Muda69

Who pays for the Weight/strength/nutrition coaches, classes, and instructors if they are as you stated, contractors? The world contractor implies an individual or individuals who are not regular employees of the organization.

Arlington 4th Grader Sent Home From School After Sneezing: https://boston.cbslocal.com/2020/09/22/arlington-student-sent-home-from-school-after-sneezing/ *sigh* Combine this covid-19 fear with the soon to begin seasonal flu season and schools will be hell, more than they already are.

Who pays for such an extravagance?

The CDC Doesn't Want Kids Trick-or-Treating for Halloween https://reason.com/2020/09/22/cdc-halloween-trick-or-treat-covid-19-coronavirus/ Crowded, indoor costume parties and haunted houses are certainly higher risk activities, though other factors can reduce the danger—if the COVID-19 levels in the community are low, attendees are being tested, etc. Trick-or-treating, though, takes place outdoors. Can't people just wear masks and hand out candy from their porches? Kids could approach in small groups, even incorporating mask-wearing into their own costumes wherever possible. This hardly seems more dangerous than attending a mass protest or a large public memorial for a beloved Supreme Court justice, but don't expect the CDC to inveigh against any of those things. Keep in mind that the agency just admitted on Friday that COVID-19 is primarily a respiratory disease spread through airborne particles rather than something you can pick up from touching a compromised surface. Most medical experts, and even vaguely informed citizens, have been aware of this for months. Who knows—maybe six months from now, long after the candy has gone stale, the CDC will revise its Halloween guidance, too. Earlier this month, Los Angeles announced it would ban trick-or-treating entirely, but then relented and said the activity would merely be discouraged. Similarly, the CDC guidance is merely that: guidance. Hopefully, government health authorities will recognize the diminishing returns of sacrificing every beloved childhood tradition on the altar of extreme coronavirus risk-aversion, and instead give families tips about how they can trick-or-treat in relative safety, if they so choose. The city of Frankfort recently announced it's 2020 trick-or-treating hours for Halloween and they are the same as they always have been. And as in past years I will happily be handing our candy to those children who trick-or-treat.

https://reason.com/2020/09/21/1619-project-author-nikole-hannah-jones-america-founding-1776/#comments Both conservative critics and progressive fans of the 1619 Project described it this way, because that's how the Times itself described it. The original description no longer appears at nytimes.com. At some point, it was edited to read: This may be a more accurate description of the project, and it's certainly a less controversial claim. But it's plainly different from the original, which means this is an unacknowledged edit—a major transgression of basic norms of journalism (albeit one that happens in major newspapers with some frequency). Theoretically, it could be the case that the Times characterized the project using language that clashed with Hannah-Jones' own vision. But Hannah-Jones repeatedly used the same phrasing: For further clarification, here is Hannah-Jones' banner picture: Screenshot via Twitter Writing for Quillette, Phillip Magness, a senior fellow at the American Institute for Economic Research and the author of The 1619 Project: A Critique, argues that this dispute has "come to symbolize the Times's blurring of historical analysis with editorial hyperbole." Magness's other criticisms of the 1619 Project have been much more consequential: He and other historians have pointed out significant flaws with the lead essay's thesis that the preservation of slavery was a major reason for the American Revolution—an idea the project's own fact-checkers disputed prior to publication—and he has also offered withering criticisms of an article's economic arguments about slavery. All these arguments matter outside the world of journalism. The 1619 Project is being taught in U.S. schools, and President Donald Trump has waded into the debate in a characteristically clumsy fashion: declaring a federal initiative to "promote patriotic education" as a corrective. (As always, the best course here is to give families more control over kids' education options: Kids should neither be forced to read the 1619 Project nor forbidden from doing so.) In any case, that the Times' major effort to reframe American history was itself reframed to suit the Times' purposes after mistakes were identified does not inspire tremendous confidence in the work—Pulitzer Prize notwithstanding. Good to see this 1619 hyperbole getting the criticism it deserves, and the lead author now backpedaling.

Let's start off with this nugget: Will Pennsylvania Be the Florida of the 2020 Election? https://reason.com/2020/09/22/will-pennsylvania-be-the-florida-of-the-2020-election/ Yep, it may be Christmas or early January before this presidential election is decided. But maybe by then it will be too cold in much of the country for the rioters on either side of the uni-party to get out and do some damage.

https://www.kokomotribune.com/sports/football-panthers-fall-in-ot-to-huskies/article_dd6e035c-fa22-11ea-9822-6ba5a89e70a7.html

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https://spectator.org/follow-the-science-health-authorities-covid-19/ Agreed.

Just say no. Packing the Supreme Court is a horrible idea. Democrats must reject it.: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/09/21/packing-supreme-court-is-horrible-idea-democrats-must-reject-it/

NFL fines coaches, teams for not covering faces: https://apnews.com/1f365f016f2536998cf460cb9f41bb56 He is not listed in this article but I could swear Mr. Nagy of the Chicago Bears was on the sideline at least once wearing his mask incorrectly during Sunday's game against the Giants.

https://mises.org/wire/why-they-want-destroy-julian-assange The trial of Julian Assange will have consequences that are far larger than the man himself. Whatever will be Assange's future, he is already one more martyr in the historic struggle for political freedom from which everyone can take inspiration. Agreed. Mr. Assange is a hero, not a villain.

https://www.cato.org/blog/both-libs-cons-have-driven-us-trumps-patriotic-education Agreed. Such a "patriotic education" edict is evil, plain and simple. Parents should be able to choose what to educate their children, not have it driven primarily by the state.

America's Debt Will be Twice the Size of the Economy by 2050: https://reason.com/2020/09/21/americas-debt-will-be-twice-the-size-of-the-economy-by-2050/ Yep, this is the America we are leaving for our children and grandchildren. Shouldn't we be proud?

Looks like Nebraska got shafted by the B10 schedule makers, probably due to their somewhat outspoken criticism of the conference when it cancelled the season the first time around. https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/2020/09/21/new-big-ten-football-schedule-winners-and-losers/5849463002/

Thank you. Forum in the new 'club' is now open, and I have started an initial and timely topic.

https://reason.com/2020/09/18/ruth-bader-ginsburg-is-dead/ It is perhaps poetic that Ginsburg and Scalia are linked in that way, through their deaths, since they were also close friends in life despite holding deeply diverging views about politics and the law. At a time when America is deeply in need of a reminder that political disagreements need not transcend basic civility or mutual respect, their example should remain. .... RIP, Ms. Ginsburg. Who are the frontrunners for nomination? I assume it's going to be a female?

Yes, I did that earlier today. IMHO the approval is a big if.

It would continue to uphold the vision of the GID as described by it's late founder, Mr. Tim Adams. IIRC he felt strongly about having a "non-football" forum available on the GID.

With a 34-31 win over South Central (Union Mills) Frankfort gets consecutive wins for the first time since 2015. Unfortunately (covid cancellations notwithstanding) they now face Western Boone, Danville, and North Montgomery before facing Crawfordsville in the regular season finale.

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Heh heh, good one.

I respectfully disagree, and so did the late Tim Adams. He would have found a way to make certain parties come to an agreement instead of taking such draconian measures. And this seems to be the mindset of most if not all of the GID admins/moderators lately. They don't want to moderate, they want to dictate. Links please. And not facebook.

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By Coverdale do you mean Cloverdale?