Muda69

Truly a Rock and Roll Legend. He will be missed.

No.

Warning About The Woke Workplace: https://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/warning-about-woke-workplace/ I asked the reader if he wanted me to put him in touch with a religious liberty lawyer. He said that he had already consulted an attorney, who gave him 50/50 odds of prevailing in federal court. The reader added that he prayed about it, and felt that it was not God’s will that he pursue the case. He adds: The reader had a very good job at the university. He was not an academic, but was in administration. He should never have answered that woman’s question, obviously, but what a cruel, spiteful woke creature she is. Why would you even do that to your co-worker, especially one who helped you get hired? This is the kind of thing that makes it risky to have any contact beyond what is strictly necessary with a woke person. They will destroy you for the sake of Social Justice™, and won’t even think twice about it. Pray for this man. He is not young. He and his family are paying a price. Don’t ever think you are safe among the woke, not even if you have been kind to them, and helped them out. What a sad story.

Scecina shutting out Pioneer.

https://reason.com/2021/08/23/will-illinois-give-government-worker-unions-a-constitutional-right-to-overrule-laws-they-dont-like/ Consider the fights we're having right now over the guidelines to return to normal public schooling amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Under this law, whatever the voters or their elected representatives might think is the right approach would be less important than whatever the unions might demand in order for teachers to return to in-person work. Constitutional Amendment 11 takes the public out of the ostensibly democratic process of governing how Illinois government employees behave. Maybe that's why the Chicago Teachers Union is so intent on attacking school choice. Why would parents send their kids to a school system knowing that they have no power, under the state's own constitution, to hold educators responsible for their behavior or for quality of service? No wonder enrollment is plummeting. I really wonder why any medium to large size business would want to operate in Illinois anymore, or why any individual who cherishes hard work, freedom, and personal responsibility still lives there.

The Pandemic Has Most Americans Paying No Federal Income Taxes https://reason.com/2021/08/23/the-pandemic-has-most-americans-paying-no-federal-income-taxes/

As if these 60+ year old boomers couldn't afford to attend a H.S. game in the first place, now they get another cheap/free deal. With the cost put on the backs of the younger generations, of course. Ageism.

Maybe. CC coughing up the ball I believe 5 times didn't hurt. And still their RB ran over the Hot Dogs for 173 yards. Lots of mistakes on both sides of the ball. We'll see how much they have improved when Tri-West visits in two weeks. Was looking forward to this game more before Western got thumped by Kokomo. Now I'm not so sure.

Frankfort intercepts a Clinton Central pass in the end zone with 19 seconds left to seal the win. FHS 20 CC 12 Final

Frankfort scores on a 22yard pass play after a Bulldog fumble. FHS 20 CC 12 4:23 left in the 4th.

Frankfort 12 Clinton Central 12 5:00 left in the 4th quarter

Holy 1990's website Batman! 🙂

Same here. I never spent really any time understanding how they work or what they mean.

WaPo Editors: "Liberty" Requires Us to Implement Vaccine Passports https://mises.org/wire/wapo-editors-liberty-requires-us-implement-vaccine-passports Since its inception, the VICP has paid out about $4.6 billion in settlements. But while the VICP is funded by an excise tax on each vaccine purchased, it is run by the US government. Considering that pharmaceuticals were threatening to give up on producing vaccines due to the expensive injury-related court battles prior to 1986 and that they remain unwilling to stand behind their products’ safety to this day, it is clear that given the opportunity to function in a market unprotected by the federal government, these manufacturers would likely have not managed to stay in business. It is in this context that the covid-19 vaccines exist. Because currently the covid vaccines do not have full Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorization, injury claims must be funneled through a different but similar program, the Countermeasures Injury Compensation Program (CICP), run by the Health and Human Services Department. But it is only a matter of time before the vaccine “courts” take over. With record-breaking numbers of adverse reactions reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and growing concerns regarding the covid vaccines’ effectiveness, paper pushers are promising more mandates will come once the FDA concedes the vaccine manufacturers full approval. Considering that all other vaccines currently in use regularly across the nation were given the same FDA approval and yet remain immune from legal accountability, why should we trust whatever the health czars have to say?

Harris approval sinks further, but most say she’ll replace Biden https://news.yahoo.com/harris-approval-sinks-further-most-144400476.html Going from dumb to dumber. Great.

That begs the question: Is it really feasible for a high school football coach to basically teach the game of football to a 15-16 year old that has never before played the game, and have them "coached up" enough to have a positive contribution at the varsity level? I would say unless that 15-16 year old is an "OMG! Athlete" that answer is almost always no, and that in these programs that have highly developed and robust feeder programs where numbers are not an issue that 15-16 year old is probably discreetly persuaded to find another fall sport to participate in.

Something Is Wrong with the President https://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/something-is-wrong-with-the-president/ The first problem is that there is no way to square what Biden said yesterday with his July 8 declaration that the intelligence community had not stated that the Afghan government would likely collapse: Then during the Stephanopoulos interview, Biden insisted that he himself had predicted that the Afghan government would collapse by the end of the year: The president either does not remember what he said on July 8, or he is simply trying to gaslight everyone into believing that he did warn of the Afghan government’s collapsing. This morning, Douglas London, a former CIA counterterrorism chief and former member of Biden’s counterterrorism working group, writes that the president is lying: “Ultimately, it was assessed, Afghan forces might capitulate within days under the circumstances we witnessed, in projections highlighted to Trump officials and future Biden officials alike.” Biden not only dodged questions — we’re used to politicians doing that — he offered a barely coherent word salad in some responses: Stephanopolous continued, “We’ve all seen the pictures. We’ve seen those hundreds of people packed in a C-17. We’ve seen Afghans falling-” “That was four days ago, five days ago!” Biden interjected. It was two days ago, but that’s not really what is important; what is spectacularly odd is that Biden is reacting as if he thinks Stephanopolous was bringing up irrelevant ancient history. Why was Biden indignant that Stephanopolous was asking about those horrifying sights? Perhaps most unsettling was President Biden’s insistence that nothing could have been done any differently, and that none of the horrors we are witnessing could have been prevented. “So, you don’t think this could have been handled — this exit could have been handled better in any way, no mistakes?” Stephanopoulos asked Biden. “No, I don’t think it could have been handled in a way that, we’re gonna go back in hindsight and look — but the idea that somehow, there’s a way to have gotten out without chaos ensuing, I don’t know how that happens. I don’t know how that happened,” Biden replied. Biden is now insisting that the chaos of a Taliban takeover was inevitable, even though he stood before the country on July 8 and specifically assured the country that a Taliban takeover was not inevitable: Biden also said that day that, “I trust the capacity of the Afghan military, who is better trained, better equipped, and more re- — more competent in terms of conducting war” and “the likelihood there’s going to be the Taliban overrunning everything and owning the whole country is highly unlikely.” Elsewhere in the Stephanopoulos interview, Biden insisted that, contrary to published reports, his military advisers had not recommended keeping 2,500 troops in the country: There are notes of these meetings that can be declassified. We can see if, as the Wall Street Journal and other publications reported, “The president’s top generals, including Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Army Gen. Mark Milley, urged Mr. Biden to keep a force of about 2,500 troops, the size he inherited, while seeking a peace agreement between warring Afghan factions, to help maintain stability. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, who previously served as a military commander in the region, said a full withdrawal wouldn’t provide any insurance against instability.” If they did not, Biden is telling the truth and there’s been an insane effort by Pentagon brass leaking that they’re warning the president of about certain dangers, and then not doing so in the meetings. (There is a third possibility, of course: Biden genuinely does not remember what was said and recommended to him in a meeting several months ago.) Jon Ralston, no knee-jerk critic of Biden, was appalled. “This is so bad. No mistakes? No responsibility? No contrition? My God.” The obvious answer to why Biden rarely appears on camera or takes questions is because every time he does it, he inflicts more damage upon himself and his agenda. The president whose empathy is endlessly touted now sounds cold and dismissive when asked about Afghans’ desperately crowding into American planes or falling to their deaths. All of the available evidence indicates that the president ignored the warnings of his foreign-policy team, withdrew the armed forces before evacuating the civilians, gave up Bagram Air Base, and now is in a large-scale foreign crisis that is mostly the result of his own choices. There is no good defense to be made, so when cornered, the president invoked his late son’s military service in the Stephanopoulos interview:: The president turns 79 in November. He last released a summary of his health condition in December 2019. In May, a White House spokesman said Biden had not had a medical checkup or taken a physical this year, but that he would by the end of the year. There have been no updates on the president’s health since. Back on July 26, John Ellis astutely analyzed how it was acceptable to acknowledge Biden’s age and mental condition if you used certain euphemisms: Something is wrong with President Biden, and we are all being asked to pretend we don’t notice. ADDENDUM: Mario Loyola points to recent history in Iraq as a vision of what our counterterrorism mission will become in Afghanistan with no military presence on the ground: We don’t even have an embassy in Afghanistan anymore.

Agreed. They are extremely obtrusive. And Badges? We don't need no stinking badges. 🙂

https://www.indystar.com/story/news/crime/2021/08/18/frankfort-indiana-shooting-2-dead-nhk-automotive-plant/8188651002/ A tragic day for the citizens of Clinton County.

Donation sent. Thank you for all your hard work.

Kabul's Collapse and DC's Incurable Arrogance https://mises.org/wire/kabuls-collapse-and-dcs-incurable-arrogance Fantastic commentary by Mr. Bovard.

Another reason to go to a system of relegation & promotion and ditch the primarily enrollment based classification system. Those programs currently have zero business being in a playoff sectional with the likes of Chatard, Brebeuf, Guerin and West Lafayette.

Sudoku maker Maki Kaji, who saw life’s joy in puzzles, dies: https://apnews.com/article/lifestyle-business-arts-and-entertainment-723bd1246300dbe094df16cab0a9fe8e RIP Maki-san. You will be missed. The only game/time-waster I have on my cellphone is Sudoku.

Texas school officials think they've found dress code loophole in Abbott ban https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/568338-texas-school-officials-to-include-masks-in-dress-code-in-potential-loophole Have to give the board of trustees some credit here for being clever.