Muda69

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will become a superhero in a new comic book: https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/25/politics/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-comic-book-trnd/index.html I'm sure it will be a best seller.

I don't believe quantity, or in this case longevity, always equals "effectiveness". Sure, empires and monarchies have existed for centuries, but at what cost to personal freedom and liberty? IMHO that kind of 'effectiveness' is never worth the cost paid for it.

Ok. Now define "effectiveness".

Using exactly what measurements of "success"?

Mr. T's Driving School in Frankfort seems to be raking in the cash since I don't believe any Clinton County school offers DE anymore. The course is around $400. I would assume the liability insurance these driving schools have to maintain is a pretty big expense, however.

You mean this? https://thehill.com/homenews/media/329071-alex-jones-playing-a-character-says-lawyer He did spend about the first 20 minutes of the Rogan podcast backpedaling on this statements concerning Sandy Hook and "crisis actors".

https://www.forbes.com/sites/danidiplacido/2019/02/28/alex-jones-and-joe-rogan-made-peace-with-a-bizarre-podcast/#1da937ea7da3 I don't usually listen to Mr. Rogan's podcast, and I only hear Mr. Jones's rants in snippets, but I decided to give this podcast episode a try. To be honest after only the first hour I felt exhausted, I literally couldn't keep up with the shear amount of Mr. Jone's lunacy. He is like the Robin Williams of conspiracy theorists. Good for a short laugh or eye-roll here and there, but that is about it.

Ocasio-Cortez Threatens Democrats, If You Vote With Republicans You'll Be Put On A List: https://www.dailywire.com/news/44107/report-ocasio-cortez-threatens-democrats-if-you-hank-berrien

https://www.cato.org/blog/john-dingell-death-institutional-pride-congress I generally agree. Congress is a weak shell of what it used to be.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/28/health/pop-warner-bans-three-point-stance-bn/index.html So, how long until the 3-point stance, the only stance I was every taught as a HS lineman way back in the stone age btw, is outlawed across the board?

I remember taking Driver's Ed as just another course. I had it during the spring semester. During one of the actual driving sessions (the car was donated by a local Chevy dealership, btw) I got to drive the varsity boy's basketball coach to his doctor's appointment. Another time drove the JV basketball/Golf coach to the local golf course so he could talk to them about something or another.

http://reason.com/blog/2019/02/28/the-fdas-fixation-on-nut-milk-labeling-i This is largely nonsense. No nutrient that humans require to live and thrive is found exclusively in dairy products. Vitamin D is added to milk through fortification (in July 2016, the FDA approved vitamin D fortification in—you guessed it!—nut milks). Calcium and vitamin B can be found in a range of plants, nuts, grains, and legumes, some combination of which is likely consumed in sufficient amounts by vegetarians and vegans. For those who miss the mark, there are vitamin supplements. This is to say nothing of the many places around the world where adult human beings are thriving despite consuming essentially no dairy products, due to lactose intolerance. The idea that dairy is essential to a balanced diet is a marketing myth advanced by people who make their living off cows. It's right up there with the idea that drinking orange juice—nature's Coca-Cola—is the optimal way to get vitamin C. These claims are not true. They have been advanced by agricultural lobbies to protect their members' market share. And that's OK! There is absolutely nothing wrong with the cheese and milk and yogurt sellers of the world trying to convince the rest of us that their products are excellent sources of protein and dietary fats and various micronutrients. I love a good aged gouda—the more crystals the better!—and I put half-and-half in my coffee. But I do most of my chugging with almond milk because too much dairy makes me fart and even whole milk has way too much sugar for my liking. I am not being misled, nor is anyone else buying nut milk or vegan cheese or eggless mayo or meatless burgers. Likewise, the FDA is not wading into this debate for the sake of consumers; it is doing it for the lobbies that represent animal products manufacturers, which have deep pockets and continue to wield immense influence over legislators. Legislators, at least, have been honest about their motives. As Reason columnist Baylen Linnekin noted in 2017, Rep. Peter Welch (D–Vt.), pushed the FDA to act against almond milk and similar products in order "to protect Vermont's dairy farmers." As Linnekin also noted, protecting ranchers and farmers is not the FDA's job. If Gottlieb wants to do it anyway, he and his agency shouldn't pretend they're doing it for consumers. Yet another reason why an unconstitutional agency like the FDA needs to be abolished. It's become nothing more than a lobbyist-run enforcement agency.

Yep. If the Amish get to opt out why can't all of us?

I don't where to find such statistics, but the denial of federal student aid, job training, and jobs would be fairly straightforward, I suspect it has happened numerous times. Arrested, charged, then imprisoned/fined is another matter. I heard on a recent podcast that only six individuals have every been charged as such, but can find no proof of that statement. Here is an interesting WAPO article from 2014: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/storyline/wp/2014/10/16/america-may-never-have-a-draft-again-but-were-still-punishing-low-income-men-for-not-registering/?utm_term=.c5a634463783 FTA:

FTA: Of course. Ms. Ocasio-Cortez needs every penny confiscated in order to help pay for her GNS.

Unfortunately the latest SSRS "Report Card" by state i can locate is from 2008: https://www.sss.gov/Portals/0/PDFs/Compliance Rates/CY 2008/ReportCard2008.pdf Bad, bad Indiana at only 79% compliance.

Then why do we still have a mandated by law Selective Service Registration system?

Hmm. Clinton Central now has an enrollment almost 100 less than rival Clinton Prairie. For decades these schools were nearly equal in enrollment. Bad school administrations and open enrollment has caused families to flee to surrounding districts like Rossville, Frankfort, Western, and even Clinton Prairie itself. Consolidation within the next 5-10 years is a distinct possibility.

So the people need to be forced to defend it, at government gunpoint if need be? What a way to endear a sense of national pride in an individual.

Do you have objective sources proving that just rolling back the recent tax cuts will pay for the Green New Swindle... errrr Deal?

So there needs to be legislation preventing, or at least slowing down, the replacement of jobs with robots?

In the good old days my government high school alma mater had a driver's ed classroom, another room with 6-8 of those driving simulator pod things, and an outdoor driving course surrounded by a chain link fence. The course also had a tower an instructor could climb to view the course from above. Quite the setup now that I think about it, especially for a little 'ole rural high school.