Muda69

Suh a kind comment to a new GID member.

https://reason.com/2024/06/15/house-passes-bill-to-automatically-register-young-men-for-the-draft/ There is a growing centrist consensus among liberals and hawkish conservatives on expanding the Selective Service. The American Civil Liberties Union, for example, is fighting for the right of women to be conscripted and argues that the Selective Service is an example of overt sex discrimination. But equality in the service of a broader deprivation of rights is no virtue, and conscription remains an immoral institution at its core. "Conscription of any kind contravenes any constitution that professes to guarantee individual liberties," Fred Etcheverry wrote in Reason in 1972, when the draft remained an active menace to young men. "Otherwise, what is to prevent conscription from being the twelve months Senator Taft feared or the two years we now have, the four years of the National Service Act Bill, or forever? If conscription is limited to an emergency, then who decides what is an emergency? Is ten percent unemployment a sufficient enough emergency to warrant conscription?" Mandatory national service of some sort or another is a perennial bad idea trotted out by nationalists and technocrats concerned about "unity," but America's all-volunteer military is not a self-inflicted weakness. It's a sign of strength—a free citizenry's confidence that they will know when to fight. The Selective Service is a vestige of fear. It should be abolished, not made more equitable and efficient. Agreed. The Selective Service needs to be thrown into the dustbin of history. It is an inhumane institution.

$100,000 a year is a lot of money. And add benefits to that. What should be the starting salary for a government attorney? For a primarily urban or rural county.

I'm going with Penn.

https://www.jconline.com/story/news/local/lafayette/2024/06/17/county-officials-tackle-indianas-attorney-shortage/74049677007/ Perhaps our resident GID Legal Eagles can speak on what they believe is behind this attorney shortage, and their ideas to combat it.

Let's start with this: Briggs: Mike Braun deserves every minute of his new political hell https://www.indystar.com/story/opinion/columnists/james-briggs/2024/06/17/micah-beckwith-isnt-here-to-play-no-2-to-the-next-indiana-governor/74117500007/ It appears the political left is really afraid of this Beckwith character, and to some extent parts of the Indiana GOP as well. Can Mr. Braun control him if he wins the election? Does having a Christian Nationalist like Mr. Beckwith holding a political office move Indiana just a sliver closer to the reality depicted in The Handmaid's Tale?

Yes it is a crap hole. Needs natural grass. Does it still have a golf course that surrounds it? I remember during my ISU days going there to play a round of golf and instead of you know, actually trying to get the ball in the hole we took turns seeing how many balls we could drive into the stadium onto the field.

Republicans Upset by Trump's Conviction Should Embrace Criminal Justice Reform: https://reason.com/2024/06/14/republicans-upset-by-trumps-conviction-should-embrace-criminal-justice-reform/

https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/columnists/gregg-doyel/2024/06/13/indiana-state-athletic-department-crisis-mode-fans-deserve-better-new-ad-president-coaches-leaving/74084977007/ Famous Sycamore athletes like Larry Bird, Carl Nicks, and Bruce Baumgartner need to get on the ISU Board of Trustees and start knocking some heads.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/06/cop-busted-for-unauthorized-use-of-clearview-ai-facial-recognition-resigns/ I guess the police union couldn't get the LEO in question an effective pardon, so he just resigned.

Trump Wants To Exempt Tips From Income Taxes. Why Stop There?: https://reason.com/2024/06/11/trump-wants-to-exempt-tips-from-income-taxes-why-stop-there/ Another empty, uni-party campaign promise.

From our good friends at the Babylon Bee:

Another NBA great passes away: https://sports.yahoo.com/nba-legend-jerry-west-dies-at-age-86-134646038.html Truly one of the NBA greats, and the de-factor face of the league still today.

Like Penn State's Simple Perfection. Not gaudy gold.

Because you dirty capitalists took all his money.

https://apnews.com/article/nc-state-wolfpack-lawsuit-ncaa-nil-afdf36451885b9ebbae292b7886b7901 Interesting. So how soon until the Fab Five lawsuit?

https://apnews.com/article/hunter-biden-gun-trial-federal-charges-delaware-5dd8a9380235c6360a1ddb691ef24a06 These convictions just highlight the abject failure of our uni-part.. errr two-party political system.

FTA: Another mistake.

President Biden’s Magical Thinking in the Middle East: https://www.cato.org/blog/president-bidens-magical-thinking-middle-east Is it still all about the oil?

https://reason.com/2024/06/10/immigration-fueled-americas-stunning-cricket-upset-over-pakistan/ Wise words. Overall immigration is a net win for America. As for those 8.1 million unfilled jobs, where are those who were born in this country? Why won't they take some of those jobs? Probably because they are too comfortable living with their parents, watching tik-tok, playing video games, and dreaming of making it big as an "influencer".

Which is the correct approach?:

Sorry, I don't subscribe to the "lesser of two evils" theory when it comes to voting. If no candidate, uni-party or third-party, subscribes to what I believe is important then I write-in a candidate or I don't vote for that office. It is not a horse race.

So two wrongs make a right? Oh yeah, uniparty.

https://www.jconline.com/story/sports/high-school/2024/06/08/rossville-captures-first-ihsaa-state-softball-championship/74021883007/ Congratulations to the Lady Hornets.