtenderloin.wordpress.com/2022/01/01/the-tin-plate-elwood-indiana/

I saw a radio for sale for $1, and it had a note saying volume was stuck at full. I just knew I couldn’t turn that down.

Covid hypocrite of the week: