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At Pentagon, fears grow that Trump will pull military into election unrest: https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation-politics/at-pentagon-fears-grow-that-trump-will-pull-military-into-election-unrest/

Compulsory vs. Free Education https://mises.org/wire/compulsory-vs-free-education In the 1940s, the English writer and critic Herbert Read emphasized the diversity of man by pointing out the "psychological" objection to a compulsory "national system of education": The great philosopher Herbert Spencer pointed out the despotism inherent in compulsory education: Mrs. Isabel Paterson brilliantly sums up the tyranny of compulsory state education, and the superiority of free choice of private education: Here we must add that, in the current system, the State has found a way in the United States, to induce the private schools to teach State supremacy without outlawing private schools, as in some other countries. By enforcing certification for minimum standards, the State effectively, though subtly, dominates the private schools and makes them, in effect, extensions of the public school system. Only removal of compulsory schooling and enforced standards will free the private schools and permit them to function in independence. Mrs. Paterson deals succinctly with the problem of compulsory education and literacy: And Mrs. Paterson answers teachers and educators who would tend to reply in epithets to her criticism: One of the best ways of regarding the problem of compulsory education is to think of the almost exact analogy in the area of that other great educational medium—the newspaper. What would we think of a proposal for the government, Federal or State, to use the taxpayers' money to set up a nationwide chain of public newspapers, and compel all people, or all children, to read them? What would we think furthermore of the government's outlawing all other newspapers, or indeed outlawing all newspapers that do not come up to the "standards" of what a government commission thinks children ought to read? Such a proposal would be generally regarded with horror in America, and yet this is exactly the sort of regime that the government has established in the sphere of scholastic instruction. Compulsory public presses would be considered an invasion of the basic freedom of the press; yet is not scholastic freedom at least as important as press freedom? Aren't both vital media for public information and education, for free inquiry and the search for truth? It is clear that the suppression of free instruction should be regarded with even greater horror than suppression of free press, since here the unformed minds of children are involved.

It's mostly more safety/security theatre. An interesting anecdote; last week a friend of mine's 9th grade son, who attends a Tippecanoe county government high school, along with a number of other classmates was told by the government school to quarantine from home due to them supposedly being exposed to another student who tested positive. Interestingly enough this child's older 10th grade brother was not told by the government school to quarantine even though they live in the same home and, although probably unknown to school administrators, actually share a bedroom.

I generally oppose them. How about you?

Trump won’t commit to peaceful transfer of power if he loses: https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-virus-outbreak-voting-elections-voting-fraud-and-irregularities-8bb28627b03474a3a5ce2454ae3d1639 He's trolling, like he's done during most of his presidency.

During a Routine Child Services Check, Cops Hog-tied a Mom and Carried Her Out 'Like a Pig Upside Down': https://reason.com/2020/09/24/aurora-police-hogtied-child-services-abuse/ They certainly did forget. Disgusting.

According to Wikipedia Mr. Sayers resided in the Wakarusa area.

Just normal business transactions I'm sure...................

The Sagamore Conference will need to change as well. Towns like Lebanon and Danville, along with the Tri-West area, are slowly but surely becoming part of the Indianapolis bedroom community urban sprawl and will grow too big for the primarily small town/rural-centric Sagamore.

Yep, it's why Frankfort was a charter member.

Amy Coney Barrett Thinks the Second Amendment Prohibits Blanket Bans on Gun Possession by People With Felony Records: https://reason.com/2020/09/23/amy-coney-barrett-thinks-the-second-amendment-prohibits-blanket-bans-on-gun-possession-by-people-with-felony-records/ That rationale does not easily fit laws that take away the Second Amendment rights of anyone who has ever been convicted of a felony (or, under federal law, "a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year," which is similar but not quite the same thing), no matter how long ago the offense occurred and whether or not it involved violence or even an identifiable victim. While Kanter ripped off Medicare (and therefore taxpayers), the government presented no evidence that his particular crime or any other personal characteristics showed he had violent tendencies that posed a threat to public safety. The categorical ban on gun possession by people with felony records is therefore "wildly overinclusive," Barrett noted, quoting UCLA law professor Adam Winkler. "It includes everything from Kanter's offense, mail fraud, to selling pigs without a license in Massachusetts, redeeming large quantities of out-of-state bottle deposits in Michigan, and countless other state and federal offenses," she wrote. The ban is also underinclusive, she added, since people may reasonably be deemed dangerous even when they have not been convicted of a felony—for example, when they commit certain violent misdemeanors (another disqualification under federal law). Given the poor fit between the ban's scope and its ostensible purpose, Barrett said, it is not "substantially related to an important government interest"—the test under the "intermediate scrutiny" that the majority said it was applying in this case. "Neither Wisconsin nor the United States has introduced data sufficient to show that disarming all nonviolent felons substantially advances its interest in keeping the public safe," she wrote. "Nor have they otherwise demonstrated that Kanter himself shows a proclivity for violence. Absent evidence that he either belongs to a dangerous category or bears individual markers of risk, permanently disqualifying Kanter from possessing a gun violates the Second Amendment." Barrett closed with a warning that will alarm gun control advocates but reassure people dismayed by the failure of federal courts to follow up on Heller and the Supreme Court's 2010 decision in McDonald v. City of Chicago (which made it clear that the Second Amendment applies to state and local governments) by taking the right to arms as seriously as other constitutionally protected rights. "While both Wisconsin and the United States have an unquestionably strong interest in protecting the public from gun violence, they have failed to show, by either logic or data, that disarming Kanter substantially advances that interest," she wrote. "On this record, holding that the ban is constitutional as applied to Kanter does not 'put[] the government through its paces,' but instead treats the Second Amendment as a 'second-class right, subject to an entirely different body of rules than the other Bill of Rights guarantees.'" Ms. Barrett so far sound like a good choice for SCOTUS to me. And for the record I am not a 'gun nut' or even a collector. I currently own one, and only one, firearm.

K-12 Schools That Reopened Have Avoided COVID-19 Surges So Far: https://reason.com/2020/09/23/schools-reopen-coronavius-campus-testing-virus/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_Guidestones

Perhaps changing the ratio of water to ice can help prevent coronavirus? CJB would know.....................

https://www.outkick.com/katie-nolan-represents-the-elimination-of-americas-meritocracy-and-exposes-the-fraudulence-of-her-supporters/ And it just continues from there. The man sounds angry for some reason.................

To stuff the trophy case of course. Other schools have done it.

They like the drive to Logansport so they can ride the antique carousel there? Also the breaded tenderloin at Artie's in Kokomo is very, very good.

Carter vs. Reagan: The Last Semi-Intelligent Presidential Race https://mises.org/wire/carter-vs-reagan-last-semi-intelligent-presidential-race Yep, sliding further and further into the parody United States of America depicted in the film Idicocracy.

I was going to say the Hoosier Conference, but ok. Yeah, maybe they were. I don't know the specifics.

Heh heh. Doesn't Terry Lee basically own WFYI by now?

The big Tippecanoe County and Lafayette government schools fled the HCC several years ago for the NCC (Jeff has already flip-flopped, it had already been in the NCC since 1931). Don't think the HCC would welcome them back with open arms.

Can't wait to see Terry Lee's mug plastered on the side or on the back of Avon's or Plainfield's helmets for example.

Federal Payments to Farmers Have Tripled Since 2017, and Trump Just Promised Even More: https://reason.com/2020/09/23/federal-farm-bailout-tripled-since-2017-trade-war/ Uni-party to the max.

https://www.outkick.com/gale-sayers-passes-away-at-77/ RIP Mr. Sayers. You are one of the greats.